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Farm Policy Issues
One key and every present issue impacting agriculture is the weather. Although the weather is always unpredictable and changing, a news article from today documented that in some parts of the U.S., the conditions don't seem normal.
Kirk Johnson
http://select.nytimes.com/mem/tnt.html?_r=1&emc=tnt&tntget=
2006/03/21/national/21drought.html&tntemail0=y&oref=slogin, writing in today's New York Times, reported on unusual weather conditions occurring mostly in the Western part of the U.S.
AUSTIN, Texas - President Bush has once more undertaken to explain to us "Why We Fight," which is also the title of an excellent new documentary on Iraq. According to the president, "Our goal in Iraq is victory." I personally did not find that a helpful clarification.
Water is so scarce or polluted in some parts of the world that the poor might actually go to war to get their hands on it, activists at a protest summit held in conjunction with the fourth World Water Forum here said.
That attitude might appear over the top in most developed nations, where water flows freely. But it isn't nearly as accessible in the developing world.
DETROIT, March 17 - For Janna Jensen, it was the dirty looks and nasty gestures from other drivers that finally persuaded her to give up the family's $55,000 Hummer H2. Her husband, Michael, meanwhile, was tired of the $300 monthly gasoline cost and the quality problems that began soon after they bought it.
So the Jensens of Reno, Nev., dumped the sport utility vehicle this year for a more modest Honda Element, still an S.U.V. but one with better gasoline mileage and a lower profile than the H2. And they are not alone.
Dear Members & Friends of the Organic Food Network,
On the West Virginia-Ohio border, the tread of the county's coal-burning power industry is expanding, digging into the Appalachian Mountains and kicking up clouds of pollution. While small towns choked by power plants hear the promise of new "clean coal" technologies, mining communities know there is no technological remedy for the destruction the industry is wreaking in their communities.
Piazanos, the newest edition to on-campus dining, is now in the Cheyenne Arapahoe Hall. It offers natural and organic foods in a grab-n-go setting, and seems to be a great success.
Lisa Kaufmann, a senior environmental studies major, is the Sustainable Food Campaign Coordinator for the CU Environmental Center and has been working on this project since fall 2005.
"The University of Colorado has a great opportunity with our food services using and purchasing sustainable foods to improve health, reduce environmental impacts and to educate students," Kaufmann said.
The unrestricted development of biotechnology- without any reservations, let alone precautionary measures- is the public policy of the government of Puerto Rico.
