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...
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... 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...
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...
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...
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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....
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...
CDC: Salmonella Outbreak is Over, Go Ahead, Pick a Pepper!
Update- August 28, 2008- CDC: Salmonella outbreak appears to be overPolitisite Reported on July 18th that the FDA/CDC had released Tomatoes as its culprit for Salmonella . We futher reported 2 weeks ago...
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20163 views | 33 recommendations | 39 comments
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...
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...
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6544 views | 32 recommendations | 30 comments
