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Agricultural policies now in place define the very idea of unsustainable development. Just 15 cash crops such as corn, wheat and rice provide 90% of the world's food, but planting and replanting the same crops strips fields of nutrients and makes them more vulnerable to pests. Slash-and-burn planting techniques and overreliance on pesticides further degrade the soil...
...Kids today are the first generation to live in a culture where vegetarianism is common, where it is publicly promoted on health and ecological grounds." And kids, as any parent can tell you, spur the consumer economy; that explains in part the burgeoning sales of veggie burgers (soy, bulgur wheat, cooked rice, mushrooms, onions and flavorings in Big Mac drag) in supermarkets and fast-food chains...
...parade of concrete pylons across the riverbed. Most importantly, says Noorzai, Uruzgan dam will reach its full capacity with additional U.S.-financed construction. Not only does he expect the dam to fill the irrigation channels of local farmers currently being encouraged to switch from opium to corn and wheat, but it will be capable of generating hydro-electric power, much like Kajaki dam in neighboring Helmand province. "By starting these projects," says Noorzai, "some of the people of this province who are jobless will find work which will obviously be good for the economy...
...split log as my cutting board. I don't know exactly how this stew will taste, but I am pretty sure it will include toothpicks. While I am chopping, I take my first bite of hardtack, the unspoilable bread substance the corps took with them. It's whole wheat flour, salt, water and a drop of butter, baked very crisp. And it's delicious, like a health-food-store wheat cracker. It would go great with goat cheese or pate. This last comment doesn't endear me to my new friends...
...trade embargo allowed Cuba to buy U.S. food products--a privilege it began exercising in November when it purchased 30,000 tons of corn from Archer Daniels Midland. Since then Fidel Castro's government has spent $90 million in scarce hard currency on staples like rice, wheat and chicken. Now Castro and his buyers would like to sample brand-name products. This fall more than 150 American companies such as specialty pastamaker Bushel 42 and Spam producer Hormel will travel to Havana to show off Napa Valley wines, soy burgers, candy bars and even bottled water at a food...