National Long lines are back at US food banks as inflation hits high By ANITA SNOW and EUGENE GARCIA Associated Press Jul 14, 2022 PHOENIX (AP) — Long lines are back at food banks around the U.S. as working Americans overwhelmed by inflation turn to handouts to help feed t…
National Bird flu's grisly question: how to kill millions of poultry By JOSH FUNK Associated Press Apr 7, 2022 OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The spread of a bird flu that is deadly to poultry raises the grisly question of how farms manage to quickly kill and dispo…
Business Commercial farms got 10 times more government help than family farms Calmatters Aug 2, 2021 Commercial farms got 10 times more government help than family farms
Arts & Entertainment 'Tiger King' zoo closes after animal treatment investigation Aug 20, 2020 WYNNEWOOD, Okla. (AP) — The Oklahoma zoo featured in Netflix's "Tiger King" documentary has closed after federal authorities investigated it f…
National Healthy pigs being killed as meatpacking backlog hits farms By DAVID PITT Associated Press May 1, 2020 DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — After spending two decades raising pigs to send to slaughterhouses, Dean Meyer now faces the mentally draining, physic…
Columnists A worthwhile effort By Dorothy Dimitre Apr 1, 2020 “There are some people that if they don’t know, you can’t tell them.” — Louis Armstrong.
Food USDA rule would cut food stamp benefits for 3.1 million By CAROLE FELDMAN Associated Press Jul 23, 2019 WASHINGTON (AP) — About 3.1 million people would lose food stamp benefits under the Trump administration's proposal to tighten automatic eligi…
National Drug testing program considered for some food stamp recipients By Juliet Linderman and Jonathan Lemire The Associated Press Apr 11, 2018 WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is considering a plan that would allow states to require certain food stamp recipients to undergo drug t…
World Meat company recalls 35,000 pounds of beef The Associated Press Jun 24, 2010 SOUTH GATE — A Southern California meat distributor has recalled some 35,000 pounds of ground-beef that might be contaminated with E. coli.
