An inquiry into the affordability of food in light of global price rises is to take place, the Scottish Government has announced.
The move is one of a range of measures unveiled as Scotland moves towards its first national policy for food and drink.
Top chef Martin Wishart will lead a campaign to improve the quality and [...]

The Better Business Bureau (BBB) of Eastern North Carolina warns consumers to approach enticing job offers cautiously. Recent complaints have surfaced regarding e-mail scams blending job opportunities and economic stimulus checks being distributed by the government.
“Consumers should be weary of any business opportunity received through e-mail or other means which requires the recipient to cash [...]

The Veterans Administration is opening a ninth satellite health care clinic today in Mankato.
V.A. spokesman, Ralph Heussner, says the facility will put special emphasis on mental health care needs.
“Mental health is a high priority for the V.A. Our facility has added 40 staff in the last year. With the additional staff, we’re able expand those [...]

That’s why the Northwest Florida Daily News will launch a new monthly magazine this week called “Healthy You.”
The first edition will be inside this Wednesday’s Daily News. After you give it a read, I hope you’ll e-mail me and tell me what you think of it. Or e-mail “Healthy You” Editor Julie Hatfield at julieh@nwfdailynews.com. [...]

First Ingredients Exhibition in the Middle East to Help Stimulate Local Food Production
Hussain Nasser Lootah, Acting Director General for Dubai Municipality, today inaugurated the first-ever Ingredients Middle East exhibition, a specialist trade event dedicated to ingredients used in the food, Halal food, beverage and health food industry.
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Numerous recent reports have been debating the issue [...]

Members from both the treasury and opposition benches demanded an increase in the budget allocations for the health and education sectors, as the National Assembly held its second day of debate on the federal budget for the Fiscal Year 2008-09 on Sunday. They said that subsidies on oil and electricity should continue to control price [...]

Whether they see their virginity as a gift or a stigma to get rid of the first chance they get, today’s teens are desperate to learn about pleasure in “healthy” relationships, which means traditional sex education that beats the safe sex drum is no longer speaking to them, if it ever did.
It is this group [...]

Local caterer and chef Sam Namakaeha says he’s going to bring Hawaiian cooking to a new generation of chefs. The Molokai resident says he will be taking on his first class of 30 from Aka’ula School when classes resume at the end of June.
Each class will be four hours, says Namakaeha. Students will learn a [...]

Green Business Insurance, Inc. is the nation’s first independent insurance agency to focus on the unique property and casualty insurance needs of green businesses according to Pat Thompson, CPCU, President.
“Green businesses, of all types, are important to the future of our nation’s economy and environment and we are excited to help manage their exposure to [...]

Before I was assigned to cover “Top Chef” for TODAYshow.com, I was unfamiliar with the show besides knowing that many, many people are obsessed with it. It is a pop-culture phenomenon, after all. Yet it didn’t make sense to me. My reasoning was simple: How could I appreciate a cooking competition if I’m not there [...]