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Peoples and daily life in Korea
East Asian Culture | 14 hours ago by Fredrik Gustafsson
The people of both North and South Korea are overwhelmingly of a homogeneous Korean background. The evolution of the Korean people goes back more 9000 year with little input from other racial and cultural groupings. The strongest influence came from read more
Mining conflict: Farmers claim company seized their lands
EcoWar | 20 hours ago by Benno Hansen
on August 9, 2008, around 200 residents from barangays Cagusuan and Pagbabangnan raided the barracks of Cambayas Mining Corp. in Homonhon, eastern Samar. [...] The attack was staged mostly by farmers who claimed that the mining company seized the l read more
Ministry approves plan to cultivate key export crops
Vietnam Business Finance News | October 11th 2008 by Huge
Opening in Bank of Baroda for 200 Agriculture Officers
Sinlung Nation | October 11th 2008
Bank of Baroda, India’s International Bank, with a network of more than 2850 branches in India enjoys the unique distinction of overseas presence in 25 countries. The global business of the Bank is over Rs.2,60,000 crores. The Bank’s Mission is read more
Canadians do not need national food safety standards
ThePolitic.com | October 10th 2008
I am appalled to hear Michael McCain, the head of Maple Leaf Foods Incorporated demanding national food safety standards and the dismantling provincial standards. There are so many things wrong with this. First of all and most importantly, the best read more
Women’s becoming catalyst for social change in Garo Hills
Sinlung Nation | October 10th 2008
By Saidul Khan Women in the far flung remote areas of Garo Hills in India’s Meghalaya are forming Self Help Groups, which is bringing in a significant change in their lifestyle. Thanks to organizations like Bakdil, which have made women realize the read more
Farmer-in-Chief
JakeBouma.com | October 10th 2008 by Jake Bouma
Michael Pollan, author of the Omnivore’s Dilemma, writes an open letter to the next President Farmer-in-Chief. “This, in brief, is the bad news: the food and agriculture policies you’ve inherited — designed to maximize production read more
What to watch for at the Annual Meetings
PSD Blog - The World Bank's Private Sector Development… | October 10th 2008
Robert Zoellick leads off with the opening press conference of the Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank and IMF (video after the jump). Zoellick argues that developing countries now face a triple hit: "In July, at the G8 summi read more
Agricultural, aquatic and forestry export values reach US $12.3 b…
Vietnam Business Finance News | October 10th 2008 by Huge
Jim Rogers Is Buying More Commodities, Currencies
Investorazzi.com | October 10th 2008 by Christopher E. Hill
Legendary investor Jim Rogers appeared on CNBC Friday, and talked about a number of topics, including what he’s doing with his money right now. The CEO of Rogers Holdings said: Well, I have an enormous amount of cash, and I’ve been using it to bu read more
As Global Clean Tech Investing Reaches Record Levels, Another Fun…
Green Prophet | October 10th 2008 by karink
It’s all about food
Around Des Moines | October 9th 2008 by Sandy Renshaw
Four items you need to know about food in Des Moines. The World Food Festival runs from Friday October 10 - Sunday October 12 in the East Village in Des Moines. The Cultural Cafes feature a wonderful variety of foods: American (including BBQ and Lou read more
Let there be Fungi!: Part 2.
Bundoran Farm Field Notes | October 9th 2008 by Blue Ion
You may remember a posting from March 6, 2008 titled: “Let there be Fungi” Our hard work is paying off! The first significant flush of Shitake Mushrooms were picked earlier today. The harvest was not huge, as it usually isn’t in the fir read more
Australian Halal brand goes global
Global Islamic Finance Centre | October 9th 2008 by Ahmad Sanusi Husain
ChevGirl Write In And Says “My Marriage is Suffering Because of…
Credit, Debt, Life and Steve | October 9th 2008 by Steve Rhode
ChevGirl wrote to me through the GetOutOfDebt.org site and asked the following question. If you have a credit or debt question you’d like to ask just use the online form . I’m happy to help you totally for free. Income from the GetOutOfDe read more
ChevGirl Write In And Says “My Marriage is Suffering Because of…
Get Out of Debt | October 9th 2008 by Steve Rhode
ChevGirl wrote to me through the GetOutOfDebt.org site and asked the following question. If you have a credit or debt question you’d like to ask just use the online form. I’m happy to help you totally for free. Income from the GetOutOfDe read more
Allen, Nevin & Archie
Granny Miller | October 9th 2008 by granny miller
This Allen.He's a big love boy.He and Nevin are the only rams that were born this past spring that I kept back.Nevin is temporarily being kept through breeding season.He and Allen are going to run together with a group of large framed cross bred ewe read more
‘Climate Change on Canvas’
The Painting Activist | October 8th 2008 by Ashley Cecil
48″ x 72″ oil on canvas SOLD See all artwork available for sale. I am so incredibly honored to publish this post. This enormous painting was commissioned by my favorite kind of client, a nonprofit organization. I was selected by Oxfam A read more
What Jim Rogers Is Investing In These Days
Investorazzi.com | October 8th 2008 by Christopher E. Hill
With all the turmoil going on in the financial markets these days, how is legendary investor Jim Rogers playing his cards? From India’s NDTV this past weekend: NDTV: Will you buy when there’s blood on the street? Jim Rogers: If the US and other w read more
How to Save an Economy? Start Growing Food
Ecolocalizer | October 8th 2008 by Lucille Chi
I can’t be the only one wondering what I’d do if the bottom really drops out of the economy and we’re all left to fend for ourselves. And the best answer I keep coming to is farming, as in growing my own — and others’ &# read more
ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS PICKS
The Conservation Report | October 8th 2008 by Buck Denton
AGRICULTURE: SCIENTIST AT WORK | NORMAN T. UPHOFF: Food Revolution That Starts With Rice ANIMAL WELFARE: Boy fed zoo reptiles to crocodile: A seven-year-old boy has been filmed going on the rampage at a popular zoo in Australia, killing rare rep read more
Food For Thought - Getting the Wheat
Bulgarian Vistas | October 8th 2008 by John Rocha
Down on the Farm Like a lot of people around the world, I’ve been rather busy. Busy not directly because of the difficult circumstances of the world economy, but certainly because these difficulties have made me think a bit and partly it’s ab read more
The Rise of Carbon Cowboys
CleanBeta | October 7th 2008 by William Pentland
If you think the mortgage-backed securities that has brought Wall Street to the brink of collapse seem a bit phony, hold on to your hat because cowboy capitalism is earning a new set of spurs in... The Search for Sustainable Technologies read more
AGRICULTURE: Redefining meat as sustainable by farming alternativ…
The Conservation Report | October 7th 2008 by Buck Denton
Farming smaller cattle breeds Dexter cattle were considered an endangered livestock breed, but environmental concerns in addition to rising energy and food costs are making mini moos like Dexter cattle popular again. From the Times Online: For betwe read more
Dairy Farmers Get Lighting Retrofit Rebate
Clean Energy Leader | October 7th 2008
Focus on Energy is offering a $90-per-fixture rebate to agricultural, commercial or industrial facilities that upgrade their 400-watt lighting with lighting that consume 250-watts or less per fixture. The project must cost less than $25,000 to qualif read more
Future Global Catastrophes
CleanBeta | October 7th 2008 by William Pentland
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“One family’s 60-year effort to save special wilderness”
Bundoran Farm Field Notes | October 7th 2008 by Blue Ion
This was the headline in the September 11, 2008 issue of The Recorder, which is the local newspaper serving Bath and Highland counties in western Virginia. The story can be read online at: http://www.therecorderonline.com/news/2008/0911/news/002. read more
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