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19 min ago | Scientific Blogging

Agriculture May Have Been In Xincun China 5,000 Years Ago

In Europe, the arrival of the farmers who replaced Mesolithic hunter-gatherers happened in force 9,000 years ago but it was happening elsewhere prior to that.

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Related Topix: Science, Archaeology, Anthropology

4 hrs ago | Calhoun Times

HERD Sale and Reproductive Management Workshop

Everyone has a comfort zone or two. I think I have two. I love to talk sports and coach and I also really enjoy the animal science or animal husbandry side of my job.

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Related Topix: Gordon County, GA, Calhoun, GA, Life, Beef, Food, Meat, Science, Floyd County, GA

8 hrs ago | Journal Gazette

Don't feed the green monsters

Purdue University's Allen County Extension is looking for neighborhoods that would like to become greener.

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Related Topix: Allen County, IN, Science, Home Gardening, Home

12 hrs ago | Detroit News

Winning ticket for $590M-plus Powerball sold in Florida

Some lucky person walked into a Publix supermarket in suburban Florida over the past few days and bought a ticket now worth an estimated $590.5 million - the highest Powerball jackpot in history.

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Related Topix: Lottery, Florida, Zephyrhills, FL, Pasco County, FL, Science

16 hrs ago | Star-Telegram.com

Billie Sol Estes, convicted swindler, eulogized as loving, generous

Billie Sol Estes may have been infamous as a swindler who spent time in prison for Texas-sized schemes, but his family and friends recall a loving, generous man who once gave his Cadillac to a stranger who needed a ride.

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Related Topix: Science, Granbury, TX

20 hrs ago | LongmontFYI

Boulder County residents invited to agriculture water tour

Boulder County residents can see examples of how water is a critical component of farming operations in the county, during an all-day June 8 tour highlighting those water resources.

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Related Topix: Science, Boulder County, CO, Life, Food, Vegetables

Sat May 18, 2013

KFBB

Tornadoes in Texas Kill Six

Rain showers benefit Montana agriculture, but severe weather is another story. Storms should not be taken lightly, as some North Texan residents learned first hand Wednesday evening.

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Related Topix: Texas, Jon Tester, US Politics, Weather, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Science, Tornado, Natural Disasters

The Gleaner

See agriculture as a lifestyle - Johnson

Jacqueline Johnson, executive director of Food For The Poor Jamaica, addressing Thursday's closing ceremony for economic diversification programme for banana producing parishes, at the Esher Seventh-day Adventist Church in St Mary.

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Related Topix: Science, Jamaica, NY

ABC11

Raleigh holds annual backyard chicken coops tour

Chicken connoisseurs in North Carolina's capital city are holding their annual tour of backyard pens, part of a national movement of backyard poultry farming.

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Related Topix: Science

NBC Los Angeles

19 Homes Evacuated in 250-Acre Fire

A brush fire broke out at 1:30 p.m. in Castaic on Friday, May 17, 2013. NewsChopper 4 was on the scene.

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Related Topix: Fire, Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Castaic, CA, Newbury Park, CA, Camarillo, CA, Science

The Austin Chronicle

The Future of Urban Agriculture

The Urban Farms Process and Code Coordination Working Group of the Austin/Travis County Sustainable Food Policy Board held its last of three working group sessions Wednesday night.

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Related Topix: Science, Travis County, TX

Science Daily

Agriculture in China predates domesticated rice: Discovery of ancient ...

They have uncovered evidence for the first time that people living in Xincun 5,000 years ago may have practised agriculture -- before the arrival of domesticated rice in the region.

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Related Topix: Archaeology, Anthropology, Science

Fri May 17, 2013

National Public Radio

Insects May Be The Taste Of The Next Generation, Report Says

A report from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization says insects offer a huge potential for improving the world's food security.

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Related Topix: Entomology, Science

Canada.com

Tougher food-safety rules in the works: Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz

Canada's food watchdog is planning to impose tougher rules to deal with the threat of E. coli in slaughterhouses.

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Related Topix: E. Coli, Health, Science, Food Science, Life, Food, Bar-B-Q

Deseret News

Congress divided over domestic food aid

The House and Senate Agriculture Committees have laid the groundwork this week for reducing the size of the federal food stamp program, approving farm bills that would shrink the food aid and alter the way people qualify for it.

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Related Topix: Science, California, California Government

CBC News

Escaped farmed salmon could cause problems, council warns

Most of the salmon farms in Newfoundland are based around the Connaigre Peninsula.

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Related Topix: Aquaculture, Science

The Beaumont Enterprise

Organic industry clout grows with consumer demand

In this Feb. 22, 2009, file photo, bottles of Heinz organic tomato ketchup are on display inside Costco in Mountain View, Calif.

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Related Topix: Science, US News, Life, Food, Organic Food, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Representative Kurt Schrader, Representative Austin Scott, Republican, Frank Lucas

The Washington Post

Puerto Rico seeks to revive coffee industry amid island's lowest production ever

Coffee production in Puerto Rico has hit the lowest level ever in the island's history, leaving farmers and government officials worried about how to revive a once burgeoning industry amid a deep economic crisis.

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Related Topix: Drink, Coffee, Science, World News

Thu May 16, 2013

WHBF-TV Rock Island

Car bombs, shooting in Iraq leave 21 dead

Jodi Arias returns to court for the final phase of her trial as the same jury that convicted her of first-degree murder last week now weighs whether the former waitress should be sentenced to life in prison or death.

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Related Topix: Iraq, World News, Middle East, Science, Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire,

NewsOn6 Tulsa

OJ Simpson testifies in bid for new Vegas trial

The House and Senate Agriculture Committees have laid the groundwork this week for reducing the size of the federal food stamp program, approving farm bills that would shrink the food aid and alter the way people... The House and Senate Agriculture Committees have laid the groundwork this week for reducing the size of the federal food stamp ... (more)

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Related Topix: Science, US News, Tax