Thursday, December 8, 2011

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News9 new results for organic farming
 
Organic farming of chilli, cauliflower, tomato yields positive results
Times of India
ALLAHABAD: The pilot project of the district horticulture department to cultivate varieties of chilli, cauliflower and tomato through organic farming has yielded positive results in several blocks of the district. In fact, farmers who hail from BPL and ...
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Innovative technique showcased at national conference
The Hindu
"Farmers from Dharmapuri, Madurai and Dindigul are now approaching me to learn the technique. I did not innovate for an award. My greatest achievement would be to inspire as many farmers as I can, to take to organic farming methods. Organic farming is ...
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The Hindu
NYU Student Group Farm To Live Grows Organic Produce For Low Income Communities
NYU Local
By Caroline Hayes on December 7th, 2011 (12 hours ago) Organic agriculture has recently become an immensely popular career choice for college graduates (even Brooklynites), and the NYU student initiative project "Farm to Live" is in the process of ...
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Villagers reap benefits from permaculture
NewsDay
The centre recently launched an organic farming programme here which has become the talk of the area as many people marvel at the work done there. Organic farming, which falls under the broad discipline of permaculture, is agricultural activity done ...
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Provincial Organic agriculture committee organized in Mt. Province
Philippine Information Agency
7 (PIA) -- Governor Leonard G. Mayaen recently issued an order creating the Provincial Organic Agriculture Committee(POAC) to effectively implement the various activities of the organic agriculture program in the province. ...
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Photo Gallery: A Trip to an Innovative Walnut Farm
Patch.com
The accompanying photos will depict the stages of harvesting and processing the nuts on the farm, but the other half of the story is the organic farming practices used in the over-400 acres of walnut orchards. The accent is on using natural methods ...
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The Present of Power, with Love from Fair Trade and Organic
Fairfield Mirror
Yes, organic food does generally cost more, but that is due to a number of veiled outside factors that shoppers don't see behind the price tag. Organic farms are excluded from federal subsidies that conventional farmers receive. ...
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Fairfield Mirror
Test Your Organic Food IQ: 5 Common Organic Myths
Business 2 Community
Does organic processing use chemicals? Yes! There is an approved list of fertilizers, fungicides, pesticides, herbicides, and other materials that can be used on farms that are certified as organic. But for the most part, organic farming will ...
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Farming the benefits of biogas at Ledgecroft
Eastern Ontario AgriNews
Some organic waste, that contains vegetable matter, has less potential." Ledgecroft was one of the first farms in Ontario to sign on with Organic Resource Management Inc. (ORMI), an industry leader in the collection of liquid organic residuals from ...
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Web2 new results for organic farming
 
Draft policy focus on organic farming
Ranchi, Dec. 7: A draft agriculture policy being drawn up by the state government will lay stress on organic farming and low use of chemical fertilisers among the ...
www.telegraphindia.com/1111208/jsp/.../story_14853368.jsp
Himachal Pradesh Cabinet approved Eco-Friendly Organic Farming ...
Himachal Pradesh Cabinet in its Meeting granted approval to the Eco-Friendly Organic Farming Policy to benefit small, medium and large farmers, by making ...
www.thenewshimachal.com/.../himachal-pradesh-cabinet-appr...