MARY CLARE JALONICK

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Reid says Senate will not extend farm law

MARY CLARE JALONICK · December 10, 2013 10:12 pm

Farm bill takes aim at state animal welfare laws

MARY CLARE JALONICK · November 19, 2013 4:45 pm

FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2012, file photo, Alexes Garcia makes cinnamon rolls for student's lunch in the kitchen at Kepner Middle School in Denver. The rolls are made using apple sauce instead of trans fats. Heart-clogging trans fats have been slowly disappearing from grocery aisles and restaurant menus in the last decade as nutritionists have criticized them and local governments have banned them. The Food and Drug Administration is now finishing the job as they announce Nov. 7, 2013, that it will require the food industry to gradually phase out trans fats, saying they are a threat to the health of Americans.(AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, File)

Q&A: What are trans fats?

MARY CLARE JALONICK · November 8, 2013 4:29 pm

FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2012, file photo, Alexes Garcia makes cinnamon rolls for student's lunch in the kitchen at Kepner Middle School in Denver. The rolls are made using apple sauce instead of trans fats. Heart-clogging trans fats have been slowly disappearing from grocery aisles and restaurant menus in the last decade as nutritionists have criticized them and local governments have banned them. The Food and Drug Administration is now finishing the job as they announce Nov. 7, 2013, that it will require the food industry to gradually phase out trans fats, saying they are a threat to the health of Americans.(AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, File)

No more trans fat: FDA banning the artery-clogger

MARY CLARE JALONICK · November 8, 2013 4:28 am

Energy and Environment

Farm bill could hide farm locations from public

MARY CLARE JALONICK · November 7, 2013 8:40 pm

Families already buffeted by difficult economic times will see their food stamps benefits drop Nov. 1 as money allocated by the 2009 federal stimulus plan runs out. The average family of four will see benefits drop by $36 a month. (AP/Matt Rourke)

Food stamp cuts kick in as Congress debates more

MARY CLARE JALONICK · October 31, 2013 4:00 am

FDA: Imported spices have double salmonella risk

MARY CLARE JALONICK · October 30, 2013 9:50 pm

Congress begins talks on food stamps, farm aid

MARY CLARE JALONICK · October 30, 2013 9:25 pm

FILE - This May 15, 2013 file photo shows stacks of paperwork awaiting members of the House Agriculture Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington as it meets to consider proposals to the 2013 Farm Bill. Members of the House and Senate are scheduled to begin long-awaited negotiations Wednesday, Oct. 30, on the five-year, roughly $500 billion farm bill. If they don't finish it dairy supports could expire at the end of the year, sending the price of a gallon of milk skyward, and a contentious debate over food stamps could spill into election season. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Energy and Environment

Food stamps, milk prices on table in farm talks

MARY CLARE JALONICK · October 28, 2013 6:36 pm

This May 15, 2013 file photo shows stacks of paperwork awaiting members of the House Agriculture Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington as it meets to consider proposals to the 2013 Farm Bill. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Congress eyes milk prices, politics in farm talks

MARY CLARE JALONICK · October 28, 2013 4:00 am

FDA proposes rules to make animal food safer

MARY CLARE JALONICK · October 25, 2013 1:18 pm

CDC says stomach bug linked to cilantro, salad mix

MARY CLARE JALONICK · October 23, 2013 10:44 pm