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...Maxim that's as true for farming as it is for your home PC: always back up your data. In agriculture, data take the form of seeds, and farmers have been saving seed varieties for millenniums. If disaster struck and an entire crop were lost, a cache of seeds could mean the difference between survival and starvation...
...peril. Often, the seed banks with the richest collections are located in unstable countries that don't take care of them. When Afghanistan's seed bank was looted during the Taliban's rule, rare varieties of walnuts, cherries and apricots were lost. Cary Fowler, executive director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust, an agricultural NGO, estimates that as many as half the seed banks in the developing world may be at risk...
...Institute of Politics (IOP) is opening its doors this spring to a new crop of resident fellows whose collective experiences span the issues of the modern political landscape: elections, globalization, and the environment. The six one-semester fellows, announced yesterday, hail from Ireland, Indiana, and places in between. They will lead study groups where students can gain a firsthand perspective on public service, and work with undergraduates on special projects. In addition to several politicians and political journalists, the institute also selected an environmental advocate as a result of student interest, IOP Director Jim Leach said yesterday. The fellows include...
John Edwards has been here before - literally. He doesn't remember it, but surveying the crowd in Winnacunnet High School in Hampton this week, Edwards was looking at a whole new crop of students from the ones he addressed here nearly four years ago to the day. "Really? I was there?" Edwards asked laughing when I reminded him Tuesday he'd visited the school before, his voice hoarse from the all-night, 36-hour bus tour he finished earlier that morning. "I wish I could remember that clearly, but I don't. I've done too many campaign events this...
Farmers don't have a lot of experience growing switchgrass for fuel, but Vogel points out that as the crop is more widely adopted on farms, we can expect the yield to grow - perhaps even double, as corn yields have over the past few decades. But there's still a long way to go before you'll be able to fill your tank with switchgrass. Getting energy out of the tough cellulose molecules in a stalk of switchgrass is much more difficult than distilling it from corn, or better, sugar cane. Both the Department of Energy (DoE) and private companies...