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Two bodies pulled from Bodega Bay
UPI - Fri Nov 27, 10:29 am ETSAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Two bodies found in California's Bodega Bay are believed to be a pair of crab fishermen who disappeared Thanksgiving Day, the Coast Guard said.
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China to Buy More Domestic Soybeans to Boost Farmers (Update2)
Bloomberg - Fri Nov 27, 4:38 am ETNov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- China, the world’s largest soybean buyer, will purchase the oilseed and corn from the domestic market to boost farm incomes, the National Development and Reform Commission said.
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USDA eyes poisoning iguanas; cost of lizard program going up again
The Boca Beacon - Fri Nov 27, 10:36 am ETRat poison to kill the island’s iguanas? That’s what the United States Department of Agriculture says it’s considering using in its campaign to eradicate the lizards. Also, USDA officials said Friday, Nov. 20 that the cost of the program will increase by $30,000 next year. Dr. Michael Avery, wildlife biologist with the USDA, told a crowd [...]
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4H students learn life skills
The Norwood Post - Fri Nov 27, 9:26 am ETTerri Lamers has been working with the Norwood-Redvale Livestock Club for four years, and she is still raising the bar and being surprised at what the kids are learning.
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Report isn't accurate gauge of hunger in America, some experts say
Los Angeles Times - Fri Nov 27, 3:09 am ETA federal survey of households says 'food insecurity' was up in 2008, but that's not the same thing as the plight of malnutrition and a persistent lack of food, some experts say. A recent federal report found that more Americans are going hungry -- or did it?
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Zainab Salbi: Seeing Iraq in light of what happened in Rwanda and Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Huffington Post - Wed Nov 25, 1:25 pm ETFifteen years ago, two countries that had witnessed the most horrible genocides in the last decade of the 20th century ended their wars: Bosnia and...
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Trout Amid the Cows and Willows in Iowa
New York Times - Thu Nov 26, 8:41 pm ETDRIFTLESS FISHING Brad Johansen works a spinner on an unnamed river. DECORAH, Iowa — “We can’t fish my favorite trout stream today, because there’s a Jersey bull in the pasture there that hates me.”
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Seeing San Francisco From a Different Angle
New York Times - Thu Nov 26, 8:41 pm ETFRESH AIR AND VIEWS Bernal Heights Natural Area is an off-leash dog park. SAN FRANCISCO — As fires raged downtown after the 1906 earthquake, residents of this city fled to two nearby districts to the south, Bernal Heights and Glen Park. Though part of San Francisco , both areas looked more like countryside then, with open ranchland, vineyards and orchards, dirt roads and wetlands, and a few ...
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Aerial-gunning Foes Ask Obama To Ban Practice
CBS4 Denver - 36 minutes agoA wildlife advocacy group Friday asked President Barack Obama to end aerial gunning of coyotes and other predators, citing an Idaho incident where a shotgun-wielding parachutist illegally fired on a wolf. New Mexico-based WildEarth Guardians' 39-page petition also urges Obama to banish spring-loaded cyanide devices and other predator poisoning methods from public lands, calling them dangerous ...
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Food banks nationwide report more 1st timers
AP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 27, 10:44 am ETPrentice Jones worked construction jobs around Chicago for most of his 60 years and is quick to boast of a foreman job he once held at a revamped city college and 23 years at a steel company.
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Food stamps estimate raises debate over 'poverty'
AP via Yahoo! Finance - 1 hour 54 minutes agoThe estimate was startling, and made headlines around the country: Almost half of all U.S. kids will be on food stamps at some time during childhood.
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Food Stamps Estimate Raises Debate Over 'Poverty'
Local 6 Orlando - 1 hour 44 minutes agoThe estimate was startling, and made headlines around the country: Almost half of all U.S. kids will be on food stamps at some time during childhood.
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November 27, 2009
Idaho State Journal - Fri Nov 27, 12:22 pm ETPrentice Jones worked construction jobs around Chicago for most of his 60 years and is quick to boast of a foreman job he once held at a revamped city college and 23 years at a steel company.
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Food banks nationwide report more 1st timers
WTOL 11 Toledo - Fri Nov 27, 9:45 am ETPrentice Jones worked construction jobs around Chicago for most of his 60 years and is quick to boast of a foreman job he once held at a revamped city college and 23 years at a steel company.
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Cultivating a culture of health & wellness - a prescription with priceless results
New Hampshire Business Review - 37 minutes agoFind out what some progressive companies are doing to keep employees healthy and productive while controlling their health care costs. The 2009 NHBR Health Care Forum, sponsored by MVP Health Care , addresses the new connections between nutrition, lifetime wellness and its positive impact on health care cost trends.
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Cultivating a culture of health & wellness - a prescription with priceless results
New Hampshire Business Review - 1 hour 7 minutes agoFind out what some progressive companies are doing to keep employees healthy and productive while controlling their health care costs. The 2009 NHBR Health Care Forum, sponsored by MVP Health Care , addresses the new connections between nutrition, lifetime wellness and its positive impact on health care cost trends.
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Thousands get first helping of holiday relief
Baltimore Sun - Fri Nov 27, 3:43 am ETDespite apparent end of recession, many reported still uncertain of food Sitting at a table of strangers in a steamy gymnasium, Michael Brisco poked at turkey on his Styrofoam plate and reflected on the reversals that had buffeted his life these past few months.
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Cultivating a culture of health & wellness - a prescription with priceless results
New Hampshire Business Review - 1 hour 22 minutes agoFind out what some progressive companies are doing to keep employees healthy and productive while controlling their health care costs. The 2009 NHBR Health Care Forum, sponsored by MVP Health Care , addresses the new connections between nutrition, lifetime wellness and its positive impact on health care cost trends.
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Food stamps estimate raises debate over 'poverty'
WKBT La Crosse - 1 hour 41 minutes agoMany statisticians and analysts say a recent projection that almost half of all U.S. kids will be on food stamps at some time during childhood seems about right.
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Food stamps estimate raises debate over 'poverty'
WRIC 8 News Richmond - 1 hour 42 minutes agoMany statisticians and analysts say a recent projection that almost half of all U.S. kids will be on food stamps at some time during childhood seems about right.
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Uncertain Fate for Pet Moose
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China executes two in tainted milk scandal
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French farmers: we're scapegoats in algae problem
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Local farmers struggle financially
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Elaborate pot farm found near police station
AP - Thu Nov 19, 8:24 pm ET
NewsTrust: Farming
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The cost of adapting to climate change
Thu Nov 26, 3:00 am ESTThe Guardian - By Anne Perkins - Nov. 26 (Opinion) - Farmers in ...
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Is There Such a Thing as Agro-Imperialism?
Sun Nov 22, 3:00 am ESTNew York Times - By Andrew Rice - Nov. 22 (Special Report) - Fearing ...
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The Dirt on Worms
Wed Nov 18, 3:00 am ESTagweb.com - By Pam Smith - Nov. 18 (News Report) - The earthworm ...
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Obama Nominates Pesticide Executive to Be Chief Agricultural Negotiator in the Office of the US Trade Representative
Tue Nov 17, 3:00 am ESTDemocracy Now - By Marcia Ishii-Eiteman, Amy Goodman - Nov. 17 ...
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