4 July 2008, 6:30 pm
Farmers in Nan are fighting a losing battle in their attempts to break off from the vicious cycle of chemical use as they find the lure of higher farm yields and better crop prices irresistible.... read more
4 July 2008, 5:17 pm
You won’t find Amami Oshima mentioned in Lonely Planet or the Rough Guide, which is reason enough to visit. Once a domain of Okinawa and now firmly within — yet far removed from — Kagoshima Prefecture proper, the island group is easy to dismiss as neither fish nor fowl.... read more
4 July 2008, 5:26 am
JONESBORO — Arkansas rice producers who sell their crops to a local Anheuser-Busch Co. mill for use in producing beer won’t suffer financially if the St. Louisbased company is sold overseas, agricultural economists said Thursday. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Northwest Edition)... read more
4 July 2008, 1:00 am
Some willing to pay for fast airport security checks By John Lyon LITTLE ROCK - Passing through Little Rock National Airport, Cornelis Ooms of Houston said he was looking forward to life in the fast lane.... read more
3 July 2008, 6:41 am
A lawsuit filed Wednesday claims that Riceland Foods Inc. was involved in development of a genetically modified rice strain and delayed for months telling farmers that the rice had gotten...... read more
3 July 2008, 1:07 am
Farmers file class-action lawsuit against Riceland Foods By Jason Wiest LITTLE ROCK - Riceland Foods Inc. in Stuttgart subjected the state's rice farmers to an "ultrahazardous risk" when it experimented with genetically modified rice that contaminated the commercial supply, a class action lawsuit fi... read more
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