Category Archives: Farmers

Rose farm helps adults with autism bloom

By doris | Published: April 9, 2012

Full Story at  CNN.com Guilford, Connecticut (CNN) — Tom Pinchbeck never dreamed he’d turn his family rose farm into an employment center for people with autism. In 2008, faced with a sagging U.S. economy and fierce international competition from South American rose growers, Pinchbeck found himself priced out of the market. He had no choice [...]

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Flooding of Southern Farms Poised to Wreak Havoc on Economy

By doris | Published: May 10, 2011

Full Story at FoxNews.com The historic flooding in the South is poised to wreak havoc on the economy at multiple levels, likely putting local farmhands out of work while contributing to the nationwide rise in food prices. As the Mississippi River crests and the flooding spreads to Mississippi and Louisiana, the vital grain crops in [...]

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Wheat prices soar. Are bread prices next?

By doris | Published: August 6, 2010

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — With wheat futures soaring to their highest level in two years, you could soon find yourself paying more for a loaf of bread at your local grocery store. The price of wheat has surged more than 80% from its seven-month low in June. Prices continued to rally [...]

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After 378 years, N.H. family farm goes up for sale

By doris | Published: August 2, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com DOVER, N.H. — In 1632, John Tuttle arrived from England to a settlement near the Maine-New Hampshire border, using a small land grant from King Charles I to start a farm. Eleven generations and 378 years later, his field-weary descendants — arthritic from picking fruits and vegetables and battered by competition [...]

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Native American farmers hopeful about suit involving USDA loans

By doris | Published: July 10, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Porter Holder vividly remembers the day in 1998 when he left a U.S. Department of Agriculture loan office in Oklahoma empty-handed. He had applied for a low-interest USDA loan to help keep a farm in family ownership. He says he expected his application to be accepted. He had kept his debt [...]

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Restaurants assure customers lettuce is safe amid recall

By doris | Published: May 7, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — A multistate romaine lettuce recall because of fear of contamination with a potentially deadly bacteria has restaurants east of the Mississippi River scrambling to assure customers that their salad is safe.

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New U.S. swine flu cases spread pandemic fears

By doris | Published: April 26, 2009

Full Story At  msnbc.com At least two cases of the human swine influenza have been confirmed in Kansas and one more in California, bringing the U.S. total to 11 and stoking fears that the virus could trigger a pandemic. At least eight students at a New York City high school probably have swine flu, but [...]

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Chinese firms to compensate tainted milk victims

By doris | Published: December 27, 2008

Full Story At  Reuters BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese dairy firms that sold baby formula tainted with the industrial chemical melamine will pay compensation to the families of nearly 300,000 children who were killed or sickened as a result, state media reported. Twenty-two dairy producers will soon make one-off cash payments to the families, the Xinhua [...]

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Scientist says ancient technique cuts greenhouse gas

By doris | Published: December 7, 2008

Full Story At  Reuters OZNAN, Poland (Reuters) – An ancient technique of plowing charred plants into the ground to revive soil may also trap greenhouse gases for thousands of years and forestall global warming, scientists said on Friday. Heating plants such as farm waste or wood in airtight conditions produces a high-carbon substance called biochar, [...]

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