Schafer addresses farm bill, Canadian BSE and Cuban trade (The Prairie Star) There has been no shortage of problems or concerns to face for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's new secretary, Ed Schafer. [News Source]

All Connected (Forbes) A Merck researcher has taken a big step toward turning a flood of genetic information into new drugs. [News Source]

USDA beef recall creates challenge (Tri-State Neighbor) Bo Reagan concedes the beef industry is facing a huge challenge after the USDA recalled 143 million pounds of meat produced at a California plant. [News Source]

Schafer addresses farm bill, Canadian BSE and Cuban trade (The Prairie Star) There has been no shortage of problems or concerns to face for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's new secretary, Ed Schafer. [News Source]

Lessons learned from largest U.S. meat recall (AG Weekly) Not since Upton Sinclair’s 1906 book “The Jungle” has the American meat market been this shaken. [News Source]

Delving Into Minds of Ill Doctors (The Lakeland Ledger) At 8:30 a.m. on Sept. 11, 2001, Robert Klitzman's sister, Karen, called her best friend from her office on the 105th floor of the World Trade Center. No one ever heard from her again. Grief-stricken, Klitzman became depressed, but he didn't realize it for a while. He is a psychiatrist. He couldn't become mentally ill, could he' [News Source]

Weekend! Movies: New Reviews (Portland Tribune) Edited by Anne Marie DiStefano ‘Jesus Camp’ (PG-13) The term “fair and balanced” actually suits this documentary look at an evangelical summer camp in – no kidding – Devil’s Lake, N.D. The approach is straightforward enough that its central figure, ... [News Source]