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Mother Jones Jul/Aug 2002 Kristin L. Johannsen |
Root Rustlers In Appalachia, a new cash crop could save forests and communities -- if poachers don't get it first. |
Science News August 17, 2002 Janet Raloff |
Fruit: Towards Virtual Taste Tests When it comes to fresh fruit, looks can be deceiving. Federal engineers with the Agricultural Research Service hope to up a buyer's odds with a system they're developing that uses near infrared light to gauge each apple's sweetness and firmness. |
IndustryWeek September 1, 2002 Jennie L. Phipps |
Farm Bill Gives Tractor Sales Traction China deal also sparks hope in troubled farm-equipment sector, which is adding new technologies to entice buyers. |
Salon.com July 29, 2002 Linda Baker |
The not-so-sweet success of organic farming Pesticide-free, non-genetically modified food is a big, global business now. But, ironically, small farmers are getting the shaft. |
Science News June 22, 2002 Janet Raloff |
The Buzz Over Coffee New research finds evidence that Africanized "killer" honeybees in the Americas have been performing a hitherto unrecognized service for people around the world. They've helped keep down the cost of growing high-quality coffee. |
Salon.com May 1, 2002 Damien Cave |
Old McDonald had a subsidy Congress is set to hand over $170 billion to farmers. But to one grower of fava beans in California's Central Valley, the money isn't just bad economics -- it's an outright insult... |
Mother Jones Jan/Feb 2002 Jane Akre |
An Engineered Controversy Farmers fear that genetically altered tobacco will contaminate their crops... |
Science News January 5, 2002 Janet Raloff |
Beefy Losses Cattle ranchers are facing some puzzling -- and, at times, economically devastating -- problems with pregnant cows and calves... |
Outside December 2001 Jack Hitt |
One Nation, Under Ted Ted Turner and his son Beau control 1.8 million acres of prime U.S. ranchland, where they’'re unloading a fortune to revive endangered species, revolutionize grazing, and (don’'t tell the neighbors) help wolves restake their claim on a wilder, toothier American range... |
Wired November 2001 William Neuman |
The Grapes of Math A biochem company called Enologix says it's cracked the code for making fine wine. Care for a nice norisoprenoid anthocyanin blend? |
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