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...designer--her wares typically cost thousands of dollars apiece--trying to improve the world one purse at a time. Joining her in the attempt to persuade fashionistas to carry their groceries home in a reusable bag is Stella McCartney, the English designer--and daughter of Sir Paul--whose organic cotton shopper retails for $495. Hermes' collapsible silk bag costs nearly double that, while Louis Vuitton's canvas tote retails for a staggering $1,720. Of course, people who can handle those kinds of price tags are probably outsourcing their grocery shopping. But Hindmarch thinks such fashion symbols can have...
...Anna Cotton, CARMICHAEL, CALIF...
Anyone who has loved cotton candy, sno-cones, the smells of competing barbecue booths and the squeal of a Yorkshire pig can appreciate your Essay on county fairs [July 23]. I was taken back to the nostalgic time of an exciting week at a fair in Carroll County, Ind., more than 35 years ago. Thank you for reminding me that those smells, sights and moments untouched by city life still exist for many kids today...
...long-term progress. An old state-owned textile mill in Tabora, which went bankrupt years ago, has recently been privatized and is being brought back to life by the new owners. Remarkably, even at a distance of several hundred miles from the nearest port, the mill is successfully exporting cotton thread to Europe and China. And Mbola's farmers have a chance to become part of that emerging success story by selling cotton to the revived mill. The farmers will also diversify into other tropical export products. And as more sections of the road from Tabora to the coast...
...rains are also good news for the rice farmers downstream. Across the state, peanuts, pumpkins, peaches, berries, cotton crops, corn, watermelons, are all flourishing, according to the Texas Cooperative Extension service. Good news that is only heard during the ag report on the rural radio stations, while we city dwellers simply complain about having to mow the lawn twice a week and wear insect repellent to collect the mail...