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Riding on a sheep's back - PETA versus Australian wool

In recent months, PETA's campaigning has induced dozens of retailers to boycott or phase out Australian wool in protest at the controversial practice of "mulesing", a grim operation which involves cutting away swathes of skin around the backsides of Merino sheep.

Turning food crop into fuel 'not very wise'

Soybeans are a vastly better choice than corn as the basis for formulating alternatives to fossil fuel, according to a controversial new study out of the University of Minnesota.

No Bar Code

An evangelical Virginia farmer says a revolution against industrial agriculture is just down the road.

Fruits, vegetables not as nutritious as 50 years ago

Donald Davis, a biochemist at the University of Texas, said that of 13 major nutrients in fruits and vegetables tracked by the Agriculture Department from 1950 to 1999, six showed noticeable declines -- protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron, riboflavin and vitamin C. The declines ranged from 6 percent for protein, 15 percent for iron, 20 percent for vitamin C, and 38 percent for riboflavin.

Planting seeds for biofuel

Washington State is leading the way towards homegrown fuels!

Government Investigating Possible Case of Mad Cow Disease

when are we gonna admit that we have a problem?