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The Natural World
Goodbye, Farmers
The money saved by corporations from producing food on cheap foreign lands, with cheap labor, and with pesticides banned for use in this country, is not passed along to the consumer. It simply serves to increase the profits of the corporations.
December 1978Tobacco Town: Durham’s Beginnings
The rising lust for smoking tobacco made Durham and Duke. In 1870, a year after it was incorporated, the one-square mile village had a population of 256. There were 3,000 residents by 1884, 6,679 by 1900, and an estimated 18,000 by 1907.
July 1978Tarnished Gold
Our Seed Stock Is In Jeopardy, But Do The Seed Companies Care?
Corn is the most valuable United States crop. When a few companies, or a few varieties, dominate its seed market, conditions are ripe for economic and ecological disaster.
July 1978
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