WASHINGTON – A Trump Administration directive ordering employees at the Environmental Protection Agency to halt external communications and posts on social media fueled news reports Tuesday that a number of other agencies were issuing similar gag orders to their workers. But while the EPA confirmed it was freezing such activity as well as new contracts and […]
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National Retailer Amazon Will Take Food Stamps
SAN FRANCISCO — This summer, Amazon will begin accepting food stamps to pay for online grocery orders as part of a pilot program along with six other companies. The two-year program by the U.S. Department of Agriculture could help alleviate what are known as food deserts, areas where residents have little access to fresh food and groceries, while […]
E. coli outbreak prompts meat recall by Adams Farm Slaughterhouse
Adams Farm Slaughterhouse, LLC, is voluntarily recalling a range of meat products that may be contaminated with E. coli. The products include beef, veal, and bison distributed in the northeast, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service. Some strains of common bacteria cause serious illness – even death – unless you take […]