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'Evangelist' for Organics Going Against the Grain in Iowa

New York Times - Wed Nov 25, 1:57 pm ET

SIOUX CITY, Iowa -- In the midst of sprawling corn and soybean fields, industrial animal-processing plants and ethanol refine...

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Cultivating a culture of health & wellness - a prescription with priceless results
New Hampshire Business Review - 30 minutes ago
Find 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.
Federal loans available to Kauai farmers who suffered storm damage
Honolulu Advertiser - Wed Nov 25, 11:02 pm ET
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency has announced an emergency loan program for Kauai farmers who suffered losses from storms in Mid November.
Cochise County's Farm Service Agency election deadline is Dec. 7
Arizona Range News - Wed Nov 25, 3:02 pm ET
Carol Case, Executive Director of USDA's Farm Service Agency in Cochise County, announced that the 2009 FSA county committee elections start Nov. 20 as ballots are being mailed to eligible voters. Dec. 7, 2009, is the deadline for eligible voters to return ballots to their local FSA offices.
Va. Tech to help decode the turkey's genetic gobbledygook
Washington Post - Wed Nov 25, 11:41 pm ET
If ever there were a candidate for genetic engineering, surely it is the pale, flavor-challenged bird that will adorn millions of American dinner tables Thursday as a matter of Thanksgiving ritual .
Food system council created
The Staunton News Leader - 2 hours 15 minutes ago
The 2007 Virginia Food Security Summit, convened by University of Virginia and Virginia Tech, focused on local and regional food availability and accessibility and the need for a robust local food supply that is affordable and accessible to all Virginians.
Middletown artists open up
Brunswick Gazette - Thu Nov 26, 5:48 am ET
Guests visit Anne Gibson Snyder's Catepetl art studio in her Middletown home during the Valley Craft Network's Holiday Studio Tour on Sunday afternoon.
Food Security Ultimately Defined At The Household Level
Yankton Press & Dakotan - Thu Nov 26, 2:46 am ET
Our last two columns have taken a look at the role of agricultural policy in increasing food security and thus reducing the number of people who experience chronic hunger in developing countries. In our survey, we have identified policies that have had the effect of reducing the level of food security for many consumers and small-scale agriculturalists and pastoralists in developing countries.
Crafters share inspirations during studio tour
Walkersville Gazette - Thu Nov 26, 5:16 am ET
Anne Gibson Snyder is reflected in a mirror at her Middletown home as guests visit her Catepetl art studio during the Valley Craft Network's Holiday Studio Tour on Sunday.
Middletown-area crafters open studios to public
Frederick Gazette - Thu Nov 26, 4:51 am ET
Guests visit Anne Gibson Snyder's Catepetl art studio in her Middletown home during the Valley Craft Network's Holiday Studio Tour on Sunday afternoon.
Preparing, and Bracing, for New Emissions Rules
New York Times - Wed Nov 25, 9:05 pm ET
Much of corporate America has already been thinking about how to comply with sharp cuts when they came, and that day seems to have moved closer.
Farm Service Agency ballots due by Dec. 7
Clarinda Herald-Journal - Wed Nov 25, 10:10 am ET
Ballots for the 2009 Farm Service Agency (FSA) county committee elections were mailed to eligible voters on November 6, 2009. All eligible farmers and ranchers are encouraged to get involved and vote in this year’s county committee election.
Locust Plague in Argentina Tests Farmers After 30-Year Hiatus
Bloomberg - Thu Nov 26, 6:09 am ET
Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Argentine farmers may struggle to repel a plague of locusts poised to devour the wheat crop from next month because they’re untrained in fighting the bug after three decades of wet and humid weather drove them from fields.
Corn Rebounds as Dollar Drop Boosts Investment; Soybeans Gain
Bloomberg - Wed Nov 25, 1:23 pm ET
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Corn rose for the first time in seven sessions on speculation that a slumping dollar will increase demand for commodities as an alternative investment and an inflation hedge. Soybeans also gained.
Food system council created
The Staunton News Leader - Thu Nov 26, 2:56 am ET
The 2007 Virginia Food Security Summit, convened by University of Virginia and Virginia Tech, focused on local and regional food availability and accessibility and the need for a robust local food supply that is affordable and accessible to all Virginians.
Locust Plague in Argentina Tests Farmers After 30-Year Hiatus
Bloomberg - Thu Nov 26, 4:22 am ET
Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Argentine farmers may struggle to repel a plague of locusts poised to devour the wheat crop from next month because they’re untrained in fighting the bug after three decades of wet and humid weather drove them from fields.
Obama fetes 'indispensable' India
AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 24, 9:06 pm ET
Barack Obama threw the biggest party of his presidency for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, hailing the world's largest democracy as "indispensable" and pledging to work out a range of thorny issues.
China Drought Risks Food, Stability, McKinsey Says (Update1)
Bloomberg - Wed Nov 25, 5:21 am ET
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- China’s long-term food security and social stability may be threatened unless the world’s largest grain producer invests more to fight the effects of drought, McKinsey & Co. said.
China Drought Risks Food, Stability, McKinsey Says (Update1)
Bloomberg - Wed Nov 25, 2:35 am ET
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- China’s long-term food security and social stability may be threatened unless the world’s largest grain producer invests more to fight the effects of drought, McKinsey & Co. said.
World Bank to start agriculture fund with $1.5 billion
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 24, 5:00 pm ET
The World Bank will start a trust fund to boost agriculture in poor countries with an initial $1.5 billion, its president Robert Zoellick said on Tuesday, warning of the risk of another food price crisis.
New Switchgrass Germplasm Collected in Florida
DTN / The Progressive Farmer - Wed Nov 25, 12:10 pm ET
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service have collected 46 new populations of switchgrass in Florida, according to the ARS. The native switchgrass collection was conducted in Florida in 2008 and 2009, when researchers discovered new switchgrass population in many types of environments, including swampy areas, oak forests, pine scrubs, weedy areas along ...

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