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  • May 2008

    • Save a Food From Extinction: Eat It for Dinner

      New York Times  |  May 1, 08 7:40 PM CDT

      Save a Food From Extinction: Eat It for Dinner

      (Newser) - Vanishing culinary breeds are getting a new lease on life, thanks to the efforts of an ethnobotanist with an interest in America's foodie past, the New York Times reports. While Makah ozette potato sounds like a "Final Jeopardy" answer, the once-endangered vegetable is one of the many culinary artifacts Gary Paul Nabhan aims to bring back to America's dinner tables. More »

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      food  • endangered species  • agriculture  • crops  • anthropology  • gourmet dining  • chickens  • potato  • Makah tribe

  • March 2008

    • Easter Bunny's Budget Strained as Egg Prices Skyrocket

      Chicago Tribune  |  Mar 22, 08 6:19 PM CDT

      Easter Bunny's Budget Strained as Egg Prices Skyrocket

      (Newser) - As far as the egg industry is concerned, Easter might as well have been Christmas. Prices skyrocketed 29% over the last year, and show no sign of slowing, as eggs are such a staple that demand hasn’t slowed a bit. “We’ve never seen profits like this,” said one egg farmer. Consumers shelling out over $2 a dozen are less thrilled, the Chicago Tribune reports. More »

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      food prices  • agriculture  • farmer  • Easter  • eggs  • chickens

  • February 2008

    • Philly HS Turns Into Cluck U.

      Philadelphia Inquirer  |  Feb 11, 08 2:30 PM CST

      Philly HS Turns Into Cluck U.

      (Newser) - Dozens of chickens making themselves at home in the halls of a Philadelphia high school forced it to close for the day, the Inquirer reports. Staff members arriving for work this morning were greeted by the birds, which apparently were set free last night. "They let them loose and spread chicken feed all over the place to keep them fat and happy, I guess," says a district spokesman. "They've created quite a mess." More »

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      Philadelphia  • high school  • prank  • chickens

  • December 2007

    • Chicago May Ban Pet Chickens

      Associated Press  |  Dec 12, 07 6:34 PM CST

      Chicago May Ban Pet Chickens

      (Newser) - Are chickens a city pet? Chicago’s city council is nearing a vote on a proposal to ban chicken ownership, even as green- and organic-minded citizens around the country increasingly keep the birds for eggs, yard work, and companionship. Among worries for Chicago politicians, the AP reports, are that chickens’ waste attracts rodents and that the birds might transmit avian flu. More »

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      Chicago  • pets  • chickens  • yuppies

  • September 2007

    • Flemish Recycling Runs to Chicken Feed

      Guardian (UK)  |  Sep 26, 07 5:43 PM CDT

      Flemish Recycling Runs to Chicken Feed

      (Newser) - The Belgian region of Flanders is attracting international attention with novel recycling schemes that include reuse centers, pay-per-bag garbage collection, and omnivorous chickens. The Russians, the Chinese and the British have come calling to see how Flanders has managed to hold its total waste generation steady even as its population and economy have grown, the Guardian reports. More »

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      China  • Russia  • Great Britain  • recycling  • Belgium  • Flanders  • chickens  • steam

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