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Food Industry Prioritizes Ag Sustainability
“The food industry's focus is shifting from practice-based to outcome-based sustainability measurements. “Eighty to 95 percent of energy consumed in food production occurs at the farm level,” says Bacon.
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Industrial Hemp: Uses Ancient and Modern
Hemp has served humans well for thousands of years.Earliest evidence of its use dates back as far as the New Stone Age (15,000 -6,000 B.C.) in the Middle- and Far East, where hemp is thought to have originated.
California
El Segundo
Small Farmers Gain Organic Industry Voice
Tags organic industry , Organic Trade Association The nation's leading organics-industry trade association formed a Farmers Advisory Council to allow organic producers direct communication on industry matters.
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Washington Gets Support for \
Tags apples , extension , pears , research , tree-fruit industry , Washington “The Washington tree-fruit industry is a global competitor today in part due to the partnership and close collaboration among growers and scientists at WSU,” says Doornink,...
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
The Shakers: Innovators in the Seed Industry
Since the Shakers did not have children of their own, they had to recruit members from the outside world. This invention is attributed to James and Josiah Holmes, of Cumberland County, Maine.
California
El Segundo
Should You Grow Hemp?
Hemp has the potential to not only provide food, fiber and fuel, but also clean up polluted soils, a serious concern for urban farmers and their watersheds. For more information about Mike Lewis' veteran farming network, see Growing Warriors .
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
How Are Strawberries Processed?
Approximately 26 percent of the berries grown in the United States are frozen, freeze-dried or included in strawberry-based food products.For purposes of mass production, there are two types of strawberry plant: everbearing and June-bearing.
California
Santa Monica
Beekeeping Conferences
For more information, review the following list of just a few organizations and conferences that can either help you find a beekeeping network or further your beekeeping knowledge and skills.
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Smart Agriculture Can Curb Climate Change
And in a global, interdependent economy, climate change makes the global market for agricultural products less predictable and more volatile.” If you're not convinced climate change is something farmers need to be concerned about, the University of...
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Burning Question: Why Don\'t Certain Farmers Eat Their Own Crops?
Tags burning questions Not All Crops Are Human Food Then there's commodity farming. However, it should be said that there is nothing nobler and more satisfying than eating food you grew from seed with your own hands.
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Practice Farm Safety Year-round
Often, nature does not leave a big enough time period to get the work done, so farmers and farm workers feel the need to hurry, but it's important to slow down and think about the safest ways to go about your work.
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
5 Years of Big Ag: Has It Gotten Better?
Tags industrial farm-animal production , Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future , Lists , Pew Trusts The Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future further investigates industrial farm-animal production's effect on public health and animal welfare.
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Are You Ready for a Black Petunia?
Among my favorite colors to pair with "black" are white, gold, pink, and lavender. The horticulture industry is abuzz about 'Black Velvet,' a breeding breakthrough in petunia color by Ball FloraPlant.
California
El Segundo
Mushroom Farming
The logs must have a relatively high moisture content, and cannot be allowed to dry out. Asian consumers also are devout believers in the medicinal value of mushrooms—over 50 different species are regularly prescribed by Chinese doctors.
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
7 Key Points In The Sheep Care Guide Updated For 2017
Emergency plans should include a list of emergency contacts sufficiently familiar with the farm and sheep to help care for them. In general, transporting sheep “full of green feed increases stress and soiling,” but rules of thumb on feed and transport...
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Future is Bright for Solar
In the residential segments, installed annual PV-system costs declined 8 percent. The U.S. photovoltaic market made the most significant strides in 2010, with installation totals more than doubling from 2009, according to the U.S. Solar Market Insight...
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
The News Hog: California Is Irrigating With Oilfield Wastewater
It's already happening and who knows how we all could be affected. To be clear, this wastewater is water that flows out of an oil well along with the oil. Would you water your crops with wastewater from the toxic oil industry?
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
USDA Proposes Horrifying Bird-Flu Control
Ventilation shutdown (VSD) is an adjunct method that will be considered by State and APHIS officials for depopulation of infected poultry based on the defined policy. But I haven't used any of the methods proposed here.
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Leaf peepers - what are they and what do they do?
They come from all over the world!" We get them from all over Europe, and so do Lufthansa, Al Italia, Finn Air, Iceland Air, all of them!" I still wasn't buying it, not completely, anyway.
California
El Segundo
Millennials Seek Out Nontraditional Farming
Tags aquaponics , farming , hydroponics , millennials , new generation farmers , vertical farming As hydroponic greenhouses and vertical farms are making their way into suburban and urban areas, the next generation of farmers is seeking careers that are...
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
What Are the Functions of Urea?
Urea levels in a human's urine can determine kidney issues or even dehydration. It is the body's breakdown of proteins and ammonia. For medicine, urea is used for dermatology, as a diuretic and in barbiturates.Humans produce 30 g of urea a day, mostly...
California
Santa Monica
Study Gives Insight Into Portland\'s Food Economy
Women make up small portions of the industry in all areas of food economy except for food services. The results not only give insight to the officials, but also to those working in the industry.
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
The Dutch Bulb Fields and Tulipomania
You do have to time it right: they are only open April and May. It is virtually impossible to access any travel website focusing on The Netherlands without encountering colorful photographs of the Bulb Fields in Springtime??
California
El Segundo
Video Explores Youth\'s Impact On Future Of Farming
It is the same in Africa. In the short film Age of the Farmer , director Spencer MacDonald collaborates with photojournalist Eva Verbeeck to introduce us to “a group of idealistic young farmers who are fighting to return the industry to its former strength,”...
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
How Does a Combine Harvester Work?
First workers had to cut the grain with a scythe or long-handled cutting tool. You can see, now, how the combine harvester must have changed farming when it was first introduced. Finally, the grain had to be cleaned of debris and made ready for milling.
California
Santa Monica
Shetland Sheep
The American Livestock Breeds Conservancy (ALBC) lists the Shetland as recovering, meaning it has an estimated global population exceeding 10,000, but still needs monitoring. The Shetland Flock Book Society formed in 1926 to conserve this primitive breed...
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
New Products on the Market for Gardeners!
These are the newest items available, and they're sure to become standards in the industry. Operators are standing by!Anyone who keeps container plants will definitely want this innovative new product.
California
El Segundo