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We should be clear about what corn for ethanol really is - 'a heavily subsidized cash crop supported by a powerful lobby.
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Kentucky Firm Recalls Frozen Stuffed Chicken Sandwiches
... pounds of frozen stuffed chicken sandwich products that may contain pieces of plastic, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced today. The following products are subject to recall: * 9-ounce boxes of "Lean ...
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USDA Will List Retail Stores Receiving Recalled Products
Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer today announced that beginning next month, USDA will begin listing retail stores receiving meat and poultry products involved in Class I recalls - those of the most serious ...
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Tomato growers: Salmonella scare damages industry
... confidence through lower pricing and pitching the health benefits of fresh tomatoes. The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has worked to spread the news that the state-grown tomatoes are safe, even offering "Virginia Grown" ...
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The New York Times has an article today on the official announcement yesterday by the monarchical dictatorship in Cuba of its plans to reform farming on the island to boost food output.
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Burmese refugees find safety in Austin
He joined a democracy group in neighboring India. If he returned to his home country, he'd be arrested, maybe tortured, possibly killed.
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... oil supply growth, according to a senior commodity analyst at Merrill Lynch. Through the existing ability of agriculture and developing technologies that will improve efficiencies and productivity of farmers and biofuel producers, the food needs of ...
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The Flint Hills Beef Fest will be held Aug. 15-17 in Emporia, with most of the events taking place on the Lyon County Fairgrounds.
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Briefly on Saturday, July 19, 2008
Students in the Upper Adams School District will have to reach deeper into their pockets this school year to pay for their lunches.
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Cuba to Put More Farm Land in Private Hands
Moving to reduce dependence on costly food imports, President Raul Castro has authorized putting vacant farmland in private hands, communist Cuba's state media reported Friday.
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Published: Saturday, July 19, 2008 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, July 19, 2008 at 3:40 a.m. The rising sun Friday created a blue and pink pastel sky over the Gulf.
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Supes weigh requests from rural dwellers
... he would like his children to have somewhere on his property to live. Pippo owns about 300 acres currently zoned agriculture, meaning the parcels of land are 20 acres or greater. He has asked for the 5-acre parcels so his children, should they chose ...
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Collective food safety of CIS states: problems and solutions
... 2000 an average volume of gross agricultural output in the Commonwealth has increased by 29%. Kyrgyz Minister of Agriculture Arystanbek Nogoyev said that specialization of productions and free trade between our states enabled to stabilize agro-food ...
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EC proposes massive aid to help feed developing countries
... and seed, possibly through credit, and to safety-net measures aimed at improving productive capacity in agriculture. "The impact of high food prices is particularly severe for the world's poorest populations," said EC President Jose Manuel Barroso. ...
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Bacteria Disrupts Lucrative Oyster Industry
Published: Saturday, July 19, 2008 at 7:40 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, July 19, 2008 at 7:40 a.m. QUILCENE, Wash.
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Judge: Water delivery system harms Calif. salmon
A federal judge ruled Friday that California's water systems threaten to push native, wild salmon into extinction but stopped short of ordering any immediate water cutbacks farmers said would have cost them ...
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Jamir sworn in as new Maharashtra governor
... handling portfolios like railways, labour and rehabilitation, community development and cooperation, food and agriculture. In 1971, he moved to state politics and was elected to the Nagaland legislative assembly and since then never lost any ...
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Explore Trails in Ontario on Canada's Parks Day
ALFRED, ON, July 19 /CNW/ - Today's Trails Open Ontario event on the Prescott and Russell Recreational Trail is one of many activities across the country marking Canada's Parks Day.
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... business, Flowers by Spain, until moving to Washington, D.C., with her husband when he joined the Dept. of Agriculture in 1985. While there, she was the guiding light and impetus behind the "National Earth Team," an innovative volunteer organization ...
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Argentine rescinds farm tax increase
BUENOS AIRES : President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner decided Friday to revoke tax increases on grain exports, a measure that had set off four months of farm revolts, food shortages and nationwide protests.
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