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Last spring, for the first time in 20 years, Indiana farmer Jim Benham planted his fields entirely with soybean seeds that hadn’t been genetically modified to withstand herbicides. It wasn’t because the 63-year-old suddenly had embraced the anti-GMO movement. Instead, he was drawn to a nearly 14% per-bushel premium for non-GMO soybeans offered by a local grain terminal, which sells them to Asian feed processors. Mr. Benham is among a small but growing number of Midwestern farmers moving away from biotech seeds developed by Monsanto Co. , DuPont Co. and other companies in response to lower crop prices over the...

Are heirlooms really as good and tasty as good old hybrids like Better Boy or BeefMaster? I am growing Old German, Cherokee Purple, Boxcar Willie and several yellows... I've dedicated the majority of my small garden to heirlooms. Hope they are all they are cracked up to be.

I figured since I had two questions, I'd combine them into one thread to make my referencing simpler and one less for everyone to look at. :) How does one truly know if a site that sells heirloom seeds is REALLY selling heirloom seeds? That's my 'caveat emptor' question. Secondly, I'm needing a cleaning kit for my carbine, but the non-specialty stores seem to have just American standard caliber kits. IIRC, isn't .308 the same as 7.62mm in diameter? Thanks for your help!

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, Dec. 10, 2008 – A deployed soldier here is getting a taste of home for the holidays, just as his father did 40 years earlier. Army Col. Roger Nell, command judge advocate with Task Force Warrior, stands in his office at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, beside an artificial Christmas tree that has served alongside father or son on three wartime missions and six Christmas deployments. U.S. Army photo  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. The small, artificial Christmas tree on Army Col. Roger Nell’s desk is the same one his father displayed on his desk in 1967....