A Project to Remodel Grape Genes Yields Mostly Outrage - New York Times New York Times Sun, 25 Sep 2005 7:17 PM PDT COLMAR, France, Sept. 21 - Behind six-foot fencing, watched by unblinking video eyes, and guarded by motion detectors that set off bright halogen lights and a silent police alarm in the event of nocturnal intruders, there lurks what some people in this gentle wine-making region consider an unholy alliance between the noble grape and "Frankenstem": 70 grapevines grafted onto genetically modified | Farmers recognized for salmon efforts The Olympian Mon, 26 Sep 2005 5:53 AM PDT Farming and saving salmon don't have to be at odds with each other. That's the underlying premise behind "Salmon-Safe," a farm certification program that recognizes farmers who take the necessary steps on their land to protect and restore salmon-bearing streams. | Tsunami actually aided crops in Indonesia USA Today Sun, 25 Sep 2005 10:52 AM PDT Despite fears that salt water from the December tsunami had poisoned the land, some farmers are harvesting their best-ever crops. Rice is not the only thing thriving on tsunami-affected land in Indonesia's Aceh province, which suffered the worst damage and loss of life in the disaster. | US Wheat Outlook: Steady To Down 1c On Exports, E-CBOT Dow Jones via Yahoo! Asia News Mon, 26 Sep 2005 6:30 AM PDT CHICAGO (Dow Jones)--U.S. wheat futures were called to open steady to down 1 cent per bushel Monday on disappointing U.S. wheat export news and following weak overnight trade, brokers said. | Tsunami Actually Aided Crops in Indonesia Environmental News Network Mon, 26 Sep 2005 4:26 AM PDT From atop the coconut tree where he fled to escape the onrushing water, Muhammad Yacob watched the tsunami turn his rice paddy into a briny, debris-strewn swamp. Nine months later, Yacob and his wife are harvesting their best-ever crop -- despite fears that salt water had poisoned the land. | Tsunami actually aided crops in Indonesia Newsday Sun, 25 Sep 2005 8:37 PM PDT MEULABOH, Indonesia -- From atop the coconut tree where he fled to escape the onrushing water, Muhammad Yacob watched the tsunami turn his rice paddy into a briny, debris-strewn swamp. | Rocky Ford finds an unlikely savior Rocky Mountain News Sun, 25 Sep 2005 11:47 PM PDT ROCKY FORD - It's harvest time in Colorado's melon capital, and farmers are reaping an unexpected crop of optimism in this small Arkansas River Valley town. |
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