Goats Keep Firebreaks Clear at San Francisco Airport
Goats hired by San Francisco International Airport clear brush on the west side to prevent wildfires. The two week spring work uses about 400 goats plus a herder and a Border Collie, traveling from Orinda in a 16 wheel livestock limo. Chemical-free and eco friendly, the program protects near homes while avoiding endangered species in the area.
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San Francisco
San Francisco International Airport
Fuzzy
Cookie
Mable
Alice
Orinda
Calif
Oyarzun
Teddy Lynn
Key West Hosts Massive Key Lime Pie Festival
The Key Lime Festival in Key West features an eight foot wide pie weighing about 1000 pounds. The giant dessert uses 5760 Key limes, 55 gallons of condensed milk and 200 pounds of graham crackers. Dare Kim competes in the Key Lime Pie Eatin Contest during the inaugural event. The pie’s origins trace to Key West in the late 1800s.
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Key West
Fla
Florida Keys
Dare Kim
Robert Cintron
Paul Menta
Maine moves to capture market on lobster processing
New lobster processing plants are springing up in Maine. Sea Hag Seafood in St. George plans to freeze 24 million pounds of lobster products this year after opening last summer. In Prospect Harbor Fair Trade Lobster began processing with nearly 100 employees. Other plants opened in Scarborough and Saco. Kyle Murdock, owner of Sea Hag Lobster Processing, holds a tray of lobster tails at his Tenants Harbor plant.
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ST. George
Maine
Sea Hag Seafood
Prospect Harbor
Fair Trade
Scarborough
Saco
Kyle Murdock
Sea Hag Lobster Processing
Tenants Harbor
Cambodia and Australia team on Angkor sunset site
Cambodia partners with Australia to launch Angkor Sunset Finder a website guiding visitors to 34 sunset vantage points within the Angkor complex to reduce crowding and protect the temple. The Angkor Sunsets site angkorsunsets com offers criteria such as atmosphere distance from gate and crowd conditions to tailor recommendations.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Australia
Angkor Wat
Angkor Sunset
Angkorsunsets.com
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