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Farmers Fear Agriculture Dept.’s Abolition
From the NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/30/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/30agnj.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=New+Jersey+farmers&st=nyt&oref=slogin Farmers Fear Agriculture Dept.’s Abolition By IVER PETERSON Published: March 30, 2008 ALLENTOWN NEW JERSEY’S nickname notwithstanding, the Garden State’s farmers amount to just one half of one percent of the total workforce, and rank far below the next largest group, which is furniture makers, according to federal employment figures. So there is a certain political logic to Gov. Jon S.Keep the Organic Label Meaningful
Non-Organic Organic Food by Jim Hightower When it comes to a healthy diet, I am not a purist. Too late for that because I grew up eating such culinary concoctions as toasted sandwiches constructed of Spam, white bread and that oddly orange, oddly spongy cheeselike stuff known as Velveeta. As an adult, I even have been irresponsible enough to serve as a taster, judge and promoter of Spam creations that were served at a now-defunct annual event held in my town of Austin, Texas.California Water Rally
A large crowd gathered Wednesday in downtown Fresno to support the legal fight for more agricultural water. By Gene Haagenson Fresno, CA (KFSN) -- A group called The Latino Water Coalition organized a march in Los Banos, and the rally in Fresno for one reason. Coalition leader Mario Santoyo explains: "The intent of the rally is to keep the issue alive in the media and in the public eye."Beijing Farm Tour
Tour Code: BJ-PO-16Tour Name: Beijing Farm Tour to Hancunhe Village and Jinxiu Dadi Agriculture ParkDeparture: dailyDuration: 1 dayPackage includes: Vehicle, Guide, Meal, Admission Fee... Highlights: Hancunhe Village-Jinxiu Dadi Agriculture Park Beijing Farm TourBeijing-Hancunhe Village-Jinxiu Dadi Agriculture Park Day Trip This trip we will learn something about modern farming in Beijing suburb. Detail ItineraryPick-up from your hotel around 8:00 AM.H1N1 Flu Confirmed in Iowa Cat
The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) and the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (IDALS) remind Iowans that in addition to protecting their families, friends and neighbors from the spread of the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus, it’s important to remember to protect family pets from the illness, as well. People who are sick with H1N1 can spread the virus not only to humans, but to some animals. The Departments are sharing this message following the confirmation of a case of H1N1 in an Iowa cat.Bush family political heir is shipping off to war
This is from Yahoo! News' blog... I just though it was interesting.
California’s Present Day Dust Bowl
PUBLIC POST *
"The entire length of the 5 freeway between Sacramento and Los Angeles is lined with orchards and farms - just beautiful to behold and about 8% of the fruit produce for the nation comes from these orchards. Orchards which are now dead and being destroyed because water has been cut off to the orchards and farms in the Central Valley. Yes, there is a drought in California, but the reservoirs are full - the water is just not getting to the farms and orchards, it is going to the fish."
Who Killed California?
by Troy Senik http://nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/who-killed-california My apologies for having nothing originally in this post. The text was here but didn't show up. Apparently this article is too long to be printed here, at about 11 pages. It is nevertheless worth reading, unless, as someone has already done, you have made your mind up what to believe before reading.I guess thay didn't like my first title ("Civil Service")
Lexington Of debt and deadbeats Oct 8th 2009 From The Economist print edition A new culture war is brewing over capitalism SEVENTEEN Uncle Sams were seen begging on the streets of Washington, DC, this week. They were a sad sight, with their slightly bedraggled red, white and blue hats and their cardboard signs with the hand-scrawled plea: “I want YOU to give me $12 trillion.” It was a publicity stunt, of course, staged by DefeatTheDebt.com, a fiscally hawkish pressure group. But it captured something important about the national mood.E. Coli Path Shows Flaws in Ground Beef Inspection
By MICHAEL MOSS
Published: October 3, 2009
Stephanie Smith, a children’s dance instructor, thought she had a stomach virus. The aches and cramping were tolerable that first day, and she finished her classes.
Then her diarrhea turned bloody.
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