17+ hour, 32+ min ago   (312+ words) Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Sunday accused Taylor Farms of impeding public health efforts to contain the Cyclospora outbreak and questioned whether the company’s political contributions to President Donald Trump‘s campaign contributed to CDC staffing cuts that weakened disease…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (916+ words) California is once again confronting a rapidly escalating wildfire season fuelled by extreme heat, drying vegetation, drought and strong winds. As of 24 July, the state has recorded more than 3,800 wildfires so far this year, burning approximately 79,000 hectares. The largest active…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (465+ words) Sainsbury’s is to increase supplies of British tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers amid fears of drought affecting crops imported from abroad. The UK’s second biggest supermarket has signed new 10-year partnerships with UK producers Evesham Vale Growers and Thanet Earth to…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (271+ words) Climate change is exacerbating drought in Europe as extreme heat evaporates water supplies, scientists said in a study published this week, with low water levels disrupting shipping, farming and industry in countries including Romania and Greece. Numerous European countries are…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (543+ words) The nation’s largest known outbreak of the parasitic illness cyclosporiasis just got a lot bigger. There are now nine states that have been affected, updated data from federal health agencies shows. Cylosporiasis infections lead to really nasty but non-life-threatening symptoms,…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (435+ words) Donald Trump’s chief trade official denied the president’s sweeping tariffs have increased prices for US families, as lawmakers challenged him over cost-of-living concerns across much of the country. US inflation surged to a three-year high earlier this year. During a…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (569+ words) The coming 10 days are set to determine whether supermarkets will be hit by food shortages later in the year, farmers say, as parts of England come close to a drought. Southern and eastern England have had no rain at all…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (774+ words) It’s 5am when we crawl out of our tents. The catbirds are calling and the night sky is fading to dawn, as we prepare to head into the bush. We’re surrounded by the towering eucalypts of southeast Queensland in search of…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (662+ words) A parasite outbreak linked by US health authorities to lettuce supplied to Taco Bell has triggered a sharp drop in customer visits, hurting the restaurant chain's performance and weighing on parent Yum! Brands Inc. while also spilling over to other…...

1+ week, 18+ hour ago   (517+ words) inkl Ants Have Been Farming Fungi Underground for 66 Million Years, Long Before Human Agriculture The oldest farm on Earth is underground This is not a loose relationship or a coincidence of habitat. It is obligate mutualism, a biological term for…...