Local hog farmers and that H1N1 flu (Bureau County Republican) It’s been rough being a pork producer for the last 18 months or so. A worldwide demand for grain pushed corn prices sky-high for a while, making it expensive to feed a hog, and then the world economy staggered last fall, dropping both corn and pork prices. [News Source]

Tracing the history of what you buy (CNN Money) Where was the cotton in your shirt grown? Who mined the gold in your wedding ring? What forest produced the paper in the magazine you are reading? [News Source]

Hicks On Six (Edmonton Sun) Can't eat pork. Swine flu. Can't eat chicken. Bird flu. Can't eat beef. Mad cow. Can't eat eggs. Salmonella. [News Source]