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Tapping into the past, Western Washington dairy farmers Anna and Chris Groeneveld, owners of Sky Valley Fresh (https://www.skyvalleyfresh.com), are happy

Thumbs up or thumbs down, many U.S. consumers are confident about the safety of their food. The surprise here is that many of them aren’t, at least

The latest news coming out about raw milk is cool — as in temperature cool. This is thanks to a technology that eliminates pathogens that can be in

A slow moving pandemic. That’s how how some human and animal health experts are referring to the growing threat of “superbugs” — a popularized term for

It was history. On March 11, 2011, the Great East Japan Earthquake, magnitude 9.0, struck 80 miles off the Northeast Coast of Japan, generating a series

Say the word “irradiation,” and a lot of people will shudder. Now ask them about irradiated food, and they’ll quickly say something like “definitely not.”

An incurable infectious brain disease that’s deadly to deer, elk and moose continues to stalk the land. By 2015, it had expanded to 23 states and two

In a shift away from GMOS, aka genetically modified organisms, important research is continuing in gene editing, sometimes referred to as “the next big

Calling it a  “a landmark achievement . . . to improve food safety,” an FDA webpage is hailing the agency’s approval of a antimicrobial

It’s a slippery fish — that final food safety rule for water used on crops before they’re harvested.  The goal of the rule is threefold: to prevent

Drinking raw milk — even from a certified dairy — puts you at risk for intestinal foodborne diseases, among them E. coli, Salmonella and Listeria. Not

These sprouts are cool — literally. Unlike other sprouts that were grown in warm, moist conditions, Wild About Sprouts (https://wildaboutsprouts.com) are

Batten down the hatches. They’re on their way. We’re talking about rodents, mice and rats, which are formidable enemies to the food industry especially

Science fiction down on the farm? What about this? Take some biopsies from live meat animals, put the cells, suspended in nutrients, in large bioreactors,

Breast milk is universal — always has been. Whether it’s a poor woman in Africa breastfeeding her baby or a busy career woman in New York City expressing

She thought she was dying. That’s how New York City realtor Penny Penzner felt last summer when she became violently ill from what she thought might be

Farmers Market season is in full swing, and shoppers are out in full force. Smiles are abundant, and for good reason. From watermelons in Texas

Sometimes referred to as “the next big thing in agriculture,” the gene editing of meat animals extends from research labs, livestock farms, and even the

Ask someone about plant-based meats — also called meat substitutes, alternative meat or even fake meats —and you’ll get a range of opinions on both sides

Getting tangled up in two different sets of regulations can be a headache -- or even worse, a reason to choose one part of your business over another.