Tag: agriculture
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May 16, 2007 02:20 PM EDT --
Sunshine makes most people smile and happy. Or at least sunshine puts you in a better mood after cloudy or dreary days. In many parts of the world people take sunshine for certain when it is . . .
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September 15, 2009 12:36 PM EDT --
Recently my daughter and I moved down from the mountainous area east of San Diego, California to the small foothill town of Lakeside. It is not far from an escarpment called El Capitan, which is a spectacular . . .
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December 08, 2006 06:49 PM EST --
Agriculture subsidies. Affirmative action. Diversity policies in school admissions. Universal health care. Welfare.
What do all of these things have in common? They’re . . .
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November 14, 2007 10:36 AM EST --
According to The Augusta Chronicle, computer models are showing the Augusta, GA area could recieve more consistant rainfall soon. That is not alieviating my fears. According to a Sr. Hydrologist, Mr. . . .
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January 08, 2008 11:44 AM EST --
The Rain Is Gone and It Is a Bright Sunny Day in the This Horse Camp
It is still frosty. I just went for a walk and I should have worn a warmer jacket. It must be down into the low 30s. That three-part . . .
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January 29, 2009 11:38 AM EST --
I just love Australian newspapers.
According to the Courier News, citing a British report conducted by Catherine Douglas for Newcastle University in Northern England, cows with names give more milk . . .
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August 22, 2009 03:22 PM EDT --
This is way overdue. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, they adopted an American model for distribution. Of course, the distribution networks doubled the prices and weren't efficient. . . .
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October 16, 2009 09:52 AM EDT --
Bill Gates says ideology threatens hunger fix
Reporting by: Roberta Rampton and Christine Stebbins; Editing by Lisa Shumaker Reuters 15 October 2009
DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct 15 (Reuters) . . .
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April 20, 2006 04:57 AM EDT --
Short answer: They don't want to be sued.
Like Oprah Winfrey was when she made comments about not wanting to eat beef in response to the Mad Cow disease concerns raised by an observer of beef . . .
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April 24, 2008 11:34 AM EDT --
Carrying food in Zimbabwe. © United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
The dramatic rise in world food prices has once again forced hunger to the . . .
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May 16, 2008 08:17 PM EDT --
1. USA Rice Foodservice is offering a free DVD about rice in the United States. At first I thought it was a download-video-over-the-web type deal only, but then I scrolled down the page and saw the form . . .
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October 04, 2008 11:25 PM EDT --
For this Gather list game, list out things you would find on or around the farm...animals, objects, people all qualify!
1 answer per comment, but leave as many as you'd like..Thanks for playing! . . .
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February 04, 2009 04:40 PM EST --
Reporting from Washington -- California's farms and vineyards could vanish by the end of the century, and its major cities could be in jeopardy, if Americans do not act to slow the advance of global . . .
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September 13, 2009 06:26 AM EDT --
The man known as the "father of the green revolution," agricultural scientist Norman Borlaug, has died at the age of 95.
Many probably have never heard of Norman Borlaug, but he arguably did more . . .
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October 22, 2008 02:25 PM EDT --
October 16, 2008
Jeffrey Allen , OneWorld US
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct 16 (OneWorld) - Concerns are growing that many low- and middle-income families in the United States and around the world . . .
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November 28, 2008 08:32 AM EST --
Once upon a time, thousands of years ago, people used no money at all. These people were living in extended family groups and survived by hunting and gathering. The men hunted . . .
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May 14, 2009 07:49 AM EDT --
First Lady Michelle Obama has planted the first vegetable garden on White House grounds since Eleanor Roosevelt grew a Victory Garden during World War II.
WWII
We talk today about Victory . . .
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June 06, 2009 09:36 AM EDT --
Agriculture, so often cited as a factor in global decline - for claiming natural grasslands that store carbon, soil erosion and pesticide runoff - could become a big part of the solution to global warming, . . .
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November 20, 2009 08:58 PM EST --
Livestock farm vandalism case grows cold in Calhoun County
(Nov. 6, 2009) Calhoun County Sheriff Bill Davis says a $10,000 reward offered by the farm and ag community has failed to generate any . . .
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July 08, 2009 04:53 PM EDT --
When you've eaten all the lettuce, sometimes you can re-grow more leaves from the bottom.
Also, when you plant seeds that come up too close together, if you pull some out in a clump carefully, and divide . . .
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