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Partners in Health founder Paul E. Farmer drew a standing-room-only crowd to Langdell Hall at the Law School last night for a conversation about methods to help save children’s lives in Rwanda. Farmer, a professor of medical anthropology at the Medical School, has won international acclaim for his work with HIV/AIDs and tuberculosis in some of the poorest countries of the world. Farmer delivered the lecture on aiding youth with Dai Ellis, the founder of Orphans of Rwanda, a non-profit organization that helps young people affected by the 1994 Rwandan genocide attain a university...
...according to Barry T. Milanese, director of sales and marketing at Costa.For example, this year Harvard looked into buying local beef for the grill once a week, a decision which would cost $100,000 more per year, according to HUDS data. But despite operational challenges and high prices, local farmer Jim S. Wilson, who supplies produce to Costa, is optimistic about the prospects of the local movement. “The interest in local foods is tremendous,” Wilson said. “People are understanding that local produce is more in touch with you, and more healthful...
...proposals target not only the biggest, but also the smallest: the amount of land a farmer has to own to be eligible for aid would rise. At the moment that stands at 0.3 hectares, less than the size of a football field, and the Commission says the administrative cost of dealing with such postage-stamp holdings is often more than the subsidy itself...
...Another option is to visit the State Historical Museum in Des Moines which has a special exhibit on the caucuses. The museum also is hosting the debut of a theatrical production filled with stock caucus characters including: an Iowa farmer named "Eldon Wise" and his family (a.k.a. typical Iowa caucus-goers); political candidates, left, right and center; Marlon, an unemployed factory worker; and Mavis, a waitress at the local cafe. The production is called, naturally, "Caucus! The Musical...
...people of Kibweze are baffled by the air-miles debate. They have certainly noticed the effects of climate change, with the traditional wet and dry seasons now becoming flood and drought seasons. "But I don't think it's my fault," says farmer John Muyu. His argument is supported by research at Cranfield University in the U.K., which found that the carbon footprint from flying flowers grown in Kenya to Britain can be less than one fifth of the figure for flowers grown in Dutch greenhouses...