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Ruth L. Ozeki's "My Year of Meats"  |
Mel Brooks always said chicken was one of the funniest words in the English language. I have taken that to heart many times. (Ain’t nobody here but us chickens.) But it’s a serious matter when it comes to actually eating chickens. Have you ever actually seen a large scale chicken farm? Tens of thousands of birds are crammed into one shed with no Continue reading Chickens: Free-range vs. factory In the Wood River Valley, residents hoped it would come to this. After a contentious and unstable summer of ups and downs, a way to work together has been found. Maybe. Citing shared goals for the present and the future, the Sun Valley/Ketchum Chamber & Visitors Bureau announced today that its commitment to support and work in close cooperation with the newly formed Sun Valley Regional Area Continue reading Sun Valley/Ketchum Chamber & Visitors Bureau join new marketing board in cooperative effort When I was growing up on the East Coast in the 1970s, there was an all important item at our back doors. Turpentine. We used it to remove tar from our feet. That’s right. Our beach in Connecticut, a rocky, tangled beach on Long Island Sound was a mess. We often found syringes, used condoms, cans of all sorts, and a lot of plastic. We lived across Continue reading Chaos is here. Time to clean it up. While he was in Sun Valley, Rush Limbaugh tipped a kid 50 bucks for hauling his luggage from a private plane at the airport, a another local $200 at the hotel and set the town minimally a buzz with his nerve. Of course, this a place where Dick Fuld spent some of his Lehman Brother millions. Apparently he was staying at the Knob Hill Inn, in Continue reading Where fools Rush in Farmers and ranchers wanting to enroll in the Conservation Stewardship Program have until June 25 to file a simple application form with a Natural Resources Conservation Service office. USDA has also issued a final rule for the program that will affect the payment rates and other details for this sign up. NSAC has issued this five page fact sheet on the Conservation Stewardship Program Continue reading For Farmers: Conservation Stewardship Program 2010 sign-up deadline extended to June 25 |
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