Farmers phasing out methyl bromide
North County Times Sat, 17 Sep 2005 11:34 PM PDT
NORTH COUNTY ---- On a recent foggy morning, the faint, pungent aroma of tear gas wafted through the air at a Pauma Valley nursery. Guided by two men wearing gas masks, a compact tractor laid down long strips of plastic sheeting on the black soil. |
Publish Date: 9/17/2005 Revitalization
Canon City Daily Record Sat, 17 Sep 2005 3:01 PM PDT
The United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service began the task of aerial reseeding the Mason Gulch Fire burn area Friday. |
Iowa lacks ban on phosphorus
The Des Moines Register Sun, 18 Sep 2005 2:05 AM PDT
Madison, Wis. — Iowa should take a lesson from Minnesota and Dane County, Wis., and allow cities and counties to limit the use of phosphorus fertilizer, the main culprit in lakes’ algae blooms, an Iowa environmental leader said. As it is, Iowa law doesn’t allow local legislation to restrict fertilizers, and the state has no ban on phosphorus. "If nothing else, local cities should be able to do |
Grassroots
The Des Moines Register Sun, 18 Sep 2005 2:14 AM PDT
The Iowa Wine Festival will be held 9 a.m.-9 p.m. SaturdaySept24 at the Indianola courthouse square. A free, self-guided tour of 12 vineyards around Indianola will be held 9 a.m.-2 p.m. |
Can We End Global Poverty? - Council on Foreign Relations
Foreign Relations Sun, 18 Sep 2005 6:38 AM PDT
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Southern Africa facing starvation
Independent Online Sun, 18 Sep 2005 5:18 AM PDT
In the impoverished village of Galufu, near Malawi's commercial capital Blantyre, Lina Kaliati has become certain of only one thing for herself and her six orphaned grandchildren: death. |
Iowa lacks ban on phosphorus
The Des Moines Register Sun, 18 Sep 2005 2:06 AM PDT
Checking your yard's phosphorus level is easy. Call your local Iowa State University Extension office for information. A list is available at www.extension.iastate.edu/Counties/state.html. |
Horse power
Missoulian Sat, 17 Sep 2005 10:58 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. |
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