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April 2012
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More people around the world are eating better,...
Agricultural exports hit a record $115.8 billion in 2010, and in 2011 soared to $136 billion—nearly double the 2007 total. In a modern-day analogue of carrying coals to Newcastle, the U.S. ships beef to Brazil, rice to Japan, and soybeans to China ($9.19 billion worth in 2009 alone). Total exports to China soared from $41.2 billion in 2005 to $104 billion in 2011.
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"On a Summer Evening in 1889...
a switch was thrown in the newly built powerhouse at Willamette Falls. 14 miles away, street lamps in downtown Portland glowed to life. It was the first long distance transmission of electricity in the United States. The company would later become Portland General Electric.”
March 2012
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