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More Montana farmers are starting to raise oilseed crops
and produce their own biofuels to save on energy costs
by Sam Western,
Jul 16, 2008
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In Yakima County, Wash., the California-based labor
contractor Global Horizons is stirring up controversy among local
Latino farmworkers by bringing in hundreds of guest workers from
Thailand to pick fruit
by Tony Barboza,
Jul 16, 2008
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John Leland’s book, Aliens in the
Backyard, discusses both the dangers and the benefits
arising from the vast number of exotic species in North America
– including human beings
by Staff,
Sep 05, 2005
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The writer lives near Olympia, Washington, on a mini-farm
her neighbor probably thinks is the real thing
by Suzanne Malakoff,
Aug 15, 2005
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Idaho is weathering the drought by taking a new,
scientific approach to managing water use among its
farmers
by Rocky Barker,
Jun 13, 2005
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Honeybees are in trouble, and so are the farmers who
depend on them for pollination, especially in California’s
almond orchards
by J.M. McCord,
Jul 16, 2008
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California’s two largest utility companies are
encouraging farmers to switch from polluting diesel irrigation
pumps to electric ones
by J.M. McCord,
Feb 07, 2005
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Only the federal government can find away to protect both
salmon and farmers in the Northwest’s Klamath River
watershed
by Tim Holt,
Jul 16, 2008
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In Colorado and elsewhere in the West, the fear of West
Nile Virus brings the controversy about spraying pesticides to a
boil
by Gail Binkly,
Sep 13, 2004
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Collaborative conservation may help revive both endangered
prairie ecosystems and the struggling farm communities of the Great
Plains
by Paul Larmer,
Aug 02, 2004
