They're high on Highland cattle. Teri Eberhart grew up on a dairy farm a few miles south of Bedford, Pa., where she now lives with her husband, Greg, and 60 or so Highland cattle. When she began dating Greg, he'd have to help her feed the cows before they left for the movie, and for Greg, the chore soon became a labor of love. When the couple married, they bought a farm and few Highland cattle. They appreciated the breed's gentle nature, easy birthing and low maintenance. The Highlanders graze on just about anything and, thanks to their warm, shaggy coats, the fat they grow tends to marble the meat rather than insulate the body. Lancaster Farming correspondent Linda Williams called on the Eberharts and told their story in our current edition. Or you can read it here: http://www.lancasterfarming.com/node/2972


     Another whey to produce power is being developed in, of all places, Greece. Georgia Antonopoulou, a biochemical engineer at the University of Patras, in the city of Patras, is working on a fuel cell that produces electricity from whey. Traditional fuel cells typically employ a catalyst, usually platinum, to oxidize hydrogen into water and free electrons. Microbial fuel cells, which is what they're working on in Patras, use bacteria as a catalyst. Bacteria within the anaerobic fuel-cell chamber metabolize the whey (or a wide array of other organic feedstuffs), which, in the absence of oxygen, creates an electrical current. Electrical output from the first microbial fuel cell experiments was dismal, with an efficiency rating of 2 percent. Dr. Antonopoulou and her crew discovered that there were microbes in the whey which interfered with the process. When they sterilized the whey, efficiency shot up to 25 percent. Amazing stuff. And they're just getting started. You can read a report of the work in The Economist here:  http://www.economist.com/science-technology/technology-monitor/displaystory.cfm?story_id=16152385


     Run for your life! It's Tyrannosaurus turtle!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwQ4hDsP_jg&feature=related