According to the United States Department of Agriculture Web site, to earn the USDA Certified Organic seal, produce must be grown without conventional pesticides, fertilizers made with synthetic ingredients or sewage sludge, and bioengineering or ionizing radiation. With so many items and brands to choose from in the supermarket, it's great that products come with helpful labels such as "natural" and "reduced sodium" -- or is it? According to the United States Department of Agriculture Web...

I'm not suggesting that people shouldn't slaughter animals for food, but in a civilized society, let's make sure the process is as "killing-friendly " as possible. This article brought back memories including the sights and smells of chicken killing day, not to mention remembering the feel of the chicken in my hands. I would bet that you are getting many negative comments about publishing this article in the food section where many people expect yummy recipes, but I believe that a...

They just don't tell you about what they do with 90 percent of the animals that aren't adopted or recovered by their owners. After she launched into a tirade about how the ranchers wouldn't be in this situation if they had treated the animals differently, Peterson was repeatedly asked how an organization that was supposed to care about animals could let thousands of cattle starve to death. The American Reporter Vol. You people are so far beyond hurting your work, a story about how PETA...

Some biofuels, if properly produced, do have the potential to provide climate-friendly energy, but where and how can we grow them? Our most fertile lands are already dedicated to food production. As demand for both food and energy increases, competition for fertile lands could raise food prices enough to drive the poorer third of the globe into malnourishment. Representatives of the dairy, poultry and livestock industries, which rely on corn as a principal animal feed, are seeking an end...

Read More: Breaking Living Now News, University of Chicago, Michael Moore, Al Gore, Lauren Bush, Chelsea Clinton I'm tempted to move to Britain, and not just because I saw an early screening of Michael Moore's amazing new movie, Sicko (go see it; tell all your friends) Read More: Breaking Living Now News, University of Chicago, Michael Moore, Al Gore, Lauren Bush, Chelsea Clinton I'm tempted to move to Britain, and not just because I saw an early screening of Michael Moore's amazing new...

The number of rural food animal veterinarians is diminishing rapidly nationwide. But to be more specific it definitely includes the spotted owl that flew into your picture window, the neighbor's dog you hit with the truck trying to drive him off your sheep and the national park buffalo that was wounded by a deer hunter in your backyard. Tri-State Neighbor: Country Living Tri-State Neighbor. But to be more specific it definitely includes the spotted owl that flew into your picture window,...

You are in: Home>News> Livestock Woodchip pad complies with rules 26/06/2007 00:00:00 FWi Outwintering cattle without infringing cross-compliance rules is now much easier for the Williams family of Old Park Farm, Margam, thanks to the installation of a large woodchip pad. You are in: Home>News> Livestock Woodchip pad complies with rules 26/06/2007 00:00:00 FWi Outwintering cattle without infringing cross-compliance rules is now much easier for the Williams family of Old Park Farm, Margam,...

Because of the price, "Chinese cuisine developed extensive methods for preserving it, as well as for using every part of the animal in imaginative ways. But it isn't tender feelings for swine that caused Wang Bin, a retired export company worker, to start replacing pork with vegetables, chicken and fish as the mainstays of her family's diet. Pigs and poultry, she said, "are the most efficient converters of feed to protein," and both can be raised on marginal land, a description that...

Cattle feedyards like the one Kyle Williams manages in Texas, the nation s leading cattle-producing state, is one of the first stops on the road to higher beef prices. LUBBOCK, Texas Motorists might save a few cents a gallon filling their tanks with ethanol, but they could soon be paying more for a burger and a milkshake as a result. About a quarter of the 30,000 animals at Lubbock Feeders were bought before corn prices began to soar steadily and the added cost was not factored into the...