Three people in Hawaii have come down with what appears to be a rare parasitic disease called rat lungworm disease in recent weeks. Two of the victims (friends who had a meal together) told the Honolulu Star Bulletin that they experienced "agonizing pain" after eating raw vegetables – and physicians fear they may have accidentally swallowed slug larvae hidden inside folds of raw peppers. [More]

8 Jan 2009

Burger King says if you delete ten Facebook friends you get a free Whopper.

8 Jan 2009

Call it comfort food with a Cajun twist. Located just off the beaten path in downtown, the Washington Platform Saloon & Restaurant is rich in flavor and history.

8 Jan 2009

Harry Blesy isn't one to ask himself if he can do something. He asks how he can do it. "I like to challenge myself," the longtime Willowbrook resident said. And this winter, his self-imposed challenge was to grow lettuce as far into the winter as he could. "It's like a mini greenhouse," Blesy said of the structure that covers the lettuce crop that as of Jan. 1 was still alive in his back yard ...

8 Jan 2009

Nunhems announced today that the company has moved its U.S. research laboratory activities from Brooks, Oregon, to Davis, California. The relocation involved the transfer of the molecular and cell biology laboratories as well as the produce quality analysis facilities.

8 Jan 2009

A disturbing bulletin today from Environmental Health News, for those of us who try to eat healthfully and spend time thinking about what's in our food. Link to Environmental Health News: http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ A study at the University of Minnesota found antibiotics in the leaves of vegetable crops treated with manure from animals -- pigs, chickens, cattle -- treated with ...

8 Jan 2009