The Trump administration is shuttering two of the three US Department of Agriculture research projects studying cyclospora after the foodborne parasite has sickened tens of thousands of Americans during the summer, Politico reported on Sunday.
The two projects were defunded by Congress earlier in the year, while the third is due to be moved in coming months from Maryland to Iowa as part of a broader USDA reorganization, according to the report.
Although the third project remains funded, all scientists working on the parasite have declined to relocate to Iowa, Politico reported, citing people familiar with the plans and internal documents.
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The diarrhea will continue until morale improves
We really are headed back to Upton Sinclair’s “The Jungle”
Time to start growing your own food. US federal gov is no longer competent to protect food safety.
I think you vastly underestimate the amount of land and work that’s required to subsistence farm.
What ? What are you referring to ? I am talking about out growing my own food for family not for the entire neighborhood.
Right, growing a sustainable food supply for a family requires multiple acres of crops.
Growing your own food is like printing your own money. It doesn’t take that much land or work to grow enough food to significantly reduce your grocery bill. It does take some knowledge though, and a good climate helps a LOT.
The scientists from the politically blue state of Maryland didn’t want to move to the red state of Iowa.