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Boca's Bova offers locals a full plate during the summer
Forum Publishing GroupBova Ristorante is offering new menu options and a weekly "High Society" night to help attract a range of restaurant patrons. If you've ever been to Bova, then you already know it is as good as it gets, the most appealing restaurant in terms of ambience...Tags: Boca Raton, New York, Food and Dining Culture, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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Farmers in southern Kansas eager to harvest wheat
Associated Press WriterJerry McReynolds usually cuts his own wheat fields. But not this year. After a volatile spring of heavy rains, widespread hail and tornadoes, the Woodston farmer wanted to get his crop cut quickly. "I got some custom cutters to help me finish,"...Tags: Agriculture, Oklahoma, Tom Harkin, Natural Disasters, Texas
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Testing lab puts land into preservation
Sun reporterA ballistics testing facility in northern Harford County has placed nearly half of its property in a land preservation program. The H. P. White Laboratory owns nearly 300 acres surrounding its facility, which sits across Scarboro Road from the county...Tags: John F. Kennedy, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Farms, Government, National Government
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Tips for vegetable gardeners
/Chicago TribuneA lot of people seem to be trying their hands at vegetable gardening this year, according to George Ball, president of W. Atlee Burpee & Co., the big seed company in Warminster, Pa. He says sales of vegetable seeds are up 30 to 40 percent this season,...Tags: Fertilizer, Petroleum Industry, Food Safety, Healthcare Policies
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People in the news
•Olivia Shuck of Williamsburg completed the requirements and was approved for the Congressional Award Gold Medal, Congress' highest honor for youth service. Shuck volunteered more than 400 hours at Mary Immaculate Hospital and planned and executed two...Tags: Thomas Nelson Community College, North Carolina, Lower House, John Robinson, Consumers
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Couple's Earth-friendly lifestyle takes root on Northern California rice farm
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWhen wildlife biologists Greg Massa and Raquel Krach returned to the United States in 1997 after five years in Costa Rica, they hoped to live a lifestyle that matched their ideals. They moved to the Northern California rice farm that had been in the...Tags: Agriculture, Nature, Farms, Organic Foods, Natural Resources
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Support your local farmer
Chicago Tribune reporterLast month, Lenae Weichel embarked on an ambitious dietary experiment: to feed her family for a year with food produced within 100 miles of her Rockford home. Inspired by a Vancouver couple who wrote a book on their "100-mile diet," she joined a...Tags: Evanston, Agriculture, Illinois, Consumers, Health Treatments
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Resources for locavores
BOOKS "The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals" by Michael Pollan "Real Food: What to Eat and Why" by Nina Planck "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle" by Barbara Kingsolver "Plenty: One Man, One Woman and a Raucous Year of Eating Locally"...Tags: Western Springs
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Bessie H. Fox
Bessie H. Fox, a homemaker and former Columbia resident, died Monday of Alzheimer's disease at Maple Hill, an assisted-living facility in Laurel. She was 87. Bessie Hutton was born and raised in Newport News, Va., and Hampton, Va. After graduating from...Tags: Hawaii, Diseases, San Diego (San Diego, California), Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Zellwood
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Honey bees threatened in Va.
Virginia is taking steps to protect its threatened honey bees, which are crucial for the pollination of fruit and vegetable crops. A General Assembly study found that honey bee hives are at risk because of parasitic mites and other threats. As a...Tags: Montgomery County (Virginia), Bedford (Bedford, Virginia), Virginia Tech, Petersburg (Petersburg, Virginia), Virginia
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