CANTERBURY The Shakers who once occupied the 900-acre North Family Farm here in the 19th and early 20th centuries were a famously self-reliant group, and they took full advantage of the resources of farm, field and woods to create a self-sufficient lifestyle. Union Leader - Local farmers see new era of self-reliance - Monday, Oct. CANTERBURY The Shakers who once occupied the 900-acre North Family Farm here in the 19th and early 20th centuries were a famously self-reliant group, and they...

usDiggRedditYahooMyWebGoogleWhat's this? BMH's Maple View Cafe adds sea vegetables to menu By BOB AUDETTE, Reformer Staff Saturday, October 27 BRATTLEBORO -- Seaweed by any other name -- be it sea vegetables, alaria, dulse, kelp, laver, sea lettuce or bladderwrack -- is still good for you. usDiggRedditYahooMyWebGoogleWhat's this? BMH's Maple View Cafe adds sea vegetables to menu By BOB AUDETTE, Reformer Staff Saturday, October 27 BRATTLEBORO -- Seaweed by any other name -- be it sea...

EPAs are reciprocal free trade agreements that upon their signing in December 2007 will open regional markets to goods from the European union and vice versa. The Government has put up a spirited defence of its decision to negotiate a new trade agreement with Europe, saying it is in the best interest of the country. Last week, a group of farmers, and a human rights watchdog filed a landmark case in Nairobi challenging the State over ongoing negotiations for a new trade agreement with...

The Senate bill creates an optional program that would provide subsidies when crop revenue falls below a statewide target level. The House bill has a stripped-down version that is targeted to national revenue, making it less attractive to farmers. The optional program is a top priority for Midwest corn growers, who stand to get little from traditional crop subsidies that pay farmers when commodity prices fall but not when crops fail. The Senate has neither of those measures but would...

usDiggRedditYahooMyWebGoogleWhat's this? VFW post fundraiser set to raise maintence money Daily Democrat Article Created:10/27/2007 08:11:59 AM PDT The new Woodland All American Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Post 1985 will be hosting a Post Maintenance fundraiser dinner Saturday, Nov. usDiggRedditYahooMyWebGoogleWhat's this? VFW post fundraiser set to raise maintence money Daily Democrat Article Created:10/27/2007 08:11:59 AM PDT The new Woodland All American Veterans of...

He hasn't been picking the vegetables much and hasn't been going to the farmers' market on weekends. He is a senior at Mars High School who lives on a farm, carries a 3.5 grade point average and calls reading one of his favorite hobbies. Although there are no statistics to prove it, no one is known to have rushed for 2,000 yards in the regular season before Smith. He hasn't been helping his mother take care of the horses, donkeys, pigs and sheep on the farm like he used to do. But once...