The FDA issued its final report last week, stressing good agricultural practices as the number-one way to prevent any future E. coli tainted spinach originated in California does not- help pinpoint the source of the contamination. Heat-treated manure was used on one of the fields where the spinach was grown and commercial synthetic fertilizer was used on three others. Three people died from eating the contaminated bagged spinach. US: cattle ranch near spinach farm had same E. The FDA says...

Modbee.com . The Modesto Bee. The San Joaquin County Planning Commission voted 5-0 to reject a Feb. Moyer Consulting, which requested the subdivision on land owned by Circle JM Dairy, is scheduled to ask the Board of Supervisors to overrule the decision. The Planning Commission determined that subdividing the land would be harmful to public health and to neighbors based on five surrounding dairies; there are 8,000 cattle within a mile, and anticipated wells and septic systems raised worry...

While the most obvious effect is on beef prices because cattle are the largest animals and require the most feed, Latham said chicken and pork prices are rising to a lesser degree. It is the one luxury meat retailers say consumers will hang on to as the rising price of corn drives up feed for livestock, reducing supplies of meat and poultry and sending prices soaring. Department of Food and Agriculture recently advised that meat costs would rise to meet a reduction in meat production based...

Campa, director of the city's Department of Community Initiatives; Tom Flores, director of Connell Highlanders; Ruben Fernandez, Connell's principal; and several teachers and students who prepared a PowerPoint presentation to thank Gutierrez for the money. Campa, director of the city's Department of Community Initiatives; Tom Flores, director of Connell Highlanders; Ruben Fernandez, Connell's principal; and several teachers and students who prepared a PowerPoint presentation to thank...

That helps draw customers from far away, who sometimes are surprised to find large rooms with their own Jacuzzis, private dining areas and TVs and VCRs. At first it surprised me that people in Lincoln were staying with us, she said, yet shes found that guests come seeking a special experience, rather than just a place to rest while passing through town. But more stringent fire and safety regulations passed a few years ago make it difficult to retrofit a historic home, so the number of B&Bs...

Cows, chickens and pigs need grain - livestock have eaten nearly 60 percent of the corn consumed over the past decade - so expect meat and dairy prices to rise. And since domestically produced ethanol is too corrosive to be transported by pipeline, it has to be hauled by truck; that offsets some of its presumed environmental benefits. Moreover, ethanol producers receive subsidies that gasoline refiners do not: 51 cents for each gallon of blended fuel (while imported ethanol faces a...