Poverty and the Cost of Living -- AmberWaves - November 2006

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Adjusting for Living Costs Can Change Who Is Considered Poor
Includes audio podcast interview

Managing Risk With Revenue Insurance

Food Safety Improvements Underway in China

Brazil's Booming Agriculture Faces Obstacles

DATA FEATURE—Revised Market Basket Statistics Reflect Consumers' Changing Produce Purchases

INDICATORS—Selected statistics on agriculture and trade, diet and health, natural resources, and rural America. See all indicators >

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MARKETS AND TRADE

New Phytosanitary Regulations Allow Higher Imports of Avocados

Measuring the Importance of Exports to U.S. Agriculture

DIET AND HEALTH

Healthy Restaurant Destination? Just Think Twice

Cost of Infant Formula for the WIC Program Rising

RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

Agriculture Dominates Freshwater Use in the U.S

Irrigated Acres Up, Water Application Rate Trending Down

RURAL AMERICA

Nonmetro Earnings Lag Metro

Reclassification of Nonmetro Areas Exaggerates Employment Gap

Designing an Effective Rural Development Strategy