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Listeriosis kills around 200 people every year, according to the CDC

Parents, teachers and anti-hunger advocates hail new free-meal system, saying it improves academic performance and wellbeing

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is pushing back against critics who say his administration should have done more to thwart what federal prosecutors have called a scheme to take advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to defraud the U.S. government of at least $250 million

It used to be that organic crops were an oddity, destined for health food stores or maybe a few farmers markets

Federal authorities have charged 47 people in what they say was a massive scheme to take advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic and defraud the government of $250 million

Birds don't recognize borders.

More than 5m families missing meals and cutting portions because of poverty, according to government research

New Jersey officials are choosing to let rotting vultures lie. Experts are horrified at the risk of a new bird flu

Attracting a younger generation is key to building a sustainable food system, but getting access to land is a huge barrier to entering farming, according to a new survey.

The push for recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps, to shop online has been hailed by anti-hunger activists as a win-win solution to food insecurity. Locally, one out of every 10 households lacks access to affordable, healthy food on a consistent basis.

There is a limited amount of farmland, so when Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last spring prompted worries that people would go hungry as wheat remained stuck in blockaded ports, there was little U.S. farmers could do to meet the new demand