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Dostie Farm, an organic dairy in Fairfield, Maine, was thriving until one day in October 2020 when owner Egide Dostie Jr. got a call from Stonyfield, his exclusive buyer. Something was off with ...

I first heard about Steve Acheson and his farm while playing pickup basketball with some colleagues from work,” writes Barrett Swanson. “As we dribbled under yolky sunlight, my friend Josh ...

“EBT fraud literally takes food out of the mouths of children,” said Tara McGrath, U.S. attorney in San Diego. “Parents who don’t know they’ve been targeted get to the grocery checkout and discover ...

Part of the reason functional drinks have exploded,” writes Yasmin Tayag, “is the same reason that there are lots of protein bars and low-sugar snacks: If it sounds healthy, more people will buy it.

Hot and dry weather has reduced corn yields throughout southern Africa, “threatening food security for millions of households depending on this key staple for a significant share of calories consumed ...

A quarter of the U.S. military experienced food insecurity in recent years, more than twice the civilian rate of 10 percent, said a USDA report on Thursday. Rates were highest among active-duty ...

The USDA has completed a months-long update of the foods available through the Women, Infants, and Children program (WIC) to reflect the latest nutrition science, said Agriculture Secretary Tom ...

Already a major soybean, corn, and cotton grower, Brazil could expand its crop area by more than a third by converting overgrazed and overgrown pastureland, according to a research agency that is part ...