* As the nourishment industry continues to evolve, agriculture operations are moving away from the island mentality of yesterday. Instead, a combination of parts to form a whole is being created. In this hypothesis each segment--producers, veterinarians, packers, processors and retailers--not alone are doing their individual work at jobss but they also are beginning to work, communicate and share information with each other. A new example of open communication between different parts of the food method took place in Atlanta in March. Representatives from the supermarket industry and the animal-health industry sat down