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    Like an Egg on Top of Eight Feet of Manure

    MAY 23, 2012 5:18PM

    By Laura Wilkerson


    Topics: quality eggs, deregulation, jan kramer, grand jury, food and drug administration, usda, fda, congress, jack kingston, georgia, republicans, maggots, flies, manure, rodents, ecoli, salmonella, latinos, mexicans, mexico, unions, unfair pracicies, civil rights, new york, iowa, ohio, maine, eeoc, osha, eggs, peter decoster, jack decoster, austin decoster

    • 6 Ratings
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    175 Chickens in 1 Minute?!

    APRIL 11, 2012 1:46PM

    By jamescannonboyce


    Topics: agriculture, chicken, chicken industry, food inspection, petitions, pink slime, poultry, usda, food

    • 1 Ratings
    • 375 Views
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    Antibiotics in Your Food: What You Need To Know

    FEBRUARY 21, 2012 3:24PM

    By Marcia G. Yerman


    Topics: activism, law, health, environment, dr. margaret chan, the world health organization, sen. dianne feinstein, pamta, preservation of antibiotics for medical treatment act, hr 965, rep. louise slaughter, citizens against superbugs, applegate, antibiotic free food, uti, urinary tract infection, gail r. hansen, american medical association, american academy of pediatrics, industrial farming, usda, department of agriculture, fda, food and drug administartion, cdc, the center for disease control, change.org, saveantibiotics.org, the pew charitable trusts, antibiotics

    • 24 Ratings
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    USDA Backs Off: La Matanza is On!

    JANUARY 6, 2012 9:13AM

    By Miguela Holt y Roybal


    Topics: matanza, hispanic culture, belen, nm, usda

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    • 12 Ratings
    • 2733 Views
    • 19 Comments
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    Pizza is a Vegetable, Says Congress

    NOVEMBER 21, 2011 8:02AM

    By Frank Michels


    Topics: food, school lunches, congress, politics, lobbyists, usda

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    Salmonella diseases don't have a strong offender yet

    AUGUST 8, 2011 5:50AM

    By Ivan D


    Topics: food safety, salmonella infection, ground turkey, salmonella heidleberg, salmonella, fda, cdc, usda

    • 3 Ratings
    • 1073 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    Myplate: should the government be telling us what to eat?

    JUNE 12, 2011 8:02AM

    By Patrick D Hahn


    Topics: health care, health, in defense of food, michael pollan, surgeon general, myplate, hypertension, usda, tom vilsack, regina benjamin, michelle obama, nutritional-industrial complex, personal responsibility, obesity

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    Weekly Pulse: 911 Is a Joke (Because It’s Broke)

    MARCH 9, 2011 11:20PM

    By The Media Consortium


    Topics: working in these times, wisconsin, walker, vegetarian, usda, truth in advertising, telephone, tax, parke wilde, omnivore's dilemma, noelle williams, new york city, ms magazine, michael pollan, medicaid, marion nestle, in defense of food, grist, food politics, food, ems, destitute, crisis pregnancy center, cpc, communications, choice, bury, budget, blog, abortion, 9/11

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    • 1765 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    Food Safety Reform: Good Start or Non-Starter?

    DECEMBER 2, 2010 8:26AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: food safety, d-iowa, senator tom harkin, “senate passes sweeping law on food safety”, opencongress.org, new york times, public health, food regulation, food and drug administration, fda, u.s. department of agriculture, usda, with oklahoma senator tom coburn, minnesota organic milk or “m.o.m.s” brand, michael hartmann farm raw milk recall, food safety modernization act, senate bill s.510, pca peanut paste recall, king nut peanut butter recall, food-borne disease, salmonella, e. coli, minnesota department of health, university of minnesota, center for infectious disease research and policy, dr. michael osterholm, by cathy wurzer, food safety reform, u.s. senate, regulation, politics, business

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    Tea Party, Specter of Beck makes USDA and NAACP Cave. Can we get any Lower?

    JULY 22, 2010 12:42PM

    By Ramonas Voices


    Topics: usda, tom vilsack, tea party, shirley sherrod, naacp, glenn beck, barack obama, andrew breitbart

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    • 301 Views
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    Recent Racial Flaps Expose Obama’s Ethnic Flaw

    JULY 21, 2010 9:41AM

    By ameriviking1


    Topics: vilsack, usda, shirley sherrod, race, politics, obama, fox news, brietbart

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    Weekly Mulch: When will America be free from BP?

    JULY 2, 2010 3:45PM

    By The Media Consortium


    Topics: washington, walruses, usda, solutions, sen john kerry, sea turtles, recovery plan, organic farming, oil spill, octopus metaphors, mother jones, louisiana, july 4th, ips, independence day, hurricanes, halliburton, g20, fossil fuels, filibuster, energy independence, deepwater horizon, david corn, climate change legislation, bp, boots & coots, blow-out, alternet

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    Medical Censorhip: What Would a Jury Say?

    JUNE 1, 2010 1:17AM

    By Dr Stuart Jeanne Bramhall


    Topics: usda, regulatory agencies, public health, precautionary principle, pasteurization, paratuberculosis, medical censorship, map, johne's disease, industrial agriculture, hermon-taylor, food borne illness, fda, farm inc, crohn's, corporate media, corporate farming, chiodini, censorship, autoimmune disease

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    Medical Censorship: M. Avium Paratuberculosis

    MAY 28, 2010 12:54AM

    By Dr Stuart Jeanne Bramhall


    Topics: usda, salmonella, project censored, paratuberculosis, map, industrial agriculture, food poisoning, food borne illness, fda, farm inc, e coli, crohn's, corporate media, corporate farming, censorship, cdc, campylobacter

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    • 3881 Views
    • 28 Comments
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    Why We Lurch from Disaster to Disaster & How to Fix It

    MAY 20, 2010 8:53AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: epic fail, public policy, business, e. coli. politics, usda, upper big branch mine disaster, war in iraq, george w. bush, massey energy chairman don blankenship, drill baby drill, rush limbaugh, exxon valdez, brian b. o’neill, mississippi governor haley barbour, citizens united decision, 501(c)4s, richard shelby, market talk blog, paul vigna, joyce appleby, government regulation, charlie savage, luke mitchell, transocean, halliburton, bp america, three mile island, bp deepwater horizon oil disaster, ideological rigidity, technology will fix it, short-term perspectives, short memories, political capture, regulatory capture, reactive government, man-made disaster, 911, gulf oil spill, economic meltdown, hurricane katrina, war on terror, disasters

    • 1 Ratings
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    Good News Sunday: A Melanoma Vaccine for Dogs

    MARCH 14, 2010 12:10PM

    By Catherine Forsythe


    Topics: good news sunday, merial limited, usda, drug, melanoma, dogs, vaccine

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    • 511 Views
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    Tillman, Janyszeski : Dimock and Callicoon

    FEBRUARY 28, 2010 11:42PM

    By Breathing Is Political


    Topics: wild and scenic rivers, wayne highlands school district, usda, united states agriculture, udc, twa exposure, texas commision environmental quality, tceq, susquehanna river basin, supreme court pennsylvania, strontium, split estate, speech language hearing, special protection waters, severance tax, pennsylvania, osha, organic farms, occupational safety and health administration, occupational safety, ny organic farms, nofa, nockamixon, natural gas compressors, natural gas, multi municipal gas drilling taskforce, methane, mayor tillman, janyszeski, independent weekender, home rule new york, home rule, hess, heavy metals, health effects, gas wells, gas severance tax, gas drilling economics, fiorentino v cabot oil, fiorentino, elk lake school, dissolved solids, dish tx, dish texas, dish air study, dimock, department environmental protection, dep, delaware riverkeeper, delaware river basin, delaware river, delaware community center, decibels, damascus citizens, chesapeake energy defrauds, chesapeake energy, calvin tillman, callicoon, cabot oil, benzene, barnett shale, barium

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    Are There Hidden E. coli Bacteria in Your V-Day Dinner?

    FEBRUARY 11, 2010 2:46PM

    By SafeTables1


    Topics: food, food safety, foodborne illness, health, children's health, families, usda

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    • 16 Ratings
    • 2544 Views
    • 21 Comments
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    The F.D.A Wants To Supersize Serving Sizes- Should We Care?

    FEBRUARY 8, 2010 9:09AM

    By Linda Shiue


    Topics: serving size, nutrition labeling, supersize me, food/drink, nutrition, public health, usda, fda

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    Finally -- More Direction at the USDA

    JANUARY 28, 2010 5:01PM

    By SafeTables1


    Topics: food, food safety, foodborne illness, usda, food safety news, s.t.o.p.

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