This view is further supported by the anticipated union strike in Nigeria, general violence and exposure to militant oil strikes in that country (Chevron has pulled workers throughout the country due to the violence), disruptions in gasoline refineries and the general exposure to weather issues given the current low levels of gasoline supplies heading into the high demand summer driving season. This view is further supported by the anticipated union strike in Nigeria, general violence and...

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Which is it? Or are those answers really the reason? I would venture to say that in a majority of the cases, families don t make meals from scratch, use prepackaged food and eat out more often because of lack of time. Some of the key findings include: Nonworking women spend about 70 minutes per day in food preparation (time spent preparing, serving, and cleanup) How much time do you really spend preparing food at home? Take the next week and keep track of how much time you really spend in...

Most are available in organic form, but organic farming and ranching costs more, so some food producers are looking to cut their expenses with a wink from the USDA. The USDA is considering a new list of 38 nonorganic ingredients it would allow in food labeled organic, most of which are already in use. Hence the list of 38 ingredients, which includes the intestines of traditionally raised animals (despite the mad cow scare) for use in "organic" sausage. The USDA was supposed to finalize the...

I don't think teachers, lawyers, government bureaucrats and doctors would put up with such low wages, so why should farmers? Unfortunately, dairy farms aren't like other free-market businesses. in the morning just as you were starting to milk the cows? As a dairy farmer, you'd know how to fix that long contraption of steel chains and paddles hooked up to a motor and drive unit, which moves the manure out from the barn. Some people believe that farmers already receive too many tax breaks...

Department of Agriculture, leaving uncertain whether some foods currently labeled "USDA organic" would continue to be produced. In addition to hops, the list includes 19 food colorings, two starches, casings for sausages and hot dogs, fish oil, chipotle chili pepper, gelatin and a host of obscure ingredients (one, for instance, is a "bulking agent" and sweetener with the tongue-twisting name of fructooligosaccharides) In addition to hops, the list includes 19 food colorings, two starches,...