Results for keyword: Agriculture
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Love and tomatoes -- a natural combination
Diamonds aren't always a girl's best friend; sometimes a fresh, ripe, local tomato is.
by Jeremy N. Smith, Aug 23, 2012 -
Out in the cold
When Julene Bair sold the family farm, she severed her lifelong connections with a sense of place and her own childhood.
by Julene Bair, Dec 03, 2008 -
Field Day
In some Western states, including Colorado, prison inmates are taking the place of immigrant farmworkers.
by Marty Durlin, Oct 10, 2008 -
Left in the lurch
The recent expiration of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act has left western Oregon counties without funds.
by Andrea Appleton, Jul 31, 2008 -
Climate cash-in
Western farmers and ranchers using progressive land-management techniques can make a few bucks from the new carbon market – but some critics say it won’t lead to any real reduction in carbon emissions.
by Stephanie Paige Ogburn, May 26, 2008 -
The ugly economy of killing wildlife
Lisa Upson and Wendy Keefover-Ring believe that Wildlife Services’ predator control program is ugly, ineffective, inhumane and indiscriminate.
by Lisa Upson and Wendy Keefover-Ring, May 05, 2008 -
Coffee with the ladies
Rancher Mary Flitner visits with some female bovine friends before going off to have coffee with the human ladies of Shell, Wyo.
by Mary Flitner, May 05, 2008 -
Predator control looks a lot different on the ground
Bonnie Kline says Wildlife Services, the federal agency in charge of predator control, helps keep rural economies alive.
by Bonnie Kline, May 05, 2008 -
Plowing under the fields of shame
Rebecca Clarren talks to migrant farmworker women about a threat they face every day in the fields: sexual harassment and assault by coworkers and bosses.
by Rebecca Clarren, Apr 14, 2008 -
The case for filet of filly
Americans may be sentimental about their horses, but slaughtering unwanted animals with poison is more cruel and a lot less sensible than using them for horsemeat.
by Sharon O’Toole, Apr 30, 2007
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