Having completed a yearslong scientific review, the Food and Drug Administration is set to announce as early as next week that meat and milk from cloned farm animals and their offspring can start appearing on supermarket shelves, sources in contact with the agency said Friday. ...more

January 5, 2008

The U.S. Senate passed the much debated farm bill, with just about everything everyone has been begging them to toss out of it. It's just one more example of our elected officials ignoring what we're saying. Let's hope it gets changed while working out compromises with the House and, if necessary, President Bush vetoes it. ...more

December 16, 2007

President Bush on Wednesday nominated Edward Schafer, who served two terms as governor of North Dakota, to head the Department of Agriculture, an agency with a broad mandate ranging from administration of the federal food stamp program and aiding economic development in rural America to enhancing food safety. ...more

November 1, 2007