Protecting young people working in US agriculture – How are we doing?
There’s been a lot going on this past week so it’s likely that National Farm Safety Week, announced by Presidential Proclamation on September 19th may have escaped notice of those not working in...
View ArticleLawsuits challenge EPA’s approval of new herbicide
Despite substantial public opposition and the “grave concerns” of about 50 members of Congress and significant unanswered questions about human and environmental health impacts, the Environmental...
View ArticleFactory farms, manure, and the Empire State Building
Factory farms in the US—the confinements that house millions of beef cattle, dairy cows, hogs and poultry— generate enough manure to fill the 102-story Empire State Building each and every day. That’s...
View ArticleGeorgia congressman resurrects bad idea, poultry workers threatened with...
A Georgia congressman thinks poultry plants should be able to increase line speeds to 175 birds per minute. That was a bad idea from Obama’s USDA. It was nixed, but now it’s resurrected.
View ArticleWHO releases new guidelines on antibiotics in food animals; USDA muddies the...
In its release of new guidelines that recommend big reductions in antibiotic use in food animals, WHO cited the presence of extensive literature on this topic. So why did USDA put out a statement with...
View ArticleGovernment auditors validate safety complaints from meat and poultry workers
An investigation by GAO of the meatpacking and poultry industry validates concerns raised by workers about fear of losing their jobs if they report safety problems, and being denied access to the...
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