This brief article was in the Business Watch column in today's Des Moines
Register.

 

Bruce Rastetter's plan to take Iowa-style agriculture to east Africa will be
the subject of an in-depth TV report tonight.  "Dan Rather Reports" traveled
to Tanzania and to Iowa to investigate Rastetter's plan for the 800,000-acre
megafarm.  (The DM Register reported on the project in June.)

 

The report, airing at 7 p.m. CDT will focus in particular on the plight of
the 125,000 refugees who now live on the land Rastetter plans to use.  "We
walk with no peace in our hearts," refugee and farmer Sembuli Maassas told
"Dan Rather Reports."  "We are miserable to know that we will be moving."

 

Still according to the program, Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda remains a
backer of the project.

 

The report will also look into the connection between the project and Iowa
State University, which was enlisted to design a project for poor,
small-scale local farmers.

 

"Dan Rather Reports is shown on HDNet, a high definition channel that's
carried by DirecTV and the Dish network but not by cable provider Mediacom.

 

 

Forwarded by Jane Clark


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