Grow-it-yourselfers enjoy the taste of independence. Roger Doiron has a better plan for eating the view of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. He's started a campaign to get a kitchen garden growing on the White House lawn. [News Source]

A vote for Korean objections to US beef. On the 4th of July, be careful about that American burger. [News Source]

Think global, eat local. It has been decades since that famous forager Euell Gibbons reached through the White House fence and picked four edible weeds out of the president's garden. [News Source]

UN chief tells SKoreans to trust leaders. U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon told his fellow South Koreans on Friday to trust and support the country's leaders following weeks of protests against U.S. beef imports that have rocked the government. [News Source]

UN chief tells South Koreans to trust beef imports. U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon told his fellow South Koreans on Friday to trust and support the country's leaders following weeks of protests against U.S. beef imports that have rocked the government. [News Source]

Insecticide found in beef sent to S Korea. Beef exports to South Korea, New Zealand's second-biggest market, may be at risk after the discovery of insecticide contamination. [News Source]

South Korean auto workers strike over US beef imports. Tens of thousands of South Korean auto workers went on strike Wednesday to oppose U.S. beef imports and the pro-business policies of President Lee Myung-bak, joining anti-government protests that have raged for weeks. [News Source]

S. Korea’s president to beef protesters: Enough already. South Korea's president called for an end to a festering dispute over American beef imports, saying today it was time for the nation to concentrate on overcoming domestic and economic difficulties. [News Source]

Abviva, Inc.: New Case Of Mad Cow Disease Detected In North America (Medical News Today) Abviva, Inc. (OTCBB: AVVA) announced that BioBDC International (BioBDC), Abviva's exclusive sales agent for Mad Cow diagnostic tests produced by Abviva's subsidiary company Prion Developmental Laboratories, Inc. [News Source]

SKorean auto workers strike over US beef imports. Tens of thousands of auto workers in South Korea went on strike Wednesday to oppose the government's lifting of a ban on U.S. beef imports. [News Source]