THE AFRO — 32BJ – SEIU, a union which represents over 600 janitors and security guards that were furloughed and didn’t receive wages.
Karen Matthews, ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced a goal Wednesday to cut the amount of food that Americans...
MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Shirley Sherrod, the former Agriculture Department official whose supposed racist remarks on video ignited a firestorm in 2010,...
(AL.com) – Kraft Heinz has issued a recall for more than 2 million pounds of Oscar Mayer turkey bacon after consumers have reported becoming sick, according to...
MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In the ever-complicated debate over labeling of genetically modified foods, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack offers this idea: Use...
Jonathan Ellis, USA TODAY WASHINGTON (USA Today)—The U.S. Department of Agriculture is expected to release studies this spring that will provide more information about the...
(Politico) – The Agriculture Department is getting ready to tell a lot of people who’ve been getting farm subsidy checks without lifting a hay bale,...
MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sixteen million children were on food stamps as of last year, the highest number since the nation’s economy...
NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS, Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — For the first time, all varieties of apples from the United States will go on sale in...
John Boyd led fight for Black farmers By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – For decades, Black farmers fought the United States Department of...
[Des Moines Register] Parents will spend $241,080 to raise a child born in 2012, according to a report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Adjusting for...