Local, natural and organic a jolly good idea. Today, farmers' markets, mainstays of the agri-food system in the good old days, are once again held throughout the province, country and continent. [News Source]

S Korea’s major discount stores to sell US beef. US beef will be back on supermarket shelves in South Korea, major discount department stores said. This decision is strongly opposed by those who fear mad cow disease. [News Source]

New mad-cow rule poses health dangers of its own (The Mercury) LITITZ, Pennsylvania -- A federal regulation aimed at preventing mad cow disease from getting into the U.S. food supply could create health risks of its own: many thousands of cattle carcasses rotting on farms, spreading germs, attracting vermin and polluting the water. [News Source]

New mad-cow rule poses health dangers of its own (The Mercury) LITITZ, Pennsylvania -- A federal regulation aimed at preventing mad cow disease from getting into the U.S. food supply could create health risks of its own: many thousands of cattle carcasses rotting on farms, spreading germs, attracting vermin and polluting the water. [News Source]

Italian researcher updates KSU about mad cow work (Abilene Reflector-Chronicle) MANHATTAN -- : The classical form of mad cow disease and a variant manifest themselves differently, but research suggests that the variant may also be transmissible to humans, according a researcher speaking at Kansas State University. [News Source]

New mad-cow rule poses health dangers of its own (Kane County Chronicle) LITITZ, Pa. – A federal regulation aimed at preventing mad cow disease from getting into the food supply could create health risks of its own: many thousands of cattle carcasses rotting on farms, spreading germs, attracting vermin and polluting the water. [News Source]

New mad-cow rule could impact KOTA Territory cattle owners. (KOTA Rapid City) Some rendering plants say they'll stop accepting dead cattle from farmers.  [News Source]