Organics a blooming business. Having shaken off the whiff of hippiedom, the mainstream organic movement is fast gaining converts, and retailers - including Australia's two supermarket giants - are scrambling over each other in the battle for the organic dollar. [News Source]

S Koreans To Make Recommendation On U.S. Beef Import Rules (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 News) South Korea's livestock quarantine consultation committee is expected to make its recommendation on current U.S. beef import rules this week, the government said Tuesday. [News Source]

S KOREANS TO MAKE RECOMMENDATION ON U.S. BEEF IMPORT RULES (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 Finance) Regulations / Law   South Korea's livestock quarantine consultation committee is expected to make its recommendation on current U.S. beef import rules this week, the government said Tuesday. [News Source]

Rockland AM Report (The Journal News) Assault charges: Two young men were charged with felony assault after being accused of attacking a Nyack College student on Highland Avenue. Karl Dubuisson, 19, of 33 Washington St. in Nyack and Bradford Downing, 20, of 755 Route 9W in Valley Cottage were both charged with second-degree assault. [News Source]

Johanns Could Be Leaving USDA Just in Time (AG Weekly) WASHINGTON — The Department of Agriculture is rarely in the headlines these days, but when Secretary Mike Johanns stepped down last week, he listed a range of projects that span the agency’s broad reach, from preparing for an outbreak of a highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza to developing an online facility for providing U.S. citizens with nutrition advice. [News Source]