The Northwest is getting into the lucrative maple syrup industry. Farmers and researchers in Washington state are beginning to tap the sweet potential of the much-maligned bigleaf maple tree.
RENO, Nev. (AP) — State agriculture officials have ordered the quarantine or a horse in southern Nevada that tested positive for an equine herpes virus after the state high school rodeo last month in Pahrump.
A survey finds shoppers would like a symbol to help them identify healthy foods at a time when many hear conflicting advice. But creating a symbol that works for all foods is fraught with challenges.
Deborah Blum's book, The Poison Squad, tells how Harvey Washington Wiley and his band of chemists crusaded to remove toxins, such as arsenic and borax, from food. How? By testing them on volunteers.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a nearly $5 million grant to the University of Nevada Reno for research on snowpack and water allocation in western states.
The labels use the letters BE, for bioengineered, not GMO, which critics say could baffle consumers. One design features a smiling sun that a skeptic calls "essentially propaganda for the industry."
The Department of Agriculture says organic-food makers can keep using carrageenan, a thickener made from seaweed. It's the second time this year that it has reversed an organic board's recommendation.
The Obama administration is announcing $48 million in grants to help farmers and others in the West conserve water and energy amid drought and climate change.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A panel gauging the effect of drought in Nevada is due to hear from farmers, tribes, environmentalists, water officials and others at a state Department of Agriculture hearing in Sparks.
The state's organics department nearly got the chopping block this year, until farmers and food lovers got angry. How are organic farms faring here, and why are there so few in Southern Nevada? We talk to Nevada farmers on Friday at 9 a.m.
