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Greener by miles 03/06/2007 Conscientious consumers are being urged to buy locally sourced food in the battle against climate change. But, as Richard Gray discovers, produce from the other side of the world can actually have a smaller carbon footprint Take a look in the average supermarket trolley and the food there will probably have travelled farther than most people clock up in a decade. A selection of just 26 items can have covered a total of 150,000 miles before reaching the British kitchen. With beef from Brazil, beans from Kenya, apples from New Zealand, chicken from Thailand and strawberries...

David Hochstetler is the Indiana Amish farmer at the center of a government campaign against cow share owners in Michigan. The federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just sent him a warning letter against sending his milk into Michigan or Illinois in violation of "interstate commerce." He expresses his sense of anguish about the government's move, including his worries about not being able to pass the farm on to his son and not being able to provide a powerful natural food to consumers desperate for it.

Can drinking green tea really protect against two big killers, strokes and cancer? A huge study in Japan suggests yes and no: It might lower your stroke risk but won't save you from cancer. The study's authors say their findings might explain why the Japanese are less likely than Americans to die of heart disease and stroke. Even so, the answers aren't clear. Green tea has been researched a lot, and many of the studies have come up with conflicting results. Earlier this year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said an analysis found no credible scientific evidence to support...