The average food waste price tag for a family of four is $2,200 per year, noted Jonathan Bloom, author of American Wasteland, at Charleston|Orwig's Thought Leadership event. Forty percent of the food produced...

Everyone contributes to the problem . . . the solution must encompass all levels of the retail chain. We have a problem with our food system. "Despite our excesses on U.S. soil, in 2013 we still cannot...

The United States of America is most noted for its abundance of agricultural food production. No other nation can compare to the American farmer's ability to produce products in such abundance

Food, water and energy are among the major resources required to satisfy mankind's basic human needs. Ensuring there is enough of these to go around was the focus of a well-publicized United Nation's Food...

Students write essays to connect farming with their food. This spring, Wisconsin's Ag in the Classroom program held an essay contest. Fourth and fifth grade students from across the state wrote one-page...

The terms are all too familiar for those in animal agriculture: "growth hormone," "mad cow disease" and "factory farm." All are nicknames for longer, dryer formal names. The mainstream media loves them...

Not long ago the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known to most of us as food stamps, was the political grease that encouraged urban legislators to vote for the farm bill

Hosted by "Survivor: Cook Islands" winner, Yul Kwon, the most recent PBS series, "America Revealed," provides a general overview of four key systems that keep our nation thriving: food, energy, manufacturing,...

Many of us in agriculture stay involved in local pro-agriculture organizations. While each has its political tilt or bias, I hope we can all agree that Farm Bureau does a great job promoting the national...

Local food is the new "sustainability" trend. Walk into any upscale restaurant and there's a good chance that the menu will be awash with proud proclamations of food sourced from local producers

It was yet another preeminent national symposium whose sound-bites you didn't see on the evening news. Agriculture and facts are never sexy enough for TV unless people are sick, animals are abused, or...

Tomorrow is the day to educate family members about their food. You'll have a captive audience and a full table. According to MSN, all but 5 percent of us will eat turkey tomorrow. While that number seems...

As dairy producers, it is inevitable that we will eventually become beef producers

"People really do think their food comes from the store in cans, boxes, and bottles," was what I wrote to our western editor in a recent email

It is our responsibility to provide a safe, nutritious food supply. The recent recall of ground turkey and an E. coli outbreak in Michigan are recent examples of food making people sick. They remind us...

Responsible antibiotic use is everyone's responsibility. The veterinarian, herd owner, and employees handling medications all need to be aware of the guidelines and rules involving antibiotic treatments...

What is a food desert? (desert, not dessert) It is a relatively new term that originated in the early 1990s but has become more mainstream in recent years. According to the USDA, a food desert is a Census...

With the recent events of an earthquake and tsunami, the safety of the human food supply in Japan is getting much attention. The World Health Organization official claims the food safety situation is "more...

Just yesterday, President Barack Obama signed into law the first major overhaul of U.S. food safety infrastructure since 1983. The bill, known as the American Food Safety Modernization Act or S. 510, comes...

There are the cows, the trade show, and dairy enthusiasts…but, don't forget that about the food. After spending the morning walking around, we have come up with the best food finds on the Expo grounds....