I thought a lot about Kirby after news that a pet food manufacturer was pulling its products because it apparently was killing dogs and cats. The hubbub over the pet food also made me recall the spate of food recalls last fall, including the spinach salmonella outbreak that led to three deaths and 206 illnesses in 26 states. Menu Foods of Ontario, Canada, pulled 95 brands of what s called cut and gravy pet food because some pets suffered kidney failure. According to the Veterinary...

Families receiving an animal must repay the loan by passing on one or more of the animal's offspring to other needy families. The family benefits through the products that the animal can provide. Instead of providing hungry families with a nonrenewable source of food, Heifer International provides a "living loan" of an animal. Heifer International helps families fight hunger by providing animals, plants and training so they can be self-sufficient. This might be milk from a cow or goat,...

Thanks for the reply to my commentary - my point in adding the ethanol comment was to highlight the potential impact of supply and demand on animal feed sources - my understanding is that recent increases in costs of corn based cattle feed in the US are a result of increased use of corn in ethanol production. Burlington Free Press.com . Opinion burlingtonfreepress.com.Burlington, Vermont. Burlington Free Press.com . Opinion burlingtonfreepress.com.Burlington, Vermont. Thanks for the reply...

However, the difficulty for the livestock farmer and it doesn t matter what kind of livestock you re raising if (the animals) consume grains, then to some degree the ethanol subsidy is being used to buy grain away from those livestock producers. Should the corn price increase another significant amount, where the money will come from to feed this livestock, I don t know. Obviously, the course of our nation is to produce more ethanol, he said during a break in the meeting. Weeber was one of...

Now, even as local analysts try to nail down how heavily the chemical is concentrated in suspect food, they're also hoping to expand their reach to more products, particularly items not on any recall list. News - UCD analyzing pet food - sacbee.com Subscribe: Home Delivery Special! A UC Davis lab equipped to track potential terror attacks on America's food supply has lately been on the trail of a different mystery -- the tainted food that's killed uncounted dogs and cats nationwide. The...