Posted at Iowa Farmer Today website on 5/24/00 / By Scott Bauer / Associated Press Writer
LINCOLN, Neb. -- A University of Nebraska study that said mega hog operations are not harmful to rural economies is flawed and should not be used when making public policy, critics of the report said today.
By Elizabeth Olson Special to the International Herald Tribune
GENEVA - Globalization and increasing trade liberalization have meant job losses and new, less secure work arrangements, the International Labor Organization said in a report published Tuesday.
The report added that 75 percent of the world's 150 million unemployed people have no jobless benefits.
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Computer hackers hijacked Nike Inc.'s Web site on Wednesday, redirecting visitors to an anti-free trade site that threatened to disrupt a September World Economic Forum meeting, the sports apparel giant said.
The Dominion (Wellington) / June 19, 2000 / MILNE Jonathan
NEW ZEALAND fish farmers have been told to stop feeding animal byproducts to their fish or risk letting a mad cow type of disease into the human food chain.
The New Indian Expresss / 7th June, 2000
Bangalore, June 6: In yet another secret operation, the US based multinational seed company, Monsanto, has shut down its R&D unit in Bioinformatics at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc).
A group of persons interested in landscaping with native plants is forming a local chapter of "Wild Ones" in NE Minnesota to promote sustainable landscaping. Activities will include sharing information on how to create
