That helps draw customers from far away, who sometimes are surprised to find large rooms with their own Jacuzzis, private dining areas and TVs and VCRs. At first it surprised me that people in Lincoln were staying with us, she said, yet shes found that guests come seeking a special experience, rather than just a place to rest while passing through town. But more stringent fire and safety regulations passed a few years ago make it difficult to retrofit a historic home, so the number of B&Bs...

Cows, chickens and pigs need grain - livestock have eaten nearly 60 percent of the corn consumed over the past decade - so expect meat and dairy prices to rise. And since domestically produced ethanol is too corrosive to be transported by pipeline, it has to be hauled by truck; that offsets some of its presumed environmental benefits. Moreover, ethanol producers receive subsidies that gasoline refiners do not: 51 cents for each gallon of blended fuel (while imported ethanol faces a...

Home Local News Your News National / World Obituaries Sports Outdoors Business Living Opinion / Editorial Staff Columnists Entertainment Blogs Podcasts Health & Fitness Mobile/PDA Site Technology Travel Lottery Subscriber Services Customer Service Search Asheville Staff Columnists Jim Buchanan We've put a lot of eggs in very few baskets, making our food supply vulnerable. Home Local News Your News National / World Obituaries Sports Outdoors Business Living Opinion / Editorial Staff...

The Springdale-based meat giant declined to comment on Mondays free-trade agreement between the two nations citing the need for more clarification. beef in August, Tyson Foods has not shipped a single box of meat to that country. beef production, Tyson Foods inc. posted $1. He said it appears to be more rhetoric than action at this point. The following comments are provided by readers and are the sole responsiblity of their authors. That cow was discovered as a downer then tested to...

The Food and Drug Administration ruled in December that meat and dairy products from cloned cattle, pigs and goats are safe for human consumption and is expected to allow marketing of cloned food following a public comment period. And it would require growers to give county agriculture commissioners at least 30 days notice before engaging in open-field development of other genetically modified plants. Her bill, which is scheduled to be considered Wednesday by the Senate Health Committee,...