We’re surprised that Japan — a nation where rice is almost sacred and is generally opposed to GMOs–is letting researchers tinker with the rice gene.(http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/06/11/national/w140450D64.DTL”>San Francisco Chronicle)http://www.record-eagle.com/2007/jun/12garden.htm”>An Edible Schoolyard in Traverse City, Michigan (Record Eagle)Sniffing around CAFOs: A team of researchers from eight universities kicked off a multiyear emissions measurement project this week…. (http://www.farmnews-iowa.com/News/articles.asp?articleID=5386″>Farm News - Iowa)Which exit has the peaches?: New Jersey, long the target of jokes about chemical plants and toxic waste dumps, is expecting a superb crop of peaches this year from the state’s much ignored agricultural lands…. (http://americanagriculturist.com/index.aspx?ascxid=fpStory&fpsid=28705&fpstid=2″>American Agriculturalist)Fixated on nitrogen fixation: Nitrogen-fixing plants like soybeans, clover and alfalfa are often planted in rotation with other crops because they naturally extract nitrogen from the air and store it in the soil…. (Full article http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/104/24/10282″>here) ( http://pubs.acs.org/subscribe/journals/esthag-w/2007/june/science/rr_nitrate.html”>ES&T News)Ethanol ripples: The insatiable demand for corn by ethanol plants (driven by America’s insatiable demand for transportation fuels) is driving up the cost of milk, eggs, pork, beef, and other foods…. (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/14/AR2007061402008_pf.html”>Washington Post)Bye-bye birdies: Urban sprawl and industrial agriculture are causing steep declines in the populations of “backyard birds” like Evening Grosbeak, the Eastern Meadowlark, the Greater Scaup, and the Boreal Chickadee, according to a report from the National Audubon Society.
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