archive for February 2nd, 2008

Digest - Rural: Farm Bill bloc, cattle prodding, H2O dear

by Ethicurean @ Saturday, February 2nd, 2008.

Happily, our friends at the Center for Rural Affairs have contributed this round-up of important news regarding farm and rural news contributed by Ethanol Helps, Not that Much: The benefits of ethanol production to rural communities are real, they just aren’t that significant. New research by Iowa State University Economist David Swenson details the gap between the actual number of jobs and economic activity created and the claims ethanol’s proponents make…. Now a powerful coalition of 153 liberal House members are threatening to pull their support for the final bill unless it makes significant and permanent increases in anti-hunger and nutrition programs…. (The Hill) Revolutionizing Africa: One Holstein at a Time: Uganda is the native home to the Ankole cattle, a breed uniquely adapted to the region. But the Ankole isn’t the grain-eating, milk-producing, manure-spewing machine that the American Holstein is, so now everyone from the World Bank to Heifer International is doing their best to supplant the graceful and native Ankole with the (more familiar to them) Holstein.

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