'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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Farm Aid swings and misses
AG Weekly - 2 hours 58 minutes agoA group of musicians including Dave Matthews, Neil Young, Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp got together in St. Louis, Missouri recently and held a benefit concert to raise money for small farmers.
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Impoverished families need food security
Centre Daily Times - Wed Nov 25, 8:59 pm ETI strongly believe that America’s ingenuity and sense of fairness should be applied to the ef
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Report says Texas' Food Stamp program needs fixing
Waxahachie Daily Light - Thu Nov 26, 12:22 pm ETAUSTIN, 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.
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Emerald Ash Borer Hits Oak Forest
CBS 2 Chicago - 2 hours 3 minutes agoEarlier this year, Oak Forest public works director Troy Ishler said it wasn't a matter of "if" the emerald ash borer would begin infesting the city's ash trees, but a matter of "when."
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2010 World Ag Expo Top-10 New Products Unveiled
AG Weekly - Thu Nov 26, 1:28 pm ETTulare, Calif., (AgPR) - The results are in for the highly anticipated 2010 Top-10 New Products competition, the winners of which will be showcased Feb. 9-11 during the 43rd annual World Ag Expo in Tulare, Calif.
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Much to be thankful for, and much to do
The Charlotte Observer - Wed Nov 25, 6:32 pm ETOf 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.
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India is 'indispensable': Obama
AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 24, 10:18 pm ETBarack 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.
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Farmer: Raising health care costs tearing apart rural Nebraska
Grand Island Independent - Thu Nov 26, 12:01 pm ETIncreasing 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.
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NASA Ames breakthrough: Algae makes sustainable biofuel
Mountain View Voice - Wed Nov 25, 7:40 pm ETThanks 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.
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Demand up at Vt. food shelves; needs met for now
AP via Yahoo! News - Wed Nov 25, 4:54 pm ETVermont 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.
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Land Rush in Africa
BusinessWeek - Wed Nov 25, 5:28 pm ETAgribusiness and global investors are scooping up farmland. Are corporate farmers the new colonialists?
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Giving thanks for less
North Platte Telegraph - Thu Nov 26, 10:34 am ETThe North Platte Telegraph The cost of Thanksgiving dinner has dropped for the first time since 2004, according to a survey by American Farm Bureau Federation. The AFB's annual informal survey shows a 4 percent decline on the average cost of a classic Thanksgiving dinner nationwide, from $44.61 in 2008 to $42.91 in 2009.
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Deere reports 4Q loss on charges, lower sales
AP via Yahoo! News - Wed Nov 25, 4:34 pm ETDeere and Co. says sales of tractors, combines and other agricultural mainstays slumped in the fourth quarter and it expects farmers to remain cautious about new equipment purchases because of the weak global economy.
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Wheat Futures Rise on Signs of Improving Demand for U.S. Grain
Bloomberg - Wed Nov 25, 3:53 pm ETIraq purchased 100,000 metric tons of U.S. hard-red winter wheat, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said. Iraq will take delivery of the grain in the marketing year that ends on May 31. Japan said today it purchased 85,000 tons from U.S. stockpiles.
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European MP, Activist Jose Bové Avoids Jail for GM Attack
CommonDreams.org - Thu Nov 26, 10:14 am ETFORMER French presidential candidate José Bové has avoided time in prison and been allowed to keep his job as a European MP for his involvement in an attack on genetically modified crops in 2006. Prosecutors had called for the anti-capitalism activist to spend eight months in jail and be banned from public office for four years office for helping to destroy more than 2,000 tonnes of GM maize in ...
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China Drought Risks Food, Stability, McKinsey Says (Update1)
Bloomberg - Wed Nov 25, 5:26 am ETNov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- China’s long-term food security and social stability may be threatened unless the world’s largest grain producer invests more to fight the effects of drought, McKinsey & Co. said.
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4H students learn life skills
The Norwood Post - Thu Nov 26, 9:26 am ETTerri Lamers has been working with the Norwood-Redvale Livestock Club for four years, and she is still raising the bar and being surprised at what the kids are learning.
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World Bank to start agriculture fund with $1.5 billion
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 24, 7:46 pm ETThe World Bank will start a trust fund to boost agriculture in poor countries with an initial $1.5 billion, its president Robert Zoellick said on Tuesday, warning of the risk of another food price crisis.
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The spirit of this season: Be thankful, spend less
USA Today - Wed Nov 25, 3:13 pm ETSometime in the 1980s, when he was living on the street, the kid who later became the seminal rapper KRS-One stopped at the Bowery Mission for a sandwich. He doesn't recall what kind, only that it was served with respect.
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Global Study of Salmon Shows 'Sustainable' Food Production Isn't So Sustainable
redOrbit - Wed Nov 25, 11:18 am ETMulti-Year Study Points the Way to Sustainable Salmon Production and Debunks Food Sustainability Myths Along the Way; Mode Matters More Than MilesPopular thinking about how to improve food systems for the better often misses the point, according to the results of a three-year global study of salmon production systems.
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Uncertain Fate for Pet Moose
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China executes two in tainted milk scandal
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French farmers: we're scapegoats in algae problem
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Elaborate pot farm found near police station
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The cost of adapting to climate change
Thu Nov 26, 3:00 am ESTThe Guardian - By Anne Perkins - Nov. 26 (Opinion) - Farmers in ...
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Is There Such a Thing as Agro-Imperialism?
Sun Nov 22, 3:00 am ESTNew York Times - By Andrew Rice - Nov. 22 (Special Report) - Fearing ...
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The Dirt on Worms
Wed Nov 18, 3:00 am ESTagweb.com - By Pam Smith - Nov. 18 (News Report) - The earthworm ...
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Obama Nominates Pesticide Executive to Be Chief Agricultural Negotiator in the Office of the US Trade Representative
Tue Nov 17, 3:00 am ESTDemocracy Now - By Marcia Ishii-Eiteman, Amy Goodman - Nov. 17 ...
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