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    Posted by diane_court at 05:43PM 08/07/07 in International News, Global Warming, Environment

    Climate Change Endangers India, U.N. Says

    As exceptionally heavy rains continued to cut a wide swath of ruin across northern India, a top Unite...
    http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/07/world/middleeast/07cnd-floo...
    Tags: global warming · india · northern india · endangered · climate change and 9 more.
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    Posted by diane_court at 03:31PM 12/15/07 in U.S. Politics, U.S. News

    Senate Passes Huge Farm Bill

    Citing Inadequate Reforms, White House Issues Veto Threat
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/...
    Tags: us senate · veto · senate · bush administration · politics and 4 more.
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    Posted by nevertalksmall at 10:28AM 07/23/07 in U.S. News, Illegal Drugs and U.S. Drug Policies

    Sober North Dakotans Hope to Legalize Hemp

    http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/21/us/21hemp.html?bl&ex=11...
    Tags: hemp · controlled substances act · marijuana · north dakota · thc and 3 more.
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    Posted by bob_sacamano at 08:42AM 07/24/07 in U.S. News

    US Department of Agriculture Sent $1.1B in Farm Subsidies to Deceased Farmers

    The Agriculture Department sent $1.1 billion in farm payments to more than 170,000 dead people over a...
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20070723/subsidies-d...
    Tags: us news · 1 1 billion · department of agriculture · usda · agriculture and 3 more.
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    Posted by Kimberley McKee at 08:38AM 10/15/07 in International News, Globalization

    World Bank Neglects African Farming, Study Says

    The World Bank, financed by rich nations to reduce poverty in poor ones, has long neglected agricultu...
    http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/15/world/africa/15worldbank.ht...
    Tags: sub sahara · africa · african farming · agriculture · poverty and 2 more.
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    Posted by Kimberley McKee at 11:22AM 10/13/08 in U.S. News, US Economy

    Is Farmland Preservation Worthwhile?

    Preserving farmland has always been a major issue in the U.S. But as Bill Fulton discusses, the local...
    http://www.governing.com/articles/0810econ.htm
    Tags: farms · farmland · open space · agriculture · preservation and 2 more.
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    Posted by driftabit at 11:39AM 11/22/07 in International News, Global Warming, Environment

    Scientists warn of agrarian crisis from climate change

    An agrarian crisis is brewing because of climate change that could jeopardise global food supplies an...
    http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=071122160841.h8msy4om...
    Tags: global warming · crisis · climate change · agriculture · environment and 2 more.
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    Posted by Kimberley McKee at 11:00PM 06/10/08 in U.S. News

    North America tomato industry reeling: growers

    Florida's tomato industry is in "complete collapse" and growers in California and Mexico are having t...
    http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN6A3359592008...
    Tags: tomatoes · tomato industry · us news · agriculture · north america and 1 more.
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    Posted by Kimberley McKee at 12:31PM 06/21/08 in U.S. News

    U.S. May Free Up More Land for Corn Crops

    Signs are growing that the government may allow farmers to plant crops on millions of acres of conser...
    http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/21/business/21ethanol.html
    Tags: conservation · crops · us news · agriculture · ethanol and 1 more.
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