The Soil Association, which certifies most of Britain's organic food, is considering the move because of the huge distances involved in transporting fruit, vegetables and meat thousands of miles by air. Keith Abel, founder of Abel & Cole organic home delivery service told a summit organised by the association: 'Air freighting food is a catastrophe. The association will make a decision on whether to ban air freight organic food next year. Air freight emits far more greenhouse gases per...

Associated Press ERIE - A woman pleaded not guilty yesterday to accusations that she was behind a bizarre bank-robbery plot that ended with a pizza deliveryman being killed by a bomb locked around his neck. Diehl-Armstrong was not at the brief federal court hearing because Patton said he worried that her bipolar disorder and manic behavior would lead her to talk to investigators on the several-hour drive from Muncy prison. Pizza deliveryman Brian Wells, 46, told police he had been forced...

The magazine has pictures of Watson alongside an interview about her political views, labels other pizza companies as 'pizza slut' and 'dumbhos pizza' and carries a photo of a pizza in a condom packet - the pizza for 'meat lovers' Last year a marketing campaign was pulled after complaints to the Advertising Standards Authority when condoms and instructions on how to use them were put in letterboxes. The Botany Downs family decided enough was enough when their dinner was handed over to...

The EU Agriculture ministers will vote on a proposal by the European Commission to allow the large scale cultivation of a controversial genetically engineered potato which includes genes for resistance to antibiotics, to be used for starch production and as animal feed. The EU Agriculture ministers will vote on a proposal by the European Commission to allow the large scale cultivation of a controversial genetically engineered potato which includes genes for resistance to antibiotics, to be...

The company is pulling its organic rice and oatmeal cereals because some of the packages contain lumps that won't dissolve in milk. The FDA says it agrees with the voluntary recall, which includes nearly 500,000 packages. Gerber says it has gotten complaints of choking but no reports of injury. You can send a story to multiple email addresses by separating the email addresses with a semicolon (;) Customers can call the baby food giant to get a refund. This station will not store your email...

With such quality fruit, stuffing these lovely berries into some stale pie recipe is hard to take, but how can you create a little excitement in a blueberry pie? Try looking for a traditional apple, cherry, strawberry or blueberry pie, and you'll find most recipes lack any real pizazz. Truth be told, except for a few tweaks in the ingredient list here or there, most recipes end up tasting identical. Not normally considered a tropical fruit, this Midwestern berry fits in perfectly with the...

The number of wine-producing regions in the world is growing by the year (keep an eye out for Brazil and China, by the way) and the proliferation of the latest flavour-of-the-month grape varieties and blends that they send out into the world is bewildering. The number of wine-producing regions in the world is growing by the year (keep an eye out for Brazil and China, by the way) and the proliferation of the latest flavour-of-the-month grape varieties and blends that they send out into the...

Ingredients 4 thick tenderized minute steaks Flour 1 tablespoon fat Salt and pepper, to taste 2 tablespoons dry onion soup mix 4 tablespoons dry Au Jus packaged mix 2 cups water 2 tablespoons flour Potato chunks, if desired Baby carrots, if desir. Transfer to slow cooker and add: Salt and pepper to taste, dry onion soup mix, Au Jus mix (from package) and 2 cups water. Cover and cook on medium for 3 hours or until meat is tender. Instructions Freeze steak until firm and then cut into...

Spoon meat over cheese, then sprinkle with the onion and cabbage. The next contest drawing will be July 30, from all readers who have submitted recipe shares and/or recipe requests received through noon July 30. Every reader who submits a recipe request, correct trivia answer prior to the answer's publication and/or recipe share to What's Cooking? will be entered in a monthly drawing for a prize. Add chili powder, water and tomato sauce to the meat in the pan. In a different bowl, combine...