Listeria victims’ families meeting with farmers
File- This Sept. 26, 2013 file photo shows Ryan Jensen, 33, front, and brother Eric Jensen, 37, leaving the federal courthouse in Denver. The two Colorado cantaloupe farmers who pleaded…
Agriculture
AP Photos: Prospectors seek fortune in legal pot
By GENE JOHNSON This combination of November 2013 photos in Washington state shows, top row from left, pastry chef Marla Molly Poiset, security guard Steve Smith and businesswoman Angel Swanson.…
Birds of prey seize the day in battle with gulls
By GILLIAN FLACCUS In this Oct. 28, 2013 photo, Mia, a 5-year-old Harris hawk eats a bit of meat after working at the Olinda Alpha landfill in Brea, Calif. The…
The secret, dirty cost of Obama’s green power push
By DINA CAPPIELLO and MATT APUZZO In this July 20, 2013, photo, a plant that produces ethanol is next to a cornfield near Coon Rapids, Iowa. Government mandates to increase…
Michigan growers trying to get apples to doze off
By MIKE HO– USEHOLDER and JOHN FLESHER In this Nov. 7, 2013 photo apples moving along a conveyor line at the King Orchards production warehouse in Central Lake, Mich. This…
Trans fat doesn’t stir much ‘nanny state’ debate
By CONNIE CASS FILE – This May 31, 2012 file photo shows a display of various size soft drink cups next to stacks of sugar cubes at a news conference…
Local fight with Mexican cartel a small victory
By KATHERINE CORCORAN In this Nov. 5 photo, armed men from to a self-defense group create a checkpoint in the town of Las Colonias, Mexico. Several communities have created their…
ARGENTINES LINK HEALTH PROBLEMS TO AGROCHEMICALS
By MICHAEL WARREN and NATACHA PISARENKO In this March 29, 2013, photo, former farmworker Fabian Tomasi, 47, shows the condition of his emaciated body as he stands inside his home…