Articles by Sarah Gonzalez

Just 25 miles from downtown Seattle, Jim Werkhoven and his brother Andy run a 1,100-head dairy farm that uses an anaerobic digester to process cow manure and pre-consumer food waste. Their system, located in Monroe, Washington, protects nearby salmon streams while recycling methane and solids from

Witnesses at a House Agriculture subcommittee hearing Tuesday focused on a parasite called the Varroa mite as the most significant factor impacting bee health, but environmental groups later said the hearing should have emphasized the use of neonicitinoid pesticides.

lawmakers are looking at new legislation that would expedite the registration of products intended to improve pollinator health by controlling the Varroa mite, a detrimental pest to the honey bee.

Cargill filed a lawsuit today against Syngenta Seeds seeking damages from Syngenta for commercializing its Agrisure Viptera (MIR 162) corn seed before the product obtained import approval from China.

Opponents of mandatory labeling of foods that contain genetically engineered ingredients, or “GMO foods,” spent nearly three times as much in lobbying expenditures in the first half of 2014 as they did in all of 2013, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) said in a report.

USDA is making $200 million in grant money available for state Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) agencies to conduct employment and training pilot projects to help SNAP participants find jobs.

A federal judge ruled over the weekend that a law approved in Kauai of Hawaii regulating the use of pesticides and genetically modified crops is invalid.

Nestlé, the world’s largest food company measured by revenue, announced new animal welfare standards for its supply chain today, in partnership with World Animal Protection.

USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) Administrator Brandon Willis expects information about the Stacked Income Protection Plan (STAX) for cotton producers and the Supplemental Coverage Option (SCO) to be available to producers in time for the 2015 crop year.