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I've recently been given the opportunity to use a swath of farmland on the outskirts of the city. I'm a city kid and have virtually no experience on a farm, except for two bad youth memories, including killer summer as a "farm hand" in southern Illinois.... ...full story at Modern Lei Feng

from Modern Lei Feng on Mon, Jan 12 2009

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25 May 07 visit The riot in China  »  YouTube videoA city exploits a farm village in China now.
30 Apr 07 visit Fire doused  »  Shanghai Daily FIREFIGHTERS have put out a blaze that broke out on Sunday at a forest farm in an Inner Mongolian city, with no casualties reported. The fire broke out on Sunday afternoon in the forest farm near Ergune City, which borders Russia.
26 Aug 08 visit Owl swoops on chicken farm  »  Shanghai Daily MORE than 1,300 chickens at a chicken farm of Lanzhou City were left dead in a savage attack by a night owl on Monday. The farmer, Ma Guangheng, said there were less than 500 of his chickens alive after the owl's...
10 Sep 09 visit Inner Mongolia gets giant solar farm  »  Engaging China China is to build a massive 2.2GW solar farm in Inner Mongolia using solar panels from US vendor First Solar. The facility, located near Ordos City, will be built in stages starting with a 30MW demonstration project...
07 Sep 09 visit Fire kills 9, injures 6 in NE China city  »  People's Daily Nine people were confirmed dead and six others injured after a farm produce market caught fire Sunday morning in northeast China's Jilin province, according to local government sources. The fire occurred at around 9:00 a.m. Sunday at a farm...
20 Aug 09 visit 500 MW Chinese Wind Farm Begins Construction - To be Completed 2010  »  TreeHugger photo: Shave Gavin via flickr Announced back in October 2008, the first phase of what will be a 1.5 GW wind farm outside of Jiuquan city, Gansu Province, China has begun. Being built by electric utility China Huaneng Group, the initial 500 MW is expected...

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