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...adviser to the opposition Movement for Democratic Change. The latest exercise - dubbed Operation Taguta/ Sisuthi or "eat well" - has been disastrous, according to a report released last month by the Solidarity Peace Trust, a South African human-rights group. The group says the army has left communities without enough grain to feed themselves, despite a year of bumper harvests. The food grab and increasing militarization of the government comes as annual inflation passed 1,000% on Friday. The World Health Organization says Zimbabweans now have the world's lowest life expectancy, due to poverty, hiv/aids and the collapse...
Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum’s $30 million development plans for their Weld Hill site in Roslindale are rubbing many of the local residents against the grain. The Arboretum plans to use 15 to 20 thousand square feet to house greenhouses and research laboratory space, 10 to 15 thousand square feet for their administrative buildings, a half-acre for new nursery beds, and space for 25 to 30 cars, according to its website. However, residents of the area are not happy with the proposed plans, citing the “institutional creep” that they have...
...about $600 billion in cargo through ports that were hit by the hurricane, and some 2,000-ton barges are literally stuck in the mud, says Larry Daily, president of Alter Barge Lines. "It's like you've clogged the pipeline for a week." Archer Daniels Midland, a major grain exporter, operates four grain terminals in Louisiana. Several hundred of its barges are stranded in the lower Mississippi, some grounded and waiting to off-load. The firm is studying rail alternatives and considering diverting some shipments to Galveston, Texas...
...shipping grain by rail or truck isn't feasible on a large scale; it's too costly, and freight lines are already booked solid. It would take as many as 60 trucks to transport the 55,000 bu. of corn that would fit on a barge, says David Feider, a spokesman for the grain exporter Cargill. "We're not diverting cargo," he says. The prospect of corn being dumped on the domestic market has already depressed spot prices. But don't expect a break in the price of cornflakes. The corn in a 1-lb. box costs cereal makers just...
...cups white long-grain rice (do not use converted rice) 2 tomatoes 1/4 cup corn oil 1/3 onion in a chunk 3 garlic cloves 4 cups chicken stock or water 1 sprig parsley 3 whole fresh Serrano chilis (jalape?os can work as a replacement) 1/2 cup finely chopped carrots 1/4 cup shelled fresh peas...