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People always ask me why do leafy green E. coli outbreaks keep happening. I think the bottom line is that retailers, restaurants, growers, processors and the government simply do not give a
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USDA’s Farm Service Agency makes loans to family farms that are categorically exempt (“CatEx”) from the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”), which permits agencies to make such exemptions.
Since 2016, the FSA has extended that
Continue Reading Federal Judge blocks break for medium-sized factory farms
They’ve many years invested and their latest legal arguments ran 198 pages, but Food and Water Watch and their many allies wanted something pretty simple.
They wanted the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth
Continue Reading EPA likely will have to speak up on CAFOs
A letter sent Tuesday to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan urges him to unleash EPA’s powers on so-called “factory farms.” The letter is signed by 218 known and unknown groups.
The many groups want
Continue Reading The pressure put on EPA over ‘factory farms’
In a new report, the FDA continues to express concerns about farm animal operations close by and adjacent to produce growing fields, specifically peach orchards this time.
The report, released June 11, outlines data from
Continue Reading Report shows reasons for concern about animal operations near produce
The FDA’s big news is that there is now an EPA-approved protocol for developing pathogen treatments for pre-harvest agricultural water. The agency’s nagging news is that its inspectors still can’t collect water or any other
Continue Reading FDA has big hopes for outbreak research with new water protocols
Along with feedlot dust blowing in the wind and surface irrigation water flowing adjacent to feedlots, flies captured in leafy greens plots near feedlots are capable of transferring E. coli from animal operations to produce
Continue Reading Researchers confirm flies can transfer E. coli from feedlots to produce fields
Animal and environmental organizations, joined by several rural community activists, want a U.S. District Court judge to strike down Obama-era regulations that give a break to smaller mid-sized concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs).
Beryl A.
Continue Reading 3-year old break for medium-sized CAFOs gets challenged in D.C. court
Likening a trip to the grocery store to shooting craps, a consumer watchdog group is reporting that data from the U.S. government shows food recalls are on an upward trend, which the advocates say could
Continue Reading Non-profit consumer group calls for action; cites increase in food recalls
The leafy green growing season around Yuma, AZ is about to get underway and there will be one difference from last year. This year, the buffer zone between concentrated animal feeding operations, known as CAFOs,
Continue Reading Bigger buffers between leafy greens and CAFOs ready for new growing season
