Lawn-Care Entrepreneur Faces A Changing Racial Landscape
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In the months that landscaper Nikita Floyd's employees tended the 50-acre grounds at a large African American church, he received no complaint about their work.
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Life & style: Ten years ago, Conor Jameson planted a hedge, a long row of thin, bare stems, not much to see. This spring, he returned to savour the fruits of his labour - and found a thriving corridor of life.
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A rising player in the organic foods industry.
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A LITTLE more than 15 months ago, Mianne Bagger became a professional golfer. She had left her job and sold her house and possessions, but the future was a blank because there were not many places for her to play.
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Bob Fuchigami was 12 years old when he and his family were told to leave their 20-acre farm in northern California. The peach trees that his immigrant parents had planted were about to yield their first big crop.
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Weeds sometimes hide fertile fields of growth.
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Robert Fuchs, one of the orchid worldâs most successful and controversial growers, has turned his familyâs Florida homestead into a subtropical paradise.
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As a young African-American wondering how to connect with his heritage, Marcus Manns may have been alone in thinking that his ancestral homeland had a great need for a decent chiropractor.
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By Dennis Pollock, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Jun. 13--A program that had its beginnings in Fresno County may enable people across the country to start small farms of their own.
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Farmers are part of a national movement to legalize growing a plant that is closely associated with marijuana.
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By James Hannah  MARTINSVILLE  --  Tucked away in the den of his 127-year-old farmhouse, Ed Winkle huddles over his computer.   The screen's soft glow lights up his eyeglasses, reflecting messages about tractors, corn hybrids and crop insurance.
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By Brian Lee, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Mar. 6--The fight of the small farmer is everybody's fight, said the president of an agricultural organization that represents black growers in California.
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By Margo Harakas, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Feb. 3--South Floridians are in a green state -- of mind.
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The mix of nude dancers, orange juice and black-and-white independent films wasn't in Bob Rieger's original business plan. But it has helped his Racehorses Gentlemen's Club survive amid the cornfields of McCook County and fend off a two-year barrage of challenges from politicians and outraged members of Citizens Against Nude Juicebars and Pornography.
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new study shows that genes from genetically engineered grass can spread much farther than previously known, a finding that raises questions about the straying of other plants altered through
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By Brian McDearmon, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Ga.  Jun. 22--With more people come more showers, more loads of laundry, more  lawns to water.
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By Jack Hagel, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Sep. 11--That guy on the fence at The Factory in Wake Forest is developer Jeff Ammons.