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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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SKorea fishing boat sinks off Uruguay; no one hurt
WKBT La Crosse - 1 hour 51 minutes ago
A South Korean fishing vessel has burned and sunk in the port of Uruguay's capital. Navy officials say all 38 crew members are safe.
Jobs, economics complicate Brazil's Amazon fight
AP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 27, 9:53 am ET
Drawing his .40-caliber pistol, Severiano Pontes dashes across the steaming, muddy jungle floor, a hunch telling him what he would find around a bend.
Across the Valley equestrian properties preserve way of life
12 News Phoenix - 1 hour 55 minutes ago
A young foal gallops along the inside of a small arena, his reddish coat glistening in the early-morning sun. Owner Marilyn Geddes is keeping watch on his slender legs as he makes clockwise turns. She clicks her tongue and Prince darts back the other way, hooves kicking up a cloud of dust.
American Agri-Women concerned about a climate change bill
AG Weekly - Fri Nov 27, 1:30 pm ET
Washington, DC - The House has recently passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (H.R. 2454), and Senate action is expected this fall.
Federal loans available to Kauai farmers who suffered storm damage
Honolulu Advertiser - Fri Nov 27, 12:54 am 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.
Jones Family Farms wins Facebook contest
New Haven Register - 2 hours 3 minutes ago
The final tallies are in, and now a representative from Bishop’s Orchards Farm Market & Winery in Guilford will be expected to work at Jones Family Farms in Shelton for a day in the near future.
NM researcher develops trees for dry, rural areas
AP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 27, 9:44 am ET
A New Mexico State University researcher is using tree planting to help arid, impoverished regions in the Four Corners region and Africa.
Preservation spat over Lode cabin
The Stockton Record - 2 hours 9 minutes ago
BEAR VALLEY - Snow flurries are flying for the first time this month into a controversial squatter's cabin deep in the Mokelumne Wilderness, and that in turn is sparking a flurry of phone calls and letters to congressmen.
Trees bring green Christmas
Detroit News - Sat Nov 28, 1:11 am ET
Michigan consumers who want to pile their presents under a fresh, fragrant Christmas tree this year will have plenty of homegrown choices. Farms statewide will produce a hardy, high-quality crop, said Jill O'Donnell, Michigan State University Extension educator and Christmas tree expert.
USDA: Enid, Okla., firm recalling beef fritters
KSWO Lawton-Wichita Falls - Fri Nov 27, 9:50 pm ET
Associated Press - November 27, 2009 9:35 PM ET ENID, Okla. (AP) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture says Advance Food Co. of Enid is recalling approximately 110,730 pounds of frozen beef...
Kathy Freston: Top 10 (Recent) Developments On Factory Farming And Vegetarianism
The Huffington Post - Fri Nov 27, 5:39 pm ET
One of the joys for which I am giving thanks is all of the recent attention on a topic that is near and dear to my heart -- the cruelty and environmental harm involved in raising animals for food.
Local Leads: Locally Grown Christmas Trees and Tiger's Crash
NBC Washington - 2 hours 33 minutes ago
Need a quick look at D.C.-area news? Local Leads is your one-stop shop. Read it. Use it. Love it.
Viewpoints: Time to meet challenge of ending hunger
The Sacramento Bee - Wed Nov 25, 9:50 pm ET
On this day of Thanksgiving when we pause to give thanks for the bounty on our plates, let us also pause to remember that one-sixth of all humanity is hungry. One billion people live on the edge. It is not just a moral call to action, it is a crisis that threatens world peace and affects all of us. One billion people are dependent on the rest of us and not contributing to the world's economy.
Off the mound, Pirates pitcher pursues farm policy
AP via Yahoo! Sports - Fri Nov 27, 9:11 am ET
An e-mail requesting an internship arrived at the Agriculture Department this summer with an impressive resume: Princeton University degree in operations research and financial engineering, 3.8 college GPA, 1520 SATs. Ross Ohlendorf didn't mention his 95 mph sinking fastball, but it probably wouldn't have hurt his chances.
Kaua‘i seniors tackle community garden issues with gusto
The Garden Island - Sat Nov 28, 8:28 am ET
LIHU‘E — The goal of two Kaua‘i High School seniors is to increase the harvest from the Mayor’s Aloha Garden to at least 15 pounds every two weeks.
Vintner talks of challenges in wine making
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Sat Nov 28, 5:07 am ET
The real life of a winery owner is not the elegant image you see on television. On the trail: See Jeff Blackwell's stories from Keuka Lake and Canandaigua LakePhoto gallery
In Brief: Markets critical to food security in Sahel
IRIN - Fri Nov 27, 12:45 pm ET
DAKAR, 27 November 2009 (IRIN) - Some communities in the Sahel region could face extreme food insecurity after erratic rains this year deeply cut cereal production particularly of the staple millet, food security experts say.
Ahead of the Bell: Lower demand, dollar hurt Deere
AP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 27, 9:00 am ET
An improved 2010 revenue forecast prompted an analyst to slightly increase his profit estimate for Deere & Co. Friday, although he warned that the farm equipment manufacturer could be hurt by reduced demand and the weak dollar.
Local week in review
Post-Bulletin - 2 hours 56 minutes ago
Austin City willing to part with Olympic torch If Tom Torgerson still wants the 1984 Olympic torch he carried in a relay 25 years ago, the city of Austin says it will pass it back to him because it has no real connection to the city. Torgerson used to be
'Ghost' traps, long lost, keep catching lobsters
AP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 27, 8:51 am ET
Beneath the cold ocean waters off the coast of Maine, the nation's lobster breadbasket, lie hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, of old wire lobster "ghost traps." Lost over the years to storms, boats — even the knives of fishermen who've cut them from their buoys to settle scores — many of the traps continue catching lobsters.

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