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Insects: the next threat to national security? listen

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Tags: terrorism, agriculture, agricultural, food, FDA, USDA

The Department of Homeland Security has been trying to tighten borders in the name of national security. Airplane passengers and undocumented immigrants have spurred much of the national debate, but there is also concern that food imports should be monitored more closely.

Wednesday in Tampa industry specialists from the agriculture and food industry, law enforcement, the military and emergency management took a course o...

Small farms under threat from the FDA in "Farmageddon" listen

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Tags: Farmageddon, agriculture, FDA, USDA, food, farming, farms, Organic food, Organic, organic farming, organic gardening

Federal and state laws can create hurdles for small farmers, who face raids and arrests for such things as selling raw milk to customers. A new film, called Farmageddon, documents the struggles of independent farmers. Hundreds of people attended sold out screenings in Tampa.

Many viewers were shocked to find that all over the United States, federal food regulators are shutting down businesses, throwing fresh food in the garbage, and raiding families’ homes; ...