Concerned about potential animal cruelty and environmental pollution associated with factory farms, more animal rights advocates are adding livestock welfare issues to their national agenda. Next on the Humane Society's agenda: getting the required 650,000 signatures in California to put the issues of veal crates, gestation crates and chicken battery cages - all of which have been banned by the European Union - on the state ballot in November 2008. Sales of organic products are booming,...

But as more Americans attempt to make healthy choices about what they put in their bodies, it's becoming increasingly difficult to discern how our food was grown, processed and treated, thanks to a food industry that wields its heft and political clout to create labeling laws that make a mockery of disclosure. The Cleveland Free Times :: Cover :: Don't Eat That! Skip to Content . Promotions . Classifieds . Advertising Info . Contact Free Times - Ohio's Premier News, Arts, & Entertainment...

Around 1,200 exhibitors will assemble on the 90-acre exposition site to demonstrate their products to an expected 100,000 farmers from Georgia and other states and nations. The biofuel movement will offer new opportunities for Georgia farmers, even the production of ethanol, which will rely heavily on corn from the Midwest. The University of Georgia will focus on bioenergy, Blalock said, and will transport expo visitors around the grounds in a bus powered by biodiesel made from chicken...

More products are being recalled because of lead. The recalled soups were shipped to 24 states: Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Wyoming. The recalled soups were shipped to 24 states: Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota,...

This year's conference will focus on "Beef Quality in the Ethanol Era" and explore the impact of increased ethanol production on beef carcass and retail product quality; beef industry infrastructure and economics; and key related business issues for producers. This year's conference will focus on "Beef Quality in the Ethanol Era" and explore the impact of increased ethanol production on beef carcass and retail product quality; beef industry infrastructure and economics; and key related...

These determinations are necessary measures for FSIS and American consumers to develop and maintain trust in imported meat, poultry, and egg products. FSIS also performs more intensive inspections on approximately 10% of shipments of meat, poultry, and egg products, including product examinations, mibrobiological analyses for pathogens such as E. suppliers? Only countries with equivalent food safety systems are allowed to ship meat, poultry, or egg products to the United States....