Blue Ox Farms

Wealthy nations outsource crops to Ethiopia's farmland ; Trend is driven in part by last year's global food crisis
The Boston Globe; 11/29/2009; 1013 words; ...to 99-year contracts to farm vast tracts of land. Governments...companies to carve out mega farms across the continent. Increasingly...farmers who plow their fields with oxen. "If these deals are negotiated...green western valleys fed by the Blue Nile. Only a quarter of the...holidays, investors ...

FREER GALLERY PRESENTS FIRST U.S. EXHIBITION ON CHILDHOOD IN CHINESE ART
US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 11/26/2009; 738 words; ...idyllic nature scenes while herding oxen and urban toddlers jumping rope...the exhibition, a Ming Dynasty blue and white "boys jar," was...the prosperity of the family farm. Urban children, on the other...Smithsonian Metrorail station on the Blue and Orange lines. For more information...

Ethiopia farms out fertile land; Richer countries lease vast tracts; Food-insecure nations acting with little input.(News)
The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA); 11/26/2009; 1621 words; ...99-year contracts to farm vast tracts of land...companies to carve out mega farms across the continent...plow their fields with oxen. "If these deals are...western valleys fed by the Blue Nile. Only a quarter...investors are going on farm shopping sprees, crisscrossing...agriculture." From ...

Freer Gallery Presents First U.S. Exhibition on Childhood in Chinese Art.
Albawaba.com; 11/25/2009; 857 words; ...idyllic nature scenes while herding oxen and urban toddlers jumping rope...the exhibition, a Ming Dynasty blue and white "boys jar," was...the prosperity of the family farm. Urban children, on the other...Smithsonian Metrorail station on the Blue and Orange lines. For more information...

Freer Gallery Presents First U.S. Exhibition on Childhood in Chinese Art
Al Bawaba; 11/25/2009; 688 words; ...idyllic nature scenes while herding oxen and urban toddlers jumping rope...the exhibition, a Ming Dynasty blue and white "boys jar," was...the prosperity of the family farm. Urban children, on the other...Smithsonian Metrorail station on the Blue and Orange lines. For more information...