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Could This Tiny "Farmers Market" Challenge Whole Foods?
2013-08-19 22:49:37| Grocery - Topix.net
Though others have attempted to follow in the company's footsteps, Whole Foods has continued to grab market share of the quickly growing organic and local food movement.
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German Farmers Attack Green Party Report on Breeding Practices
2013-08-19 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
GERMANY - The German Farmers’ Association (DBV) has hit out at the Green Party in Germany for using the livestock sector as a political election issue.
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India: Kashmiri Farmers Unprepared for Drought
2013-08-16 09:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: Zareena Bano has had to skip school 17 times this year to help out on her family's farm in Tangchekh village in the northern Indian state of Kashmir. Her teachers say she has the potential to be a brilliant student, but warn that if she keeps missing school she will not go far. Never before has the 15-year-old had to sacrifice her education in order to support her family, but an acute water crisis in this Himalayan state has made irrigation a constant worry and severely disrupted the way of...
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Burkina Faso Farmers Lead the Way on Food Security and Climate Change Resilience
2013-08-15 15:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
World Resources Institute: If you want to know how to grow crops in the face of climate change, drought, and land degradation, ask Ousséni Kindo, Ousséni Zoromé, or Yacouba Sawadogo--three farmers in Burkina Fasos Yatenga region. Policy makers, researchers, and NGO representatives gathered earlier this year at a workshop in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso to discuss strategies on combating food insecurity and adapting to climate change. Attendees at the event--organized by the group Network for Participatory Approaches to Research...
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ISU Economists Have Cautious Message for Farmers
2013-08-13 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - Iowa State University economists are cautioning farmers to be prepared for a potential downturn in the values of commodities and land.
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