A farm-fresh enterprise
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Anne Jacobs and Cheri Singer created Samorina Greens Co to service their community as well as their clients. Samorina uses a half-acre of land to provide gourmet salad greens to fine restaurants in Seattle, WA. The company helped a mental health agency, Transitional Resources, turn their yard into a garden of greens. Inhabitants of Transitional Resources' TRY house work the garden as part of their therapy. Jacobs and Singer hope to help other community organizations as well.
Publication Name: The American Gardener
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 1087-9978
Year: 1997
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Alfred Nobel (1833-96): the man and his prizes
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Around 450 Nobel Prizes have been awarded since the formation of the Nobel Foundation in 1900. The awards, which are part of Albert Nobel's will dated Nov. 27, 1895, were for significant contributions in the fields of physics, chemistry, medicine, peace and literature. The first Nobel ceremony was held in Stockholm, Sweden, on Dec. 10, 1901, with W.K. Rontgen, J.H. van't Hoff and E.A. von Behring respectively winning the prizes for physics, chemistry and medicine.
Publication Name: Endeavour
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0160-9327
Year: 1996
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Bizbrawl
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Media moguls have entered the sports world by purchasing sports teams and the rights to major sporting events. Rupert Murdoch has purchased the Los Angeles Dodgers, among other sports teams, Michael Eisner owns the Anaheim Might Ducks and part of the Anaheim Angels, Ted Turner owns the Atlanta Braves and the rights to the Goodwill games, and Charles Dolan owns a majority stake in the New York Rangers, Knicks and Liberty.
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
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ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 1998
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