Harrison County commissioners pledge financing
Times Leader Sat, 21 May 2005 6:21 PM PDT
HARRISON COUNTY Commissioners, despite enduring a severe financial crunch, made a $15,000 commitment to the county's Soil and Water Conservation Department at the group's weekly meeting at Cadiz. |
Brazilian crop boom threatens U.S. farms
Arizona Daily Star Sun, 22 May 2005 0:11 AM PDT
PETROVINA, Brazil - The six-seat Embraer airplane glides from a cloudless sky onto a red-dirt runway. Views of scrub-brush savanna stretching to the Amazon River give way to fields of 10-foot high |
Plowing fields has become career field
Billings Gazette Sat, 21 May 2005 11:43 PM PDT
LAKELAND, Fla. - It has been five years since Bucky Day graduated early from Florida Southern College with a horticulture degree and he has yet to put his green thumb to use. A logistics analyst for Publix Super Markets Inc., Day orders houseware products for the grocery chain. |
Cash infusion
The Journal News Sun, 22 May 2005 3:05 AM PDT
It's quiet except for the gentle breeze shaking the trees out of their winter slumber. The intermittent cackle of a rooster on this cloudless day interrupts the serenity of the moment but serves as a reminder that this is farm country. |
Breathing easier in Bay State
Berkshire Eagle Sat, 21 May 2005 11:28 PM PDT
With the entire Empire State, 300 miles to Buffalo, just over the ridge to our east, Berkshire County rejoices in the news that New York will be adopting California's tough standards for motor vehicle emissions later this year. |
'Organic clothing is better for the Earth'
Independent Online Sun, 22 May 2005 4:43 AM PDT
U2 frontman Bono is making it, supermodels are wearing it and elite designers are betting on it: organic clothing is definitely on the rise. Michelle Hoffman investigates... |
Seeds of employment
The Japan Times Sat, 21 May 2005 4:49 PM PDT
This story is part of a package on firms moving in farming. To read the introduction, please click here . There, in the heart of the concrete jungle that is Tokyo's Otemachi financial district, in the second-floor basement abyss of a 27-story building, is nothing less than . . . a farm. |
Shifting gears: McCutchenville senior slows pace but stays active
The Advertiser-Tribune Sat, 21 May 2005 9:12 PM PDT
A sign in Floyd Hohman's office says: "Still plays with Tractors," an appropriate description of the lifelong McCutchenville farmer. Farming, family and faith have been major forces in the life of the 68-year-old. |
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