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What Chemicals Are In My Food?

What Chemicals Are In My Food?

I can’t even pronounce that word, so why would I eat something with that in it?! Food is made of chemicals, but the amount consumed is what matters. All food, like most everything else in the world, is made of chemicals. Foods contain nutrients, which are chemicals and are important for a healthy, balanced diet. Reading or hearing about chemicals in food, when combined with words like ‘toxic,’ ‘extremely dangerous’ and ‘cancer-causing’ may be scary, especially if you aren’t getting all the facts. Here are a few points to help navigate information about chemicals in food. 06/11/2024 11:00 PM

Coffee Shop Talk: A place for our readers to get to know each other!

Coffee Shop Talk: A place for our readers to get to know each other!

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My Minute

A weekend to remember! 06/11/2024 11:00 PM

Sad and Mistaken

Sad and Mistaken

To The 06/11/2024 11:00 PM

Maximizing Effectiveness Of Glyphosate In The Garden

Maximizing Effectiveness Of Glyphosate In The Garden

Roundup, Killzall, Pronto Weed and Grass Killer are all glyphosate herbicides used to kill unwanted plants. The efficacy of this herbicide depends on the quality of water it is mixed with. 06/04/2024 11:00 PM

Rockin’ Robin!

Rockin’ Robin!

We all feel the strain from the inflation that is impacting our economy on some level. We have had to change our budgets, cut back and even simply say no to things that we have done for years. It isn’t a pleasant experience. Businesses are forced to pass along the added expenses to their consumers or face closure. 06/04/2024 11:00 PM

KDWP To Host Cooking Competition Featuring Wild Game, Foraged Foods

KDWP To Host Cooking Competition Featuring Wild Game, Foraged Foods

SHAWNEE – Whether grilled, smoked, poached, canned or dehydrated – wild foods procured from the Kansas outdoors will be on showcase at the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks’ (KDWP) bi-annual cooking competition in Lawrence on Saturday, June 8. The event will be hosted by KDWP and Baker University Wetlands Discovery Center. 06/04/2024 11:00 PM

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It’s Eureka Days! 05/28/2024 03:00 AM

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Cattle

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Cattle

As a society, we are not very far removed from a COVID-19 pandemic that likely put many of us on high alert for new diseases popping up in the world, be it in humans or animals. That higher level of awareness may have made some of you aware of new stories announcing that traces of the influenza virus have been appearing in unexpected places. 05/28/2024 03:00 AM

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