Peru School Raise Guinea Pigs for Eating
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After 34 years of patient tinkering, researchers at Peru's most prestigious agrarian university have bred a new culinary export they hope will scamper onto dinner plates throughout America and the world: the super guinea pig.
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KUNMING, China -- When Liu Huana was 5 or 6 years old, she learned to help her older sister put goats out to pasture. By the time she was 7, she could take care of 20 goats by herself, often stopping to sneak fresh watermelon from another farmer's fields.
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Thousands are going hungry in the Andean mountain region of southern Peru, says the World Food Programme.
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NUEVO JERUSALEM, Peru -- TomÃÂ¡s Maynas Carijano strolled through his tiny jungle farm, pinching leaves, shaking his head. The rain forest spread lushly in all directions -- covering what oil maps call Block 1AB.
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Children are being presented with healthier choices for school dinners and in vending machines.
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An earthy abundance from local farms comes through the loading docks of the Culinary Institute of America: sprigs of asparagus in the spring, peas and beets in the summer, apples and squash in the fall. The food &#151; much of it taken from the soil the day before &#151; provides fresh fodder from the Hudson Valley for the riverside school's five restaurants and classroom kitchens.
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AMERICA/PERU - Prima campagna di vaccinazioni contro lo pneumococco e i parassiti nella cittÃ  di Cajabamba Cajabamba (Agenzia Fides) - La direttrice del programma ÂSembrandoÂ e dellÂIstituto Lavoro e Famiglia, Pilar Nores de GarcÃ­a, ha dato il via alla campagna di vaccinazioni contro lo pneumococco (polmonite) e i parassiti nella provincia altoandina di C...
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Five of the countryÂs largest snack food producers said they would start providing more nutritious foods to schools in an effort to fight childhood obesity.
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Researchers have found evidence of a population of chimps that shares plant foods.
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Every October or November the reproductive swarming of an ocean worm known as the palolo is cause for a Samoan celebration. Fried in oil, baked into bread, or swallowed raw, worm sperm and eggs are a tasty treat.
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By Robin Emmott LIMA, Peru  - Peruvian special forces on Tuesdayfreed 20 foreign tourists who were briefly taken hostage byprotesting coca growers in an Inca temple in the southern cityof Cuzco, police said.
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An ancient Peruvian culture loved its dogs so much it buried them alongside humans and even tossed in some tasty treats for the afterlife. Now, researchers are working to get these very same dogs official breed status.
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A person could consume 800 pounds of meat in a single day from animals that ate feed made with tainted pet food before having any health effects from the toxins in that pet food, government scientists said yesterday.
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A farming co-op in the Netherlands has asked the ministry of agriculture to authorise the use of spicy tabasco sauce to protect their young crops from the insatiable appetites of hares, rabbits, crows and ...
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Hi-tech monitoring of livestock at pig farms could help improve the animal growth process and reduce costs.
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By Rachel Kyler, Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach  Sep. 21--"Iwant you to tell me what a mouse is, and don't tell me it's Mickey," said teacher Col. Bob Garcia as he stood in front of a computer lab of eager students.
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Â·  More than 10,000 pupils in poor areas to benefit Â·  English parents may get children's weight warning