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Lower Mount Bethel takes on farmland development
Of The Morning CallDeciding how to limit development in agriculturally zoned areas in Lower Mount Bethel has been an open issue since 2005 and resolving it has proven as difficult as growing crops without water. Township supervisors have tabled action on several ideas,...Tags: Arable Farming, Mount Bethel
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Stine farm headed for foreclosure sale
After winning nine postponements to keep his Lower Mount Bethel Township property off the auction block, embattled stump dumper and farmer Clayton Stine Jr. is set to lose his farm at a foreclosure sale Tuesday. Michael McKeever of Goldbeck McCafferty...Tags: Allentown, Property, David Dunn, Bankruptcy, Auction Service
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Nude calendar ladies featured in documentary
Associated PressFARMLAND, Ind.—Seven women—age 80 to 90-plus—who turned heads when they posed nude for a calendar to save a historic courthouse, have gained more attention because of a documentary about their efforts. The locally produced documentary,...Tags: Arable Farming, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Clubs and Associations, Film Festivals, Festive Event
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Risk-reward options
Of The Morning CallAt his Heidelberg Township farm that hugs the southern edge of the Blue Mountain, Larry Turner has stuck with his traditional mix of crops, despite last year's record surge in corn prices. Like Turner, few Lehigh Valley farmers have jumped to cash in...Tags: Forks Township, Employees, Lehigh County, Ethanol, Whitehall
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Forever 21 development on South Central Farm site is protested
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterTwo years after it was bulldozed, the 14-acre Los Angeles community garden known as the South Central Farm is being developed for a clothing chain with strong ties to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. Forever 21, one of the city's fastest-growing women's...Tags: Folk Music, Joan Baez, Vice, Pollution, Heavy Engineering
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Derby winning filly Genuine Risk dies
Genuine Risk, one of only three fillies to win the Kentucky Derby, died Monday at Newstead Farm. The 1980 Derby winner died peacefully about 7:30 a.m. at the age of 31 after eating a hearty breakfast and being turned out in her paddock, said Cindy...Tags: Belmont Stakes, Equestrian, Kentucky Derby, Bedford (Bedford, Virginia), Triple Crown
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Spanish fear day when tap will run dry
Tribune correspondentBARCELONA, Spain — Water woes spiraled to such depths this year that the top regional environment minister here—a confirmed agnostic—confessed to climbing the stony shrine of the Virgin of Montserrat for a bit of solace. Winter rains...Tags: Water Restrictions, Cults and Sects, Conservation, Parliament, Water Supply
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Small-scale farmers face big retailers' demands
Associated PressDAYTON, Va. — At the wholesale produce market in this Mennonite community, farming families arrive by horse and buggy and pallets are stacked high with freshly harvested Shenandoah Valley onions, corn, green peppers and squash. The setting evokes a...Tags: Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Mennonite, Family, Christianity, Auction Service
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It's a growing business
Sun reporterThe corn's been selling out before closing time. The heirloom tomatoes disappear, too. This summer, farmers' markets have emerged as consumer-driven havens for decidedly local foods sold in a setting of tell-all candor. In a summer vexed by food safety...Tags: Road Transportation, Dupont E I Nemours & Company, Minority Groups, St. Michaels, Healthcare Policies
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Crop yields depend on where you look
Mother Nature has smiled on Melvin Baile Jr.'s grain farm in a little valley just outside the Carroll County town of New Windsor. Dark green corn stalks, most of them 9 feet high or taller, cover 330 acres. The ears of corn also show signs of a good...Tags: Queen Anne's County, Weather Reports, Agriculture, Kent County
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Still Quiet, Still Green
We were just sitting down in the conference room of the old mill building when several of us spotted what looked like an animal outside. Then one of the women who worked in the building glimpsed it. "It's a beaver," she exclaimed excitedly. That was...Tags: Franklin (New London, Connecticut), Rivers, Water Pollution, Natural Resources, Environmental Pollution
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Watched pots: Making container gardens work
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTThe reasons to love container gardening keep piling up. It's no secret that the last few years have been tough on South Florida gardeners. Water restrictions and falling property values have caused many of us to hold off on major landscape projects. But...Tags: Water Restrictions, Lightweight Boxing, Gardening, Fertilizer, Hobbies
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