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The organic food industry is a booming business. U.S. organic sales surged in 2020 by 12.4% to $61.9 billion.

Climate change, labor costs, transportation issues, Covid catalysts and other supply chain disruptions are wreaking havoc on the industry.

If meat is grown in a lab without slaughtering animals, what should it be called?

U.S. farmers of color are battling in the courts to save a $4 billion debt relief program approved by Congress

The recall only affects a limited amount of WillowTree chicken salad and dips that were manufactured between Aug. 10 and Aug. 13, according to the FSIS.

Home prices in the most expensive small towns may be more costly than properties in America’s biggest cities, a study finds.

Regenerative farming focuses on replenishing the soil’s nutrients by using things like no-till cultivation, rotational cattle grazing and planting cover crops.

A public health alert has been issued for more than 211,000 pounds of raw ground turkey products due to concerns it may have caused salmonella in some consumers.

Registered dietitian Sarah Andrus with Newton Wellesley Hospital talks about the latest dietary guidelines from federal health officials and the two major groups of our population they include for the first time.

Power outages are common in winter. If you’re one of the residents who has lost power, you may already be dealing with a lot of unfortunate circumstances — don’t let spoiled food be another thing to add to your plate.

Nestlé Prepared Foods is recalling about 762,615 pounds of select batches of Hot Pockets, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced on Friday.

When funding came to an end for a program that delivers free groceries to people in need, donors and a nonprofit stepped up to fill the gap in Vermont.

With a lot of scaled-down Thanksgiving dinners, it may be your first time making your own turkey, and the USDA is warning people to take proper food safety measures.

People in Massachusetts and dozens of other states have received packages from China containing mysterious seeds. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is urging anyone who gets an unsolicited package of seeds to hold onto them and contact state agricultural authorities. The department warns recipients not to plant any seeds of unknown origin. “At this time, we don’t have any...

President Donald Trump along with Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced a $19B coronavirus assistance plan for farmers and ranchers.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says more than 6,000 pounds of frozen sausage patties manufactured in Tennessee have been recalled over concerns they may be contaminated with salmonella. A Food Safety and Inspection Service statement released Friday says the ready-to-eat pork and turkey sausage products were made by George’s Prepared Food in Caryville, Tennessee.

General Mills has issued a nationwide recall over certain five-pound bags of its Gold Medal Unbleached All Purpose Flour due to the risk of a potentially deadly form of E. coli, the company and U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced. The voluntary recall affects bags of flour with a better if used by date of Sept. 6, 2020, a recall...

The New York City Department of Education has proposed eliminating chocolate milk from school menus in favor of options that contain less sugar

Vermont’s attorney general Wednesday urged people across his state to speak out against a proposal by the White House and USDA to change rules around eligibility for nutrition benefits—once known as food stamps, now called 3SquaresVT in Vermont.