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]

27.03.2008 - DJ HUGIN NEWS/U.S. Scientist Receives Otto Warburg Medal Sponsored by QIAGEN (4investors) Embargoed until 4 p.m. CET/ 11 a.m. EST today. Mosbach, Germany, Mar. 27, 2008 - American scientist Susan Lindquist, Ph.D., was awarded today the Otto Warburg Medal in Mosbach, Germany. [News Source]

Premise registration continues on plan (Iowa Farmer) Editor’s note: On Nov.. 22, the Bush administration pledged not to make a planned National Animal Identification System mandatory. However, that has not derailed movement toward a voluntary tracking system. [News Source]

Minister Yu hopes to end beef feud (JoongAng Daily) New Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan said on Wednesday he hoped a long-running dispute over U.S. access to South Korea¡¯s beef market could be resolved soon, but offered no precise timetable. [News Source]

Farmer sell steaks from his truck - His response to mad cow disease (Sherbrooke Record) When the mad cow scare struck Canada in 2003, beef producers were devastated, but it led one man to transform his operation in a manner he would never have imagined — and meat-eaters in Richmond and Shefford are the better off for it. [News Source]

DJ HUGIN NEWS/U.S. Scientist Receives Otto Warburg Medal Sponsored by QIAGEN (Financial.de) Embargoed until 4 p.m. CET/ 11 a.m. EST today. Susan Lindquist Recognized for Contributing to Molecular Understanding of Parkinson's Disease Mosbach, Germany, Mar. 27, 2008 - American scientist Susan Lindquist, Ph.D., was awarded today the Otto Warburg Medal in Mosbach, Germany. [News Source]

U.S. Scientist Receives Otto Warburg Medal Sponsored by QIAGEN (n-tv.de) Embargoed until 4 p.m. CET/ 11 a.m. EST today. Mosbach, Germany, Mar. 27, 2008 - American scientist Susan Lindquist, Ph.D., was awarded today the Otto Warburg Medal in Mosbach, Germany. [News Source]

Parkinson’s victim offers to be guinea pig (The Journal) A NORTH businessman who suffers from Parkinson’s disease has condemned the use of hybrid embryos for medical research, even though scientists claim the technique could eventually lead to a cure for the condition. [News Source]

A horror that speaks quietly (Orlando Sentinel) In a gray room somewhere in east London, a young woman from Rwanda kneels next to a small basket. She removes a candle and lights it in the name of her father. The next candle is for her mother. The next ones, for brothers and sisters and cousins. As she keeps lighting candles, the warm glow of the flames becomes a testament to all she has lost. [News Source]

Oregon school districts consider more fresh, local foods (The Oregonian) SHERWOOD --In the geography of a public school lunch, lessons can be learned of faraway places. Teachers at Archer Glen Elementary School could serve them up daily if students traced their school lunches to their origins. [News Source]