First Lady Thanks Agriculture Department Employees
(Feb 20, 2009)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- First lady Michelle Obama on Thursday added a White House touch to a garden being planted at a federal agency near the National Mall.
Dairy Cows Head For Slaughter as Milk Prices Sour
(Feb 20, 2009)
TURLOCK, Calif (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of America's dairy cows are being turned into hamburgers because milk prices have dropped so low that farmers can no longer afford to feed the animals.
USDA to Meat Industry: Give Shoppers More Details
(Feb 20, 2009)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration has asked the meat industry to voluntarily give the public more information about where their food comes from.
Smithfield Foods to Cut 1,800 Jobs and Close 6 Plants
(Feb 20, 2009)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Smithfield Foods Inc said Tuesday it plans to cut 1,800 jobs and close six factories — including one in its Virginia hometown — as part of a restructuring that comes amid an overall slump in the meat industry.
Nestle, Hormel Benefit as Consumers Cut Spending
(Feb 20, 2009)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Price is paramount as consumers pare back even their food purchases.
Ohio Food Giveaway Aids Jobless Workers' Families
(Feb 20, 2009)
Wilmington, Ohio (AP) - Semi trailers loaded with donated food and other items pulled into town Thursday, bringing much-needed supplies to families devastated by the impending pullout of cargo shipper DHL.
Colorado Ranchers Pray for Death of "Death Tax"
(Feb 20, 2009)
DENVER (AP) -- For Dale Allee, a second-generation cattle rancher in southern Colorado, the idiom that nothing is certain but death and taxes is now a reality.
