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From the Fresno Bee, via the Environmental News Network, by Dennis Pollack An online video spoof of Star Wars that touts organic produce with characters like Chewbroccoli and Obi Wan Cannolies not have everybody in the produce industry smiling.

From the Duluth News Tribune, by Janna Goerdt Daryl Peterson gently parted the leaves surrounding a sugar maple stump. Wet but curious hikers leaned in and saw, according to Peterson, part of what makes the Magney-Snively Forest south of Duluth so special: tiny green leaves of the rare moschatel plant.

DELAWARE uses more antibiotic animal feed additives per square mile than any other state, and Maryland is not far behind, according to a report issued last week by a national environmental group. The report by Environmental Defense claims that residents living near large chicken farms in the Delmarva region are at greater risk of exposure to antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

China's top trade official lashed out Friday at new restrictions on Chinese textile exports imposed by the United States and European Union. Commerce Minister Bo Xilai said Beijing expressed "strong dissatisfaction" with the new limits, saying they pose "serious threats to Chinese textile enterprises."

COLUMBUS - Ohio is the 25th ranked state in the estimated use of antibiotics as feed additives for chicken, hogs and beef cattle with about 340,000 pounds a year, according to a report released today by Environmental Defense.

From the Los Angeles Times, via the Duluth News Tribune, by Julie Cart GULFPORT, Miss. - Tucked away in the 96-page emergency military spending bill signed by President Bush last month are four paragraphs that give energy companies the right to explore for oil and gas inside a sprawling national park.

Delaware No. 1 in use of antibiotic feed, report finds By ALEX DOMINGUEZ, Associated Press Writer DATELINE: BALTIMORE Delaware uses more antibiotic feed additives per square mile than any other state, potentially placing residents who live near large farms at greater risk for exposure to antibiotic resistant bacteria, an environmental group said Wednesday.

Antibiotics big on Ga. farms; Use might help drug-resistant diseases spread MIKE TONER Livestock growers in a handful of states, including Georgia, use the preponderance of all antibiotics that are added to animal feed --- a practice widely thought to aid the spread of drug-resistant human illnesses --- researchers and public policy analysts reported Wednesday.