David Pimentel, a professor from the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at Cornell University, together with University of California engineering professor Tad Patzek and North Carolina University physicist Gerald Cecil, have summarized these national issues. David Pimentel, a professor from the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at Cornell University, together with University of California engineering professor Tad Patzek and North Carolina University physicist Gerald Cecil,...

As of press time Wednesday, meteorologists were offering a blue-ribbon forecast, with temperatures in the 80s and little or no chance of rain. Livestock-judging events were on Wednesday evening s schedule and will continue this evening with swine judging at 5:30 p. Adults 18 and older can test their skills on the bull, whose bucking and direction of speeding is controlled by an operator, for a $25 entry fee. Also on Friday s fair schedule are Fun-Day activities that include egg and...

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Sharon Dunn, (Bio) sdunn@greeleytribune.com July 18, 2007 Print Email New owners of Greeley's meatpacking plant could bring up to $80 million annually to the area economy if they follow through with reported plans to hire an additional 1,000 employees and run the plant at full capacity. Sharon Dunn, (Bio) sdunn@greeleytribune.com July 18, 2007 Print Email New owners of Greeley's meatpacking plant could bring up to $80 million annually to the area economy if they follow through with...

As hundreds filed into Ovens Auditorium on Saturday to see celebrity chef Paula Deen, a different crowd arrived outside, armed with loudspeakers, signs and a papier-mache pig with a menacing sneer. In response to employees' complaints about low wages, illegal firings and poor working conditions, he said, "Our working conditions are as good as or better than any other meat-packing company in the country. A pack of teenagers, crossing the street, cheered for the protesters and then wondered...