Before he was a regulatory czar for former President Obama, Chicago University professor Cass Sunstein defined the concept of "nudging" consumers to make healthier food choices. Now, based on research he's done in Europe, you can expect the not-always-so-subtle concept of nudging to come to a supermarket near you. Here's why.

Just when you thought the comparisons between sugar-sweetened beverages and tobacco couldn't get any stranger, now a new term has come into the political debate that makes it clear: There's nowhere to hide when it comes to soda taxes and regulations. Why they say sugar is now a danger to us all.

Driven by rising immigrant populations in the United States, it's been one of the fastest-growing sectors of the U.S. livestock industry over the last two decades. Is this old, new meat what's for dinner?  

When you start life using a saddle box as a crib, the craft is in your blood. Kearney saddle maker Lyle Henderson picked up the trade at 12 years old, and 3,000 saddles later, each of his efforts is a working-class work of art.   

We can understand Warren Beaty's embarrasment at blowing this year's Academy Awards announcement for best picture award. But for those of us who remember country music awards ceremonies from years past, there's no comparison to this gin-soaked performance by Charlie Rich.

Mark your calendars for these events:

March 2-4	AWG/AFM Spring Food Show, Omaha
April 26	AWG Kansas City Summer Show
May 1-2	AWG Springfield Summer Show, Chateau on the Lake, Branson