17 Feb 2007
Old McDonald Gave a Tour of His Farm

because it's the only way he can survive... I have done this kind of thing, and while it's fun and profitable unless the operator is careful to delineate the differences between a family farm and a modern corporate agri-business, it can lead to people thinking that all food is produced in such healthful and friendly conditions. Which simply isn't true.

Some small farms, faced with stagnant income and mounting expenses, are opening up their operations to nonagricultural activities just to survive.

(link) [New York Times]

22:03 /Agriculture | 0 comments | permanent link

Frog in amber may be 25M years old

Anybody else remember a film along these lines?

AP - A miner in the state of Chiapas found a tiny tree frog that has been preserved in amber for 25 million years, a researcher said. If authenticated, the preserved frog would be the first of its kind found in Mexico, according to David Grimaldi, a biologist and curator at the American Museum of Natural History, who was not involved in the find.

(link) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories]

21:57 /Technology | 0 comments | permanent link