It’s time to look beyond the Farm Bill.  The Farm Bill, passed once every five years, is the most important piece of federal ...

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The ant scurries along on six nimble legs. It catches up to its peers, a line of antennaed bugs roaming the winding surface ...

The Food and Drug Administration has not performed its legally required number of food safety inspections each year since ...

Starting a garden can be a big step. Knowing what to plant, when, and how--that takes time. And what if you want to branch ...

Malathion, a commonly used pesticide for both agricultural use and home gardening, has had a long and widely disputed history. First approved for use in 1956, it increased in popularity during the ...

A government watchdog criticized the Food and Drug Administration for failing to meet the required level of inspections each year, partly caused by disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic.

This story was originally published by Reasons to be Cheerful, and is reprinted with permission. When Michael Kotutwa Johnson goes out to the acreage behind his stone house to harvest his corn, his ...