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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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agriculture stories: 85 news summaries

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Spain Has a Taste for Immortality

Mediterranean food may be bound for exclusive UN status

Jul 22, 07 4:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Great Barrier Reef and the Taj Mahal may have to make room on the UN's World Heritage list for ... sangria. Spain's culture minister wants Mediterranean cuisine added to UNESCO's list of humankind's treasures, and he may get his way, Der Spiegel reports—Portugal, which currently holds the EU presidency,... More »

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United Nations • agriculture • Spain • cuisine

Farmers Fight
to Legalize
Pot's Cousin

Growing hemp won't harm drug war, say strapped ND growers

Jul 21, 07 5:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - The push to legalize hemp—marijuana’s less potent cousin—has some unlikely supporters: North Dakota farmers who couldn't be more conservative in every other respect, the New York Times reports. Hemp, used in clothing, lotions and even snack bars, has become especially attractive to North Dakota because of... More »

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agriculture • farming • medical marijuana • marijuana • Ron Paul • marijuana legalization • hemp • North Dakota • Drug Enforcement Administration • scab • wheat • crops • Controlled Substances Act • farmer

Mice Plague Chinese Countryside

Floods bring massive rodent problem

Jul 16, 07 8:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Flooding in central and southern China—the worst in 50 years—is displacing more than thousands of residents: Billions of mice, washed out of their burrows, have swarmed across acres of Chinese farmland, destroying crops and posing serious health hazards to residents. Pest control efforts have been largely ineffective so... More »

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China • agriculture • epidemic • rats • flooding

'Eco-Kosher' Eating Joins Religion, Ethics

New rabbinical food certification will reflect expanding values

Jul 7, 07 11:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ancient Jewish dietary laws meet contemporary concerns about how food is produced in what the Washington Post calls the "eco-kosher" movement. American Jews are increasingly concerned about  labor standards, treatment of animals, and ecological impact of what goes on their table, even if they don't keep kosher, and religious... More »

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food • ethics • agriculture • organic food • Jews • religion • meat • kosher

(Newser) - Still smarting from this fall's E. coli outbreaks, the produce industry is trying to coax Americans into eating their greens again with high-tech solutions. Companies like Dole and Western Growers are using radio-frequency tags and GPS surveillance to track veggies as they move from farm to grocery store. More »

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food • agriculture • E. coli • consumer • food contamination • produce • contamination

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