DeLuz says it's simple to tell if your body needs a detox: You have darkness or puffiness under your eyes, your belly protrudes, you're bloated and gassy and always burping. But at the end of the fast, she says, don't return to processed, unhealthy foods. Evening: Take an enzyme capsule, drink one cup of cleansing soup, one cup of broth from cleansing soup mix, a cup of herbal tea, herbal cleansing formula and 8 ounces of water. You'll chew nothing for two days, and DeLuz, also a...

Connecticut is trying to entice young people into farming by offering perks such as low-interest loans and tax breaks to those breaking into the business. Connecticut is one of three states trying to entice young people to take up farming. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Tries To Entice Young People Into Farming.

Drive to attract more to farming. NFU vice-president Paul Temple said: "A life on the land in the 21st century is not just about muddy wellies and dirty finger nails. Drive to attract more to farming. Pick up a copy to see if your views have been published. The page is still readable. A PUBLICITY drive to attract young people to careers in agriculture was launched today. The National Farmers' Union wants more school-leavers to consider working on the land. This article:...

Satish Lele, Member of FICCI core group on biofuels and author of Biodiesel from Jatropha, says that since commercial production of biodiesel has not yet taken off in the country, it will be difficult to produce biodiesel for 5 per cent blending with diesel now, let alone 20 per cent by the end of 2012. Beyond petroleum While it is possible to extract biofuels from diverse crops such as sugar, corn, and maize, Indians need to focus on a biofuel programme that best suits our environment,...

Plans to allow genetically modified crops to be grown throughout Europe have been shelved amid fears of a public backlash against "Frankenstein foods" Officials were forced to drop plans to produce a penicillin-resistant GM potato after it became clear that a bloc of countries led by Austria, Greece and Luxembourg would vote against it. The European Commission has failed to find enough support for its plans to lift a nine-year-old freeze on GM crops being grown on a commercial basis....