BSE, more commonly known as mad-cow disease, nearly crippled the sheep business in Canada with prices dropping to about one-third of the normal selling price. Co-owner Karen Moilliet said the ranch took a turn from a strictly agricultural base toward tourism last year after they nearly went bankrupt due to the 2004-2005 bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) outbreak, which closed the Canada-U. A fourth generation of Moilliets are now raising sheep on the working ranch, and have opened...

The family placed hay in the mudroom, put sheets on couches to protect them from being chewed, bought diapers for the lamb (who can't be housebroken), and took Faith Lily for walks on a dog's leash. After four weeks with the lamb as a pet, the Styers had spent extra money on diapers but saved the animal's life twice. And they searched for a permanent place for the sheep, who could grow to around 200 pounds. The two stronger ones were returned to the ewe after a day, once she recovered from...

The bartender serves up the usual cocktails made with Bourbon, tequila or whiskey, but also creates homemade frozen concoctions that are a real treat. Chef Gwendolyn Smith uses fresh local ingredients -- coconut, crayfish, pigeon peas -- to make her sublime creations, many of which have an Indian component. I chose the tandoori snapper ($26), which was coated with a mixture of yogurt, garlic, cumin, ginger and cayenne pepper and then cooked in the restaurant's 200-year-old rock oven....

And with that, the neighborhood could lose one of the last reminders of an industry that once was the envy of the world, and a symbol of American might and ingenuity. Generations of workers walked to jobs at dozens of slaughterhouses and packing plants concentrated in an area that, at about 500 acres, was the largest meatpacking district in the world. Railroads brought in millions of cattle, sheep and pigs and the animals then were shipped -- alive or after being slaughtered -- all over...

New outbreaks of meningitis in certain health districts and the contamination of bore holes in the north are serious threats affecting household health status. On the whole, the household food situation in all livelihood zones is considered acceptable, despite anticipated problems in the following at-risk areas. Despite limited pasture resources and animal watering problems in the North and the Sahel, terms of trade for livestock/grain are still in favor of pastoralists in most parts of...