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Vegetable Farming

                   

Boosts Production with Cogeneration Plant Powered by World's First 2..

nieuwsbank.nl
Oct 3, 2008
        

Vrijdag 3 oktober 2008 | General Electric ] MIDDENMEER, NETHERLANDS--October 2, 2008--GE Energy announced today that one of the Netherlands' largest commercial tomato greenhouse operators is the first to operate the world's...

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Country-of-origin labeling begins this week

sacbee.com
Oct 2, 2008 13 related
        

By JOAN OBRA - Look more closely at food packaging for words such as "Product of the USA," "Produce of the USA," "Grown in Mexico," or "China." And country-of-origin labeling (also known as COOL) for fish and shellfish started...

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Taming wild garden-snackers with a dog run

stltoday.com
Oct 3, 2008 1 related
        

BOISE, Idaho -- Bodie Stout was tired of going to the trouble of raising a garden only to have freeloaders show up at harvest time and eat most of the produce. In a typical year, I'd end up with about 10 percent of what I'd...

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Organic Foods: Worth the Cost?

cbn.com
Oct 2, 2008 5 related
        

By Beth Bence Reinke, MS, RD Guest Writer CBN.com – If cutting pesticides, hormones, and antibiotics off the menu appeals to you, organic foods may be just the ticket. Experts suspect that even small doses of pesticide residues...

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Harvest time: You say tomato, I say delicious

jsonline.com
Oct 3, 2008 3 related
        

Family's hopes for ripe tomatoes rest on packet of tiny seeds Eating Local: The Series One family embarked on a journey to eat local - and all the joys and challenges that come with it. I have August's hot weather and Melinda...

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Hot Chili Secret

sciencentral.com
Oct 2, 2008
        

Chili peppers can add a little spice to your dish, but where does that heat come from? University of Washington biologist Josh Tewksbury says chili plants get hotter and hotter in response to invaders. This natural boost of...

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Wheat, tomato farmers prepare fields for planting

cfbf.com
Oct 3, 2008 1 related
        

Travelers in rural Central Valley areas who notice farmers working fields are watching preparations to plant wheat this fall or tomatoes next spring. The California Wheat Commission expects about 820,000 acres or more to be...

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Transparent Label An Alternative to Organic Certification

i-sis.org.uk
Oct 3, 2008 10 related
        

Organic food flown in from poor African countries to the UK has triggered debate over organic certification; the solution may be a transparent voluntary label that directly informs consumers. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho

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i-sis.org.uk: Food Futures Now , *Organic *Sustainable *Fossil Fuel Free, How organic agriculture and localised food, and energy systems can potentially compensate for all greenhouse gas emissions due to human activities and free us from fossil fuels i-sis.org.uk

Transgenic Potato Not to be Released

i-sis.org.uk
Oct 3, 2008 1 related
        

The University of Leeds Centre for Plant Sciences submitted an application to release genetically modified (GM) potatoes to the open environment for a field trial. The transgenic potato plants have been produced using...

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Mass Protests against GM Crops in India

i-sis.org.uk
Oct 3, 2008 10 related
        

As India edges closer to what is probably the last year of field trials for Bt Brinjal (eggplant, aubergine) before commercial approval may be granted, large scale resistance has been building up all over the country

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