January cold nearly a record in Oshkosh

This month is the ninth coldest January on record in Oshkosh since records were kept starting in 1893, according to the National Weather Service in Green Bay. The average temperature in the city this month was 9.1 degrees, which is calculated by adding the high and low and dividing by two.

TG Daily - Study: Most people could not care less about global warming

Chicago (IL) - Though I have already gathered this due to the increasing number and types of comments appearing on TG Daily, a recent Pew Center Report indicates there are not many things individuals care less about right now than global warming.

"Green" chef for Obama

Dinners at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue might be a little greener these days: the new White House assistant chef, Sam Kass, is an environmentally conscious University of Chicago graduate who founded a home cooking service that focuses on ingredients from local farms.

Kass, 28, the Obama family's personal chef in Chicago, will assist White House executive chef Cristeta Comerford, a holdover from the Bush White House.
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Celeb chef Todd English - Olives is among his many restaurants here - says the appointment of Kass could be a a boost to the economy.

"The new administration's goal is to stimulate the economy, and a big part of it is the green initiative," English says. "Industries are dying and you need to create new ones. The benefits of having a chef in the White House who cares about local food and local farms are very obvious. Using local farmers is a great way of stimulating the economy and creating new jobs."

Serious or spoof: Purdue alumnus nominated for White House Farmer position

The White House is looking for a new staff member and one Purdue graduate could fill the position – House Farmer.

The President has always had his own chef, but for the first time the chef wants to focus on locally grown foods; thus the need for a resident farmer. The farmer will transform a five-acre patch of land into an organic garden to grow vegetables for the First Family.