MARY CLARE JALONICK

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FDA seeks pet owner help on dangerous jerky treats

MARY CLARE JALONICK · October 23, 2013 10:15 pm

House votes to start final talks on farm bill

MARY CLARE JALONICK · October 11, 2013 9:20 pm

USDA: Poultry plants linked to outbreak stay open

MARY CLARE JALONICK · October 11, 2013 2:57 am

USDA warns CA poultry producer linked to outbreak

MARY CLARE JALONICK · October 10, 2013 3:48 am

Protestors demonstrate against the government shutdown outside the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013, in Atlanta. About two dozen people protested outside the CDC on Tuesday afternoon, trying to cast a harsh spotlight on the temporary federal shutdown. The small group called on Congress to vote on a measure that would restart federal funding. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Government health and safety efforts slowed or halted by shutdown

MARY CLARE JALONICK · October 8, 2013 9:31 pm

FILE - In this Sept. 4, 2013, file photo, students at the Maurice J. Tobin K-8 School in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood eat free lunches consisting of a sandwich with meat, a vegetable dish, a piece of fruit, and milk. The Agriculture Department says that around half a percent of schools _ or 524 schools out of around 100,000 _ have dropped out of the federally-subsidized national school lunch program since the government put new standards for healthier foods in place last year. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Small number of schools drop out of lunch program

MARY CLARE JALONICK · September 30, 2013 7:14 pm

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., left, follows Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., right, the Democratic Policy Committee chairman, after a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013, after blaming conservative Republicans for holding up a stopgap spending bill to keep the government running. Senate passage of the spending bill â stripped of the "Obamacare" provision â was expected no later than Saturday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Energy and Environment

Senate seeks to reverse law on engineered crops

MARY CLARE JALONICK · September 27, 2013 8:02 pm

US-Japan deal could lead to more organic options

MARY CLARE JALONICK · September 26, 2013 10:49 am

Energy and Environment

Japan and US agree to swap organic imports

MARY CLARE JALONICK · September 25, 2013 9:00 pm

FACT CHECK: Food stamp debate has empty calories

MARY CLARE JALONICK · September 17, 2013 4:01 pm

House bill would cut $4B a year from food stamps

MARY CLARE JALONICK · September 16, 2013 10:27 pm

This handout photo provided by the Agriculture Department's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services shows an inspection of a dog kennel in Lancaster, Pa. in April 2010. The Agriculture Department is cracking down on dog breeders who sell puppies over the Internet, issuing new regulations that will force them to apply for federal licenses. (AP Photo/Agriculture Department's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services)

USDA cracks down on Internet pet sales

MARY CLARE JALONICK · September 10, 2013 9:40 pm