Word: cornes
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Agricultural policies now in place define the very idea of unsustainable development. Just 15 cash crops such as corn, wheat and rice provide 90% of the world's food, but planting and replanting the same crops strips fields of nutrients and makes them more vulnerable to pests. Slash-and-burn planting techniques and overreliance on pesticides further degrade the soil...
...Chances are,” Glickman said, picking up a bag of potato chips provided for the event, “these were made from genetically engineered plants, since one-third of the corn and two-thirds of the soybeans in the country are grown from genetically engineered seeds...
When asked why the Shanghai Goldluck Necktie Company does not manufacture any ties in Shanghai, Wu, sitting in a conference room next to a faux Greek bust wearing a novelty necktie in the shape of corn cob, says the answer is simple...
...company already has several extremophile-derived products on the market and plans to launch five more this year. One is an enzyme from a deep-ocean-vent bacterium that improves the synthesis of high-fructose corn syrup (used as a sweetener in soft drinks). Another will be used in genetic research. Yet another will make animal feed more nutritious...
...ballooned from 10 participants to more than 50. At St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Eden Prairie, Minn., attendance at career sessions has more than doubled in the past year. "If I were a country preacher, I'd be out riding around on the combine, talking about the price of corn," says pastor Rod Anderson. "But I have a congregation full of middle-management and technology professionals, and they are experiencing the pain of downsizing." Roughly a quarter of all churches offer job programs--mostly small, informal groups that meet once or twice a month and limit their religious content...