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What’s MyPlate? Few Americans know or heed the US nutrition guide

More than a decade after Agriculture Department officials ditched the food pyramid, few Americans have heard of MyPlate, a dinner plate-shaped logo that emphasizes fruits and vegetables.

Chicago Sun-Times

Musk’s Neuralink faces federal inquiry after killing 1,500 animals in testing

Brain-implant company accused of causing needless suffering and deaths amid pressure from CEO

The Guardian - US

School meal waivers expired. Now what?

More than merely keeping kids fed, universal school meals “are the healthiest meals that kids are eating"

Salon

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It's official: This year's bird flu outbreak is now the worst in U.S. history

Prior to this year, the largest bird flu outbreak in U.S. history occurred in 2015, in what the USDA called “arguably the most significant animal health event in U.S. history.”

Fortune

MyPlate? Few Americans know or heed US nutrition guide

A new study finds that few Americans have heard of MyPlate, the government diet guide that replaced the long-standing food pyramid

The Independent UK

Come Next Thanksgiving, We Might Be Giving Thanks for Government-Approved, Lab-Grown Turkey

Regulators are beginning to smile on the sci-fi project of creating real meat products without the typical death and environmental destruction.

Reason

These counties have more turkeys than people

At least five counties in the U.S. have more turkeys than people.

Axios

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How to properly defrost a frozen turkey

Is there a frozen turkey in your freezer? It may already be time to move it to the fridge . . .

Salon

McDonald’s and Walmart beef suppliers criticised for ‘reckless’ antibiotics use

Exclusive: Most important antibiotics for human health still used in supply chains of major US food companies, risking spread of superbugs

The Guardian - UK

Less burping, more meat and milk - how livestock farmers can help tackle the climate crisis

Africa’s livestock farmers are at the forefront of climate change. Images of parched landscapes littered with the carcasses of starved cattle are becoming all too familiar as droughts increase in frequency and severity. But cattle farming globally is also one of the causes of climate change. The world’s three billion…

The Conversation

World making little progress on food waste, a big climate problem

Every Thursday, California resident Richard Redmond takes a gallon-sized container of food scraps to the farmers market in the city of South Pasadena where it is collected and composted for use in gardens – an effort to reduce the amount of household waste he sends to landfill.

Reuters

There's No Good Reason To Expand Government-Funded School Lunches

It's an expensive policy with little upside.

Reason

US farms lobby to use ‘cruellest’ killing method as bird flu rages

Controversial killing method could become preferred option despite vets saying it should only be used as a last resort

The Guardian - UK

USDA says more than $200M will help meat processors expand

The Agriculture Department announced more than $223 million in grants and loans Wednesday to help small and mid-sized meat processing plants expand to help boost competition in the highly concentrated industry

The Independent UK

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Commentary: They still die piece by piece

Two decades after an article in The Washington Post, titled “They Die Piece by Piece,” detailed the horrors animals faced in slaughterhouses and exposed federal officials’ paltry enforcement of the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act (HMSA), little has changed. The meat industry and the agency entrusted with regulating it continue…

Salon

3 Costco recalls you should know about

Recalls of products sold at the popular wholesale warehouse chain were announced via notices and the USDA

Benzinga

Cannabis, The Country's 6th Most Valuable Crop The USDA Totally Ignores, New Leafly Harvest Report

Leafly Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: LFLY) has issued its second annual Cannabis Harvest Report, which reveals that in some states, cannabis is consistently one of the highest-value crops in the field, though the federal government - even some state and local governments - do not t

The Guardian - US

Waterlogged wheat, rotting oranges: five crops devastated by a year of extreme weather

Crops are struggling to grow – and produce the same yields – as they would under normal weather conditions

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The Independent UK

LOCALIZE IT: Broadband grants flow to projects in 24 states

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Reason

Biden Is Pushing 'Equity' and 'Environmental Justice' Into Every Corner of the Regulatory State

Will a new commission at the U.S. Department of Agriculture solve racism? We're going to find out.

Miami Herald

Inspection finds ‘very thin dolphins’ at Florida's Seaquarium. New management defends care

MIAMI — Nine dolphins at Miami Seaquarium were underfed as a form of punishment, causing unhealthy weight loss and dangerous aggressive behavior, according to a critical inspection by the federal agency that oversees animal attractions.

Bangkok Post

Indian export curbs shake up rice market

MUMBAI: India’s recent curbs on rice exports could trigger a rally in global prices after more than a decade of stability, traders say, as Delhi’s protectionist move coincides with falling output in other major producing countries and rising global demand.

Salon

What exactly is a "best by" date?

Hey, don't toss that carton of milk just yet — it may still be good

The Independent UK

USDA announces $1 billion debt relief for 36,000 farmers

The federal government has announced a program to provide $1.3 billion in debt relief for about 36,000 farmers who have fallen behind on loan payments or face foreclosure

Roll Call

USDA begins debt relief payments for thousands of farmers - Roll Call

The USDA has begun debt relief payments for thousands of farmers in Washington's second attempt in two years to provide aid.

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