The argument for local food: at an unimposing diner in Vermont, a revolution is taking place.
Stop in at the Farmers Diner in Barre, Vermont, and you have landed in the middle of a revolution, although you might not see it at first glance. It's about what you'd expect in a town known for quarrying granite and carving tombstones and where Main Street consists of...

The fabled land of Cymru or Wales.
Byline: Kishore & Smita Iyengar (##include msid=2459375,type=9 ##) "Croeso Y Cymru" - Welcome to Wales! This delightful land unveils some of the most breathtaking natural, coastal wonders and unspoilt locales in the world... And ensconced in idyllic dales and vales are several distinguished country manor...

China-New Zealand trade: seizing a unique opportunity: Chen Mingming outlines China's new development strategy and its relevance to New Zealand.
The outbreak of SARS in some parts of China last year has produced a profound impact on the thinking of both Chinese policy planners and the public about China's development strategy. It came as a wake up call to China, as it revealed a major flaw in China's development...

A Time to Remember.
My first recollection of my father was when I was three years old. We lived in a one-room chattel house perched on a hilltop. There was a detached kitchen made of galvanize. The backyard was crowded with goat and sheep pens places for turkeys, ducks and chickens and some...

On Couscous.
for Asha, my mother Fat grains of wheat weep as they ripen tonight faithful solitude leads his way. --BEI DAO, Unlock , 35 As a child growing up in L'mrra, a Berber scattering of...

Humans and animals in Thomas More's Utopia (1).
"Animal psychology," write Max Horkheimer and Theodor Adorno in their Dialectic of Enlightenment, "has lost sight of its true purpose and, in its games with traps and mazes, has forgotten that it is to the animal alone that it can turn to discuss and conceive the soul" (246). The...

Paris, May 1968.
As I LAY ASLEEP in Italy ... Though not exactly Italy, but Herefordshire. David Wordsworth (a remote descendant of the poet) and I had decided to do some walking in the English countryside, and we agreed on the Golden Valley, partly because he also wanted to visit his mother...

Uncovering the Bounty of Boyaca.
[ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] Trrential rains soak the Boyaca landscape, two hours north of Colombia's capital, Bogota, Small brick and adobe houses with faded whitewash or chipped paint dot the roadside, looking cozy in the February downpour. Snug behind my windshield, glad to be returning to this region with...

Uncovering the bounty of Boyacá.
Terrential rains soak the Boyacá landscape, two hours north of Colombia's capital, Bogotá. Small brick and adobe houses with faded whitewash or chipped paint dot the roadside, looking cozy in the February downpour. Snug behind my windshield, glad to be returning to this region with my camera, I pity...

Musical stories: strategies for integrating literature and musical for young children.
Background 'SING ABOUT A RED TRAIN!' 'Let's do it very fast!' Children love to create ideas and lyrics, and to take ownership of songs. Likewise, children will often put themselves into stories: 'I'm that one' or 'I do that when I go to the beach! Sipe (2002)...