(Natural News) BREWSTER, Wash. — In the summer months, this tiny community on the shores of the Columbia River becomes the heart of America’s apple industry, ripe fruit weighing down branches in the surrounding orchards before they’re loaded onto trains and shipped around the world. (Article by Reid Wilson republished from TheHill.com) Hundreds of migrants […]

(Natural News) Bees may be tiny, but home gardeners and farmers rely on these hardworking insects for pollination. However, a recent study has found that crop yields in the U.S. are declining because of a lack of pollinators. The study, published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, has researchers from Rutgers […]

(Natural News) Outbreaks of the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) are emerging in U.S. fruit and vegetable farms and packing plants, causing officials to worry about further disruptions to America’s food supply. The outbreaks come after thousands of meat plant employees contracted the virus, which led to those plants shutting down. This resulted in shortages of meat in groceries […]

(Natural News) Americans are hungry and food prices are soaring, but this is most certainly not because of a shortage of available meat and produce. In fact, while one-in-four Americans has had to file for unemployment benefits as a result of the pandemic, and cars line up for miles to get to food banks, farmers […]

(Natural News) A group of multinational researchers has assessed the connection between trends in crop diversity and agricultural reliance on pollinators and found that the increasing reliance on pollinators, combined with an absence of crop diversity, may threaten agricultural stability. Worldwide agribusiness has expanded at a rapid pace in recent decades, especially in regions that once supported […]

(Natural News) The Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) annual Honey Bee Colonies report has detailed a decline in honey bee populations following the recent budget cuts by the Trump Administration. A nationwide survey led by the University of Maryland’s non-profit organization Bee Informed Partnership shows that beekeepers lost 40.7 percent of their honey bee colonies in […]

(Natural News) While millions throughout the globe are worried about Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) and how it continues to cause chaos in the daily lives of citizens, farmers are forced to dump produce, meat and dairy because of American’s broken food system. Rotting crops and a rigid food system It’s not just farmers in America throwing away […]

(Natural News) Research warns that a lot of conventional oat cereals contain alarming amounts of glyphosate, a carcinogenic pesticide. But did you know that chlorpyrifos, another toxic pesticide, could also be hiding in your breakfast? Chlorpyrifos in non-organic milk Data from a study conducted by the Organic Center has found that at least 60 percent of the non-organic milk […]

(Natural News) The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues to upend lives throughout America: Now, farmers are being forced to dispose of their crops, even as grocery stores run out of foods to sell to worried shoppers. The global pandemic has also caused Americans to seek aid from food banks in shocking numbers, many of whom have lost their jobs amid the onslaught. […]

(Natural News) President Donald Trump introduced a $19 billion relief program for farmers impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, which has currently infected 759,786 people in the U.S., causing 40,683 deaths, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally late Sunday. The program will also include an “out of the box” approach from the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to send billions of dollars […]