uh, if we harvest during the day, there's way too much heat in the corn, and the corn will go into arch. >> after harvest, the corn is kept cool at the packing shed and is quickly sorted and boxed up on ice. dan says he hopes to harvest more than 19,000 ears of corn per acre, and with 1,000 acres planted, that's a lot of kernels, to say the least. but luckily they've got a lot of loyal customers, like the cattlemens restaurant chain of northern california. >> we get it here. we, uh--we prep it, get it--we wash it real good. we get it ready for the pot. i-it's in the pot, i would say, no more than 20 minutes. soon as the water boils, we turn it off. we ice it down, and we just put it away ready for the cooks. all the cooks do after that is just put it on the broiler--on the broiler. they grill it for a good--i'd say no more than 8 minutes just to get a nice color on it. make sure it's got enough butter on it, and we serve it up right away. >> the restaurant proudly displays their close relationship with the farm on each table, and despite being a meat-and-potatoes type of joint, they'

picking corn sarah been -- the king corn zeroed in on the corn production in our country. by your people say? -- i hear people say that we are adis because we do not exercise. no, it is because there is corn syrup in everything. there is an author who wrote a book about how soil is not good for us. soy isre we not -- how sorr not good for us. why are we not dealing with organic foods? host: i will point out that we are dealing with the organic food later in the week, but i will give you a chance to respond. guest: when i was working with the agriculture community in 2008, it came out for the first time -- and it was called horticulture, but that is predominantly where uc jÜrgen a community working. for the first time they were included -- where you see the organic community working. for the first time they were included in that bill. we did have the market access program, and of course, beginning farmers, and drexel to farmers' markets and things like that for the -- a direct gisele to farmers' markets and things like that for the horticulture committee. in the next farm b

. >>> today's tip of the day is corn. it's not in abundy dance now like august and september or half by through october where it's inexpensive like eight ears for a buck sometimes. corn is more expensive than that but the quality is still good. but you have to select it and store them right this time of year because if you don't, they are going to be so starchy because once corn gets picked, the sugar starts turning into starch within four or five days. buy them and enjoy them right a way. they are sold by the piece. so get the biggest ones. in the market peel it back look at the corn. all the kernels, plump, free from drying at all. at home in the refrigerator and enjoy them quickly. sweet corn for the holidays, for anytime in december, it's a must. and i'm tony tantillo, your fresh grocer. and always remember to eat fresh and stay healthy. but make sure you find a garbage can to throw this away. sometimes customers do that, markets don't like it. so throw it away. i got buy this one now, bye. [ laughter ] >> that's righ

so much farmland now goes to corn used for ethanol. we consume lots of corn. thousands of food. helps create the meat we eat. >> our biggest item. >> steve raises cattle is mad that feed costs more because ethanol is mandated and subsidized. >> if you want to do the same for they that you are doing for the ethanol guy you have to mandate that every man, woman and child in america has to eat 50 pounds of beef and then you going to give me dan -- we are at the same place. >> ethanol industry wants more subsidies while talking about free market. >> you should have free market competition. >> that means no subsidies. >> exactly. >> you have been getting subsidies for years, stop. >> we are ready to transition out of subsidies. >> tomorrow? >> well, it depends. can you give us a chance, soy that americans can have a choice as to what they put in their pumps? >> by choice he means government should now pay to haves go stations install these special ethanol pumps. government didn't install gasoline pumps, entrepreneurs did. >> if the public wants it, service stations

oh no. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> oh, it's really a game, corn hole? >> corn hole. >> i just googled it. >> if you were a kid in the '70's or 80s, you remember toss across where you had little been bags and had to get three x's in a row. >> we didn't call it corn hole. >> i'm gonna get you one.

you ever played corn hole? >> you gonna teach us? >> yeah, i'll draft you for my team.got to see your skills first. >> all right. >> i'm going to practice. >> w,,,,,,,, >>> oh, it's really a game, corn hole? >> corn hole. >> i just googled it. >> if you were a kid in the '70's or 80s, you remember toss across where you had little been bags and had to get three x's in a row. >> we didn't call it corn hole. >> i'm gonna get you one. >> all right. now you know. >> that does it for "eyewitness >> that does it for "eyewitness news" at 11:00. ,,,,,,,,,,

order that you add beans before the corn?h. >> and we will just add the corn. and then we will add the -- let tacook for a few minutes. mix-- let that cook a few minutes. mix that in. we vol some cumin. we have two teaspoons of cumin and then two teaspoons of chili powder to salt and peppers and then if you want to make it a little bit spicier, go right ahead, add some more spice to it maybe a little bit more chili powder depending on what you like. then we've got some green chilis. add that. and we have some rotell which is tomatoes and also some more peppers and stuff. and we will mix that in really well. and then you want to probably just start seeing -- >> chicken broth. where is the soup going to come in here. then we have a couple of containers of chicken broth. >> i think i read in your information that you can make this a little less sodium but using less sodium chicken broth. >> absolutely, you can do that. you have a problem like that and it tastes just fine. you don't have to worry about it. and we will add the oth

. >>> today's tip of the day is corn. it's not in abundance like in august, september, it's expensive now but the quality is still good. but you have to select it and store it right this time of year because if you don't, they are going to be so starchy. once corn is picked the sugar turns into starch within four or five days. the super sweets maybe 7 days. so buy them and enjoy them right away. when do you buy them, look for the biggest ear you can find because they are sold by the piece. so the bigger bang for the buck that way. then in the market, this is what you want to do. peel it back like this. take a look at that corn. all the kernels blunt ls plump, free from drying, enjoy them quickly. in the refrigerator right away. it's a must. i'm tony tantillo, your fresh grocer. and always remember to eat fresh and stay healthy. make sure you find a garbage can to throw this away. sometimes customers do that... markets don't like it. so throw it away. i got buy this one now, bye. >>> this season "food for bay area families

. >>> milling corn, thrashing wheat and milking cows. to imagine what life was like 300 years ago. but troy visited the past and came back with this report. >> we're walking into a new world dutch barn, which was a typical barn in the lower hudson valley during our period, used for the processing of wheat, which is on the floor here. people would use flails in order to thresh the wheat and remove the seeds so that they could be milled. >> reporter: we're here at philipsburg manor, where we are taken back in time to life as it was in the 1700s. and believe me, life wasn't easy. the cellphone, the car, even the electric light were still hundreds of years away from being invented. instead, colonists used muscle power for daily tasks, like cleaning the barn. >> take all of the sheep droppings and the straw and all that mixture and stick it in the cart and haul it away. >> reporter: next time your parents ask you to clean up your room, you may not want to complain. but not all the chores were this b-a-a-a-a-d. milling the corn, for instance,

the world's second largest corn grower after the u.s. and they are in season. the exchange traded note jjg follows corn, soybeans and other grain futures, soybeans back in the teens, beans in the teens over $13 a bushel. on bed, bath & beyond better than expected eerntion last night, a big stock buyback plan pushing it to an all-time high, pop --% breaking out to this new high, and the breakout coming on heavy follow, triple its usual volume for bbby. and that is tonight's market focus. >> a $ -- $200 million deal for bug stray is getting a closer look by european regulator its. if approved s.c. johnson would be able to buy sara lee household insecticide business it could mean fewer options for consumers in five european countries. possibly leading to higher prices. s.c. johnson may not be a household name but it is an $8 billion global business. in tonight's all in the family series dianestabrook looks at whether the company can remain true to its roots while looking ahead. >> want the aisles of grocery stores anywhere in the world and

it's gadget crazy america, and they need glass for the displays and corning makes that. and it's a cheap stock. sten times earnings. so this is a stock with big expectations. >> tom: looking for growth in technology. how about the disclosure? do you have any ownership? >> i do not own any of these stocks. >> tom: you can read gregg's article at the street.com, and there's a link on our website. that's the word from the street.com. and here's what we're watching for tomorrow. hilary kramer is back as our "street critique" guest. we'll answer your questions. email us at streetcritique@nbr.com. and, from providing food, clothing, and day care, it's a busy time of year for many non-profit groups. we'll see how some are making do with less government help. allstate is suing countrywide financial, claiming it sold the insurance giant $700 million in mortgage-backed securities that turned toxic. also a target of the suit? countrywide's now-parent, bank of america. allstate claims it thought it was buying highly rated, safe investments. instead, it argues countrywide ignored mor

and again, as were mentioning, and other corn night. downright cold. and the upper 20s, patchy frost, and livermore, close to freezing. concord, antioch, san jose will be done to a 36 degrees. mid upper 30's. the highs tomorrow be increasing and going to of a difficult time warming. upper 40's, low 50s as good as it is going to get. the rainfall for tomorrow night beginning a round midnight. and saturday showers, on/off, and a slight chance for showers. and not a huge rains but perhaps one half inch to all of this rain coming in for the weekend. and tuesday, wednesday looking better. >> this week has further providing difficulty for pacifica. and gives us a closer look of the damage. >> and with a large circuit, this was sitting on a cliff with the foundation and not supported by anything. and with one building, city leaders are trying to figure out what to do. the owners have come forward with nothing. and so far, there still is in imminent danger of the building toppling over but some type of plan. and they're going to miss meet with the building own

millions of pounds of fruit are canned and processed here in the small agricultural town of corning, about 25 miles from chico. scott patton, who has 200 acres, is one of many family growers who supply the company with manzanilla olives. >> my grandpa started back in the early fifties, and my dad, jim patton, really brought the--and kind of organized the whole orchards and got things going, and... why i like olives? olives are good for you. olives--we were just talking about olive extract. you can eat an olive, and it helps reduce cholesterol. there's a lot of good things about olives. olive oil--that's a great thing. >> but tell me a little bit--these are your babies basically. >> well, yes, they are. yes. a lot of times you'll get years where there's just an olive here a@d an olive there. but the pollination was great this year, so we have olives prepty uniformly in the--throughout the canopy. so we sell--the majority of our olives go to bell-carter. um, they've been great for the industry, and they produce a great, great product. >> california's weather is perfect for olives, and

the avalanche buried the area with up to 12 feet of corn. fortunately, the family made it out safely. in the meantime, bulldozing crews continue to clean up the mess while an investigation gets under way. >>> and in california, governor arnold schwarzenegger joined in on the festivities at the 17th annual hanukkah celebration and menorah lighting sir mocere dancing it up with a group of rabbis there. the traditional jewish tradition started yesterday at sunset and continues until sunset on december 9th. look at the gov there. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here is nbc meteorologist bill karins. >> "dancing with the stars," line one. >> that's how they roll in california. one shot. >> not bad. >> good morning, everyone. we have rain in northern california and snow at the higher elevations. this is about the worst weather we're going to see in the entire nation today. tranquil weather pattern. watching some of the clouds increasing down along the california coast, too. you may not get much sunshine today in santa mon

>> sweet corns and green beans are what we were able to donate. >> what do you do with the sween corn and green beans? >> it is critical. because about a third of the fresh food we distribute is fresh produce and without these growers we would be in big trouble trying to get people out to people -- to get food out to people in need. >> we are serving about 30% more people than we did a couple of years ago. so we need the fresh produce. as well as whatever else the community is give is. it makes a difference in our ability to help people. >> thank you for being here. if you could like to give you can go to our web site at cbs5.com for more tph-fplgts information. a lot of produce over here. >> thanks, guys. >>> coming up tonight at 5:00, 'tis the season for stuffy noses and scratchy throats but cold weather actually cause you to get sick? does echinacea stop a cold? we will separate fact from fiction at 5:00 tonight. >>> how about the san francisco zoo? this kind of looks like the north pole. 10 tons of shaved ice in the polar bear habitat. this is for you -- uno and pokay. and that is

corn requires using nitrogen and other things that are not so good for the soil. there are some unintended consequences that come out of our subsidies policies, whether it is the ethanol or two are our cultural policies and the farm bill. robert ins go to oregon, independent color. caller: good morning. excuse me, i have something in my throat. but i guess it's all right now. i carry the title -- i do not use it often, but i am a professor emeritus. as far as ethanol is concern, it produces less mileage then gasoline, by far, and it is also destructive to rubber tubing of any kind on your engines. and as the previous caller said, using corn to produce ethanol deprives it of the feed for cattle and raises the price of beef. since we have made -- an abundance of gasoline, it seems to me that the use of ethanol, which produces less mileage than gasoline, is ridiculous. and the subsidies for farmers to grow corn that we can i use for other things is observed. guest: he is absolutely right. it is absurd in a lot of ways. his point about the rubber tubing is correct as

a corns fall from oaks and we cut those down. hogzila murderer speaks. i summon you from the swamp and holler. a red cheeked salamander in your stomach. when i saw you i littered up my rifle with buck shot and took aim. you were the most beautiful hog i had seen that's why i had to make you die to convince my friends of high heroism. i had not done in life cleaning up beer cans after the hunters left. but as i told that lady from the new york times after offering her fanta, which she refused, the whole country will eat humble pie after the scientists dig up the body of hogzila and see the greetness of exactly what i have done. thanks. >> it's a pleasure to be here. i will jump right into this. i figured anticipation of halloween i would read a story about witches this is the beginning and ending of a story questions of lawed blue fly. coming home from school on a monday morning in spring saddy stepped through a hole in the school yard fence on to the hem of her dress. when she straightened the left sleeve separated. her brother heard it rip. he turned an

. >> tom: the real estate slump has by-passed one corner of the country-- the corn belt. growing demand for food worldwide is driving up grain prices, and driving up farm prices. chicago's federal reserve bank says farmland values in the region rose 3% in the third quarter. many economists think the trend will continue for the next few years. so as diane eastabrook reports, that has farmers competing with investors for land. >> reporter: on this central illinois farm, the harvest is over and corn is in storage for winter. but, this land is still making money. >> this farm here is over 300 acres... >> reporter: suburban chicago real estate broker doug hirsh owns the farm and 44 others in illinois and indiana. >> we thought it would be a great inflation hedge. it's conservative. >> reporter: hirsh and his father-in-law began buying farmland three years ago and leasing it to farmers. last january, he and 15 investors started a fund that now owns 1,400 acres of prime farmland. hirsh says, so far, the dough farms opportunity fund is up roughly 17%. >> farmland. is always going

and you can see that that corn puree is really thick now. >> good. >> okay. want to -- a little bit of chive in there. for color. >> what did you think? >> it's likely undercooked in the center. that's why i told you not to stuff the thing. >> but you went too fast too do all the things. >> give me the one that's thinner. >> no, it's not. it's thinner. >> i can't see now. >> i'm glad jacques's wife's not here. she would solve this problem all the way. >> are you kidding? >> no, that's fine. this is just barely slightly undercooked in the center and that's how my wife wa want it. slightly undercook in the the center. a little bit on top maybe chive. and this is it. >> what a treat. jacques, joean-claude, thank yo so much. now that you've actually presented this wonderful meal because as you may know, jacques clearly knows, this is his 75th year on the planet. this is his 75th birthday year. and we have a little treat for you. [ applause ] we have a cake from emily luchet luchetti. she's the pastry chef here at farallon restaurant. >> she's the best. >> look at

and the congress used that to regulate things that move in interstate commerce, not just cars but corn one state and sold in another. and it evolved to anything that i affected interstate commerce. so a bunch of farmers growing corn in their states that doesn't leave, congress can regulate it because if you add up all the corn together it is an economic activity so the argument here you go to your doctor, is that an economic act ?ift or a health care activity. one argument, second, does there power to regulate include the power to compel you to engage in interstate commerce? that is the argument this judge took and said, it doesn't. it doesn't give the congress the power to force you to purchase a good although everyone should have health coverage, that is an individual decision and not a government decision. >>shepard: a now the judge head -- judge henry hudson indicated this is how he was leaning and he owns a piece, up to $50,000 of a political consulting firm that worked with republicans including john boehner and john mccain and others. should that, is that part of the story? >>gu

that goes into biofuels being made from corn which profits monsanto.he president of the united states contract in monsanto's private army. monsanto also used to be black water. chemicals made by monsanto that are put on non-organic crops are killing these around the world. -- a be killinges around the world. -- a b killingees around the world. guest: one of the major themes of organic production is not using genetically-organized organisms. that is a big concern of ours. that is a big issue. one of the things that we work very hard to do is to protect our growers from inadvertent contamination by crops that are out there. the most interesting thing about bringing the g up themo issue is that most people don't know that about 80% of all the food that we eat contains genetically modified organisms. host: does organic include genetically modified engineered -- genetically engineered foods and why are they labeled as such? guest: organic does not include those. that is a great question. as i just said, about 80% of our food contained gmo's and that means l

ethanol subsidies still need to -- corn at an all subsidies still need to occur? >> this is a complicated economic issue as well. is -- ite focusing on is a good way of getting it going, knowing that americans drive their vehicles using agricultural-based fuels. but we're primarily focused on developing the new technologies that can supersede ethanol made from starches and sugars like corn, but we're also focusing on ways to go beyond ethanol. it is not an ideal transportation fuel. gasoline, kerosene, jet fuel, and diesel fuels are much better things to use. they did not require changing the infrastructure. one of the things we are focusing very much on is how to take biofuels the make direct substitutes for these tools that can be blended into the gas tank? let me add that because of this, we started some -- four years ago, before my time -- three energy centers under the same rubric says these energy hubs. we have smart people that go, come up with dramatically new technologies, and within six months, one of these centers bacteria that you find that the of your

corn fes value in the fall for -- corn festival in the fall for harvest and most people here still gohave one wonderful lady who is in her late '80s. who every time she comes in to a show i always get to hear story she points out a chandelier where her and her future husband sat on their first date and he put his arm around her. >> three years ago if you were in clinton county and didn't have a job, you chose not to have a job. we went from that to having the highest unemployment in the state of ohio. >> mayor was in germany. they were celebrating the big hubs that d.h.l. had and we were the united states hub. they invited them. the same day he was there for the celebration is the day they said they'd close this hub and move out. >> i was working at d.h.bel. i was at work the day the announcement came outism can't think of a harder slap in face than that. >> 8,000 jobs were lost. we are a town of 12,000 people, so it affected every single person here. >> people aren't going on vacation or going out to eat. restaurants are having a hard time. a lot of families lost their homes. we'll b

. >> why monkey with a small corn planter if i could operate a large one? let's use our skills in a more contemporary fashion. >> reporter: when the craves started this operation in 1980, there were about 40,000 dairy farmers in the state of wisconsin. today, there are only about 13,000. many of those producers have gone out of business because the price of milk has been relatively flat, while other farm costs have risen. the craves say the key to surviving and thriving in this industry is innovation. >> each one of those vats will produce about 25,000 pounds of cheese today. >> reporter: ten years ago, george got the idea to use their milk to make cheese. >> we wanted to get off the commodity treadmill. we wanted to insulate ourselves from the commodity market and get our product closer to the consumer. >> reporter: today, the cheese factory is the crave's biggest money maker, cranking out thousands of pounds of mozzarella, mascarpone, and a soft cheese called les frere, which appropriately is french for "brothers." and where will this be sold? >> this is

sydnie brought in caramel corn popcorn. >> thank you, sydnie! it's very good but i had it kind of stuck in my teeth during the last traffic hit. [ laughter ] >> all right. >>> here's a live look at 880 through oakland. so far we are pretty good near the coliseum but like i have been saying, we have been getting a number of smaller fender-benders coming in and it sounds like a lot of these different accidents are on the on- and off-ramps so the main lines of the freeway pretty much unaffected but here's a new one in hayward on the a street off-ramp to northbound 880. we have an accident there and it sounds like a car may have ran into a pole. this is another one, willow road on-ramp remains shut down to northbound 101 along the peninsula. again, traffic not impacted on 101 itself heading up towards sfo for a flight. they have re-opened the westbound 580 central avenue off-ramp after another crash here. this one was involving a chase with the albany police department. so like i said, we have been following a number of accidents across the bay area

corn field -- kornfield. >> laurence kornfield, department of building inspection. we have no direct knowledge of work that may have been done. we did receive complaints, where no one actually personally that i understand saw work that had been done prior. president peterson: i am just going to follow up on when those complaints were lodged. ok, thank you. >> ok, one complaint. it was received on june 8. 2010. for -- i need to get -- let's see. let me look at this other one here. june 8, ok, 2010, started construction before the permit was issued, a large amount of construction going on, construction should be in the commercial unix only, and it was received on june eightball -- on june 8, but i do not see that an inspector went out. there is a complete from may 28. -- a complaint. that complaint was received in the building inspection division, and it appears to be -- it says police department. i do not know if it is from the police department. construction is in accordance with approved plans,

they raise beans and corn but they don't have enough money to buy proteins like milk and meat.hen luke came here to take the baby to the center, you were crying. were you afraid? >> translator: it made me sad that this happened to my daughter because maybe it was my fault. >> all maria's children are stunted and probably not just physically. liliana is 13, but she's had to drop out of school because her mother says she can't remember things. did you learn to read and write? >> no. >> why not? >> translator: i want to learn, but i can't. >> studies do show a link between stunting, lower i.q. and lower earning potential. >> dealing with the problem of early childhood stunting, early childhood chronic malnutrition is really the solution to breaking the cycle of poverty. >> this american doctor who has worked in this region for years teaches mothers how to use a locally made fortified corn gruel. it's cheap but needs to be mixed with water, which in communities like these can often be contaminated, and it can easily be diluted to the point where it's useless. >> there are examples

realized after a decade i had finally come full circle and i hadn't found the field of dreams in a corn field in iowa and i hadn't found the field of dreams at the top of,k 2 but i found the field of dreams in a place in a dusty field in a place called corefa in pakistan. amir you want to come up here. >> ♪ i see young boy. etching letters in the sand. ♪ in this land of ancient scars the promise still remains. knew muse when darkn ♪ when stars comes. ♪ first cup your a stranger. ♪ second cup, a friend. ♪ by the third your family. ♪ how long to trust a stranger? ♪ how long to sip three cups of tea? ♪

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can corn, can peas, you can drain that and drink the water and eat the vegetables. buy can food that you eat normally. and a can opener. first aid kit, have 3. have you a small one in the car, have a nice sized one for home and make sure you have one at work. make sure if you are a diabetic or have a heart condition, something that you normal take have a little supply. have a storage area for this. consider this. if you have a supply kit, make sure you have one that's mobile. mobile meaning, if you have to evacuate a square mile for disaster or terrorist or anything, have it in there with you in case you are on your own for a bit. you might not be in your home. you might be somewhere else. there's a tsunami coming in. if you have kids at home what do you keep for them? make sure you keep them entertained and have food they like. the most useful tool in a disaster? scissors. if you use clothes you will be cold. [inaudible]. duct tape. many uses. you want garbage bags. line the toilet with trash bags. you want to line it, line it up use the tape, tape it around. the o