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  • The weekend Mar. 16-18
  • March 19, 2012
The best way to wind things up with the ractopamine story is to explain my reasons for wanting to write it in the first place. I came to the...
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Ractopamine and the World Health Organization

  • The weekend Mar. 16-18
  • March 17, 2012
You may ask what the World Health Organization has to do with you, living here in Henrico's far west end, or metro-Richmond? It has everything...
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Let's discuss ractopamine- March 16-18

  • This weekend Mar. 16-18
  • March 16, 2012
Readers will recall the story yesterday on the USDA's change of heart on schools using ground beef with the additive 'pink slime'. The...
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USDA says schools can 'just say no'

  • pink slime and USDA
  • March 15, 2012
Parentsin the Henrico and metro-Richmond area concerned about 'pink slime' laden ground beef can now rest assured that our schools don'...
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Will New York gardeners warm to the new USDA Hardiness Map?

On January 26, The United States Department of Agriculture released a new map of hardiness zones in the continental US. As most gardeners know,...
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USDA Food Pyramid is now a plate

After more than 20 years of the famous food pyramid, the USDA has now upgraded their strategy to a simple and easy to understand plate....
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From pyramid to plate

On January 31st 2011, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) released the new dietary guidelines. The guidelines come out every five...
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