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The search for Salmonella More than 900 people across the US (plus one in Canada) have been sickened by salmonella initially linked to tomatoes, but after a $100 million loss to the industry, food safety experts have expanded the investigation to other produce, including jalapenos, though tomatoes remain the primary suspect.

Sounds like BS(T) In response to Monsanto’s latest PR tactic, the release of a biased study that reports that treating cows with rBGH is a greener option than organic dairy methods, Jill Richardson breaks down why the claims are just not true.

Silent spring The Guardian reports that the World Bank has been sitting on a secret report, the gist of which is that biofuels have a much bigger impact (75% vs the previously reported 3%) on the rising price of food that has caused riots around the world and pushed over 100 million below the poverty line. Why all the secrecy? “Senior development sources believe the report, completed in April, has not been published to avoid embarrassing President George Bush.”

A slow victory Out in San Francisco, Slow Foodies broke ground for the Slow Food Nation Victory Garden this week. It’s being documented on the SFN blog — check it out here and here.

More drugs = more bugs The FDA recently warned farmers that high-powered antibiotics lead to antibiotic-resistant strains. And it’s happening already — a recent analysis revealed that between 1997 and 2006, reports of super-salmonella rose from .2 percent to 3.4 percent in humans, and a drug-resistant strain of the same disease (which didn’t even exist in 97) was found in 19 percent of animals ready for slaughter in 06.