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Third-generation corn farmer Paul Siegel says working the land will always be his true love. "There's nothing like planting a seed, nurturing it and harvesting it," says the owner of Siegel's Cottonwood Farms in Crest Hill, Ill., near Chicago. But Siegel admits that it is his annual Pumpkin Fest that keeps his farm afloat. Started in 1990, with a pumpkin patch and hayrides, Siegel's fall festival has mushroomed into a full-fledged theme park complete with haunted barns, a petting zoo, a 10-acre corn maze and snacks such as smoked turkey legs, kettle corn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That's Agritainment! | 10/24/2005 | See Source »

...grants to farmers hoping to go into agritainment. The state also launched a guide for tourists at blueribbonpassport.com In North Carolina this past summer, with the help of the state agritourism office, Pam Griffin turned a former tobacco field in Fuquay-Varina, 15 miles southwest of Raleigh, into a corn maze shaped like NASCAR driver Scott Riggs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That's Agritainment! | 10/24/2005 | See Source »

...million lbs. Amount of candy corn that will be produced this year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Numbers: Oct. 31, 2005 | 10/23/2005 | See Source »

...where ethanol is usually made from corn, it has had a rockier road partly because government subsidies are seen as benefiting big producers. Brazil's ethanol industry has created nearly 1 million jobs and helped cut oil imports. Says Alfred Szwarc, an expert with São Paulo's sugar-cane association: "People see Flex cars as the car of the future...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Future of Energy: Innovation: 7 Cool New Ideas | 10/23/2005 | See Source »

...farmers in the affected villages go about their preparation for the winter, cutting logs and harvesting corn from the fields. But there is a difference. The farmyards are empty, now, and the ritual morning and evening feeding has stopped. This is a scenario that no hardworking rural Romanian could ever imagine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On Europe's Bird Flu Frontline | 10/19/2005 | See Source »

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