Former President Barack Obama called for big changes in agriculture and food policy to help curb climate change during a sustainability summit in Milan, Italy.
Implementation of the rules has been pushed back thanks to President Donald Trump’s “regulatory freeze.”
Some of the country’s largest farm organizations are lobbying the incoming administration to drop rules that would change the production of organic meat.
The FDA and USDA split food safety responsibilities currently. A total of 12 agencies enforce about 30 different laws.
In another blow to increase the healthiness of school lunches, pizza sauce is considered a vegetable.
New, stricter standards placed on the chicken and turkey industries are predicted to prevent 25,000 cases of foodborne illness a year.
The FDA was awarded over $4 billion in funding to help pay for its food safety programs, while the USDA experienced budget cuts.
Lawmakers worry that the Obama administration's focus on health care reform may be impeding on climate change legislation.
With the 40th anniversary of the Moon landing upon us, Earth Eats' Cory Barker looks at what could be this generation's Apollo program.
The Obama administration has released a report on the effects climate change is having on our world and what all we should be doing to prevent it.
Food Safety is growing into a "hot button" issue among consumers and lawmakers. Earth Eats has some resources to help you stay informed.