There are more than 160 manure digesters operating at California dairy farms and dozens of others under construction. Hillcrest Dairy in Le Grand, California, has applied to expand its operations to about 1,700 more cows and build a 50,000 square-foot barn. Merced County has approved the construction of a new digester that would convert cow manure into biogas.
In October 2025, California’s Infant Botulism Treatment and Prevention Program noticed that three infants with suspected infant botulism had all been fed the same powdered formula. ByHeart Whole Nutrition powdered infant formula was the source of the outbreak. CDC and FDA declared the outbreak over on February 26, 2026. Two lots recalled Nov. 8, 2025, and all products recalled on Nov. 11, 2025.
Million Belay and Professor Stephen Gliessman discuss agroecology as a political, cultural, and social movement that challenges the structures shaping our food systems. They discuss the failures of industrial agriculture, the power of Indigenous and local knowledge, the importance of seed sovereignty and youth leadership, and how communities reclaim control over food, markets, knowledge and governance.
Fireworks can influence air quality, water chemistry, and potentially human health and the environment. Three recent studies examined what fireworks leave behind, from discarded debris and airborne particles to chemical compounds released into the atmosphere. Properly collecting and disposing of spent fireworks could help reduce their environmental effects.
Eleven people died and dozens fell ill because of the Wilke Waldecker Fleisch- und Wurstwaren company in Twistetal in northern Hesse. The company was closed in October 2019 after listeria germs were detected in its sausage. The former managing director, his deputy and the then production manager are accused of being responsible for the contaminated products. They are also accused of supplying substances that are hazardous to health in four cases, fraud in 17 cases and placing food on the market that is hazardous to the health in 18 cases. Foodwatch report said the operation offered “ideal conditions” for the reproduction and spread of the bacteria.
Two people were killed and four injured when a truck carrying ammonium nitrate collided with another transport vehicle and exploded on a national highway in northern China at around noon on Sunday. The local government has set up an investigation team to look into the cause of the incident.
In 2006, Charlie Munger dismissed the idea of biofuels, arguing that producing ethanol consumed more fossil fuel than the energy it delivered. Today, modern corn ethanol produces about 1.5 to 2.3 units of energy for every unit of fossil energy invested. This is less accurate for today's US corn ethanol industry than it was when first-generation production was inefficient.
Eighteen women in Nagpur, Maharashtra, developed kidney disorders over a two-year period after using Pakistan-made skin-lightening creams. Tests by the Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration found mercury and lead levels in samples of the cream at several times above the legal limit. The cream, made in Pakistan, is used for skin lightening by blocking melanin, but it can also lead to mercury absorption and kidney damage. The FDA also warned against two other products found unsafe for use: Face Fresh Gold products listed as Beauty Cream and Beauty Serum, and Golden Star Beauty Cream.
The U.S. men's football team is set to play its first World Cup match in Los Angeles. The venue's operations team is busy transforming the playing field into a world-class soccer stadium 30 days before kick-off. L.A. hopes to use this year's World Cup and next year's Super Bowl as a dry run for the Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games coming to the city two years later. Los Angeles is one of 16 cities hosting the most popular sporting event in the world this summer.
There are more than 160 manure digesters operating at California dairy farms and dozens of others under construction. Hillcrest Dairy in Le Grand, California, has applied to expand its operations to about 1,700 more cows and build a 50,000 square-foot barn. Merced County has approved the construction of a new digester that would convert cow manure into biogas.
In October 2025, California’s Infant Botulism Treatment and Prevention Program noticed that three infants with suspected infant botulism had all been fed the same powdered formula. ByHeart Whole Nutrition powdered infant formula was the source of the outbreak. CDC and FDA declared the outbreak over on February 26, 2026. Two lots recalled Nov. 8, 2025, and all products recalled on Nov. 11, 2025.
Million Belay and Professor Stephen Gliessman discuss agroecology as a political, cultural, and social movement that challenges the structures shaping our food systems. They discuss the failures of industrial agriculture, the power of Indigenous and local knowledge, the importance of seed sovereignty and youth leadership, and how communities reclaim control over food, markets, knowledge and governance.
Fireworks can influence air quality, water chemistry, and potentially human health and the environment. Three recent studies examined what fireworks leave behind, from discarded debris and airborne particles to chemical compounds released into the atmosphere. Properly collecting and disposing of spent fireworks could help reduce their environmental effects.
Eleven people died and dozens fell ill because of the Wilke Waldecker Fleisch- und Wurstwaren company in Twistetal in northern Hesse. The company was closed in October 2019 after listeria germs were detected in its sausage. The former managing director, his deputy and the then production manager are accused of being responsible for the contaminated products. They are also accused of supplying substances that are hazardous to health in four cases, fraud in 17 cases and placing food on the market that is hazardous to the health in 18 cases. Foodwatch report said the operation offered “ideal conditions” for the reproduction and spread of the bacteria.
Two people were killed and four injured when a truck carrying ammonium nitrate collided with another transport vehicle and exploded on a national highway in northern China at around noon on Sunday. The local government has set up an investigation team to look into the cause of the incident.
In 2006, Charlie Munger dismissed the idea of biofuels, arguing that producing ethanol consumed more fossil fuel than the energy it delivered. Today, modern corn ethanol produces about 1.5 to 2.3 units of energy for every unit of fossil energy invested. This is less accurate for today's US corn ethanol industry than it was when first-generation production was inefficient.
Eighteen women in Nagpur, Maharashtra, developed kidney disorders over a two-year period after using Pakistan-made skin-lightening creams. Tests by the Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration found mercury and lead levels in samples of the cream at several times above the legal limit. The cream, made in Pakistan, is used for skin lightening by blocking melanin, but it can also lead to mercury absorption and kidney damage. The FDA also warned against two other products found unsafe for use: Face Fresh Gold products listed as Beauty Cream and Beauty Serum, and Golden Star Beauty Cream.
The U.S. men's football team is set to play its first World Cup match in Los Angeles. The venue's operations team is busy transforming the playing field into a world-class soccer stadium 30 days before kick-off. L.A. hopes to use this year's World Cup and next year's Super Bowl as a dry run for the Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games coming to the city two years later. Los Angeles is one of 16 cities hosting the most popular sporting event in the world this summer.