'Evangelist' for Organics Going Against the Grain in Iowa
New York Times - Wed Nov 25, 1:57 pm ETSIOUX CITY, Iowa -- In the midst of sprawling corn and soybean fields, industrial animal-processing plants and ethanol refine...
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SIOUX CITY, Iowa -- In the midst of sprawling corn and soybean fields, industrial animal-processing plants and ethanol refine...
-- SUNDAY, Nov. 29 Several airlines will begin adding 10-dollar surcharges on most of their tickets.
The Muslim holiday of Eid marks the end of Haj, or the month when Muslim pilgrims from all over the world descend on Mecca.
ALAMEDA, Calif., Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Gourmet "heritage turkeys" costing $100 or more remain a popular U.S. Thanksgiving niche, even in tough economic times, farmers say.
The San Juan County Fair Board has issued a public letter proposing that a permanent farmers market be located at the fairgrounds. The San Juan Islands Agricultural Guild is proposing that a permanent farmers market be located at 150 Nichols St., the former site of Friday Harbor Electric; the fairgrounds was ranked third on a list of proposed farmers market sites.
On a recent Thursday, dozens of families crowded into a Naperville warehouse and took a number. Those who could find a seat did so, while others stood waiting in a hallway or spilled out the front door.
CHICAGO — Prentice Jones worked construction jobs around Chicago for most of his 60 years and ...
Agriculture futures fell early Friday on the Chicago Board of Trade.
While many Americans feast on turkey and all the fixings today, a new study finds food waste per person has shot up 50 percent since 1974. Some 1,400 calories worth of food is discarded per person each day, which adds up to 150 trillion calories a year.
Associated Press - November 27, 2009 2:04 PM ET CHICAGO (AP) - Many statisticians and analysts say a recent projection that almost half of all U.S.
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.
Vast crowds of pilgrims cast stones at walls representing the devil on the third day of the annual hajj on Friday as Muslims around the world began celebrating Eid al-Adha, the most important holiday of the Islamic calendar.
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.
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.
A New Mexico State University researcher is using tree planting to help arid, impoverished regions in the Four Corners region and Africa.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Independent - Nov. 27 (Special Report) - The Danish haven of ...
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