Aarian Marshall

USDA’s Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) yesterday released advance notice of a new guidance on humane handling of livestock

Cardinal Peter K.A. Turkson of Ghana announced last Thursday that he supports the labeling of genetically modified (GM) foods in the Catholic Church’s latest foray into the ethics of biotechnology

Agribusiness leaders participated in the World Food Prize festivities in Des Moines today, lending their perspectives to the program’s Borlaug Dialogue program

The Global Hunger Index (GHI), an annual metric released by a trio of development organizations, indicates that world hunger is decreasing but “serious.”

When the clock strikes midnight, it could be a one-two punch for the Department of Agriculture, with the expiration of the 2008 Farm Bill extension eclipsed only by an increasingly likely government shutdown. But USDA Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden told assembled members of the United Fresh Produce

A seemingly innocuous change to organic substance review protocols by USDA’s National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) is drawing fire from some in the organic industry, who say the modification will dramatically decrease the likelihood that certain synthetic materials could be banned from use in USD

House and Senate will have their work cut out for them in reconciling their wildly different farm bills, Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., emphasized today during a media call

Agriculture leaders who met yesterday with Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill said they’re already feeling the effects of climate change – and hoping to work with Congress to mitigate them

FDA released new data today indicating there is little arsenic in rice products sold in the U.S. market. Average levels of inorganic arsenic ranged from 2.6 to 7.2 micrograms of per serving, which is “not high enough to cause any immediate or short-term adverse health effects,” according to an age