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Tanzania's agriculture revolution: land grabs or a welcome business boom?

2013-06-20 12:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Mawalima Yamba, 62, shared her husband with another woman. As the second wife she didn't stand to inherit much. When her husband became terminally ill and died, she inherited a small stretch of poor scrubland that borders an unfinished road in Iringa, western Tanzania; the fertile land went to his first wife. There was a separate area of land that Yamba had farmed, but never expected she could own. Encouraged by her husband before he died, she applied for legal ownership. Yamba now holds title deeds...

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How a Manchester co-op is getting the food revolution moving

2013-06-20 12:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: These are tough times for food producers. Last week the National Farmers Union (NFU) reported that confidence is at a 'new low' with 45% of arable farmers less confident in the prospects for their farm over the next 12 months, against only 16% more confident. In a separate, though probably related finding, the nation's wheat harvest is in crisis, with 2013 yields expected to be down 29% on last year, which were already below average. The response of the NFU has been to rail against proposed restrictions...

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Free offers femtocells to Freebox Revolution customers

2013-06-20 10:32:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) French broadband and mobile operator Free has started providing femtocells to users of its Freebox Revolution advanced home gateway free of charge to improve communication quality on mobiles when inside the home. Freebox Revolution customers can order one from the subscriber account area of the website and pay only a EUR 10 delivery fee. Free mobile customers will be able to connect automatically to the internet whenever they are within range of a Freebox Revolution equipped with a femtocell. The operator writes that this first generation Femto Freebox will be developed in the future to provide new services and meet new user demands. SFR pioneered the use of femtocells in France, and Bouygues Telecom and now Orange also offer them to their customers.

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07.09: Too High to Fail: Cannabis and the New Green Economic Revolution

2013-06-20 02:35:24| Powells Books Events Calendar

Doug Fine, author of Farewell, My Subaru, offers an in-depth look at the legal cannabis industry and how the "new green economy" is shaping our country in Too High to Fail (Gotham). The nation's economy is in trouble, but one cash crop has the potential to turn it around: cannabis. ABC News reports that the underground cannabis industry produces $35.8 billion in annual revenues. But, thanks to Nixon and the War on Drugs, marijuana is still synonymous with heroin at the federal level, even though it has won mainstream acceptance. Too High to Fail is an objectively (if humorously) reported account of how one plant can change the shape of our country: culturally, politically, and economically. It is a wild ride that includes college tuitions paid with cash, cannabis-friendly sheriffs, and access to the world of the emerging legitimate, taxpaying "ganjapreneur."

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