The falling prices of organic food. As Wal-Mart doubles organic options this month, will the movement go mainstream? [News Source]

U.S. told not to cut cattle checks. Agriculture minister Shoichi Nakagawa told U.S. farm chief Mike Johanns on Tuesday that reducing the number of cattle to be checked for mad cow disease will never get a positive reaction in Japan. [News Source]

Ark. agriculture officials plan farm database to fight disease. A marketing campaign costing $100,000 is planned by Arkansas agriculture officials to urge farmers to register with the government so officials can keep track of dangerous animal sicknesses like mad-cow disease. [News Source]

Authorities give up investigation of mad cow case in Alabama. The trail went cold after seven weeks of investigation of more than three dozen farms, the Agriculture Department said in a report issued quietly. [News Source]

Mad-cow case frustrates officials. Government regulators closed a mad-cow-disease case in Alabama without learning the animal's origins and said that their fruitless search highlights the need for a proposed national livestock identification program. [News Source]

‘Sound science’ isn’t just a catch phrase - it’s a real persuader. The Bush administration, senators, industrialists and farmers repeatedly invoke the term "sound science" to delay or deep-six policies they oppose and dismiss criticism of those they favor. [News Source]

Feds give up investigation of mad cow case in Alabama (WTVM 9) WASHINGTON Federal agriculture officials have given up trying to track the origins of an Alabama cow infected with mad cow disease. [News Source]

Feds give up investigation of mad cow case in Alabama (WTVM 9) WASHINGTON Federal agriculture officials have given up trying to track the origins of an Alabama cow infected with mad cow disease. [News Source]

Feds give up investigation of mad cow case in Alabama (al.com) WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal agriculture officials have given up trying to track the origins of an Alabama cow infected with mad cow disease. The trail went cold after seven weeks of investigation of more than three dozen farms, the Agriculture Department said in a report issued quietly late Tuesday. [News Source]

Feds give up investigation of mad cow case in Alabama (The Daily Comet) Federal agriculture officials have given up trying to track the origins of an Alabama cow infected with mad cow disease. The trail went cold after seven weeks of investigation of more than three dozen farms, the Agriculture Department said in a report issued quietly late Tuesday. [News Source]