Recently, The New York Times ran an editorial that caught my eye, called “Tiles, Farmers and the Dead Zone”. The article correctly depicts the oxygen-depleted dead zone that forms each year in the Gulf of Mexico, killing off fish, shrimp and other marine life; and cites new research in the Journal of Environmental Quality by
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This is the first in a series of blog posts where we will be profiling farmers who are taking a leadership role in the emerging ‘green economy’:
For most Americans, windmills offer the promise of clean energy to light homes and fuel industry.
For local farmers, they offer a second benefit – an environmentally friendly
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