Word: farmerly
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...struggle against colonialism, insisted on wearing clothing made only of homespun cotton. One day Vandana, having returned from a boarding school to her home in the Himalayan foothill town of Dehra Dun, demanded a nylon dress, the fashion adopted by her rich friends. Her mother, a teacher turned farmer, agreed. "If that is what you want, of course you shall have it," she said. "But remember, your nylon frock will help a rich man buy a bigger car. And the cotton that you wear will buy a poor family at least one meal...
...family starving because of my dress." True to her upbringing, Shiva has made it her mission to fight for social justice in many arenas. With a doctorate in physics from the University of Western Ontario, she has been a teacher, an ecologist, an activist, a feminist and an organic farmer...
...nearly 3,000 white Zimbabweans, the day of eviction had finally arrived. Hundreds of farmers and their families jammed clothes and linens into boxes and lifted refrigerators onto pickup trucks. At a homestead on the outskirts of Harare, a farmer kneeling in the middle of her kitchen floor wrapped crockery and glasses less than 24 hours before the Aug. 8 deadline. "I can't cry anymore," said the woman, who, fearing for her safety, asked that her name not be published. "I just don't have any tears left." Most of the farmers, however, decided to defy the government deadline...
...country's high court offered the farmers a reprieve late last week when it ruled that the state could not seize farms mortgaged to banks without first informing the lender. But the government has ignored court rulings in the past. And many farmers are ready to leave, no matter what happens next. "Now that we have left the farm, we can't wait to leave the country. Life here for my wife and daughter has become unbearable," says a farmer who requested anonymity...
...Savage, the tree farmer, believes otherwise. He will be in North Korea with his Israeli irrigation engineers this week, setting up greenhouses and touching base with his North Korean partners. But he acknowledges his venture will require patience. The country "may be a bit backward," he concedes, "but so what? If you are prepared to help, it will take off like a bloody bullet." Or a paulownia tree...