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Bush's bread man
Baltimore baker takes on great quacking menace |
Glenn Hurowitz |
21 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Last week, The New York Times' David Streitfeld told the story of one J.R. Paterakis, a Baltimore 'baker' who opposes the Conservation Reserve Program, which provides incentives to farmers to set aside their land for wildlife, clean water, and (incidentally) massive carbon sequestration. Seemed like an opportunity to deploy my rye wit. The program has been a huge success -- protecting 35 million acres of land and partially restoring the 'duck factory' of the upper ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, Big Ag, biofuels, energy, food, politics, wildlife (all these topics) |
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