Avian influenza is back, as the USDA says what could be the largest outbreak in U.S. history threatens flocks across the country, including in Missouri. Marshall Griffin talked about it with Dr. Chelsey Shivley, a Washington, D.C.-based veterinarian working with the...
The USDA and the federal Department of Health and Human Services have released new dietary guidelines, which include a new, upside-down food pyramid. Dr. Heidi Miller, Chief Medical Officer with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, outlines the...
The sale of lab-grown meat would be banned in Missouri under a handful of state House bills. One of them, HB 2769, is sponsored by State Rep. Brad Pollitt, R-Sedalia. “I think this protects the farmer (and) the ag community, which puts $93 billion into our state...
(WASHINGTON D.C.) — Starting next year in Missouri, highly processed food will be cut from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Missouri is one of 18 states pushing for SNAP food-choice waivers, under the Make America Healthy Again Initiative....
Missouri food banks have lost nearly 1.6 million pounds of federal food aid since May due to cuts to a USDA program that buys food from U.S. farmers. The Trump administration slashed $500 million from the Emergency Food Assistance Program, canceling 124 scheduled...
