Urban Farming Takes Hold in NYC
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EU, US in trade tie-up for organic products
thehindubusinessline.com ; BY M.R. SUBRAMANI; The organic products market is valued at around $60 billion. The EU and the US make up $50 billion of this. Germany stands to gain as its contribution to the organics market is $6 billion. … Continue reading
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Council of Canada Approves Bevo Co-Sponsored Research Grant
LANGLEY, BC, Feb. 15, 2012 /CNW/ – The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) has approved a co-sponsored research grant submitted by Bevo Agro Inc. (TSX-V: BVO) and The University of British Columbia (UBC). The purpose of … Continue reading
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A growing trend
peacearchnews.com; By Sarah Massah – Peace Arch News;An Ocean Park business owner has transformed his company’s hydroponic technology to appease an appetite for a different kind of green. Tarren Wolfe, owner of Urban Cultivator, has taken the company in a … Continue reading
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Oversupply tempers organic growth rate on west Mexico produce
thepacker.com by Mike Hornick; “For greenhouse organic tomatoes, it’s been as low as $8 and as high as $12 a box,” said Miguel Crisantes, president of Sunny Valley Organics, Nogales, Ariz. “In a good year you’re at $14-18. It’s getting … Continue reading
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Farmers Sue Monsanto Over GMO Patents
triplepundit.com: By RP Siegel; Biotech giant Monsanto has been in the news quite a bit lately, though probably not in ways it would like to be. First, they received a lot of flack (including from yours truly) over their application … Continue reading
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FROST KILL DAMAGE EXPECTED FOR WESTERN AND EASTERN EUROPE DUE TO THE RECENT COLD SPELL
Since January 26 Europe has been hit by a severe cold spell. The so far the mild winter prevented winter cereals partially from hardening and they were vulnerable to frost kill damage in western Europe but also in western Poland, … Continue reading
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Fresh city tomatoes, any time
fraunhofer.de;Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft; Why not produce lettuce, beans and tomatoes where most of the consumers are to be found: in the city? The flat roofs of many buildings are well-suited for growing vegetables. Rooftop greenhouses can also make use of a building‘s … Continue reading
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You Say Tomato, I Say ‘Love Apple’
npr.org;by DIANE ROBERTS; The French used to call them pommes d’amour: apples of love. The Italians named them pomi d’oro: golden apples. Maybe they were thinking of the golden apples of the Hesperides, given by Gaia, the Earth mother, to … Continue reading
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Humour: One Pissed off Canadian Housewife
Thought you might like to read this letter to the editor. Ever notice how some people just seem to know how to write a letter? This one surely does! This was written by a Canadian woman, but oh how it … Continue reading
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Converting Algae into Biofuel
The “Vertigro”, a bioreactor which grows algae to produce a vegetable oil through photosynthesis has been developed by a US firm. The oil can then be refined to make biodiesel. The Vertigro system mass produces algae from which the primary … Continue reading
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