Articles by Whitney Forman-Cook

USDA says it will invest up to $103 million in dams in 19 states that need vital repairs and improvements.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) refused food imports at the same level between 2005 and 2013, even though the volume of food imports increased over that time period, says an Economic Research Service study released Wednesday.

Agriculture, food and energy industry Political Action Committee (PACs) are preparing in a big way for the upcoming presidential election, having already contributed a combined $24.9 million to political candidates in the first half of the 2015-2016 election cycle.

USDA has announced it will invest $41 million in conservation funding into a three-year initiative to improve water quality in the Western Lake Erie Basin.

A group of California Republicans wrote a letter to President Barack Obama Thursday urging him to 0act now0 to relieve water shortages in the drought-stricken state.

About 18 percent more rural residents have basic Internet access today compared to 2008 when President Obama first took office, according to Federal Communication Commission (FCC) data. And while thatps progress, USDA Under Secretary of Rural Development Lisa Mensah isn

This year, about 20 rice growers in the Mid-South and California will be producing another sort of commodity p carbon credits.

USDA announced Friday over $272 million will be given to rural communities adjacent to national forests to help run schools, repair roads and enhance forest health.

Republicans on the House Agriculture Committee took on Kevin Concannon, USDA@s under secretary for food, nutrition and consumer services, over a proposed rule that would change healthy food stocking requirements for convenience stores and gas stations that accept Supplemental Nutri

Whole Foods said Thursday it plans to be the first major food business in the U.S. to source slower-growing chicken breeds, instead of the conventional, faster-growing breeds that produce 98 percent of all commercially available chicken meat in North America.