Agribusiness

Center for Food Safety and Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy Petition FDA to Remove Arsenic from Animal Feeds

The Center for Food Safety (CFS) and the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy filed a petition with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) calling for the immediate withdrawal of approvals for all animal drug applications for arsenic-containing compounds used in animal feed.

As Climate Talks Begin, Obama's Change Mandate in Question

The potential confirmation of controversial former pesticide lobbyist Islam Siddiqui as the U.S. trade representative for agriculture threatens to further undermine this administration’s credibility in international forums by privileging U.S. corporate interests over the global public interest and common good.

Antibiotics, Animal Agriculture and MRSA: A New Threat

Widespread use of antibiotics leads to the development and spread of more antibiotic-resistant bacteria, like MRSA. When used, antibiotics kill off susceptible bacteria leaving resistant ones to multiply and spread; greater use of antibiotics—wherever that occurs—translates into greater numbers and different varieties of drug-resistant bacteria.

U.S. Groups Call for Leadership from the Obama Administration at the World Summit on Food Security

At the World Summit on Food Security in Rome, U.S. civil society organizations expressed concern with the Obama administration's support for increasing intensive, large-scale agriculture production and trade expansion as a solution to rising global hunger - failed approaches that have actually contributed to the global food crisis.

Why Danish farmers stopped feeding antibiotics to their animals

A war of words has erupted between the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and some leading advocates for reducing unnecessary antibiotics in animal feed, like Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Pew Commission on Industrial Animal Production.

Family farm, ag groups push to restrict overuse of antibiotics for animals

Numerous agriculure and family farm organizations have issued a letter to President Barack Obama and Senate leaders urging support for the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act (PAMTA) S. 619, in an effort to reduce the widespread overuse of antibiotics in animal agriculture.

Family farm/sustainable agriculture groups urge passage of animal antibiotics bill

Family farm and sustainable agriculture organizations sent a letter to President Barack Obama and Senate leaders today urging them to support a bill that would restrict the non-therapeutic use of medically important antibiotics in food animals. The Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act (PAMTA) S.

MRSA on the farm-from pigs to vets to the rest of us

Last spring, Nicholas Kristof opened eyes about the link between pigs, health and MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus).

Do we need industrial agriculture to feed the world?

Okay, only fair to warn you. I do not answer the question here. Second, the subject is not really one for a blog, more for a book. But it's important to say short things as well as long. Third, I have a bias. We all do. In this case, it matters that I like Michael Pollan's writing and that I believe there is much wrong with conventional agriculture as practiced in the United States.

Group Letter Urging President Obama to Support The Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act (PAMTA) of 2009

To meet the challenge of the misuse of antibiotics effectively, FDA must address the full range of nontherapeutic uses. Addressing only the growth promotion and feed efficiency uses of antibiotics, estimated by industry to be just 10 to 15 percent of the total, would make only a minor dent in the problem.