Wind farms put pressure on bats.
August 26, 2008
Environmental Health News
Bats are at risk from wind turbines, researchers have found, because the rotating blades produce a change in air pressure that can kill the mammals.
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Rachael Ray Shopping at Farmer’s Market
August 28, 2008
Daytime Talk - daytime talkshows / Jeanne
Daytime talk show host and Food Network star, Rachael Ray, was spotted out shopping at the Union Square Farmer’s Market with a member of her audience (trying to find out the story behind that ...
As Food Prices Soar, Brazil and Argentina React in Opposite Ways
August 27, 2008
New York Times
In Brazil, the government is encouraging farmers to produce more for export while prices are high. But Argentina is focused on encouraging farmers to sell more at home.
Clive Thompson on Why Urban Farming Isn't Just for Foodies
August 27, 2008
Wired / Clive Thompson
This year, Carol Nissen's crops include mesclun, cherry tomatoes, strawberries, and assorted herbs. When she sits down to dine, she's often eating food grown with her own two hands.
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North Dakota agriculture chief says farmers working to gather seed stocks for Cuba potato deal
August 29, 2008
Canadian Business Online: Market News / JAMES MacPHERSON
North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson says the state's potato farmers are scrambling to gather seed potatoes for an anticipated
Farming Costs in the U.S. Up Versus Last Year
August 29, 2008
STAT Agricultural News
WASHINGTON - Aug 29/08 - SNS -- The August Index of Prices Paid for Commodities and Services, Interest, Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates (PPITW) is 194% of the 1990-92 average, according to this USDA update.
Market Creation at the Base of the Pyramid: It Isn't Easy
August 29, 2008
NextBillion.net - Development Through Enterprise - Eradicating Poverty through Profit / Rob Katz
"...you can have the very best technology in the world, and if you don't get it out there and market it, if you don't have a distribution network, then it doesn't have any impact.
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Dispatches from the Fields: The trouble with small-scale farming
August 26, 2008
Gristmill
By Stephanie Paige OgburnIn "Dispatches from the Fields," Ariane Lotti and Stephanie Ogburn, who are working on small farms in Iowa and Colorado this season, share their thoughts on ...
The Uncool Animal Farm Bill
August 27, 2008
Cato-at-liberty / Daniel Ikenson
Congress believes some Americans are more equal than others.
2 boys die in farming accident in northwest Alberta
August 28, 2008
CBC | Canadian News
Two young brothers were killed Wednesday in northwestern Alberta after they entered a grain hopper and were sucked beneath the grain.
Farmers urged to take precautions
August 28, 2008
Jamaica News latest RSS headlines - Jamaican Times.com
Agriculture minister, Dr Christopher Tufton, said although Gustav was downgraded from a Category One hurricane, the protection of livestock to reduce the impact of damage is important.Tufton said a Na.
the farmer's market
August 28, 2008
gapingvoid: "cartoons drawn on the back of business cards" / hugh macleod
["Edges 3". Part of "The Edges" Series. Click on image to enlarge etc.] Alpine, Texas.
Fife farmer loses his fight to harvest one more crop
August 28, 2008
The News Tribune - Homepage - News, Sports, Entertainment
Workers were plucking plump blackberries and raspberries off the vines at a Fife farm this week, trying to bring in the final crop from another disappearing plot of prime Puyallup Valley soil.
Federal inspectors not at fault for listeriosis outbreak: agriculture minister
August 27, 2008
CBC | Top Stories News
Federal inspectors in charge of overseeing health standards at a Maple Leaf Foods processing plant at the centre of a deadly outbreak of listeriosis were doing their job properly, Federal Agriculture ...
Martha Stewart to show her farm in season premiere; Emeril Lagasse to become regular contributor
August 27, 2008
The TV Guy / halboedeker
Have you been wondering what Martha Stewart's farm looks like? You'll want to see the Sept. 15 season premiere of "The Martha Stewart Show.
Wordless Wednesday: On Daddy's Birthday
August 27, 2008
just another day of Catholic pondering / Sarah Reinhard (noreply@blogger.com)
Deadly Pathogen Harms Florida Citrus Groves
August 26, 2008
New York Times
The world’s most destructive citrus disease is threatening the largest domestic producer of these fruits.
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U.S. Ag Secretary says Farm Bill implementation ‘going well’
August 29, 2008
Iowa Independent - Front Page / Dien Judge
Implementation of the new farm bill will ultimately be handed off to the next presidential administration, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer said at a press conference in Iowa Thursday.
International Farmers Market apparently closing in Chamblee
August 29, 2008
Sports | ajc.com
The shelves are mostly bare at the once-booming International Farmers Market in Chamblee. Employee Robert Salassi said the market could close in the next week.
Calif. farmers use guns, poison to protect crops
August 29, 2008
MSNBC.com
Farmers in “America’s Salad Bowl” are turning into hunters — stalking wild pigs, rabbits and deer — to keep E. coli and other harmful bacteria out of their fields.
Creekstone Farms v. USDA:
August 29, 2008
The Volokh Conspiracy / Jonathan Adler
Today a divided U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit held in Creekstone Farms Premium Beef v. USDA that the USDA may prohibit Creekstone Farms from testing its cows...
MundiMuster! Endorse the Declaration for Healthy Food and Agriculture
August 29, 2008
amor mundi / Dale Carrico (noreply@blogger.com)
Calif. farmers use guns, poison to safeguard crops
August 29, 2008
AP Top-Sports Headlines At 7:30 p.m.
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) -- Farmers in "America's Salad Bowl" are turning into hunters - stalking wild pigs, rabbits and deer - to keep E. coli and other harmful bacteria out of their fields....
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