Sarah Gonzalez

Anna Blazhuk/Getty Images 99% of chemicals in our food right now were added without FDA approval. Many were added in secret, through a sneaky loophole built into the 1958 Food Additives Amendment. It was supposed to require FDA approval for new additives.... See more

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has concluded that atrazine, one of the nation’s most widely used agricultural herbicides, is not likely to jeopardize endangered species or destroy critical habitat when conservation measures are incorporated into its l... See more

CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images Do you work more for more money? Or work less for more time? For some, this is the ultimate economic choice. Every single worker in the European Union is guaranteed four weeks of paid vacation. No matter how long the... See more

| Organic industry groups are urging USDA to maintain animal-welfare requirements for organic livestock as the department reviews whether to scale back the standards. In an April 29 letter to Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, the Organic Trade Associa... See more

Rising costs, cheap imports and an unprecedented labor squeeze are converging with extreme weather to push Louisiana’s crawfish sector toward a breaking point, according to a new American Farm Bureau Federation analysis. “The loss of processing capacity, ... See more