Judy Wicks, a leader in the local living economies movement, will give the Center for Environmental Farming Systems' 2008 Sustainable Agriculture Lecture, at 7 p.m. Sept. 16, at the N.C. Museum of History in downtown Raleigh.

Workers who grow local food are vulnerable and often invisible to the general public stressed Jim Sinclair, president of the B.C. Federation of Labour.

Sunday Update

Bandar Seri Begawan - Participants from Brunei are encouraged to attend and participate in the "Organic Asia 2008" conference to be held on October 28-31 at the Sarawak Cultural Village in Kuching, Sarawak.

With a view to developing the farm sector, the Tamil Nadu government has been taking steps to introduce new techniques in the field of agriculture, Agricultural Department Secretary Surjit K Chaudhary said.

MBABANE, Swaziland - The top U.N. agriculture official says food prices are soaring worldwide because governments have invested too little in farming.

KISLOVODSK, September 6 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Agriculture Ministry has suggested cutting the imports of poultry, delivered mainly from the United States, in 2009 by 17%.

More than 20 craftspeople will demonstrate their skills and sell their wares Sunday at the Ward W. O'Hara Agriculture Museum, in Owasco. There will be music and food at the event, scheduled from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free.

Teaching kids about the importance of agriculture has earned state honors for a Kane County Farm Bureau leader.

The Canadian Press September 5, 2008 - 4:40 p.m. CHICAGO - Agriculture futures traded lower Friday on the Chicago Board of Trade.