It's easy for us all to chalk up the inflation of prices for our most basic grocery items to the economic downturn. We see a carton of ice cream getting smaller and think, "Well, there's just another way for Dryers to gouge us." But, what if you found out that it might not be old Uncle Sam's fault, but the dairy farms hoping to bank on your economic-slump tunnel vision? more ›

Moooooo! by Quintin Doroquez from the Seattlest Flickr pool. more ›

Besides live animals, we're most looking forward to the food: Food at the Puyallup Fair is either surprisingly bad or surprisingly good. more ›