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Organic and Sustainable Agriculture News
Bee learning behavior affected by eating toxin from GE corn
Organic Consumers - 12/24/2008.
A recent study found that honey bees fed on the active form of purified Cry1Ab protein, the genetically modified protein found in GM Bt corn, can be affected in the learning responses necessary to associate nectar sources with odorants.
Maine Farmland Trust eyes $1m loan to buy land
Kennebec Journal - 12/24/2008.
Maine Farmland Trust soon will receive a special $1 million loan from the Maine Community Foundation. Funds will be used to support the Trust's "buy/protect/sell" program, through which it purchases farms threatened by development.
(Maine) shrimp’s jumbo appeal
Bangor Daily News - 12/24/2008.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. It also happens to be the holiday season, but in this specific instance we’re talking about wild Maine shrimp, the tiny, briny delicacy harvested in the Gulf of Maine during the coldest winter months.
Food, fuel and fiber? The challenge of using the earth to grow energy
WorldChanging - 12/22/2008.
By Alan Atkisson – In May of 2008, while visiting Jakarta, I came across a newspaper story about a protest there. Hundreds of people had gathered in front of the gates of a charitable NGO whose mission was to feed poor people. The NGO was simply unable to provide enough rice, tofu and other staples to meet the need.
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