ANKENY, Iowa (Reuters) - A coalition of family farmers, consumers and other critics of corporate agriculture on Thursday called on the U.S. government to crack down on what they see as unfair consolidation of the nation's food system into the hands of a few multinationals. Chanting "bust up big ag," a group of more than 250 packed a town ...

The following products are being recalled because they could be contaminated with salmonella, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children and others with weakened immune systems: ___ McCormick & Co. Inc. of Sparks, Md., is expanding an earlier recall to include more "best-by" dates of onion gravy, vegetable dip and French onion dip mixes ...

Gov. Chet Culver on Wednesday signed into law a sweeping restructuring of state government designed to squeeze $127 million in spending from next year's budget and help close an expected shortfall. When coupled with an early retirement incentive program for state workers that has been approved and ...

As he speaks to hundreds of Iowa evangelicals about his "faith walk," it's clear former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum is connecting with the audience. Santorum may have been trounced in his 2006 re-election bid, but on Tuesday night at a suburban Des Moines church the crowd ...