There are a lot of food-obsessed people in America's cities willing to pay a premium for locally raised meat from nearby small farms. That might be news to the farmers, though. A new startup hopes to save farms by connecting them to ...READ»
The fast food behemoth recently announced its Sustainable Land Management Commitment, a pledge to ensure that agricultural raw materials and packaging come from sustainable sources. First up: beef, poultry, coffee, and palm oil.READ»
Good news for cows, bad news for cattlemen: The average American ate 1.7 pounds less beef in 2009 than the year before. (That's still 61 pounds per person, roughly the weight of a newborn calf.) Rising feed costs (hello, ethanol!), ...READ»
Taking Amtrak's Heartland Flyer train between Fort Worth and Oklahoma City sometime in the next year? You will be hitching a ride on the first beef byproducts-powered biodiesel train. The train, which runs on 80% regular diesel and ...READ»
More than 50% of food manufacturers don't know that they are supposed to provide the FDA with updated contact information in
the case of emergencies, such as salmonella or other forms of food
contamination. This is the ...READ»
