Chicory

• Chicory Benefits - Article by Dr. Dan Christian on health benefits of feeding chicory to your dog.
• Chicory for good health - Dog Hobbyist message board discussion on chicory for dogs.
• Chicory Home Page - Penn State University web site on haracteristics and adaptation, establishment, harvest management, fertility, and weeds, insects and diseases of forage chicory.

• Chicory in Pet Food - ProVet healthcare information article.
• Forage Chicory - Article on establishment, grazing management and fertility of chicory for forage.
• Friskies Current News - Article on why chicory is found in Friskies cat foods.

Rebuilding a city (Kern Valley Sun)
Editor’s note: Barry Mann, a freelance writer for the Sun, is a member of the local group of volunteers, GRASP (Gulf Relief and Support Program), that recently returned from its fourth trip to New Orleans where they worked to reconstruct homes destroyed by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in August 2005. Part two of his firsthand account of the group’s latest trip to the Big Easy appears here.

Concerts (Times Leader)
Four Shillings Short, the diverse Irish-American duo presenting traditional Celtic tunes, Medieval and Renaissance instrumentals, Indian ragas, a cappella numbers and old-time songs as well as original compositions. Played on more than 20 instruments including sitar, crumhorn, hammered dulcimer, mandola, woodwinds and tin whistle. Presented by the Chicory House Concert Series at the Forty Fort ...

Monheim, Germany May 2, 2008 The United Fresh 2008 (SeedQuest)
exhibition will bring together representatives of the entire food supply chain May 5-7 in Las Vegas, Nevada to exchange experience, establish contacts and learn about new trends, tools and technologies in the fresh fruit and vegetable industry.

Craig McCord: Blue Sky And Salads Green (HuffingtonPost)
We're at Sky Farm in Columbia County, in upstate New York, just north of Millerton. His salads are on the menus of some of the best restaurants in the Hudson Valley.

New Nigerian Rocks on Hendrix in East New York (The Village Voice)
While the Senegalese have boldly opened semi-upscale restaurants in Harlem and Clinton Hill, complete with annotated menus, and the Ghanaians have established numerous small groceries and cafés in the Bronx and Queens, and modest Ivory Coast, Malian, Guinean, Liberian, and Sierra Leonean eateries have come and gone in various boroughs, the Nigerians have remained elusive. Sure, there's Skipper's ...