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USDA touts its “partnerships for climate-smart commodities”

The program is a scam within a scam

By Bonner Cohen, Ph. D. |2022-12-21T20:37:28-05:00December 22nd, 2022|Comments Off

USDA invokes ‘science’ for banning harvested wild game bird imports from Canada

The USDA announced that it'll use 'science' to restrict harvested wild game bird imports from Canada back into the U.S.

By Gabriella Hoffman |2022-09-07T09:39:10-04:00September 6th, 2022|Comments Off

Can farmers still trust the USDA?

America’s farmers and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) used to trust each other. The farmers are still there, but USDA has been politicized.

By CFACT Ed, Dr. Jay Lehr |2019-06-26T10:59:55-04:00June 30th, 2019|Comments Off

Advancing scientific integrity on bees

The rants of pesticide-hating environmentalists may theaten the honeybee population much more than the subject of their rage -- neonicotinoid pesticides that destroy Varroa destructor mites that actually do kill millions of bees. CFACT Senior Policy Analyst Paul Driessen explains that the installation of a beehive on the Vice President's residence could focus on how to protect bees from these vicious, though tiny, predators that suck the bee's hemolymph blood-equivalent out of them, compromising their immune systems and vectoring in a dozen of more viruses and diseases into honeybees and colonies.

By Paul Driessen |2017-06-19T12:54:08-04:00June 19th, 2017|Comments Off

California raisin farmers get another day in court

Raisin growers Marvin and Laura Horne have challenged a 66-year-old USDA regulation that allows the government to seize up to half a grower's raisin crop for forced resale overseas at discounted prices. The stated purpose is to keep the domestic price for raisins artificially high, but the Hornes claim that the seizure of their crop amounts to an unconstitutional taking without adequate compensation - and now the case is headed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

By Bonner Cohen, Ph. D. |2015-02-23T11:51:00-05:00February 23rd, 2015|Comments Off

USDA shirking its responsibility to inspect organic food!

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits synthetic nitrogen fertilizer in organic production and encourages natural compost. But it does not test for un-composted feces. At least 140 people across eight states have now fallen ill after consuming hepatitis-A-infected certified-organic frozen berries and pomegranate seeds; 61 were still in hospitals in mid-July.

By Adam Houser |2013-07-18T15:58:04-04:00July 17th, 2013|Comments Off

Why should “organic” mean “untested”?

Organic farmers in many developing countries – such as Turkey, the apparent origin of this outbreak – still use raw human sewage to fertilize crops! In many people’s opinion, that practice qualifies as “organic” – whereas using safe modern fertilizers and insecticides does not! Even worse, feces contamination cannot be washed off. It’s embedded in the plant.

By Adam Houser |2013-07-17T12:43:10-04:00July 8th, 2013|Comments Off