Word: grower
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...gave the thumbs-up to a supefluous retooling of their last jaunt, and now, everyone’s favorite genius-posing-as-a-poseur, Beck, has jumped on the remixwagon. The results are tepid, at best.“Guero” was unjustly derided. It was a grower. It had to be seen in all its aspects before it could be properly understood, and was shot down by the critical establishment (the ever-prescient Crimson excepted) before critics could let its time-bombs go off inside their brains. It was basically a great remix album already; Beck...
...have to be picked unripe, so that they are hard enough to survive the journey. They've taken a long time to get to your doorstep, and lost flavor and nutrition every step of the way...During the summer months, when it's so easy to support your local grower, you're not only enjoying a fresh meal the minute that you pick up that fork, you're also keeping agriculture in your culture, keeping your landscape in a healthy condition...
...theory was born out of the teachings of Austrian philosopher Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925). Though he wasn't a grape grower or even a gardener, Steiner set forth guidelines for farming timed to the season as well as the zodiac. Close to homeopathy, biodynamics is hyper-organic stuff. The technique includes eight different steps, using materials from cow dung to chamomile flowers, and is difficult to learn without someone like Armenier coaching. The vineyard worker must watch the calendar and the sun and moonrise for the precise times to add various supplements to the soil...
...spiraling to more than $50 per bbl. The Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force said it would disarm after the government agreed to discuss its demands for greater regional autonomy and a share of oil wealth. The NDPVF rescinded an Oct. 1 deadline for foreign oil workers to leave. Grower Pains PERU Riot police stormed an Inca temple in the southeastern city of Cuzco to free 19 foreign tourists briefly held by coca farmers protesting the government's U.S.-sponsored efforts to eradicate their crop. The increasingly restive coca growers say the plant is a part of Andean culture...
...friendsofjuan.com which gives tips on how to brew the perfect cup and offers free samples of Colombian coffee. At the same time, high-rent entertainment p.r. firm Rogers & Cowan managed to work Juan's logo into the final season of Friends and finagled an invitation for the mustachioed coffee grower to HBO's Emmy Awards after-party this week. It's a surprisingly slick strategy for the socialist-minded, nonprofit federation, which for decades has used the proceeds from its coffee sales to build roads, schools and health clinics in coffee-growing regions...