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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Smithfield's European strategy The hog giant CAFOizes Poland and Romania to gain access to Western Europe	Tom Philpott	09 Apr 2008	Gristmill
Farmers in Iowa and North Carolina -- the two states that together house nearly half of U.S. hog production [PDF] -- won't be surprised by this report, from the International Herald Tribune: The American bacon producer, Smithfield Farms, now operates a dozen vast industrial pig farms in Poland. Importing cheap soy feed from South America, which the company feeds intensively to its tens of thousands of pigs, it has caused the price of pork to drop dramatically ...
Topics: agriculture, Big Ag, business, European Union, food, industrial ag, Poland, Romania (all these topics)

Good As Goldman		22 Apr 2002	Daily Grist
Good As Goldman Three Gwich'in Native Americans who battled oil development in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge have been doubly rewarded for their efforts: Last week, the Senate voted to block oil drilling in the refuge, and today, the activists are being honored with this year's Goldman Prize, the world's biggest ...
Topics: Arctic, deforestation, energy, environmental restoration, logging, mining and drilling, Poland, Puerto Rico, Somalia, Thailand (all these topics)

Brussels Sprouting		26 Nov 2001	Daily Grist
Brussels Sprouting Environmental negotiations with 10 Eastern European countries hoping to join the European Union by 2004 will near completion by the end of the year, E.U. officials announced Thursday. Environmental protection is considered one of the biggest obstacles facing Eastern European nations interested in joining the E.U.; for t ...
Topics: Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, European Union, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia (all these topics)

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