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Canning — once a necessity so families could have fruits and vegetables through the winter — has turned into a hobby. A look at how canning evolved from the home to factories, and why people are returning to the practice.
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So far about a dozen of Traverse City's downtown restaurants have said they are interested in composting.
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Most of the coverage around PFAS focuses on the toxic “forever chemicals” in drinking water. But contamination of food and agricultural products is still not fully understood.
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All students received free school meals during the pandemic. That ended after the 2021-22 school year, but several states in the Midwest have expanded access to school meals this school year.
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The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is a flashpoint in Congress yet again as members work to renew the farm bill. And the debate comes in the midst of rising food insecurity across the U.S.
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A research team from multiple universities is developing technology that can detect salmonella contamination in a matter of minutes. They aim to take the results from sensors and pair them with other data to strengthen the safety and resilience of the supply of chicken.
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A group of Midwestern shrimp farmers are on a mission to provide Americans with better-tasting, sustainable shrimp. The industry struggled during the COVID-19 pandemic, but farmers remain hopeful that indoor shrimp farming will come back stronger than ever.
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Ticks are known to spread illnesses like Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. But experts say lone star tick bites could cause an allergic reaction to red meat and other animal products.
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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was in Traverse City on Wednesday, promoting state funding for free meals in public schools — for all students.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture gave two companies the green light last month to produce and sell their cultivated chicken meat across the country. But it could still take years before people can buy the new meat at grocery stores.