03 Aug 2005
NLRB Redefines 'Your Own Time'

Wait! You can't fire me! Slaves have to be sold!!!

The U.S. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has ruled to ban off-duty worker 'fraternization,' at the employer's discretion. So getting together for a beer after work can now be prohibited by the boss.

(link) [Slashdot]

00:00 /Politics | 2 comments | permanent link

Organic farms 'best for wildlife'

Ye gads! A 'Study in Stupidity' involving agriculture!

So, the conclusions are thus: if you "farm" a piece of land by paving it over, and erect huge factories barns to stuff the livestock in, or if you soak the soil with pesticides and herbicides to "improve" fertility, you'll get less wildlife on your property than you would've if you'd have just left it alone and farmed naturally.

I wonder how many millions of pounds sterling it cost them to figure this one out?

Organic farms are better for wildlife than those run conventionally, according to a study covering 180 farms.

(link) [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition]

00:00 /Agriculture | 0 comments | permanent link

Finally Got'em Up

Hammerstead Farms got a lot of local press in July, and I finally managed to find the time to scan in the articles and post them. The scanning is a bit rough: my flat bed scanner only handles 8.5 x 11 inch paper, and these were news sheet sized (one is an entire page, the other a half page). One's full color, too, and with the bleed from the back of the page it kinda made one side darker than the other. But with judicious cutting and pasting, I managed to assemble reasonable (and readable) facsimiles. I figured I'd better do this before I take Big Mac apart this afternoon and replace the main drive!

Basically the articles are the same: they were written by the same reporter, although the layout is different, and the one from the Reporter is edited for brevity. But since it's only my second 15 minutes of fame, and probably my last (time is running out!), I'm posting both! The article from the Lebanon Reporter can be found here (672k) and the one from the Zionsville Times Sentinel is here. (1.3m)

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