NZ Herald Owen Hembry: Dairy farm prices holding up well | The median price paid for dairy farms may have slipped in recent months but the price paid per kilogram of milksolids is at a record high, according to the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand. | St... (photo: Creative Commons )
NZ Herald Paying the cost to change the climate | The Huntly Power Station. Photo / Dean Purcell | What is emissions trading? | It is a market in a new commodity - the right to emit the greenhouse gases blamed for global warming ("carbon" for short... (photo: Creative Commons / )
The Australian Grief is compounded by desperation | BURMA'S great Irrawaddy river runs flat and muddy. It twines and forks through kilometres of rich delta and has always given nurture and good fortune to the people of southern Burma. | But in the wa... (photo: US Marine Corp / Ezekiel R. Kitandwe) AidBurmaDisasterPhotosSociety
Independent online An apple a day - too costly | By BRONWYNNE JOOSTE | The price of apples rises by nearly 70 percent from the farm to your local supermarket. | As the fruit moves through the supply chain from farm, t... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag) AppleFarmerMarketPhotosPrice
Canada Dot Com Fanning flames of Afghan food crisis | Export restrictions and higher taxes in neighbouring countries are worsening an already dire food crisis in Afghanistan. | Rick Corsino, the World Food Program's direct... (photo: US Army/Spc. Jennifer Barba) AfghanistanAidCanadaFoodPhotos
