Its seeds can produce an all purpose oil for personal health care products like shampoo and soap while its leaves, cakes and sepals can be turned into animal feed for poultry and livestock. Citing studies in Kolkota, India, the department said Moringa's root bark extract has anti-tumor and hormonal properties can help in the treatment of diseases like epithelial ovarian cancer. With its antioxidants, Moringa can also help in treating arthritis, kidney diseases and other heart ailments....

hamburger chain, said first-quarter profit rose more than analysts estimated, spurred by late-night orders, breakfast-menu sales and new stores in Europe and Latin America. The shares fell the most in more than a year after private- equity investors who own 58 percent of Burger King common stock said they plan to sell 23 million shares. Costs for commodities, particularly beef, poultry and pork, have risen along with corn prices because of increased demand for the grain from ethanol...

To many, the killing of a horse is just like killing a pet animal, and it was a public protest in recent years that resulted in the closure of the three horse slaughter plants in the United States. The animals are killed as humanely as possible then they are cut up into steaks, roasts and quarters to feed humans in Europe where horse meat is in big demand. The government only banned the slaughter, but this resulted in the plants having to lock their doors since there were no animals to...

Now, Walker and a humane pest-control company are trying to retrain 30 to 40 delinquent raccoons, who were entering her home through the cat door to eat Smokey's food. Krieger, whose pest-control company does not kill animals, started by putting traps outside Walker's door, then releasing the raccoons after they were caught. But the behaviour is likely the result of bad advice from parents, a neighbourhood that has encouraged delinquency and peer pressure. Katherine Walker does not want...

Part 1: Flu research: a legacy of neglect Part 2: Vaccine production capacity falls far shortPart 3: H5N1 poses major immunologic challengesPart 4: The promise and problems of adjuvantsPart 5: What role for prepandemic vaccination?Part 6: Looking to novel vaccine technologiesPart 7: Time for a vaccine 'Manhattan Project'?Bibliography. Part 1: Flu research: a legacy of neglect Part 2: Vaccine production capacity falls far shortPart 3: H5N1 poses major immunologic challengesPart 4: The...

Although the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are in charge of regulating GMOs nationally, there are currently no comprehensive rules regulating these crops. Unfortunately, you have no way of knowing if you are consuming products with warped DNA ingredients because the government treats these genetically engineered (GE) foods the same as any ordinary squash or potato. Although the United...

Instead of paving the way for GM crops to be grown in England, David Miliband must take on board the thousands of responses rejecting the Government's GM contamination plans and put in place policies that protect GM free food and truly promote his vision of sustainable farming. Instead of paving the way for GM crops to be grown in England, David Miliband must take on board the thousands of responses rejecting the Government's GM contamination plans and put in place policies that protect GM...

The Kings County office includes farm advisers for cotton, dairies, tree orchards and other crops, as well as administrators of the county's 4-H program. Kings County's farming sector has another friend in high places. He participated in the recent settlement that ended years of litigation over restoring flows to the San Joaquin River for salmon runs. The statewide system includes 1,000 faculty, specialists and other advisers and an annual budget of $300 million, according to a UC press...

When foraging on lodgepole pine cones in the Rocky Mountains, they forage most heavily in trees that have cones with a narrow base (making them easy to detach from the branch), relatively thin basal cone scales (which don't hold many seeds but are easy to take off so the squirrel can get at the seeds toward the tip of the cone) and lots of seeds (providing lots of calories per harvested cone) Previous essays in this space have dealt with both red squirrels and crossbills, but there is...