Shortly before 7:45 a.m., the slaughterhouse workers trudged inside the nondescript building at the end of a dirt road and headed to what they called the "kill floor." There, when no one was looking, ...

Obscured by brush, a rather plain-looking pond sits on the longest dirt road in Camden County. However, for owner Zack Gowen, those 3 acres of water in rural White Oak are an investment in the future.

Catfish farming is the process of breeding, growing, and harvesting catfish in a controlled environment for commercial purposes. The catfish is a popular fish species because of its mild taste, high ...

Finding the catch of the day may be close than you think. The Catfish Corner is fish farm in rural Mesquite that harvests 48,000 catfish from six ponds since 1968. "It's luck and determination," owner ...

Raised in Mississippi, I grew up thinking there were only three freshwater fish in the world--catfish, perch, and bream. Catfish was my favorite of the three. I remember going down to Under the Hill ...

With plant-based burgers at the forefront of menu trends, Southern-based Farm Burger is bringing a new option to fast casual dining tables. Farm Burger has launched a Chesapeake Bay Blue Catfish ...

After the 2008 Farm Bill moved the responsibility for catfish inspection from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over to USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), the two agencies did ...

Farm Burger today announced its newest menu item, the Catfish Sandwich, created with an invasive species of catfish causing ecological issues in Virginia’s Chesapeake Bay. The Catfish Sandwich will be ...

The USDA catfish inspection program, first authorized in 2008, is continued in the 2014 farm bill, which also includes a first-of-its-kind “crop insurance” program for catfish farmers. Most of the ...

In Checkout Line, Lou Bendrick cooks up answers to reader questions about how to green their food choices and other diet-related quandaries. Lettuce know what food worries keep you up at night. Dang!

So many restaurants are serving catfish, and people keep telling me it's healthy. I thought it was considered a dirty bottom feeder and that you had to be careful with it. Which is it -- healthy, or ...

Buried in this year’s farm bill, the Office of Catfish Inspection has been equipped to do battle. Somewhere, deep in the heart of the old U.S. Department of Agriculture building, there is a wizened ...