Organic Agriculture, World Hunger and Global Warming: Report from the IFOAM Organic World Congress (Environmental News Network)
Organic Agriculture is a production system that sustains the health of soils, ecosystems and people. It relies on ecological processes, biodiversity and cycles adapted to local conditions, rather than the use of inputs with adverse effects. Organic Agriculture combines tradition, innovation and science to benefit the shared environment and promote fair relationships and a good quality of life ......more...Flour costlier in '08, but it has dipped 10¢ in past quarter (Arizona Daily Star)
Baking your own bread is often touted as a money-saving move ? not to mention that fresh-baked taste and aroma....more... Ask the Master Gardeners: August July 31, 2008 (Wilson County News)
If you have a question to be answered, call the Master Gardeners at 830-379-1972 or leave a message and it will be answered. The Master Gardener research library is open Mondays from 8:30 to noon, on the second floor of the Texas AgriLife Extension building, 210 East Live Oak in Seguin....more... Compass Minerals Reports Its First-Ever Second-Quarter Profit (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.----Compass Minerals reports the following results of its second-quarter operations: Sales increased 27 percent to $162.0 million from $127.5 million in the prior-year quarter through significant improvement in the company's specialty fertilizer segment coupled with solid salt segment gains....more... Front (The Chapel Hill News)
Ripe tomatoes lure shoppers during Saturday's Farmers Market in Carrboro. Photo by Lia Barrett Tom Hoban is a professor of sociology and food science at N.C. State University. After two decades in Cary and Raleigh, he moved to Carrboro, which he considers the creative corner of the Triangle....more... CEO: ML&P 'under stress' (The Maui News)
WAILUKU - Incredible fuel costs and downturns in tourism and real estate all clobbered Maui Land & Pineapple's three divisions, resulting in 274 layoffs, Chairman, President and CEO David Cole said on Friday. "My personal philosophy is to measure twice and cut once," Cole said a day after the company's 26.2 percent work force reduction became public knowledge. "The whole idea is to make a stronge...more... Roses of Rapture (Westerly Sun)
Landscaping expert Chris Koswaski explains how to choose and care for these symbols of love....more... A costly trip from farm to market (Seattle Times)
Farmers markets remain a bright spot for small farms, despite high gas prices....more... Coneflowers reward patience (Orange County Register)
Echinacea will bloom year after year with right care....more... |