News - Food Supply
After tests this week confirmed BSE (mad cow) in a dead dairy cow from a California farm, the USDA went on the manhunt, or cowhunt, for any offspring the dead animal may have had, stating they could also carry the fatal brain-eating disease.
AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- What is behind the huge trend of vegetable gardens and backyard chickens? Surprisingly, it is not the higher costs of groceries.
A consortium of community advocates, political leaders and farmers launched SAFE: "Save America’s Food and Economy" - saveamericasfood.org - to protect farms and agriculture from the impact of H.R.
NCBRT Offers Emergency Training for First Responders Baton Rouge (PRWEB) June 06, 2011 The National Center for Biomedical Research and Training (NCBRT), a member of the Food and Agriculture Protection Training Consortium (FAPTC), is offering DHS-certified and sponsored training at no direct cost to state and local food emergency responders.

