Super Chicken strutted a step closer to the dinner table Thursday. The government said it will start considering proposals to sell genetically engineered animals as food, a move that could lead to faster-growing fish, cattle that can resist mad cow disease or perhaps heart-healthier eggs laid by a new breed of chickens. ...more

September 19, 2008

Mary had a little lamb / And when she saw it sicken / She shipped it off to Packingtown / And now it's labeled chicken." ...more

June 17, 2008

Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer on Tuesday announced a total ban on the slaughter at meat plants of cows too sick or weak to stand. ...more

May 21, 2008

Sometimes, government inspectors responsible for examining slaughterhouse cattle for mad cow disease and other ills are so short-staffed that they find themselves peering down from catwalks at hundreds of animals at once, looking for such telltale signs as droopy ears, a stumbling gait and facial paralysis. ...more

February 22, 2008

We know exactly where one cow with Mad Cow Disease is located among millions and millions of cows in America, but we haven't got a clue where millions and millions of illegal immigrants and terrorists are located. Perhaps we should put the Department of Agriculture in charge of immigration. ...more

December 28, 2007