'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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Tens of thousands attend annual giveaway dinner at city's Bea Gaddy Family Center Tens of thousands attend annual giveaway dinner at city's Bea Gaddy Family Center
My wife and daughter have a Black Friday plan - they go shopping at the Gilroy outlets at midnight along with all the other crazies who pack the place and the parking lot. For Jenny and Mariah, though, it's more about novelty "fun" than business. At least I think so, and I'm all for shopping "fun" - especially when, a) I don't have to participate and b) It's being done locally. The outlets are ...
Brazil's president said that "gringos" should pay Amazon nations to prevent deforestation, insisting rich Western nations have caused much more past environmental destruction than the loggers and farmers who cut and burn trees in the world's largest tropical rain forest.
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.
by Robert Roy Britt U.S. residents are wasting food like never before. While many Americans feasted on turkey and all the fixings yesterday, 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. The study finds that about 40 percent of all the food produced in ...
Nov. 28 (Bloomberg) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy won his bid to install an ally as the European Commission’s next financial-services regulator, fueling British concern that traders and hedge funds will face stricter rules.
PIERRE — Extremely wet conditions across South Dakota have delayed the harvest for many farmers and raised concerns about the fast-approaching Dec. 10, 2009, harvest deadline for crop insurance. However, producers unable to harvest their crops due to weather conditions may be eligible for additional time from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency (RMA).
Cow pastures and cornfields are the milieu for trout angling in this hidden landscape of limestone valleys and cold-water streams.
FRONT ROYAL -- Warren County Public Schools is considering the possibility of participating in a local gardening program intended to encourage pupils to develop farming and agricultural skills.
Cambridge Development Group of Houston, is pleased to announce the opening of The Preserve on Fredericksburg, the newest, one-of-a-kind, upscale, apartment community in northwest San Antonio.
A wildlife advocacy group Friday asked President Barack Obama to end aerial gunning of coyotes and other predators, citing an Idaho incident where a shotgun-wielding parachutist illegally fired on a wolf. New Mexico-based WildEarth Guardians' 39-page petition... New Mexico - Barack Obama - Idaho - United States - Society and Culture
RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 26 (IPS) - Public money in Brazil is being used by the state development bank to finance deforestation projects and others that trample rights, concentrate wealth, and encourage "imperialist" expansion of large national companies, according to activists at a three-day meeting in this southeastern city. Inter Press Service read more
DUBLIN----Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Agriculture and EU Environmental Law" report to their offering.
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.
At the Broken Spoke. THE city’s unofficial motto, “Keep Austin Weird,” blares from bumper stickers on BMWs and jalopies alike, on T-shirts worn by joggers along Lady Bird Lake and in the windows of independently owned shops and restaurants.
For 100 years Henry Armstrong's family has farmed the same patch of central Montana land, hanging on through the Depression, low wheat prices and the ever-present risk that the next generation would move on. Armstrong, 82, lives in the same house near... Montana - Wheat - Great Depression - Farm - United States
Lower expected farm income and uncertainty surrounding reauthorization of the federal highway bill are adversely impacting Lindsay's incoming order rate.
CHICAGO (AP) -- Agriculture futures were mixed Friday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for March delivery fell 1.75 cents to $5.6975 a bushel, while March corn jumped 5.5 cents to $4.135 a bushel and oats for March delivery lost 3 cents to $2.685 a bushel. January soybeans shed 1.5 cents to $10.53 a bushel. Meanwhile, beef and pork futures traded lower on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange ...
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Australia , the world’s fourth- largest wheat exporter, may harvest less of the grain than previously forecast after extreme weather in some states trimmed yields, National Australia Bank Ltd. said today.
The Independent - Nov. 27 (Special Report) - The Danish haven of ...
The Guardian - By Anne Perkins - Nov. 26 (Opinion) - Farmers in ...
New York Times - By Andrew Rice - Nov. 22 (Special Report) - Fearing ...
agweb.com - By Pam Smith - Nov. 18 (News Report) - The earthworm ...