U.S. must solve beef problem (The Japan Times) On April 23, a spinal column, a part of the cow that is banned from import because it is considered at risk of spreading mad cow disease, was found in a shipment of beef from the United States.... Read more ... [News Source]

Eat locally, survive globally. National food policy should give priority to local agriculture over globalized agribusiness [News Source]

How the era of cheap food has gone and why we face a hungry future. Good-quality food will become the preserve of the well-off, while those on lower incomes will have to make do with what they can afford. [News Source]

Green is easy - if you remember the bags. ARE you a worrier? I am. About everything and anything. Whether it's the world's petroleum supplies drying up (will that mean no more lip balm?), the rogue whisker on my chin developing into a full-grown beard or getting mad cow disease (it's irrational, but anything's possible). [News Source]

U.S. report urges Japan to forget its beef safety. The United States urged Japan on Friday to eliminate all controls on U.S. beef imports linked to the prevention of mad cow disease and to fully open its market despite renewed fears in Japan about the safety of U.S. beef. [News Source]

Joan Smith: Medusa, bitch, witch, mad cow, DemocRAT… Why does America hate Hillary Clinton so much? (Independent) Hillary Clinton is a witch who eats babies. She is a modern-day Medusa who turns men to stone. She is a DemocRAT, with a rodent's body and long tail. She is a mad cow, spreading disease across the country. Hey guys, life's a bitch, so why vote for one? No, I haven't taken leave of my senses: I am simply repeating some of the most vitriolic attacks on a woman who has dared to run for the White ... [News Source]