Here’s What Those Colored Dots on Food Packaging Really Mean
No matter your chip flavor of choice, there are bound to be seemingly random colored dots on the packaging. Turns out, they’re not a secret snack code—or a sign the chips are about to expire. “There’s ...
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OSU Extension: Spring, summer and fall bulbs benefit from fertilization
Spring, summer and fall bulbs do benefit from fertilization! The soil fertility and pH in your garden plays a role in determining the amount or if it is needed. While not absolutely necessary, ...
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Benefits With Beverages in Produce Department
Juice companies recommend grocery retailers situate juice displays close to the produce aisles. In the minds of many ...
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EU court puts US organic food exporters in labeling dilemma
U.S. exporters that receive the USDA organic label also receive the EU organic logo without additional certification. Germany's Herbaria Kräuterparadies GmbH showed in court that organic U.S ...
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USDA Makes Rare Move to Reschedule an Important Organic Standards Meeting
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) posted on its website that the spring meeting of the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB), originally planned for April 29–May 1 in Tempe, Arizona—is being ...
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USDA axes study into safer menstruation products, citing single reference to trans men
On Friday, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollin s bragged on social media platform X about the cancellation of a $600,000 grant for Southern University in Louisiana, touting that her department had ...
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USDA cuts over $1 billion in local food purchasing for schools and food banks
The U.S. Agriculture Department has cut two federal programs that spent over $1 billion annually to help schools and food banks buy food from local farms and ranches, according to a school group ...
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Amidst USDA grant freeze, Georgia mushroom farmer faces funding uncertainty
“There are more challenges with, I’d say, overall, more risk if we don’t have those USDA funds and loans, we’re just going to move forward with it, and know that we’re going to make it ...
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Trump's USDA secretary defends $1 billion cuts to funding for food banks, schools
The Trump administration is facing backlash from Democrats and school nutrition advocates over its recent decision to kill two federal programs that provided more than $1 billion in funding for ...
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USDA $1B plan for bird flu, egg prices includes imports, ‘backyard chickens’
The Agriculture Department on Wednesday said it will spend $1 billion to tackle the bird flu in a campaign to address soaring egg prices that appears, in a departure for the administration ...
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Farmers Sue Over Deletion of Climate Data From Government Websites
The data, which disappeared from Agriculture Department sites in recent weeks, was useful to farmers for business planning, the lawsuit said. By Karen Zraick Organic farmers and environmental ...
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Egg prices could jump 41% this year, USDA says, as Trump's bird flu plan is unveiled
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Agriculture Department predicts record ... Chickens walk in a fenced pasture at an organic farm in Iowa on Oct. 21, 2015. Credit: AP/Charlie Neibergall “It’s going ...