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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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Climate change already a reality in Africa
AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 26, 6:15 am ET
From prolonged droughts to melting ice caps to heavy flooding and unpredictable weather patterns, climate change effects are already wrecking lives in Africa, the continent that pollutes the least.
Va. Tech to help decode the turkey's genetic gobbledygook
Washington Post - Thu Nov 26, 12:00 am 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 Security Ultimately Defined At The Household Level
Yankton Press & Dakotan - Thu Nov 26, 4:16 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.
Food system council created
The Staunton News Leader - Thu Nov 26, 7:40 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.
Crafters share inspirations during studio tour
Thurmont Gazette - Thu Nov 26, 5:43 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.
Costs, security crimp Pakistanis' feast celebrations
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 26, 3:35 am ET
Sky-rocketing prices and security concerns are keeping butchers' knives sheathed in Pakistan ahead of the Muslim feast of sacrifice this year, with people buying less livestock for ritual slaughter.
No GM on menu at food summit
The Scientist - Tue Nov 24, 12:37 pm ET
Some food and policy experts are lamenting the meeting's failure to bring up biotechnology as a way to ease starvation
Ag schools see rolls increase
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - Thu Nov 26, 6:02 am ET
Tristesse Jones will probably never drive a tractor or guide a combine through rows of soybeans at harvest time.
Peach farmers block Greek highway
AP via Yahoo! Finance - 2 minutes ago
Protesting peach farmers are blocking a major highway in northern Greece to press for higher subsidies. Greek police say farmers have parked more than 130 tractors on the highway near Veria, about 45 miles west of Thessaloniki, disrupting traffic on a major east-west thoroughfare.
Farm Service Agency ballots due by Dec. 7
Clarinda Herald-Journal - Wed Nov 25, 10:40 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.
Washington, Iron counties designated natural disaster counties
Park Hills Daily Journal - Thu Nov 26, 8:18 am ET
Washington and Iron counties are among 47 counties designated as contiguous natural disaster counties by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Gov. Jay Nixon’s office announced last week.
Farm runoff in 41 watersheds feeding Mississippi
AP via Yahoo! News - Wed Nov 25, 8:15 am ET
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it aims to stop agricultural runoff in 41 watersheds in 12 states from ending up in the Mississippi River.
Impoverished families need food security
Centre Daily Times - Wed Nov 25, 8:59 pm ET
I strongly believe that America’s ingenuity and sense of fairness should be applied to the ef
Report says Texas' Food Stamp program needs fixing
Waxahachie Daily Light - 1 hour 0 minutes ago
AUSTIN, Texas – The Center for Public Policy Priorities is pointing to a new report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to show the urgent need for Texas to fix its system for enrolling needy families in the Food Stamp program.
Much to be thankful for, and much to do
The Charlotte Observer - Wed Nov 25, 6:32 pm ET
Of all the days in the year, among all the joyous holidays we observe in widely divergent fashion, this day above all is the best American holiday.
India is 'indispensable': Obama
AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 24, 10:18 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.
Farmer: Raising health care costs tearing apart rural Nebraska
Grand Island Independent - 1 hour 21 minutes ago
Increasing health care costs are hurting rural Nebraska, according to a Belgrade farmer, who recently visited with members of Nebraska's Congressional delegation and White House officials about health care concerns.
NASA Ames breakthrough: Algae makes sustainable biofuel
Mountain View Voice - Wed Nov 25, 7:40 pm ET
Thanks to technology developed at Moffett Field's NASA Ames, fuel for cars, trucks and planes can now be produced at your local sewage treatment plant.
Demand up at Vt. food shelves; needs met for now
AP via Yahoo! News - Wed Nov 25, 4:54 pm ET
Vermont food shelves met the increasing demand for help — barely — but they remain concerned about helping those needing Christmas time help in a state ranked among the nation's hungriest.
Land Rush in Africa
BusinessWeek - Wed Nov 25, 5:28 pm ET
Agribusiness and global investors are scooping up farmland. Are corporate farmers the new colonialists?

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