Factory Farming

Hard-hit consumers turn to Amish-run stores, expired goods (Daily Herald)

16 May 2008

In a quiet gas-lit farmhouse, two girls in bonnets and long blue dresses wind tape around expired bottles of Newman's Own salad dressing, and wipe dust off dented cans of vegetables and crumpled boxes of Butterfinger candy bars.

Sykes' industry contributed to counties (Carroll County Online)

16 May 2008

A glimpse at historical records reveals that James Sykes (1791-1881), for whom Sykesville is named, had the energy and business acumen typical of so many early Carroll County settlers.

Flow of Mexican migrants slows (Sun-Sentinel)

15 May 2008

U.S. economy, tighter border control making trip too risky The U.S. economic downturn and tightened border controls have begun to alter the movements of undocumented migrants and crimped the flow of money sent home to Mexico, one of the nation's main sources of foreign income.