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You've probably heard the folk tale about those magi beans -- but even in the real world, there may be some truth to the notion. Because, if there's one thing nutrition enthusiasts agree on, it's that beans are wonderfully good for you.

There are some good reasons to give up deli meat, but the nitrates added to increase its shelf life may not be one of them.

In the 1970s, nitrates were linked to cancer, but recent studies do not show a link, said Rebecca Richards, registered dietitian and nutrition instructor at Weber State University and Stevens Henager College in Ogden.

OGDEN — Most of the Smith’s Food and Drug stores in the Top of Utah have had to dump their wrapped iceberg lettuce because of a possible salmonella contamination.

Heinz has cooked up this new ketchup recipe using balsamic vinegar that it would like a few people to try. Maybe the 800,000 or so people who say they "like" the company on its U.S. Facebook page would like a taste?

LOS ANGELES -- Echo Lau drove to Whitney High School on a recent Monday evening to pick up her kids. She left with dinner.

The student parking lot at the Cerritos campus is transformed every week into a congested food truck stop as eight mobile eateries attract the business of loyal followers, parents and students.

But this isn't a typical stop for these catering trucks; this is a school fundraiser, in which a portion of the proceeds go directly to Whitney to help pay for a new multi-media center.

SALT LAKE CITY -- If the state continues to build as it has in the past, Utahns can say goodbye to locally grown food.

That was the message Leonard Blackham delivered Thursday morning at a meeting of the Wasatch Front Regional Council Regional Growth Committee.

Blackham, commissioner of Utah Department of Agriculture and Food, gave a presentation on the importance of preserving agricultural land in future planning efforts. The WFRC predicts the Wasatch Front will add another 1.4 million people within 30 years, a population increase of 65 percent.