Nebraska's legislature took up the question of "food deserts" again this session, opening anew the perpetual question: Do we really know what a food desert is, and what it means? One set of economists has opened the can of worms with these eight glaring holes in the definition.

They're fashionable. They're the darling underdogs of the media. Food activists present them as the future. But there's one little-reported detail about U.S. urban farms nobody's talking about, except this latest research. Find out why they're doomed to go bust.

Riding the wave of several new studies suggesting the government made a mistake in recommending only low- and no-fat milks, could whole milk be set to make a big comeback?

Jeremiah Picard manages Lincoln's Big Red Worms, a non-profit venture of the Nebraska Farmers Union. His 300-head herd of worms has grown into the millions, eating discarded food waste from local school cafeterias to create healthy soil for local farmers and gardeners, while reducing some of the load on local landfills. 

When you're standing lonely on the cliff of life, watching others soar by you, says poster child for the American dream Steve Harvey, sometimes you just have to jump, taking the bumps and bruises as they come. Done right, he says, the pain is worth it.

Mark your calendars for these events:

May 3-4	AWG Springfield Summer Show
June 5-9	National Grocers Executive Leadership Development Program, Ithaca, NY
June 9	NGIA Spring Golf Outing at Iron Horse