New and changing circumstances require examination of policy options by governments, agribusinesses, food producers and processors, and consumers. In response

Many biologically derived substances exhibit antimicrobial properties in the foods in which they normally are found or may be developed

The scientific evidence does not support restrictions in the consumption of salted, smoked, or nitrite-preserved foods by the U.S. population.

  Foods derived from animals contribute significantly to total nutrients in the U.S. food supply. Moreover, the availability to humans

Concern for the welfare of farm animals is mounting in the United States. Although many of the issues of agricultural

  Approximately 262 million acres of public land in the western United States are grazed by domestic livestock. This report

  A broad spectrum of integrated manure management systems are available to collect, transfer, store, treat, and efficiently utilize a

Farmers irrigating in the western United States face a host of changing circumstances that will require innovations and new adaptations

Foodborne bacteria cause as many as 9,000 deaths in the United States annually; yet scientifically proven safe, low doses of

For more than a century, crop price instability has dogged U.S. farmers. And in the past 60 years–despite federal subsidy