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...Cox is one of at least 7,500 varieties going back centuries that might once have been in the apple hit parade, but are mostly now forgotten or sold as “heirloom” specimens in farmers’ markets....
...(FT) Mexico’s opium farmers under pressure Opium poppies once yielded bumper profits....
...A new kind of grocer war could be in the works… Albertsons, the company behind grocers like Safeway and Vons, has reportedly held preliminary talks to merge with Arizona-based Sprouts Farmers Market....
...stuff in a hurry – either got lucky or timed their market entry to perfection....
...: Asian markets Nikkei 225 down -31.15 (-0.21%) at 14,735 Topix up +0.14 (+0.01%) at 1,216 Hang Seng up +385.06 (+1.67%) at 23,503 US markets S&P 500 down -3.18 (-0.18%) at 1,722 DJIA down -40.39 (-0.26%...
...Over the past 20 years, I have been lucky to have had many sleepless nights. 5. What academic achievement are you most proud of?...
...Some might count themselves lucky to have any yields at all. Relations between farmers and traders, processors, manufacturers and retailers are increasingly strained....
...Those lucky enough to buy a luxurious upper-floor apartment in Europe’s highest residential tower block in the centre of Warsaw will be able to take in a breathtaking panorama of the city....
...Müller, a German-speaking Romanian, distils the hopelessness of captivity into poetic prose, and examines the challenges faced by those lucky enough to survive....
...Given the IEA’s 55-year championing of free markets, you might expect its attack to follow familiar lines: that Fairtrade, which guarantees farmers minimum prices for products from coffee to cotton, distorts...
...With each Haitian slum-dweller drinking clean water and Congolese farmer converted to the benefits of weeding, the risk of the next bout of starvation recedes....
...Again, the mess that China‟s sprawl has created is the reason for this confusion. The 2000 census found that one in five urban workers (21%) were actually farmers....
...One of her contracts involves commissioning features for Channel 4’s 4Talent website – a job that a decade ago would have meant working in an office in Islington or Edinburgh....
...The indications are he will be lucky to get much more than the $1.7bn the MCC received for this year....
...Because the farmer’s son was crippled, he was left alone. “How lucky you are!” the villagers cried. The story has no end, in theory. Its veracity was borne out by several family anecdotes....
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