. >>> the usda said 2,000 active duty members got food stamps in 2012. 104 million should provide food stamps. publics public recording onto account for 3,000 recipients. if the usda and department of defense don't keep detailed records, how could they evaluate their system and best help families. joining us now is the director of research of military families and a u.s. army captain and graduate fellow at the university of texas, an air force veteran who has written on this topic, and is skeptical about the cause for alarm. and susan's husband is in active military duty in the air force. welcome to all of you. debra is the middle class way of life that people associate the military having provided for decades on its way out? >> i don't know that it is on its way out, but we see a big differential between those who join the military as enlisted service members and those who join as officers. so your base salary for an e-1, for somebody who is just joining is about $20,000, and you see an officer coming in at about $40,000. so there is this big pay differential so you can imagine somebo

namely the epa state revolving funds and the usda rural development grant and loan program.e nation notwithstanding the curtailment of federal funding, the regulatory burden continues into crease and become more complex. we urge you to emphasize grants in these funding programs. low interest loans don't help the communities facing a severe hardship from federal compliance leaving the loan funds to be used for compliance with greater availability to afford financing. we are very grateful for the funding assistance. it has allowed many rural and small communities to have access of drinking water and sanitation that would otherwise not have been able to afford without the federal assistance. and we want to be partners in the effort to make the initiative as efficient and as successful as possible. thank you very much, mr. chairman, and i'm eager to answer any questions at the appropriate time. >> thank you very much. our last but not least. panelist is mr. robert stewart who is the executive director of the rural community assistance partnership. welcome, sir, and you're recogn

. >> reporter: young veterinary research services is a registered usda lab the inspection records shown 300 dogs and 100 cats living there. neighbors have started a facebook page. they want to look inside. >> we want to know these pets aren't suffering in any way. >> reporter: but so far no visits allowed. research articles we found show big name pet product companies like muriel, merck, bayer and pfizer use the lab to test flea and tick products. >> these are not benign procedures they undergo for this kind of product testing. >> reporter: kathleen conley is with the humane society of the united states. >> these can be invasive protocols that even involve deaths of the animals. >> reporter: it's all perfectly legal. in fact, the government mandates animal testing for many products. this lab in denver invited our sister station to come in for a tour. hoping for the same we tried to contact david young and his wife and business partner kareem at their home office. it's a horse breeding facility called revelers ranch. >> get out of here! >> reporter: down the road at the actual lab they

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well the usda said 2000 active members got benefits in 2012. the average beneficiary gets about $1,400 a year. in that 104 million should provide food stamps for 75,000 active or former military and their families but public records only account for 2,000 recipients leading us to ask if more military families are falling through the cracks than the limited available data reveals, and if they don't keep detailed records, how can they evaluate their system? joining us now is the director of research and policy at blue star families a u.s. army captain and graduate fellow at the university of texas, an air force veteran who has written on this topic and is skeptical about there being cause for alarm. and a military spouse who's husband is in active duty in the air force. welcome to all of you. debra, is the middle class way of life that people associate the military having provided for decades on its way out? >> i don't know that it's on its way out, but we see a big differential between those who join the military as enlisted and those who join a

the notation there says rabbit meat usda. that was the subject of the conversation. and here is the response a representative from the federal government calling the rabbit meat lady directly to make sure she has the contact she needs and to make sure she knows jeb bush took care of her. so the "new york times" did this deep dive into obviously not just the rabbit meat thing, but all the other evidence there is of how jep jeb bush over the course of his lifetime, over the course of his political career has made very good use of his family corrections. and it is remarkable, the things large and small you can get done when you are the grandson of a senator, the son of a vice president, the son of a president, the brother of another president. it's one thing to have sort of an amorphous idea of what that privilege and power must mean for a person. it's another thing to see the granular thank you note details of it. and to see that he really thanks to his family connections, is used to having a ton of pull thanks to his brother and grandfather and his dad and all the oth

just like thousands of others of communities they needed grant rich infrastructure program like usda world development program in the day the access to someone they can trust with on site assistance to manage the application and process. having 34 public water systems but only to serve populations higher in those over 10,000 persons. or training needs to be provided so little $7 million upgrade p.m. be more readily understood for those who bear the financial burden. many small communities have received violations for the epa regulations. it is a result of the water to make it safe to drink. day limit or reduce the disinfectant levels that would comply with the regulation. but the water may no longer be safe to drink in many small communities are forced to spend limited resources to report revelations to consumers the committee was under a boil water order over six months because of a broken coordinator. the local schools had to buy bottled water for six months after they called the mississippi rolled water association they're able to come up with the plan to come up with a new accord

one of the frustrations i have seen in the last two years here is not just with the epa and usda but certainly there are many more but i hope we could as a house, as a congress and public officials look for more of these types of opportunities where the public can go wow that makes perfect sense. right now they look at it and i'm sure you'll do and say to and say you mean i have to hire the engineering firm to do the same thing all over again for another agency? so i guess mainly what i wanted to say is thanks for that. i will be monitoring that carefully to see how it works out and i know you will as well and mr. gomez i think there are nuggets of opportunity to demonstrate functionality of government in a way that people expect of us and we probably haven't done so well. >> is part of our tracking we do every year because we want to make sure those agencies are making progress and it's helping the communities that are in need. >> thank you for that and thanks to all of you. i will leave some time on the clock and just thank you for being so patient to hang around with me this long.

it says rabbit meat usda. that's the subject of the conversation. here's the response. a representative from the federal government calling the rabbit meat lady directly to make sure she has the contacts she neesd and knows jeb bush took care of her after she hit him up at a fund-raiser. the "new york times" did a deep dive not just to the rabbit meat thing but other evidence that how jeb bush over the course of his lifetime and political career made good news of his family connections. it's remarkable the things large and small that you can get done when you are the grandson of a senator, the brother of another president. it is one thing to have an amorphous of what the privilege and power must mean but another thing to see the granular thank you notes of it and thanks to his family connections is used to having a ton of pull. thanks to his brother and father and their political contacts. jeb's dad's presidential administration, one of the weirder political knocks they took while he was president is the u.s. senate deciding not once but twice to reject someone who bush

what they are left with is the two primary federal financing programs being the drinking water and usda rural development programs, so it's critical that those programs continue to be supported in a robust manner. we worked a lot with the rural development and water environmental program. they are the primary lender. they have some 18,000 plus loans out with a small water system and as you probably know there's virtually nothereis virtually no default on these loans. we take these matters very seriously repaying the loans are made in the small communities. one of the things is the field staff in every state they have the ability to work with the communities. the communities know the local folks in the district and state offices. it's just a more cooperative and easier way to get the funding through the rural development. the rural development funds the water association and the technical assistance in the training and a lot of the stuff that works for me around the country work through the application process and all of the requirements that are needed in order to get a the loan from th

but i can guarantee the freshness of our chicken because we go beyond what the usda requires... with extra inspections in american family owned farms, refrigerated trucks that deliver daily and everywhere in between. that's what it takes to bring your family a fresh tasting chicken. perdue. we believe in a better chicken. >> it is 4:56 a 6-year-old boy was kidnapped and terrorized for hours. police say it was orchestrated by members of his own family. >> we'll be back. # ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ if you want it ♪ ♪ go out and get it ♪ hey everyone, it is 5:00 a.m. friday, february 6, developing this morning. >> a 51-year-old man is shot and killed on the streets of philadelphia we're live on what looks like a deadly confrontation. >> new surveillance video has two philadelphia police officers facing aggravated assault charges. >> accuweather is tracking below-zero windchills for your morning commute. >> we have a big accident on a big highway in delaware. let's look at the action cam this is i-

we're the first company to have the usda verify that our chickens are raised in the usa. to bring your family a fresh-tasting chicken. perdue. we believe in a better chicken. it was the most envied gown on the red carpet for the academy awards. nowment masterpiece is missing. it was stolen from her hotel room in west hollywood. the custom ivory dress was made of 6,000 pearls. >>> kanye west said he is sorry to publicly apologize to bech who won four trophies at the grammies this month. he was attempting to steal the moment he sat back down and slammed the academy for molt honoring beyounce where little award. >> we're tracking snow flurries in the region. there's a look at storm tracker 6 live double scan radar. weather and traffic updates next. >> black and blue, white on gold social media going crazy over what is the color of that dress. we'll tell you more when "action news" comes right back. (vo) after 50 years of designing cars for crash survival, subaru has developed our most revolutionary feature yet. a car that can see trouble... ...and stop itself to avoid it. wh

of calories or sodium in an average daily meal but they say everything being served meets current usda standards and every meal comes with salad fruit and vegetables. >> it would be great if they could try a little bit harder >> dan: director of food services barbara jelison says if it was up to her they would have salad bars in all 57 district schools. she says right now there are 7 and it's just a matter of getting grant money to fund more. bracamontes hope the signatures she and other parents are gathering will help too. in richmond, dan kerman kron 4 news. >> pam: we checked out that last story after viewers reached out to us. if you have a story idea you'd like us to check into -- go to our website, kron4-dot-com and click on the my kron4 story tab. >> vanessa: light passing showers are starting to bubble up mostly over coastal waters. the gusty breeze from the west northwest will bring cool weather about eight degrees less. saturday afternoon will bring scattered showers and possibly thunderstorms. there is about three-quarters of an inch of rain expected. one piece of energy pus

we're the first company to have the usda verify that our chickens are raised in the usa. bring your family a fresh-tasting chicken. perdue. we believe in a better chicken. >> self records and surveillance videos may help investigators in california to determine what caused a multi-vehicle crash involving bruce jenner. he initially said he was trying to evade photographers when he was involved in the crash on saturday. police have not found any evidence of that. they plan to look at his cell phone records to determine if he was texting and driving. >> kanye we also west almost pulled another kanye. he got up, and looked startled. he explained he wasn't playing a prank. he thought they should have given the award to beyounce. kanye got involved in an award presentation back in 2009 when taylor swift try to take her mtv video award. >> police search for the gunman in a deadly triple shooting in philadelphia. ♪♪ i know what you're thinking, but this is new and improved i can't believe it's not butter! 100% taste, 0% artificial preservatives. now made with real ingredients you

. >> reporter: young veterinary research services is a registered usda lab.ction records show more than 300 dogs and 100 cats living there. neighbors started a facebook page. they want to look inside. >> we want to know that these pets aren't suffering in any way. >> reporter: so far no visits allowed. research articles we found showed big name pet product companies like merial, merck, pfizer use the lab to test flea and tick procedures. kathleen conlee is with the humane society of the united states. >> this can be invasive protocols that even involve the death of the animals. >> reporter: it's all perfectly legal. in fact, the government mandates animal testing for many products. this lab in denver invited our sister station to come in for a tour. hoping for the same, we tried to contact david young and his wife and business partner coreen at their home office. it's a horse breeding facility. down the road at the actual lab they weren't exactly happy to see us. i did reach dr. young over the phone and he declined our request for an interview because he said

perdue is the first company to have the usda go beyond what's required to verify that our chickens arefarms, right here in the usa. because we believe that's what it takes to bring your family a fresh-tasting chicken. perdue. we believe in a better chicken. the flyers hope to start a new winning streak this afternoon when they go to washington to face the capitols. they are 11 points out of the wild card spot. >>> sixers have an even dozen win for the season. they notched number 12 against the charlotte hornets. nerlens noel came up big on defense and offense to help the home team win 89-81. >> they got the win that's what counts. >> reporter: i feel good about that team, they keep losing, but they are looking good doing it. they look like they are on their way. >> we are winning in the weather department. >> reporter: today we are winning, tomorrow not so much. the commuters over the next couple of days will be impacted by the slush. not so much tomorrow morning but minor issues in the lehigh valley. tomorrow evening we could see icy patches developing and snow-covered back roads in t

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but the usda seems tore more of a grant. some communities can't afford a loan and the grant helps them. >> my time's expired and i know mr. stewart wanted to answer but i want to go to mr. tonkel who's recognized for five minutes. >> thank you for calling this hearing and for inviting a witness from the 20th district of new york. mayor keegan i appreciate you make the trip here today. drinking water systems in the district i represent and i think every district across the country are facing significant challenges as they work tone sure that everyone including people in small and rural communities have access to safe water. that's why i introduced the aqua act last congress, to improve all of the tools epa currently has to assist these systems. i appreciate the work that my colleague mr. harper from mississippi has done on these issues. i look forward to working with him to get at least some of these changes into law. seems every week in my district there's at water main break. treated water and the money we've invested is be

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we're the first company to have the usda verify that our chickens are raised in the usa. to bring your family a fresh-tasting chicken. perdue. we believe in a better chicken. >> we are following breaking news in delaware this morning an amber alert issued after a father took off with 3-year-old daughter. where the pair could be and why police are so concerned about the situation. >> le also, detours in place in pensauken this morning after a tanker exploded. what areas you need to avoid and why nearby neighborhoods are still concerned. >> and starting to sound like a broken record. for those of you who remember records, another frigid morning with dangerously cold warm. we're threatening another record low. >> it's tuesday, february 2 4 i'm ukee washington. >> i'm erika von tiehl. >> we remember records. >> 45, 33. >> you remember 33 did you? >> i can't say i did. >> we get to breaking news right now. police take a look at your screen. the search for this toddler from delaware is growing after police issue an amber alert. >> eyewitness news reporterer joins us now in newc

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the usda approved this but the fda is waiting to weigh in. i don't know whether these apples are going to need more insecticide, more pesticide. it's possible that the browning has a protective mechanism against insects. that needs to be studied. before we start doing all these genetic changes -- i think genetic changes can be bad. i don't want our food supply affected. i like that apples brown. arctic granny, arctic delicious, i want food the way it was meant to be. >> certain times it's good. >> this is a big debate. there's no real answer over here. for example, when it came to vitamin a golden rice, that was a huge success. >> what's that? >> they made the kind of race that has vitamin a in it. in certain countries where you don't have minerals, when you don't have nutrition, poor countries, this can work really well. it can increase 70% of the size of the crops. billions of dollars of industry. in certain things it works. certainly here, given the diabetes and obesity epidemic that we have, is it all sugar and salt or is it some of the t

but i can guarantee the freshness of our chicken because we go beyond what the usda requires... with extra inspections in american family owned farms, refrigerated trucks that deliver daily and everywhere in between. that's what it takes to bring your family a fresh tasting chicken. perdue. we believe in a better chicken. . >>> i think you said tomorrow is the only good day the next several days. >> it is definitely the best day we have on the forecast map. the high near 60 degrees. we're going to see a little bit of sunshine, still mostly cloudy but dry. monday, showers and mild. tuesday, back in the 40s, but breezy. wednesday, that will be a decent day. then the arctic air arrives. at least there is no snow in the forecast. the people that are snow lovers, they are just as disappointed as the people that like the nice weather. >> 60, you can put the shorts on? >> 60 and shorts? >> all right. we'll see. >> thanks for watching. the grammies tomorrow night, don't forget here on channel 9. thank you for watching. have a good night, everybody. we thought our cable internet was fast. but

perdue is the first company to have the usda go beyond what's required to verify that our chickens are raised on farms, right here in the usa. because we believe that's what it takes to bring your family a fresh-tasting chicken. perdue. we believe in a better chicken. >>> we continue to follow breaking news out of norristown where a raging apartment fire has sent several people to the hospital. here's a a look the at the the flames ripping through that building. we will have live team coverage coming up, at the top of the hour. not long present now. >>> jordan has executed, two al qaeda a prisoners, including this woman, in retaliation for killing of one of the air force pilots by isis. yesterday the terror group released a a video showing the pilot being burned alive, in a cage. isis offered to trade the pilot the for a terror suspect on jordan death row but refused to prove he was still alive. many speculate that pilot was executed days ago. >>> happening today president obama's choice for defense secretary appears for his confirmation hearings. >> ashton carter was born in philadelp

we're the first company to have the usda verify that our chickens are raised in the usa. to bring your family a fresh-tasting chicken. perdue. we believe in a better chicken. >>> update willing breaking news right now black ice is a concern, as you head out the door this morning. lincoln drive was closed overnight as salt crews tried to clear a large icy patch. stores in that area were back up preventing storm runoff from draining. >>> a man is in critical condition, after a shooting near 66 and paschall in southwest philly. police say the man was driving irradically and stopped at the 12th police district, officers returned him to the hospital, so far the police have made no arrests. >>> and a 13 year old girl is in custody this morning she is accused in a double shooting in nicetown. a 34 year old woman is also in custody in connection with that shooting. two women were shot about 4:00 yesterday afternoon. they are in stable condition we're told at temple hospital. >> your time now 4:49. let's get a check on business. >> money watch's jill wagner joins us from the stock

we're the first company to have the usda verify that our chickens are raised in the usa.ur family a fresh-tasting chicken. perdue. we believe in a better chicken. >> ♪♪ >> welcome back. you're taking a live look here, the action cam is live in cranbury township a little ways outside of new york city 6789 this was an ugly scene last night. a crash involved cars, four tractor-trailers, two box trucks and a fully loaded bus that led to one person's death and a number of people being hurt. we're keeping an eye as emergency crews continue to try to clear this area. >> fortunately in that area because you have truck lanes and car lanes they are allowing traffic to get by on the turnpike but just an example of what can happen with these roads out there. let's see what it looks like locally. torresdale avenue and linden street watch out for slick spots especially when you're turning through this area at an intersection like this. you can see the shine on the roads and you know it's slick there as you're heading out. in newark new castle county the ramp from i-95 northbound to 896

the usda approved them for u.s. growers. they could be available sometime next year. >> police are calling this a terrible accident. a 10-year-old girl shot her -year-old sister in the stomach with her father's police gun in fresno. the girl's father is a county sheriff's lieutenant. police say he left his loaded handgun on the bed. the 10-year-old picked it up and it accidentally went off. >> it was loaded. there was one in the chamber. i don't think there was a clip in the magazine. but he was close to the gun in the bathroom right off the bed getting ready for work. >> the -year-old is expected to make a full recovery. the fresno county district attorney will determine whether the father should be charged. >> i an small group of students at riordan high school is takened a protest today. the ash be bishop's proposal includes lebbing public and professional lives consistent with church teachings on same-sex marriage and birth control. >> students believe in acceptance. >> god gave us this free will to live how we want to a

we're the first company to have the usda verify that our chickens are raised in the usa. to bring your family a fresh-tasting chicken. perdue. we believe in a better chicken. >>> 4:53, we want our traffic and weather together. nice roads out there jess. >> yes, a little better than yesterday, though. that's at least a good thing at 4:52, we go outside and check out really not a loft volume on the blue route around mcdade. southbound northbound, no problems there, as well. over on 95 at cottman, you can definitely see some possibly slippery conditions here. you can see the roadways are actually pretty shiny specially in the northbound lanes there where the heads lights r southbound where we see most of the problems specially volume wise headed toward the center city area. we also lose out that right hand lane due to ongoing construction, not really giving us much of a problem so far. seeing no problems. we do have some out in new jersey new jersey new jersey turnpike southbound lanes between new brunswick and hightstown. this actually is a accident investigation from last

perdue is the first company to have the usda go beyond what's required to verify that our chickens areright here in the usa. because we believe that's what it takes to bring your family a fresh-tasting chicken. perdue. we believe in a better chicken. >> ♪♪ >> we're looking live in gladwyne route 23 conshohocken state road at hollow road. the road mostly dried out but you've got to watch out. anything that was puddles or didn't quite get to run off from yesterday is frozen solid with these temperatures as you can kind of see at least on the sides of the roads here so watch out for icy conditions here and where water could have run down off the sides of hills and created icy conditions particularly in this area. on the big picture here looking lincoln drive reopened. they've taken care of that and things are moving better. center city we're hearing about icy conditions on eighth and vine so you need to be careful in area as well. a downed traffic signal off to the side here in lawrence township mers sers county route 1 northbound at whitehead road and one more issue, it's just constructi

usda and hhs will come up with their guidance at the end of the year. this does not get taken back.ot part of the discussion could. mark: what do they see farmers planting? >> it has been a busy and cold day in washington for u.s. they releas. -- in washington. corn and cotton will be down. we also saw a reduction in soybean acreage. mark: alan covers the agriculture department for us. thank you so much. we are still waiting for the apple watch to hit stores and now apple is set to be working on its next prop -- next product. the applecart. trish regan joins me with more. trish: it could be a fabulous design because apple is known for its designs. it might be a bit of a departure for this company to get into the car business when they do all they do so well. a lot of people are saying that what might ultimately happen is we see apple come up with a fabulous software program that could go in any car and would diversify itself by not having all the risk placed on having to sell that hard to be vocal and instead be the software. mark: there is a good story on bloomberg.com apple's elec

precipitous decline in the value of corn since that time. 2014, we had a reduction in farm income, the usda is estimating we will see a $.30 reduction in farm income in 2013. in my state, farmland values, i was the governor in the 1980's when they dropped precipitously. i was there when they dropped 63%. i don't want to go back to those days. that is why i am so strong on this issue. but, we are concerned and have even seen layoffs, with john deere and other farm machine manufacturers, we still do not -- we are appreciative that you did not go forward with that proof those, but the uncertainty of not having a rule in place for 2014 has meant that many of the renewable fuel makers, and we have 43 f hansen iowa, 12 biodiesel, we are getting into the next generation of area low sick ethanol. and yet because of the uncertainty, people are very fearful about making huge investment in that area. we would obviously like to see as soon as possible hopefully a restoration of the robust renewable fuel standard. i would point out that oil companies have always been against us, but the reason we have o

one by a doctor at usda. >> i have always liked fish. i have a trout stream, a 300-gallon aquarium.sh freak. i call it passionate, some people call it obsessive. bill called me and asked me about fish meal, plant-based diets and i said yes, i have one. fish nutritionists for the last 30 years have been looking for replacements for fish meal. we know we can totally eliminate fish meal from fish diets and still have healthy fast-growing fish. in here are containers with some of the ingredients we use. >> one of the first things he told me was fish do not need ingredients, they need nutrition. they don't need fish meal. they need an intelligent set of ingredients that formulate a perfect protein, the right amount of carbohydrates and fat. >> we have evaluated fish meal-free feeds with different species. most are considered carnivorous, but i don't think we were turning a carnivorous fish into a herbivore. we are not changing the animal just changing what they consume. >> wow. >> you can see they hate it. >> they are obviously not interested in it at all. >> you realize what a technique

you see the usda with a 15% of an increase in subsidies to farm owners.t of the farm bill passed last year. it was based on higher prices than what farmers are getting now. because prices have gone down in inventories are up the taxpayers may see the prices rise. >> what is the impact on gas prices? >> that has actually been a bright spot in reports for agriculture today. along with lower fuel expense for this year, which is taking off a little bit of pressure on the profit margin, you also have a report that shows demand will be going up in the next year. this is tied to higher gasoline consumption. you go to the gas pump. you get your ethanol 10% blend. if you have more gasoline, that is more of that -- 10% lead going into gas, meaning more ethanol, meaning more relief for farmers. >> ok, what is the impact on crop prices? >> crop prices look like they will be going down. corn is stabilizing. soybeans has been holding their price fairly well, but people are expecting a lot of soybeans to be out this year and you also have to look at the world situation

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under the animal welfare act, the usda only oversees minimal standards of housing and public safety whichs 90% of the zoos in america are left to their own devices to make decisions about breeding and conservation. >> i make cage one tranquilizing a cat. there's no certification for tranquilizing animals like that but you do have to have enough training by your vet of record. which is a good fact. it will take care to calm down and then can pet on her, love on her. people have such the wrong idea of tranquilizers. it's not just shoot them and they go down. it's not a quick process. what you doing, girlfriend? you going to go live in texas. this tiger right here will be going out today to another zoo. >> another function of joe's business is to trade animals to other zoos and circuses. it's clear joe sees nothing wrong with his zoo or standards of animal care. and as far as the federal government is concerned, there is no difference between the gw zoo and the detroit zoo. anywhere you go, the animals are still there for our benefit. meet the world's newest energy superpower. surprised? in

melissa: in order to get the label from the usda, it has to be 100% organic.s label that says organic. they slap it on anything. anything on the produce or anything and they're charging you a higher price for it. is organic a scam at times? >> well, i don't know if it's a scam melissa. but it's absolutely a marketing ploy. both things you said were correct. very specific requirements to what organics means. then, of course, there's no way of actually knowing. here's a company talking about health that makes money selling you filly cheese soup. then you have brands like richard organics that are making organic pet supplies. who is to say? the key is the bigger word. organic is worth more money to more customers and to a higher value consumer. melissa: okay. so people -- it's definitely more expensive. i mean, any time you look at the average price, whether it's milk -- organic milk costs 1.81 per gallon than conventional milk. strawberries $3 more than conventional. people are willing to pay for this. but is there a limit? heather, talk to me about the branding