Civilization's collapse, he says, will have many causes, and it'll be gradual, a drawn-out process: "It's not like you're going to wake up one day and the power grid will be off. The lion's mane mushroom can grow bigger than a human head, but what's memorable is its texture: spongy and moist, its fibers oozing with rich golden jelly. But its followers are scattered widely, and the soft-spoken Tucker, who's 26 and lives near Greensburg, is himself an increasingly prominent writer and...

Melamine, a chemical found in plastics and pesticides, can actually falsely boost levels of protein in wheat gluten, which in turn would make the product more expensive. Federal agents served a search warrant at ChemNutra, which is a supplier of one of the two ingredients suspected of the contamination. ChemNutra claims the company they bought from in China added the melamine and had no idea it was in their product when it was bought. Just to be safe, ChemNutra says they have cut off...

AWB was stripped of its right to veto applications by rival sellers after last year's Cole inquiry into the Iraq kickback scandal found that the company had been funnelling money to the regime of Saddam Hussein. The Prime Minister reportedly said the Government would call for tenders to run the single desk and national pool from 2008-09 onwards. South Australian growers are believed to support full deregulation of the market, although the vote is said to be close. The meeting was attended...

LiveScience.com - Millions Face Hunger From Climate Change BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) Warming temperatures could result in food shortages for 130 million people by 2050 and threaten to cause drought and higher seas in Australia and New Zealand by 2030, according to a U. LiveScience.com - Millions Face Hunger From Climate Change BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) Warming temperatures could result in food shortages for 130 million people by 2050 and threaten to cause drought and higher seas in Australia and...

The Agriculture Department and the Food and Drug Administration said in a joint statement that officials learned of the link between the chicken feed and tainted pet food as part of the investigation into imported rice protein concentrate and wheat gluten that have been found to contain the industrial chemical melamine and related compounds. The Agriculture Department and the Food and Drug Administration said in a joint statement that officials learned of the link between the chicken feed...