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>> and that adds up. in 2006, 5,500 square miles of amazon forest was cut down. roughly the size of the state of connecticut. and that was a 25% decrease from the year before. its politically correct to say you care about the rainforest. but why should someone actually care? if youre in new york or iowa, what impact does the rainforest really have on your life? >> simply put, the survival of our species, of human beings, is directly dependent upon the survival of rainforest habitat. 20% of the w...

Law could end up impacting your backyard. the clean water restoration act is another government takeover. >> opponents of the new measure which would give the government pound for the candier to regulate everything frommity mittent streams and prairie potholes say it would allow government agencies unfettered access to control every body of water across the united states, placing enormous burdens on land owners and businesses to the tune of thousands of lost jobs. >> this is a taking and it is...

To sell nearly $11 billion in stock all in an effort to raise money to repay the $25 billion of bailout funds received from the government. the move comes a day after they say they will repay the funds allowing it to exit the t.a.r.p. program. and wholesale prices surged more than expected in november. led by a huge jump in fuel costs as well as truck prices. labor department says that the producer of price index was up 1.8% last month. more than double what analysts were looking for. thats it f...

>> reporter: fred flemings family has been working this land here in lincoln county, washington, for so long, president grover cleveland deeded the property to his great grandfather more than a century ago. fleming joked how he used to be addicted to traditional farming, like his forbearers, but not anymore. >> im a recovering conventional farmer. im ten years into my program. my names fred. >> reporter: he smiles now, but for years, fleming worried and wondered why there wasnt a better way to s...

Im hampton pearson with your cnbc market wrap. stocks climbing higher today. the dow jones industrials adding 30 points, ts&p 500 climbing fie and nasdaq almost seven points. new jobless claims to the lowest level since the collapse of lehman brothers in 2008. personal confidence and spending up. incomes have increased and consumers overall economic outlook is improving. there is lingering anxiety about personal finances. india may consider buying more bouillon from the imf. deere shares climbin...

You are marketing directly to those who want your product? >> right, right. we actually develop a relationship with our customers. >> reporter: fleming formed shepherds grain, a network of 33 farmers who bypass the commodities market, selling directly to customers. >> sort of like what starbucks did with coffee. they put pizazz to it. what were doing s. putting pizazz to wheat. >> reporter: he got his friend and fellow farmer paul coopers to help deciding to set their prices based on prks cost, ...

So flemming stopped doing things the old way. you are doing something different, right, fred, in that you are marketing directly to those who want your product. >> right. we actually develop a relationship with our customers. >> reporter: flemming formed sheppards grain. farmers sell directly to customers. >> its like what starbucks did with coffee. were putting pizzazz to wheat. >> reporter: flemming got his friend and fellow farmer to help together deciding they would set their own price based...