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Fertilizer prices are soaring – and that's an opportunity to promote more sustainable ways of growing crops

Farmers are coping with a fertilizer crisis brought on by soaring fossil fuel prices and industry consolidation. The price of synthetic fertilizer has more than doubled since 2021, causing great stress in farm country.

The Conversation

RHDV2: Symptoms, vaccine for rabbits, and more about the fatal bunny disease in the U.S.

Bunny owners and vets weigh in with their advice and concerns about the lethal rabbit disease RHDV2 and the recent vaccine.

Inverse

Perpetua Picks IMCO For Cleanup Activities At Stibnite Mine Site

Perpetua Resources Corp. (NASDAQ:PPTA) (TSX:PPTA) has selected IMCO Construction as a partner to begin water quality improvements in the Stibnite mining district from July to October 2022. IMCO has technical expertise in industrial, hydro, transportation, water, and wastewater construction projects. Perpetua has secured permission from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S.…

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Biden picks USDA veteran for USTR agriculture negotiator post - Roll Call

Biden chose an Agriculture Department veteran as his pick for an agriculture negotiator post at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.

Roll Call

Following USDA Guidance, State Clinics Destroyed Thousands of Cans of Usable Baby Formula

The government worsens the baby formula shortage, again.

Reason

US bird flu outbreak: millions of birds culled in ‘most inhumane way available’

Controversial killing method used in 73% of culls this year despite vets urging its use to be limited

The Guardian - UK

The Biden administration has announced new funding to help food supply chains

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Wednesday unveiled $2 billion in new funding to strengthen food supply chains hard hit by the pandemic.

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A pandemic expansion of the National School Lunch Program ends this summer

About a third of the meals provided under the program will no longer be free next Fall.

USAFacts

Govt. orders stricter checks on wheat export process

Latest order from DGFT directs Regional Authorities to ‘physically verify’ all documents

The Hindu

Avocado industry crosses into ganglands

Mexico’s cash crop has been an attractive business enterprise for American taste buds and crime cartels

Salon

The Buffalo shooting is a reminder that millions don't live near a grocery store

Grocery stores provide healthy foods, create jobs and offer a place for community connection. "We started calling them front-line and essential workers for a reason," says one food access advocate.

WEKU

US military plane flies in 35 tonnes of baby formula from Germany

The first shipment of infant formula lands in Indianapolis to address a critical shortage in the US.

Al Jazeera

Best fragrant flowers – 14 plants guaranteed to add sensational scent to your garden

Adding beautiful, fragrant blooms to your planting schemes will create a garden that appeals to all the senses

Homes & Gardens

Baby formula shortage shows risk of US industry concentration

Formula isn’t just for babies. April Crohare desperately needs it for her 14-year-old son, Charlie. Due to medical complications from a rare brain disorder called lissencephaly, his only source of nutrition comes from infant formula through a feeding tube.

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Reason

America's Families Still Revile USDA-Funded School Lunches

The central planning of America's public school lunch menus has been a disaster.

The Independent UK

Biden administration ‘cutting red tape’ to ease baby formula shortage

‘We recognise that this is certainly a challenge for people across the country’

The Independent UK

Report criticizes meat industry, USDA response to pandemic

A new Congressional report says that at the height of the pandemic, the meat processing industry worked closely with political appointees in the Trump administration to stave off health restrictions and keep slaughterhouses open even as COVID-19 spread rapidly among workers

The Guardian - US

Trump officials and meat industry blocked life-saving Covid controls, investigation finds

Congressional investigation reveals the lengths meat industry went to downplay risks to workers and lobby receptive Trump officials

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GMOs Are Good for Us

The activists who say otherwise are wrong on the costs and wrong on the science.

Homes & Gardens

Deer resistant plants – 20 flowers and shrubs that deer hate

Discover an array of beautiful, deer resistant plants to keep your garden safe from local wildlife

The Independent UK

Bird flu takes unheard-of toll on bald eagles, other birds

Bird flu is killing an alarming number of bald eagles and other wild birds, with many sick birds arriving at rehabilitation centers unsteady on their talons and unable to fly

Salon

120,000 pounds of ground beef recalled

Over 100,000 pounds of ground beef have been recalled over E. coli concerns

The Guardian - US

US egg factory roasts alive 5.3m chickens in avian flu cull – then fires almost every worker

Laborers worked for a month disposing of birds killed in a gruesomely inhumane manner. Then they found they too were disposable

Tribune News Service

Colorado declared “primary natural disaster area,” USDA says, unlocking aid for farmers

Facing a decades-long megadrought, Colorado is considered by the federal government to be a primary natural disaster area.

Reuters

U.S. agencies direct $670 million to international food aid in wake of Ukraine invasion

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) will together contribute nearly $700 million to international food aid efforts in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the agencies said on Wednesday.

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