Senate panel debates living spaces for egg-layers
Bangor Daily News - 7/26/2012. By Jim Abrams (AP) – Washington: The freedom of a hen to flap its wings and move around became an issue of congressional concern Thursday as a Senate committee discussed legislation to set national standards for the treatment of egg-laying hens. |
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US drought rapidly intensifying
Kennebec Journal - 7/26/2012. By Jim Suhr (AP) – St. Louis: The widest drought to grip the United States in decades is getting worse with no signs of abating, a new report warned Thursday, as state officials urged conservation and more ranchers considered selling cattle. |
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Learning from the drought of ‘12
Energy Bulletin - 7/26/2012. By Chad Hellwinckel – The news outlets love a good disaster, and we've all been informed daily of the mega-drought in the Midwest. Three quarters of the US corn crop is under severe drought. Corn prices are up over 50% in the last month, soybeans are up almost 30%, and the USDA says they are still assessing the damage. What I haven't heard in the news is any discussion over whether we have other options to avoid these increasingly regular crop disasters. |
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Food history you thought you knew
Island Advantage - 7/26/2012. By Alice Wilkinson – Sandy Oliver is a real historian, but before you let that skew your idea of what she’s like, you need to see her in person. An audience of about 40 spent as much time laughing as listening, and almost as much time adding facts and memories about food to what Oliver said. |
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