Produce trail leaves vulnerable points
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Processed produce has a long journey from the grower to the table, increasing the number of chances for contamination &#151; and making it easier to spread.
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Â· Farmers say soft fruit may be left unharvestedÂ· Fewer EU migrants seeking farm jobs
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A food safety expert says  it likely came from processing the produce right in the fields, a practice that's become much more common
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Mexican cantaloupe irrigated with water from sewage-tainted rivers. Candy laced with lead. Chinese toothpaste is not the only concern for U.S. consumers wary of the health risks posed by imported goods.
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An E. coli outbreak that has sickened 59 people in the Northeast is prompting concern among West Coast farmers after officials announced that scallions suspected as carriers of the bacteria came from a Southern California farm.
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Your own patch of greenery may be your haven, but what you put in it could be harmful to the environment
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Tough food safety precautions and produce-tracking systems implemented last year after a fatal E. coli outbreak were put to the test when spinach from a produce company came up positive for salmonella bacteria, prompting a new recall.
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By NOAKI SCHWARTZ Associated Press  A farming couple is still battling to prevent placement of a landfill near a national park.   JOSHUA TREE, Calif.
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Poor harvests caused by bad weather could hurt farmers more than the foot-and-mouth outbreak, the government's rural adviser says.
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By NATE DEGRAFF  Lawns are browning. Farm fields are drying out. This month is one of the driest Mays on record.  But Guilford County is not in serious drought. Yet.
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By MORGAN, Jon  Farmers in slip-affected North Island areas are being asked to change their ways to reduce the damage caused by silt. JON MORGAN reports.   Coffers -- the name conjures up images of big bins filled with treasure and, in a way, that's what they are.
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Life & style: Rose Elliot: Traditional Christmas vegetable is latest victim of wet summer.
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People should immediately throw away more than 90 different products, from chili sauce to corned beef hash to dog food, produced at a plant linked to a botulism outbreak, the government warned Monday. Castleberry's Food Company temporarily closed the suspect plant.
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It is considered by Germans to be one of the culinary highlights of spring and summer. But this year the asparagus season is likely to be cut short because thousands of hectares of the crop have been left to rot.
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The realty space is being disrupted.
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Science & environment: Consequences of contamination between GM crops and non-GM varietiesare set to worsen, scientists  warn
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By JUSTIN CARINCI  A path winds past ponds and under cone-bearing and leafy trees at Columbia Springs Environmental Education Center.  On a bleak April day, a fish hatchery squeezed between state Highway 14 and Southeast Evergreen Highway seems an unlikely place for natural beauty.