Monday August 30th 2010, 5:10 pm
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is weighing whether to allow a genetically engineered Atlantic salmon to be the first such animal to be sold as food. [ID:nN3090447 ] The fish is made by Aqua Bounty Technologies Inc
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FACTBOX-Genetically modified animals in the United States
Recent additions give new life to downtown Greeley
Sunday August 29th 2010, 7:40 am
Amber Clifford displays jewelry and other merchandise at Glitz Galore, her new boutique last week at 9181⁄2 9th Ave., in preparation for her grand opening in downtown Greeley. Glitz Galore is one of many new downtown businesses that have opened this summer.
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Recent additions give new life to Greeley downtown business district
Sunday August 29th 2010, 3:10 am
Amber Clifford displays jewelry and other merchandise at Glitz Galore, her new boutique last week at 9181⁄2 9th Ave., in preparation for her grand opening in downtown Greeley. Glitz Galore is one of many new downtown businesses that have opened this summer.
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Higher prices expected for commodities
Sunday August 29th 2010, 12:23 am
The U.S. Department of Agriculture last week forecast food prices will only rise 0.5 percent to 1.5 percent this year, less than the 1.8 percent increases in 2008 and 2009 and the lowest rate of food inflation since 1992. Enjoy it while you can, commodities followers say.
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TWISTED HISTORY: How to make a shrunken head
Saturday August 28th 2010, 10:08 pm
Warning, this article is not for the faint of heart and is graphic in nature.
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Factory farms pose serious health risks.
Saturday August 28th 2010, 10:00 am
The recent salmonella outbreak and recall of more than half a billion eggs in Iowa is not an isolated incident caused by the actions of one bad actor. Rather, it is symptomatic of the serious social problems inherent in the industrial model of corporate agribusiness that controls our food supply.
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Iowa to review whether feed mill linked to egg recall should have been regulated, inspected.
Saturday August 28th 2010, 10:00 am
State regulators said Friday they were reviewing whether the Iowa feed mill where investigators found salmonella linked to the nationwide egg recall should have been licensed and inspected.
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Faces of distinction
Saturday August 28th 2010, 4:25 am
For a “probinsyano-at-heart” like me, in spite of the hundreds of times I see them up close, I still get thrilled being in the same room with local personalities who grace the front pages of our broadsheets and the headlines of local prime time TV newscast.
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Scared Straight? Recalls Change How We Eat — Briefly
Saturday August 28th 2010, 2:09 am
Some consider becoming vegans, others give up store eggs, but will it last?
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Worms Reloaded Review [PC]
Friday August 27th 2010, 11:47 pm
The latest entry in the long-running Worms series further refines the 15-year-old formula and is one of the best yet.
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