Taylor says industry must take on responsibility (The Truro Daily News) TRURO – Dividing the profit from Nova Scotia cattle is the biggest issue in a slumping industry, says the former agriculture minister. [News Source]

Disagreement over pick up remains. Gabriel Nation, president of the company that picks up dead animals, says Franklin County Judge-Executive Ted Collins would have known he planned to stop the removal service if he'd read a January e-mail. [News Source]

‘Nourish land in … way it nourishes you’. Barbara Petit transitioned from a job as a health care consultant 20 years ago to start a career in the food industry. Initially working for a local catering company, Petit’s love of food and cooking led her to become involved in the organics movement. [News Source]

Meat eaters face ban on ‘clean’ transfusions amid new CJD fears. Patients who eat meat could be banned from receiving the safest blood supplies to halt the spread of the human form of mad cow disease. [News Source]

Regulation designed to prevent mad-cow disease (Jefferson City News Tribune) HALFWAY (AP) - The trucks blocking the driveway to the Halfway Packing Co. describe the firm's operations with the slogan: “Our business is dead.” Never has that been more true. [News Source]