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03 Aug 09

Dan Morgan -- Farm-State Democrats Are on the Rise in Congress - washingtonpost.com

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20 Feb 09

Got Manure? These Trucks Run on It | Autopia from Wired.com

Trucks that run on manure? How could I NOT bookmark this?!

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10 Jun 08

Science News / Invasion Of The Salmon

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Hard to believe it’s the same species. But the chinook
salmon, conservation heartbreak of the U.S. West Coast, is invading and
thriving in South America.
Chinook, or king salmon, largest of the five North American salmon
species, reached South America some 25 years ago as people tried to farm them
there
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- The news of chinook colonizing South America “absolutely,
  unequivocally proves how stupid we’ve been in managing our fish,” says Jack A.
  Stanford
- Unlike their North American relatives, the South American chinook
  don’t have to cope with dams, extensive fishing and genetic mixing with
  hatchery fish that dilute the wild stock’s local adaptations, Stanford says.
  
  The South American fish also find cool mountain rivers and
  rich offshore feeding grounds in the southern part of the continent, Correa
  says.

20 May 08

The ethics of animal flesh — Plenty Magazine

This is another possible "Hot Potato" topic...to make fake meat, or not to make fake meat?

And here's the link to the NPR story: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90235492&sc=emaf

The fake meat thing is a little less "touchy" than the vegetarian thing in general, so I think it could be good. Also, people haven't necessarily chosen "sides" yet...

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