He is one of several entrepreneurs, university scientists, poultry industry researchers and others tying to solve the chicken litter challenge in the region. A well-managed broiler house produces approximately 125 tons of poultry litter per year, according to research from University of Arkansas scientists. The farmer has just spread a fertilizer made from poultry litter on the field, but you don't smell anything from your car window. Keller, a Batesville quarry man, is passionate about...

The Associated Press By ANDREW BRIDGES Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON Apr 17, 2007 (AP) Font Size E-mail Print A bird flu vaccine won federal approval for the first time Tuesday as a stopgap measure against a potential pandemic until more effective vaccines can be developed. The Associated Press By ANDREW BRIDGES Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON Apr 17, 2007 (AP) Font Size E-mail Print A bird flu vaccine won federal approval for the first time Tuesday as a stopgap measure against a...

It certainly gives you some bona fide, third-party credentials to talk about the working conditions within a meat plant and the people employed by the major beef packers. From the summer of 1987 until early 1990 members of our team lived on and off in Garden City, where we carried out systematic research on the relations between new immigrant Southeast Asians (largely Vietnamese) and Latinos (mainly from Mexico) and established Anglo and Mexican Americans. From the summer of 1987 until...

Producers and industry leaders spoke out on the difficulties in reconciling differences between environment and animal welfare policies in a heated food labelling debate, after DEFRAs head of Food Chain Programme, Brian Harding, announced that the department had embarked on a round of discussions to see how to take carbon labelling forward. Producers and industry leaders spoke out on the difficulties in reconciling differences between environment and animal welfare policies in a heated...

Over the previous three centuries new flu viruses have spread worldwide at least 10 times. Recently a group of school administrators, health officials and representatives from law enforcement and business gathered in Tuscaloosa to discuss the potential impact of the unthinkable pandemic. Already people in Asia have contracted the disease from poultry; half of those who have fallen ill have died. Some parents and some school systems might turn to home schooling and online courses, but in...