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Raw milk health risks significantly outweigh any potential benefits − food scientists and...
San Francisco Chronicle· 23 minutes agoAdvocates claim raw milk has superior health benefits over pasteurized milk. Mississippi State University food scientists Juan Silva and Joel Komakech and nutritionist Mandy Conrad explain the ...
A Bird-Flu Pandemic in People? Here’s What It Might Look Like.
The New York Times via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe bird flu outbreak in dairy cattle has so far spilled over to just three farmworkers in the...
'More at risk than everyone else': Advocates say more needs to be done to protect farmworkers
The Ocala Star-Banner· 17 hours agoAmong the safety concerns voiced by advocates: making sure the buses that transport workers have...
Farmworkers face high-risk exposures to bird flu, but testing isn’t reaching them
Utah News Dispatch via Yahoo News· 3 days agoFarmworkers face some of the most intense exposures to the bird flu virus, but advocates say many of...
Measure could allow California farmworkers to be paid in event of natural disaster
CBS News· 4 days agoThere's a national push to protect hundreds of thousands of California farmworkers by making sure...
2 Tri-Cities companies to pay $470K after farmworkers reported rapes, harassment
The Olympian via Yahoo News· 2 days agoTwo Pasco companies will pay $470,000 to resolve a lawsuit alleging multiple rapes and sexual...
Scientists try to solve bird flu mystery: Why there's so much virus in Michigan wastewater
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 2 days agoNewly released wastewater surveillance data suggests Michigan is a national hot spot for the highly...
Ex CDC director predicts bird flu pandemic: What to know
The Hill· 2 days agoFormer Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Robert Redfield says it’s just a...
Charlottesville-based produce company getting USDA grant
CBS19 News Charlottesville· 5 days ago“These awards will largely support small and mid-sized farms to ensure they can hire and retain the workers they need to be competitive in the market, while also lifting up rural communities ...
Bird flu worries prompt new testing orders for cows, concern forfarmworkers and others at risk
Wisconsin Examiner via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) announced this week it would...