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World Watch articles from March 1998
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World Watch archives from March 1998
USDA organic, 100% farmer-free. (US Dept of Agriculture's proposed organic farming standards)(Editorial)
March 1, 1998... The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has proposed national organic farming standards with "loopholes big enough to drive a chemical fertilizer truck through," says Steve Gilman of the Northeast Organic Farmers Association. By failing to...
Bigness and disconnection. (national standards on organic farming)
March 1, 1998... Every morning I get to work by a method so remarkable that it seems like a trick. Among U.S. cities, the Washington, D.C. area ranks second only to Los Angeles in the average length of commute, and I have a long commute. Yet, I almost never have...
Blue revolution: the promises and pitfalls of fish farming.
March 1, 1998... The Promises and Pitfalls of Fish Farming
A generation ago, agriculture responded to the challenge of rising population by achieving big increases in crop yields - but at considerable cost to environmental and social stability. Now, as...
Paper forests. (negative effects of pulp plantations)
March 1, 1998... Billions of trees are being planted to meet the world's soaring appetite for paper, but pulp plantations are hardly forests.
Open up International Paper's web page and the first thing you see, in large bold print, is: "We Plant an Average of 50...
The story of a shoe. (materials used in manufacturing athletic shoes)
March 1, 1998... Editor's Introduction: Since the days when Nike Corporation co-founder Phil Knight sold shoes out of the trunk of his car at track meets, his high-flying sports-shoe company has developed a reputation as one of the United States' more progressive...
After Kyoto: a climate treaty with no teeth? (Kyoto Protocol climate treaty)
March 1, 1998... Will the destabilization of the global climate be stopped? International negotiators took a small but potentially important step toward that goal at the Kyoto climate convention last December. Some 10,000 government officials, non-governmental...