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Posted on June 24, 2010
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San Antonio Water System has re-introduced a water conservation program designed to help customers shoulder the cost of upgrading their irrigation systems.
Posted on June 24, 2010
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The California Department of Food and Agriculture is taking action against the threat of Oriental fruit flies after a mated female fruit fly was found in the North Highlands area of Sacramento County.
Posted on June 24, 2010
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Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle has signed into law a bill that will help fight invasive species in the state by strengthening agricultural inspection laws.
Posted on June 24, 2010
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Wisconsin's food safety laboratory at the Department of Agriculture Trade and Consumer Protection is one of four state-run labs in the country that will be testing Gulf of Mexico seafood for oil contamination in an effort to reopen fisheries and assure product safety in the aftermath of the BP oil spill.
Posted on June 24, 2010
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Strong sales and favorable exchange rates pushed McCormick and Co.'s profit up 31 percent in the second quarter. (MKC)
Posted on June 23, 2010
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Columbus, Ohio, and other major American cities might have their eyes on Portland for its eco-friendly mindset and commuter culture, but there's also a governmental body that sets the region apart from the rest.
Posted on June 23, 2010
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The Washington State Department of Natural Resources said it's settled with three Washington shellfish companies that allegedly used state-owned tidelands to grow and harvest shellfish.
Posted on June 23, 2010
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N.C. Attorney General Roy Cooper has announced the latest round of grants that are part of an agreement reached in 2000 with Smithfield Foods Inc. The world's-largest pork producer (NYSE:SFD) agreed to provide $50 million over 25 years to improve the environment in the state because of hog-waste problems at its suppliers' farms. (SFD)
Posted on June 23, 2010
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A former slaughterhouse executive in Iowa has been ordered to pay First Bank $18.5 million and serve a 27-year federal prison sentence for financial fraud. 
Posted on June 22, 2010
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Yesterday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling that lifts the ban on the sale and planting of Roundup Ready alfalfa seed is good news for proponents of the transgenic crop