The United States Department of Agriculture has predicted food costs will increase three to four percent this year. That worries Minnesota school officials, who likely will have to manage those increases -- and consider raising lunch prices.
The board of directors for American Crystal Sugar Co. has approved the use of Roundup Ready beet seed for the fourth consecutive year. Opponents to genetically modified food are expected to file a suit against the seed, but that didn't deter the nation's largest sugar beer co-op.