Food News: A birthday, a time to march, a time to sow
Did you know that every minute, we lose one acre of farmland to development? Or that since 1982, we've lost over 23 million acres of farmland?
Impending disaster uncovered at Louisiana refinery
An EPA inspection uncovered numerous air quality and job safety and health violations that ExxonMobil did not report at the nation's second largest oil refinery.
Five million farmers sue Monsanto for "taxing production"
Farmworkers say Monsanto makes an exorbitant profit each year on royalties from "renewal" seed harvests.
Europe may ban bee-killing pesticides
Under proposals now before the European Union, three pesticides that harm bees and have contributed to their overall decline may be banned soon on that continent.
Texas farmers face off against Keystone pipeline
But there is an outcry among Texans who do not want pipelines snaking along their property - and who fear the environmental risks of potential spills.
