Midwest Flooding Forcing Evacuations
St. Louis — Floodwater was starting to recede at some water-logged Midwestern communities Thursday, but hundreds of homes were damaged, hundreds more remained evacuated, and getting through St. Louis by car, boat or train was increasingly difficult. The Mississippi River neared record levels at many places, and a tributary, the Meramec River, surged 4 feet beyond previous records before finally starting to fall. The rare wintertime...
Panera Pledges Only Cage-Free Eggs in Restaurants by 2020
St. Louis — Within five years, Panera Bread Co. says its U.S. restaurants will stop using eggs from hens confined in cages. Panera, based in suburban St. Louis, said that by 2020, its menu would move to 100 percent cage-free, following other restaurant chains including McDonald’s and Starbucks that have made similar pledges in recent weeks. Currently, about 21 percent of Panera’s eggs are laid by cage-free hens — chickens that are...
Venezuelans’ Energy Bars Created In U.S. With the Tastes of Home
St. Louis — Energy bars were Luis Rivero’s go-to meals when he came to the U.S. in 2003 for graduate school. With no time to cook, he quickly got caught up in the eat-on-the-run culture that was not as familiar in Venezuela. The bars, he noticed, were not particularly tasty, especially those high in protein. And he began to grow tired of the flavors. He continued eating the bars when he came to St. Louis two years later to work for...
