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Organic farmer learn to network

The Ames Tribune - Tue Dec 8, 6:37 am ET

Organic farmers, business representatives and educators came together on Friday and Saturday to exchange ideas at the ninth-annual Iowa Organic Conference.

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Rep. Peterson is in thick of derivatives struggle
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Tue Dec 8, 10:36 pm ET
Minnesota congressman uses his agriculture platform to take on Wall Street's big players.
Finding new power for old tractors in electricity
Boston Globe - Tue Dec 8, 3:48 am ET
At Blue Fox Farm, the tractor is old but the fuel is new. Like a small but growing number of organic farmers around the country, Chris Jagger has converted an old Allis-Chalmers Model G tractor built in the 1940s to run on electricity at his farm in southwest Oregon.
Fire danger downgraded to "high" in parts of Angeles National Forest
Los Angeles Daily News - 2 minutes ago
Fire danger levels in parts of the Angeles National Forest that did not burn this year will be downgraded Wednesday from "extreme" to "high" because of recent rain and snowfall.
Bills would push more national forest thinning
San Francisco Chronicle - Wed Dec 9, 8:25 am ET
Bills to open more of the backcountry in national forests to fire-prevention thinning projects and to promote woodburning heating systems in public buildings have been introduced in the U.S. House. U.S. Rep. Greg Walden said Tuesday the bill to expand... United States - United States House of Representatives - Greg Walden - U.S. House - Business
Tranzeo Receives RUS Acceptance and "Buy American" Status
CCNMatthews via Yahoo! Finance - Wed Dec 9, 9:30 am ET
PITT MEADOWS, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - Tranzeo Wireless Technologies Inc. , a premier manufacturer of wireless broadband and WiMAX communication systems has received U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service Acceptance for a wide variety of its products operating in the licensed and unlicensed frequency bands.
U.S. lifts restrictions against Cargill Canada plant
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 8, 4:32 pm ET
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has lifted import restrictions on Cargill Inc's giant canola crushing plant in Western Canada after it had repeatedly found salmonella in its shipments during the past year.
African Coffee Farmers Aim to Raise Output by 50%, Group Says
Bloomberg - Wed Dec 9, 3:33 am ET
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Coffee producers in Africa aim to lift production by as much as 50 percent within 15 years, boosting incomes and “social stability” on the continent, an industry official said today.
Feds probe Cherokee bear attack
Asheville Citizen-Times - 1 hour 49 minutes ago
CHEROKEE — Federal inspectors will look into a bear attack at a zoo that left the manager with serious injuries.
Feds sending inspectors to NC zoo after bear bite
WBTV Charlotte - 1 hour 52 minutes ago
Federal officials are investigating a bear attack that left the manager of a North Carolina zoo with serious injuries.
Mont. board OKs hail insurance refunds for farmers
Seattle Times - 49 minutes ago
The state Board of Hail Insurance has approved a refund of 30 percent of the hail insurance premiums paid by Montana farmers.
Agency announces $8.3 million for Ga. rural jobs
AP via Yahoo! Finance - Tue Dec 8, 11:14 am ET
Millions of dollars in investment and more than 1,000 jobs are coming to rural Georgia. Governor Sonny Perdue and members of the OneGeorgia Authority Board met at Southwest Georgia Technical College and approved the $8.3 million program aimed at creating and retaining jobs and stimulating new private investment.
Holiday border crackdown targets fruit, raw pork
AP via Yahoo! Finance - Wed Dec 9, 3:13 am ET
The mountain of oranges, tangerines, lemons and more exotic fruits piled in the customs office at the Hidalgo international bridge in Texas on Thanksgiving Day would have made any grocer proud.
Feds sending inspectors to park after bear bite
WRAL.com Raleigh - 2 hours 5 minutes ago
Federal officials are investigating a bear attack that left the manager of a North Carolina zoo with serious injuries.
Program helps farmers who help the environment
AG Weekly - Tue Dec 8, 12:08 pm ET
MINBURN, Iowa (AP) - Rick Hartmann's organic vegetable farm did not produce a single bushel of corn or soybeans, which account for the bulk of the federal crop subsidies paid to farmers in Iowa and across the Midwest. In fact, he has never signed up for a single farm program - until now.
State uneasy about new pot law, patient confidentiality
Bangor Daily News - 2 hours 13 minutes ago
AUGUSTA, Maine -- A task force on medical marijuana grappled with issues of patient confidentiality, law enforcement and quality control Tuesday in the wake of Mainers' vote granting sick people ...
In Rare Move, Debevoise Sues Client Over $6 Million in Unpaid Bills
Law.com via Yahoo! Finance - Wed Dec 9, 3:02 am ET
After years of wrangling over more than $6 million in unpaid legal fees, Debevoise & Plimpton has taken a timber company to court over its refusal to pay the bill. Debevoise sued Candlewood Timber Group last month after its former client failed to pay its multimillion-dollar tab.
Reporter's notebook: Building a greener future from bamboo
CNN - Tue Dec 8, 3:38 pm ET
I am riding in a small boat along the banks of the murky Parana River and I feel lucky. Lucky that the rain finally subsided and the sun has come out in Argentina, and lucky that my job occasionally puts me into situations like this, where I get to spend a gorgeous morning island-hopping in the pursuit of a story.
IAEA provides services to cope with a changing climate
EurekAlert! - Tue Dec 8, 10:18 am ET
( International Atomic Energy Agency ) The changing global climate threatens life-sustaining resources. Fresh water reserves and arable land are shrinking. Weather-related catastrophes, such as heat waves, floods, storms, fires and droughts, are becoming more frequent and destructive. Climate change imperils livelihoods, presenting one of the most difficult global challenges confronting the ...
Cibus Global and BrettYoung to Launch Canola Crops Enhanced by Cibus' Non-Transgenic Technology
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Wed Dec 9, 9:03 am ET
SAN DIEGO & WINNIPEG, Manitoba----Cibus Global, a pioneering crop trait development firm, and BrettYoung, a leading independent seed company, today announced an agreement that will bring new canola traits to the North American market.
MYANMAR: Chin State - a mountain of trouble
IRIN - Mon Dec 7, 9:30 am ET
RONG LONG, 7 December 2009 (IRIN) - In the remote western Chin state, Ngite Pan, 46, ekes out an existence, feeding herself and her 15-year-old daughter by planting millet. Occasionally, she sells a traditional intoxicating brew called Khaung-Yay, also made from millet, which earns her about US$4 a month.

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