1.  Both the organic food industry and the Agriculture Department said that national standards would increase the availability of organic food nationwide, and probably lower prices.

2.  South Korean President Kim Young Sam said North Korea has deployed fighter aircraft along the border and continues military training amid serious nationwide food shortages.

3.  Pines, who changed his name from Pinkowitz, took the family business from a traveling wagon-stand to a nationwide kosher foods company.

4.  Farmers deserve written assurances that corn seed is tested for a biotech variety that prompted nationwide food recalls, says an organization representing the seed industry.