Saturday, January 7, 2012

Google Alert - organic farming


News7 new results for organic farming
 
Talk of the Day -- Organic farming helps firm through furlough crisis
Focus Taiwan News Channel
The chairman plans to expand the "Tyi Sheng Organic Farm" to a total of 55000 pings, by renting another 40000 pings. He said he will sell the produce 20 percent lower than market prices so that more people will be able to enjoy healthy produce from his ...
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Focus Taiwan News Channel
Can We Expect An Organic Milk Shortage In 2012?
NPR (blog)
It's also a change from a few years ago, when farmers were courted by milk companies desperate to boost their supply of the organic product. Depending on the month, organic farmers could earn double what a conventional farmer makes per gallon of milk. ...
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Ethical food: four new year's resolutions that you can keep
The Ecologist
According to the Soil Association, to produce just one tonne of nitrogen fertiliser takes one tonne of oil and 100 tonnes of water and produces seven tonnes of greenhouse gasses in the process – no such issues with organic farming. ...
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Smarter Food: A farmers market with a difference
Washington Post
WOOSTER, OHIO — Martha Gaffney had high hopes five years ago when she arrived in Ohio and began farming. She had grown up in the Ecuadorean Andes, where the only way to farm, she says, is what we Americans call "organic." With local foods booming, ...
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Amrutham Bio plans 1000 outlets in South before 2013
Hindu Business Line
Apart from organic manure and bio fertilisers, these outlets will be providing equipment like sprayers, trollies, pots, nets, potting soils, soil conditioners, bio pesticides and herbal pesticides. To promote organic farming, the company is also ...
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Growing Beyond the Fields
New York Times
Andrea Segrè, dean of the faculty of agriculture at the University of Bologna, said women were finding "lots of space" in multifunctional areas like agricultural tourism, farmers' markets, organic farming and direct sales. And agriculture schools ...
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New York Times
Farm To Fork Across America: Of Bread And Wine
Huffington Post (blog)
Dedicated to organic farming, they are confident in their approach to be responsible when it comes to sustainable agriculture and producing exceptional wines at Alma Rosa Winery. Richard communicated that the global wine community shares no prejudice ...
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Web2 new results for organic farming
 
Saudi Gazette - Organic agriculture to be encouraged in the Kingdom
Organic crops are grown with fewer pesticides than the regular produce. Organic farmers use other techniques for pest control and rely less on chemical ...
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Organic Agriculture May Be Outgrowing Its Ideals | Organic Food Tips
Growers here on the Baja Peninsula, the epicenter of Mexico's thriving new organic export sector, describe their toil amid the cactuses as "planting the.
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