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...mean ugly," says Roger Pepperl, marketing director for Stemilt Growers, a large Washington State orchard. Growers such as Stemilt, which has 2,000 acres under organic management, benefit from new economies of scale. Says Pepperl: "We're more scientific and efficient with water management, planting and fertilization techniques, pest management. And our packaging has evolved so as not to bruise the produce...
...These punk rockers of the soccer pitch are deceptively dangerous. The player with the Mohawk, Kazuyuki Toda, is a defensive pest, perpetually in the faces of opponents. "My job is to do the dirty work," he says. Co-defender Tsuneyasu Miyamoto is so hyperkinetic it's a wonder he hasn't broken more than his nose, which was injured during a practice game and now requires the protection of a leather mask. On offense, Shinji Ono supplies the fancy footwork and sets up the pair of fair-haired attackers?Inamoto and the slightly disheveled beach bum of the two, Takayuki...
...traced to the existence of “a compost-like situation” in abandoned dumb-waiter shafts and trap doors, according to Gary D. Alpert, Harvard’s chief pest-control official. Alpert also said the infestation posed no health risks...
...problem originated in a closed-off area under the conveyor belt that transports students’ trays back into the kitchen, said Gary D. Alpert, Harvard’s chief pest-control official...
Other improvements will include new air-cleaning equipment, newly designed mattresses with allergy reducing fiber, systematic pest management and new ventilation systems in the housing...