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GREENFIELD - When Daniel S. Rosenberg's organic foods business was bursting at the seams, he found himself in a pickle. Where to expand?
The six cultivated acres surrounding Holbrook Farm’s red barn retail shop are neatly lined with raised beds of lettuces, herbs, onions, edamame and okra.
President Obama reached out to Africa on Saturday with a wide-ranging address praising the continent's steady achievements, but he called its persistent violent conflicts "a millstone around Africa's neck."
Politically isolated Honduras braced on Saturday for months of austerity under the weight of economic sanctions imposed after a June coup and ousted President Manuel Zelaya vowed actions to support his reinstatement.
ACCRA, Ghana — To many of his African listeners, he came not as a finger-wagging outsider but as a deeply disappointed son of Africa – giving President Barack Obama’s sharp critique of corruption and repression an added resonance.
U.S. President Barack Obama told Africans on Saturday that Western aid must be matched by good governance and urged them to take greater responsibility for stamping out war, corruption and disease plaguing the continent.
Politically isolated Honduras braced for months of austerity under the specter of economic sanctions after a June 28 coup and ousted President Manuel Zelaya on Saturday vowed actions to help reinstate him.
World leaders said Friday that they want to provide $20 billion over the next three years to increase food production in developing countries and help the poor feed themselves.
Text of President Barack Obama's speech Saturday in Accra, Ghana, as provided by the White House:
President Barack Obama has arrived on the coast of Ghana for a tour of a former slave fortress.
One can't help but wonder if by requesting this money from the G8 in the name of charity we are instead trying to promote our own economy.
Japan's embattled Prime Minister Taro Aso faces a crucial test in a Tokyo municipal election Sunday, seen as a bellwether for a coming national vote in which the ruling party risks losing power after governing for virtually all the past 50 years.
Speaking to the Ghanaian Parliament, he called upon African societies to seize opportunities for peace, democracy and prosperity.
President Barack Obama told Africans that Western aid must be matched by leadership as he urged them to take greater responsibility for stamping out war, corruption and disease.
The following is the text of President Obama's speech Saturday in Accra, Ghana, as prepared for delivery and provided by the White House:
President Barack Obama is hailing a "new moment of promise" in Africa, using a historic visit to urge all nations on the continent to establish their own identity in an increasingly interconnected world.
President Barack Obama said his visit to Ghana on Saturday was designed to illustrate that "Africa is not separate from world affairs."
U.S. President Barack Obama assured Africa on Saturday that it would not be sidelined from world affairs and hailed democratic Ghana as a model for other African countries.
The organic dairy industry was thriving when Allen and Jean Moody bought a 200-acre Wisconsin dairy farm in 2006 and joined the ranks of farmers churning out milk raised without growth hormones, pesticides or other chemicals.
Here's an idea for a science-fiction thriller: A virulent, mutating fungus capable of killing most of the world's wheat crop begins to spread, threatening famine and economic havoc. Scientists work feverishly to find genes for new varieties of wheat that can resist the fungus and avert disaster.
President Barack Obama says his trip to Africa at the end of a whirlwind world tour is designed to illustrate that "Africa is not separate from world affairs."
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