All posts tagged with USDA

(Natural News) Biotech companies that can genetically engineer farm animals to have “designer” characteristics – like cows without horns (yes, cows really are supposed to have horns) – can make a whole lot of money selling these animals to farmers. Unfortunately for them, farm animals are regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which […]

(Natural News) Almost every commercial pesticide product on the market today contains additives beyond just the primary active ingredients that are designed to “enhance” its potency. But these chemical adjuvants, or “inactive” ingredients, are almost never properly evaluated for safety, which new research published in the journal Frontiers in Public Health suggests is a serious […]

(Natural News) In this day and age, it’s incredibly important to conduct your own research and examine specific sources of information before arriving at a definitive conclusion. Money talks, as they say, and often times that money has the power to shape public opinion for better or for worse. Take the sugar industry, for example, […]

(Natural News) The era of so-called clean meat – artificial meat that was created from cells in a laboratory setting instead of being taken from real, live animals – is almost here. And the world has barely begun to try to keep up. Even the U.S. Cattlemen’s Association (USCA) has taken their sweet time in […]

(Natural News) Organic farming has gained steady ground in the U.S. farm sector over the recent years due to the growing demand for healthy food products by consumers. While conventional farming is still the more prevalent type of agriculture – yielding significantly more produce than its organic counterpart – one study suggests that organic farming may present more […]

(Natural News) The Trump administration is truly reforming America one program at a time with innovative, “genius” ideas that benefit everyone. Trump’s latest innovation? The USDA “Harvest Box” idea. Here’s how it works: Under the “Harvest Box” program, food stamp recipients who are currently spending their government SNAP money would receive half of that credit […]

(Natural News) In recent weeks Natural News founder/editor Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, exposed yet another monumental fail on the part of the federal government: The Feds are actively blocking the public from learning about an herbal molecule from licorice root that can be added to alcoholic beverages to dramatically reduce the liver toxicity caused […]

(Natural News) America touts itself as being one of the most technologically-advanced nations on earth, if not the most advanced, and yet we are much like a third-world country when it comes to ensuring food safety, says Natural News founder/editor Mike Adams, the Health Ranger. In a recent podcast Adams says food and agriculture industries […]

(Natural News) It’s a new day in Washington, D.C. after Donald J. Trump defied the odds and beat the political establishment of both parties, but unfortunately, the federal bureaucracy lives on and until he has more time to cut it down to size, it will continue to make lives more difficult — and dangerous — […]

(Natural News) On January 18, 2017, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) published its final rule on organic livestock and poultry production practices, known as the Organic Animal Welfare Rule. This legislation represented the culmination of 14 years of hard work by Congress and organic stakeholders, and contained rules that had to be implemented in […]