Syria has managed to increase its
grain imports in recent months after a period when it was less
active on international markets, traders say, a development that
suggests president Bashar al-Assad has found a way to feed his
people despite war.
Traders say Syria appeared to have had difficulty securing
international supplies of grain last year, but the trouble has
abated this year as middle men have been able to set up deals, reports Reuters.
Foodstuffs are not covered by international sanctions, but
banking sanctions and war had created a climate that had made it
difficult for some trading houses to do business with Damascus.
Now, with foreign brokers setting up deals, Damascus is able
to buy wheat while paying a small premium of about 3 percent to
5 percent of the global price.
William von Schneidau’s BB Ranch butcher shop, located in Seattle’s pike place market, is selling meat from marijuana-fed pigs.
Von Schneidau has teamed with
nearby Bucking Boar Farms for the pigs, who are given marijuana as part
of their regular diet. The stems and leaves from marijuana plants
add fiber to the pigs’ diets.
Not all mammals can process THC, but most have cannabinoid
receptors. Cannabinoids are the other chemicals in marijuana, often
linked to the medicinal properties, which help with pain and discomfort.
Pigs have these receptors, and the four that ate this enhanced feed
gained more weight and likely felt way more mellow than their non-marijuana feeding friends.
Pemko Lhokseumawe will build a poultry feed mill in 2014 with an investment of more than Rp7 billion (USD$720,000).
The feed mill will be built in the village of Jeulikat, located near
Lhokseumawe, in the
north of Sumatra, Indonesia.
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| Location of city of Lhokseumawe in Aceh Province, Indonesia (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
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