that the purchasers know that they're going to have healthy food coming, whatever's fresh, from a local farm. in maine, the impact of this is about 180 farms currently participate in community-supported agriculture. that's 6,900 shares. and the number continues to go up. and i think nationally there's about 12,5 412,549, give or tak few, farms in the united states marketing their products this way. it's increasingly popular, and, again, it's a great way for s.n.a.p. recipients to make sure they can get fresh local food. currently under the rules of the program, there's no way for them to use their s.n.a.p. dollars to do this. so it's not possible. but it is a no cost provision. it would clarify the eligibility definition for the program so that it works better to do this. it allows greater flexibility in the use of benefits. and the amendment would still require csas to become certified by the usda and it also retains the prohibition that exists in current law from using s.n.a.p. benefits to pay for administrative or membership fees in cfas. so in my opinion it's good for the farmer. it allo

when i found a local farm, there are farms all over the country. >> a great thing to do.> how cute is your son? >> it was worth the weight gain. >> thanks for coming to see us. >> thank you. >> thank you for reminding us to buy in the usa. >> find more on our special series on klg&hoda.com. tomorrow bobbie thomas is here with high-flying fashions made in the usa. >> how sweet it is. push . >>> heat and thunderstorms, that tops our weather headlines this week. good morning, i'm meet yorologist crystal. most of the showers and storms around the great lakes and into the southeast, especially late in the afternoon with intense daytime heating, could get some large hail and gusty winds with these storms. much of the west will be quiet with the exception of the pacific northwest. a few showers here and there. that's one spot in the country where it's not boiling hot. we're at 64 for the high in seattle. only 69 in los angeles. but the middle of the country is really going to feel this heat. that's where it's going to be locked in the next couple of days. still hot in places lik

to take part you can sign up online and pledge to eat one thing from a local farm every day until sunday. >>> today marks the final day of art scape. that festival is known as the largest free air festival. if you haven't checked out the shows or the markets of the crafts you can still head out. it is on mount boyle avenue. >>> the former bronze statute of joe paterno torn down as the university braces for the punishment. >> that statute came down early in the morning and the fall out from this whole scandal continues tomorrow as the ncaa reveals its punishments. it was the dismantling of an icon. the statute of joe paterno was covered with a tarp as workers used jam hackers to remove it and put it in storage. >> this is a travesty. >> it's saddened. >> i respect what they did. i understand why there was a lot behind that statute. >> reporter: the president of the baltimore chapter of the penn state allumni said he would not have any comment until monday, after the ncaa announces the sanctions. those ncaa sanctions will be unprecedented. >> what's off the table i'm told now is the so cal

. >> work began in morgan hill to eradicate oriental fruit nice before they damage local farms.his comes after four mail fruit flies were found in different traps this weekend. crews sprayed a special chemical mixture meant to attacked fruit flies and kill them. it covers 16 square miles in and around morgan hill. >> with early detection that we had and the quick response, we're hopeful we can knock it out before even detecting anymore fruit fly. >> ama: the oriental true fly can harm up to 230 different typed of fruits and village tables. many of those crops grow in the south bay. >>> an update to breaking news from yesterday. it took nearly 24 hours but crews finished repairing a broke water main in san francisco. the pipe that 22nd and guerrero street broke around 2:00 p.m. yesterday. crews had to dig up parts of the intersection to pinpoint the leak. crews finished repairs around noon. the block was re-opened this afternoon. but the road still needs to be repaved. >>> there's one winning a mega millions lottery ticket and it was sold in the bay area. >>> faulty air bags lead

. >> reporter: at a local farm supply tractor sales are anticipated to drop 30% to 40%. just ten miles up the road from here at the old town hall gift shop they're taking a hit as well. charlene has been here 14 years. she says sales are flat right now and doesn't have high hopes for the rest of the summer. >> you don't have to be a farmer to have the drought affect you. if it affects the farmer it affects everyone. >> it stacks up and affects everybody. >> reporter: as the drought drags on the misery widens. nbc news, brighton, tennessee. >>> good economic news in both the u.s. and europe send stocks soaring. the dow was up nearly 212 points. all three major indexes were up more than 1% in total on the day. >>> when we come back, rome alone. what that 11-year-old boy is saying tonight about the flight that triggered a massive investigation not too far from where we are this evening. >>> big story in the u.s. today concerning what have become the big illegal drugs of choice these days. a nationwide crackdown on the so-called synthetics. the products that are marketed as

he was carrying farm workers going to a local farm to pick fruit. that's when the accident happened. apparently on impack the train carried the truck for about 200 meters. the police spokesman said that bodies are strewn across the scene, and some of them are decapitated. >> and is this kind of incident in this part of south africa at this railway crossing, is this something that's happened before? >> not at this railway crossing. but about two years ago there was another incident near cape town where a school bus driver crossed a level crossing and many children died. the driver was sentenced to a long prison sentence, because of that accident. in this case, the truck driver has been taken to hospital, and his condition is still unknown. >> so they are carrying out an investigation to definitively work out what caused this crash? but you say the initial suggestions point to driver error? >> yes. no confirmation of that. but it does sound like the truck was going over the railway crossing when it was hit by a train carrying coal to the niche part of

it is grown from a local farm in virginia. nice and light for some time. >> this is one restaurant participating in restaurant week. you can find all the restaurants that our website, wbaltv.com. we will go back to tony in the weather center. nothing wrong with adding some meat.o the nee >> you should be 85 start chef by the time we get to thanksgiving -- you should be a five-star chef. thank you, ava. talking about restaurant week. this is a plot of the temperatures from yesterday afternoon. it was a gorgeous day here in baltimore. it was hot again on the other side of the mountain. almost 100 in chicago. still fairly comfortable at the present time. it will make it into the upper 9 90's this afternoon. as to make the transition, a lot of times you get some thunderstorms to bubble up. you can see these terms out in western pennsylvania and they're pretty impressive. there will probably hold together so perhaps early this afternoon we will see some thunderstorms around baltimore. probably a good idea to take an umbrella with y

like supporting healthy, sustainable local farms. instead of pouring our tax dollars into agriculture and poisonous fossil fuels. [applause] but slowly i realize that if you want to persuade elected officials forget all that cost-saving, life-saving, job-creating stuff. that doesn't really count. what you need is giant bundles of big campaign checks and that was my wake-up call that if we want to protect children's health or want anything for that matter, the health care we need or the education or the jobs, we need to first stick to broken political systems. [applause] that's why -- that's why i now say that i'm practicing political medicine because it's the mother of all illnesses and we've got to fix this one to fix everything else that ails us. [applause] so i went to work to try to fix that problem and i joined a broad coalition in massachusetts to get big money out of politics and you know what, we won or so we thought we did. we passed a referendum to provide public financing for political campaigns and we passed it by a huge

we have tom thumb lettuces we get from a local farm nearby. beautiful.ly nice toasted seed, almost speaks to a little bit of a curry flavor. >> what's this over here. >> walnut toast our pastry chef makes at the restaurant. >> nice. >> sherry vinegarette, aged, olive oil, dijon vinegar, mustard. perfect. >> this next one has a nice texture. you have a yogurt-based dressing. >> i like sheep's milk yogurt. it offers a nice tang. a little honey. at the restaurant we smoke our honey. >> only out of the pipe. >> so we're going to add a little bit of tarragon, chives, dill and parsley. >> you've got avocado obviously. >> avocado, butter crunch lettuce. as i mentioned earlier, tom thumb from a great farm nearby. sunflower seeds and pine nuts. perfect. take a little salt and add a little dressing to that. i'm a big fan of the pepper mill. excuse me. start mixing that together. there you go. >> this is beautiful. have this without the seeds. if you're not wanting to have that, just really, really clean and healthy, buttery. >> nice color, too, as well. thank you

. >> we will take you to a local farm helping rehab animals whose features were not so bright. >> i amort furniture weather center with your full forecast and including some changes. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> it is tuesday, july 23. taking a live look outside. pretty toasty, 73 already this morning. but it is going to be refreshing tomorrow. looking forward to that. i'm parallel -- pamela brown in for cynne simpson. >> i'm steve chenevey. we hope that is a little bit more refreshing samaras. >> we do have to get through today, which could entail severe thunderstorms here and there later this afternoon. anytime after 2:00 p.m. we could have storms popping up. we do have the risk of severe thunderstorms later on today. what does pop up could be stronger. temperature-wise, right no

darcy spencer went to a local farm to see how it is affecting the crops. darcy is live with more. darcy? >> reporter: the drought has affected farm across the country. we checked in here at homestead farm. we've been here all afternoon talking about the drought. this is a place where you can go and pick your own peaches and fresh black berries. the problem is a lot of people don't want to come out and pick their own in this heat. this laurel couple and their daughter are picking black berries at homestead farm. the temperature in the upper 90s. but for dad and his little girl, it's not bad. what's it like out here picking? >> it's a lot of fun. we thought it would be very hot. there is a nice breeze. >> reporter: not hot at all? >> number. >> do you think it's hot out here? >> no. >> reporter: they picked a box full of berries. mom disagrees about the heat. >> i'm feeling hot. i know they're not, but i am. but i hope we get some rain. >> reporter: here at homestead, they say high temperatures and dry conditions aren't really impacting the pick your own crop. >> reporter: what effe

farm-to-fork. we'll talk how some wineries and breweries are actually using local produce.t's another fun segment. i'll see if i can bring some ofg this okra back to you guys. >> thank you.ou >> it would be appreciated. thanks. >>> ahead at 8:00, prince george county executive is here to talk about a new mobile app that allows residents to reportnt anything from a missing pet to a pothole. >> he is going to update us on the proposal to bring a casinoin to the g national harbor, and te d search for a new schoolne superintendent. >> we want you to remember thatt o the fox 5 phone bank is open r the next two hours. we have a panel of medical experts on hand to answer your questions about aids and hiv. the number to call is on your screen. (202)895-3307 the(202)895-3307 e >>> the accused colorado killeri makes his first appearance, and we are learning about one shooting victim with ties to our area.ea >> remembering an american hero, and a pioneer for women.r a look back at the life ofl astronaut sally ride. good morning, i'm tony perkins. >> and i'm allison seymore, today, we

when i found a local farm, there are farms all over the country. >> a great thing to do. you for reminding us to buy in the usa. >> find more on our special series on klg&hoda.com. tomorrow bobbie thomas is here with high-flying fashions made in the usa. >> how sweet it is. what if we could keep enough plastic waste to cover all of manhattan out of landfills each year? the equivalent of 140 million trash bags, gone. by using glad trash bags, designed with reinforcing bands to be stronger with less plastic waste, we can. it's a small change that can make a big difference. and try glad odor shield with febreze freshness... strong bags that neutralize strong odors. mom, we're dying. no you're not, you're just hungry. make some totino's pizza rolls. we don't have any! front... left, totino's. [ male announcer ] well done mom! less drama, more fun! totino's pizza rolls. ♪ power surge, let it blow your mind. [ male announcer ] for fruits, veggies and natural green tea energy... new v8 v-fusion plus energy. could've had a v8. never beat around the bush. you'll just squash the be

been building themselves on this image of food and integrity and they are searching local vegetables from small farmsly raised meets, but they are leaving the rights of workers out of the issue. >> chipolte says it's committed to using ingredients with respect to animals, the environment and farmers often their website. >> they are going to great heights for a great cause. we'll tell you why 50 people are rappeling down this high- rise. >>> ktvu's meteorologist mark tamayo joins us next with when temperatures are expected to dip. . >>> dozens of brave people wept over the edge today in san francisco as allie rasmus tells us it was all to raise money for a great cause. >> reporter: tourists snapped photos and craned their necks to watch people rappel down the building. they each raised $1200 for the special olympics and in exchange for that, they got a unique opportunity. >> close to 400 feet is tough. >> reporter: it wooz a first time experience for san francisco deputy police chief tomioka, although she says she couldn't really appreciate the view. >> i kept my eyes closed. >> reporter: this is the

farming again. >> translator: local people are trying to physically demanding through the dirt. they have to hethey also clear dirt away from up nets to protect crops from wind.ow cleaned a t it's and more.he recovering this far. steps forward. mont piles of rubble back then andard to think tha at ity. so we want to keep helping until their lives get back to normal. >> reporter: a tsunami all but ripped away. nhk world, sendai. in business, a bookseller in local institution. so much so that peoplerld reports. >> reporter: sunda people stop by. >> translator: are >> reporter: they've come to lookost every week to take photos.nsorry, having bad d better. a new sign written and illustrated by hand by owner. sakamoto is 89. he's run secondhandbook shop for nearly. lylyars, but hens to my entire life. >> reporter: sakamoto every day of the year, but it got harder after years he also has health problems so heimself one day off a week of an apology to his customers, he decided to write a small message each time.them. >> translator: it's tooy." i want t send a message t customers. so i

>> local, fresh, farm to table. >> where did the money come from? >> i have no money.was on unemployment for about two years. during that process i was acavalier to job. each day i would the home by the range concept. i have personal credit cards and $14,000 in my 401(k). >> and you're using that? >> yes, correct. yep, i've been using that ever since. >> how's it going? >> i'm all right, will. >> what's a good day for you? when you're out with the truck, what does it look like financially? >> gross revenues anywhere from $300 to $00 $600 a day. >> that means will makes about $100 a day. what do you say to young people out there that say there are no jobs? >> they have to think about they're passionate about, what they really want to. >> it's really about how passionate are you about this particular business? doesn't matter what the industry is. doesn't matter whether it's cupcakes or graphic design, you can make it work. >> reports say that 75% of new jobs in 2007 came from young companies that are less than five years old. >> the more that we can encourage entrepreneu

to sign up go online and pledge to eat one thing from a local farm every day until the challenge endshat cheerios helps lower cholesterol as part of a heart healthy diet. that's true. ...but you still have to go to the gym. ♪ the one and only, cheerios >>> people screaming and running. it felt like it was coming closer. bullets everywhere. you heard the shells hit the ground. >> what did you find out here tonight? >> we lost a really good friend. >> friends with everybody and everybody knew -- y good friend. >> that act of terror and just heartlessness, to kill people with heart that wanted to live and wanted to make the most out of lifelike a.j., is just -- it's sadder than you could even express in words. >> those are friends remembering a.j. boik over the weekend. he was a high school student who died in last weekend's movie theater shooting in aurora. >>> welcome back to "cbs this morning." survivors along with friends and families of the victims of the colorado mass shooting will be forever linked by this tragedy. >> this morning we're hearing new accounts from people coming forw

. >> local, flesh. >> farm to table. >> farm to table. >> where did the money come from? >> i have no money. basically i was on unemployment for two years. i was applying to jobs. i have personal credit cards and $14,000 in my 40 is kaye. >> and you are using that? >> yes, correct. and, yep, i have been using that ever since. >> how is it going, lou? >> i'm all right. how are you? >> what is a good day for you when you are out with the truck what does it look like financially? >> gross revenues are around $300 to $600 a day. >> and that means will makes about $150 to $300 per day. >> what do you say to the people out there who young people who say i can't find a job? there are no jobs? >> i think they really have to think about what they are passionate about and what they want to do. >> how passionate are are you about this particular business. doesn't matter the industry is. cupcakes or graphic design, you can make it work. >> reports say that 75% of new jobs in 2007 came from young companies that are less than five years old. >> the more that we can encourage entreprene

in the past year, reroots has helped more than 70 farmers get farming again. >> local people are at the center of the restoration effort. we are trying to work as catalysts for the revival of their towns. >> it's tough, physically demanding work. volunteers use shoves, big and small, to pick through the dirt. they have to remove all of the rubble or it could damage tractors or crops. they also cleared dirt away from irrigation ditches so the rain won't flood the fields. when hiroshi heard about the work, he asked for help. reroots volunteers have now cleaned a third of his land. it's enough space for canno to sow some seeds and reap the rewards. cabbage, corn and more. >> translator: without the volunteers, i couldn't have imagined recovering this far. thanks to their health. i can take one, two steps forward. >> hiroshi's volunteers are booked up for the next month. he can't remember the last time he had a day off. >> if you saw the piles of rubble back then, and the ground ruined by salt water, it's hard to think that crops can be grown again. but the farmers here are different. they

absolutely have to keep all records of expenses and sales of products so that when they go to the local farm service agency accounting office, they will have the records they need to apply for assistance. host: how much on average are we talking about? guest: i cannot answer that question. it varies so much. there is the possibility there could be assistance for crop producers, livestock producers, tree assistance, haying and grazing, fruit and vegetable producers. it is very difficult to say on a per farm basis. host: colorado, john is waiting to talk to jerry hagstrom. go ahead. caller: i took a course in colorado on the water issues out here. the guy basically said due to global warming, it is getting worse and worse. the one thing i do not hear in the talk about colorado's is it seems every year we're getting more tornadoes, where drought, more things contributing to global warming. why are we not dealing with that? guest: you would have to ask for officeholders why we are not dealing with climate change. there was an attempt to push through a bill that would deal with carbon sequestrati

with the exception of the garlic cream sauce.ic we have a locally sourced sausage, patty pan squashes, green and yellow from quarter branch farmsacross the street, and local goat cheese.che and fresh arugula. we have got the sausage on the pizza, and you've committed toco getting your hands in it. >> yes. >> so go can your, grab you a handful of your squash. >> how much? >> just loosely spring sprinkle it.sp that folks like to get a little bite of every topping. >> what do we need to put on next? >> after that, go with the the fresh goat cheese there.er >> i got to put a green one ove there. >> very good. >> okay. >> just a little -- >> the goat cheese don't spread a lot. it's a lean cheese.. this especially is the delicious, and has a nice tang to it. >>> and this is what i like tot call grown opiates.grow >> it is. there's nothing wrong with theth classic pizza, but every now and then, you like to get moremore creative. >> what's next? >> that's it for this one. >> and then, we will replace that --- >> with this one.this which just came out of the oven a moment ago. you see the goat cheese is still there. didn't spread a lot.

like all farmers markets, though, here it's about connecting local farmers with customers hungry for farm fresh. there's something else that up happens at farmers markets. >> it's a communal activity to come shop, exchange recipes, meet the farmers. >> reporter: marcel runs a nonprofit called grow nyc which overseas 50 markets. his group, too, is now considering nighttime markets. >> it's a natural extension that it's gone into the evenings when people want to meet people and enjoy, you know, a conversation food. >> reporter: fresh food and fun under the stars, a centuries old tradition now being seen in a whole new light. craig melvin, nbc news, new york. >> thinking of hitting a farmers market tonight? you will have an extra second to shop for blueberries. we're gaining one extra leap second tonight. turns out it's taking earth just a little longer to spin than 100 years ago so the added second keeps clocks from get out of sync with the universe. >>> heavy is the head that wearing the crown, especially when it's diamonds. >>> if day diamonds are a girl's best friend, what if the girl gr

like supporting local farms and clean energy instead of pouring our tax dollars into a toxic poison asssil fuels. i slowly realized that if you want to persuade electric officials, forget all that cost saving job-creating stuff. that is not really count. what you need are giant bundles of big campaign checks. that was my wake-up call. if we want to protect children's health or anything, at the health care we need are the education or the job, we need to first that the broken political system. that is why i now say that i am practicing political medicine. it is the mother of all illnesses. we have to get this one to fix everything else that ails us. i went to work to try to fix that problem. i joined a broad coalition in massachusetts to get big money out of politics. we won. so we thought we did. we passed a referendum to provide public financing for political campaigns. we passed thit by a huge margin. our legislature which was about 85% democratic repealed the law as soon as it was passed on an vote.rded bothvoice that was my real wake up call. if we want to change the broken politic

now, while this project is expensive, it will be paid for in part by payments from local wind farms. wind energy is supporting a better education for o'dell's youth, without increasing taxes to the local residents. this is not umeek toil i will. it is happening all across our country. i have no doubt that the people of o'dell will agree with nigh extending the -- with me that extending the p.t.c. is a commonsense proposal. without congress extending the production tax credit, our country and the wind energy face intending disaster. many wind energy manufacturers and producers have already been preparing for the end of the p.t.c. by backing off their investments in many of these communities like o'dell and by anoinannouncing future layoffs f workers. it is just flat unacceptable that we in the congress would let this happen. mr. president, i think you get where i'm heading. this is a serious issue that needs attention now, not next month, not in the fall, not in the lame-duck session, but now. the wind industry will not wait for us to extend the p.t.c. at some date in the future. they'

one farm is taking scraps from local factories that would go uneaten. is this healthy for the cattle? >> chocolate is high in energy and goods for the cows. the two prime things we need is energy and protein. >> the diets are monitored and don't get to eat the unlimited supply of chocolate or mexican foods. >>> incredible video this morning, a glacier giving way, what is left behind leaves many people frozen in fear. >>> can i get a do over? one skateboarder's story to police. we are finding out what happened. this man has explaining to do. [ male announcer ] it would mean one billion dollars for maryland and our schools and teachers. thousands of good paying jobs it's the new resort casino at national harbor. but it won't happen unless lawmakers act right now. all that money -- and all those new jobs -- will go to delaware, pennsylvania, west virginia. the only loser: maryland schools. tell your delegate and state senator to vote yes for schools, jobs, and small businesses by saying yes to national harbor. by saying yes [ cat meows ] ♪ [ acoustic guita

like supporting local farms and clean energy instead of pouring our tax dollars into a toxic poison asssil fuels. [applause] i slowly realized that if you want to persuade electric officials, forget all that cost -- persuade elected officials, forget all that cost saving job-creating stuff. that is not really count. what you need are giant bundles of big campaign checks. that was my wake-up call. if we want to protect children's health or anything, at the health care we need are the education or the job, we need to first that the broken political system. that is why i now say that i am practicing political medicine. it is the mother of all illnesses. we have to get this one to fix everything else that ails us. i went to work to try to fix that problem. i joined a broad coalition in massachusetts to get big money out of politics. we won. so we thought we did. we passed a referendum to provide public financing for political campaigns. we passed it by a huge margin. our legislature which was about 85% democratic repealed the law as soon as it was passed on an unrecorded voice vote. so no

we're going to finds out how this local produce is being incorporated into the dishes at restaurants that you are goingnt to be able s to visit during th second annual farm to fork. that kicks off on thursday.. we're going to talk to somek chefs why local produce is so good, and the man knew is being expanded. -- menu is being expanded.in. this year, they expanding it into some indian dishes, howdish local produce is being used toud make beer and even pizza, and in get to taste all of it this morning. >> not a bad gig!d enjoy it. uc lucky you! bring something back.br >>> we want to say good morning to our facebook fan of the day. sue martinez copeland, she is a loyal watcher and calls fox 5 the best thing to lay eyes on the first thing in the morning. that's great. leave a comment on our facebookr >> i like that.e >>> that's it for the 6:00 hour. now to tony and allison. >> and speaking of laying your eyes on the best thing, look ato those shoes!o >> i love those. >> we'll have to take a picture and put it on facebook.face >>> coming up, the nation gets its first glimpse of the accused movie theater gunman.th >> and this morning, it's set for appearances

. >>> eat local week is having a farm party today. the 1300 block of b street northwest. party includes 40 vendors, 20 chef demm onstrations and 4 bands. >> if it has anything to do with food, i like it. >> the "today" show is up next. they'll be covering the latest on that tragedy in colorado. >> actually we'll have ann curry and savannah guthrie co-anchoring from the scene there. >>> but jenna wolf is joining us from new york with the latest. >> coming up on a saturday morning on "today," we are live in colorado with the latest on the deadly movie theater shooting. police try to make it inside the suspect's booby-trapped apartment later today. who is he and how did he get into a movie theater so heavily armed? we're also going to remember the victims whose lives were cut short. we'll talk to an e.r. doctor who helped the victims both in this tragic shooting and following the columbine high school shooting as well. all that as we get started on a saturday morning here on "today." >>> thousands of people are arriving in d.c. today for the international aids conference. or

further the goal of targeting nutrition programs for those families in need, the farm act increases assistance to our local food banks which have been struggling during the current economic climate. food banks have been successful in effectively using government dollars and securing private sector donations to feed the hungry. i urge you to approve this reform-minded approach. it is a balanced bill that underscores our commitment to production agriculture and rural america, achieves real savings and continues to provide nutritional assistance to needy american families also. with that, i turn to the ranking member, mr. peterson, for any opening statement he may have. >> thank you, mr. chairman. good morning, everybody. i'm pleased that we're finally meeting to consider the 2012 farm bill and as i've said repeatedly, we need to finish this farm bill and send it to the president before the 2008 bill expires on september 30th. today's meeting brings us yet another step closer to achieving that goal and i'm pleased to see a commodity title in place that will work for all parts of the country as well as continu

: we might be able to begin exporting in a few years if we can establish farming technology for giant eels and share it with local farmers. >> reporter: but by that time japanese wholesalers might not be able to import as many eels as they want. the u.s. government is trying to get support for a treaty to restrict the international trade in eels. the washington treaty is designed to protect certain types which would affect some farms. >> translator: if the restriction is imposed, i'm sure japan will be in big trouble. i would like people involved to get an understanding of the situation and hold thorough discussions from the viewpoint of protected and traditional food culture. >> reporter: scientists are doing what they can to protect the traditional dish. they are trying to figure out a way to raise eels from eggs. but until then, japan will have to rely on imports to satisfy the appetite for eel. nhk world, tokyo. >>> the heat meant shorts and tee shorts for students on holiday visiting tokyo. robert has the forecast. >> temperatures rose up to the mid 30s. even in some places down toward the southwest. the hum

: we might be able to begin exporting in a few years if we can establish farming technology for giant eels and share it with local farmers. >> reporter: but by that time japanese wholesalers might not be able to import as many eels as they want. the u.s. government is trying to get support for a treaty to restrict the international trade in eels. the washington treaty is designed to protect certain types which would affect some farms. >> translator: if the restriction is imposed, i'm sure japan will be in big trouble. i would like people involved to get an understanding of the situation and hold thorough discussions from the viewpoint of protected and traditional food culture. >> reporter: scientists are doing what they can to protect the traditional dish. they are trying to figure out a way to raise eels from eggs. but until then, japan will have to rely on imports to satisfy the appetite for eel. nhk world, tokyo. the swell terring heat meant shorts for students who are visiting tokyo. robert has the weather for here and elsewhere. >> hot across japan today and tokyo. temperatures up into the mid 30s. temperatu

. >> mine is farm to table, healthy impressed yents from locally sourced vendors.eat and get good nutrients from the food we're eating. >> excellent. what are we making this morning snfr grilled salmon, move to saute's spinach and butter nut squash puree. to get this started, salt and pepper both sides of our salmon fillets. i like to use sea salt because it's obtained naturally and contains trace minerals our bodies need. >> this is all you're doing, basic here. >> salt, pepper he, a little olive oil. rub that in. put these on the grill. put them skin side down. >> important to keep the skin on when grilling this. >> yes. we have these here. they are going to do a nice sizzle. really, any way you do salmon, whether grill it, saute it, bake it, such great health benefits here. omega 3, b-12 and helps enhance our mood. >> anything in particular to ask for when buying salmon at the grocery store. >> make sure it's not smelly, fresh, portion size. stick to six ounces would be a good portion. >> excellent. what are we doing with it. >> we're going to let that cook and

while improving the policy to allow usda to support local commodity marketing and promotional organizations in their efforts to grow markets for farm products at home and abroad. the unintended consequence, however, is that this policy has created and i am parted a new and unnecessary bureaucratic hurdle for state-based commodity group that is serve the best interests of the farmers. specifically, my amendment would allow usda to share farm production information with registered 501 c 5 non-profit entities that implement state authorized agricultural promotion programs which are approved by producer referendum. under this proposal the usda would only be able to share production information with groups that already secured the permission of farmers to operate on their behalf. why? because groups like the north carolina sweet potato commission has done incredible work to market sweet potato producers and their efforts in our state and even overseas and countries like the united kingdom and germany. we're pleased that our executive director, for instance, sue johnson lank done has been able to do this and expand the sweet potato indus

local jobs. it turns out all you have to do is go shopping. >> it helps keep the family farm. >> scott smith growingoney here. your money doesn't travel across country to another country. it stays right here locally. >> this week state officials urge all marylanders to eat locally grown produce. >> people are jumping onto this trend because they're wanting to get more healthy, eat better. this allows them to opportunity to support local produce and farmers. >> the head of the market calls it a win/win. >> you know where your products are grown, what goes into growing them, get to know the farmers. i found that buying local the products last longer. >> local farmers say they say -- avoid kem cams. >> -- chemicals. >> most of the stuff at the farmers market has been picked within days. >> more on the buy local challenge check out our website at wjz.com. >> the maryland office of tourism says 77% of marylanders are more likely to buy produce than grown by a maryland farmer. >>> turning now to sports, the oriels are on a five game winning streak. the o's took on the indians last night for the third game

. >>> was it medical marijuana, a stash, or a full scale pot farm right in the shadow of a local high school protected by a private arsenal? police in anne arundel county are making no apologies for a bust they announced today. some of the neighbors of that suspect accused the police of overhill. scott broom is in maryland tonight trying to sort out those details. >> at least some of nicholas dominik's neighbors say the s.w.a.t. stale raid on his house here was overkill. but police say given the volume of marijuana and guns they seized, it's a different story. >> 46 mature marijuana plants valid at $50,000. in addition to the marijuana, 24 guns were located and seized from that residence. >> including an assault rifle. arrested and charged with four felonies was 53-year-old nicholas dominik who lives in this house in maryland. nearly in the shadow of arundel high school. dominik said this is not what it seems. that he's had neck surgery, doesn't want to use prescription pain pills, and is growing the marijuana for medical use. online court records show no criminal history in maryland.

attempting to do here is to allow farmers to sell more food locally, to allow kids to get more acquainted with fresh food that comes from farms, and do something that we think will be good for the health of schools and health of our kids. we've talked earlier in other amendments about the obesity epidemic going on, and also the interest in getting more fresh foods into our school programs and i think this is a good way to go about doing it. i visited many school lunch programs in my state, and in many communities, particularly small, rural communities. but in one of my urban areas, they're doing a lot more with attempting to it get fresh food into the schools and have kids get to know farmers and have kids get to see where our food comes from. it's striking to me when you visit one of these programs and sit down and eat lunch with kids, they love eating fresh foods. they like more foods than we assume they're going to. and often because they make the connection with a farmer or with buying locally. not only do they get interested in eating these foods, but many of them actually go home and tell their parents about it. i sat w

local farmers suffering. whether or not the crops do well depends on the ability to water the farms.y say they will be okay. others are hoping for less heat and more rain. >>> now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurately weather rate. >> no doubt we have seen extreme weather so far this summer season. now none of that tonight just a couple of showers out there needed rain because we are in a minor drought across the state of maryland and the showers we did see tonight were welcome. we captured a dramatic shower in the land of dramatic pictures over the chesapeake from kent island and watch this shower develop. it pops up in the afternoon, a couple of downpours with the camera lens and then we add with the shower coming to the end and a postcard beautiful shot today on kent island. all right. right now out at the airport, temperatures are 71 and humidity 76%. sos it is certainly muggy. it does feel like summer even though the extreme hot weather is bottled up south of us right now. highs today reflecting that. many upper 80s to near 90. baltim