I'm very much a carnivore, and feel my body needs the protein, although I agree with him that eating meat is morally wrong. Now, when we eat out, and I mention that my food smells wonderful, he launches into a tirade about how I've made an animal suffer a horrendous death because of my eating habits. Like a conch shell, which supposedly sounds like the ocean, maybe if you listen closely to your burger you can hear echoes of the cow screaming when it was slaughtered. Thoughts like that must...

Congress passed a disaster relief program after last year's drought, Prosser said, but the states haven't yet learned how much money has been specified for each crop. Recent rains have been welcomed by farmers, but Gerard said the accumulation may not be enough to counteract a year-and-a-half long drought. Some parts of the Pine Belt may get lucky, he said, but the widespread, prolonged rainfall so desperately needed by farmers isn't on the radar. For cattle farmers, the drought has meant...

We all know and accept the knowledge that hot dogs are made from the scrappiest meat and flavored with who knows what else. Also remember your body needs protein for healthy muscles so you can jog lots, exercise lots and work hard and long hours like the people who came before you. Grate some potatoes that you had to peel, some zucchini, onion, some salt, a little bit of flour, maybe an egg and cheese. Maybe the fact that they worked longer and harder than today's younger people had...

HICKORY - Six Catawba County gas stations began selling biodiesel gas less than a year ago, and it s made a bigger splash than anticipated. The construction companies bring their trailers, construction equipment, the trucks and vehicles they use at the site and their own vehicles at the site and fill up in the morning, on the way to work, Price said. Biodiesel is made out of organic materials, such as soybeans, cooking oil and animal fat, and can be blended in any ratio with petroleum...

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Up to five continuing education units will be offered and a tentative schedule will include the following stops: News Ellis County Crop Tour set for July 9. This years Ellis County Crop Tour will be held Monday, July 9. at the Avalon Gin and concludes with a noon meal and program at the Waxahachie Creek Park Pavilion. For further information, contact Mark Arnold, county extension agent for agriculture and natural resources, 701 S.

FAO fears long-term food price hike due to biofuels The burgeoning use of cereals and other commodities to satisfy appetite for biofuels could keep food