The ink had barely dried on the newly passed federal legislation to require food products containing genetically modified organisms be labeled, when critics of the pending law put industry on notice it didn't go far enough. One complication: It says nothing about "GEOs," or genetically edited organisms. What gives?

From the so-called frontlines fighting to protect farm animals, the animal-rights group Mercy for Animals has cued up yet another "undercover" farm video, this one aimed at one of the nation's large egg distributors. Meanwhile, retailer after retailer has given in to the group's strident demands. Here's why this new cinema of the sadistic has become so effective in manipulating the food chain and, more importantly, why you should fight it.

The weather in South America this cropping season has been brutal, leading to nerves in the commodities that decreased supplies and continued strong demand worldwide for soybeans spells a potential shortage. True?

Listen to your Nebraska farmer, Bertrand's Linda Schwarz, discuss the realities of weed control without the use of common chemical pesticides. 

On those beautiful Nebraska mornings, when you're tired of being cooped up in the backroom or stuck at a desk, the young grocers's thoughts drift to jobs in the outdoors and the fresh air, like this simple task of changing lightbulbs just over the state line in South Dakota.

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