Factory farms growing in developing nations (4/29/2003) WASHINGTON, DC -- Factory farms are expanding into developing countries, bringing these nations a wealth of environmental and public health concerns, finds a new paper by the Worldwatch Institute. And the environmental and health hazards of factory farms are only part of a global issue affected by increasing global meat consumption, tighter environmental standards in developing countries and international trade, according to Worldwatch Institute researcher Danielle Nierenberg.
Where's the beef (from)? (4/15/2003) Ranchers hail a law that would mandate country-of-origin labels by 2004. Some sellers and processors would prefer that consumers didn't know.
The Wisconsin of China: Got milk, but hold the cheese (4/8/2003) HOHHOT, China — In a dusty little village that sits along the windswept plains of Inner Mongolia, a 43-year-old farmer named Wang Ergo has built a small dairy farm in the courtyard that leads into his modest home.
Export apple of China's eye is, er, apples (4/4/2003) XIAN, China — This is where much of America's apple juice now comes from — the outskirts of historic Xian, where the orchards stretch for miles and miles. Apples are so plentiful here that they are often left to rot in the fields. They are scattered on the ground in old farming villages and pitched against walls by playful little boys like red and gold baseballs.
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