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Alpaca Farms become big business across country and the Ozarks
Reporter, PhotographerROGERSVILLE, Mo. -- Alpaca farms are gaining popularity across the country and right here in the Ozarks. An alpaca farm in Rogersville is successfully selling alpaca fiber and helping others start their own farms. At the Morning Moon Alpaca Farm,...Tags: Allergies
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RPT-FEATURE-Italian island jail hosts high-end vineyard
Reuters(Repeats with no changes to text) * Island named after mythical monster, prison since 1800s * Wine sold to top restaurants * Convicts serving time for brutal crimes * Project plans rehabilitation through farming By Barry Moody GORGONA ISLAND, Italy,...Tags: Murder, Criminals, Crime, Law and Justice, Michelin Group, Gucci Group NV
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A bad farm bill
The Senate approved a nearly $1 trillion farm bill Monday night that proves Washington is still bent on catering to special interests and wasting taxpayers' money. Let's count the ways. The Senate bill perpetuates a sugar subsidy that raises the price...Tags: U.S. Congress, Consumer Goods Industries, Politics, Beverage Industry
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INTERVIEW-Deepwater expects to win U.S. offshore wind lease-CEO
ReutersBy Scott DiSavino June 14 (Reuters) - Privately held Deepwater Wind expects to win a federal lease to build a wind farm of up to 1,000 megawatts (MW) in federal waters south of Rhode Island and Massachusetts, the company's chief executive said in an...Tags: Long Island, Economy, Business and Finance, Renewable Energy, Companies and Corporations, Alternative Energy
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Farmers Markets: In Lancaster, uncertified but top quality
At many Southern California certified farmers markets, the vendors may comply with agricultural regulations but still offer only mediocre produce and may never have actually set foot on a farm. Paradoxically, the Antelope Valley Winery farmers market in...
Tags: Tomatoes, Netherlands, Marketing, Apples, Powerhouse Fire (2013)
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Deepwater expects to win U.S. offshore wind lease: CEO
Reuters(Reuters) - Privately held Deepwater Wind expects to win a federal lease to build a wind farm of up to 1,000 megawatts (MW) in federal waters south of Rhode Island and Massachusetts, the company's chief executive said in an interview. The Department of...Tags: Long Island, Economy, Business and Finance, Renewable Energy, Companies and Corporations, Alternative Energy
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READER SUBMITTED: Simsbury Land Trust Receives Challenge Grant For George Hall Farm Protection Project
SimsburyThe Simsbury Land Trust is seeking financial support from the community to meet a challenge grant for the George Hall Farm preservation effort. An anonymous Simsbury donor has offered to match the first $50,000 in contributions that are made before...Tags: Conservation, Agriculture, Human Interest, Environmental Issues, Simsbury
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Sara Sciammacco: Farm bill is very bad news for taxpayers
The budget-busting farm bill (H.R. 1947) headed to the House floor next week is nothing but bad news for taxpayers, the environment and hungry children. It would cut funding for nutrition and conservation programs while boosting federal crop insurance...Tags: Global Warming, U.S. Congress, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Nutrition, U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Roof Garden Tractor Buddies -- Bill Blough
Farm, Field & Garden CorrespondentBill Blough's entry into the antique tractor hobby is not exactly what people might consider ordinary. The 69-year-old Boswell resident is mostly responsible for bringing tractor square dancing to the Laurel Highlands region nearly a decade ago....Tags: Memorial Day, Somerset County (Pennsylvania), Entertainment, Harrisburg (Dauphin, Pennsylvania), Deere and Company
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Farmers' market opens at full capacity
Somerset County Farmers' MarketThe Somerset County Farmers' Market has been in operation for eight seasons now! The market has more than 24 vendors this season. It is exciting to have a so many farmers offering customers new products. The farmers' market has so much more to... -
2013 — for beekeepers, there's nothing sweet about it
Commercial beekeeper Tim May has worked 16-hour days, six or seven days a week for the past month to get more than a thousand hives with millions of honeybees settled in the countryside of northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin. Spring has not been...
Tags: Wadsworth, Beekeeping, Chicago Botanic Garden, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Droughts
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