The US Food Stamp Program is a federal assistance program that provides food to low income people living in the United States. Benefits are distributed by the individual states, but the program is administered through the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Most food stamp benefits are now distributed using Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards but for most of its history the program has used paper vouchers of some kind.

Reader believes that her boss behaved unethically in accusing her of not having the necessary qualifications three weeks after she had been hired for her new job. And Sound Off on Whole Foods Markets John Mackey's anonymous internet postings

Reader believes that her boss behaved unethically in accusing her of not having the necessary qualifications three weeks after she had been hired for her new job. And Sound Off on Whole Foods Markets John Mackey's anonymous internet postings

A man lost his job at Whole Foods Market in Ann Arbor after he tried to stop a shoplifter from making a getaway. But the company says he went too far and violated a policy that prohibits employees from physically touching a customer - even if that person is carrying a bag of stolen goods.

The largest Whole Foods Market in California just opened literally just around the corner from Apple's headquarters. This is great news for CEO Steve Jobs, who is a famous health food nut of the pescetarian variety (vegetarian plus fish).

The most succinct job of Ethanol myth-busting I've yet seen. Especially noteworthy in light of the 4% hike in food prices over the last few months, the bulk of which can be traced to the higher price of corn (as animal feed, as ingredient in food mfg, and as a whole food source). How much more will we pay if/when Ethanol "gets legs"?