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Live virus vaccines for monkeypox, COVID and smallpox are among the agents being developed at a new facility in the Dartmouth part of the New Bedford Business Park.

The USDA Farms to Families program puts fresh food on the table, and the NBPD is teaming up with a local church in New Bedford.

Seeds are arriving in peoples' mailboxes with return addresses from China and Uzbekistan.

Fish will be purchased under a program previously reserved for farmers and ranchers.

U.S. Rep. William Keating, who represents the 9th Congressional District in Massachusetts, joined some of his Capitol Hill colleagues today in urging the USDA to include U.S. seafood companies in a $9.5 billion program designed to help farmers affected by the coronavirus...

This year, you're going to need a safety check before grilling your meat after another food recall.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded nearly a quarter of a million dollars to the New Bedford Farmers Market.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service is providing local farmers with some tips to help them conserve water should the area experience another long-term drought next year.

Southcoast residents could soon see some helicopters hovering over local farms.

Let's face it, for decades now, our sun has been demonized. The message from the medical community has been avoid direct exposure and cover up with sunscreen. I remember the anti-sun campaign by the American Cancer Society: "Fry Now. Pay Later...