Pursuing healthier bacon through biotech. Geneticists have mixed DNA from the roundworm C. elegans and pigs to produce swine with significant amounts of omega-3 fatty acids — the kind believed to stave off heart disease. [News Source]

Cloned pigs to be used in omega-3 study. Scientists have announced they have cloned pigs carrying a gene necessary to produce omega-3 fatty acids. [News Source]

Udder danger - 10 things wrong with cow’s milk . A heated debate is now under way about whether consuming cow's milk is healthy or not. [News Source]

Serving up different diet hits political wall. Politics and budgetary concerns have prevented the government from taking its own medicine when it comes to a program that is supposed to provide crucial nutrients to poor women and children. [News Source]

The fat from these pigs may end up helping your heart. Scientists using genetic engineering techniques have produced pigs rich in omega-3 fatty acids -- a kind of healthful fat abundant in fish but not naturally found in meat. [News Source]

Farm bills not just for farmers. We need to loosen the corporate grip on agriculture and revamp a system that has forced many farmers out of farming, ravaged the free market in food, encouraged an environmentally destructive agriculture, and promoted cheap calories that feed our obesity epidemic. [News Source]

The oil in your oatmeal. There is about 4 ounces of crude oil in my bowl of oatmeal. [News Source]

Nature comes clean. A growing number of people are turning to commercial and homemade cleaning concoctions they think are less harmful to themselves and the environment. [News Source]

Sharing her brush with lead. Poisoned by lead from two sources--the paint she used to prime her canvases, and a prescription calcium supplement-- Joan Ericksen took years to recover. [News Source]

Oily fish on the menu despite doubts about benefits. Heart experts urged consumers on Friday to continue eating oily fish and foods high in omega-3 fatty acids despite research showing they may have no clear health benefits. [News Source]

On the label. There is nothing that says a producer must omit an additional bit of information on a food label when it ships to a state that doesn't ask for it. [News Source]

Barn owls all too happy to be your rat catchers. Although exclusion and sanitation may be the best nonchemical options for small properties, there's an alternative: night-flying pest control agents that work for room and board. [News Source]