Wrap: New trade agreement, early season rainfall expected in California & more
Wrapping up some important and #GoodReads (and listens) to help you get a head start on the week. What’s on tap: a new North American trade agreement and a couple …
Historic wildfires have devastated parts of California and remain burning. Thousands have been impacted. Here’s some information that may help you…or enable you to help others. RESOURCE LISTING AND MAP …
The UC Food Observer chooses a handful of important stories for you to read each work day. Typically, we offer this on Fridays, but with so many important and wonderful …
FDA wants to pull back the curtain on antibiotics
Even as more companies announce that they will reduce the use of antibiotics in meat production, the argument about the use of antibiotics in animals continues. One issue is that …
A Vermont slaughterhouse invites observers
Even those who love meat don’t often express a desire to see how animals are slaughtered or processed. But a growing number of consumers in the 21st century food movement …
Federal meat research center: poor oversight, but no abuse
A committee appointed by the USDA to investigate the federal Meat Research Center in Nebraska after allegations of animal welfare surfaced has issued its report. The committee’s report faulted the …
UC Food Observer chooses a handful of important stories for you to read as you finish your work week. On the menu, in no particular order: the USDA reports trends …
UC Food Observer chooses a handful of important stories for you to read as you finish your work week. On the menu, in no particular order: A survey of feedlot …
Survey of feedlot dust: antibiotics, bacteria found
Background: The emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance has become a global health threat; it is often linked with the overuse of antibiotics in industrial-scale animal operations. Excreted antibiotics can …
With global demand for meat rapidly increasing, there is pressure to increase meat production. Some argue that meat production places more demands on resources than other forms of food production. …