Merde! Ramsay moves in on the French (Times Online) GORDON RAMSAY is to turn the dining tables on French culinary snobs by setting up a restaurant in Paris dedicated to the joys of British food. [News Source]

USDA begins process to open border to older Canadian cattle (Prairie Star) Citing the need to harmonize the cattle trade with countries presenting a minimal risk of introducing bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) into the United States, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, on Sept. 14, published rules that will eventually allow older Canadian cattle to move south across the border. [News Source]

R-CALF: New FTAs detrimental to U.S. food safety (Prairie Star) WASHINGTON, D.C. n Recently negotiated free trade agreements (FTAs) with Peru, Panama and Colombia would limit inspections and safety requirements for food imported into the U.S. from these countries. [News Source]

What’s wrong with British cattle? It's been a rough start to the fall for British farmers, with reports of mad cow disease, foot-and-mouth disease, and now bluetongue disease. So what makes British cattle so sickly? Heathrow Airport. [News Source]

Drought costs Turkey YTL 3 billion. Drought has cost Turkey between YTL 2.5 billion and YTL 3 billion this year, acutely affecting nearly 435,000 farmers Mehdi Eker, minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, announced in his statement to Referans. [News Source]

British PM girds for electoral battle (Montreal Gazette) You could almost hear the Luftwaffe bombers droning overhead as Prime Minister Gordon Brown, in a nationally televised speech, extolled British grit in the face of an adverse summer that included floods, mad cow disease and terrorism. [News Source]

State Snapshots (The Montana Standard) swimming upstream and downstream easier for fish in some Bitterroot Valley waters. The agency has been replacing small culverts with larger ones. [News Source]

Grass-fed animals are healthier (Rapid City Journal) “To love and appreciate the Rocky Mountains, you only open your eyes, but to love and appreciate the prairie, you must open your soul.” [News Source]

Paperback Row (New York Times) Paperback books of particular interest. [News Source]