Food producers go to court in effort to squelch bad press (Bangor Daily News) This week?s topic deals with getting the most from the dollars you spend on food. How you ? and others along the ?food chain? ? define ?getting the most? will define your answer. And a ? [News Source]

Perspective rather than panic is called for on swine flu. The WHO this week declared swine flu a global pandemic, the first flu pandemic in 40 years. Officials and politicians insist that while the public should remain vigilant, there is no undue cause for concern. [News Source]

Orlando-area arts organizations are creatively cutting back (Orlando Sentinel) W hen the Orlando Opera went under this spring, arts lovers thought the sky was falling. One of the oldest and largest arts institutions in Central Florida, the opera couldn't weather the economic storm, and its demise made pessimists of many, who began to think that other local arts and cultural nonprofits would follow the same path. [News Source]

COMMENTARY: Livestock Producers Have Major Stake In Direction Of Commodity Programs (Yankton Press & Dakotan) With all of the challenges faced by the livestock sector over the last several years — bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE or mad cow disease), export bans, E. coli and other food borne diseases, uncertainty over the implementation of animal identification and country of origin labeling — the last thing they needed was a 250 percent increase in the cost of the grains and oilseeds they use as ... [News Source]

Orlando-area arts organizations are creatively cutting back (Orlando Sentinel) W hen the Orlando Opera went under this spring, arts lovers thought the sky was falling. One of the oldest and largest arts institutions in Central Florida, the opera couldn't weather the economic storm, and its demise made pessimists of many, who began to think that other local arts and cultural nonprofits would follow the same path. [News Source]

Orlando-area arts organizations are creatively cutting back (Orlando Sentinel) When the Orlando Opera went under this spring, arts lovers thought the sky was falling. One of the oldest and largest arts institutions in Central Florida, the opera couldn't weather the economic storm, and its demise made pessimists of many, who began to think that other local arts and cultural nonprofits would follow the same path. [News Source]