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How we fell out of love with milk
The Guardian | Posted onNovember 14, 2018 in Food NewsSoya, almond, oat... Whether for health issues, animal welfare or the future of the planet, ‘alt-milks’ have never been more popular. Are we approaching dairy’s final days?But the surge in popularity for alt-milks has many different sources. There are those who are concerned about animal welfare or our perilous environmental situation: recent research found that a quarter of us now consider ourselves “meat reducers”.
Pets or People, Big Food Faces the Same Supermarket Battle
Wall Street Journal | Posted onNovember 14, 2018 in Food NewsFood makers betting on pets to make up for falling sales to people are facing some familiar problems. Pet foods with fancier ingredients are eating away at market share for mainstream brands. Snacks for dogs and cats are selling faster than meals. And a flood of new products is putting pressure on prices.
R-CALF USA to Sue Beef Councils
DTN | Posted onNovember 14, 2018 in Agriculture NewsThe federal district court in Montana granted the Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund United Stockgrowers (R-CALF USA) a motion to expand its beef checkoff program lawsuit to include at least 13 states in addition to Montana, R-CALF USA said. “The district court in Montana previously granted, and the appellate court recently upheld, a preliminary injunction temporarily stopping the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) from violating the U.S.
Chronic Wasting Disease Found in More Deer at Minnesota Farm
KSTP | Posted onNovember 14, 2018 in Agriculture NewsThe Minnesota Board of Animal Health reports that four additional deer from a deer farm in Crow Wing County that has been quarantined since 2016 have tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease. A release said the farm has been under movement restrictions and monitored by the board since two white-tailed deer tested positive for the disease in December 2016.
New report details sources of foodborne illnesses
Meating Place (free registration required) | Posted onNovember 14, 2018 in Food NewsThe most common sources of foodborne pathogens causing illness are widely varied and, for most pathogens, not meat, according to a new report from the Interagency Food Safety Analytics Collaboration (IFSAC).
Report: USMCA will cause US ag exports to decline by $1.8B
Watt AgNet | Posted onNovember 14, 2018 in Federal NewsA new report says the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement will expand U.S. agricultural exports by $450 million, but those gains will be negated by retaliatory tariffs by Canada and Mexico against the U.S. The study, “How U.S. Agriculture Will Fare Under the USMCA and Retaliatory Tariffs,” says retaliatory tariffs will cause U.S.
Pipelines repeatedly cited by state regulators for environmental issues
Charleston Gazette Mail | Posted onNovember 14, 2018 in Energy NewsAs battles over two major natural gas pipelines play out in court, state regulators have continued to cite the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and Mountain Valley Pipeline for environmental problems.The Mountain Valley Pipeline has received 19 violation notices from the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection for failing to comply with the project’s West Virginia/National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System general water pollution control permit.
Florida monarch butterfly populations have dropped 80 percent since 2005
Science Daily | Posted onNovember 14, 2018 in Agriculture NewsA 37-year survey of monarch populations in North Central Florida shows that caterpillars and butterflies have been declining since 1985 and have dropped by 80 percent since 2005.
Rural resilience calls for new practices in land use
Houston Chronicle | Posted onNovember 14, 2018 in Rural NewsThe ability to be resilient is a practical necessity for residents of rural areas. But the long-practiced goal of self-sufficiency now has a broader definition that calls on residents in the region to adapt to change, regional planning experts note.Resiliency could be be applied to land use practices, according to a proposed regional program, such as expanding maple sugar operations and the ability to grow new varieties of fruit trees.
Caravan To Nowhere: Five Fallacies That Stall Immigration Discourse
Forbes | Posted onNovember 14, 2018 in Federal NewsThe pending confrontation is tragic, considering the U.S. tradition of win-win outcomes for immigrants like me and the nation that receives our creative energy and industry.The results are indisputable. Fed by a steady stream of the world’s outcasts — the tired, poor and tempest-tossed masses memorialized on the Statue of Liberty — the United States has emerged as the world’s No.