Japan supermarket chain tests beef for radiation. Consumer worries about the potential spread of contaminated Japanese beef has prompted Aeon, the country’s largest supermarket chain, to carry out independent tests to ensure the safety of the beef products it sells. [News Source]

Japan supermarket chain tests beef for radiation. Consumer worries about the potential spread of contaminated Japanese beef has prompted Aeon, the country’s largest supermarket chain, to carry out independent tests to ensure the safety of the beef products it sells. [News Source]

In the Catskills, building stone by stone, bale by bale. Beloved by owner-builder types since the 1970s, straw-bale houses were built largely under the radar and off the grid until the early 1990s, when a mini-boom erupted, mostly in the southwestern states and California. It has been growing exponentially since then. [News Source]