It's a tricky time for consumers, because the answer depends on the food _ and some are losing trans fat only to have another artery clogger take its place, that old nemesis saturated fat. Trans fat is created when companies add hydrogen to liquid cooking oils to harden them for baking or for a longer shelf-life, turning them into "partially hydrogenated oils. At grocery stores, the government began forcing food labels to disclose the amount of trans fat in packaged foods last year, and...

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Scientists say the experimental vaccine marks an advance toward the development of a faster method of making flu vaccine. For half a century, vaccine manufacturers have relied on fertilized hens' eggs to grow the flu virus strains included in each year's vaccine. The finished vaccine included the three strains used in regular flu shots given during the 2004-05 flu season. The process takes six months and is subject to variations in yield, depending on how rapidly each virus strain can...

usDiggRedditYahooMyWebGoogle What's this? Chicken lady' grows Rivergait Ranch flock Former software saleswoman makes hobby' of chicken business By ABBY FOX-DN Staff Writer Article Last Updated:04/04/2007 08:39:07 AM PDT Click photo to enlarge <Caption> Sue Kolbo with one of her hundreds of roosters. usDiggRedditYahooMyWebGoogle What's this? Chicken lady' grows Rivergait Ranch flock Former software saleswoman makes hobby' of chicken business By ABBY FOX-DN Staff Writer Article Last...

In Pennsylvania, corn slated for ethanol production covers only 1.4 million acres of an agricultural landscape dominated by dairy and livestock farming. Corn demands huge quantities of nitrogen and other nutrients, which has helped to force up fertilizer prices by more than $150 a ton because, even without this year's increased acreage, 45 percent of the country's supply gets spread on cornfields, said Jeff Schneck, sales manager for Cumru Township-based Timac USA. In Berks County, only...

India, which declared itself free of bird flu last August after outbreaks in poultry, has asked officials and poultry farmers in states bordering Bangladesh, Myanmar and Pakistan to monitor any unusual mortality among chickens or ducks. India has around 490 million chickens, the biggest component by far of its poultry industry. New Delhi has increased surveillance for avian influenza after three of its neighbours -- Bangladesh and Myanmar on its east and Pakistan on the west -- reported...