Deforestation and the true cost of Europe’s cheap meat. Cheap meat has become a way of life in much of Europe, but the full price is being paid across Latin America as vast soya plantations and their attendant chemicals lead to poisonings and violence. [News Source]

Japan suspends shipments from Lexington’s Tyson plant (Lexington Clipper-Herald) TOKYO – Japan suspended beef shipments from an American meatpacker Saturday over its failure to remove cattle parts banned under a bilateral agreement, as officials in the country raised concerns about U.S. safeguards against mad cow disease. [News Source]