Mauritanian cheese maker battles EU (AFP via Yahoo! News) Even after fighting Brussels for 13 years, British-born Nancy Abeiderrahmane is convinced she will one day penetrate "fortress Europe" to sell her Mauritanian camel's cheese in the European Union. [News Source]

Fat ‘counters vitamin C benefits’ (BBC News) The presence of fat may override the beneficial anti-cancer effects of vitamin C in the stomach, research says. [News Source]

Fat ‘counters vitamin C benefits’ (BBC News) Fat may override the beneficial anti-cancer effects of vitamin C in the stomach, research suggests. [News Source]

A touchy subject: obesity testing. Concern over childhood corpulence has led at least a half-dozen states to require in-school BMI calculations, intended to alert parents of a present or looming weight problem. [News Source]

All families to get “green pledge card.” Households across the country are to receive a “green pledge card” and leaflet from the government about how they can help to combat climate change and do more for the environment. [News Source]

Consumers feel pinch of high corn prices. The booming ethanol industry is expected to gobble up 50 percent more corn this year to feed hungry ethanol plants, competing with the food sector and driving up grocery bills. [News Source]

The greatest environmentalist you’ve never heard of. John Allen Livingston, who died last year at 82, was one of Canada's greatest thinkers. Since the media now scream "green" daily, there is no better time to revisit Livingston's thinking on humanity's relationship to the natural world. [News Source]

Green and red foods can enliven your ho-hum meals (Macon Telegraph) Add the luck of the green to your diet with snow peas, spinach and avocados. Red is the color of love and of good health, too. [News Source]

Magnesium unsung, vital mineral (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette) Vitamins are a hot topic, but minerals get far less press. The only minerals most people are aware of in a nutritional context are calcium, potassium, iron and sodium. The rest? Whatever. [News Source]

Folic acid crucial in forming new cells (New Orleans Times-Picayune) Let's rate your folate. The national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently sounded the alarm after a study revealed an 8 percent to 16 percent drop in blood levels of folate -- or folic acid -- among women of child-bearing age. [News Source]