Despite the recent difficulties of the blue tongue disease and protection zoned areas, over 130 head of cattle were forward for the show and over 60 consignments of prime lambs were also forward for judging. The event attracted an estimated 5,000 visitors who were amazed by the quality of cattle and sheep on show along with the presentation of machinery demonstrations, breed society and trade stands which totalled nearly 120 exhibits. Their untrimmed Texel cross lambs were greatly admired...

It begins this coming weekend with the Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, and Transformations at the Hopewell Train Station, followed by Crafters Marketplace in Princeton s John Witherspoon Middle School, the Covered Bridge Artisans Studio Tour and the Delaware Riverkeeper Network Holiday Craft Show (see box) It begins this coming weekend with the Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, and Transformations at the Hopewell Train Station, followed by Crafters Marketplace in Princeton s...

It is a telling comment that barely 25 kilometres from Jodhpur, known as the Blue City among the northwestern Indian desert state of Rajasthan's colour-coded cities, followers of the Bishnoi faith are strictly prohibited from wearing blue, or neel in the local Marwari dialect. It is a telling comment that barely 25 kilometres from Jodhpur, known as the Blue City among the northwestern Indian desert state of Rajasthan's colour-coded cities, followers of the Bishnoi faith are strictly...

Starring Robert Redford, Meryl Streep, Tom Cruise, Michael Pea and Peter Berg. A lumpy, ill-dramatized and ultimately enervating liberal op-ed piece flailing for dramatic purchase, this steroid-inflated Sundance workshop may prove most effective as a demonstration (as opposed to an antidote) of the political desperation that hamstrings the American middle-left. Starring Robert Redford, Meryl Streep, Tom Cruise, Michael Pea and Peter Berg. A lumpy, ill-dramatized and ultimately enervating...

People like Miles are fueling a surge in agritourism across Colorado - be it picking pumpkins and apples rather than buying them from a bin, helping out with cattle branding, sticking labels on whiskey at a distillery, spinning sheep wool, learning to cook in Dutch ovens or eating dinner with a farmer beside a field where the food was grown. For hours he has been steadily snipping off grape clusters and plunking them into a bucket as he makes his way down long rows of vines. People like...