agriculture
New Report: Global Warming Threatens Midwest Farming
By Anonymous Indymedia User on 17 Jul 2009The nation's food security could be at risk in a warming climate, say a group of climate scientists and other experts representing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Iowa State University, the US Climate Change Science Program (US CCSP), and the Great Plains Institute, in a new report called the
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Local Autonomy Lost Amid Deep Chicken Shit
By lissalou on 25 Jan 2009MARYSVILLE, Ohio. -- The Ohio Department of Agriculture is expected to come to a decision within 30 days regarding Hi-Q Egg Products, LLC's request for final permits to install and operate a 15-house egg farm in West Mansfield. Each structure will house 400,000 laying hens, for a total of 6 million birds on the 437-acre facility.
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Sierra Club Program Local Matters: A Movement for Locally Grown Food at OSU
By Anonymous Indymedia User on 06 Nov 2007Sierra Club Program Local Matters: A Movement for Locally Grown Food at OSU Museum of Biological Diversity, 1315 Kinnear Road, Columbus, OH at 7:30 p.m. Local Matters is a new organization whose mission is to ensure that all Ohioans have access to affordable, fresh and local foods. Learn about building a local food system. For more information, contact: 890-7865 or e-mail: marida@wideopenwest.com
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