The Boonies Farmstead

Pasteur’s 1857 memoir identified the living organism that sours milk. He named it lactic yeast, then spent his career on wine and beer instead.

Two executive orders signed September 4, 2026 do not let ranchers sell uninspected beef. What they actually direct, and the labeling review that matters more.

Most US ground beef blends imported lean trim with domestic fat, and carries no origin label. How the rules work, and how to find beef you can trace.

Agri-Mark, the dairy processor behind Cabot cheese, told a raw milk farm in Warren, Massachusetts to stop direct sales or leave.

Federal investigators are tracking six Cyclospora outbreaks this summer. Only one has a named supplier, and even that wasn’t confirmed by a lab test.

Two federal surveillance studies spanning two decades show raw milk outbreaks get traced to a single farm within days, while most produce outbreaks never are.