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13Jul/10

Gulf oil spill doesn’t bring lower seafood supplies for home cooks yet

Gulf oil spill doesn't bring lower seafood supplies for home cooks yet Wetlands and beaches have been scarred, bird and marine life devastated and livelihoods destroyed, but for the average U.S. consumer, the impact of the BP oil disaster has yet to hit home. That could change in the months ahead, of course, but for now th
Source: St. Augustine.com

13Jul/10

Grow your meat & eat it too!

Grow your meat & eat it too! "IVM would help satisfy consumer demand for meat, without the cruelty and environmental degradation associated with factory farming." N G Jayasimha Campaign manager, Humane Society International IN JANUARY 2010, scientists from Netherlands announced th
Source: MyDigitalFC.com | Financial Chronicle

13Jul/10

Nadia Masoudi: One day, animal slavery for meat and milk will end

Nadia Masoudi: One day, animal slavery for meat and milk will end Nadia Masoudi is the founder of Animal Freedom Day. The slavery of animals is a worldwide blight that seemingly has no end. Animals suffer greatly by the hand of the species thought to be the most “evolved”. Sadly, by consuming our cohabitants, we are
Source: The Georgia Straight Blog

13Jul/10

Huge Banyan Tree Shades Historic Hawaiian Market

Huge Banyan Tree Shades Historic Hawaiian Market Shopping at the International Marketplace in Honolulu, Hawaii, is like shopping under a Pandora hometree from the movie "Avatar." You don't need 3-D glasses. You don't even need sunglasses. This marketplace, across from Waikiki Beach, is shaded by a hu
Source: Treehugger

12Jul/10

Seahorses saved from abyss

Seahorses saved from abyss After receiving investment, Kealan is now farming the seahorses and produces 1000 of the animals every month. 'Seahorseman' will be shown on RTE One from tonight at 8.30pm....
Source: Irish Independent

12Jul/10

Seventy Stornoway jobs with launch of salmon company

Seventy Stornoway jobs with launch of salmon company Formerly Lighthouse Caledonia, The Scottish Salmon Company – the country's...
Source: Stornoway Gazette

12Jul/10

City girl fits right in as chef at Unionville cafe

City girl fits right in as chef at Unionville cafe Melissa Hall loves feeding her neighbors in tiny Unionville, a long way from the Annapolis, Md. , of her youth. “I’m a city girl who was thrown into the country,” she said. Today, she embraces rural life as the co-owner of the Unionville Cafe, where t
Source: Centre Daily Times

12Jul/10

Area conditions wrong for canola

Area conditions wrong for canola There is no plan to preserve farmland as farmland, only a “balance” plan that assigns farmland to non-farming interest. Moreover, the farmland base at 63,000 acres, or even triple that area, is just too small to impact public energy...
Source: HeraldNet

12Jul/10

Alexandra Morton: Break Fish Farms’ Secrecy (in Opinion)

Alexandra Morton: Break Fish Farms' Secrecy (in Opinion) Saksida (2006) reports "Farming practices themselves contributed significantly to the spread between farms." While the Ministry of Agriculture, Fish and...
Source: The Tyee

11Jul/10

FDA nears approval of genetically engineered salmon

FDA nears approval of genetically engineered salmon And the modified fish, all females, would be sterile...
Source: Miami Herald