SWAT Team Raids Organic Farm in Texas For No Reason, Wastes Tax Dollars August 20-2013 We have been targeted by the system because we are showing people how to live without it. We are growing more than just tomatoes here, we are growing the consciousness that will allow people to live freely and sustainably, and […]
Persephone Farm offers organic food alternatives August 19-2013 INDIANOLA — Organic farming anywhere can be unpredictable, so when the owners of Persephone Farm opened the family-owned business in Indianola, they made sure it could take whatever Northwest weather threw at them. The farm has more than 50 different crops, with different varieties of the same […]
Fast Food Burgers Only 7% Meat, The 8 Other ‘Ingredients’ Will Disgust You August 17-2013 Americans consume somewhere in the ballpark of 5 billion hamburgers a year. To keep up with this demand, just over 4100 cows are slaughtered every hour in the U.S. That’s a lot of dead cows! When 68 cows a minute are […]
Los Angeles Suspends Fines For Veggie Gardens Amid Food Crisis August 16-2013 The Los Angeles City Council gave its blessing Tuesday to neighborhood gardeners who want to plant vegetables on public parkways, voting to waive enforcement of a city law that makes the activity illegal. City law requires parkways — the area between a sidewalk […]
Whole Foods Announces Plans for 20,000 Sq. Ft. Rooftop Farm Atop New Gowanus Store August 16-2013 NYC foodies will soon be in for a real treat as Whole Foods has announced they’ll be operating a rooftop farm right atop their forthcoming Gowanus, Brooklyn store. The 20,000 sq. ft. greenhouse will produce fresh veggies and other greens to be delivered to […]
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Capital Growth food growing training July 31-2013 The training programme provides a range of short and full day courses covering everything you need to know to set up and maintain your food growing space in an urban setting. Read on for upcoming sessions or find out more about specific areas of training from the list below. […]
Food Security & Agriculture July 30,2013. OIC International’s Food Security & Agriculture programs aim to make measurable and sustainable improvements in farming production and resource utilization through instruction and skills improvement in growing, processing and marketing practices. We provide direct technical assistance to farmers through field extension agents, who live and work in communities to […]
Saudi Arabia’s food and agriculture sectors maintaining annual 18.5% growth July 30,2013. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s agriculture and food sectors are expected to sustain a combined annual growth of 18.5%, driven by a rising population and strong consumer spending. Food sales in the Kingdom account for around half of the domestic retail market and […]
Canadian Goose Burger, Anyone? Eating Invasive Species to Control Their Numbers July 29,2013. Would you eat a Canadian Goose burger? The video below suggests that it may not only be less harmful to the environment, but could actually provide an ecological benefit in areas where some varieties of Canada Geese are becoming invasive. That’s the […]
Sasta bazaars fail to deliver relief to citizens July 29,2013. RAWALPINDI: Ramazan Sasta bazaars have failed to provide relief to the citizens, as the prices of daily-use items have no much difference compared to the open market rates. The Rawal Town administration has set up six Ramazan Sasta bazaars at Liaquat Bagh, Murree Road, Haideri […]
Eat a Banana, Save the Planet! Look, I’ve never been the biggest fan of Chiquita Bananas, after having long ago learned about human-rights repressing, anti-democratic business practices which their predecessor, the United Fruit Company, engaged in throughout Central America in the past century. So I find having to write about what’s been happening in the […]
Some say cows are killing the earth. So do we need to ban beef? THE QUESTION: When are we going to hear more about the great elephant in the room – animal agriculture? The CSIRO and the University of Sydney have jointly reported that it is responsible for more that 30 per cent of Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions. Meaningful […]
A Success Story of Commercialization of Pineapple in Pakistan From 1950 until the 1980s, pineapple cultivation in Pakistan met with limited success because of a number of constraints.These included saline soils, brackish water, and a poor understanding of the requirements for nutrition, irrigation, growth and varietal adaptation, pest, disease, weather stress, overall crop management, and […]
What the Chinese experience of bird flu can teach us My wife Carmen returned last Monday from a fortnight of touring China with two friends. She brought back several interesting cuttings from Chinese newspapers printed in English for tourists such as herself. They mostly concerned the outbreak of bird flu, caused by the new H7N9 virus […]
Why Emu farming in Bihar is a very good idea! Ranchi-based veterinarian Neeraj Kumar Verma is currently writing a book to guide farmers interested in raising Emus on their farms. Emu, a flightless bird of Australian origin has found home at many sites in the country, including Karnataka and Maharshtra. Verma is in the process […]
A Success Story of Commercialization of Pineapple in Pakistan From 1950 until the 1980s, pineapple cultivation in Pakistan met with limited success because of a number of constraints. These included saline soils, brackish water, and a poor understanding of the requirements for nutrition, irrigation, growth and varietal adaptation, pest, disease, weather stress, overall crop management, […]
Multan : Seminar for Profitable Mango Farming Multan: The agriculture seminar regarding the “Profitable Mango Farming” is held in Multan yesterday. Several well known agronomists, scientists large number of farmers participated in the seminar. The participant pointed out that the mango cultivated area is decreased during last three years and the main reason for this decrease is […]
How to Grow Square Watermelons – Urban Farmer’s Guide Have fun in your garden this year. Grow square watermelons! It’s fun and easy to grow fruits and vegetables in containers. Why square? Why not! By growing these cool watermelons you can have the whole family interested and participating in your garden. It offers a great […]