Consumers’ Desire For Healthy Meat Has Bison Prices Soaring; Ranchers Struggle To Meet Demand

The deep snow blanketing the Midwest prairie didn’t bother the bison on Ed Eichten’s ranch one bit. The hardy animals evolved to survive even thrive year-round on the open range, and with their big heads, they can plow right through drifts 5-feet tall or more.

Betting On The Next ‘It’ Pig

Mangalitsa despite its unctuous, intense flavor has a very long way to go before it can push aside the better-known porkers. But a small band of farmers and purveyors think this obese breed, only recently returned from near-extinction, can become the next It Hog in the great American pig-out.

New Canadian Labeling Program May Be Implemented Soon

December 29, 2010 Dan Burritt, NEWS1130

If you want to know where your beef was born and raised, BC cattle farmers are working on a country-wide labeling program.

Got Excess Packaging? In England, You Might Go To Court

Remember that story I did back in November about how Alameda has adopted a “Zero Waste Implementation Plan” to push the residential recycling and composting rate up from 71 percent to 100 percent? And get business owners to increase their recycling rate from 23 percent to something higher?

E. Coli Outbreak Reported At Wausau Meat Market

December 28, 2010 Staff Reporter, WSAU

Four people got sick from E. coli bacteria after eating smoked ready-to-eat meats from Zillman Meat Market, the Marathon County health department said Thursday.