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...seem, it was only after World War II that the U.S. began confining cattle in factory farms that can fatten 50,000 head a year on high-calorie grain. Until then, cattle grazed on grass their full lives--as they still mostly do in Europe, South America, New Zealand and other beef-producing nations. The new U.S. system grew thanks to vast surpluses of government-subsidized corn and soybeans, produced with modern petroleum-based fertilizers. Traditionally, steers had taken three to four years to fatten on pasture. Today they grow to slaughter size in less than two years--an efficient...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Grass-Fed Revolution | 6/11/2006 | See Source »

...Hirshberg is looking for other options abroad, including buying organic-milk powder from a co-op of 35 family farms in New Zealand to reconstitute in limited amounts for Stonyfield products. He is discussing ways to finance the changes with his prospective partners. Hirshberg has also persuaded Danone managers in four European countries to move into organic products this year, and he expects 11 more countries to follow in 2007, assuming they can find the cows. He hopes demand from Europe will stimulate the supply of organic milk here and abroad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Yogurt Nation | 5/30/2006 | See Source »

...predecessors now hang. “It would be fine with me if they would wait until after I was done, so I didn’t have to stare at it all the time,” she said. Having lived in the Philippines, New Zealand, and London, Simmons is a seasoned international scholar. Her favorite place in the world, however, is closer to home. “Cambridge, Massachusetts,” she answered. “If they fix the potholes.” —Staff writer Lulu Zhou can be reached at luluzhou@fas.harvard.edu...

Author: By Lulu Zhou, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Simmons To Direct Weatherhead | 5/26/2006 | See Source »

...social-networking site for soccer fans that mimics MySpace.com the networking juggernaut that Rupert Murdoch recently purchased for $580 million. The most innovative aspect of Nike's broad Joga Bonito (Portuguese for Play Beautiful) World Cup marketing campaign, joga.com has about 800,000 members from Chile, Afghanistan, Malaysia, New Zealand--you name it. The company says it adds a new member every eight seconds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Competition: Global Game | 5/14/2006 | See Source »

DRIVING A NEW COURSE Golfer Tiger Woods, in New Zealand last week for his caddie's wedding, won a charity stock-car race, despite crashing into the wall on the third lap. Gives new meaning to being in the rough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Days of Thunder | 4/30/2006 | See Source »

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