Rejecting U.S. beef is best way to keep safe: experts (Chinapost.com.tw) The best and safest way for consumers who seek to protect themselves over safety concern about American beef products is to exclude U.S. products from their daily meals, according to medical experts. [News Source]

Chronic wasting disease testing widens. Hunters must turn in deer heads from an expanded area of the province this fall as the government tries to figure out how far chronic wasting disease has spread. [News Source]

Ag producers, consumers pushing farm-to-table concept. There was a time when 70 percent of what Montanans ate was produced in state. They grew watermelons in Whitehall, green peas in Bozeman, apricots in Corvallis, beans in Glendive, all for commercial sale. Now there's a push to return to those days. [News Source]

A reformed eater, Times columnist Bittman offers a plan to lose weight and heal the planet (Nashville Scene) It's been almost 30 years since Mark Bittman earned $50 for his first food article, and in three decades of penning cooking columns for The New York Times and recipes for his How to Cook Everything cookbook series, he has shifted his focus from food preparation to food policy. [News Source]