Taiwan is a small country with a big appetite for North Dakota wheat. The island country off the coast of China is roughly a fifth the size of North Dakota, but has 23 million people and little arable land. To feed such a population, the island imports grain to the tune of tens of millions of bushels annually, which is where growers here come in. |
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Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.
Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.