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• California may require more space for hens
Beneath them, conveyor belts whisk away excrement while 1.2 million eggs travel from hen to carton each day without touching a human hand. California voters will decide next month whether this kind of operation is an example of factory farming at its ...
• Hungry Zimbabweans live on one meal a day
The economic collapse, with inflation of at least 231 million percent a year, has put seeds, fertilizer and farming equipment out of the reach of many Zimbabweans. AIDS has devastated the farming work force. Weather has been a factor, with either too ...
• Levi cuts pattern for a greener bottom line
Levi is phasing in organic cotton into one line of its products and has joined the Organic Exchange, which supports organic farming and works with companies to use more organic products. So far 1 percent of the cotton Levi uses is organic and goes ...
• Man recovering after 1st double arm transplant
MUNICH, Germany - A German farmer who received the world's first complete double arm transplant said Wednesday that incredulity gave way to joy when he woke from surgery to discover he had arms again. Karl Merk, who lost his arms in a farming ...
• Zimbabwe's president claims key ministries
Zimbabwe's economic collapse, with annual inflation hovering around 231 million percent, has kept seeds, fertilizer and farming equipment out of the reach of many. The nation is facing chronic shortages of food, medicine, gasoline, currency ...