Category: questions

  • Early Harvest

    I found <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/01/AR2007090101360.html?wpisrc=newsletter">this story about France's grape harvest</a> extremely interesting. I knew grapes were very sensitive to temperatures but this really talks about how they are being affected by climate change.<br />n<br />nI didn't post this to argue about global warming/climate change and whether humans are responsible for it of not. Anybody over about…

  • Horses

    <a href="http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=3C7B83AF-DB16-39AF-58583D63F2A132B1" >Horse slaughter ban re-introduced in House, Senate</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The House of Representatives last year passed legislation to ban federally inspected horse slaughter in the U.S. Federal inspection of meat from slaughtered horses allows it to be exported to countries like France and Belgium where horsemeat is considered a delicacy. The bill died in…