Soil, water protection helps Eritrea farmers
Daily Times Sat, 09 Jul 2005 3:46 PM PDT
ASMARA: Redaegzy Gebreme-dhin, 64, an experienced farmer and entrepreneur in the Red Sea state of Eritrea, remembers fondly the days when he exported fruit and vegetables to Europe and meat to Saudi Arabia. |
Ag director OKs grass field burning in Idaho
KBCI Boise Sat, 09 Jul 2005 5:02 PM PDT
RATHDRUM, Idaho Idaho Department of Agriculture Director Pat Takasugi says grass growers have no economically viable alternative to field burning. The finding clears the way for northern Idaho farmers to burn their fields again this year. |
Jul 09 2005
The Abbotsford News Sat, 09 Jul 2005 9:03 AM PDT
Critics say that soil made from sewage biosolids may be laden with disease pathogens, PCBs or heavy metals from industries. |
State of mental anguish
The Des Moines Register Sun, 10 Jul 2005 2:07 AM PDT
When her husband whispered about government plots against him and, one weekend last summer, accused a bedroom lamp of firing bombs at Cuba, Amber Joplin started telephoning emergency rooms for help. |
For these rural stalwarts, life is a Rural Crunch
Salt Lake Tribune Sun, 10 Jul 2005 0:22 AM PDT
PICKLEVILLE - If Clark Willis would just turn around, he could witness summer sunlight spreading over the turquoise waters of Bear Lake. Instead, he paces in a nearby hayfield, frowning at a distant pump house. "This is not a good day," the fourth-generation sheep grower and farmer growls. "Last night a raccoon got up in there and shorted out the electric motor. Looks like two wells are |
Horse power
Missoulian Sat, 09 Jul 2005 10:16 PM PDT
SISTERS, Ore. - If the thought of a farmer patiently working his field behind a plow and horses floods you with pangs of nostalgia, take heart. It's on the rebound. |
Ways of maize
Jacksonville Daily News Sat, 09 Jul 2005 10:46 PM PDT
Andy Brogden's corn isn't from around these parts. But that's OK. It wasn't planted to shuck and eat for dinner or even to feed the livestock. But it has a purpose, nonetheless. |
Unnayan Samunnay launches green report in Bangla
News From Bangladesh Sat, 09 Jul 2005 11:57 PM PDT
Population growth, traffic congestions, unplanned buildings, solid waste squatters, water stagnation, unhealthy sewerage system and migration of rural poor are some of the major problems in urban areas, said an environment report for 2002–2003 prepared by Unnayan Samunnay, non-governmental development organisation, on Saturday. |
State of mental anguish
The Des Moines Register Sun, 10 Jul 2005 2:04 AM PDT
Alone now: Amber Joplin had trouble finding a psychiatrist for her late husband, David, in the Storm Lake area. David Joplin killed himself two days before an appointment with a psychiatrist he had waited five weeks to see. |
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