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Raw milk remains popular, despite illnesses
posted on February 3, 2012 at 5:15 PM
The popularity of unpasteurized raw milk remains strong despite warnings from public health officials about its dangers and outbreaks of bacterial infections.
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Minnesota food company recalls eggs in 34 states
posted on February 3, 2012 at 5:13 PM
A Minnesota food company said Friday it is recalling more than a million hard-cooked eggs distributed to 34 states after testing revealed some may be contaminated with listeria.
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Feds: Mid-Atlantic wind farms take step forward
posted on February 3, 2012 at 5:08 PM
Offshore wind farms from New Jersey to Virginia took a big step closer to reality with the completion of a review that showed the renewable energy source would leave no major environmental damage, officials said Thursday.
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Lawmakers delay hearing on school trans fat ban
posted on February 3, 2012 at 5:03 PM
The nation's leanest state is taking its time as it considers a proposal aimed at getting junk food out of schools.
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Portions of Texas emerge from drought
posted on February 3, 2012 at 5:02 PM
HOUSTON (AP) - For millions of Dallas-area residents, one of the most severe droughts in Texas history is no longer a concern - for now.
The U.S. Drought Monitor, in its weekly map posted online Thursday, classified the Dallas-Fort Worth area as...
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Report: Midwest economic index jumped in January
posted on February 3, 2012 at 4:27 PM
The economy in nine Midwest and Plains states rebounded from a weak December and is poised to continue growing in the months ahead, according to a monthly survey of business leaders released Wednesday.
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New Map for What to Plant Reflects Global Warming
posted on January 27, 2012 at 8:51 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Global warming is hitting not just home, but garden. The color-coded map of planting zones often seen on the back of seed packets is being updated by the government, illustrating a hotter 21st century.
It's the first time...
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GOP Debate Casts Light on U.S. Sugar Policy
posted on January 27, 2012 at 8:48 AM
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - The Republican presidential race waded, atleast for one night, into the grainy details of U.S. policy towardsugar. Newt Gingrich's answer to a question about it during a GOPdebate Monday night stood out...
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Gates Defends Focus on High-tech Agriculture
posted on January 27, 2012 at 8:46 AM
KIRKLAND, Wash. (AP) - Bill Gates has a terse response tocriticism that the high-tech solutions he advocates for worldhunger are too expensive or bad for the environment: Countries canembrace modern seed technology and genetic modification or...
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High Illinois Farm Prices Could Last through 2012
posted on January 27, 2012 at 8:44 AM
DECATUR, Ill. (AP) - Some experts believe this year's risingfarmland prices in central Illinois could continue for at least thenext year. Land sales companies say farmland prices in the region increasedby more than 30...
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