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Brussels Sprouts are Back in Style

Photo: notonthehighstreet Gone are the days when Brussels sprouts evoked a family groan at dinner. Now sprouts are being hailed as a hang-over cure (more on that later), a cancer fighter and a trendy food. One farmer is so committed that he farms 2,000 acres of them, with half a million being harvested. Two to three hundred tons of sprouts will be shipped out for the Christmas rus… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Brussels Sprouts are Back in Style

Sting Opens a Food Store (in Italy)

Images from Daily Mail What is it about celebrities and food and shops? We’ve got Prince Charles and his farm store, Liz Hurley and her organic vegetables and Jo Wood (ex-Rolling Stone wife) and hers… It’s not like they ever work there…. Now we have S… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Curry Spices In Livestock Feed Could Significantly Cut Methane Emissions

Watch out for curry-laden ricochets! Image credit: Kalebeul. This is one of those classic good news / bad news stories which makes you wonder if the scientists working on it have all their marbles. The ‘good news’ discovery is this: coriander and tumeric (the yellowing agent in curry) has been show to cut cow- and sheep-fart methane content by up to 40%. From coverage in

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Curry Spices In Livestock Feed Could Significantly Cut Methane Emissions