update: / / these jolly mushrooms are called volvariella volvacea. their common name comes from the rice straw on which they are grown. the straw mushroom, also called "paddy straw mushroom," is cultivated in the hot, steamy climate of southeast asia. attempts to grow them in the southern united states...
estuaries of the southwestern gulf of st. lawrence, interspersed along the coasts of new brunswick and prince edward island in canada, combine all the optimal conditions for shellfish growth. the methods of grow-out and harvest associated with the farming of the seafoodia oysters are ecologically sound...
spoiled seafood: mississippi's governor is asking the federal government to declare a fisheries disaster after the unprecedented second opening of the bonnet carré spillway last month. the freshwater from the river that streams through lake pontchartrain and into the mississippi sound is bad for oysters...
be updated. posted march , outbreak summary public health officials in multiple states, with the assistance of the centers for disease control and prevention (cdc) and the u.s food and drug administration (fda), are investigating a large multistate outbreak of salmonella serotype tennessee infections...