Our Opinion: Area schools compassionate while struggling with parents’ meal debts

Schools in Central Missouri, along with the rest of the nation, have been struggling with how to deal with outstanding balances on school-provided meals. The Southern Boone school district has amassed about $30,000 in debt from outstanding meal balances.

Minnesota 4-H’ers Set to Compete in Eighth Annual Poultry Prince…

Minnesota 4-H poultry participants will have the opportunity to put their knowledge and industry experience to the test during the eighth annual Poultry Prince and Princess Contest , held at the Minnesota State Fair from August 24 through August 27, 2017. The scholarship program, put on by Minnesota 4-H and Gold'n Plump , recognizes the skills, leadership and confidence of the state's top young poultry experts by awarding two participants with the Poultry Prince and Princess ambassador titles and scholarships of $1,000 each.

Edible: a D.C. adventure speaks to how life should work.

The Reubens, bacon-scallop grits and lobster-stuffed avocado-and happy servers at the diner counter-make CF Folks a hole-in-the-wall hit. The Reubens, bacon-scallop grits and lobster-stuffed avocado-and happy servers at the diner counter-make CF Folks a hole-in-the-wall hit.

9th Circuit rejects argument that ‘No Added Sugar’ means ‘healthy’

The relationship between "added sugar" and adverse health outcomes has been a subject of debate. When the FDA proposed adding a line for "added sugar" to the nutrition labels on packaged food , some argued that the label could send a message that naturally occurring sugar meant "healthy" and "added sugar" meant unhealthy .

Study finds city’s south side is a food desert

The lack of a major grocery store and having fewer convenience stores nearby makes Warren's southside neighborhoods more food insecure than the rest of the city, according to a recently released study by Trumbull Neighborhood Partnership. Examining 91 items from a U.S. Department of Agriculture thrifty food plan survey list, stores on the city's southeast side did not have 68 percent of the items, according to a study on food access conducted by TNP over the past year.

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Europe Eats Into Butter Mountain in Sign High Prices to Stay

Europeans are eating so much butter that the bloc's stockpiles are nearly empty, adding to a rush of demand that has sent global prices skyrocketing. The star of the U.S. dairy market in recent years, butter costs have now soared to all-time highs in Western Europe and Oceania.

Editorial: Trump names an anti-science blowhard as ‘chief…

President Trump's disdain for science apparently knows no bounds. He has now nominated climate change skeptic Sam Clovis, a talk radio host, to serve as the Department of Agriculture's chief scientist - a slap in the face of the scientific community and a disservice to those responsible for the integrity of the USDA's research.

Sen. Murkowski and Senate Appropriations Committee: Looking out for Alaska’s Food Security

The Senate Appropriations Committee has unanimously passed the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Fiscal Year 2018 Bill - which includes important components for Alaska. The bill requires clear labeling for genetically engineered salmon, allows rural areas to receive summer food services programs in innovative ways, increases fish allowed in WIC programs, and ensures pregnant women receive adequate information about eating seafood during pregnancy.

How You Can Help Save Local Kids From Going Hungry This Summer

For many children, summer vacation evokes images of their favorite foods: backyard barbecues, fresh farmer's market produce, s'mores by the campfire and frozen delights from the ice cream truck. However, for the - homes lacking the adequate resources to purchase the food needed for an active, healthy lifestyle - summer vacation offers less relief than it does hunger and uncertainty.

Drones are here: Regulators trying to keep up with commercial, recreational users

It sounds like a scene from "The Jetsons" with people zipping around from place to place in aerocars that also deliver packages and pizza. However, the future of driverless taxis and delivery drones flying through the skies is closer than many people may think.  The first Chinese-made ferry for individual passengers is scheduled to fly this month in Dubai.

Aldi reopens remodeled Sheffield Village store

Aldi is offering grocery shoppers a fresh experience as it reopens its remodeled Sheffield Village store today, the first of seven Cleveland-area stores that are part of an aggressive $1.6 billion investment plan recently announced. To celebrate the reopening of the store that's been closed since the end of May, Aldi is hosting a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 8:25 a.m. on Friday.

Crackdown on NGOs: Delhi may face tough questions

Three months after Christian charity organisation Compassion International was forced to shut its operations in India following a government directive, the Indian side may be asked some tough questions from US interlocutors on the crackdown on NGOs during Prime Minister Narendra Modi 's stay here. The Prime Minister, who arrived in Washington DC Saturday night, will meet US administration officials Sunday onward and US President Donald Trump Monday.