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...with haunted barns, a petting zoo, a 10-acre corn maze and snacks such as smoked turkey legs, kettle corn and funnel cake. The festival attracts more than 30,000 visitors each fall and brings in three times the revenue of Siegel's 400 acres of corn, soybean and grain crops. "I still get to plant in the spring and harvest in the fall," says Siegel, "but I have four kids to feed and send to college. We have to make...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That's Agritainment! | 10/24/2005 | See Source »

...toward reform and greater openness kindled a glimmer of hope that the North could be coaxed out of isolation. Now Kim, perhaps fearful that private enterprise and greater contact with the outside world would undermine his power, seems to have reversed course. Earlier this month, Pyongyang banned sales of grain in the country's recently legalized farmers' markets and announced a return to the old socialist system of government-controlled rice handouts. Private grain markets were just a stop-gap measure necessitated by a few bad harvests, according to the North Korean official in charge of our group, Choe Jong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside the Hermit Kingdom | 10/24/2005 | See Source »

Unrefined and organic varieties come in many different colors and crystal shapes. There are dark, rich gooey browns, sticky blonds and even fine-grain off-white varieties. They may be new to Americans, but they have been available in Europe for decades. British chefs like cookbook author Nigella Lawson and Jamie Oliver, host of the Food Network's The Naked Chef, have regularly used them in their sweet and savory recipes. Lawson applauds their arrival in America, saying "If you bake, you're really limiting yourself by using just white or brown sugar. And if you're an adult with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ain't That Sweet! | 10/23/2005 | See Source »

...prepare for all these changes. By the end of this month, sample questions will be available online, and this spring, ETS will release a full practice test. Some students remain skeptical despite the changes being made. “I really take ETS’ changes with a grain of salt,” said Lulu Wang ’06. “The things that they change, they may think is working out for the best, but all in all I don’t think it ever stops being just another hoop that you jump through...

Author: By Claire M. Guehenno, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Retooled GRE To Test ‘Real-Life’ Abilities | 10/20/2005 | See Source »

...Well, I knew something about the history of the graham. The grain that is called graham was originally harvested to make loaves of bread for people in insane asylums, because it was supposed to have some kind of a quieting influence. It’s not quite clear whether my last name Graham derives from the grain—that is, the people who happened to harvest or forest that grain, or whether it was the other way around...

Author: By Sam Teller, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fifteen Questions With Bob Graham | 10/19/2005 | See Source »

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