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1. Standing up for the ethical treatment of farm animals
(Life/Style)

... on factory farms live such unnatural lives that they can't move freely at all," said Farm Sanctuary National Advocacy Director Jasmin Singer. "Calves raised for veal, pigs used for breeding and hens who ...

2. The Outer Banks: The journey is as wonderful as the destination
(Life/Style)

... 13 also passes farms, with occasional lovely old white farmhouses set back on green lawns, and fields of corn and other crops to only guess at. Crepe myrtles line the road in two ice cream flavor colors, ...

3. Must see movies at this week's New Jersey Film Festival
(Entertainment/Movies)

... such as Stonyfield Farm's Gary Hirshberg and Polyface Farms' Joel Salatin, "Food, Inc." reveals the shocking truth about what we eat, how it's produced, and who we have become as a nation. Our food supply ...

4. Wind reserves provide hope as oil and gas supplies dry up
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... Japan, Denmark, Germany and Spain have provided funding for onshore wind farms currently operating or under construction on the Red Sea coast. Private investors are currently being sought for build-operate-own ...

5. Fort Lee ranked No. 3 in Best Places for Healthy Retirement
(Health/Healthquest)

... on one of Lincoln Park's trails for joggers, walkers, hikers and cyclists. For healthy eating, Borinski Farms, an 80-year-old family operated farm offers Lincoln Park residents fresh fruits and vegetables. ...

6. Corzine seeks additional federal aid for farmers hurt by crop loss
(N.J./State)

... essential for farmers to become eligible for already existing federal relief programs." On July 29, a tornado touched down in Sussex County, damaging some farms, including barns and silos and uprooting ...

7. Manure could be turned into a clean alternative energy source
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... for handling animal waste. The manure from livestock on dairy farms, feedlots, meat-packing plants and other sites, like García's farm, can be turned into the raw material for fuel, as can waste from ...

8. Renewable Energy in NJ
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... Winds Farms, Solar Power and other issues on renewable energy in NJ. The presentation begins at 8:00 PM and is free and open to members and non-members alike. Desert and coffee will be served at 7:30 ...

9. Movement aims to reshape and change what kids eat at school
(Health/Healthquest)

... about the Eat-In. On Monday, September 7 Newark 12-2 P.M. Garden State Urban Farms (formerly Brick City Urban Farm) Lincoln Park Newark, NJ (973) 885-3894 Hosted by Lorraine Gibbons, Lisa ...

10. Demarest horse owner hopes for Yonkers Trot victory
(Sports/Professional)

... beams Stathis, owner of Celebrity Farms in Goshen, N.Y. "We are here to win. We are racing against the colts because she has great speed from the gate, which is so important on Yonkers' half mile track." Celebrity ...

11. Uruguay’s agricultural community pursues a different kind of ecotourism
(World/International)

BY LUIS ALBERTO CARRO IPS NEWS AGENCY SAN PEDRO, Uruguay — Uruguayans and tourists from other countries escape the stress of city life and learn about rural living on once prosperous dairy farms and ...

12. City farms and vegetable gardens taking root
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

BY ENRIQUE GILI IPS NEWS AGENCY SAN DIEGO — Juxtapose the word urban in front of farm and there's bound to be a lot of head scratching. But in cities around the U.S. small-scale farms and garden plots ...

13. United States spending billions to become a broadband nation
(U.S./Nation)

... farms and lobster fleets, educate their children and communicate with doctors from remote areas. But it's a large county and its 34,000 residents are spread out: At twice the size of Rhode Island, it ...

14. Poll: Wildwoods New Jersey’s favorite heritage tourism site
(Life/Style)

... with 134 votes, and the Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms in Parsippany, third, with 49 votes. Other popular submissions included: Cadwalader Heights Historic District in Trenton, the Alice Paul Institute ...

15. Corzine seeks federal disaster designation after tornado, severe weather damage farms
(N.J./State)

... for federal loans and other relief programs to help them rebuild and stay on their farms." On July 29, a tornado touched down in Sussex County, damaging farm homes, barns, silos, crops and uprooting ...

16. Report: World oyster population near extinction
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

...  "People harvested oysters for hundreds of years and they used the shells to build roads and provide calcium to chicken farms instead of planting the shells back over board where they could be use to ...

17. Local farmers' markets capturing spotlight throughout N.J.
(Life/Style)

... Award for General Excellence in 2000 and was a second place winner in 2001 from Missouri for the Home & Garden section. She’s a fan of New Jersey produce, farms and restaurants and knows the state’s ...

18. Readington boasts New Jersey's lone buffalo farm
(Life/Style)

... and is the only buffalo farm in the state of New Jersey. The farm sits atop rolling green hills between farms and country homes. If you ask owner Erick Doyle, flavorful, robust and delicious is the ...

19. New Jersey's toxic & corrupt – and don't let outsiders forget it!
(Opinion/Commentary)

... They take them on guided tours of our mountains and parks, our historic attractions and beaches, our rolling landscapes of horse farms and truck gardens and say, “See? See how incredible this state is? ...

20. Sharon Astyk argues benefits of becoming ‘A Nation of Farmers’
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... big agricultural area," she says. "I'm assuming people grow gardens or small-scale farms." That's what people around the world do, she says, noting the practice has become increasingly more common across ...