Word: rurality
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...among the lucky ones. Foot-and-mouth disease, a centuries-old malady, continued its resurgence last week-rampaging through British farms, paralyzing the country's rural economy, draining public coffers and setting off yet another health panic in Europe. It even prompted soul-searching about the future of European agriculture and the safety of European food in an increasingly competitive, and hazardous, global marketplace. But the epidemic's most devastating impact was felt in picturesque English counties like Devon and Northumberland, by scores of businessmen even less fortunate than McInnes: despondent small farmers who watched entire livelihoods...
...Officials in britain were too busy acting decisively to dwell on such details. Many rural schools were closed and national parks cordoned off. The transporting of livestock was banned, which meant butcher shops had trouble finding meat to sell-and prices soared by up to 50% for what they could locate. Horse racing was suspended for seven days. The Labour government moved quickly to assuage rural misery in what will probably be an election year, picking up the entire tab for all slaughtered animals and offering a further $225 million in compensation to farmers. On Friday the government relaxed...
...British farmers quarantined on their land, that may have been the most bitter reality of all: no matter how deep the farmers' pain, the global marketplace will churn on, and people will get their food from somewhere. In parts of England last week the dark mood of rural inhabitants seemed to reflect a sense of betrayal, anger at the overturning of an old order. "Leave us alone," says a farmer in Highampton. "No one cares if we live or die." Adrian Edwards, the local butcher, says he will allow his supplies to run out this week, rather than sell imported...
...goats recently imported from Britain. France sent 50,000 sheep to the slaughter and the European Commission banned U.K. livestock imports until at least March 9. Britain-which had already halted the export of all livestock, milk and meat products-restricted animal movements. The crisis bit deep into the rural economy and reignited national debate about food safety, the future of agriculture and the global marketplace...
...troupe often represents a district from one of the former apartheid reserves administered by tribal chiefs. Residents in these infertile scrublands remain dirt poor and dependent on income from emigrant relatives. Their homes are only now receiving electricity and running water. A lone goat bleating often punctuates the usual rural stillness, but when people gather for traditional ceremonies the landscape reverberates with songs of courting and dances of war. Isicathamiya embraces both these vibrant customs and the modern cultural innovations brought by Zulu workers living in cosmopolitan cities such as Durban...