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USDA eyes opportunities in Maine
Bangor Daily News - 2/11/2012.
By Matt Wickenheiser – In the 1980s the farm economy collapsed in America, and farmers were faced with huge payments and no income. Dallas Tonsager was a dairy farmer in South Dakota and remembers how farmers set their minds on building industries that use the products they grew. “Lots of people will argue over ethanol, but it worked, local farmers invested in it,” Tonsager said. “It created jobs, economic activity, a market for their product – everybody benefited.” Today Tonsager is the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s under secretary for rural development.
Forcing branches of flowering trees and shrubs
Bangor Daily News - 2/11/2012.
By Reeser Manley – By early March, gardeners are aching to be in the garden. Why not get a head start on pruning garden trees and shrubs and, at the same time, bring a touch of early spring into the house? Branches of many woody plants can be forced into early flower in late winter, providing a glimpse of the season ahead.
Is ‘prescription for disaster’ our ‘most optimistic’ climate future?
Common Dreams - 2/11/2012.
New climate information from French scientists indicate that global warming of 2 C is the "most optimistic" scenario. Yet this is the amount of warming James Hansen has referred to as a "prescription for disaster."
Farmers advance in their suit against Monsanto
Grist - 2/10/2012.
By Jenny An – Monsanto is getting a taste of its own medicine; the company is being taken to court. In this corner, we have a corporate biotech giant with a tighter grasp on the agricultural Monopoly board than your over-enthusiastic little sister on game night.
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