North Vancouver city considers plan for farms on boulevards

"UBC lab is ‘trying to create something that doesn’t exist anywhere else’ From the Victory gardens of the last century’s two world wars to the community-garden movement started in the 1970s, urban...

The Devil arrested for messing with man's world vision, cops say

Should he go to jailor straight to hell? " A man's trip to a Cumberland Farms store turned into a chance encounter with a scraggly version of Beelzebub, according to Port St. Lucie cops. The victim told officers...

Hermes breeds their own crocodiles to meet bag demand

French fashion giant Hermes has decided to open their own crocodile farms in Australia to meet the heavy demand for their handbags made of crocodile skin. Customers who order these bags, some at over $48,000 US, can...

Agriturismo in Italy: Agricultural tourism?

What is Agriturismo?  It is an Italian term for a farm holiday or agricultural tourism, but mainly it’s a concept.The idea is to better comprehend the farmers' life and rural traditions. It is taking in...

Puerto Rico Exporting 2000 Monkeys to Baghdad

    What do you do with unwanted monkeys that are destroying your agriculture? Well if you're in Puerto Rico they have a one way ticket to Baghdad. Over thirty years ago a dozen patas and rhesus...

Large fish farms off Gulf seem likely to go ahead

Fish farms off the Gulf of Mexico will likely receive approval to become the first ocean large-scale fish farm in the United States. The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will vote next week on whether to...

General Motors' Bust Turns Detroit Into Urban Farming Mecca

For some time now I have been advocating or writing about the need to re-think the role of food production in the context of the new, emerging economic realities.  It seems that we have an early indication of...

The Passion of a New England Farm

Smolak Farm is surrounded by preservation land in a country setting in North Andover, Massachusetts. A distinct seasonal personality of New England set in a green valley surrounded with vivid warm autumn foliage....

Agricultural Policy Ministry Sets Minimum And Maximum Prices For Class VI Whe...

Agricultural Policy Ministry Sets Minimum And Maximum Prices For Class VI Wheat, Barley And Corn For 2008/2009: The Agricultural Policy Ministry sets minimum and maximum prices for class VI...

ABC News: Feds: 300 Suspected Illegals Held After S.C. Raid

" The raid took place during a shift change. Immigration officials kept the workers inside the House of Raeford's Columbia Farms plant and spent most of the morning trying to interview them and figure out...

Wind Farms are not a threat to birds says study

According to a new study released today, wind farms are not a threat to birds and do not drive them from the surrounding areas, which could be good news for wind farms and renewable energy sources.It has...

China detains 22 suspects over melamine mixing

" Police in the Chinese province at the centre of a scandal over tainted milk powder have detained 22 people suspected of involvement in introducing the chemical melamine into the supply chain, state media said on Tuesday. Thousands of children have been hospitalised with...

22 Arrested in China on Melamine Charges

22 people have been arrested in north China's Habei Province for their involvement in the melamine milk scandal which has plagued countries worldwide.  The individuals are suspected as being involved in the...

PETA Asks Ben & Jerry's to use Human Milk- YUCK!

" Burlington, Vt. - This morning, PETA dispatched a letter to Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, cofounders of ice cream icon Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc., urging them to replace the cow's milk in their products...

Greenpeace's grid plan: North Sea grid could bring wind power to 70m homes

A realistic plan to provide 1/3 of Europe's energy needs from renewable sources could be just the thing needed to jumpstart renewable energy advances to take advantage of alternative energy trading between...

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