Key Sectors: Agribusiness Since the first plantings in 1846, the South Georgian Bay area including Meaford has enjoyed the distinction of being Ontario’s most northern apple-producing area. There are approximately 1200 acres of land currently being used for apple production, Today Meaford’s favourable microclimate hosts an increasingly diversified agribusiness sector.
Landscape of French farming set to change as President François Hollande channels subsidy to smaller producers President François Hollande has reversed decades of French farm policy by channelling subsidies away from intensive, highly-mechanised producers towards smaller, more traditional farms. In a judgment much-awaited in rural France, Mr Hollande took advantage of new rules in European […]
CAADP Private Sector Meeting Lusaka, Zambia The African Union Commission (AUC) in close collaboration with the NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency and the Pan African Agribusiness and Agro Industry Consortium (PANAAC) are convening the CAADP technical meeting on strengthening the engagement of African private sector in unlocking investment to Agricultural development within the CAADP framework, scheduled to […]
Russia bans Pakistani agri products Russia has imposed a ban on the import of all agriculture products from Pakistan with immediate effect for an indefinite period, an exporter of fruits and vegetables said on Tuesday.
Russia bans Pakistani agri products Russia has imposed a ban on the import of all agriculture products from Pakistan with immediate effect for an indefinite period, an exporter of fruits and vegetables said on Tuesday. “According to a Russian notification, Pakistan has violated quarantine rules that may give birth to some agricultural diseases in Russia,” […]
EU likely to grant GSP Plus status to Pakistan in December The European Parliament is most likely to grant GSP Plus status to Pakistan in its forthcoming meeting scheduled in December, said Danish Ambassador to Pakistan Jesper Moller Sorensen. The ambassador was while talking to Lahore Chamber of COmmerce and Industry (LCCI) President Farooq Iftikhar […]
Punjab rings Congo fever alarms The Punjab Health Department (PHD) has alerted all the health related institutes to rescue the masses from possible spread of Congo fever due to vast movement of sacrificial animals on Eidul-Azha. The department has directed all the public and private health providing institutions to make arrangements for controlling this disease.
FAO, UNDP to become member of MAB committee Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) and UNDP would be made member of the National Man and Biosphere (MAB) Committee for greater collaboration with the international stakeholders and local communities. It was decided in the meeting of Federal Minister for Science and Technology Zahid Hamid with UNDP Assistant […]
Pickled Habanero Kale Stalks What vegetable have you grown and prepared yourself that doubles as a wonderful beer snack? Save your breath. It doesn’t rank close to this. The ingredients required? Mainly something you were about to compost. Kale stalks aren’t hardly as undesirable as you think. If you are a disbeliever you merely don’t […]
High Tunnels – Low Cost Seasonal Growth Space At a cost of $1to $2 per square foot, a high tunnel can add low-cost growing space for season extension or plant protection. Growers and researchers are finding many innovative ways to utilize these structures to supplement their greenhouse operations. By definition, the high tunnel is a […]
Detroit Hospital Takes a REAL Step toward Healing, Builds First Organic Hospital Greenhouse The Detroit suburb of West Bloomfield is home to Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital, which recently made news headlines nationwide with the opening of its new million-dollar organic greenhouse and garden, which is believed to be the first of its kind in […]
Carcinogen Found in Fiddle Heads Even those who are unfamiliar with fiddle heads have undoubtedly been subject to their carcinogenic toxins through one form of ingestion or another. A compound called ptaquiloside (PTA) has been identified in these crosiers and proven to be a genotoxic carcinogen in vitro at doses as low as 5 micrograms […]
Don’t Skip These Essential Steps When Preparing the Fall Garden For Planting As summer winds down we look forward to those blessed northerly winds bringing cool, crisp air, hinting at the closing display nature will soon offer in fall color and autumn flowers. The season of change also means a transition in the vegetable garden. […]
10 Under-Used Trees and Shrubs For the Fruitful Edible Yard As the movement toward local, sustainable food grows across the nation and around the world, more people are recognizing that our own yards offer plenty of opportunity for growing our own. Edible landscaping is the perfect complement to a vegetable garden. Edible landscaping simply means […]
ZTBL to establish chain of Model Farms Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL) has decided to establish a chain of ZTBL Model Farms in all the four provinces including Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Kashmir. A spokesman of the ZTBL told APP here Sunday that the decision to this effect has been taken to further augment and make […]
Pakistan important market for Malaysian palm oil Pakistan, a very large consumer of vegetable oils and fats, remains a very large market for palm oil, thus making it an important export destination for the golden crop. In 2012, Pakistan imported over 1.4 million tonnes of palm products from Malaysia valued at over US $1.3 billion, […]
Bosan inaugurates a new wing of FAO building Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan inaugurated a new wing of the building of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of United Nations here at National Agriculture Research Centre (NARC) premises. Speaking on the occasion, the federal minister said that being primarily […]
BIRTH CONTROL: Genetically Modified Soy Linked to Sterility (Huffington Post) “This study was just routine,” said Russian biologist Alexey V. Surov, in what could end up as the understatement of this century. Surov and his colleagues set out to discover if Monsanto’s genetically modified (GM) soy, grown on 91% of US soybean fields, leads to […]
Danger: ER Visits Doubled in 4 Years Due to this Popular Grocery and Convenience Store Product A report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, (SAMHSA) has highlighted some disturbing trends in the number of emergency department visits and these popular supermarket and convenience store products. This multi-billion dollar a year industry is […]
Tomato Towers September 5-2013 It’s been just over a month since we installed our new metal conduit trellises and they are working out delightfully. Kat planted these boxes before I actually designed the trellis, so there are really way too many things growing up (8 square feet for one side of trellis).