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Recession Boosts Home Gardening
As employment drops, 40% more American homes will grow vegetables this year.
How Much Greenhouse Gas is Released to Put Beef on Your Plate? What about Pork? Chicken?
No longer a surprise is the relative energy intensity associated with meat, especially beef. For instance, roughly half of the GHG emissions due to human diets come from meat even though beef, pork and chicken together account for only about 14 percent of what people eat.
U.S. Senate Voting On Farm and Rural Amendments to the Economic Recovery Bill
The U.S. Senate is debating and voting on amendments to the massive economic recovery bill on Thursday and Friday and possibly into Saturday. Several farm and rural amendments are at stake
Midwest farmers lead in vote for White House farmer
Two Wisconsin farmers lead in the race to be elected White House farmer by a national Internet campaign
eOrganic
A new Web site about U.S. organic agriculture production provides research, news and learning modules from land-grant universities nationwide.
MetroFarmer asks what YOU want the New President to do for our Food Chain
Daniel Bowman Simon and Casey Gustowarow are on a cross country mission in a topsy turvy bus to convince the new President to establish an organic farm at the White House. Their mission leads us to ask….
Illinois Agritourism Business for Looking for Buyer
Country Bumpkin Pumpkin Patch, Kansas, Illinois (Edgar County) is for sale.
Candidates Answer Farm Bureau Questions
The American Farm Bureau Federation released the results of its presidential election questionnaire completed by Senators John McCain and Barack Obama. In the Q&A document, both candidates responded to AFBF's inquiries about farm bill implementation, renewable fuels, climate change and death taxes, among other issues.
From Cow Waste to Kilowatts.
For years, the cows at Green Mountain Dairy here produced only milk and manure. But recently they have generated something else: electricity.
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