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- Horse Whisperer author recovering after poisoning
- LONDON AFP — The author of the international best-selling book The Horse Whisperer was recovering Wednesday after falling ill from eating poisonous mushrooms. Nicholas Evans was staying with his wife Charlotte at her brother's estate in western Scotland when he became ill. Evans and his wife, along with...
- Research articles 2008-09-03
- The Long and the Short of It
- Every June members of the mushroom farm community look forward to The Pennsylvania State University Mushroom Short Course. Anticipation this year is especially high as it marks the 50th anniversary of the Short Course. Throughout its history, Penn State has enlightened, encouraged and helped mushroom growers understand and improve mushroom...
- Research articles 2008-06-01
- A right Charlie and an Afghan hound; DVDS
- Byline: By DAMON SMITH Film critic Charlie Wilson's War (Cert 15, 97 mins, Universal Pictures UK, Drama/Comedy, also available to buy DVD pounds 19.99) Starring: Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Shiri Appleby, Rachel Nichols, Mary Bonner Baker, Om Puri, Ned Beatty. Based on...
- Research articles 2008-05-02
- Mushrooms may aid rapid vaccine response
- A rapid production of therapeutic human drugs using modified mushrooms may help mount a quicker response to various public health problems, according to plant pathologists who have received a federal grant to perfect their technique. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "We are looking to address several public health issues through our...
- Research articles 2008-01-01
- Wild mushroom can fight prostate cancer: Israeli researchers
- JERUSALEM AFP — Israeli scientists claim that a wild mushroom, used in traditional Chinese medicine for a century, could treat prostate cancer, the University of Haifa said Friday. Researchers at the university in northern Israel said they found molecules in the Ganoderma lucidum mushroom, commonly known as the reishi,...
- Research articles 2007-12-14
- Thai air force probes mushroom pick-up mission
- BANGKOK AFP — Thailand's air force has launched an investigation after a pilot allegedly landed a search-and-rescue helicopter in a field to pick mushrooms for his mother, an official said Friday. Seven air force crew including the two pilots are being probed after they made the unscheduled hour-long stop...
- Research articles 2007-11-15
- Magic mushroom ban looms over Dutch smartshops
- THE HAGUE AFP — Dutch so-called smartshops that sell hallucinogenic mushrooms, due to be banned by the Dutch government within months, say the measure is absurd and they will just move on to different drugs. "It is ridiculous! I don't understand how a Christian government can ban magic mushrooms...
- Research articles 2007-10-21
- Amsterdam mayor proposes three-day wait for magic mushrooms
- THE HAGUE AFP — A new proposal from the mayor of Amsterdam is sure to be considered a bummer by certain visitors to the Dutch city: a three-day waiting period to buy hallucinogenic mushrooms. Mayor Job Cohen wants to require the wait period to allow mushroom buyers to fully...
- Research articles 2007-09-11
- Finnish fish, mushrooms still toxic from Chernobyl
- HELSINKI AFP — Twenty-one years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine, fish and mushrooms in parts of Finland are still toxic due to radioactive fallout, Finnish authorities said on Monday. The concentration of cesium-137 exceeded the EU maximum recommended level in 20 percent of fish and more than...
- Research articles 2007-08-27
- Unveiling mushrooms' nutritional benefits helps generate consumer demand
- While it is well established that consumers buy mushrooms because of their taste and versatility, nutritional value is increasingly impacting their purchase decisions. According to the Food Marketing Institute's 2005 U.S. Grocery Shopping Trends Report, the number of shoppers concerned about the nutritional content of their food nearly doubled from...
- Research articles 2006-10-01
- NASS report shows decline in production
- The 2005-2006 annual mushroom report released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service NASS shows production for all types of mushrooms at 843 million pounds. The farm value of all mushroom sales during the 2005/06 crop year July through June, totaled $881 million. The number of...
- Research articles 2006-10-01
- No tricks, just treats for October
- For the first time, all of our regular columnists are in the same issue. Spore Prints by Ray Samp, Financial Issues by Keith Silfee and Personal Computing by Reid Goldsborough enlighten us on growing issues around the world, help us manage and simplify finances, and tell us where to find...
- Research articles 2006-10-01
- Mushrooms the new superfood.
- Aug 23, 2006 (Grocers' Review NZ - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Leading British nutritionist Jane Clarke is promoting the health benefits of mushrooms. Clarke was hired by the Mushroom Bureau to participate in a new consumer campaign, "Mushrooms - the Magic Ingredient". Research from...
- Research articles 2006-08-23
- God in a pill?
- GOD IN A PILL? A Johns Hopkins University School Medicine study tested psilocybin, the active agent in so-called sacred mushrooms, to determine whether it could induce "mystical experiences" in a group of 36 adults with religious backgrounds. More than 60 percent of the study subjects said psilocybin produced a "full...
- Research articles 2006-08-08
- Invisible poison lies forgotten in Chernobyl-polluted Belarus
- SIVITSA, Belarus AFP — "Radioactive contamination! Gathering mushrooms and berries allowed only if tested for radiation!" screams a billboard in front of the forest of Sivitsa, a Belarusian village within the zone polluted by the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe. But 18 years after the reactor explosion at the nuclear...
- Research articles 2004-10-26
- Japan warns kidney patients over wild mushrooms after four die
- TOKYO AFP — Japan warned people with kidney problems to stay away from a variety of wild mushroom after at least four patients who ate it came down with fever and died. The health ministry has asked regional governments to issue warnings about angel wings, a small white mushroom,...
- Research articles 2004-10-22
- Eighteen years after Chernobyl, Finns should still be wary of mushrooms
- HELSINKI AFP ? Finns, who on average consume nearly 1.5 kilos (3.3 pounds) of wild mushrooms a year, should continue to take precautions when eating some types of fungi due to the Chernobyl nuclear disaster 18 years ago, officials warned. In April 1986 a nuclear reactor at Ukraine's Chernobyl...
- Research articles 2004-07-19
- Chinese mushrooms.(Brief Article)
- CHINESE MUSHROOMS: On February 28, 2003, Primera Harvest Co., Ltd. and Xiamen International Trade & Industrial Co., Ltd. requested a new shipper review of their sales. On March 28, 2003, the Commerce Department published a notice of initiation of an antidumping duty new shipper review on...
- Research articles 2003-10-20
- Canned vegetables.(Markets)(Brief Article)
- MUSHROOMS--In response to requests from Xiamen Zhongjia Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd. and Zhangzhou Longhai Minhui Industry and Trade Co., Ltd., the Department of Commerce initiated a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on certain preserved mushrooms from the People's Republic of China, noted...
- Research articles 2003-08-11
- Canned vegetables. (Markets).
- Chiquita Brands International Inc. received clearance from U.S. antitrust regulators for the $127 million sale of its vegetable-canning unit to Seneca Foods Corp., for more on this sale see (FOOD INSTITUTE REPORT, Mar. 10, page 1). USDA HAS PURCHASED--USDA has purchased 1,620 cases (24/300)...
- Research articles 2003-04-21
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