Allgood had been having a tough time getting the toddler to eat vegetables, and had earlier struck on the idea of blending greens and fruits together into a shake, which both her children ended up liking. Of course, in the face of an emergency, produce makers and other food brands usually do their best to take corrective measures on safety and then fire up their marketing to control the damage. Was their best marketing defense enough to protect their brands' integrity? What lessons can...

Stefan Lovgren for National Geographic News March 12, 2007 For the first time ever, researchers have electronically tagged sperm whales and jumbo squid swimming together off Mexico's Pacific Coast to learn more about how the giant creatures hunt and feed. It's probably the only time tracking devices have been applied simultaneously in the same waters to deep-diving predators and their prey. The new study tracked both the whales and one of their favorite foods: jumbo, or Humboldt, squid,...

Now his business has been reduced to a hobby; he can only produce enough honey for himself and a few friends and it costs more to produce the honey than the selling price. As a result, the number of beekeepers is dwindling, and without the bees needed to pollinate crops, Pierce says it may be only a year or two before the food supply is affected. Between parasites, the weather and a new, unknown disease that kills the flying insects, beekeepers across the state are experiencing the same...

Paulson has warned that it must produce short-term results to mollify American critics of Beijing's ballooning trade surplus, which last year soared to a record US$232. goods including electronics and soybeans, a news report said Monday, in a possible effort to ease tensions ahead of a high-level meeting on trade disputes. officials say China's efforts to promote its own industrial standards for goods such as mobile phones could put foreign competitors at a disadvantage. lawmakers said...

Reduced production from alfalfa has caused owners of livestock to turn to permanent irrigated pastures as a possibility of increasing feed efficiency. Butte is experiencing its highest enrollment ever, a state-imposed cap on average daily attendance has forced the college to drop 220 classes from its spring quarter. The atmosphere of last night's council meeting was that fluoridation was defeated before the meeting began and the only thing left to determine was the actual vote. That he has...