AlterNet / By Ari LeVaux Pretty Much Everything We’ve Been Taught About Dangers of Eating Fat Is Wrong Dietary fat is not as bad as you think…. December 5, 2014 With the salad days of summer behind us, and dark, cold days approaching, fat is in season. The holidays, and the accompanying onslaught of rich…

New research links diet high in carbs — not fat — to diabetes, heart disease risks By Michael Fielding on 12/5/2014 Doubling or even nearly tripling saturated fat in the diet does not drive up total levels of saturated fat in the blood, according to a controlled diet study. However, increasing levels of carbohydrates in…

Local Food Efforts Undermined by Pretenders, Predators and Corrupt Cops By:Mike Callicrate December 5, 2014 In today’s unhealthy, unfair and broken corporate controlled industrial food system, more and more people want to know where their food comes from and how it’s produced. The biggest food companies on the planet are well aware of this fact…

Group Elects Texas Salebarn Owner as Region V Director Billings, Mont. – Cheryl Moore of Stephenville, Texas, was recently elected as Region V Director of R-CALF USA. All cattle-owning members in Region V had the opportunity to vote via mail-in ballot on this decision. Region V is comprised of Texas. Moore along with her husband,…

"Abusing Chickens We Eat" by Nicholas Kristof, NY Times Dec 3, 2014 If you buy a Perdue chicken in the grocery store, you might think it had lived a comfortable avian middle-class existence. “Doing the right thing is things like treating your chickens humanely,” Jim Perdue, the company’s chairman, says in a promotional video. The…

Over 200 Groups Urge Congress to Continue Supporting COOL Billings, Mont. – Today 207 groups representing a broad segment of the U.S. economy, including farm, ranch, consumer and manufacturing groups, joined in a letter that urges U.S. Senate leaders to continue supporting the U.S. country of origin labeling (COOL) law that is presently under attack…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Dec. 1, 2014) Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 ajerome Agri-Pulse Guest Opinion: NFU Calls for a New Direction for the Beef Checkoff; Praises Secretary Vilsack for Seeking Public Comments WASHINGTON (Dec. 1, 2014) – National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson today called for a ‘new direction’ for the current beef checkoff program…