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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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Farmer: Raising health care costs tearing apart rural Nebraska
Grand Island Independent - Thu Nov 26, 12:01 pm ET
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?
Giving thanks for less
North Platte Telegraph - Thu Nov 26, 10:34 am ET
The 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.
Rockport cafe sees holiday as way to connect
Bangor Daily News - 6 minutes ago
ROCKPORT, Maine -- A stream of hungry people poured into the new Farmers Fare cafe and marketplace Thursday afternoon to enjoy a free community "Feastival." "It's been amazing," said …
Deere reports 4Q loss on charges, lower sales
AP via Yahoo! News - Wed Nov 25, 4:34 pm ET
Deere 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.
Insect find threatens area citrus crops
San Bernardino Sun - 19 minutes ago
The Redlands area is part of swaths of Southern California under citrus quarantine.
Cherokee Nation seed exchange operation grows
Muskogee Phoenix - 25 minutes ago
TAHLEQUAH — This spring when the Cherokee Nation announced a small program offering free seeds to grow rare Cherokee heirloom plants, Pat Gwin assumed he would probably send out about 20 to 30 packages of seeds to local citizens.
Emerald ash borer hits Oak Forest
SouthtownStar - Thu Nov 26, 5:39 am ET
Earlier 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." When is apparently now after the Illinois Department of Agriculture confirmed to the city the ash borer had been identified in at least one tree. Joe Petrizzo, Oak Forest's superintendent of streets for the ...
Brazil: ‘Gringos’ must pay to stop Amazon razing
Chattanooga Times Free Press - 32 minutes ago
razil’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 tropical rain forest.
It worked for Oregon wine, now olive oil? A Dundee pioneer hopes so
The Oregonian - 40 minutes ago
Can lightning strike twice? Oregon's fine wines came out of nowhere, and now a handful of growers believe the state can produce high-quality olive oil as well.
Boat deal saddens some in Eastport
Bangor Daily News - 42 minutes ago
EASTPORT, Maine -- A special boat, one that Eastporters have a sentimental attachment to, was sold to the highest bidder this week -- a bid of $68,750 from a Machiasport lobster fisherman. The …
Forest Service acquires scenic land in Sierra
San Diego Union-Tribune - Thu Nov 26, 5:32 pm ET
More than 1,200 scenic acres in the Sierra Nevada mountains around Truckee, including a spectacular waterfall, have been purchased by the U.S. Forest Service.
Revised land use guidelines proposed
Bangor Daily News - 51 minutes ago
AUGUSTA, Maine -- Staff at the Land Use Regulation Commission are recommending numerous minor alterations but no major substantive changes to the latest draft of the comprehensive plan that guides …
Wheat Futures Rise on Signs of Improving Demand for U.S. Grain
Bloomberg - Wed Nov 25, 3:53 pm ET
Iraq 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.
European MP, Activist Jose Bové Avoids Jail for GM Attack
CommonDreams.org - Thu Nov 26, 10:14 am ET
FORMER 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 ...
China Drought Risks Food, Stability, McKinsey Says (Update1)
Bloomberg - Wed Nov 25, 5:26 am ET
Nov. 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.
The Southern Gardener: If there's no joy in tasks, uproot them, lose them
Memphis Commercial Appeal - 1 hour 11 minutes ago
It's not only the end results of doing stuff in the yard and garden that are so important; it's the doing the things in themselves.To me, eating home-cooked food is all the better for the preparation. In fact, I look forward to the simple routine of making coffee every morning, which helps start my day with something familiar: Start the water to boil, grind whole coffee beans (love the fresh ...
Cultivating a culture of health & wellness - a prescription with priceless results
New Hampshire Business Review - 20 minutes ago
Find out what some progressive companies are doing to keep employees healthy and productive while controlling their health care costs. The 2009 NHBR Health Care Forum, sponsored by MVP Health Care , addresses the new connections between nutrition, lifetime wellness and its positive impact on health care cost trends.

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