A recent article in The Daily Telegraph uncovered that land-rights activists are risking death, while vast swaths of rainforest are being felled to provide land for the booming soy industry in Brazil (now surpassing the United States as the top soy exporter in the world) A recent article in The Daily Telegraph uncovered that land-rights activists are risking death, while vast swaths of rainforest are being felled to provide land for the booming soy industry in Brazil (now surpassing the...

On Food: Local choices are good for everyone For those inclined to follow the advice of countless activists, including our own King County government, and include at least one locally grown product in their holiday feasts, it's a virtually effortless endeavor. On Food: Local choices are good for everyone For those inclined to follow the advice of countless activists, including our own King County government, and include at least one locally grown product in their holiday feasts, it's a...

Wrapped up in it, however, are some far trickier questions: Is it ethical to charge for saltwater that increasingly pumps up supermarket chickens? Is the sodium lactate used as a flavoring and preservative in sliced roast beef "natural?" How about the high-fructose corn syrup that sweetens sodas? Wrapped up in it, however, are some far trickier questions: Is it ethical to charge for saltwater that increasingly pumps up supermarket chickens? Is the sodium lactate used as a flavoring and...

And so what USDA is now doing is opening the border to the very highest risk animals that scientists are aware of at this point for this particular disease. We believe the USDA has done an excellent job of examining it from a risk assessment perspective and basically we were pretty disappointed to see the type of rhetoric that was brought forward in that court application. If the rule is allowed Laycraft says some cattle older than 30 months may cross the border Monday, but he expects very...

Daily American Online Your one stop spot for News, Sports and Entertainment. During a special ceremony Thursday at the Sechler Sugar Shack along Route 281 near Confluence, several dignitaries and local maple producers gathered for the event that paves the way for other local agricultural small businesses to receive the same type of grant for their own operations. During a special ceremony Thursday at the Sechler Sugar Shack along Route 281 near Confluence, several dignitaries and local...