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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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Salmonella recalls prompt call to close meat plant for inspection
USA Today - 24 minutes ago
Rep. Rosa DeLauro asked the USDA to examine Cargill's Beef Packer facility in Fresno after two recalls for a dangerous strain of salmonella.
Monsanto sets quarterly dividend of 26.5 cents
AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 8, 9:05 am ET
Agribusiness company Monsanto Co. said Monday its board declared a dividend of 26.5 cents per share.
Cultivating a culture of health & wellness - a prescription with priceless results
New Hampshire Business Review - 5 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.
Research and Markets: Morocco Agribusiness Report Q2 2009
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Tue Dec 8, 12:59 pm ET
DUBLIN----Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Morocco Agribusiness Report Q2 2009" report to their offering.
Finding new power for old tractors in electricity
AP via Yahoo! Finance - Tue Dec 8, 3:03 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.
An Extreme Brand Makeover
Inc Magazine - Tue Dec 8, 3:51 pm ET
LOSING THAT HIPPIE LOOK A packaging redesign of Zhena's Gypsy Tea's core lines was an important feature of the rebranding effort.' Zhena Muzyka's product line started as something of a personal expression. Not only did Muzyka, founder of Zhena's Gypsy Tea, formulate the organic tea blends herself, but her likeness was on every tin. The packaging designs, decorated with stars and a full spectrum ...
USDA offering help to Whitfield, Murray farmers
The Dalton Daily Citizen - 55 minutes ago
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated 19 counties in Georgia, including Whitfield and Murray, as primary natural disaster areas due to losses caused by severe storms and flooding that occurred beginning Sept. 18.
Tenn. crop harvest nearly done in 'decent year'
AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 8, 1:15 pm ET
A dry November to cap an otherwise wet 2009 has helped Tennessee farmers gather in most of the 2009 harvest, agricultural officials said Tuesday.
Reducing Climate Change Impact
redOrbit - Tue Dec 8, 12:48 pm ET
IAEA Provides Services to Cope with a Changing ClimateThe 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 ...
Major donor got Feinstein's help on delta plan
San Francisco Chronicle - Tue Dec 8, 4:09 pm ET
Wealthy corporate farmer Stewart Resnick has written check after check to U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein's political campaigns. He's hosted a party in her honor at his Beverly Hills mansion and he's entertained her at his second home in Aspen. And in September,...
Settlement talks set in Indian farmers lawsuit
AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 8, 11:41 am ET
A federal judge has approved settlement talks in a decade-old discrimination lawsuit filed by American Indians against the U.S. Agriculture Department.
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.
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.
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 ...
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.
Corn Halts Five-Day Slide as Snow May Hurt Remaining U.S. Crop
Bloomberg - 1 hour 22 minutes ago
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Corn rose, halting a five-session slide, on speculation that snow and high winds this week in the Midwest will damage the 12 percent of U.S. crops waiting to be harvested.
Joel Berg: Turning Food Deserts Into Jobs Oases
The Huffington Post - Tue Dec 8, 1:59 pm ET
This holiday season we note the sobering reality that more than 49 million Americans live in households that can't afford enough food. Locally, according to...
Heron Hill Winery owner enjoys challenges of growing in Finger Lakes
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Tue Dec 8, 5:07 am ET
The challenge of growing grapes in the Finger Lakes is inspiring to Heron Hill Winery owner John Ingle.
Irrigation opportunities are to be discussed at workshop
Williston Herald - Tue Dec 8, 12:38 pm ET
A workshop on Thursday, Dec. 17, at the North Dakota State University Williston Research Extension Center is designed for crop producers who are interested in the latest insights regarding irrigation systems.

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