Public speaks up for fowl. ...more

October 22, 2008

Leon Atkinson can keep his chickens after all. In a 90-minute debate Tuesday, Atkinson convinced county commissioners that his 55 fowl are not a threat to neighbors. They don't smell and they don't make noise, he said. ...more

October 22, 2008

Neil Summers' business practices are remarkably simple, but they have worked for nearly 50 years. ...more

October 16, 2008

My earliest days are saturated with memories of cackling chickens. In 1951, my father bought a farm near Wood River, Ill. He kept his job as a laborer for the Shell Oil Refinery, but he built a chicken coop and raised a colony of Plymouth Rocks, Rhode Island Reds and Leghorns. ...more

October 13, 2008

Super Chicken strutted a step closer to the dinner table Thursday. The government said it will start considering proposals to sell genetically engineered animals as food, a move that could lead to faster-growing fish, cattle that can resist mad cow disease or perhaps heart-healthier eggs laid by a new breed of chickens. ...more

September 19, 2008

It's one thing for a Texas singer-songwriter to draw comparisons to the greats who preceded him. It's another to co-write with a couple of them. ...more

July 17, 2008

Two chickens, a pitbull mix and her two puppies were living outside a duplex within inches of feces and urine, according to Hillsborough County Animal Services spokeswoman. ...more

July 16, 2008

It's either me or ...? I never thought it would come to this but it has. Just like Sen. Barack Obama saying that his relationship with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright has changed, so has my connection to most things sacred in society, namely my car and food. Like most of you, it will be a battle of will or reasonable facsimile that may decide the outcome. It is man against machine; man against the beast. It is a strange dichotomy. I can choose to feed my family or have nothing to feed them. ...more

July 12, 2008

Drew Jones, the new owner of the 20-acre Henscratch Farms, Vineyard and Winery, has made a big career leap, and it shows in his ankles. ...more

July 10, 2008

LAKE PLACID - Drew Jones, the new owner of the 20-acre Henscratch Farms, Vineyard and Winery, has made a big career leap, and it shows in his ankles. Three days into "management training" from Henscratch's former owners, Jones found his ankles scabbed and bleeding from fire ant bites. ...more

July 9, 2008