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GRAINS OF WISDOM Rice is low fat, low sodium and low just about everything except fiber and calories. But what other diet dares to promise a 20-to-30-lb. weight loss per month? Let's hope the rice shipment is not on a slow boat from China. BUZZWORDS: Ricers; Dieta; Mindfulness; Detox...
Despite Equal Exchange's efforts, there's still a long way to go before coffee growers will have a fair deal. Serious problems persist for coffee producers in developing nations. Commodity prices have languished well below $1 per lb. for much of the past two decades, so crops have often been sold at a loss, leading many families to abandon their farms for a better life in the cities. "It's forcing families who have depended on coffee for income into destitution," says Matthew Aho, who is producing a documentary on Fair Trade's impact on Peruvian farmers...
...current form, FirstDefender is a portable, 4-lb. box that costs about $30,000, which means you won't find it in every cop car quite yet. But Ahura plans to slim the device to the size of a cell phone and reduce its cost with advances in technology to make it a more practical everyday tool for emergency responders...
Making the jump from the 125 lb. bracket to the 133 lb. bracket didn’t affect Preston’s ability to wrestle successfully, and he walked away with the title from the East Stroudsberg Invitational on Saturday...
Freshman Louis Caputo (184 lbs.) took home third place, the next-best finisher for Harvard. Sophomore Matthew Button (149 lbs.) came in fourth, and freshman Andrew Flanagan (157 lbs.) finished in fifth place. Sophomore Joseph Bechtold rounded out the place-winners, taking eighth in the 174 lb. bracket...