While Nancy Pelosi was embezzling 24 billion tax payer dollars from the US Treasury to bribe Democrats in the House into supporting her Iraq Surrender bill, liberals in California were introducing legislation to ban inexpensive incandescent light bulbs in favor of compact florescent lamps which require 1/4 the power and cost 10 times more. While Nancy Pelosi was embezzling 24 billion tax payer dollars from the US Treasury to bribe Democrats in the House into supporting her Iraq Surrender...

It says supermarkets are stocking dairy and pork products sourced from animals fed GM soya and maize despite banning them from own-label products. He said: "Because of that, there is no legal obligation to label the products the customers buy with information about whether the food stuff contained GM materials. Tests carried out for the Soil Association on 35 feed samples from dairy, pig and poultry farmers found 73% contained GM soya. Sainsbury's "farm promise" milk is also produced from...

Powell farmer Lyle Evelo harvested more than 100 acres of confectionery sunflower seeds this fall, his largest crop since he began growing the edible seeds three years ago. POWELL (AP) -- Amid the sugar beets and barley that grew in the shadows of Heart Mountain this year were acres of tall yellow sunflowers with seeds that likely will be eaten thousands of miles away in Europe. One person asked what happens during a full moon -- is moonlight bright enough for sunflowers to follow? "I was...

Finally, surging prices for corn, milk and other commodities have raised farmers incomes and undercut arguments about the need for this expensive income transfer. International charities opposed the program because it undermines poor foreign farmers, who can t compete against subsidized American crops, an argument that swayed the global trade court to rule against one of the subsidies. A growing chorus has turned against the $16 billion annual subsidy, which gives most of the money to...

Crops genetically modified to contain fish oil could be fed to hens to boost the health of humans eating chicken and eggs. Scientists are working on putting omega 3 fatty acids - which help prevent heart disease and Type 2 diabetes - into plants such as linseed and oil seed rape. It could boost the omega 3 in a single portion of chicken breast to a third of an adult's weekly need without it tasting fishy. GM fish oil crops may be fed to chickens. Omega 3 reduces blood clotting, prevents...