Article: Is homesteading simply a hobby?(Country conversation & feedback)

Article: Farmers train on high value veggies, ...
Manila Bulletin;  February 12, 2006 ;     635 words ...Byline: JACK C. GADAINGAN NAVAL, Biliran A- Around 46 vegetable farmers and agricultural technicians (ATs) from seven towns in this province have received their certificates after a three-month long technology training on high value vegetables and fruit crops. According to Provincial Agriculturist

Article: Farmers train for kids' visits
Express & Echo (Exeter UK);  August 23, 2007 ;     330 words ...Farmers from across the South West are being urged to take part in training so they can host school visits and go into classrooms to explain how food is produced. Around 150 farmers throughout the region have already been trained under the Countryside Educational Visits Accreditation Scheme. And at

Article: Chinese guards, farmers train their guns on clouds ...
The Hindustan Times;  June 28, 2008 ;     687 words ...Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, June 28 -- Believe it or not, China has a Home Guard shooting at the sky to ensure that the forthcoming Olympics in Beijing stay dry In the Fragrant Hills northwest of Beijing, a stone's throw from the Temple of Azure

Article: Colombia's soldier-farmers train to join the war at ...
AP Worldstream;  February 6, 2003 ;     700+ words ...00-00-0000 Dateline: POPAYAN, Colombia Walter Gomez, his face fiercely streaked with camouflage paint, has exchanged a hoe for an assault rifle and is ready along with a thousand other soldier-farmers to defend their villages from rebel attacks. In a bold but controversial move, President Alvaro

Article: Scouts' anti-gay, religion policy means no free docks
AP Online;  May 6, 1998 ;     433 words ... ... to pound her gavel several times to bring order to the meeting. ``I think it's really messed up,'' 16-year-old Jake Brill said. ``I respect anyone's belief as long as they have respect for mine.'' The crews of the two Sea Scout boats now ...

Article: Feature: Vietnamese farmers' new life by Huang Haimin Bui Minh ...
Xinhua News Agency;  May 28, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... province train farmers right at their fields of sugarcane, cotton and other cash crops. They frequently apply the model "farmers train farmers about farming", under which learners will teach others about agricultural techniques after completing training ...

Article: Va. Extension Service Faces Shears; Farmers, Newcomers Still ...
The Washington Post;  January 5, 1995 ;     700+ words ... ... office emphasizes nutritional and financial planning for families. And Loudoun's extension agents, in addition to visiting farmers, train day-care providers and help restaurant owners with food sanitation practices. "I had no idea you had to heat meatballs ...