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...Down to Earth For me, my current concerns are less global and more spiritual. The former owner of our land, a rice farmer, feels guilty because he failed to erect an on-site shrine to a local goddess. He thinks we should build it to ease his soul and promote village harmony. After all, locals have heard the spirits on our land wailing when they use a nearby water source. Then, in an offhand remark, our shaman tells us about a Frenchman who had built a villa nearby. Wija was called in to bless the land and chat with...
Doherty's hobby was borne out of his frustration with commercially produced maraschino cherries - that syrupy sweet taste and candy-red hue. So the 27-year-old began buying cherries from the local farmer's market and preserving them himself in maraschino liqueur. "It's just a cleaner, more vibrant taste," Doherty says. When he realized how much the homemade cherries improved the flavor of his drinks, he began experimenting with a cornucopia of fruits and vegetables - anything that could be added to a cocktail...
...your life became a film, who would play you? What type of film would it be? DRG: Maybe how the Jewish son of a scrap-iron dealer becomes lead-farmer in America and then goes on to end up in the movie industry association. I don’t know who would play me, but George Clooney wouldn’t be bad, if we could get him to do that...
...group is already being punished. More than 2 million Chinese farmers who sell to dairies and distributors are struggling to survive because the market has dried up. "We are trying to find other buyers, or sell directly to consumers, but no luck so far," says a farmer named He who owns about 1,000 cows on a Shanxi province collective farm. "I have 300-400 cows in production, and it's just not possible to store the fresh milk," he says. Over the past week, He has resorted to pouring out the surplus. Some farmers are considering slaughtering their animals...
...With WFP as a guaranteed client, many poor farmers will be eligible for credit with which to buy seeds and fertilizer, and perhaps employ people to help harvest the crops. "Once a farmer's group wins a contract they can take it to a local bank," says Rajiv Shah, director of agricultural programs for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. "They can show that not only do they have the means to produce but a market to sell it." Gates told reporters on Wednesday that he aimed to "transform the way small holders are able to get to market...