Show ' : "i ’i 'V' I i Crossword 16 Classifieds 18 The Herald Journal Logan Utah Monday March 272000 By Pat Bohm Trestle staff writer egg hunt Here are a few commonly field misconcep- flora about meat: Meat animate By Kelly Pavla which contains antlbl-OOCMm E Robert Buckner USU Extension Poultry Specials! says poultry feed does not regularly contain low doses of antibiotics He says a veterinarian must prescribe medication and does so only when an animals shows symptoms of Iness A swab is taken tested in a laboratory and then if necessary medicine is prescribed Buckner is emphatic that Uecause ot the potential of raising pathogens that are resistant growers try to avoid using antibiotics without very good reason” year at about thia time I start looking for signs of spring This has been burned into my brain since I was little Don't you remember being a little in grade school and your assignment is to bring in “signs of mring?" You think you're really cool for spotting that pussy willow on the way to school and you spend 20 minutes trying to pry just one little brandi of it off the tree When you finally get to school there you are big proud grin on your face sauffed up pussy willow in your hands and guess what? You're onie of 20 kids with big ' proud grins and man- -' gled pussy willows in theif hands except for that smug Angie Anderson who has managed to find a perfect little blue robin egg You feel bad for the baby robin but even worse for yourself You kind of want to smash that egg when Angie isn’t looking (I really hope Angie does not live in Cache Valley now — um not that anyone ever really did smash anything ' Ahem) : The breast size Increase in poultry and the tender texture of poultry moot an both thansultofhormonea fed to the animals Richard Warren a Cache Valley 4-- leader for poultry raising says today's chickoQS taste tender because they are very young animals only 7 weeks old Extension poultry specialist Buckner concurs saying Chicken in the store is 42 days old” In comparison hens g are raised for 6 to 7 months old before they're mature enough to even begirt laying American consumers have a passion for the white meat of poultry and breeders have met their ' demand Buckner says foe larger breasts of today’s poultry are foe result of selective breeding over generations of chickens and turkeys along with nutrition tailored to support quick growth In fact he says over foe years meat turkeys have been bred to be so y that the females must be artificially inseminated— toms are incapable because of size A tom turkey can weigh 60 or 70 pounds and foe hens aren't much smaller - H - This is how I feel eveqr year anxiously waiting for signs of spring in works CacheValleylt just never ' out the way I hope When I am not referring to this g place as “the Nbrfo Foie” I am it “Zapville” It goes like this: A tulip pops up —zap— a bliz- zanLYou wash you car — zap — a blizzard Yod wear sandals oa what looks like a slightly warmish sunny day— zqp— more blizzard Zapville Despite living in Zapville I still optimistically search for signs of spring every year When my takes down the Christinas lights and the little reindeer that the neighborhood teenagers have been strategically rearranging every Sat-unlay night it is a sign of spring When my daughter and her friends start leaving miscellaneous shoes in the yard it is a sign of spring (By the end of the summer it looks like we must have planted special grass) When the only productive thing happening at work is the March Madness gambling pools it is a sign erf spring When our department secretary starts try- - egg-layin- Brent StevensHerald Journal Michelle Jamison raises chickens for her family's consumption Fresh eggs (below) are a nico caU-m- hus-ba- nd shoe-produci- ng picnic in which we ill freeze out patooties off and get attacked by rabid geese it is a sign of spring My favorite sign of spring however is when Cadbury mini eggs arrive in the stores Easter candy in general is the best candy of any kind but thoSd mini eggs just win My friend any contest hands-dow- n that’s because Sue her call (let'sjust her name) and I have an unspoken contest The first one of os to spot Cadbury mini eggs in the stores wins a gigantic moral victory I linear those chocolate eggs must be laced with some kind of addictive narcotic Nothing else explains their hold on me Sue agrees Two yean ago I got a frantic call from Sue She was trying to contest win the Cadbury mini-eg- g for die year but this time it had a twist: (Phone rings) "A tragedy!” shrieked Sue “What?" I asked are here but “Well the mini-egthere is a huge shortage I could only buy four bags and now they’re out I’ve called everywhere — they are not getting any more this year “No!" I yelped “Give me two of your bags" “NoTSue said “Friendship only goes so far” This caused serious panic I fran- ticaDy searched the stores to verify her story She was right No miniemployee eggs anywhere One admittedto hoarding some for herself but she wasn't giving anv up Not even for a profit- - A day later Sue called again gs 7-- 11 See HUNT on Page 20 Mote than pounds of meat were recalled in 1999 because of contamination by microbes E coli Listeria and Salmonella toxic chemi-ca- ls ache Valley consumers or undercooking of smoked meats have more options than urbanites in the meat and So far in 2000 15 instances of recalls far die same reasons add up to more eggs they eat but some than half a million pounds choices are less obvious And although millions of others than Most residents go to the supermarket pound of meat wert recalled in die last 18 months most were and buy there They can choose between conventionally raised meat -- never recovered meaning that consumers used it or disposed of and eggs and organic and it themselves Yet Cache and meat Valley's eggs offers a According to die Food and agriculturalravironment choice not present in more urban setDrug Administration “Even i though the American food suptings: buying meat and eggs raised outside the conventional system ply is among the safest in the Ameri-ca- n world millions of Americans are the 20 last the years During public has become more concerned stricken by illness each year caused by the food they consume with the wholesomenesaof their food and some 5000 a year primarily supply as illustrated by a growing the very young and elderly die USDA food The demand for organic as a result" estimates the value of retail sales of America's low food prices especial1999 was in foods approxiorganic for meat and eggs arise from methnilmber of The billion ly $6 matety that emphasize high production ods 12 organic farmers is increasing about bam and coop pen and pasture of The stands now at and percent per year about ll200 nationwide most of them yesteryear have given way to “animal small-sca- le production environments” as the producers USDA puts it : There’s good reason to be choosy Animals are raised at dose quartern about food The federal Food Safety and Inspection Service lists 62 cases in in factory-lik- e settings where environ1999 in which meat was recalled FSIS mental factors can be and must be controlled Meat andegg producers recalls are voluntary actions taken by keep a close eye on light temperature industry in cooperation with federal and humidity and most important are and state agencies Meat products microbes recalled for contamination adulterRobert Buckner USU Extension ation or misbranding By Pat Bohm Trestle features writer 62-ftiilli- G free-ran- Where do you get your meat and eggs? Some Cache Valley consumers take matters into their own hands T top-heav- ge T: Foods must adhere to a dear set of guidelines to be labeled ‘organic' Nothing is very dear right now unless the claim is accompanied t certification from a state such as California or an independent certifying organization that has established stan- 1 : Well-stock- ed By Dwight Barnett Scripps Howard News Service Tools lords and more tods Yes but do you have the right ones for those spring home repairs and projects you haVe in mind? 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