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Sting operation nets stolen goods, drug dealers, and scammers in ID

April 11, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff Northwest Asian Weekly The Seattle Police Department reported the March 27 arrest of 25 suspects in a

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: 2009, 2014, Avenue South, Captain Davis, Detective Todd Jakobsen, EBT, East Precinct Captain Pierre Davis, ID, International District, MCTF, Major Crimes Task Force, Minh Tam Market, SPD, South Jackson Street, Thanh Tam Restaurant, USDA, Vol 33 No 16 | April 12 - April 18

Youthful voice: “Organic versus non-organic”

August 26, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Since 1939, farmers across the world have been using pesticides, herbicides, and insecticides to protect their crops, increase their yield each year, and turn a profit. These pesticides are used on different kinds of plants, fruits, and vegetables. But within the last decade, an organic craze has swept the developed world. The question is: Is growing food organically better for the environment than growing food with pesticides? …

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Brian Huynh, DDT, Food, Nobel Peace, Norman Borlaug, Northwest Asian Weekly, Paul Muller, SYLP, Summer Youth Leadership Program, USDA, United States, Youth issue

Editorial: False cries of racism will come back to bite

July 29, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By now, we have all heard at least some of what Shirley Sherrod has gone through. Not too long ago, she was leading a quiet life as a rural development director in Georgia

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2010, Andrew Breitbart, Editorial False, Eloise Spooner, Georgia, Marysville School Boardmember Michael Kundu, NAACP, President Obama, Roger Spooner, Seattle Police Department, Shirley Sherrod, USDA, Vol 29 No 31 | July 31 - August 6, White House

Gates Foundation agriculture chief tapped for USDA post

April 22, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Donna Gordon Blankinship The Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The director of the agriculture program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has been nominated by President Obama to be an undersecretary in the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Filed Under: News, Names in the News, Community News Tagged With: 2008, Africa, Al Gore, Bill Melinda Gates Foundation, President Obama, Rajiv Shah, Seattle Community College District, Seattle Public Library, South Asian Americans, USDA, Wharton School, World Economic Forum, World Health Organization

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