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...villagers in Zambia's Luangwa Valley, where Lewis is based, poaching can represent the best - sometimes only - way to pull themselves out of poverty. A farmer on his own might make $75 in a year - a good poacher, thanks to the growing demand for ivory in Asia, might pull in over $300. "If I were in their position, I might set out a snare too," says Lewis...
COMACO counters the economic pull of poaching with a safer, more consistent alternative: organic farming. Villagers who sign up for COMACO receive training in sustainable agriculture - such as organic bee-keeping techniques - and band together to form farming co-ops. COMACO agrees to buy their produce at a higher-than-normal price, and the organization markets the products to Zambian stores, under the brand name "It's Wild!" If villagers agree to join COMACO, they aren't allowed to poach, and they pledge to protect the land, eschewing slash-and-burn farming techniques. COMACO checks up on its members - villages...
...earn a reputation as a dirty player amongst his peers.While some would dismiss this love of the gutsy underdog as false hope and wishful thinking when it is facing a merciless juggernaut like the Pats, there is no doubt in my mind that the Giants can pull out a victory on Sunday.While it is difficult to point out a weakness in New England, it is apparent that this is not the same team that demolished opponents with ease in the first half of the season. The Patriots came within three points of losing to both the Philadelphia Eagles...
Harvard avenged its one Ivy League loss to Dartmouth in the teams’ second meeting. On Jan. 26 in New Hampshire, the Crimson came back from being down, 28-20, at the half to pull...
...That [away record] certainly says that we need to start cranking down and pulling these out,” Pusar said. “We’ve been in a lot of close games and we just haven’t been able to pull it out. We have to get a little bit gritty, get a little bit more fire so that these teams can’t pull away at the end and we can take a few away from them...