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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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Australian Wheat Crop Forecast Cut by National Australia Bank
Bloomberg - Thu Nov 26, 6:58 pm ET
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Australia’s wheat crop forecast for the current harvest was cut by National Australia Bank Ltd. after frosts in New South Wales and hot weather in Victoria and South Australia states.
Middletown artists open up
Gazette.net - Thu Nov 26, 4:57 am ET
Guests visit Anne Gibson Snyder's Catepetl art studio in her Middletown home during the Valley Craft Network's Holiday Studio Tour on Sunday afternoon.
Bagged turkey in oven sparks kitchen fire
Cape Cod Times - 5 minutes ago
HYANNIS — A woman's Thanksgiving feast was ruined yesterday afternoon when the turkey she was cooking in a paper bag caught on fire, a fire department official said.
Put food safety on Thanksgiving menu
Chicago Sun-Times - Thu Nov 26, 6:01 am ET
With visions of turkey dancing in our collective heads, families across the country are preparing their Thanksgiving Day menus.One of the most important ingredients for a successful Thanksgiving event is safe handling of the food you serve your family; with that on the menu, you can relax and enjoy your day.Many cooks make a whole turkey only once a year and are therefore unsure how to tell when ...
Corn Rebounds as Dollar Drop Boosts Investment; Soybeans Gain
Bloomberg - Wed Nov 25, 8:23 pm ET
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Corn rose for the first time in seven sessions on speculation that a slumping dollar will increase demand for commodities as an alternative investment and an inflation hedge. Soybeans also gained.
Call for Artists : 13th Annual Subtle Technologies Festival Explores Sustainability (2009-11-26 - 2010-01-09)
Absolutearts.com - Thu Nov 26, 4:07 am ET
13th Annual Subtle Technologies Festival Explores Sustainability - Deadline: January 9 2010 - Festival Dates: University of Toronto June 3 - 6 2010. It will be nearly half a century since Rachel Carson's book "Silent Spring", just over five since Al Gore's "Inconvenient Truth", and less than three years since Anya Hindmarch's "I'm not a plastic bag" eco-bag hit the shelves. The grassroots have ...
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.
New discovery may lead to heartier, high-yielding plants
Science Daily - Thu Nov 26, 8:21 pm ET
Scientists have shown how a family of genes (1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate synthase, or ACS genes), in the weed Arabidopsis thaliana, are responsible for production of ethylene. This gas affects many aspects of plant development, and this information, which will be applicable to other plants, lays the foundation for future genetic manipulation that could make plants disease resistant, able ...
Bass, blues bite until the wind takes over
The Record and Herald News - 42 minutes ago
The striped bass and blue fishing was just about as good as it gets last week, but another northeast blow has closed the door on boaters who were looking to cash in.
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 .
Texas lawmakers carry weight in raw oyster debate
San Antonio Express-News - 1 hour 9 minutes ago
Protests from lawmakers in states along the Gulf of Mexico prompted the government to back away Nov. 13 from the ban. The Food and Drug Administration cited about 15 deaths a year from bacteria in the shellfish that cause kidney failure and intense pain.
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.
Hog-Tied Farmers: As pork producers go under, farms face disaster as income from contracts drops
Winston-Salem Journal - 2 hours 16 minutes ago
On a recent camping trip with his son's Cub Scout troop, Curtis Barwick ended a talk about his job managing contracts for the now-bankrupt Coharie Hog Farms with a desperate plea. "I really don't care if you eat the sausage or not," Barwick told the Scouts. "Just buy it."
Garden club's housewalk a perfect cup of tea
Daily Herald - 1 hour 15 minutes ago
Go ahead. Admit that you're curious. You'd like to walk through big, lovely houses to see how other people live. And it'd be fun to take your tour when the houses are decked out in ribbons and bows, stars and greenery, holiday spirit and seasonal cheer.
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.
Mass. farms pitch their Christmas trees
Boston Herald - 1 hour 34 minutes ago
When it comes to finding that perfect Christmas tree, Massachusetts officials have two words for holiday revelers: shop local. Agricultural Resources Commissioner Scott...
Bodies may be those of missing fishermen
San Francisco Chronicle - Thu Nov 26, 8:04 pm ET
The Coast Guard and Sonoma County Sheriff's department pulled two bodies - possibly missing crab fishermen - from the waters off of Bodega Bay this afternoon. Two men launched their 20-foot boat from Bodega Harbor early this morning to go crab fishing and...
'Ghost' traps, long lost, keep catching lobsters
San Jose Mercury News - 1 hour 48 minutes ago
PORTLAND, Maine — 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.
Brazil: 'Gringos' must pay to stop Amazon razing
San Francisco Chronicle - Thu Nov 26, 7:39 pm ET
Brazil's president said Thursday 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... Brazil - Deforestation - Amazon Rainforest - Amazon - South America
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.

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