posted October 3, 2018 Some U.S. dairy farmers use a hormone that’s banned in Canada With news that Canada agreed to open its borders to more U.S. dairy products under the new United States-Mexico-Canada trade deal, some Canadians are wondering whether there will be more milk sold here produced from hormone-treated cows. In Canada, farmers…
by Sam Bloch | October 4, 2018 The CDC has currently identified 57 affected people in 16 states. UPDATE, October 5, 2018, 12:10 PM EST: USDA has announced that JBS Tolleson has expanded its recall to over 6.9 million pounds of beef. JBS, the world’s largest meatpacker, is recalling 6.9 million pounds of raw beef…
by Alexandra Shimo | October 4, 2018 Just 90 minutes from Toronto, residents of a First Nations community try to improve the water situation as the beverage company extracts from their land The mysterious rash on the arm of six-year-old Theron wouldn’t heal. For almost a year, his mother, Iokarenhtha Thomas, who lives in the…
by Nathanael Johnson | Oct 2, 2018 Nitrogen fertilizer is a disaster. Abandoning it would be a bigger disaster. Now a dozen billionaires are funding an alternative. Issac Christiancy was a white-bearded 79-year-old when the shooting over nitrogen started. It was January 15, 1881, and the U.S. envoy to Peru had to duck for cover….
Media Contact: Bill Bullard, R-CALF USA CEO r-calfusa, (406) 252-2516 R-CALF USA to USTR: Stop Catering to Big Agribusiness; Meeting Requested Billings, Mont. – Yesterday, R-CALF USA sent a letter to U.S. Trade Ambassador Robert Lighthizer stating that while the group fully supports the Trump Administration’s goals to put America first by buying and hiring…
posted October 1, 2018 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Marc Perrone, president of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), issued the following statement regarding news that the United States, Mexico and Canada reached an agreement (USMCA) to change parts of the North American Free Trade Agreement that excludes Country of Origin Labeling (COOL). COOL…
For Immediate Release: Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – Today, R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard issued the following initial statement regarding President Trump’s announcement that he has renegotiated the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and achieved a new United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement. “We fully supported the Trump Administration’s plan…
by Josee St-Onge, CBC News | Sep 25, 2018 Current laws only allow sale of meat from animals killed in approved slaughterhouses Homegrown is a series that looks at how Alberta’s local movement is changing buying habits, connecting people and shaping communities. Share your story ideas with the Homegrown team by writing to josee.st-onge@cbc.ca Sending…
by Jeff Turrentine | September 28, 2018 By focusing on soil health, this North Dakota rancher didn’t just save the family homestead—he made it flourish. Sometimes enlightenment arrives as a flash of epiphany: a gravity-obeying apple that falls from a tree, for instance, or a blinding light that freezes you in your tracks on the…