Apple Is Live Streaming Sept. 1 Event To Test New Server Farm [Exclusive]
September 1, 2010
Cult of Mac / Leander Kahney
Apple is live streaming Wednesday’s iPod event as a test of its massive new data center, we’ve been informed by a source.
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Farmers' Almanac: Kinder, gentler winter ahead
August 30, 2010
MSNBC.com
Good news, winter haters: After record snowfall in the mid-Atlantic and unusually cold weather down South, the Farmers' Almanac is predicting a "kinder and gentler" winter.
Food for Thought: The Farmer as Superstar
September 2, 2010
Newsweek / Julia Reed
Superstar chefs are a dime a dozen. The new foodie hero: the farmer.
Inspectors find unsanitary conditions at egg farms
August 31, 2010
Washington Post / Lyndsey Layton
Federal investigators found piles of manure up to eight feet tall, live mice, pigeons and other birds inside the hen houses at two egg farms suspected of causing a nationwide outbreak of salmonella ...
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Campaign against intensive dairy farming launched
September 2, 2010
Liberal England / Jonathan (noreply@blogger.com)
The farmer wants - an MP
September 2, 2010
ABC News
Sustainability Minister Kate Jones has accepted an offer from a Boonah farmer to join him on his property for a day to pull weeds and ear-tag cattle.
Williamson and English running racial interference on foreign investment
September 2, 2010
frogblog / frog
Yesterday, Land Information Minister Maurice Williamson claimed that opposition to foreign investment is more about racism than overseas ownership.
Farmers, Commodity Traders Find Common Soil on Twitter
September 2, 2010
Switched / Amar Toor
A lot of people go to Facebook to harvest fake crops on fictitious farms.
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Strong Exports Lift U.S. Agriculture Sector
September 1, 2010
New York Times / By WILLIAM NEUMAN
T-bone steaks from the United States on sale in Seoul, South Korea.
Inspections reveal manure, mice and maggots at Iowa egg farms.
August 31, 2010
Environmental Health News
US politicians are coming under pressure to increase regulation of the country's largest egg producers after a federal inspection of two companies at the centre of a salmonella scare revealed breaches ...
Is China Green Agriculture's Growth Sustainable?
August 31, 2010
Fool.com: The Motley Fool / Tim Beyers
It's time to check this stock's roots.
Sustainable Blogging: Blog Like a Farmer
August 31, 2010
The Blog Herald / Guest Author
This is a guest post by Kim De, a freelance writer and author of Zen Kitchen, a blog focused on recipes and food issues. Sustainability is the capacity to endure.
why do we trust farmers?
August 31, 2010
Influx Insights Weblog / Influx Insights
The "farmer" is an archetype we all instantly recognize and have positive associations with.
Egg Farms Violated Safety Rules
August 30, 2010
New York Times / By WILLIAM NEUMAN
Inspections, the F.D.A. said, found barns infested with flies, maggots and rodents, as well as overflowing manure pits.
FDA finds rodent infestation on Iowa egg farms
August 30, 2010
DesMoinesRegister.com - SPORTS
The FDA found sanitation and biosecurity lapses in Iowa hen houses that have been linked to a salmonella outbreak.
Greek Fur Farms Raided, 50,000 Minks Set Loose
August 30, 2010
CBSNews.com
Farm Employees Seen Chasing Animals with Fishing Nets; No Group Has Claimed Responsibility for Break-Ins
Humboldt Farm Report #8: Whither or Wither?
August 30, 2010
Firedoglake / Lisa Derrick
Can Humboldt create a pot tourism industry like Napa's wine tourism industry, and to a smaller extent Los Olivos, and build on what is already there in the gorgeous county? Does it want to?
Federal Agents Descend on Egg Farms for Second Time
September 1, 2010
FOX News / foxnewsonline@foxnews.com
Wright County Egg and Hillandale Farms, the two Iowa farms at the center of a salmonella outbreak and massive egg recall, have been visited by federal agents again.
Gov't Agents Descend On Iowa Egg Farms
September 1, 2010
FOX News / foxnewsonline@foxnews.com
FDA agents arrive at the two Iowa egg farms at the center of the recent salmonella outbreak investigation, though it is unclear if their presence marks the beginnings of a criminal probeAG Slammed for ...
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Jury rules ATC must pay farmer $107,173 due to power line
September 2, 2010
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A Jefferson County Circuit Court jury says American Transmission Co.
Industrial agriculture is unsafe — it's time to clean the henhouse
September 2, 2010
Seattle Times
The latest salmonella outbreak underscores the failures of industrial farming, writes columnist Nicholas D. Kristof.
A Few Things From the Farm
September 2, 2010
Home Living / LadyLydia (LadyLydiaspeaks@comcast.net)
I have been busy turning the abundance of apples and blackberries into a very delicious fresh juice. I serve it, foam and all, immediately.
Pedal-powered farm machinery for use in rural Guatemala
September 2, 2010
Boing Boing / Cory Doctorow
Maya Pedal is a Guatemalan NGO that works with international volunteers and local experts to remanufacture old bicycles to serve as "people-powered farm machines.
Daily Midwest Livestock Summary
September 2, 2010
STAT Agricultural News
AMARILLO - Sep 2/10 - SNS -- Market conditions for cattle, hogs and
The Mechanization of Agriculture in Brazil (Clements)
September 2, 2010
New Online Books
The Mechanization of Agriculture in Brazil (Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1969), by Harold M. Clements (page images at ufl.edu)
Efforts to Stave Off Hunger and Save Farms in Southern Bolivia
September 2, 2010
NewsBlaze.com Current News - Top Stories
The United Nations food aid agency has stepped in to help in southern Bolivia's El Chaco region, where a long dry spell has decimated maize harvests, threatening an entire culture of indigenous corn ...
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