CPI-M forms a 500-kilometre long human chain against ASEAN pact

Specialty crop fruit and vegetable farmers get hand up in Washington ...

By: DelilahStarling

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) announced that Washington state will receive $2,920,854 in federal funding to promote and market specialty crops produced by local farmers throughout the state. Washington state is the leading producer of several specialty crops including sweet cherries, apples, Concord grapes, and ...

about 1 month ago

Farmers Can Slash Global Emissions Today

By: patelashishme0932

What's the Story? "Innovations in food production and land use that are ready to be scaled-up today could reduce greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to roughly 25 percent of global fossil fuel emissions and present the best opportunity to remove greenhouse gases already in the atmosphere," says the environmental think tank Worldwatch ...

about 1 month ago

UN chief cautious on Copenhagen pact amid boycott

By: zabawaus

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday that world nations are unlikely to strike agreement on details of a new climate change pact at a key U.N. summit next month. Meanwhile, African countries boycotted meetings at U.N. climate talks in Barcelona, saying industrial countries had set carbon-cutting targets too low for reducing global ...

about 1 month ago

Whitman looks to California's bread basket for support

By: kimberlydvorak

California’s gubernatorial race is shaping up to be quite the battle and Whitman has chosen the agricultural industry get her over the top and into the hot seat in Sacramento. The $32 billion agricultural industry represents more than 1,000 growers and food processors, and employs at least 90,000 Californians. In a statement to the ...

about 1 month ago