Last week, a federal judge in California denied poultry producer Sanderson Farms’s request to dismiss a lawsuit accusing the company of using false and misleading advertising to market its line of “100% natural” chicken products—a tagline that appears on a range of offerings from wings and drumsticks to thighs and whole birds, as well as on the company’s website, print ads, billboards, and TV commercials.

McDonald's announced recently that it aims to lessen the use of medically important antibiotics in the cattle supplying its beef. Hurrah for that press release, but farmers and ranchers have an important response for one of their premier vendors: It's already happening in a big way. Just ask the Food and Drug Administration.

When animals that are being raised “antibiotic Free.

The greatly excessive use of antibiotics in food production in recent decades has made many bacteria more resistant to antibiotics.

The greatly excessive use of antibiotics in food production in recent decades has made many bacteria more resistant to antibiotics.

Researchers have found that antibiotic resistance is on the rise among farm animals in low-to-middle income countries.

The Disturbing Link: Animal Antibiotics and Human Health

Scientists have pinpointed a promising new source of antibiotics: ants. They have found that some species  including leaf-cutter ants from the Amazon  use bacteria to defend their nests against invading fungi and microbes.

Imagine a world where your odds of surviving minor surgery were one to three.

Sweden’s brown bears nearly disappeared in the early 1900s, the victims of enthusiastic trophy hunters and angry farmers.

A new study in Science magazine identified antibiotics in some of the beef cattle in a USDA-approved no-antibiotics labeling program recognized as a gold standard for restaurants and grocery stores around the country.

A new study has found surprisingly high rates of antibiotic resistance in samples of salmon and beef purchased from Australian supermarkets.

White Oak Pastures is a sixth-generation, 156-year-old farm in Bluffton, Georgia, that made the bold decision nearly 30 years ago to transition away from industrial agriculture. After decades of crowded barns and antibiotic-laden feed, fourth-generation farmer Will Harris was ready to undertake some radical revisions.