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http://ekodar.rs/en/supstrat.html | 2022-08-09T23:37:16 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571090.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809215803-20220810005803-00122.warc.gz | 0.927706 | 2,344 | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-33__0__207314059 | en | SUBSTRATE EKO DAR is a high-quality organic fertilizer and represents the mixture of humus (product of processing manure and organic waste carried out by the Californian red earthworm), peat and zeolite, has dark color and odorless.
The substrate is composed of the organic compounds and a bacterias that help further decomposition of the surrounding soil. Earthworm humus does not contain any chemical additives, pathogenic germs and toxic elements.
As such, it is ideal for usage in fruit growing, vegetable crops, horticulture, herbs and forestry.
Several times more efficient than the most complex known chemical and natural fertilizers.
Purpose: In the sowing, transplanting of plants, for seedling production and cultivation of vegetables, fruits, flowers, herbs and other horticultural plants.
Usage: Filling the substrate in the appropriate containers (cruse, flower pots, etc.).
There are no limitations in the application or any negative effects due to overdosing.
THROUGH USAGE OF THE SUBSTRATE, BASED ON EARTHWORM HUMUS ENHANCED WITH ZEOLITE AND PEAT THE FOLLOWING IS ACHIEVED:
|1. BETTER GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF PLANTS||4. GREATER RESISTENCE OF PLANTS TO DISEASES AND DROUGHT|
|2. INCREASING THE MASS OF ROOT AND LEAF||5. INCREASE IN NUMBER AND SIZE OF FRUITS AND FLOWERS|
|3. IMPROVEMENT OF SOIL STRUCTURE||6. BETTER APPEARANCE OF PLANTS|
The chemical composition of the substrate:
N = 50 to 150 mg / l
P2O5 = 80 - 300 mg / l
K2O = 100 - 400 mg / l
Salts <3g / l
pH = 5.0 to 6.5
Unlike other available substrates in the domestic market (produced by the domestic and foreign producers) which represents a combination of several types of peat (mostly light and dark peat) SUBSTRATE ECO DAR is an unique product, created according to a unique recipe because the basis of this preparation is HUMUS EKO DAR, produced on our own farm of Californian earthworms, enriched with peat and zeolite that enhances the beneficial effect on the growth, development and protection of plants.
SCIENTIFIC FACTS ABOUT THE ELEMENTS OF THE SUBSTRATE EKO DAR:
Lumbrihumus (earthworm humus) is the best natural ecological highly valuable organic fertilizer, obtained from organic waste which is processed by red Californian earthworms - ideal for use in the greenhouse, vegetable, floriculture and fruit production.
Plants treated with earthworm humus, contain up to seven times more vitamin C than those who were treated with artificial fertilizers. Also, plants that are treated with humus are much faster and better developing, more healthy and more resistant to drought, their leaves are larger than those treated with artificial fertilizers, flowers and fruits are significantly bigger, plants mature faster and require far less chemical protection, plant height is larger by 20-30% and the content of ascorbic acid in fruits significantly increases if the plants are treated with earthworm humus.
Humus earthworm is extremely rich in organic units necessary for the growth and development of all plant species such as nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium as well as with trace elements such as magnesium, selenium, zinc, boron, iron, calcium and sulfur that act as biocatalysts facilitating the utilization of nutrients in all conditions.
Crumbly structure of earthworm humus shows many advantages over sandy structure, which can not bind to itself the nutrients or clay structure that when moistened traps the nutrients in the mass similar to concrete with airtight.
At the same time, crumbly structure ties to itself the amount of water up to 2 times its weight, allowing it to be available to plants when needed, and any excess water easily finds its way making it an excellent drainage layer.
A similar case is with oxygen, which uses crumbly structure to penetrate to the roots, and he represents one of the essential factors for the quality development of the root system.
Earthworm humus also binds harmful substances for itself if they are present in preexisting soil or if they occur later. Crumbly structure allows him to bind to itself the harmful substances such as heavy metals, turning them into insoluble form, where it will be less released into the soil, reducing their harmful concentration.
With all his properties humus improves soil quality making it suitable for planting all species. The dark color of humus, illuminated by sunlight in spring contributes to faster warming of the soil and thus stimulates the germination of seeds, as well as faster development of plants due to the acceleration of all biochemical processes.
Peat represents a natural creation that occurs when organic material of plant origin accumulates in conditions of high humidity. Peat is considered as a layer thicker than 30 cm, whose content is the specific form of peaty humus.
Bright peat acts as a natural sponge (retains water 300 times more than its volume), composed of sfagnums or reed. It has an important role in the ventilation of the substrate because there has no ability for decomposition and is completely insensitive to diseases and well tolerated by all plants. It is used in proportion of 25-35% in different substrates, if used in the mixture for seeding or transplantation can be added by 50%.
Peat consists of more or less decomposed moss from the genus SFAGUM (Sphagnum). Most commonly used for improving water-air regime in heavy and congested, and it is particularly suitable in an extremely cold soils. Adding peat to soil accelerates the development of root systems, allowing the better nutrition of plants. In addition, peat contains a complex of matter that with its effect on plant organism activates the life processes. It is used in pure form or as a mixture with garden soil and sand. It is rich with minerals needed for plant growth. Has a weakly acid reaction (pH value ranges from 6.5 to 7.5) and is suitable for the cultivation of most plants which corresponds to the neutral up to weakly acidic soil.
Thanks to its physical properties to absorb water and gradually release water together with nutrients, peat improves air regime of the soil, pore volume and looseness of substrate. The results are reflected in higher germination, faster grow of the plant, better and healthier ripening of the fruit and reduced use of pesticides. Peat is added to humus and compost in amount of 25-30% when preparing the substrate. It also contains the necessary elements for the development of plants: magnesium, potassium and calcium.
This mineral is a natural product created by the chemical reaction of lava and seawater. Mineral zeolite can not be found at all places on the planet, but only there where in given moment existed the ideal conditions for the implementation of this type of reaction. So, characteristic reaction of hot volcanic minerals and salt from the sea, is responsible for the development of minerals with amazing characteristics.
What is it that makes the zeolite so unique?
This mineral has a very interesting structure and its appearance under a microscope resembles a cage. Zeolite is one of the rare minerals in nature with negative charge. In contact with positively charged toxic substances behaves like a magnet that draws them, and then as a sponge that absorbs them into its lattice structure.
As described zeolite has a specific ability to suck toxic substances from various substrates (soil, water, plant, animal and human organism) in his three-dimensional crystal structure consisted of interconnected voids. Under toxic elements are considered those from the most innocuous ones up to those most dangerous, such as heavy metals (mercury, lead, arsenic ...) and radioactive particles.
The application of zeolites in agriculture:
Since it has the capacity to purify soil, zeolite is increasingly being used in agriculture, especially in the production of organic food. Land enriched with zeolite, besides being relieved of toxins, becomes loose, rich with minerals and longer retains moisture in it. In this way the plant is more advanced and provides a healthier yield.
Zeolite is also used as a means to purify water.
This mineral is of great importance in the decontamination of radioactive areas because, like a sponge absorbs radiation if spread out over the contaminated soil.
Zeolite, thanks to its specific structure, the degree of purity and established connection with macro and micro elements creates optimal physico-chemical conditions for the development of perennial plants.
This product allows maintain of optimal diet regime, moisture in the soil as well as the regulation of physical and mechanical properties of the soil in the pits for planting young plants.
During planting of fruit and grape reception of coils increases, as well as the growth and development of roots and shoots. Contributes to shortening of the interval from planting to obtaining yields. During the period of full fertility, increases the yield and quality of fruit and vines without influence to the disruption of relations of content, total acids and nutritional elements.
The application of this product is particularly justified on soils of lighter mechanic content (sandy soils) where the degree of retention of moisture and nutrients low.
Fertilizers / preparations with Zeolite treatment:
- In the world, they are successfully replacing the destructive nitrogen fertilizers, while in Serbia, rich with zeolites, it is not yet the case. Zeolite fertilizers are not only ecologically cleaning, enriching the soil, thus enabling more efficient, healthier agriculture, with much higher yields and much higher quality products, but also preventing the penetration of hazardous substances into waterways;
- They contain the necessary elements for the development and genus of plants, vegetables, fruits: magnesium, potassium and calcium. Due to the long-term effects of zeolite on fertilizer, doses of mineral fertilizers are decreasing, thus lowering the necessity of frequent fertilising.
Melioration effect of zeolite on the soil is multifaceted:
- Improves the physical-mechanical properties of the soil, links the hydroxides of iron, increases porosity, air and water permeability of the soil;
- Increase tenfold absorptive capacity of sandy, light, clod, infertile and dry forest soils;
- Reduces the quantity of water needed for irrigation of land up to 35% and retains moisture and nitrogen in the soil. With that feature it not only improves plant nutrition, but also maintain the quality of water in the soil;
- Increases ability to retain water in the soil, creates important reserves of moisture in the soil, which does not evaporate and moves to lower layers of soil. The water in the secondary pores of zeolites does not freeze, which increases the resistance of plants to frost;
- Provides freshness and attractiveness of lawns in public parks and golf courses;
- It has a remarkable effect in commercial horticulture, cultivation of home and garden flowers. | agronomy |
https://www.ntvhouston.com/2019/08/india-opens-floodgates-after-torrential-monsoon-rains/ | 2020-01-29T15:14:16 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-05/segments/1579251799918.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20200129133601-20200129163601-00234.warc.gz | 0.963137 | 129 | CC-MAIN-2020-05 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-05__0__125386271 | en | Video shared with Reuters, filmed from neighbouring Punjab state, shows massive torrents of water gushing past the gates.
Himachal Pradesh has seen its highest rainfall since recordings started 70 years ago, according to the India Meteorological Department. Local media reported that 18 people have been killed by the heavy rainfall in the state, and 35 villages have been evacuated in Punjab.
Annual rainfall is essential in India as rains support two-thirds of the 1.25 billion population living in rural areas who rely on farming. But excessive rainfall causes problems like floods, landslide, and water-borne diseases.
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https://stcroixbeekeepers.com/fun-facts | 2020-11-26T12:09:20 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141188146.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20201126113736-20201126143736-00330.warc.gz | 0.937413 | 149 | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-50__0__169635237 | en | One of the best ways to support healthy hives is to provide ample foraging. Keeping a garden that provides not just nectar, pollen and habitats, but also refrains from using toxic pesticides will go a long way towards helping bees and other pollinators. Click here to see the products to avoid using.
Interview with Peter Trodtfeld on honey bee colony winter losses and how beekeepers can monitor and reduce the Varroa mite infestation levels in their hives. Read more about it here
What should I be doing with my bees this month? Follow along with Jim on his beekeeping journey. Pick up pointers on all sorts of issues that go along with beekeeping. You can find Jim’s Blog here | agronomy |
https://filmitips.com/review-the-school-garden-2020/ | 2021-10-26T14:33:37 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323587908.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20211026134839-20211026164839-00402.warc.gz | 0.937575 | 520 | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-43__0__60317639 | en | Directed by: Mark Verkerk | 60 minutes | documentary
In 2020 they will be 100 years old in Amsterdam: the school gardens. Started in 1920 because of the great poverty in neighborhoods such as the Jordaan: this enabled students to contribute to the household with the proceeds from their vegetable garden. Every child in Amsterdam and in other Dutch cities was entitled to a school garden. And for a hundred years this initiative has proved to be a wonderful example of effective practical education. Children not only get exercise and fresh air, they learn that lettuce does not grow in the supermarket and thus gain respect for nature. In the sixty-minute documentary ‘De schooltuin’ by Mark Verkerk (‘The New Wilderness’, ‘The Wild City’) we follow the cycle of the school gardens a bit like ‘The New Wilderness’ for a year. From preparing the soil to the first steps of the curious and somewhat insecure children on their own piece of garden, to planting potatoes and harvesting the largest winter carrot (822 grams!).
There is absolutely nothing wrong with the images. ‘The school garden’ is a nice mix of educational fly-on-the-wall images, in which we witness the infectious enthusiasm of the senior groups of various primary schools in Amsterdam, and nature shots, where the range of garden residents stands out. A fox, a hedgehog, bunnies, various birds, including even a kingfisher, a grass snake and of course lots of crawling and flying insects: the gardens in the middle of the city offer a rich and varied living environment for these animals.
What is also strong about this fine documentary is that it provides some context. Because we can see the delight of the children in the open air when they pull a nice red radish out of the ground, but what happens to the freshly harvested vegetables when they put them on the kitchen counter at home? Also nice to see is the variety of reactions. For example, on the crickets that threaten the potato harvest. One child is horrified by the special animal, the other begs if he can hold it for a while. The reactions to the harvested and prepared food – because sometimes the children cook in the garden with the help of a cook – also vary widely. One person finds the salad of grated kohlrabi, apple, lemon, mint and olive oil very tasty, the other says with an angry look: ‘it tastes like onion!’ ‘The School Garden’ is inspiring, funny and educational. | agronomy |
https://www.pembrokek12.org/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&DomainID=150&ModuleInstanceID=1053&ViewID=6446EE88-D30C-497E-9316-3F8874B3E108&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=9179&PageID=516&Comments=true | 2021-12-08T21:09:24 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-49/segments/1637964363598.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20211208205849-20211208235849-00462.warc.gz | 0.946287 | 592 | CC-MAIN-2021-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-49__0__78012064 | en | Whole Foods Garden Grant
Hobomock Elementary School is pleased to announce it has received a donation of four (4) ADA accessible garden beds from Pembroke Lowes Store #1758.
The ADA accessible garden beds will be an inclusive opportunity for children of all abilities to observe, discover, and experiment through hands-on learning, garden-based curriculum, and nutrition education. Over 400 students, grades K-6 (including 2 collaborative classrooms), will have regular access to these beds. The food grown in the HES Garden will be brought directly into the cafeteria to be offered as part of the school’s daily lunch program or alternative snack.
These garden beds are the first phase of bringing a larger growing area to the school. With the help of a $3K grant to the HES PTO from Whole Kids Foundation (via Whole Foods Market), HES will break ground in the Spring of 2021 to build a full outdoor educational garden and outdoor classroom, ensuring that the children of HES will spend more time learning outside of the traditional classroom.
“Giving is not just about the donation. It is about working together towards a common goal and creating a focus on activities with a positive outcome. Our Lowe’s associate, Tom Thurbide, created these raised garden beds while thinking about his grandchildren that have attended the Hobomock Elementary School. His granddaughter Maddie is in the first grade. The Lowe’s Pembroke family looks forward to the children of Hobomock Elementary enjoying gardens filled with healthy food choices!” Val Hamton, Lowe’s Pembroke Store Manager
“The ability for our students to “think outside the classroom” is more important than ever. We believe it will positively affect them for the rest of their lives, not only in changing how they think about their food but in how they view school and themselves.” Laura Braga, Parent & Garden Committee Co-Chair.
“ The Harvest at Hobomock will provide an engaging experience, allowing the students to connect to their food and transform their relationship with it, through access to a hands-on edible garden. We are so grateful for this opportunity and to our local partners for seeing it’s significance, even more so now when children have less consistency and normalcy in their days. We hope it’s a real ‘bright spot’.” Danielle Colosimo, Parent & Garden Committee Co-Chair.
“I want to thank Laura and Danielle for working so hard to write the proposal for the grant and for all of the behind the scenes work that they have done to make the garden a reality! The addition of our outdoor garden area will be a wonderful enhancement to our school community and a wonderful place for students to learn math and science content given real-life applications ”. Michael Murphy, Principal. | agronomy |
https://vintagespicetwice.wordpress.com/2016/06/01/garden/ | 2018-10-20T00:07:45 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-43/segments/1539583512499.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20181019232929-20181020014429-00266.warc.gz | 0.950415 | 339 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-43__0__237445719 | en | Our garden is coming along nicely. Lettuce is gone and asparagus has gone to ferny fronds. The green peas are ready to pick. We did pick a little green beans and had them with new potatoes yesterday for lunch. But the garden has grown so much in a week.
You can see the asparagus fronds to the far upper right. The small bed in front is my herb garden. It has rosemary, oregano, and 2 types of thyme all of which are perennials. Then I hve basil and dill and the few green onions that are left. The row behind the herb bed with the fence posts are green peas. The rest is several types of beans and okra.
This is looking from the bottom of the garden up. We have baby squash on the big plants in front. The next rows after the squash plants are potatoes and then the beans. Green peas and asparagus is at the back in front of the tomato trellis. The herb bet is in far right corner. Fruit trees are to the back of the garden and out of the photo on the left.
I finally got a photo of the footstool I covered with a hooked piece.
I still need to take a photo of the cat rug. Now I’m hooking on the rocking chair cover. Also have started painting the fabric cushions of the sofa. I bought Annie Sloan chalk paint in bright white. I’m thinking of painting or staining the wood portions of the sofa black. I will try to get photos of the progress on the sofa and the apartment.
And as always…. | agronomy |
https://www.englertleafguardgutters.com/lessons-learned-about/ | 2022-12-04T05:05:24 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446710962.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20221204040114-20221204070114-00711.warc.gz | 0.963991 | 501 | CC-MAIN-2022-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__74679287 | en | Lessons Learned About
If you are interested in irrigation, click here for more. Have you invested in agriculture and want to learn more about various types of irrigation? Some farmers who know a few types of irrigation but want to learn more should click here. Irrigation is a method that one can use to water the plants in the field to promote their growth. Because some plants do not need much water, one will have to learn various tricks to control the water supply at intervals. You can read more here about irrigation and how to control it. In this article, you will learn general information about irrigation. If you read this piece of writing to the end, you will learn more about irrigation.
The first benefit of irrigation is that it promotes the growth of plants. For a plant to grow, it will need water, oxygen, and many other things. Meaning that no plant will grow without water. People who come from areas where there is little rainfall should opt for irrigation to grow crops. There are different types of irrigation that you can use. All these methods aim at providing water to the plants. Therefore, if you can construct a small water channel from a water source to your farm, you are practicing surface irrigation. Never, wait for rainfall if the crops are dying, irrigation can save you.
The other reason why irrigation is important is that it controls flooding. One of the natural calamities that cause many deaths when it struck the land is floods. When flooding occurs in an area, many people get displaced, and others who are not swift enough to move to the safer ground may end up losing their lives. Research by various disaster management firms suggests that the floodwaters can be controlled through irrigation. Some crops require too much water to grow, for instance, rice. The floodwaters can be directed to large rice plantations and excess keep in underground tanks to control the floods.
The other essential reason why irrigation is important is that it is the available way to water plants in the greenhouse. All plants are grown in the greenhouse are under controlled environmental conditions such as temperature, rainfall, and so on. Therefore, if you want to water plants in the greenhouse, you must use at least one method of irrigation. Depending on the size of the greenhouse, many irrigation methods can be used to water plants in the greenhouse. The same happens to plants that are grown under controlled parameters used for laboratory experiments, irrigation is the only method they are watered.
These are some reasons why irrigation is necessary. | agronomy |
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https://zippymouse1923.wordpress.com/category/herbs/ | 2020-07-02T19:36:55 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-29/segments/1593655879738.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20200702174127-20200702204127-00029.warc.gz | 0.948974 | 1,559 | CC-MAIN-2020-29 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-29__0__107354434 | en | And that was another very easy nearly ‘free’ food I found out about two years ago. Surprisingly my first attempt yielded celery during the first freeze we had last year (before winter set in, that is). Now the celery chutes don’t get terribly huge when going form the container growing method. My first celery stalk growing experience left me with small, slender stalks that were young and still went great in soups and salads. They also froze extremely well.
Living on a shoe-string budget is tough and wherever nearly free food can be discovered, grown at home, frozen, dried (think in terms of long-term prepping), or even so insanely easy to re-plant and grow I find myself scratching my head thinking, “Why didn’t I think of this sooner? This is so easy!”
And my first celery stalk was chopped off mid-way and sat in a bowl of tap water (before I became wise about the fluoridation) on my kitchen window sill. I didn’t hold out any hope and thought my efforts would be a waste of time. Yes, my celery stalk had to share space with my beloved (although somewhat hearty soil-bankrupt) air purifying airplane/spider plant that’s been the dominant houseplant going on five years. I was surprised when I noticed leafy greens sprouting up from the lopped celery stalk. I can’t remember if I changed out the water or if that’s a necessary thing to do. Since my first celery stalk died during the winter and I had no place to bring it in out of the harsh weather, it didn’t last. Yet, I managed to re-grow enough celery from that first stalk to fill a large zip lock bag and I didn’t need to buy celery at the store for the whole year. When frozen about all celery is good for is using in stir-fry, soups and stews. I never had any success using frozen/ thawed celery in leafy green salads. But frozen celery goes great in my freshly prepared plain cucumber salads which means I don’t slather my cucumbers in any type of oils, mayonnaise, or commercial salad dressings since those don’t agree with my system. I make my own mustard-onion dressing that I will share in this post as well.
And a year later, I’ve nearly finished off my entire bag of celery. I haven’t tried to grow any celery stalks in the garden. I like to plant them in patio containers and snip off the stalks as I need them and allow the celery to re-grow more chutes. I have two more celery stalks that I re-grew using distilled water and was surprised when they appeared greener and more heartier. I transplanted those to outdoor containers recently and started on my third celery stalk in distilled water. Hopefully it will grow as well as the others.
How to make my onion-mustard cucumber salad dressing:
Wash, cut and place green onions in a clean mason jar. I like to use a pair of kitchen shears to snip the onions. And other times I will go out to my garden and cut off a large onion leaf. These are very potent and a little bit goes a long way. I also use the small onion bulb as well and chop that up. Next, I mix equal parts of Dijon and Spicy Brown mustard and add that in with my onions. I stir this concoction and leave it in the fridge while I prepare my cucumber salad.
How to make my cucumber salad (no-dressing or oil variety):
Wash, peel and slice up the cucumber if its store bought. Believe me, you don’t want to ingest the wax they use on the veggies. I’ve heard horror stories that the wax used is no different than what they use to wax floors with, Yeesh! And if it’s true, that’s a dirty little inside trick to make veggies appear delicious and ‘preserve’ them, I suppose. If you can grow your own cucumbers and don’t use pesticides, you could skip peeling off the outer skin. Since I don’t use pesticides on my garden for the very reason they can be toxic, I don’t have to worry so much.
There’s no wrong way to slice a cucumber. If you like thick slices, got for it. If you prefer small, thin slices, that’s excellent too.
Next wash, and slice one or two red tomatoes. Again, if they’re store-bought tomatoes they may have been gassed in order to ‘ripen’ them while their still green, and eating green tomatoes is okay too. Ever hear of the old 80’s movie, Fried Green Tomatoes? Anyways, if your tomatoes are home grown, then your assured of the safety of your own produce. Place the sliced tomatoes and cucumbers in a bowl and set aside. Next slice up some red, white, and yellow onion (if you have any on hand and this is optional). I’m kind of basing this on my late grandma’s recipe but without the dressing. My grandmother used to use white onion cut into rings.
I also like to spice things up with a fresh cut Japeno and throw that in with the cucumber and tomatoes and mix some crushed red pepper as well. I then give this salad a soak in a little Apple Cider Vinegar/ distilled bath just for good measure, rinse and return to the bowl. I like to finish off with a few snips of fresh Kale (the yellow blooms will produce a delicate sweet taste, too), Parsley, Chives, Peppermint, Spearmint, Pineapple Sage leaf, one leaf of cabbage and fresh Brussels sprouts (never the canned or frozen variety for me). So technically its not a straight cucumber and tomato salad, rather an actual salad. Eh, sometimes I enjoy a change of pace.
What to do with those celery leaves: don’t throw them out! Wash them off really good and dry them. I say this because the cost of buying celery either in seed, salt, or even the crushed leaf variety can be expensive. Since I don’t have a pestle and mortar I can’t grind the leaves into a powder so it’s the very old-fashioned ‘drying’ method by placing the celery leaves (preferably washed, dried off, and place on a cookie sheet or in my case a pie pan lined with a coffee filter will do. Allow the celery leaves to thoroughly dry for two weeks or a month or so. When they’re completely dry (and some might be curled), then you can store them in a spice jar or use them immediately in soups, stews, stir-fry, etc. I had great success drying two bunches of half priced cilantro for a month and yielded two huge batches to last me a year or better. Cilantro goes great in homemade pico de gallo (Mexican condiment/ salsa).
Hope my shoe string budget kitchen tips help. Thanks for liking, re-blogging, commenting, sharing, tweeting, I truly appreciate it. 🙂 | agronomy |
http://ryersonian.ca/carrot-city-brings-sustainable-ideas-to-ryerson/ | 2018-08-21T08:33:21 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-34/segments/1534221218070.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20180821073241-20180821093241-00266.warc.gz | 0.957253 | 1,021 | CC-MAIN-2018-34 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-34__0__2676204 | en | During a routine visit to your local grocery store you could place a carton of strawberries in your basket, then some bagged lettuce, perhaps a loaf of bread and an avocado as an after-thought. But how often do you ask yourself, where does all this food come from?
That’s a question you may not want the answer to. The thought usually never lingers but the fact still remains that, on average, our food travels 4,800 kilometres.
The role of growing and processing food has been pushed far outside major cities and suburbs, most often into other countries. Architects and city planners are starting to realize the importance of food production within urban landscapes, but are slow to act.
Ryerson architectural student, Sarah Ives, is part of a sustainable solution. Her design, in addition to others with food security in mind, can help drastically decrease the miles food travels from farm to table.
Ives’ design is a conceptual proposal based on the design fundamentals supported by Carrot City, a Ryerson group that consists of a core team of professors and interested students. Together, they explore the role architects have in helping to create sustainable food-producing cities.
“In the studio I was in with Mark (Gorgolewski) we had to design something on campus that encouraged growing so I did a temporary greenhouse structure that could be on the vacant sites on Ryerson,” Ives said of her class project.
Her proposal, Campus Seed, is a simple concept that combines both architectural beauty and functional sustainability. She proposed a long greenhouse made up of a series of vertical bays in the empty Sears parking lot at Dundas Street and Jarvis Street.
“The intention was that this structure would be easy to build and assemble quickly by Ryerson students, or a combination of professionals and students for a collaborated effort,” says Ives.
The space of the conceptual project would be functional all year with the temporary green house on the south end and removable pods that are rolled onto the parking lot for growing.
The seeds would grow in the greenhouse throughout the school year when cars are parked and in the summer months, the pods would be rolled out to create an expanded garden.
Food harvested in the fall could be sold, eaten or donated and the space would also facilitate events and night markets and the pods used for studying.
“A lot of it was about allowing for Ryerson to still have its parking lot at times when it needs it while having the growing happen. It’s about a middle ground between the two and having a balance.”
Ives only discovered urban agriculture when she met Mark Gorgolewski and June Komisar, two of the three leaders of Ryerson’s Carrot City, in her second year.
Now, she’s helping design the boards for Carrot City’s travelling exhibit, which is commemorating its fifth anniversary this year. Ives is helping design the boards for the exhibit by curating various projects and creating detailed displays.
“The travelling exhibit is a way of disseminating, or teaching people, about some of the opportunities,” explains Gorgolewski.
“We engage with local interest groups in this subject area, not to just organize the exhibition, but to organize lectures and workshops to engage people in the ideas from the show.”
The group’s purpose is to study the implications of bringing food into a built environment and what type of spaces and buildings in the city could create food while engaging people through architecture to eat mindfully.
“Really we’re looking at ways of producing food and processing food close to its consumption,” says Gorgolewski.
He says it’s easy to incorporate food-producing spaces even in existing structures and spaces but city politics do not support it.
“The main issue is with land values because land, agricultural land, does not have a high value,” says Gorgolewski.
The easiest way to start greening cities is to incorporate small, wasted space in the city like rooftops and parks for growing.
Ryerson has already utilized several spaces like these on campus for food production, such as a small area on the north side of Gould Street and the George Vari Engineering building rooftop.
Emily Patterson, Ryerson masters student writing her thesis on food production in the city, says the solution for food security lies more within a collective effort that practices community rebuilding.
Small-scale projects like Ives’ Student Seed are a start, but can’t produce large volumes of food and may be limited by seasonal constraints.
“It takes a long time to build up a just food system. You can’t plant the seed and expect it to grow overnight,” explains Patterson. “One of the first steps is to connect the initiative … (But) action will come inevitably.” | agronomy |
https://anjeon.xyz/spain-faces-severe-soil-desertification/ | 2024-04-21T19:53:05 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817819.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20240421194551-20240421224551-00235.warc.gz | 0.9379 | 233 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__102839461 | en | Soil desertification is a serious problem in Spain.
Intensive agricultural practices are blamed for this.
[Gabriel Del Barrio/Researcher: “Desertification is always caused by human activity. Climate can be an aggravating factor, but it does not cause desertification itself.”]
Despite its arid climate, ‘Almeria’ produces thousands of tons of vegetables a year.
However, growing crops depletes groundwater, which accelerates the desertification of the soil.
Hapless farmers in southern Spain have taken steps to preserve their soil.
They use manure instead of chemical fertilizers, 카지노사이트킴 avoid pesticides, and cover the soil with plants to conserve moisture…
[Juan Antonio Merlos/Almond farmer: “We can’t control the climate anymore, so we have to try to make the soil last as long as possible.”]
The United Nations has warned that 75% of Spain’s land area is under threat of desertification and reduced agricultural productivity. | agronomy |
http://pictureperfectlawn.net/category/landscaping/ | 2018-09-26T01:39:44 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-39/segments/1537267162809.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20180926002255-20180926022655-00196.warc.gz | 0.952081 | 953 | CC-MAIN-2018-39 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-39__0__226895110 | en | Grass Seeding Tips and Tricks with PPLM
Grass Seeding Tip and Tricks
Grass Seeding is what PPLM is all about, and this blog is no exception! PPLM is officially starting aeration and grass seeding services this week, with starter fertilizer and lime being performed at the same time for most of our clients. Our mow crews have already begun mowing lawns a little lower with each service, and they’ll be off the lawn entirely for a few weeks after grass seeding is performed. In addition to how busy our crews are, our office staff is hard at work launching a new campaign to bring educational and engaging YouTube videos to our clients and followers. Be sure to subscribe to our channel to get the latest information on how you can maximize on your PPLM service! Check out the video below from one of our owning family members Brandyn to see him explain how PPLM strives to stand apart in our industry. Remember this is the time for Grass Seeding.
Grass Seeding is one of the most important services for your lawn care season, and the quality of work available in our area varies widely. Settling for a low quality service can have serious consequences for your lawn next season such as uneven growth, weak fescue, and excessive weeds. Aeration and grass seeding is an investment, so you want to take the extra step to make sure your investment has the best return possible. If you haven’t done so already, it’s not too late to get on our schedule for Grass Seeding in September. Either way, be sure to take a look at our video below that walks you through what’s covered in our standard aeration and seeding service and how we go the extra mile to maximize on your quality service.
A lot is involved with the Grass Seeding process, so it’s important that your lawn is completely ready to go prior to service. Our office contacts you one week as well as one day ahead of your schedule aeration and grass seeding to give you plenty of notice to prep the yard. This prep includes:
• Mowing lower: we recommend mowing to no taller than 3″ prior to aeration and grass seeding, which is lower than your usual height
• Flagging obstacles: any underground structures within 6 inches of the surface should be marked so we can avoid them with the aerator
• Watering properly: we want your yard to be watered well prior to service, but be sure not to run your sprinklers for at least 24 hours before we’re scheduled to get there
Be sure to watch our very helpful video below that walks you through the details of how to prep your yard for aeration and grass seeding!
Your yard is put through a lot with aeration and grass seeding. It’s by far the most aggressive service your lawn experiences each year, and on top of that, the baby seed you’re trying to grow is very delicate during the first stage of its life. As a result, proper aftercare is vital to fostering healthy development in your lawn. The day of your aeration and grass seeding, our team leaves with you a page of instructions on how you can best support your new lawn as it develops over the first 3-6 weeks from grass seeding. It’s always good to be prepared though, especially when it involves timing your irrigation system properly. We’ve provided a video below in which we break down the most important parts of seeding aftercare to help you get a jump start on your role in the aeration and grass seeding process.
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Thanks to your support, PPLM is expanding and in need of reliable help! We are currently seeking a full time Team Leader for one of our mow crews. If you know anyone with lawn care experience, leadership skills, and a clean driving record, please have them call our office at (804) 530-2540 or apply with us through our Facebook listing.
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http://agrinomics.com/ | 2018-02-23T04:42:14 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-09/segments/1518891814393.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20180223035527-20180223055527-00225.warc.gz | 0.921455 | 451 | CC-MAIN-2018-09 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-09__0__69788590 | en | Agrinomics is committed to changing the world through agriculture. We do this through the formulation of world class growing products and cutting edge testing services conducted through what we call Agrinomics Energetic Agriculture.
Our Agrinomics Energetic Testing Services are able to, not only penetrating to the root cause of agricultural issues, but capable of optimizing living plants and their soils to maximize nutrient density, energetic coherence, and general vitality. When the platform of Agrinomics Energetic Agriculture is recognized and our Agrinomics Energetic Testing Services are fully implemented all of the components of a healthy living system work together through productive and efficient physical, mineral, biological, and energetic balance resulting in maximum plant yields, superior nutrient density in crops that result in thriving humans, substantial cost savings, and significant ecological benefits.
"Agriculture touches every fiber of our beings from the clothes on our back to the food that we eat."
Agrinomics believes that thriving humans can only be accomplished through living nutrient dense foods, and that agriculture is the reason and solution to every issue facing humanity.
We are interested in starting a new conversation around food and agriculture, we believe that what we think and understand will change the scope of the industry by providing healthier lives with better results.
When the possibilities of Agrinomics Energetic Agriculture are recognized and our BioEnergetic Testing Services are fully implemented all of the components of a healthy living system work together through productive and efficient physical, mineral, biological, and energetic balance resulting in maximum plant yields, substantial cost savings, and significant ecological benefits.
Because no two subjects are alike, each having its own specific capacities, capabilities, and sensitivities, we must recognize that many of the agricultural approaches we undertake can cause as much imbalance as they clean up.
Here is a list of growing applications that we can evaluate, harmonize, and potentize using our Agrinomics Energetic Testing Services: Acreage Farming, Pasture Farming, Indoor/Outdoor Container Growing, Urban Farming, Lawn Care/Landscaper, Hydroponics, Aquaponics, Product Manufacturing & Formulation, with pother applications limited only by the imagination | agronomy |
https://ostarmenia.com/en/armenian-cousine-tradition-eng/ | 2021-02-26T22:36:23 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178357984.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20210226205107-20210226235107-00590.warc.gz | 0.981036 | 719 | CC-MAIN-2021-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-10__0__22186315 | en | The Armenian cuisine is over three thousand years old. It has developed and accomplished during many years, and is distinguished by specific features such as the ability of following traditions and taking new ones. It’s expressed both by favorite dishes and their preparation ways.
The main characteristics of Armenian cuisine is the fact, that it’s connected with agriculture, first of all with farming, then with ranching, which is reflected in the list of traditional dishes, where the domain part belongs to the vegetal food. Being one of the oldest agricultural cultures in the world, especially that of wheat, the Armenian cuisine is abundant with different types of pastry, nuts, vegetables and fruits. Moreover, being famous for ranching , Armenia is rich with meat and milk products.
The correlation of food, meat and milk has changed in the traditional cuisine, it’s connected with historical events, inner and outer factors, as well as with periods.
In the Ararat valley (now Ararat, Armavir regions, partly Aragatsotn and Kotayq) the daily food of the traditional cuisine was considered to be flour and other cereals, afterwards dairy , then vegetables and meat. In the Shirak valley ( Shirak region) the daily food was flour and other cereals, then milk and in the end came meat. The vegetables were rare because of the severe weather, which went upon the daily food. The daily food was almost the same in Lori, Tavush and Syuniq regions as in the Ararat valley, only meat and vegetables were following each other depending on regions.
The sequence of milk, meat and vegetables depends on the method and productivity of the agriculture. Because of the lack of pastures and grasslands, it has become rare to get milk from the cows. In those regions, where it’s difficult to cultivate vegetables because of the weather conditions and mountainous relief, the vegetables follow the meat.
According to historical sources, the daily food of Armenians included bread, nuts, meat and milk. Secondly came natural food and fish. The natural food was made with cultivating vegetables, collecting the greens and gardening. Some wild plants were used for preparing natural dishes, which are nowadays used in different salads or even as herbs. The flour, rye, corn and beans were bred in all regions of Armenia.
In the old Armenia some the preparation of some dishes had a ritual and was related to religious holidays and ceremonies. Primarily they were made in worshiping centers, then in churches and near the monasteries after the adoption of Christianity. Some old ritual dishes have passed to our time, such as harisa, khash and semolina. Harisa was dedicated to meetings and farming, semolina- to the production of milk, and khash was dedicated to the successes in ranching.
From the evidence of historical reasons, women and men we were used to have meals separately, firstly men had, then women and children. The tradition changed in the 19th century, when the residents canceled discrimination of gender and age. In the villages people initially began to dine only in small families (mother, father and children), and the gender- age discrimination was eliminated in Eastern Armenia in the beginning of the 20th century. During the solemn ceremonies, such as wedding, funerals, men and women often dine separately as well.
Traditionally, Armenian families had meals thrice a day- breakfast, dinner and supper, and there was even a late supper.
Translated by Christy Manukyan | agronomy |
https://www.wineofancientegypt.com/publications/publications-team/item/51-grape-archaeology-and-ancient-dna-sequencing | 2022-01-17T15:59:45 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320300574.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20220117151834-20220117181834-00539.warc.gz | 0.913126 | 373 | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-05__0__202162960 | en | Guasch-Jané M.R. (2019) Grape Archaeology and Ancient DNA Sequencing. In: Cantu D., Walker M. (eds) The Grape Genome. Compendium of Plant Genomes. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18601-2_4
Abstract The cultivation and domestication of the grape appears to have occurred between 7000 and 4000 BC. The archaeological and historical evidences suggest that the domestication of the grapevine took place in the Near East. Nevertheless, whether a single origin or secondary independent grapevine domestications occurred and where they happened remains so far unanswered. Wine has had an important role in religious rituals since Antiquity. In mythology and theology, wine was symbolic of the power to revitalize and rebirth. In Ancient Egypt, wine was daily served to the gods by the Pharaoh and the priests in ritual ceremonies in the Egyptian temples. In daily life, wine was an enjoyable drink consumed by the elite in festivals, banquets and funerals. Further, the grape was one of the most important fruits in the Classical Mediterranean civilizations and grapevines and the wine were widely spread through trade sea routes. This chapter presents an overview of the archaeological evidence for wine culture in the ancient Near East, Egypt and the Mediterranean region. It also presents a discussion of the chemical and morphological research methods and paleogenomic analyses and discussion that have been applied to ancient grape and plant material.
Keywords: Ancient DNA, Amphora, DNA preservation, Grape domestication, Wine archaeology. | agronomy |
https://www.252buzz.com/single-post/2016/05/09/may-flowers-peonies | 2021-12-05T02:15:59 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-49/segments/1637964363134.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20211205005314-20211205035314-00009.warc.gz | 0.944502 | 299 | CC-MAIN-2021-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-49__0__199693169 | en | May flowers: Peonies
Terra Ceia Farms in Pantego sells thousands of bulbs and bare root perennial plant to gardeners all over the world. But once a year, right around Mother's Day, florists and flower lovers depend on this family owned Beaufort County farm to provide them with gorgeous peonies.
Although the farm was established by the Van Staalduinen family in 1943 with the purpose of growing and selling cut flowers including daffodils and irises, peonies now are the only fresh flowers offered to the public. Most of the Terra Ceia peonies are sold to florists and other retailers.
But from late April until early May, some peony stems may be available for purchase at the farm.
Brenda Credle, who has worked at Terra Ceia for 35 years, usually answers the telephone at the farm and can accept orders and provide details on what's available. If you want peonies, call before you go.
The flowers are sold in bunches of five stems while the peonies are still in tight buds. Colors are white, light pink and dark pink. Follow the care directions provided by Terra Ceia and you will be rewarded with large scented blooms that last a week or more.
Terra Ceia Farms
3810 Terra Ceia Road
Pantego, NC 27860 1-800-858-2852 www.terraceiafarms.com | agronomy |
https://migration.ucdavis.edu/rmn/more.php?id=1883 | 2023-12-01T05:52:30 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100276.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20231201053039-20231201083039-00714.warc.gz | 0.937645 | 142 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__307171802 | en | January 2015, Volume 21, Number 1
Primary Farm Workers: 2012
In 2012, when employment in California agriculture (NAICS 11) averaged 395,400, farm employers reported 802,600 unique Social Security numbers to the Employment Development Department, suggesting two unique workers per average job. Almost 675,000 farm workers had their maximum earnings with an identifiable farm employer in one county. Four counties, Kern, Fresno, Monterey, and Tulare, included almost half of these “primary farm workers.†In each of these counties, crop support (mostly labor contractors) employed the most workers, followed by fruits and nuts in the San Joaquin Valley and vegetables in Monterey. | agronomy |
https://omannewsgazette.com/african-palm-corp-signs-new-agreement-with-the-congo/ | 2023-03-29T16:29:12 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296949009.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20230329151629-20230329181629-00310.warc.gz | 0.9436 | 1,117 | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__64819143 | en | Adding Millions of Hectares of Palm Trees to Its Growing West African Portfolio
– African Palm Corp.’s operations will now extend into Guinea-Bissau and the Republic of the Congo, giving the Company access to a total of 4.5 million hectares of palm trees.
– The Company’s West African cluster is now poised to become the third largest region dedicated to the production of African palm oil in the world, following Indonesia and Malaysia. Through the company’s accelerated growth, it is set to shortly become the largest palm oil provider in the world.
– As a part of African Palm Corp.’s sustainable business model, 10 percent of the company’s profits from the Congo’s operation will be invested into local social projects such as schools, hospitals, and local infrastructure.
MIAMI, May 8, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Following a recent trip throughout West Africa, African Palm Corp. (APC) announced today a newly signed agreement between the Company and representatives of Ngalipomi, a local group from the Congo. This agreement will give APC access to an additional three million hectares of palm trees in West Africa. The recent addition has substantially grown the Company’s West African portfolio, which currently includes Guinea-Bissau and Congo, and positioned the company’s cluster as the third largest area dedicated to the production of African palm oil in the world, following Indonesia and Malaysia.
African Palm Corp. plans on breaking ground on its Congolese operation in the first quarter of 2019 with support from its local partner, Ngalipomi. The two companies will use existing infrastructure found along the Congo River, the second longest river in Africa after the Nile, to transport its harvested palm fruits to APC’s production facilities. The project is expected to generate a total of 120,000 new direct and indirect jobs, while improving Congo’s GDP by 22 percent. African Palm Corp. guarantees a contribution of 10 percent of its profits from the Congolese operation back into social programs such as schools, hospitals, and local infrastructure, providing water and electricity for the communities.
“This is the second agreement that we have reached in just a few months and we are thrilled to include the Congo in our next phase of operations. This furthers our vision of creating a sustainable business model that can economically empower local African communities through the cultivation of palm fruits,” explained African Palm Corp. President and CEO Oscar A. Faria. “We are seeking partnerships with West African countries where we can streamline our respective strengths to deliver high-quality, sustainably sourced palm oil to our list of global clients.”
The deal was signed in the presence of a public notary, Director General of Ngalipomi Juvely Ock, along with President and CEO of APC Oscar A. Faria, and the Company’s Senior Management: Marielis Ontiveros, Marc Mesa and Carlos Gomez. Also in attendance were Agricultural Engineer Loubaki Cyrille, Director of Operations Ngoulou Prince, and Director General Nkounkou Chérubin from Doigts Verts Congo, who will provide technical advice to both parties engaging in the operation.
Globally, the demand for palm oil has increased drastically in the last 20 years, going from 15 million metric tons per year in 1995 to over 65 million in 2015, with Indonesia and Malaysia currently producing 85% of the world’s palm oil. As the demand has made substantial growth around the world, buyers have also become more conscious to high quality products that support sustainable farming methods and the local communities that will be impacted by the new business.
African Palm Corp., with support and advice from a prestigious UK based insurance broker and a Lloyd’s syndicate, has designed a solid business model that guarantees investors the viability and profitability of the business. APC’s A-Grade ranking from Lloyd’s ensures total annual profits, regardless of any political changes or climatic conditions that could affect the production and sales of the oil.
Commitment to Local Communities
This native West African plant grows naturally in the wild, as opposed to some regions in Asia, making the company’s impact on the environment minimal. Prior to the start of its operations, African Palm Corp. signed working agreements with local ethnic groups to collaborate in harvesting the fruit from the African palm tree. In addition to commercial transactions, 10 percent of African Palm Corp.’s annual net profit will be directly invested in social infrastructure projects such as schools, medical centers, and roads, reflecting the specific needs of each local community. Additionally, all the technical infrastructure that African Palm Corp. develops as part of the company’s logistical needs, such as electricity, access to potable water, roads, and docks, will be available and accessible to the local communities. Lastly, most of the direct and indirect jobs created because of APC’s operation will be assigned to local community members and leaders.
ABOUT AFRICAN PALM CORP.
African Palm Corp. is an American company dedicated to the extraction, processing and commercialization in international markets of derivative products of African Palm (mostly Palm Oil). The operations of the company will be based in a cluster of West African countries in partnership with members of the local communities. To learn more, visit http://africanpalmcorp.com/ . | agronomy |
http://www.heirloomhg.com/?page_id=30 | 2013-05-22T06:10:45 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701409268/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105009-00092-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.946465 | 125 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__60000114 | en | Heirloom Hospitality Group is committed to extending our hospitality beyond our business into the community. We support local farmers as well as organizations who support sustainable practices and green initiatives. As we continue to grow, we will focus our support on hunger relief and educational programs.
- We’re excited to to be working with ASAP (Appalachian Agricultural Sustainable Project) in co-ordination with Michelle Obama’s “Chefs Move to Schools” this year. See a video below showing our first session with Claxton Elementary’s fifth grade class. You can also read more about it here. | agronomy |
https://derricklweston.com/2016/09/14/mmmm-food/ | 2020-07-02T22:46:16 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-29/segments/1593655880243.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20200702205206-20200702235206-00340.warc.gz | 0.978228 | 2,228 | CC-MAIN-2020-29 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-29__0__227711149 | en | Bonus points if you caught that my blog title was a reference to the classic MF DOOM album of the same name.
I was already planning on writing about food this morning when a friend sent me this article. Essentially, with Bayer purchasing Monsanto one of the world’s largest food and agriculture companies is being purchased by one of the world’s largest drug and chemical companies. This should terrify us! While I’m sure that there will be some who are ready to measure me for my new tin foil hat, I hope that you will pause and think through the ramifications of having corporations controlling both the food from which many of our illnesses come and the drugs by which those illnesses are “cured”. This is dystopian stuff, but it is very real. 2016 seems to have been written by a conglomerate of young adult novelists.
If you’ve been following me on Facebook or Twitter (@derricklweston) or Instagram (@dlweston), you’ve no doubt seen a lot of pictures of my garden. Many of my friends, including the one who sent me this article, have noticed how much more I post about farming, gardening, and food justice issues. A growing passion has been emerging for me, one that I think is shaping my thinking about my true vocation.
The first summer after I got married, I started container gardening. I didn’t have much space and probably produced just a handful of peas and green beans. I stopped for a long while after we moved to California. My seminary had a community garden. I wasn’t very involved in that, admittedly I was scared off more by the “community” aspect than the gardening part. That probably should have been a warning sign, but I digress. When I moved back to Pittsburgh, I briefly supervised our community outreach team who was primarily putting their efforts into developing a large community garden. Again, I was interested, but mostly stayed on the periphery of what was happening. At the time, I remember being fascinated by how many cool organizations were involved in community gardening and sustainability projects. I was especially enamored by the work my friend John Creasy was doing (and continues to do) at the Garfield community farm. In some ways, John is my patron saint.
When I took my call in Ohio, I went back to container gardening. We were renting and I couldn’t put much into the ground, but I littered my back yard with tomato plants, herbs, peas, and numerous attempts at broccoli, all foiled by little, evil, green bastards known as cabbage beetles. I didn’t produce much successfully back then other than tomatoes and basil, but at that point, gardening developed for me more as a spiritual discipline. I was in a very difficult call and having my hands in the dirt literally and figuratively grounded me. In the spring of 2011 a tomato plant emerged from the bottom of my compost bin to my great surprise. It was “planted” there by the tomato plant that I composted in the fall of 2010. I think it is still the healthiest tomato plant I’ve ever had and I continue to take great comfort from the image of that amazing life emerging from the compost. My backyard garden kept me as sane as I was then.
Through the hard year that was 2014, I wasn’t able to do much gardening, which made the hard year even worse. I had a succulent in my friend’s guest room where I lived. I’ll admit, I probably became unhealthily attached to that plant, but it embodied how I felt, a survivor holding on without very much supporting it. It grew in weird directions and was marked and scarred by it’s environment, but it kept growing. Same here.
When I moved outside of Baltimore, I was excited by the opportunity to have a garden again. In fact, I had more space than I ever had before in which to play. Shannon built me a raised bed in ’15 which she expanded for me this year. As I’ve been unemployed through the growing season, I have put a lot of myself into the garden. I’ve grown more different kinds of things than ever before and in greater quantities. I’ve experimented with companion gardening, bought a grow light to start seeds in my garage, tried “hacks” like trellising cucumbers on sunflower plants and starting seeds in eggshells… both worked, and I planted flowers to help pollinate the vegetables thus forcing myself for the first time to actually learn the names of some flowers I had seen my whole life.
While doing all of this, I was reading. I was reading a lot! I was reading, of course, about gardening best practices, but I was also reading about some of the very cool things that people are doing around food. People have been reclaiming urban spaces in some incredible ways in order to address the needs of food deserts and lack of access. The creativity and ingenuity on display has been astounding. The book that has most deeply impacted my thinking these days is “The Color of Food” by Natasha Bowens. Bowens, who also formerly blogged as Brown Girl Farming (that blog has moved to thecolorofood.com) has created a remarkable photo journal of people of color making a living through small family farms and reclaimed community spaces. The underlying message that I take away from the book and the stories that it contains is a simple one: people of color made this country wealthy through agriculture and now it is time to use that knowledge for our own communities. It is a revolutionary message.
Coming back to where I started, the ramifications of corporations like Monsanto and Bayer being in bed together terrify me. Most of the food that comes through the major groceries stores come from either Monsanto or ConAgra even when they appear to be competing brands. The implications on people’s health and healthcare by having a major drug manufacturer involved in food production should give us all pause. This is why I am interested in food justice and food production. I believe that food access is quickly becoming the central justice issue of our time and we’re mostly blind to the effects that it has. But there is a solution. It’s a simple solution, but not an easy one. It’s a slow solution, not a quick fix. The answer, simply put, is to grow our own food. We have to take control of our food systems at a local level.
I believe the single most revolutionary thing that we can do right now is to plant gardens. In fact, this is the thesis for a book that I have begun. (Side note: for my Patron supporters I will be posting the introductory summary and the first draft of one of my strongest chapters so far on my page as a “thank you!”) growing food, particularly in urban settings reclaims the beauty of rundown spaces, repairs social bonds by developing interdependence, creates independent markets with the potential for jobs and entrepreneurship, and empowers people to take control of their health and well being. It also gets people back in touch with the rhythms of nature and connects us to our Source in through the soil.
I also think that there are major theological implications. The Bible was written in an agrarian culture and the farther we move away from the land, I believe the farther we move away from a deeper understanding of the Divine. In gardening I have developed a richer understanding of life and death. I have come to understand that natural world does not produce waste in the way that we understand it. In the garden, death can be redeemed, new life struggles to be born, and the miraculous is all around us. This is our birthright as spiritual beings, to be able to see the hand of the Creator in the midst of the creation and so often we deny ourselves of that birthright. That is truly tragic.
In the midst of my reading and exploration, I came across Farminary. Farminary is a program of Princeton Theological Seminary that connects (or reconnects) theological education with agrarian practice. I formed an instant friendship with the director Nate Stuckey. It’s not everyday that you meet someone who shares your love of compost! Next weekend I will be leading a workshop at the Just Food conference hosted by Farminary. I’m humbled that I was invited. I feel like I have so much less to offer than the other presenters. What I do hope to offer is a vision for the future of ministry that includes repurposing the assets that many of our churches have, namely land and large buildings, for sake of growing food and serving our communities. I also hope to paint a picture of spiritual health being restored by remembering that we are “Adam” created from “adamah”. (And with that, I have exhausted by Hebrew). I’m excited to share ideas with people and to learn more myself.
Last night’s dinner included tomato sauce made mostly with ingredients that I grew and green beans from my garden. As much as I love supporting restaurants that are “farm to table”, there is an extra piece of satisfaction having something come from my garden and having it go to my table. Despite the energy and money that I’ve put into my garden this year, I didn’t grow nearly enough to live off of. That would be a massive undertaking. And yet the more I think about it, the more that I want to move into that direction. I would love to get to a place where I am producing my own produce or if I don’t produce it, I know who did. I would love to know the animals that I am going to eat. I know that sounds weird, but I think the moral imperative for those of us who continue to eat meat is to have gratitude and reverence for the life sacrificed for our own. I want to have more homemade things. I want to brew my own beer from hops that I’ve grown. And I want to be able to share all of these things with my family, friends, and neighbors. That’s what community looks like to me. And that’s how we fight back against the forces of empire that continue to consolidate all of our resources.
On the night that he was arrested, Jesus gathered around the table and broke bread grown from the grain of the earth and poured wine made from the soil’s grapes. There is something sacred about these things that come from the ground to sustain our lives. I pray that we will not lose our reverence for these things by simply letting them be commodified. Food is too sacred to be taken lightly…
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Our Family-Owned Estate Olive Oil
Santo Stefano® Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil is made from olives grown and harvested by hand from our single estate in Santo Stefano Quisquina, AG, Sicily, Italy.
Only olives from Santo Stefano Quisquina’s family-owned, century-old olive groves are used to create Santo Stefano® Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
Our estate follows time-honored and tested processes, allowing them to consistently produce some of the finest olive oil to be found.
Since its foundation nearly 150 years ago in SANTO STEFANO QUISQUINA AG, Sicily Italy, both BIVONA® and SANTO STEFANO® Extra Virgin Olive Oils have become the epitome of a passionate love affair with nature, exquisite taste, and old-fashioned authenticity passed from generation to generation.
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Each of our gourmet olive oils is crafted from our meticulous selection of hand-harvested olives using the combination of traditional stone mill pressing methods with state-of-the-art technology.
The size of SANTO STEFANO QUISQUINA AG's olive grove makes it possible to do everything by hand from pruning and irrigation to picking, crushing, and bottling, all of which contribute to the production of our finest quality olive oil. With our smaller scale production, there is less room for errors and a lot more room for the integrity of the product - a commitment that permeates the soil, the trees, the blushing olive fruit, and ultimately the quality that defines BIVONA® & SANTO STEFANO®'s organic extra virgin olive oil.
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The olives are harvested between late October to late November, when not quite ripe, which accounts for its intense fruity flavor and balanced aroma.
In an effort to maintain the tradition of olive oil production, our harvesting is done by hand which reduces the damage to the olives during the process and ensures low acidity levels. For optimal quality, our olives are cleaned and cold-pressed in a traditional way within 24 hours of harvesting.
After being pressed, our oil is kept in the dark in closed containers, at a cool temperature around 14-18 C, away from direct heat and light. During the bottling process, each bottle is filled and labeled with pride that symbolizes the passionate connection with the art of olive oil and the pride of a land rich with nostalgic traditions.
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Our exquisite olive oils are produced by the Cicarello family on their estate in Santo Stefano AG, Sicily, from 150-year-old olive trees. Pressed within 24 hours of hand picking, our distinctive blend of Sicilian olives brims with the flavor and aroma of green grass and almonds.
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This traditional practice and attention to detail yields an authentic Sicilian unfiltered extra virgin olive oil with a clear, vibrant golden-green color, permeating a harmony of sweet, bitter, and spicy elements.
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https://scn-news.com/5-ways-you-can-increase-your-annual-profit-from-the-same-farm/ | 2021-06-13T14:41:47 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-25/segments/1623487608856.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20210613131257-20210613161257-00565.warc.gz | 0.961685 | 853 | CC-MAIN-2021-25 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-25__0__163741641 | en | Farms are essential all around the globe to provide us with daily food, fresh fruits, vegetables, pulses, spices, and whatnot. And although it’s interesting for making money if you are the owner of any such farm, then we are with 5 ways which will raise the amount of profit you would be making on an annual basis.
No matter if you are the owner of a large farm or a small-scale only. You can always cash in more profit each season by implementing smart ideas. We will talk about all those profitable crops you can put on your farm which will add a boost to your current income.
If you have plans to use your farm for fruit trees then you should start as soon as possible as this process is time-consuming. Fruit trees demand a lot of labor upfront along with care and attention before giving you harvest after the next several years. You just need to take the required care of all your trees or plants throughout the seasons by providing ample water and compost. If the tree’s leaves are getting messy or disturbing the shape or health of the tree then trimming from professionals can be done.
Wise choices with fruit trees here would be apples, plums, pears, and peaches. If the weather remains a bit warmer than usual, you can quickly shift the cropping ideas and bring figs, oranges, or lemons to the farm. Another advantage of having such trees is that they have quite a rapid speed of production compared to the larger ones. Getting started with a dwarf tree which is only 12 months, you can get the fruits to harvest in the next 15 months only.
Another good thing here that it won’t take much of your area and the planting can also be performed around the edges or the corners of the farms which are often overlooked. It is always good to invest in plants that are evergreen and blooming round the year making the pollination process excellent. If plants get a little messed up then move to a different option which is raspberries, strawberries, and blueberries.
Starting the crop season with herbs on your farm is a good idea because of two reasons. One that you can count as a side sales option and the second would be that you need not put heavy investment here for the start-up. If the climate around is cold, make sure to invest in a greenhouse which will ensure the growth of herbs all-year-round, compensating and profiting you from the investments made.
The selling of the herbs can be done directly in the raw form you harvest or blend into various useful in-demand products like teas, candles, aromatherapy essence, essential oils, and bath products. Try having parsley, basil, chamomile, lavender, and more. You can also bid goodbye to all the bugs as well since they usually avoid the company of herbs and by doing so, your vegetables or other fruit plants can remain in perfect shape.
If you have spotted some extra space in your farm which haven’t been utilized lately, then this is the right time to plant some firs, pines, and spruces to start your own small-scale Christmas tree farm.
Hence, these trees won’t demand nutrients filled soil, you can practically grow them on the land which is non-conventional for crops. A Christmas tree will take 7-9 years before it can be utilized and meanwhile, and if you want to clear the area for their growth, always contact professionals for tree removal Sydney.
If you have faced loss because your potential corps was unable to maximize, adding a corn maze can add a great deal of value to the farm, and additionally, you can harvest the same corn during the fall too.
You can pull off extra profit here by introducing a ticket system where a small amount is needed to be paid to gain access into the maze where they can compete with other people. This will give you double benefit every year, as people will be coming every year, enjoying and buying stuff from your farm.
Although this isn’t a plant and comes under the fungi section mushroom is one such crop that most people love to enjoy. | agronomy |
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6:30-8:30 pm with discussion beginning at 7:00 followed by Q&A
Location: The Irregardless Café, 901 W. Morgan Street, Raleigh 833-8898
Think Globally – Eat Locally
How much do you know about the food you eat? Were pesticides applied? Do you know where it was grown and how far it traveled to get to you? How much did its transportation contribute to global warming?
What can we do to bring about the revival of locally produced foods and all the benefits they bring – better taste, nutrition, stronger local economies and relationships with local farmers, reduced fossil fuel dependency, and improved land and animal stewardship?
At this Science Cafe we will discuss how to grow our own, how to eat seasonally, and where to buy so that you can leverage your dollars for change. We will also learn about organizations and restaurants supporting this work, farmers looking for membership clients, and Statewide Action Plans that are in the works.
About the Speaker:
Dr. Jeana Myers is a soil scientist at the NCDA&CS soil testing lab in Raleigh, with a lifelong passion for local food systems. Her undergraduate degree in International Agriculture Development in 1979 led to a Peace Corps mission in Zaire, Africa as an extension agent trainer. After returning to the US she received a masters degree in Crop Science and a PhD in Soil Science at NC State then settled in Raleigh with her husband, Will Hooker, who teaches permaculture in the horticulture department. They traveled with their 1½ year old son for 10 months around the world in 2000, visiting over 100 permaculture and organic farm sites in 11 countries. Over the years they have cultivated a mini city farm on 1/5 of an acre in the middle of Raleigh, with gardens, fruit trees, chickens and ponds. She consulted others who wanted to grow more food with her Beautiful Food Gardens business. Promoting the delights and necessity of a strong local food system is her on-going life’s work.
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https://www.devcript.com/how-to-start-cold-storage-business/ | 2022-05-17T17:25:18 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662519037.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220517162558-20220517192558-00552.warc.gz | 0.921456 | 1,345 | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__162735285 | en | The cold storage industry is one of the most essential industries in the food and storage department. With the help of precision machines, the temperature is maintained low to preserve edible items like fruits, vegetables, meats for many months. It is a vital link between the production and consumption of perishable products. We have illustrated below, a detailed Cold storage business plan to get you started in this booming industry.
It also helps in increasing the market period of commodities and ensures availability to the
consumer over a long period. The Indian cold chain market was calculated to be worth USD 19.6 Billion in 2020 and is further projected to reach USD 36 Billion by 2024, growing at a CAGR of 16%, as per the Indian Cold Chain Industry Outlook 2024 Report.
What Is Cold Storage Business?
The cold storage business is a business whereby service is imparted by preserving fruits, vegetables, dairy products, meats, etc for a longer period of time. The cold storage business is necessary for any country because it helps in decreasing the wastage of food by preserving it for a long time and also saves agriculturers from losses.
Such business is a boon for seasonal vegetables and fruits which have a growing season like mangoes get ripe only in the summer season, so seasonal fruits and vegetables are oversupplied in their particular growing season but the demands stand less so due to this farmer or fruit grower have to sell their products at a lower price and thus suffers losses.
But with the help of cold storage, such seasonal items can be preserved and can be sold when the demand is significant so the producers do not have to incur losses. Due to gaps in the cold chain such as poor infrastructure, insufficient cold storage capacity, unavailability of cold storage in close proximity to farms, poor transportation infrastructure, etc, It is estimated that over 30% of edible items get wasted every year.
How Cold Storage Business Works?
To start this business along with cold storage, you will also need a cold chain facility, which is a system of storage and transportation of edible items or drugs. The pharmaceutical industry relies heavily on the cold chain facility because such a facility helps in maintaining the required temperature which would otherwise be compromised before they reach the market.
so there are two ways you can make money from this, either you give on rent and earn rental income or you can buy edible items directly from the farmer and store it in your cold storage and sell it when the demand is high.
The cold storage business works like this:-
The first item is collected from the farm and then it goes to the packaging center and then the process goes as follows first of in the process, all the product is unloaded according to the variety, quality, and size then after segregation the products is then checked, in this, products shelf life is checked and we learn, whether the product can be stored for a long duration or not.
And in the next step, the selected products get labeled according to their slot and batch, and after this, from all the products their heat is taken out, this process takes place in the precooling center, and this process can take around 24 hours of time in this process time is dependent upon the products internal heat, it means, in how much hear and temperature, the product is brought, after taking out the heat from the products, it is stored in cold storage.
When the demand for the stored product rises in the market then stored items are transported Through refrigerated transportation to market.
Things required to start Cold Storage business
The minimum investment required to start cold storage business is 3 to 4 crore Indian rupees or 4 to 5 hundred thousand dollars that too for a small facility and if you want to open a big facility then you would be required 45 to 50 crore Indian rupees or 60 to 66 hundred thousand dollars.
You can open such facility big or small on your own land or on rented land or you can take land on lease. The minimum land to build such a facility is 15000 square feet.
1. Insulated Chamber
2. Refrigerator system
Machines and equipment will be required to run cold storage facilities like Fan coil unit, Air handling unit, compressor, water pump, etc. From equipment, you will be a required cooling tower, condenser, expansion valve, Evaporator, Special thermometer, tray, Gates, etc.
You will be required 50 to 60 workers. Among them, 10-15 should be skilled one, 3-5 unskilled and 25-30 helper.
On a minimum basis, your facility would require 650KW of electricity to run and make sure you have a generator and all the backup to supply electricity because otherwise, it would lead to heavy losses.
Whether your cold storage business will be profitable or not will entirely depend on how you manage. If you are working effectively and wastage is very low and you sell things when the time is right then you would definitely be able to fetch a 40% margin.
Factors that will determine your profitability:-
You are required to have the following licenses:-
1. Factory license
2. Labor license
3. Firm registration
4. NOC Fire and Pollution
The amount of Subsidy depends on the country you reside and the geographical area and the governmental scheme through which you have applied and which category you are in. If you are general that you would be given a 40% subsidy and if you are a woman or ST/SC then you would be given 60%.
Major cold storage companies in India
• Allana Cold Storage Ltd.
• Anjaneya Cold Storage Ltd.
• Asvini Fisheries Pvt. Ltd.
• H M G Industries Ltd.
• Hindusthan Ice & Cold Storage Co. Ltd.
• Ideal Ice & Cold Storage Co. Ltd.
• Indagro Foods Ltd.
• Jindal Steel & Alloys Ltd.
• Karnimata Cold Storage Ltd.
• Kisan Cold Storage & Refrigeration Service Ltd.
• Mohan Meakin Ltd.
• Nav Bharat Refrigeration & Inds. Ltd.
• Prabhu Hira Ice & Cold Storage Ltd.
• Ram’S Assorted Cold Storage Ltd.
• Sri Vatsa Hotels Ltd.
• Universal Cold Storage Pvt. Ltd.
• Uptown Trading & Investments Ltd. | agronomy |
http://www.cacleantech.org/rainwater-harvesting-and-using-rain-barrels-for-gardening/ | 2017-11-23T14:50:20 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-47/segments/1510934806842.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20171123142513-20171123162513-00086.warc.gz | 0.941534 | 2,958 | CC-MAIN-2017-47 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-47__0__179288920 | en | Rainwater Harvesting Systems is an important system and had been in used since many centuries through the world. In industrialized countries, rainwater harvesting systems have been developed for the purpose of reducing water bills, watering crops, or providing drinking water. In many countries where there is a shortage of clean water, rain water is the main source for providing water for both drinking and for cultivating crops. In these countries, rain water are collected from trees and houses using leaves or stems. The more advance countries use sophisticated filtration and catchment tanks. Harvesting rainwater is growing in usage once more due to diminishing resources and an ever growing population.
One of the easiest way to store rain water is the use of rain barrels. These barrels can hold up to 55 gallons of water which can be used for gardening. There are various types of rain barrels available in UK, You need to buy according to your need. We will be discussing in details about rain barrel later in this article.
Benefits of rain water harvesting
The harvested rainwater can be used for potable purposes. It can be used for people and animals (usually livestock). Often it is used for watering gardens and food crops. The surplus water, after usage, can be used for recharging ground water aquifer through artificial recharge techniques. This can also result in improving the quality of the ground water, e.g. less fluoride content in the ground water.
When captured and stored correctly, rainwater is an economical and sustainable source of water. Although close to three fourths of our planet is made of water, not all of it is suitable for use. Most rural households have to source all their water on their property, and rainwater often provides a better quality household supply than river, bore or dam water. By creating a rain garden, you can help protect the watershed from storm water pollution and you get to enjoy the beauty of a low-maintenance garden filled with native plants. Compared to mains water – which is stored in dams and treated with chemicals – rainwater is considered to be a safer, higher quality and more cost-effective alternative.
- The water in the oceans and seas cannot be used as drinking water and little of it can be utilized for other purposes.
- Rainwater harvesting is not just for rural areas though.
- Safe drinking water from local drinking water systems or private wells originates in ground water, streams, rivers, springs or lakes – this is called a watershed.
- Installing a rainwater harvesting system is a cost-effective and low-maintenance alternative to water recycling on its own.
- As a result, there is a constant shortage of water that is either good for drinking or home and industrial use.
- Although urban households may be connected to a reticulated, treated (mains) water supply, rainwater harvesting can significantly lower mains water usage. t is important to note that only those properties fitted with a water meter will benefit financially from rainwater collection systems.
Protection of all water sources in the watershed requires the combined efforts of municipalities, water systems managers, conservation agencies, farmers and individuals. These days, many companies even consider integrating rainwater harvesting systems from the planning stages of their new site, rather than leaving it as an afterthought. Areas on the planet that have long faced water shortage were able to combat this problem by harvesting what little rain water they received. Those who do not have a meter and pay a flat rate for water will not see much in the way of financial return, as the amount of drinking water saved will make no difference to the eventual bill (though the ecological effect is still sizeable). More and more people are starting to turn to a metered water provision, even if they have a large family.
Rainwater Harvesting systems can capture the natural rain fall for later use. When harvesting rainwater in this way, the water that you’ll be left with will be relatively pure and free from toxins and minerals. Due to a range of factors which include increased infrastructure costs, unpredictable weather patterns and increased consumption across the country; water bills are rising and are likely to continue to do so for quite some time. Being on a meter can save a large amount if your initial water usage is low (in some cases halving the bill) but it can also prompt you to be more conscious of recycling and not taking this valuable asset for granted. The storm water retention systems divert water from roofs or a matrix of pipes into underground rainwater tanks before they ever become contaminated by the earth or any chemicals placed there by the water companies.
You can then use it for sprinklers in your garden, for watering your home-grown vegetable patch, for filling up your pond, for washing your car and for a lot of other related household chores that require water. In addition to increased water costs, many homes & businesses are looking to become greener, more efficient and more self reliant and look towards these technologies as sound investments. Of course, there could be some natural contaminants from rooftops or even birds and insects but Rainwater Harvesting systems are developed to manage this effectively. Rainwater Harvesting is one of the quickest and easiest ways for you reduce water consumption and become more efficient.
Rain water and gardening
Gardeners can play a key role in conserving freshwater by harvesting rainwater. Determining how much water your roof collects can involve lots of complex calculations. Stored rainwater contains some organic matter. During the summer, much of our potable water is used outdoors. In addition to reducing demand on our water supplies—especially important during drought and summer (when 40 percent of all water is used outdoors)—rainwater harvesting reduces water pollution.
- But all you really need to do is figure how much water your garden will need and if your roof can collect that much.
- If collected from your rooftop, rainwater contains traces of organic material.
- We fill our pools, wash our cars and water our lawns and gardens.
- In a rainstorm, oil, pesticides, animal waste, and fertilizers from our lawns, sidewalks, driveways, and streets are washed into sewers that often overflow into rivers and estuaries, contaminating fish and other wildlife.
- The gardener who’s going to irrigate a large vegetable patch in the desert Southwest will need a lot more water than the one dousing a few container plants on a patio in the Midwest.
- While the water is very clean and should run clear, it has been exposed to anything on your roof.
This water must be chemically treated to make it safe for drinking. which is great for you, but not necessarily great for your plants. The most common tank materials are plastic (polyethylene), concrete, and coated steel. The rule of thumb is the average 25 foot by 40 foot home roof sheds about 600 gallons of water in an hour of moderate rainfall, around 1 inch. We’re not talking about chunks (these get pre-filtered out on their way into properly-designed rain barrels)–we’re just talking about contact exposure to leaf litter, pollen, bird droppings and the like (which perhaps not surprisingly are great for your plants). A rain barrel hosts a beneficial biology to keep the water alive – literally.
Collecting rainwater for gardening can eliminate many of these chemical salts and harmful minerals from your soil. The type of material you select depends on your budget, the size of tank, water use and whether the tank will be sited above or below ground. If you have two downspouts, they’ll each divert about 300 gallons of water toward the barrel under them. It’s like a light application of fertilizer every time you water. Rainwater is naturally soft. Modern steel tanks have a long life polymer coating on the inside and a wide range of shapes and sizes are available. The more barrels you have, the more of this water you can collect. Fresh, treated mains water isn’t all that great for the environment – or the garden. The less water used from your local treatment facility, the fewer chemicals they have to use and the less money they have to spend on those chemicals. Domestic wastewater (known as ‘grey water’) may also be used in the garden. There are a range of slim-line designs suitable for urban sections available.
Even many experienced gardeners have trouble comprehending just how much water soil can hold. For a start it has to be extracted from somewhere. This may be from the kitchen, the washing machine or baths, basins and showers. ‘Black water’ from WCs should always be consigned to the sewerage system and never used in the garden. Concrete tanks are strong and can be sited below the ground. Except in areas with consistently high rainfall, your garden soil’s moisture level will seldom be at “field capacity.” That’s the term scientists use to describe the maximum amount of water a soil can hold.
Then it has to be purified then stored, before finally being pumped into our homes. Water from septic tanks is best not used either. Plastic is tough, durable and relatively lightweight, and – like steel – there are a wide range of sizes and shapes suitable for urban environments. When it rains or when we irrigate, gravity pulls the water down into the soil. This requires (a) a lot of energy and (b) an inordinate volume of chemicals to treat the water. Household soaps and detergents are harmless to plants, but water containing bleaches, disinfectants, dishwasher salt and stronger cleaning products should not be used, as they can harm plants and even damage soil structure if used long-term on soil.
After a heavy rain, some of the water may move all the way down to the water table or the bedrock, but a large amount of it is held by capillary forces that cause water to coat each soil particle and partially fill the spaces between particles. Extracting and storing this water often disrupts natural ecosystems and/or lowers water tables, which in turn can threaten fertile farmland. And when it does finally get to us, our fruits and vegetables don’t much care for it, preferring instead the natural balance and purity of highly oxygenated rainwater.
Why use Rain Barrels and buying guide
A rain barrel is essentially a large tank with a spigot that sits under your home’s gutter downspout to harvest rainwater from your roof. Winterize your rain barrel system when temperatures are below 41-deg. The simplest rain barrel setup requires a storage tank (water barrel), a secure lid, a basket strainer or screen, and a spigot or drain valve. The amount of water you harvest from your roof depends on how many barrels you use. You can make one for just a few dollars, or you can purchase a basic model for around $50 to $100.
- Water flows off of the roof into the gutter, then enters the downspout and pours through the basket strainer attached to the lid of the barrel.
- In a perfect example, with wooden rain barrels under all of your downspouts to harvest all of the runoff from your roof, 1 inch of rain (on a 1,000-sq.-ft. roof) can yield approximately 600 gallons of water.
- A more decorative model will cost upwards of $300.
- By completely draining the barrel.
Rainwater can be retrieved directly from the spigot at the bottom of the barrel, or a hose can be attached by which the water can be directed to the desired location. Since there can be issues such as gutter leaks or clogs, subtract about 20 percent of that total for a more accurate total (approx. 480 gallons). You can also look up you area’s average monthly rainfall and using the square footage of your roof, determine your potential amount of harvested rain water. Rain barrels come in all sorts of materials, from durable stainless steel to fiberglass and recycled plastic, so let personal preference be your guide. If storing outside, be sure to turn the barrel upside down and place a heavy object on top to keep it from blowing away. You’ll find something to match every design motif, from sleek and contoured modern vessels to classic terra cotta urns and rustic faux wooden barrels.
Retrieving your water can be done with a spigot, electric or manual pump. Some retailers even sell rain barrels made from old whiskey or wine barrels, probably a more sustainable choice, saving materials from ending up in a landfill. Emptied rain barrels can also be stored in a shed, garage or basement during the winter months. If you’re trying to keep a low profile, consider a rain barrel disguised as a rock, or even a rain barrel disguised as a brick wall. Most tanks are equipped with a regular garden spigot at the bottom of the tank that can be hooked up to a garden hose.
A barrel full of rain may be good for your garden, but dangerous for a small child or the family pet. Rain barrels are for water collection and outdoor use only. There’s something for everyone, and the sky is the limit with the new designs that have been hitting the market for the past several years. If you have a larger barrel of system, a pump can be used to retrieve the water. Check your barrel for specific design elements that prevent it from tipping over. Rainwater harvested from roofs can contain animal and bird feces, windblown dust, pesticides and particles from pollution making it unsuitable for drinking. Since hand pumps need to be worked manually, electric pumps are easier to use but are more expensive. For example, many barrels come with a flat back so it can be attached to the side of the house or a fence. No other uses are recommended.
Protect your home’s siding with a sheet of wood inserted between the downspout and the siding to prevent damage. In order to find the best rain barrel to suit your needs, you’ll need to consider several factors – the amount of water you can harvest, your intended use for the water, the materials used for the barrel, the area where your barrel will be installed, and more. We’ve laid out all of the most important factors in the rain barrel buying guide below, along with some general guidelines to help you narrow down your choices. | agronomy |
https://www.bozinga.com/lulo-pulp-686 | 2022-08-15T16:57:41 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572192.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815145459-20220815175459-00762.warc.gz | 0.914222 | 699 | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-33__0__109966266 | en | Moisturizing, diuretic, and antioxidant, these are some of the properties of this delicious fruit.
The Naranjilla or Lulo is a tropical and exotic South American fruit. They are grown in Latin countries such as Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Panama and Costa Rica.
· The lulo has vitamin C inside, it serves as a great producer of white blood cells, whose main function is to defend our body from diseases and malignant bacteria.
· It is rich in diuretic vitamin C and eliminates uric acid
· Contains vitamin A, protein, phosphorus, niacin, iron and calcium
· It lowers cholesterol. It helps strengthen the bones and hair bones and increases the body's defenses
· The Lulo has in its nutritional value essential minerals for the human being such as iron, which is responsible for the creation of red blood cells.
FOB price is the same, regardless of the presentation, as we sell 1kg unit box for US$ 2.27FOB.
Minimum order quantity 200 boxes.
We have a policy that achieves customer satisfaction through innocuous and quality products obtaining profitability levels adjusted to the current market situation, with suppliers that guarantee inputs of excellent quality, adapting a technology and infrastructure to ensure the quality of our products in order to achieve continuous improvement of the integrated management system we have, guaranteeing the safety and health of people minimizing the risks progressively and the environmental impact generated by the company's productive activities; the above with training permanently of the collaborating team, to stimulate their personal and professional growth, finally fulfilling the objectives set.
The exotic and tropical fruits of our regions are grown at different heights above sea level and different temperature and rainfall conditions, which provide the ideal medium for growing each variety making them very popular with international markets. The treatment of the fruit includes a thorough selection, washing, cutting, peeling and separation of seeds and husks, to then pack the pulp and freeze it at a temperature of –18 ° C in our fast freezing tunnels to preserve the nutritional properties of Each of the fruitsOur frozen pulps have no dyes or preservatives, maintain the flavor and nutritional characteristics of the fruit from which they are extracted, and their shelf life is 18 months. For the preparation of the juice, the pulp is simply defrosted, water is added in the indicated proportion and sugar to taste, obtaining a 100% natural juice.
We have the certifications ISO 9001 in quality, ISO 22000 in Food Security, HACCP,Analysis and Control of Critical Points, the favorable concept of FDA of the United States and of INVIMA in Colombia, where our processes were evaluated thus complying with the highest quality standards in order to offer our national and international clients support, seriousness and compliance in the delivery of our products, so that they can conduct negotiations with full confidence based on the efficiency and effectiveness generated by the group of people who make it willing to serve.
400 tons per year
Bilaminado con poliamida, no genera contaminación cruzada y es amigable con el medio ambiente
ISO 9001, ISO 14000, IS0 22000, HACCP
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Maximum 48 hours after placing your national order and 20 business days internationally.
100% if you are not satisfied with your product.
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https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/tamil-nadu-to-implement-five-year-millet-mission-to-boost-its-production-and-consumption/article66644700.ece | 2023-05-30T17:30:01 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224646076.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20230530163210-20230530193210-00170.warc.gz | 0.911665 | 658 | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__224661706 | en | With the United Nations General Assembly declaring 2023 as the International Year of Millets, the Tamil Nadu government will implement its Millet Mission for a period of five years, to boost production and consumption of millets, Agriculture Minister, MRK Paneerselvam, announced while presenting the Agriculture Budget 2023-24.
The Tamil Nadu Millet Mission will be implemented with the financial assistance of the Union and State Governments at an estimated cost of ₹82 crore in the coming year.
Also read: Centre estimates 8-fold increase in millet procurement as 9 States launch mission programme
Under the scheme, subsidies will be given for bringing fallow land under millet cultivation and crop diversification in 50,000 acres. Millet farmers will be brought together to form producer groups, for conduct of training programmes. Subsidy will be provided for installation of sprinkler irrigation systems on 12,500 acres and for establishment of Millets Processing Centres by farmer producer groups.
Under the Mission, millet festivals would be celebrated to create consumer awareness and increase consumption.
Also read: Food companies launch new millet products as part of the ‘International Year of Millet’
Finger millet and pearl millet will be directly procured and availability of millets will be ensured in fair price shops. Millet-based food will be included in Government institutions and hostels of educational institutions, the minister said while presenting the budget in the Assembly on Tuesday.
Also read: Tamil Nadu to urge Centre to raise to 10 hectares ceiling for micro irrigation subsidy
Pearl millet, finger millet, kodo millet, proso millet, foxtail millet, barnyard millet and little millet are classified as minor millets. The nutrient-rich millets, besides growing well in drought conditions, thrive in poor soil conditions, too.
The last Agriculture Budget identified two millet zones encompassing 20 districts in the state.
Also read: Govt targets to procure 7.5 lt millets, Karnataka to contribute 6 lt
Based on the representations received from farmers, five new districts, namely, Namakkal, Tirupur, Coimbatore, Erode and Pudukottai will be added.
To make millets easily available, steps are being taken to distribute two kg of Ragi to family card holders in Nilgiris and Dharmapuri districts on a pilot basis. Also, to ensure farmers get a fair price, processed minor millets will be procured through cooperative societies and distributed through the Amutham, Chinthamani and Kamadhenu co-operative sales outlets in Chennai and Coimbatore, he said.
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https://chimei-innolux.com/opencms/cmo/csr/Community_Engagement/CMI_and_Society/Environmetal_Protection.html?__locale=en | 2023-12-05T03:11:06 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100540.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20231205010358-20231205040358-00467.warc.gz | 0.927422 | 1,682 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__241488448 | en | With “To Earth, With L.O.V.E.” as the core theme of its comprehensive green vision. Caring for the environment through sustainable practices is at the heart of CMI's “To Earth, with L.O.V.E.” philosophy. Green is now the code word in all that CMI does, whether it is green living, operations, value chain, or the pursuit of harmony between the environment and humanity (or L.O.V.E. for short). The key feature of this vision is its holistic view. With an initial focus on providing its employees and partners with high quality, green living opportunities, Chimei Innolux has also set its sights on implementing green production technology and practices. Leveraging its good fortune and influence as a global corporate citizen, CMI endeavors to care for the Earth by pursuing sustainable development.
To promote forest restoration and water catchment protection, in 2009 CMI began providing financial support to Chung Hsing University’s Huisun Forest, located in the mountains of Renai Township, Nantou County, Taiwan. The funding supports ecological restoration projects in areas affected by landslides. In the future, these projects will be promoted in other areas in Taiwan towards the goal of a “disaster-free homeland”. The project involves the planting of 3,500 Sapindaceae (Soapberry) and other native trees, as well as coffee bush seedlings on 2.5 hectares of landslide-damaged coffee plantation. Furthermore, it will promote soil and water conservation while raising the aesthetic, environmental and economic value of the area and creating a hybrid business model for agriculture and forestry through sustainable forest management. In addition, working with the Innolux Education Foundation, CMI is co-sponsoring a second-stage project to monitor debris flow and disaster education park facilities. Through cooperation with the Chung Hsing University Soil and Water Conservation Experimental Forest, this project not only develops preventative strategies for soil erosion, but also establishes a landslide monitoring station to provide warning of impending landslides and also collect long-term debris flow data. The entire development process will be documented and filmed to be used as educational materials, in conjunction with course books, for future soil and water conservation education, helping people learn to live in harmony with nature. In the future, the Huisun Forest landslide area will be used as the site for the establishment of an outdoor landslide education park. These outdoor education facilities and data collected from long term monitoring will provide a comprehensive landslide and environmental education resource.
Since 2009, CMI has joined in National Chung Hsing University's ecological restoration projects in landslide-damaged Huisun Forest in Nantou County, and supported Innolux Educational Foundation's documentary film for forest restoration . Future plans will promote the experience of this restoration in other regions, pursuing a vision of a “disaster-free homeland”. On April 24, 2010, the Innolux Education Foundation celebrated Earth Day by combining CMI's reforestation and water conservation efforts to stage the “Earth in Our Hands: Protecting Huisun” tree planting activity in the Huisun Forest’s landslide zone. CMI staff and their families, along with university presidents and officials from the Ministry of Education, came together to reforest the area, and promote landslide prevention.
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Global warming is contributing to abnormal climate phenomena. Research indicates that a one-degree annual increase in temperature results in a 6% increase in rainfall. Due to Taiwan's geographic location and topography, rainfall has increased to five times average levels, resulting in water resource conservation becoming an important issue for the future. In view of the importance of water resources to citizens and industry, from 2009 CMI has sponsored forest preservation and reforesting efforts at Liyutan Reservoir in Miaoli, adopting an area over 15 hectares, and directly creating reforestation jobs for the local aboriginal population. In 2010, CMI joined the Innolux Education Foundation in co-sponsoring the production of a documentary film on the area’s ecology. The completed film will be suitable for use in elementary schools and will be provided to schools to raise ecological awareness.
The source of the Yongheshan Reservoir provides the people of the northern Miaoli area and the industries of the Jhunan region with water. In 2009, CMI adopted the Yongheshan Reservoir catchment area to explore possible conservation measures. In terms of water resource protection activities, CMI plans to expand the project to the surrounding environment and water catchment area of the reservoir starting in 2010. In terms of the physical environment, CMI strengthened maintenance work using the existing infrastructure for several important rivers, annually providing local teams with basic equipment for patrolling fisheries, and providing environmental volunteers with adequate resources to ensure the long-term sustainability of local fish populations. The company focuses on improving environmental education and providing training for ecological tours under the auspices of the office of Tri-Mountain National Scenic Area and Nanjuang Public Works Department. In the long run, this project will improve training in ecological education and protection, and raise local residents’ awareness of ecology and habitat restoration and conservation. Besides, this project including effective ecological explanation will bring a deeper significant to Nanjuang-area tourism, disseminate environmental education concepts, and raise tourist awareness of environmental protection and further preserving the area’s natural beauty and resources.
Created to promote civic education, the Innolux Education Foundation first teamed up with the IC Broadcasting Company to produce an ecological education program called “NPO Youth Republic”, working with a network of domestic non-profit ecological conservation organizations and their volunteers throughout Taiwan. The host brought young volunteers to ecological preserves and research stations, sharing their experiences through the program and also providing insight on how to get involved in future service work. The Foundation hopes that the program will help strengthen the ecological concerns of Taiwan youth, improve community development, and raise awareness, leading young people to find their own place in the ecological movement.
To express its support and concern for environmental protection, energy conservation and corporate social responsibility, at the end of 2009 the Innolux Education Foundation sponsored the Discovery Channel’s “Reflections on Global Warming” program. The program investigated global warming issues, alternative energy and the concepts and actions that global citizens should have. In November of 2009, the Foundation actively sponsored Commonwealth Magazine’s January 2010 “The World is Hot, Flat and Crowded” lecture series by Thomas L. Friedman, bringing together more than 3,000 participants from business and youth groups. The series not only raised Taiwan’s international visibility and strengthened corporate consensus on Taiwan’s green energy future, but also raised environmental concerns and awareness among the younger generation.
In addition to providing our staff with organic vegetables daily, CMI in 2009, working with Chienfu Organic Farms, co-founded the Innolux Happy Farm. At the farm, CMI staff can adopt organic vegetable garden plots where they can be personally involved in the organic food production process, thus raising their awareness of the work that goes into organic farming, along with the benefits of organic farming to the environment and nature. Additionally, to give CMI staff a chance to visit many organic farms and understand the different types of organic farming, CMI is planning a tour of organic farms to allow staff members to interact with organic farmers and benefit from their insights and experience, giving them an understanding of the benefits of organic farming and lifestyle.
Since 2008, CMI began to develop the idea of developing a long-term relationship with organic farms, directly purchasing organic produce for use in the company’s canteen and providing employees with healthful vegetables. Starting with two hectares in 2008, the land under organic cultivation to supply CMI was expanded to 4.8 hectares in 2009, and raising monthly deliveries from 200 kg to 3000 kg, and helping organic farms achieve economies of scale. Starting in 2010, CMI began cooperating with farms and local government agencies in the Yongheshan Reservoir upper catchment area, gradually helping farmers to switch to organic methods and helping reduce agricultural pollution in the source waters of the Yongheshan reservoir. | agronomy |
https://strainbrowser.com/strains/freak-show/ | 2021-12-03T04:41:19 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-49/segments/1637964362589.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20211203030522-20211203060522-00606.warc.gz | 0.927918 | 259 | CC-MAIN-2021-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-49__0__179048260 | en | The Freak Show strain is a hybrid that is sativa dominant. It garnered its name for the strange shaped leaves it produces, thanks to a genetic mutation. It has a moderate crop yield and a decent potency that any grower with a little experience can produce. Users can expect a cerebral effect that is great for daytime use.
The flavor profile is sweet, bringing together tropical banana notes with vanilla. The scent brings diesel with hints of grapefruit, thyme, and eucalyptus. Users with anxiety and depression symptoms that impact them during the day will enjoy the relief that the Freak Show hybrid provides them.
When growing, only those with some experience should take on the Freak Show strain. It is a unique variety that provides a moderate crop yield and relaxing potency. Users will experience a calming cerebral effect that is also ideal for those who suffer from symptoms of anxiety and depression. The flavors and smells that come with the Freak Show strain are sure to please anyone who decides to use this hybrid.
Height: 70 Inches
Flowering Time: 49-56 Days
CBD: Less than 1%
Flavor: Sweet, Tropical, Vanilla
Yield: 450 gr/m2 | agronomy |
https://myfeedster.net/evaporation-versus-evapotranspiration/ | 2023-09-22T08:37:45 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506339.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20230922070214-20230922100214-00034.warc.gz | 0.955549 | 633 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__257579735 | en | Understanding the difference between evaporation and evapotranspiration is crucial for anyone involved in agriculture, water management, or environmental science. While the two terms may seem similar, they refer to different processes and have significant implications for the availability of water in a given area kpop pantip.
Evaporation is the process by which water changes from a liquid to a gas or seo packages uk, usually due to heat. It occurs naturally in bodies of water, such as oceans, lakes, and rivers, and also on land surfaces, such as soil and vegetation. When water evaporates from the soil, it leaves behind salts and minerals, which can make the soil less fertile over time monadesa.
On the other hand, evapotranspiration is a combination of two processes: evaporation and transpiration. Transpiration refers to the process by which water is absorbed by plants through their roots, and then released into the air as water vapor through tiny pores in their leaves. Like evaporation, transpiration is also influenced by temperature, humidity, wind speed, and other environmental factors timesofnewspaper. Together, evaporation and transpiration make up the process of evapotranspiration, which accounts for the majority of water lost to the atmosphere from land surfaces.
One of the key implications of evapotranspiration is its impact on the water cycle. When plants absorb water through their roots, they help to recharge groundwater and replenish surface water sources, such as streams and rivers. This can be particularly important in areas where water resources are limited or prone to drought. By contrast, excessive evaporation can contribute to water scarcity and desertification in certain regions.
Evaporation and evapotranspiration also have different impacts on climate newspaperworlds. When water vapor is released into the atmosphere through evapotranspiration, it can contribute to cloud formation and precipitation, which can help to cool the surrounding area. This can have a significant impact on local and regional climates, particularly in areas with high rates of evapotranspiration. By contrast, evaporation tends to have a more localized effect on temperature and humidity.
In terms of measurement, evaporation can be monitored using tools such as pan evaporation and lysimeters, which measure the amount of water that evaporates from a given surface over a period of time. Evapotranspiration, on the other hand, is typically measured using instruments such as eddy covariance towers and Bowen ratio systems, which measure the flux of water vapor between the land surface and the atmosphere Newsmartzone. These measurements can be used to estimate water use by crops and vegetation, as well as to monitor changes in water availability over time.
In conclusion, while evaporation and evapotranspiration may seem similar, they refer to distinct processes with important implications for water availability, climate, and the environment. Understanding the differences between these two terms is crucial for anyone involved in agriculture, water management, or environmental science, as it can help to inform better decision-making around water use and conservation. | agronomy |
https://somethingovertea.wordpress.com/tag/cosmos/ | 2020-11-25T20:32:16 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141184123.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20201125183823-20201125213823-00417.warc.gz | 0.96778 | 832 | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-50__0__106298715 | en | The postage stamp size garden I am endeavouring to maintain with far too little water has yielded great pleasure in terms of colour. Especially pleasing are the Namaqualand / African daisies. I planted a packet of out-of-date seeds in the bare, dry ground with great faith and have watched them anxiously from the first tiny shoots to the orange and yellow flowers that open with the sun and wave merrily in the breezes.
Growing plants from seeds in a drought is a risky affair and so I caved in once our local nursery opened and bought calendula seedlings. These have survived being chomped by several locusts to produce pretty blooms, such as this one.
The miniature marigolds were also purchased as seedlings, but very few have survived the onslaught of snails.
This Van Stadens River Daisy (Dimorphotheca ecklonis) originates from plants my late mother grew on our farm in the now Mpumalanga.
To my considerable joy, several self-sown cosmos have grown up from last year’s crop.
A very strange thing I have discovered since the COVID-19 lockdown began is that there are no flower seeds for sale in the supermarkets. At first they weren’t allowed to sell any seeds (don’t ask) and now only have vegetable seeds on offer!
Bees have been very scarce in our garden for a while now. I am thus concerned that the few flowers we have enjoyed this winter have fallen foul of the lack of pollinators.
BUT WE HAVE THESE:
While looking at the stunted, yet very pretty, self-sown cosmos I noticed it being visited by this insect:
A much closer view reveals it to look like this:
It moved to the next flower and was joined by this one:
Both have a long proboscis. There are a lot of ordinary flies about too, so I realise I need to stop thinking about bees, butterflies, moths and beetles being the only pollinators – nature makes sure there is a variety.
The winter cold is associated with the end of a vibrant life cycle and a period of dormancy as shown by these leaves and the dead dahlia head:
Most of our trees are evergreen, as are the euphorbias and aloes:
The aloe flowers are both beautiful and provide important nutrition during this harsh season.
Blackjack seeds abound, just waiting to be dispersed.
While self-sown cosmos make a brave start.
It is Lockdown Day 34: this means that it is over a month since we have been able to go outside of our gardens (thankfully I have a garden!) and go for a walk. During the course of the month the cheering array of cosmos flowers dancing in the breezes have dwindled to the last few; the tall stems have fallen over; and soon there will be none left. The last few continue to be visited by bees and so I show you one of the last ‘action’ cosmos and its visitor:
We all know that pollination takes place when a bee carries pollen from the anther of one flower to the stigma of another. Close observation reveals that the pollen clings to the sticky hairs on the bee’s body and is rubbed off as the bee flies from one blossom to another. The flowers in this and other photographs are Cosmos.
In addition to pollinating plants, bees collect pollen to take to their hives for food. The large orange-yellow bulges on the hind legs of this bee looks as though it is carrying baskets for this purpose – much as we would use a shopping basket.
These baskets or pollen sacs are known as the corbicula, which are made up of hairs blended together to form a concave shape. Once a bee has visited a flower it begins a grooming process during which the pollen that has gathered on the body is brushed down towards the hind legs and packed into the pollen baskets mixed with a little nectar. | agronomy |
https://nilu.brage.unit.no/nilu-xmlui/handle/11250/2753639 | 2022-05-27T06:59:14 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662636717.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20220527050925-20220527080925-00032.warc.gz | 0.957625 | 505 | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__24984766 | en | 10-year satellite-constrained fluxes of ammonia improve performance of chemistry transport models
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OriginalversjonAtmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 2021, 21, 4431-4451. 10.5194/acp-21-4431-2021
In recent years, ammonia emissions have been continuously increasing, being almost 4 times higher than in the 20th century. Although an important species, as its use as a fertilizer sustains human living, ammonia has major consequences for both humans and the environment because of its reactive gas-phase chemistry that makes it easily convertible to particles. Despite its pronounced importance, ammonia emissions are highly uncertain in most emission inventories. However, the great development of satellite remote sensing nowadays provides the opportunity for more targeted research on constraining ammonia emissions. Here, we used satellite measurements to calculate global ammonia emissions over the period 2008–2017. Then, the calculated ammonia emissions were fed to a chemistry transport model, and ammonia concentrations were simulated for the period 2008–2017. The simulated concentrations of ammonia were compared with ground measurements from Europe, North America and Southeastern Asia, as well as with satellite measurements. The satellite-constrained ammonia emissions represent global concentrations more accurately than state-of-the-art emissions. Calculated fluxes in the North China Plain were seen to be more increased after 2015, which is not due to emission changes but due to changes in sulfate emissions that resulted in less ammonia neutralization and hence in larger atmospheric loads. Emissions over Europe were also twice as much as those in traditional datasets with dominant sources being industrial and agricultural applications. Four hot-spot regions of high ammonia emissions were seen in North America, which are characterized by high agricultural activity, such as animal breeding, animal farms and agricultural practices. South America is dominated by ammonia emissions from biomass burning, which causes a strong seasonality. In Southeastern Asia, ammonia emissions from fertilizer plants in China, Pakistan, India and Indonesia are the most important, while a strong seasonality was observed with a spring and late summer peak due to rice and wheat cultivation. Measurements of ammonia surface concentrations were better reproduced with satellite-constrained emissions, such as measurements from CrIS (Cross-track Infrared Sounder). | agronomy |
http://ichoosehealth.com/2016/07/clean-15-dirty-dozen/ | 2018-07-16T17:49:43 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676589417.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20180716174032-20180716194032-00266.warc.gz | 0.956346 | 312 | CC-MAIN-2018-30 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__171694175 | en | The Clean 15 and the Dirty Dozen is a great tool to remind us which fruits and veggies are typically carrying more pesticides along with them. Since pesticides are nobody’s best friend, reducing your intake of these toxins is something you should be aiming for.
Why should you bother?
Pesticide exposure has been linked to many illnesses from endocrine disorders to cancer, and the pesticide-induced disease list is growing! It might be worth it to put a little more thought behind which produce you’re buying organic and which ones you’re not. You can lower your pesticide load by choosing to peel certain produce or taking more effort to clean them before use.
Nutrients are Key
Keep in mind, the value of the nutrients behind the fruits & veggies are so essential! Don’t let the toxins stop you from purchasing. Your body thrives on the vitamins & minerals they offer so eat up! Just by being more mindful, you can make a difference in your body.
Since the cost of organic is higher, shop around! You can likely find better deals by shopping locally and going to farmers markets. I would rather help out our local farmers who are trying to keep their products clean for us to consume.
The clean 15 has the lowest pesticide residue whereas the dirty dozen is some of the highest. So if you’re looking to reduce your intake of these nasty toxins then plan your shopping! Aim for more organic, when possible, of the dirty dozen or take extra care for soaking/cleaning. | agronomy |
https://www.peaksplains.org/news/grasscycling/ | 2024-02-26T23:49:33 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474669.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20240226225941-20240227015941-00617.warc.gz | 0.934114 | 230 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__83097858 | en | 'Cut and drop' is what it says on the tin: we're cutting the grass and dropping it on the ground, leaving it behind. We'll still blow it away from your property and make sure pathways are clear, but cut grass will stay on your local green spaces rather than being taken away. This is because leaving the grass behind:
- encourages healthier grass since the nutrients are released back into the soil
- creates a natural fertiliser
- helps the soil retain water
- cuts down on landfill/leaves more space available to compost
- saves energy since we're not taking the cuttings the landfill/composting sites, which in turn reduces our carbon footprint
It's also more expensive to collect the cuttings - it needs more equipment, more labour, more costs to dispose of the cuttings, and more time.
Grounds maintenance responsibilities
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Our Grounds Maintenance Residents Group carry out regular estate inspections on our green spaces, helping us make sure that we manage them in an effective, efficient an consistent manner - regardless of the geographical area. | agronomy |
https://ifi.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/nature2021/gasparatos/ | 2024-02-23T07:50:07 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474361.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20240223053503-20240223083503-00648.warc.gz | 0.956139 | 1,273 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__11388070 | en | SDG Perspectives from Japan: Insights from Alexandros Gasparatos, an ecological economist”Links between commodity crop production in Sub-Saharan Africa, and local food security”
How does your research relate to the SDGs and which SDGs in particular?
My research field is ecological economics, so I study the linkages between humans and nature. It is a very interdisciplinary field that uses various analytical methods to explore how human activities affect ecosystems, as well as the ways that social and economic systems are impacted in turn by this ecosystem change.
I am currently involved in many studies, but my longest-running project began in 2011 to study the relationship between commodity crop production in Sub-Saharan Africa and the food security of rural residents.
It is commonly stated that the food security of rural inhabitants in Sub-Saharan Africa is threatened when agricultural land that was previously used to grow food crops, such as maize and cassava, is converted for the cultivation of commodity crops, such as sugarcane, cotton, cocoa and oil palm. Conversely, from the standpoint of rural development, many scholars have pointed that commodity crop production can reduce rural poverty and modernize agricultural systems, thus having positive effects on food security. With opinions so polarized, the truth is probably somewhere between these two extremes. Personally I am interested in investigating the actual situation at the local level through fieldwork, rather than through macro-level studies or modelling.
What we have learned through 25 case studies across Sub-Saharan Africa, including in countries such as Malawi, Eswatini, Kenya, and Ghana, is that there are very different mechanisms through which commodity crops intersect with food security. In some cases commodity crops have positive effects for food security and in some cases negative effects. Sometimes even for the same commodity crop, there can be dramatically different impacts depending on the social and environmental context, such as whether a market exists and how producers are involved in value chains.
That said, I am especially interested in the question of whether there can be ways for delivering appropriate benefits to the people who grow and sell these commodity crops. When there are immature markets or exploitation from intermediaries, it is highly likely that the land use conversion for commodity crops would not deliver real benefits to producers. This sort of failure is common to many development interventions in Sub-Saharan Africa, not only commodity crops.
Considering the above, I would say that my research mainly relates to the SDGs for poverty and hunger (SDG 1 and 2). I would also say that my research is also related to SDG 15 (protecting terrestrial biodiversity), SDG 8 (achieving decent work and economic growth), and SDG 9 (industry and innovation).
How important is transdisciplinarity in SDG research? What is needed in order to accomplish that effectively?
An interdisciplinary approach is essential in carrying out our research projects. For example, in our study of commodity crops and food security in Africa, our team has included experts from different countries and with different disciplinary backgrounds and expertise. This has included savanna ecologists and agricultural economists, as well as experts in energy policy considering that some commodity crops can be used for biofuels production; for example, ethanol made from sugarcane.
However, collaboration among different types of organizations is also necessary. We partner with a variety of organizations beyond academia, including national and private research institutes, companies, and government agencies. Every organization has its own DNA, and this brings very valuable input to the research. However, sometimes different organisations have completely different working approach or standards of what is desirable. For example, academics tend to focus on novelty in their research themes and publish a lot of good papers, while non-academics have a more applied and grounded approach in their work. All these are very valuable in transdisciplinary research, so whenever I propose a new project, I try to make sure that it will be something that does not only appeal to academics. The reality is that communication among collaborators from different organizations is often difficult, but can be overcome when we share a common passion.
What should be done to encourage more younger researchers to get involved in research related to the SDGs? Please share your advice for young researchers who want their work to have an impact on society.
Be open-minded. That says it all. If you only work within your academic field or at one university, you will only be able to see things from that perspective. It’s important to work with people from different academic fields, people from different organizations, and people who have different cultural backgrounds. That way, you will be able to see the same problem from completely different perspectives.
Joint research with people from different disciplines, organizations, and backgrounds is not easy. For example, there can be different viewpoints or even timelines for finishing deliverables, which may cause some awkwardness at first. For example, us academics are often more flexible and can write articles based on whatever timing suits us because we are not often bound by the same time constraints inherent to the projects. However, researchers from other organisations might have more severe time constraints to finish their research deliverables. It’s important to find creative ways to overcome such issues. This is not easy, but an attitude of accepting the perspectives of people who think differently will make your research stronger.
Alexandros Gasparatos is Associate Professor at The Institute of Future Initiatives (IFI) at the University of Tokyo. As an ecological economist he is interested in the development, refinement and application of sustainability assessment and ecosystem services valuation tools. He has applied such tools in different topics such as food security, energy policy, green economy, and urban sustainability in many developing countries of Africa and Asia. Before joining IFI he conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Oxford and the United Nations University. He is an Editor for Sustainability Science, People and Nature, and Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems and has served as a Coordinating Lead Author (CLA) for the Asia-Pacific Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).
This interview article can also be viewed on The Source, Springer Nature’s blog site providing insight and discussion on publishing in the academic world. | agronomy |
http://linseedflaxseedoil.com/about-flax/ | 2020-09-20T11:14:54 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400197946.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20200920094130-20200920124130-00585.warc.gz | 0.967097 | 211 | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-40__0__142346537 | en | Flax (binomial name: Linum usitatissimum) is a plant that is commonly referred to as common flax or linseed. The use of flax dates all the way back to the B.C times. This plant is native to the Mediterranean region and was also heavily cultivated in ancient Egypt and Ethiopia. Experts believe that the fertile crescent is the place where this plant was first domesticated. This plant can grow up to 1.2 meters. It also has green leaves and blue flowers.
Researchers have been studying the benefits of the seeds that come from flax for several years. Flaxseeds come in two different colors brown and yellow. One pound of flaxseed contains 20 grams of protein, 28 grams of fiber, 450 calories and 41 grams of fat. It is also rich in B vitamins, zinc, potassium, magnesium and phosphorus. Many people take flaxseed along with flaxseed oil because of the nutritional benefits. If it is stored properly, it can last for up to 20 months. | agronomy |
https://napaseafoodfoundation.com/our-work/tilapia-farms-in-coquitos-mexico/ | 2020-04-08T02:40:34 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-16/segments/1585371807538.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20200408010207-20200408040707-00008.warc.gz | 0.962518 | 307 | CC-MAIN-2020-16 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-16__0__134062636 | en | Tilapia farms in Coquitos, Mexico
Our pilot project has aimed at establishing tilapia farms in a small village in southern Mexico. For its first project, the NSF has proposed to sponsor Regal Springs in its efforts to teach 20 to 30 people of Coquitos, Mexico how to farm tilapia with the goal of helping them establish and manage their own cooperative farms.
One year later…
Coquitos, a small village of roughly 25 families located on Lake Malpaso in southern Mexico, borders a forested and protected natural reserve which makes the area unsuitable for traditional farming such as raising cattle, and locals are not permitted to fish in protected areas, forcing men to travel far to find agricultural work.
The project aims to teach the people of Coquitos how to farm tilapia by helping them establish a co-op qualified to receive government funding, and by donating the first round of fingerlings. One tilapia cage will cost approximately $2,500, and will generate about $1,000 in income for one family in a five-month cycle.
We estimate we will need $25,000 to support five households in Coquitos, $50,000 for 20 households, and with $100,000 it said it can provide farms to 36 individuals and “change life in Coquitos”.
The Regal Springs implementation team has provided education, inputs, guidance, agricultural and managerial assistance to the women of Coquitos. | agronomy |
http://www.thefoothillfarmalliance.com/winter-csa.html | 2024-04-13T23:05:11 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816853.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20240413211215-20240414001215-00313.warc.gz | 0.955433 | 106 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__129004400 | en | Foothill Farm Alliance
The winter share is an opportunity to eat locally this winter. Seven times between the end of October and late January, the Alliance will thoughtfully build a box of vegetables for the members. Members will come to one of four meeting points, visit with the farmers and other members, and pick up their veggies. For more details on the winter share dates, prices, pickup locations and vegetable prospectus, please click on the detail button below. Please let us know if you have any questions. | agronomy |
https://www.local-farmers-markets.com/market/4954/spooner/spooner-farmers-market | 2023-03-24T13:37:55 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296945282.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20230324113500-20230324143500-00700.warc.gz | 0.950921 | 192 | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__114741474 | en | Spooner Farmers Market
Front at Oak Street Next to the Train Museum
This Spooner farmers market is located at Front at Oak Street Next to the Train Museum. Stop by and check it out. Phone to learn more about its assortment of local specialties, fruits, crafts, vegetables and organic food. Hours are Mid-June-Mid-October Saturday, 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. Use the Edit link if you shop at this market to tell us more about what is offered.
If you've shopped at Spooner Farmers Market, tell us what you think of the market.
Freshly picked produce, direct grower sales, and FRIENDLY market vendors and shoppers make this a really pleasant Farmers Market.
-- Sara Wickre
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http://www.sarvision.nl/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,print,0&cntnt01articleid=61&cntnt01showtemplate=false&cntnt01returnid=59 | 2016-02-08T07:47:47 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-07/segments/1454701152982.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20160205193912-00324-ip-10-236-182-209.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.877771 | 173 | CC-MAIN-2016-07 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2016-07__0__94511320 | en | Categories: General Date: May 8, 2012 Title: New radar imagery for Dutch agriculture
SarVision is working on the provision of new agricultural crop information based on cloud free radar data.
High resolution radar satellite imagery (12.5m) from the Radarsat-2 satellite is available every 12 days, enabling crop type, area, growth stage and biomass to be monitored throughout the growing season.
Contact us for more information and higher quality examples.
Colours: agricultural fields in Flevoland, the Netherlands, in different stages of field preparation and crop growth, 22 April 2012. Image processing by SarVision. RADARSAT-2 Data and Products ©MacDONALD, DETTWILER AND ASSOCIATES LTD. (2012) – All Rights Reserved. RADARSAT is an official mark of the Canadian Space Agency. | agronomy |
https://www.ainsliewood.co.uk/news/detail/our-peace-garden/ | 2024-04-23T08:04:47 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818468.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20240423064231-20240423094231-00880.warc.gz | 0.978512 | 287 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__106482825 | en | We have all been working hard recently and are turning the garden area around the mobiles into a beautiful peace garden! We have been focusing on the project since the spring term to try to make sure we incorporate as many of our ideas as possible. This would not have been possible on our own and we have had humongous helping hands from The Earth Champions Foundation and Catalyst in Communities. As well as learning about environmental issues, we have also been encouraged us to learn about peace and how to handle differences and conflicts and help us all to interact peacefully with each other.
We are raising funds to help us develop the garden and give us space to reflect in, enjoy and get closer to nature. We are so excited about gardening and having a space to call our own. For many of us this is the first time we have had the chance to work with plants!
We love spending time in the garden and have had opportunities to create a bug hotel and revamp our planters with help from the local community. We now need your help, as well as coming along on Saturday 10th June to get your hands dirty.
We need funds in order for us to buy seeds for planting and materials to turn our outdoor space into the oasis we know it can be so we would be grateful if you could help by donating to our crowdfunding page.
You can donate here: www.fundit.buzz/PeaceGarden | agronomy |
http://miriammartineau.com/category/spirit-in-action/page/3/ | 2018-05-22T21:29:33 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794864968.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20180522205620-20180522225620-00338.warc.gz | 0.952696 | 190 | CC-MAIN-2018-22 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-22__0__36447294 | en | Sunday afternoon, with an hour to spare, I wander to the garden to thin some baby carrots – those wee beginnings of carrots, just tufts of green really – so as to create more space for the few I leave to fully grow and flourish. The sun is warm on my back as I get busy with this task that takes focused attention: one pull too many and a whole potential carrot is gone!
As I make my way down the rows slowly and carefully, I notice the challenge I face every time I perform this gardening task: To enable a few to thrive I need to pull out a lot of others and the thicker I originally sowed, the more I have to yank out. I don’t like yanking out baby carrots, even if my logical mind tells me they’re just tiny carrots and my gardening experience knows that if I don’t do this, none of them will do well. Read more | agronomy |
http://www.sdmrkcollege.co.in/pages/about-sdmrk.html | 2021-09-21T13:49:42 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-39/segments/1631780057225.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20210921131252-20210921161252-00715.warc.gz | 0.944128 | 291 | CC-MAIN-2021-39 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-39__0__87551199 | en | The SDMRK is a flagship institute under Indian Council of Agricultural Research to provide engineering solutions for overall prosperity and sustainability of farming systems. The mandate is fulfilled by providing national and international leadership by means of independent and coordinated research through the network of research centers established all over the country that results in developing commodity and location specific technologies needed by farmers and manufacturers. Transfer of agricultural engineering technology and education are also important activities of the institute. The efforts have resulted in about 250 technologies including research prototypes, processes, software and protocols besides many publications in the form of research papers, popular articles, technical bulletins, books etc. The activities of the institute are conducted through five research divisions, one Centre of excellence, four All India Coordinated Research Projects and Two Consortia Research Platforms. Besides, one arm of the institute located at Coimbatore also contributes to research and extension activities. The institute has adequate laboratory facilities and excellent infrastructure for support of all its endeavors – 93-hectare land, prototype fabrication workshops, state of the art library, guesthouses, hostels, auditorium and around 350 qualified and trained personnel. The developed technologies are transferred through licensing to private and public sector enterprises. Linkages with different institutes, international, central and state government agencies, NGOs, and industries also provide impetus to the spread of technologies. Testing of agricultural machinery, one of the major activities of the institute also helps to liaise with the agricultural machinery manufacturers. | agronomy |
https://blog.ubiquity.acm.org/ai-in-the-green-revolution-2-0/ | 2023-02-09T05:34:14 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764501407.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20230209045525-20230209075525-00819.warc.gz | 0.927212 | 1,359 | CC-MAIN-2023-06 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-06__0__286322344 | en | Most technology enthusiasts these days will mention automation using artificial intelligence (AI) as a key factor in the future of computing. The computing community is promoting AI as a one-stop solution to every complex problem. Technology companies are introducing AI-enabled products in many domains such as automotive, consumer electronics, healthcare, social media, and finance. Based on some recent studies, AI is expected to contribute 16 percent or $13 trillion to the global economy by 2030.
There is much hype around AI and its potential in transforming society through automation. But hype is not good enough when dealing with major issues that affect all humanity. For example, population growth is affecting our climate and, in turn, crop yields. Food security is exacerbated as growing populations crowd out farmland. Feeding an ever-growing population remains a top challenge for countries across the globe.
Almost a decade ago, Bill Gates made a very important statement about enabling farmers and increasing yields. He said: “Three quarters of the world’s poorest people get their food and income by farming small plots of land, so if we can make smallholder farming more productive and more profitable, we can have a massive impact on hunger and nutrition and poverty” . Gates thereby endorsed the urgent need for a green revolution 2.0, particularly in African countries, through farmer training, better infrastructure, and most importantly genetic engineering .
The studies suggest approximately 500 million small and family farms contribute to 80 percent of the global food supply [2, 3, 4]. Small farmers continue to face several challenges including unpredictable climate, crop growth, and pressures on farmland from urbanization. Moreover, to feed the ever-increasing population that is expected to exceed nine billion by 2050, food production needs to increase by 60 percent [2, 5]. It is evident for improvements in farm conditions and food production growth to occur there needs to be significant technology support.
Furthermore, today roughly 11 percent of the total land on this globe (13.4 billion hectare) is used for agriculture. However, there is still a potential to expand land surface for agriculture by 2.7 billion hectares. The expansion of land for agriculture can be achieved with better crop planning and more accurate understanding of weather, soil, and water table.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is gaining widespread popularity in solving these complex problems. Agriculture is one of the best areas in which AI-based techniques can significantly provide important information and predictions on crop rotation, soil health, pests detection, and rainfall. It can also empower farmers with information on market requirements, quality, and possibilities of exporting produce and importing seeds. Although the first green revolution helped fight food scarcity, its reach was limited and its impact on public health and the environment is still controversial because of the chemicals used in farming.
With AI sparking agricultural innovation, there is a lot of hope that the agriculture industry will benefit from not just improving crop productivity, but also enabling farmers to improve their living conditions. This is particularly true for small landowners. With the help of information on government policies and the demand for products, markets, and prices, farmers can reach the right places for selling their produce and get better prices.
Many countries are leading the path by developing policies and collaborations with industry to introduce AI-based techniques to farmers and motivate them to use AI-generated information for improving their farming practices. For example, NatureFresh Farms, a vegetable growing company, developed image processing techniques that zoom on the yellow flower of a tomato seedling to predict the exact time for tomatoes to become ripe and ready for packing. Information on when and how many tomatoes will be available to sell in the future can help growers improve their sales and directly benefit the bottom line.
Microsoft, in collaboration with the International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), developed an AI sowing application. The app sends sowing advisories to participating farmers, advising them of optimal sowing dates. The farmers do not need to install sensors in their fields or buy special equipment. All they need is a phone capable of receiving text messages. With this information, many farmers in the Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh in India increased crop yield by an average of 30 percent per hectare in 2016.
Besides the potential of AI, we also need to acknowledge the need for other technologies, such as cyber-physical systems, Internet-of-Things (IoT), and cloud computing, which provide essential support in collecting massive data and its processing so that AI-based algorithms can be employed to make necessary predictions. In addition to data collection and its processing, IoT technologies can provide significant innovation in agriculture methods. For instance, livestock sensors can notify ranchers when animals have roamed from the herd so ranch hands can round them up. Soil sensors can alert farmers to irregular conditions, like high acidity, giving the farmer time to correct the balance and produce better crops. Self-driving tractors can be controlled remotely, providing significant savings in labor costs. Based on current trends, agriculture IoT device installations are likely to hit 75 million by 2020, growing 20 percent annually. Owing to such technology developments, the global smart agriculture market size is expected to triple by 2025, reaching $15.3 billion compared to being slightly more than $5 billion back in 2016.
These are just few examples to emphasize the tremendous benefits available from tapping AI and other related technologies to improve the world’s agriculture. Currently, computing industry leaders like Microsoft, Intel, and IBM are taking leading roles in providing innovation in the agriculture industry using AI. The time is ripe for more and more start-ups and mid-size companies to start exploring AI in agriculture. As they do so, they will hasten the pace of the green revolution 2.0, securing the ability of the world’s agriculture to feed humanity and keep small famers in business.
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Graeub et al. The state of family farms in the world. World Development 87 (2016), 1-15.
Searchinger et al. Creating a sustainable food future: A menu of solutions to feed nearly 10 billion people by 2050 (Synthesis Report). World Resources Institute, 2018. ISBN 978-1-56973-953-6. | agronomy |
http://letoilecatering.com/2012/02/ | 2023-12-04T23:28:48 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100535.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20231204214708-20231205004708-00569.warc.gz | 0.978926 | 1,107 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__297398056 | en | I have been craving Virginia peanuts for many days now, and if I bring them into l’etoile – they do not last long at all. Of course I love out culinary heritage here in Charlottesville and the rest of the state, but the peanut named after our commonwealth are hard to beat.
The peanut plant probably originated in Brazil or Peru, although no fossil records exist to prove this. But for as long as people have been making pottery in South America (3,500 years or so) they have been making jars shaped like peanuts and decorated with peanuts. Graves of ancient Incas found along the dry western coast of South America often contain jars filled with peanuts and left with the dead to provide food in the afterlife.
Peanuts were grown as far north as Mexico by the time the Spanish began their exploration of the New World. The explorers took peanuts back to Spain, where they are still grown. From Spain, traders and explorers took peanuts to Africa and Asia. In Africa the plant became common in the western tropical region. The peanut was regarded by many Africans as one of several plants possessing a soul.
When Africans were brought to North America as slaves, peanuts came with them. Slaves planted peanuts throughout the southern United States (the word goober comes from the Congo name for peanuts – nguba). In the 1700’s, peanuts, then called groundnuts or ground peas, were studied by botanists and regarded as an excellent food for pigs. Records show that peanuts were grown commercially in South Carolina around 1800 and used for oil, food and a substitute for cocoa. However, until 1900 peanuts were not extensively grown, partially because they were regarded as food for the poor, and because growing and harvesting were slow and difficult until labor-saving equipment was invented around the turn of the century.
The first notable increase in U.S. peanut consumption came in 1860 with the outbreak of the Civil War. Northern soldiers, as well as Southern, used the peanut as a food. During the last half of the 19th century, peanuts were eaten as a snack, sold freshly roasted by street vendors and at baseball games and circuses. While peanut production rose during this time, peanuts were harvested by hand which left stems and trash in the peanuts. Thus, poor quality and lack of uniformity kept down the demand for peanuts.
In the U.S., peanuts are used in candies, cakes, cookies, and other sweets. They are also enjoyed roasted and salted. Peanut butter is one of the most popular peanut-based foods in the U.S., and for four hundred years, recipes for peanut soup have been present in the South, Virginia in particular. In some southern portions of the U.S., peanuts are boiled for several hours until soft and moist. Peanuts are also deep fried, shell and all.
Around 1900, equipment was invented for planting, cultivating, harvesting and picking peanuts from the plants, and for shelling and cleaning the kernels. With these mechanical aids, peanuts rapidly came into demand for oil, roasted and salted nuts, peanut butter and candy. George Washington Carver began his research into peanuts in 1903 at Tuskeegee Institute. Research that would lead him to discover improvements in horticulture and the development of more than 300 uses for peanuts (including shoe polish and shaving cream).
Peanuts have many uses. They can be eaten raw, used in recipes, made into solvents and oils, used in make-up, medicines, textile materials, peanut butter, as well as many other uses. Popular confections made from peanuts include salted peanuts, peanut butter (sandwiches, peanut candy bars, peanut butter cookies, and cups), peanut brittle, and shelled nuts (plain/roasted). Salted peanuts are usually roasted in oil and packed in retail-size plastic bags or hermetically sealed cans. Dry roasted salted peanuts are also marketed in significant quantities. Peanuts are often a major ingredient in mixed nuts because of their inexpensiveness compared to Brazil nuts, cashews, walnuts, and so on. Although peanut butter has been a tradition on camping trips and the like because of its high protein content and the fact that it resists spoiling for long periods of time, the primary use of peanut butter is in the home, but large quantities are also used in the commercial manufacture of sandwiches, candy, and bakery products. Boiled peanuts are a preparation of raw, unshelled green peanuts boiled in brine and often eaten as a snack. More recently, fried peanut recipes have emerged – allowing both shell and nut to be eaten. Peanuts are also used in a wide variety of other areas, such as cosmetics, nitroglycerin, plastics, dyes and paints.
The talented botanist recognized the value of the peanut as a cash crop and proposed that peanuts be planted as a rotation crop in the Southeast cotton-growing areas where the boll weevil insect threatened the regions’ agricultural base. Farmers listened and the face of southern farming was changed forever. For his work in promoting its cultivation and consumption, Carver is considered the father of the peanut industry.
Peanut production rose rapidly during and after World Wars I and II as a result of the peanut’s popularity with Allied forces, and as a result of the post-war baby boom.
Today, peanuts contribute over four billion dollars to the U.S. economy each year. | agronomy |
https://plantedtank.blog/2012/09/11/fertilizer-fears/ | 2023-06-05T23:50:36 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224652184.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20230605221713-20230606011713-00353.warc.gz | 0.859319 | 835 | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__240200097 | en | AQUARIUM FERTILIZATION METHODS
Fertilizer Dosing Methods:
- PPS-Classic and Pro (Perpetual Preservation System)
- Estimative Index (EI)
Fertilizer Dosing Calculator:
WHEN, WHY, AND HOW TO FERTILIZE YOUR PLANTED TANK
When to Fertilize, and Why Fertilize
Fertilize planted tanks that implement carbon dioxide (CO2) injection, pressurized or DIY, combined with moderate to high lighting. Macro and micro nutrients are essential to proper plant growth, coloration, and survival.
How to Fertilize
There are two major Fertilization Methods to follow – PPS (Perpetual Preservation System) and EI (Estimative Index). To properly fertilize your planted tank, you will need to research and choose a method that fits your needs and tank conditions. Always be sure to carefully observe the plant conditions in you tank to avoid over or under fertilizing.
How to Dose the Fertilizer
There are several methods you can use to get the ferts in your aquarium.
- Measure out the predetermined amount of dry ferts and place the dry fert(s) directly into the aquarium water.
- Mix the predetermined amount with a little bit of aquarium water in a container until it dissolves, and then pour the solution into the aquarium.
- Check out our detailed PPS-Pro dosing instructions.
FERTILIZER IN DEPTH: MACROS & MICROS AND THEIR BENEFITS
Macros / Macronutrients (NPK) – there are three major macronutrients: Nitrogen (N), Phosphorous (P), and Potassium (K).
Micros / Micronutrients / Trace Elements – the most popular include: Iron, Boron, Manganese, Plantex, Miller Microplex.
Nitrogen (N) – the most common source is Potassium Nitrate (KNO3). It is the staple nutrient of all plants. It helps plants produce enzymes, proteins, and amino acids. A lack of nitrogen halts plant growth and promotes decay.
Phosphorous (P) – the most common source is Mono Potassium Phosphate (KH2PO4). Assists in plant DNA and RNA replication, and growth related processes. A lack of Phosphorous can result in the decreased ability for plants to uptake or absorb nutrients, leading to excess nutrient in the water and potential algae conditions.
Potassium (K) – potassium is found in compounds such as KNO3 and KH2PO4. For tanks with potassium deficiencies Potassium Sulfate (K2SO4) provides the element of potassium. Potassium plays a very important role in photosynthesis optimization, while keeping plant processes and production in a constant state of activity.
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Thank you for the weekend response to my question. i will be contacting you soon for my planted tank needs.
I have a low tech non c02 no excel planted tank for 6 year old daughter. I ordered your fert package. Can i dose just weekly after i do my water change. I do this with seachem products and im switching to your products because of numerous recomendations. Thanks
Yes you can use PPS pro in the same way. You can also use it daily because PPS pro is a lean dosing system.
I have the powder ferts but all recomended dosing are for 10 gallons and up i have a 5gallon what should be the amounts used for my size ….dosing the EI method
Hi David, simply divide the recommended doses for a 10 gallon tank in half, this makes it suitable for your 5 gallon tank. Have fun with you planted tank! | agronomy |
http://denise-livinginthepast.blogspot.com/2018/08/inventories-of-thomas-p-janes-sr-farm.html | 2021-08-02T00:22:25 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-31/segments/1627046154277.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20210801221329-20210802011329-00622.warc.gz | 0.961565 | 1,610 | CC-MAIN-2021-31 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-31__0__280698487 | en | This week’s blog post is a follow-up to my post from last week where I shared a “family legend” and along with that the story of my 2nd great-grandfather Thomas P. Janes Sr. Because the 52 Ancestors theme this week was “non-population,” I decided to save the details of those census schedules for this week. We all know what a census record is but some reading this may not know what the non-population schedules are. The non-population schedule complimented the census record and provided information that was “used to identify and quantify resources and needs” according to the Family Search Wiki describing a non-population schedule. The Wiki further notes that “Agriculture, mortality, and social statistics schedules are available for the census years of 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880. Manufacturing schedules are available for 1820, 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880. They are arranged by state, then by county, and then by political subdivision (township, city, etc.).”
On October 22, 1850, the Greene County, Georgia agricultural schedule shows that Thomas owned 600 acres of improved land and 600 acres of unimproved land, all of which had a cash value of $8,400. His farming tools and machinery were valued at $500. Thomas owned 10 horses, 4 asses or mules, 12 milch cows, 4 working oxen, 28 other cattle, 50 sheep, and 150 pigs, all valued at $1,660. His farm produced 22 bushel of wheat, 5 bushels of rye, 1,250 bushels of oats, and 400 pounds of rice. Page two of the schedule is too hard to read so I won’t include those details here.
By July 25, 1860, Thomas had purchased more land, now owning 1,000 acres of improved land and 650 acres of unimproved land. The cash value of his farm was now valued at $22,000; the value of his farming tools and machinery had doubled, now at $1,000. The farm included a large inventory of livestock—17 horses, 18 asses and mules, 20 milch cows, 2 working oxen, 18 other cattle, 60 sheep, and 200 swine, all valued at $1,825. In addition to livestock, the farm produced 800 bushels of wheat, 60 bushels of rye, 4,000 bushels of Indian corn, 2 bushels of oats, 140 bales of cotton at 400 pounds each, and 160 pounds of wool. Thomas managed his farm with 80 slaves.
When looking at the 1860 Slave Schedule, I scrolled through to see where my 3rd great-grandfather, James Meriweather Lankford, lived in comparison to the Janes plantation. I found him enumerated four pages earlier, along with three slaves—two males and a 26-year-old female. The word “murder” is written in column 8 on the female slave line. This reminded me of the story I found in the book How Curious a Land: Conflict and Change in Greene County, Georgia, 1850–1885 by Jonathan M. Bryant. Bryant’s book tells the story of slave Becky and the death of her three children in James Lankford’s well. Becky was the female enumerated in this 1860 slave schedule. If you’d like to read her story, you’ll find those pages of the book via Google Books. This link should take you to page 35 where the text begins just below the middle of the page. Look for “The next term brought another case of murder before the court. James Lankford and his family lived near Penfield in northern Greene County. …” The story ends on page 38. As you read it, you’ll see that it doesn’t speak well for my 3rd great-grandfather.
In July 1870, the enumerator noted that Thomas’ farm included the following livestock: 10 horses, 6 asses and mules, 11 milch cows, 2 working oxen, 40 other cattle, 20 sheep, and 20 swine. His livestock was valued at $3500—less livestock than in 1860 but the value was higher. In addition to livestock, the farm produced 350 bushels of spring wheat, 750 bushels of rye, 40 bales of cotton, 80 pounds of wool, 15 bushels of peas and beans, 50 bushels of Irish potatoes, and 200 bushels of sweet potatoes. The only dairy product produced was butter at 500 pounds. The fields were full of hay at 25 tons. I was surprised to see he farmed bees which produced 50 pounds of honey. Thomas slaughtered (or sold to slaughter) $500 worth of animals. The estimated value of all farm production, including betterments and addition to stock, was $6,650.
On June 21, 1880, the farm covered 275 acres of improved land—200 acres tilled; 75 acres permanent meadows, pastures, orchards, or vineyards; and 1,000 acres of wooded land—all valued at $15,000. His tools and machinery were valued at $150 and his livestock $800. Thomas told the census enumerator that he had spent $100 in 1879 to build or repair fences, $200 on fertilizers, and $700 on farm labor. He estimated the value of all farm production for 1879 was $2,280. The farm had four acres of mown grass lands in 1879 in which they harvested four tons of hay. Thomas owned considerably less livestock in 1880 than he did in 1860 with the inventory including 5 horses, 2 mules or asses, 4 working oxen, 8 milch cows, 6 “other” (not sure what that would be), and 50 sheep. Thomas reported that during 1879, 6 calves and 22 lambs dropped, he sold 1 cow and slaughtered 2, and 5 cows either died, strayed or were stolen and not recovered. They made 500 pounds of butter in 1879. Three sheep died of disease and 80 pounds of fleece was produced from 34 sheared sheep. The farm had 30 swine and 30 chickens which produced 200 dozen eggs in 1879. Thomas also reported that during 1879, the farm produced 150 bushels of barley (can’t read the acreage it was planted on), 250 bushels of Indian corn on 50 acres, 600 bushels of oats on 50 acres, and 100 bushels of wheat on 10 acres, and 100 gallons of molasses on 2 acres. The last section of the form is hard to read so I’ll only note what is readable. The farm produced 50 bushels of potatoes, 100 bushels of apples, and 300 bushels of peaches from 200 trees on 2 acres. Thomas’ farm was in production year-round.
These schedules are a treasure trove of information and help me to understand the size and scope of Redcliffe Farm, the plantation Thomas owned and operated in Penfield, Greene County, Georgia.
- Non-Population Schedules, FamilySearch; https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Non-Population_Schedules.
- U.S. Federal Census Non-Population Schedule, Greene County, Georgia, Agriculture, 1860, 1870.
- U.S. Federal Census Non-Population Schedule, District 147, Greene County, Georgia, Agriculture, 1880.
- U.S. Federal Census Non-Population Schedule, Greene County, Georgia, Slave, 1860.
- Bryant, Jonathan M., How Curious a Land: Conflict and Change in Greene County, Georgia, 1850–1885, UNC Press Books, July 1, 2014. | agronomy |
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Effect of 2n Gamete Formation on Seed Production by Triploids..... 88 5 MULTIPLE MODES OF REPRODUCTION AS REVEALED BY PLOIDY AND MICROSATELLITE ... DUFG Double unreduced female gamete production EBN Endosperm balance number principle FDA Fluorescein diacetate stain FDR First division restitution FFI Female fertility index Wheat production in 2013 was valued over $1.3 billion, ... culture, and geography. Bulgur wheat is whole wheat that has been cracked and ... endosperm and have students say “Hi endosperm!” Explain that endosperm is holding an apple because s/he is the germ’s food supply.
Additional methods will include ploidy manipulations, embryo culture, somatic embryogenesis, and flow cytometry. Promising new cultivars will be evaluated in cooperation with commercial growers. Depending on the project, plants will be evaluated for regional performance, disease and insect resistance, biomass yield, production characteristics, and overall commercial potential. Triploid plants raised from endosperm are generally sterile. Endosperm-ploidy levels and its applications in plant breeding have been discussed here. Endosperm-raised triploid plants are of commercial value, e.g. timber-yielding plants, edible fruit plants or ornamentals propagated vegetatively and multiplied mainly through micropropagation. 2n Gametes in Potato Evolution 289 mal endosperm development occurs only when there bayashi (1991) hypothesized that it is mainly a group is a 2:1 maternal-to-paternal EBN ratio in the hybrid Stenotomum-group Phureja derivative and that S. spar- endosperm.Inall theothercasesthe endospermdegen-sipilum had only a secondary role in the origin of grouperates. The ability of Solanum tuberosum Group Andigena clones to produce triploids (2n = 3x = 36) in 4x(4 endosperm balance number (EBN)) × 2x(2EBN) crosses was investigated.The difference in triploid production among the clones tested, though large, appears to be the result of low heritability. The triploids produced in the 4x × 2x crosses did not seem to bear heritable factors that improved ... ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF ZYGOTIC EMBRYO CULTURE INVESTIGATIONS V. RAGHAVAN* Department of Plant Biology, ... and the nutrient materials provided by the endosperm and the surrounding tissues of the ovule, on the other. ... production of callus on cultured embryos is now firmly established. The results show that excised embryos developed radicles longer than 2 mm, using any culture method, whereas no germination was observed for intact seeds. Excised embryos, without the endosperm nutrient-supply have the ability of developing into a normal seedling, but in vitro embryos grown on MS medium have greater fresh weight, seedling height and radicle length than those grown on filter ... Key words Endosperm culture 7 Morus alba 7 Mulberry 7 Triploids Materials and methods Abbreviations BAP: Benzylaminopurine 7 CH: Casein hydrolysate 7 CM: Coconut milk 7 2,4-D: Plant material and initiation of cultures 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid 7 DAP: Days after Young fruits [17–20 days after pollination (DAP)] of M. alba L pollination 7 GA : Gibberellic acid 7 IBA: Cv S-36 were ...
Read this article to learn about the production of haploid plants. There are two approaches for the production of haploid plants. The two approaches are: (1) In Vivo Approach and (2) In Vitro Approach. Haploid plants are characterized by possessing only a single set of chromosomes (gametophytic number of chromosomes i.e. n) in the sporophyte. Hence, a multicellular endosperm is formed. It is the most common type. The process of cell plate formation may not be complete as in the case of coconut. Its peripheral portion has outer oily multicellular solid endosperm and inner free nuclear, degenerated multinucleate liquid endosperm … production. The starch can be converted into sweeteners and used in products such as soft drinks, sweets, bakery products and jams, to name but a few. The oil from the embryo is used in cooking oils, margarine and salad dressings. The protein, hulls and soluble part of the maize kernel are used in animal and poultry feed. Endosperm Germ ...
the seed is the endosperm, which contains food in the form of starch and protein for germination and emergence. The coleoptile, or second leaf, penetrates the soil and results in emergence of the seedling, usually within 5 to 7 days after planting. If the seed is planted too deeply, beyond the elongation distance of the coleoptile, seedlings Cord 20 14, 30 (2) Production Technology for Kopyor Coconut Seednuts and Seedlings in Indonesia Hengky Novariantol, Ismail Maskromol, 2, Dini Dinarti2, and Sudarsono2 Abstract Kopyor coconut is a naturally-occurring mutant having fluffy solid endosperm in stead of the 100 Islam and Bari Artificial seed would provide an easy and novel propagation system for the elite as well as difficult to root species (Bapat et al. 1987, Ballester et al. 1997). Also, encapsulation of propagules that were produced in vitro could reduce the cost of micropropagation of plantlets for commercialization and final delivery (Chu 1995, Nieves et al. 2003). Production of triploids: Triploids were produced using the trifluralin treatment developed by Kato (1997a, 1999a). Eight to 10 days prior to flowering, the main spikes of tassels of ... identified since the embryo was colored and the endosperm was colorless (Figure 2A). The fertility of triploids was estimated as the product of flower production, measured using biomass as a correlate, and pollen fertility (number of viable grains produced). Unlike any other fitness component examined, the biomass of triploids was, in fact, significantly higher than in diploids ( Fig. 4 ), and there were no differences among reciprocal crosses. Facilitates study Of seed coat formation, function of endosperm in embryo development and seed germination, somaclonal variation. Supply of beneficial adjuvents beneficial adjuvants like plant nutrients, plant growth regulators, microorganisms, fungicides, mycorrhizae, antibiotics can be made available to the developing plant embryo as per the requirement as these can be added in to the matrix. triploids. Description Description of color for plant parts was based on comparison with the Royal Horti-cultural Society Color Chart [Royal Horti-cultural Society (RHS), 1986)]. Plants used for describing color and other attributes were propagated from rooted cuttings and grown outdoors in the ground bed in Wimauma, FL. The plants were 16 ... Draft 24 production that may help hatcheries meet demand. We induced tetraploidy in brook trout by 25 application of 633 kg·cm-2 of hydrostatic pressure for 8 minutes at 70-72.5% of the first cleavage 26 interval. Yields of above 50% tetraploid progeny at hatching were readily achieved although 27 few animals reached one year of age. We crossed a male tetraploid with female diploid fish and
Triploid nature of endosperm is the characteristic feature of angiosperms and is formed as a result of triple fusion. Present review discusses the morphogenic response and production of triploid plantlets by endosperm culture. Both mature and immature endosperm used for culture initiation responded differently in cultures. Present review discusses the morphogenic response and production of triploid plantlets by endosperm culture. Both mature and immature endosperm used for. Introduction. Endosperm is a unique tissue in its origin, development and ploidy level. It is a product of double … of successful plant regeneration from endosperm culture of papaya. Therefore, the objectives of this study were to establish an efficient system of production and verification of viable triploid papaya plants from in vitro endosperm culture. Materials and methods Plant material Young fruits [10–13 days after pollination (DAP)] of non- traits through gene transfer. In vitro techniques for the culture of protoplasts, anthers, microspores, ovules and embryos have been used to create new genetic variation in the breeding lines, often via haploid production. Cell culture has also produced somaclonal and gametoclonal variants with crop-improvement potential. The culture of Chojecki, A.J.S., Bayliss, M.W. and Gale, M.D. (1986) Cell production and DNA accumulation in the wheat endosperm, and their association with grain weight. Annals of Botany 58 , 809 – 817 . Clark , J.K. and Sheridan , W.F. ( 1986 ) Developmental profiles of the maize embryo-lethal mutants dek-22 and dek-23 . the current standard for production of triploid Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and has been used at a production level since 2004 (2007 Fish Propagation Annual Report). Although the process is viable, the triploid rate is variable and the survival is often poor. With the goal to produce triploids with a 100% induction rate, we Need for the project: Grains, principally rice and wheat, provide the majority of calories in the diets of people worldwide, ranging from 23% in the U.S. to 62% in Asia and North Africa. Yet yields for wheat and rice remain 15-30% below their biological potentials even when grown in ideal soils and climates using ideal irrigation and cultivation practices. 9 Cultural problems 9.1 Cultural problems common to most orchids 9.1.1 Leaves 9.1.2 Leaves or new growth 9.1.3 Buds, flowers & flower spikes 9.1.4 Roots 9.2 Cultural problems-Phalaenopsis 9.2.1 Leaves 9.2.2 Flower spike, buds, flowers 9.3 Cultural problems - Cattleyas 9.3.1 New growth & leaves 9.3.2 Flower sheath, buds & flowers
Endosperm culture: a novel method for triploid plant production Thuruthiyil Dennis Thomas Æ Rakhi Chaturvedi Received: 22 November 2007/Accepted: 16 January 2008/Published online: 2 February 2008 Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008 Abstract Triploid nature of endosperm is the characteristic feature of angiosperms and is formed culture, Embryo culture, Test tube fertilization, Endosperm culture, Factors affecting above in-vitro culture, Applications and Achievements, Somaclonal variation, Types, Reasons, Somatic embryogenesis and synthetic seed production technology, Protoplast isolation, Culture, Manipulation and Fusion,
Haploid production and uses 100-110 9. Ovule culture 111-114 10. Ovary and embryo culture 115-124 11. Test tube fertilization 125-128 12. Endosperm culture 129-133 13. Factors influencing morphogenesis 134-137 14. Applications and achievements 138-150 15. Somaclonal variation and crop improvement 151-160 16. Somatic embryogenesis 161-175 17. Abstract The endosperm develops from the central cell of the megagametophyte after introduction of the second male gamete into the diploid central cell. Of the three forms of endosperm in angiosperms, the nuclear type is prevalent in economically important species, including the cereals. Landmarks in nuclear endosperm development are the coenocytic, cellularization, differentiation, and ... Introduction: The morpho-anatomical study of seeds and their embryos serves to obtain information on germination, storage and viability. Objective: To describe the morphoanatomy of the embryo of the palm species Acrocomia aculeata (Jacq.) Lodd. ex The second sperm cell fuses with two polar nuclei, creating a triploid endosperm. This endosperm will feed the embryo as it grows. The embryo and endosperm are protected by a seed coat . The progeny from diploids were mostly diploid, but included a few triploids and aneuploids. Triploid hybrids produced a wide range of progeny, varying from fourteen to twenty‐eight chromosomes. The difficulty of crossing, and reciprocal differences in compatibility which occur are apparently due to seed incompatibility, probably controlled by the relationship between the genomes and the ... liquid endosperm of cotton for organic acids and found a high level of what appeared to be malic acid. Subsequently, addition of ammonium or calcium malate ( 4 mg malate per ml) to the culture medium gave much better survival of heart stage embryos. Sodium malate was inhibitory, and salts of … NCRAC Culture Series 103 vii Yellow Perch Culture Guide Preface This manual is a summary of information gleaned from scientific and extension publications, NCRAC reports, and unpublished information provided by the contributors and editors. It is not intended as a step-by-step cookbook for production of yellow perch endosperm, and seed coat. The embryo is the young multicellular organism before it emerges from the seed. The endosperm is a source of stored food, consisting primarily of starches. The seed coat consists of one or more protective layers that encase the seed. A seed begins to form an embryo following fertilization and the start of a zygote. The ... | agronomy |
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Seasonal fruits and vegetables are also more nutritious and have better flavor when they are grown locally in the proper conditions instead of being picked early and shipped thousands of miles to sit on store shelves!
For example, peas and strawberries are ‘Spring crops’. They may be available all year round in certain parts of the world, but are seasonally available in the Spring.
Certain fruits and vegetables are only seasonal. Which means that they are only available, or ripe, during certain seasons. Watermellon, for example, is usually the best during summer.
Check your local market for seasonal fruits and veggies that aren’t shipped and frozen. | agronomy |
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By now you’ve probably seen the Weed game.
If you haven’t, the game was a huge hit at the 2014 E3 and the game is still available on Steam.
In fact, it’s available on Apple’s App Store, Google Play, and on the iPhone.
But how can you play the Weed?
The Weed is a mobile game that requires you to grow weed in your garden.
To do this, you’ll need to play a series of increasingly difficult levels, like the “Acre”, the “Mansion”, the more challenging “Plants”, and finally, the “Lawn”.
Weed is available on iOS, Android, and Mac.
The Weed has been a hit with critics, but what is the Weed all about?
Weed is an indie game about growing weed in a garden, and it’s based on a game of desire.
Weed has a lot of mechanics, but we’ll focus on the core of the game.
Weed is about being a weed farmer in the 21st century.
Weed will be your main focus.
You’ll be collecting seeds, collecting soil, and tending to your plants.
Weed can also be harvested and eaten.
There are multiple ways to play Weed, including the classic “Ave” game, as well as “Ace” and “Lobby”.
You can play both of these game modes simultaneously, and you can also play Weed while watching the weed grow in your backyard.
You can also compete in Weed tournaments, but it’s hard to win and you’ll have to compete with other players.
Weed’s mechanics are easy to learn and you’re rewarded for doing them well.
You may be a weed-grower, but you’ll also have to grow crops for other people to eat.
Weed makes sense for many people, so we won’t go into too much detail here.
What is Weed?
Weed was created by Adam Johnson and Paul Capps.
It was originally a game for kids, but after the original game got huge in the gaming community, it went on to be a huge success.
Weed was released for iOS in 2015, and now it’s coming to the iPhone, Android and Windows Phone.
Weed requires players to collect seeds, plants, and soil.
Weed also has a variety of games, like “Ae” and the “Plant”, that reward players with a variety | agronomy |
https://mcphersoncountyks.us/757/Johnsongrass | 2023-12-06T13:40:14 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100599.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20231206130723-20231206160723-00609.warc.gz | 0.976066 | 113 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__185020265 | en | Johnsongrass is an aggressive perennial plant that can invade primarily row crops, CRP, roadsides and non-cropland areas. It is rarely found in pastures as cattle will readily find it desirable as forage. However, it can become toxic if more mature plants are found by cattle in drought conditions or during early frost. Johnsongrass spreads by seeds and rhizomes. A mature plant may grow over 8 feet tall and produce thousands of seeds and many feet of rhizomes. Seeds may remain viable for up to 25 years. | agronomy |
https://baumanns.ie/shop/aquariums/fish-treatments/plant-growth-booster/ | 2020-11-27T06:06:09 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141189141.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20201127044624-20201127074624-00578.warc.gz | 0.886053 | 130 | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-50__0__109350088 | en | eSHa Cryptoplus – Plant Growth Booster eSHa Cryptoplus is a unique formula that boosts the amount of nutrients and light that your plants absorb. Significantly increase plant growth, colour and health. Ensures well formed leaves and natural rich colours. Heals bruised and transparent patches on leaves. Smooths ragged edges. Prevents and stabilizes slimy leaf disease and leaf hole disease. Use Plant Growth Booster for flourishing and abundant plant growth. Great results can be seen in a matter of days, especially with Cryptocoryne, Stratiotes Marsilea, Acorus and other ‘redleaf’ plants. | agronomy |
http://www.onestraw.ca/event/sea-seed-tour-comes-roberts-creek/?instance_id=543 | 2018-05-26T10:13:22 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794867416.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20180526092847-20180526112847-00322.warc.gz | 0.836622 | 142 | CC-MAIN-2018-22 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-22__0__45545513 | en | The Sea to Seed Tour, featuring Rising Appalachia is coming to the Roberts Creek Hall!
Organized by Overgrow the System, in collaboration with The One Straw Society, this year’s tour features Rising Appalachia, Dustin Thomas, The Tailor, and PIEA!!!
This will be a local food feast feast and musical celebration of the organic farming movement! Come one, come all, and let’s revel in the music and local food resiliency!
Tickets on sale now! http://overgrowthesystem.org/product/sea-to-seed-2017-tickets-2/
Posted by One Straw Society on Friday, April 28, 2017 | agronomy |
http://www.soupbeansurvival.com/index2012.html | 2017-04-29T21:14:10 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917123590.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031203-00297-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.874556 | 668 | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__44994182 | en | To claim your Survival Soup Bean package plus bonus gifts for just $99.97 plus shipping and handling, use coupon code RUDOLPH
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The 13 pounds of soup beans you get in today’s special offer are worth $99.97 alone. That’s an astoundingly low price for beans of this quality and rarity. Most of them you can’t even find in stores or markets. Some of them are almost extinct! And yet, we didn’t stop with the beans. We’re going to give you additional bonuses that bring the value of this package up to an astonishing $179.82.
Here’s what you get in this special Soup Bean Survival holiday offer:
The complete Soup Bean Survival Package, a $99.97 value, includes nine varieties – 13pounds – of highly sought after, hard-to-find heirloom beans. You get 5 pounds of the popular Runner Cannellini Beans, and 1 pound each of Christmas Lima, Jacob’s Cattle Gold, Green Flageolet, Hutterite Soup, Jacob’s Cattle, Eye of the Goat, Snow Cap, and Black Valentine. Not only are these beans ideal for cooking, they’re also ideal for planting a survival garden. Plus, when you plant these beans, you’re helping to rescue them from obscurity so that generations to come will enjoy them as well.
If we stopped right there, no question about it, you’d be getting your money’s worth. But because it’s Christmas, we’re piling on the value! Not only will you get 13 pounds of highly sought after heirloom beans, you’ll also get a whopping $79.85 worth of free gifts that will help you make the most of your Soup Bean Survival package. Your free gifts include:
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Again, you pay just $99.97 plus shipping and handling, and we’ll throw in all the extras. To claim your extra gifts (worth $79.85), be sure to use coupon code RUDOLPH. But hurry! You have only 48 hours to grab this remarkable bean bonanza.This generous offer expires Thursday, December 20, at 11:59pm CST. | agronomy |
http://ellennvee.com/ellenvipro/ellenvipro-owwc/ | 2018-03-21T23:54:44 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-13/segments/1521257647707.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20180321234947-20180322014947-00646.warc.gz | 0.93682 | 306 | CC-MAIN-2018-13 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-13__0__262396053 | en | About Ellenvipro Organic Wet Waste Composter
Ellenvipro Organic Wet Waste Composter was developed after extensive research and development on various composting methods. The main objective of the R&D work was “development of a cost-effective alternative to the outdoor composting process”. The – MECOMP (Mechanical Composter) is a combination of a device and process, targeting the quickest transformation of Organic Waste into consistent – quality compost at the lowest possible cost and management effort.
Besides the economic advantage of composting with MECOMP, it is simple to manage and results are guaranteed. The MECOMP offers a continuous composting process throughout the year and eliminates problems associated with outdoor composting. Organic waste is mixed with measured quantities of wood shavings/Garden Waste and saw dust. While decaying activities are underway inside Organic Waste, added aerobic micro-organisms are also in action throughout the vessel, breaking all organic matter down into humus-like material that is consistent in quality and can be used as a soil-enhancing agent. Unlike outdoor composting, the MECOMP offers a highly controlled process, which accelerates the natural process of decaying. Regardless of outdoor conditions, the composting temperature inside the MECOMP is always higher than 100˚F/38˚C. In less than 8 – 10 days the composting process is completed inside the MECOMP and the compost is discharged automatically from the MECOMP. | agronomy |
https://www.dumaschamber.com/index.php/membership/chamber-membership-directory/arts/farm-equipment | 2023-03-21T04:05:19 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296943625.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20230321033306-20230321063306-00685.warc.gz | 0.793035 | 249 | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__67494101 | en | Results 1 - 2 of 2 This Category · All ListingsShow map
Family Farm Stores0 reviews
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939 N. Dumas Highway, Dumas, TX, 79029
Western Equipment is your local expert for John Deere precision ag, farm, commercial worksite, and turf / lawn & garden dealer for the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles. Our seven stores are conveniently located to serve the major agricultural areas of our re ...
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http://www.zeelemons.com/tag/herb-garden/ | 2020-02-29T07:32:33 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-10/segments/1581875148671.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20200229053151-20200229083151-00057.warc.gz | 0.964756 | 703 | CC-MAIN-2020-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-10__0__69425500 | en | I told myself I wasn’t going to share photographs of our porch garden until the plants had time to grow and fill in, but really, I’m like a kid on Christmas morning ready to burst with excitement. I love coming home in the evenings and opening up the back door. Dinner tastes better when it’s eaten outside- did you know that? I look forward to sitting outside next to the beau, hearing about his day and soaking up the sun. I am predicting that many washcloths will be made out on that back porch this summer.
A little about our garden: neither one of us had time this year to start our plants from seed. It takes a lot of work and patience to help those seedlings grow. With that being said, this year we visited a new greenhouse (to us) in Latham, Valoze’s. I loved it there! For starters, it was huge! The variety of plants seemed endless and everything was organized well for easy finding. Another perk in my book: it was clean and smelled fresh. This is not the case in other greenhouses in the area. And I know, I know, it’s a greenhouse with dirt but a good sweeping makes all the difference. We immediately got ourselves a box and dived into the aisles oooo-ing and ahhhh-ing over the possibilities.
Last year we grew a lot of leafy greens. This year we decided against it because we had too much leafy greens! Even after offering an endless supply of lettuce to our neighbor, we still had too much leftover because of what we were also receiving via Field Goods. We took a different route this year and thought about what we didn’t get in our share last year and what wasn’t offered at Engelke Farm. Herbs! Coupled with my favorite edible flowers, we have quite the selection!
- a Spanish cilantro
In our big planter pot, the beau picked out two varieties of eggplants and a jalapeno pepper plant. This is also the home of our gnome aka last year’s souvenir from the Met’s fourth of July game. Oh, and I can’t forget to mention the grass that is planted in that little green pot; there’s a kitty cat that will be thrilled when the seeds decide to reach for the sun.
The two hanging baskets we purchased at Engelke Farm in Brunswick. We had a sunny orange wonder last year and I loved how it grew in all directions. It really is a beautiful sight to look up at dusk and have the porch ceiling covered in bright orange flowers amongst a string of lights. The purple petunias I chose simply because bees can see the color purple. I purchased two different seed packets of morning glories that I still need to plant once I pick up a new container and more soil. My plan for those is to plant them at the base of the iron railing so that they climb up toward the ceiling. Last year they even climbed up the side of the adjacent building- so pretty!
Remembering to water the garden in the morning is another task added to our never-ending “must-do” list before running out the door, but I’m pretty sure we both don’t mind. It’s amazing what a little green adds to your daily life. | agronomy |
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The Farm is still high on energy as we all wrap things up so we can escape to the lake for a few days before my sister and family head back to their home in Virginia. On the agenda this week was freezing (preserving) sweet corn for my sister, mom, grandma, and myself! The corn was at its peak.
There are many different ways to freeze sweet corn but we think we have perfected the process to a fine science. Since preserving corn is a bit of a mess, once you start, you may as well do as much as you can, especially if you have plenty of help. It’s no secret that many hands make for light work.
We start by harvesting the corn, usually in the early hours of the day for cooler weather, and immediately husk the corn and take off as much of the silk as possible. You do not want to leave corn in the husk for too long or many of the sweet flavors will be absorbed into the cob. Cut off any abrasions or bad spots on the corn. If you are not used to handling sweet corn, there are two easy ways to tell if the corn is ready. If the kernels are dented, the corn is over-ready. On the other hand, if your fingernail pokes the kernel and the juice releases quickly, it is at its prime time to eat and preserve.
After cleaning, always wash the corn and remove any more silk that may be on the corn. During this time, large pots of water should be brought to a boil so you can start cooking the corn as soon as it is cleaned. Place the corn in boiling water and bring back to a boil for five minutes.
Remove the corn from the cooker and cool immediately in ice water. This cooling process will take a while; you want the center of the cob to be cold before you start cutting off the corn or it will not keep well in the freezer during the year. Make sure to have a lot of ice ready to use.
Once cold, start cutting off the corn. We have found no easier way to remove the corn from the cob than by using the old-fashioned method of cutting with a sharp knife. It may take you a few ears to feel how deep to cut, but you will learn quickly.
Place the cut corn in freezer bags or reusable boxes. Label and freeze!
I have found that one five-gallon bucket of unhusked corn will yield close to seven pints of corn for the freezer. This corn will be the envy of anyone you share it with. It is immeasurably superior to the store-bought variety and is absolutely delicious! | agronomy |
https://charles-armstrong.com/chapter-13-sugar-spice-mid-19th-century/ | 2020-07-12T23:29:23 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-29/segments/1593657140337.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20200712211314-20200713001314-00584.warc.gz | 0.951606 | 137 | CC-MAIN-2020-29 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-29__0__245562389 | en | Green gold was planted in Natal and flourished like a well fertilised weed. Sugar Cane, a labour intensive crop, promised to be the saviour of the British colonial conclave at Port Natal. However, the indigenous Zulu refused to perform manual labour in the sugar fields. This paved the way for indentured labour from India to plant, harvest and tend the cane crops. This is their story and marks the beginning of the largest population of Indian people in one place outside of India itself. From these humble beginnings, with diligence, hard work and innate intelligence, they grew into a wealthy nation within a nation, which subsequently enhanced the cultural and fiscal fortunes of southern Africa. | agronomy |
https://harboroughchamber.co.uk/members/listing/waterloo-cottage-farm/ | 2024-04-24T07:10:37 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296819067.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20240424045636-20240424075636-00498.warc.gz | 0.944955 | 127 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__169742443 | en | Waterloo Cottage is a 125 acre nature-friendly farm, award winning farm shop, butchery and community garden. It all began in 2010 with 5 acres, a farm house and two pigs called Fleur and Ruth. From there, was born Angus’ dream of rearing well cared for animals, producing healthy meat, whilst also enhancing the natural environment.
Angus now employs regenerative grazing methods, alongside agroforestry, to produce pasture fed beef, lamb and hogget and free range pork. This type of agro-ecological farming has been shown to sequester carbon and support the recovery of nature. | agronomy |
https://www.remodelormove.com/can-you-grow-an-indoor-avocado-tree/ | 2024-02-28T05:37:05 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474697.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20240228044414-20240228074414-00059.warc.gz | 0.949985 | 2,237 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__39425287 | en | Yes, it is possible to grow an indoor avocado tree. Avocado trees are highly tropical trees but they can actually do quite well indoors in the right environment. An indoor avocado tree should be planted in a large and deep pot with a well-draining potting mix.
Be sure to also provide plenty of bright light; avocados prefer 8-12 hours of bright, indirect light each day. Additionally, make sure that the soil remains evenly moist and fertilize once per month.
Finally, it would be beneficial to provide humidity to your tree by occasionally misting with a spray bottle or grouping containers of water near the plant. With these steps and some patience, you’ll be able to grow an indoor avocado tree!.
Can avocado trees stay in pots?
Yes, avocado trees can stay in pots for a short period of time, but it is not recommended for long-term use. Avocado trees need plenty of space to grow and develop strong root systems. When planted in a pot, the tree will be limited in the spread of its roots.
The tree is also exposed to more moisture, making it more susceptible to root rot.
It is possible to grow an avocado tree in a pot, although it is important to understand the limitations and challenges that you will face. If you want to grow an avocado tree in a pot, you should use a large pot, and make sure it is deep enough for the roots to develop, as well as well-draining soil.
It is also important to regularly water and fertilize the tree so the soil remains moist but not waterlogged. Furthermore, you should regularly repot the tree into a larger container as the tree grows to give it greater room for its root system.
Ultimately, it is best to transfer your avocado tree to an in-ground location for optimal development and growth.
How big does a potted avocado tree get?
Avocado trees typically grow between 6 to 40 feet tall when planted outdoors in the ground, but when grown in a pot they are typically much smaller, usually between 10 and 20 feet high. The size of your tree also depends greatly on how often you prune it and how much care and attention you give it while it is in the pot.
To get the most out of your potted avocado tree, you should place it in an area with plenty of sunlight throughout the day and make sure to water it regularly. Additionally, the pot that you choose should be at least twice the size of the tree’s root ball and should be replaced every couple of years to ensure that the tree has enough soil to grow in.
With regular pruning and careful maintenance, your potted avocado tree should reach a healthy height of up to 20 feet and will produce a generous amount of delicious avocados for many years to come.
When should you repot an avocado tree?
The best time to repot an avocado tree is during the spring or early summer season. During this time, the weather is warmer and the plant is in its active growth stage. Repotting the avocado tree at this time will give the tree a chance to become established in its new environment and promote better overall growth.
Before repotting, make sure that the new container is a few inches larger than the one that you are replacing. Fill it with fresh potting soil and check for drainage holes at the bottom.
When repotting, carefully handle the avocado tree and be sure to keep as much of the existing soil and roots intact. Gently remove the tree from the previous pot and transfer it to the new pot. Fill in the gaps between the roots and the soil, and lightly press the soil down around the roots.
Then water the plant thoroughly to help the soil settle, and monitor the soil moisture levels throughout the summer.
When you first repot the avocado tree, make sure to place it in a spot with bright but indirect sunlight to give it the best chance of thriving. You may also need to prune the leaves and stems to prevent the tree from becoming too leggy with the increase in space.
As long as you take the necessary care, your repotted avocado tree should soon be flourishing!.
Do avocados like sun or shade?
Avocados prefer full sun, although they will tolerate some shade. Most varieties require at least 8 hours of direct sunlight each day, although they can thrive with as little as 6 hours. If there is not enough sun, the leaves will turn pale or yellow, and the tree will produce fewer avocados.
If the avocado tree is in a shaded area, the sun should be allowed to reach the lower limbs of the tree for the best results. In addition to full sun, avocados need well-drained soil and regular watering.
In hot climates, avocados do best when planted on the north or east side of your home, so that it gets some afternoon shade. However, if placed in too much shade, the fruits will take longer to mature, and the tree may become weaker and more susceptible to disease and pests.
How long does it take for an avocado tree to bear fruit?
The amount of time it takes for an avocado tree to bear fruit largely depends on the variety of avocado tree. Some varieties, like Hass, can begin producing fruit within the first year of planting, while others may take 6-10 years before they start producing fruit.
In general, it can take anywhere from 2-15 years for an avocado tree to start bearing fruit. Moreover, the process of flowering and producing fruit also depends on environmental factors such as temperature, sunlight, and water.
Therefore, it is important to make sure the tree is being properly cared for if you want it to bear fruit faster.
Do you need 2 avocado trees to produce fruit?
No, you do not need two avocado trees to produce fruit. Avocado trees are self-pollinating, meaning they can pollinate their own flowers. However, trees that have a partner nearby, either of the same species or a compatible variety, will produce more flowers and hence more fruit.
Pollination between trees of the same species ensures that the trees will produce higher-quality fruit, and trees of a different variety can help with disease resistance. Additionally, plants that are grown closer together can benefit from easier pollination, as the bees and other pollinators will have an easier time getting from one tree to another.
How do I know if my avocado tree is male or female?
To determine whether your avocado tree is male or female, you will need to closely observe the growth and development of the tree over time. If you notice flower buds forming near the base of the trunk and near the ends of the branches in a season, this is indicative of a female tree.
Male trees typically lack flower buds. If you see flowers on the tree, they will only be present on a female tree. Additionally, mature female avocado trees can produce fruit, while male trees will not.
However, the only way to definitively tell the gender of your avocado tree is to have a specialist examine the flowers closely for diagnostic features.
Does an avocado tree need full sun?
Yes, an avocado tree does require full sun to thrive and bear fruits. The tree should not be shaded by other trees or buildings or the growth and production of fruit will be dramatically reduced. To ensure a vibrant and productive avocado tree, choose a location in full sun and make sure it receives at least eight hours of direct sunlight per day.
It’s also essential that avocado trees are not planted in low-lying areas where frost can occur in winter, as it can damage or even kill the tree. Additionally, avocado trees should be planted in climates with hot sunny summers and mild, moist winters for optimal growth.
Finally, avocado trees can be temperamental and require regular care and attention, such as pruning, feeding, and irrigating. Taking the time to give avocado trees the sunlight and care that they need will help ensure a bountiful harvest of delicious and nutritious avocados.
Are avocado plants toxic to dogs?
No, avocado plants are not toxic to dogs. While the avocado fruit can potentially be dangerous to dogs, the plant itself is not toxic. While dogs generally don’t consume plants, if ingested in small amounts it will generally pass without issue.
Avocado leaves, bark and seeds can contain persin, a fatty acid-like compound that can cause stomach upset in large amounts. Since the leaves and bark are generally left uneaten by dogs, the risk of this happening is quite low.
Additionally, the toxic parts of the avocado plant are found in the fruit, so the leaves, bark, and other parts of the plant do not pose a threat. Generally speaking, avocado plants are not toxic to dogs, but owners should always monitor their pet’s behavior and contact a veterinarian at the first sign of illness.
How tall is an avocado tree after 1 year?
An avocado tree typically grows to heights between 5 and 10 feet after 1 year. However, this can vary with the size and type of avocado tree, and growing conditions. Some larger varieties, such as the West Indian avocados, can reach a height of 20 feet, while smaller varieties, like the Gwen and Hass avocados, can stay as low as 6 feet.
To ensure that your avocado tree reaches its full potential, it needs to be given the right amount of space, water and nutrients, which allows it to develop to its full height and reach its productive age of 3 to 5 years.
Not only will this help the tree grow stronger and taller, but it will also help it to produce more avocados every year.
How long do avocado trees live for?
Avocado trees can live for hundreds of years in the wild. The average life span is 80 to 100 years in ideal growing conditions. The oldest known avocado tree was found in South Florida and was estimated to be around 200 years old.
In an agricultural or home garden setting, an avocado tree will typically live 25 to 35 years due to the specific growing conditions that are required. Factors such as temperature, soil quality, water and exposure to pests and disease can all contribute to the life of an avocado tree.
Proper pruning and fertilization can help increase its life span.
Does it take 9 months to grow an avocado?
No, it does not take nine months to grow an avocado. Avocados are typically ready to harvest after 5 to 7 months, depending on the variety and growing conditions. Some varieties, such as Hass, need around 6-7 months while larger varieties may take 8-9 months.
After harvesting, the fruit typically take up to two weeks to ripen. Avocado trees require full sun and well-drained soil, with regular waterings and a balanced fertilizer to reach their full potential during the fruiting cycle. | agronomy |
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House of plants nursery was established by Tsalouchos Stavros in 1988. Here you can find indoor and outdoor ornamental pot plants in several sizes. Our plants are cultivated in nurseries and shade houses in a total area of 27.000 square meters which all are equipped with the latest tecnology in order to have the best quality plants for the Greek and European market.
Our continuous goal is to improve and extend our facilities and our products in order to reach the perfection. | agronomy |
http://earthy-crunchy.blogspot.com/2012/05/glorious-fruit.html | 2018-06-18T03:39:49 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267860041.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20180618031628-20180618051601-00003.warc.gz | 0.973172 | 266 | CC-MAIN-2018-26 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-26__0__23258567 | en | This year I'm very hopeful we'll be harvesting fruit from our garden. Most years the late frosts have all but wiped out our apricots, peaches, cherries, grapes and apples. But this year, being so mild, our fruit is growing bigger every day and even if there's a light frost I think they'll be okay.
These apricots are my babies. I kind of have a soft spot for them. Only two other years have we harvested these beauties and only a few at best. This years there are so many that I'm pretty stoked about it.
The grapes are pretty hardy. We've gotten grapes every year. I love how just a few weeks ago the leaves just started emerging and now we have small bundles of grapes on the vine. The only problem with the grapes is that the birds love them too. When they are about ripe, the kids go up and get them before the birds. But, I'm happy to share a little too.
Do you see these adorable little peaches? Our peach tree is only 3 or 4 years old and we haven't gotten anything from it so far. Cross my fingers and hope that we can get some peaches this year.
What kind of fruit trees do you have and how are they doing this year? | agronomy |
https://www.freetheanimal.com/2008/03/above-the-fruit.html | 2021-12-02T06:52:33 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-49/segments/1637964361169.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20211202054457-20211202084457-00502.warc.gz | 0.934798 | 368 | CC-MAIN-2021-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-49__0__63736983 | en | All went well until early July. That’s when the two landowners
discovered that there was a problem with the local office of the Farm
Service Administration, the Agriculture Department branch that runs the
commodity farm program, and it was going to be expensive to fix.
commodity farm program effectively forbids farmers who usually grow
corn or the other four federally subsidized commodity crops (soybeans,
rice, wheat and cotton) from trying fruit and vegetables. Because my
watermelons and tomatoes had been planted on “corn base” acres, the
Farm Service said, my landlords were out of compliance with the
I’ve discovered that typically, a farmer who
grows the forbidden fruits and vegetables on corn acreage not only has
to give up his subsidy for the year on that acreage, he is also
penalized the market value of the illicit crop, and runs the risk that
those acres will be permanently ineligible for any subsidies in the
future. (The penalties apply only to fruits and vegetables — if the
farmer decides to grow another commodity crop, or even nothing at all,
there’s no problem.)
Honestly? I feel like slapping the face of the very next person I ever hear singing that song. Other than that, at least I’ve got the Technorati Tag spot on, below.
Fools. But don’t worry…I hear there’s an election coming up any time now.
Later: Oh, Jeesus, there’s even more. Ha; I can’t help but laugh at you ethanol fools and those of you who fall for it. Fools.
(via Regina Wilshire) | agronomy |
http://www.ecologica.org.br/en/selo-do-carbono/ | 2020-06-05T05:02:56 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-24/segments/1590348493151.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20200605045722-20200605075722-00578.warc.gz | 0.904919 | 402 | CC-MAIN-2020-24 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-24__0__183616903 | en | The Carbon Label is a brand developed by the Ecologica Institute which aims to certify the sustainable production process of products derived from local communities. The initiative contributes to the implementation of socio-economic alternatives and income generation for communities in order to value the native biome and spread the importance of conserving natural resources for future generations, ensuring a new model of development, non- predatory and sustainable.
The Carbon Label discloses the Social Carbon context, adding economic and environmental values of products from communities. To obtain the label, the community must adapt their products in ways that are sustainable and have a proper standardization and preserve the environment, contributing to the climate and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
In 2008, the Ecologica Institute has partnered with the company Ateliê Brasil from São Paulo with the goal of seeking alternative markets for products derived from the communities in Tocantins. Through the partnership, these products began to acquire the form of corporate gifts and began to be known and disseminated throughout Brazil and abroad. In September 2008, the Ateliê Brasil, coordinated by artist Eli Tosta, held the launch of the Social Carbon line in MUBE Museum, in São Paulo.
Some of the products covered by the Ecologica Institute through the Social Carbon Methodology: handicraft of Cerrado seeds in Taquaruçu community in Palmas; the Candy House, with jams, jellies and liqueurs production from native fruit of the Cerrado, in Provi settlement in Pium; the Honey House, with honey production in the Barranco do Mundo settlement in Pium.
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- Income generation for the community.
- Cerrado appreciation.
- Natural resources conservation.
- Implementation of social and economic alternatives.
- Sustainable development.
- Aggregation of economic and environmental value to products.
- Crafts made from Cerrado seeds.
- Candy House.
- Honey House. | agronomy |
https://auchenstroan.com/cows/highland-cows-come-to-auchenstroan/ | 2024-04-13T12:02:59 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816734.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20240413114018-20240413144018-00848.warc.gz | 0.992245 | 415 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__103622375 | en | On Sunday, our highland cows arrived. We have been waiting ages as one of them turned out to be pregnant, so we postponed their arrival until the calf was born. It was a great experience, offloading them and moving them into a nearby field. We have to thank Jim and Fiona for bringing them over (we don’t have a big enough trailer).
Having learned from our pigs experience, we allowed them some time to settle. At first, they spent much time by the gate where they had come in. But the grass was lush and they were soon tucking in.
We had been receiving training in handling cows and have spent time with Texa and Bluebell before their move. We had combed them and tried to get to know them. We think they recognise us, but they are, for the moment, keeping their distance.
The calf, Ivor, is a right little cutie pie. He is torn by curiosity and wariness. He studies us, approaches, then changes his mind. Every now and then, he tears round the field.
After a couple of days, we opened the access into a larger field. This one has a steep bank with overgrown grass but also the new grass from where the hay was cut. We lead the three cows up to the new grass. All three skipped for joy, it was lovely to watch. Ivor, of course, tore round as there was lots of space for him.
They also came face to face with our tups which are in the field next door. Both cows and tups were very curious about each other.
They seem to be settling in well, despite the constant rain we seem to be having. We are working on getting them to trust is so that we can approach them. They need combed from time to time, well, maybe not “need”, but it helps.
It is great having highland cows. They are majestical, magical beasts. It is a magical experience just sitting with them. | agronomy |
https://justinvawter.com/budget-guide/strawberry-farm-and-rose-garden/ | 2019-01-23T20:15:19 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-04/segments/1547584350539.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20190123193004-20190123215004-00224.warc.gz | 0.948671 | 188 | CC-MAIN-2019-04 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-04__0__5188710 | en | Whenever I hear the word strawberry, Baguio always come to mind. Because of it’s cool weather that can drop to as low as 8 degrees Celsius, it’s the best place to cultivate strawberries which only grows on cold regions. If you drop by at Baguio City, you’ll find strawberries at almost every corner. From brand logos to fresh fruits to even their popular strawberry version of the taho, there’s something that’s quite surprising about this tiny little fruit.
Tip: If you want to drop by at La Trinidad Strawberry Farm, it would be best to put it last on your itinerary. In this way, the strawberries you’ll buy will remain fresh. Also, the farmers suggests to buy those that are not yet ripe (they’re a bit green) so that once you arrive back at your place, it will be ripe by then. | agronomy |
https://strategicallies.co.uk/article/the-future-of-agricultural-technology/ | 2023-12-08T11:39:41 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100745.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20231208112926-20231208142926-00245.warc.gz | 0.928469 | 1,635 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__162669912 | en | The Future of Agricultural Technology (AgriTech): An Overview
From 1961-2018, cereal output increased by 330% and meat production by 480%, while agricultural land only increased by 7%. This can be attributed to many factors but chief among them would likely be the 600% increase in fertiliser use, as well as increased pesticide use.
There is growing evidence that prevailing agricultural practices are endangering the future of agriculture. Growing populations, climate change, and water scarcity are making it more difficult to grow enough food for all, especially in extreme environments. With these challenges in mind, the future of agriculture must utilise new technology such as AI, robots, and other modern sensors and systems to ensure sustainable practices in the long term.
With the UN Secretary-General claiming that we are “tremendously off-track” to meet Sustainable Development Goals (including those encompassing agrifood), how are new technologies aiming to address sustainable agriculture in the future?
In the following article, we aim to answer some of these questions, while providing examples of AgriTech companies involved and their technologies that are shaping the future of agriculture.
The future of agriculture depends on incorporating emerging tech
Climate change continues to be linked directly with increasing CO2 emissions, 34% of which come from agrifood systems globally. Global warming has a profound impact on agriculture, affecting crop yields, water availability, and pest patterns. It is evident therefore that farmers and cultivators will have an increasing reliance on technology in the decades to come – which opens the door for a new agriculture – agriculture 4.0. Climate monitoring involves the use of advanced sensors, satellites, and data analytics to gather real-time information about weather patterns, temperature, humidity, and other environmental factors.
7 Innovative companies that are at the forefront of the agritech future
Ignitia’s Climate Intelligence solution sends meteorological information directly to farmers so they can make important decisions about soil preparation, sowing, weeding, etc. This data can also help farmers make informed decisions regarding irrigation, and pest control, as well as informing predictive models to better anticipate weather changes.
Bountiful pairs weather analysis with satellite imagery to produce yield forecasts with the help of machine learning. This enables farmers to adapt their practices and mitigate potential risks, ultimately improving crop yields and sustainability.
Traditional pesticide use has raised concerns about its environmental impact, including effects on non-target species and the development of pesticide-resistant pests. Furthermore, a paper published in 2022 estimated that there were around 385 million cases of unintentional acute pesticide poisonings per year. To address these challenges and ensure sustainable agriculture practices in the future, companies are focusing on developing alternatives to chemical pesticides, using techniques such as biological control (using natural predators), pheromone-based traps, and precision spraying.
Pherosyn is one such company, that develops high-quality pheromones for particular insect species affecting crops including peas, pears, and cereals. Pheromones are secreted by an organism and sensed by another of the same species, triggering a social reaction or behavioural change. This can be used to raise an alarm, or encourage reproduction or feeding at a specific time or location. When Pherosyn’s pheromones are released, the pests are attracted and can be trapped, allowing farmers to assess the extent of infestation, and localise the use of pest control.
For the precision administration of insecticides and fungicides, Hydroemission have engineered a precision delivery and controlled release technology. By encapsulating both pesticides and fertilisers into a biodegradable matrix, the active ingredients can be released directly into the xylem or phloem (the plant’s internal transport systems) for efficient and effective transport to the leaves and other parts of the plant, attacked by pests. This increases the local concentration of pesticides and fertilisers, while reducing the risk of the pesticides being diluted by rain. Strategic Allies Ltd has produced Technology Spotlights for both Pherosyn and Hydroemission.
Agricultural waste streams, such as crop residues, straw, and husks, are often considered a problem due to their disposal challenges and potential environmental impact. However, novel technology allows farmers to embrace the concept of upcycling, i.e. converting agricultural waste into valuable resources. This waste can be used to produce biofuels, bioplastics, and even high-nutrient animal feed. According to Straw Innovations, 750 million tonnes of rice straw is produced each year, with nearly half of it burned for disposal. Worse still, much of the rest is left to rot in the fields where they grew, releasing climate-damaging methane. Straw Innovations have therefore designed modifications to combine harvesters to collect both the rice and the straw during the harvest. From there, the straw can be upcycled to feed livestock, mushroom production and create bioenergy. To this last point, it is sometimes assumed that anaerobic (without oxygen) digestion of agricultural waste can only be carried out at large, purpose-built facilities.
EcoNomad Solutions have challenged this presumption by creating a modular and scalable waste-to-energy solution, that can be applied to small farms, micro-dairies, and animal sanctuaries. Organic matter is broken down by microorganisms in the system to release methane, which can be used for cooking, water heating, and energy generation.
Strategic Allies Ltd has further information about both of these companies in the Technology Spotlights section of our website. By upcycling these materials, companies not only reduce waste but also create additional revenue streams, contributing to a circular economy and a sustainable agriculture future.
Finally, plant seed innovations are imperative now more than ever as they offer solutions to critical challenges facing agriculture today, including increasing occurrences of extreme weather, nutrient-poor agricultural land, and explosions in invasive pest populations.
Indigo Agriculture understand that today’s crops have a far smaller microbiome protecting them than their wild crop ancestors. They therefore set out to sample wild crops globally and, using bioinformatic tools, have developed seed treatments consisting of bacteria and fungi that can improve the germination of seeds. These microbes help shield the seeds from tough conditions and improve the yield of crops, while decreasing inputs such as fertilisers and pesticides.
Agricultural technologies, or AgriTech, are going to be a big part of the future of agriculture. We covered only a small selection of areas of agriculture that will continue to see agritech innovation in the future, with others including aquaculture, emissions assessments, use of freshwater, precision agriculture, and genetic engineering. Large companies are already investing heavily in this space such as Syngenta who pledged $2 billion of budget in 2019, over the five following years to support innovations in agricultural sustainability. Elsewhere, Cargill are working in partnership with ZELP to trial wearables for livestock that capture the methane, released from cattle, before it can enter the atmosphere.
Strategic Allies Ltd have previously worked with such companies, such as an ingredient’s manufacturer operating a number of large-scale organic farms, in order to help them innovate. We helped them find technologies including robotic solutions, thermal methods, spot spraying systems, and new herbicide formulations that comply with organic standards, allelopathy and regenerative practices, in order to manage weeds (see case study here).
In the future, AgriTech will be used to improve the sustainability of our farming practices, but also to increase the rate of unsustainable farming, harming the planet further. It is up to industry leaders to strive towards the former of the two possibilities, and Strategic Allies Ltd is here to help you find sustainable innovation partners. Whether you are searching for ways to reduce agricultural waste, reduce reliance on fertilisers and pesticides, better understand how climate change may affect the future of your crops, or any other aspect of AgriTech, Strategic Allies Ltd will work with you to find optimal solutions. | agronomy |
http://chicochamber.com/calendar/country-pumpkins-corn-maze | 2015-05-06T18:31:50 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-18/segments/1430459005968.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20150501054325-00005-ip-10-235-10-82.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.954478 | 248 | CC-MAIN-2015-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-18__0__100685565 | en | Country Pumpkins is small scale local farm open to the public for u-pick pumpkins, decorative gourds and other fall decorative plant products. Come visit our family owned farm, where you can choose from over 20 different varieties of pumpkins and gourds still on the vine or picked and displayed at our country store. The store is also your place to find locally grown nuts, honey, pumpkin butter and syrups, as well as healthy snacks.
Country Pumpkins also grows a 10 acre corn maze, which during the daytime is run as a fundraiser for the Glenn County 4-H program; all of your $3.00 admission to the maze goes directly to the 4-H clubs, who are also there to assist you in finding your way through the maze if the need arises.
Country Pumpkins is also home to the north state's origional Haunted Corn Maze; Fridays and Saturday nights in October the maze comes alive with all kinds of spooky scenes and characters intent on scaring and entertaining those brave enough to find their way through the corn field in the dark of night with a flashlight. Not generally recommended for kids under ten years old, but you be the one to decide what your kids can stand. | agronomy |
https://lindamchawi.com/research/ | 2023-05-30T10:57:33 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224645595.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20230530095645-20230530125645-00247.warc.gz | 0.920082 | 270 | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__224147119 | en | Second year Master of Science in Biodiversity Informatics student at the Malawi University of Science and Technology.
Research Topic: Loss of Agrobiodiversity of Underutilised Root and Tuber Crops in Malawi: A study on Livingstone Potato (Plectranthus esculentus)
The Livingstone potato is one of the earliest African crops to be domesticated, and has now become a rarity after a long history of cultivation throughout the African continent and it is regarded as a lost crop and as such, has been classified among the neglected and underutilised crop species (NUCS) (Kujeke et al., 2019). Countries known to grow this crop include Malawi, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Nigeria and South Africa. Some of the districts in Malawi where the Livingstone potato is grown as a garden crop are Dedza, Ntcheu and Neno. The loss of the Livingstone potato coupled with the insufficient knowledge of the crop poses a significant problem to researchers and agronomists attempting to revive the crop.
In my research, I am conducting a descriptive-exploratory study that aims to establish agronomical patterns of the Livingstone potato among Malawian farmers as well as establish why it is underproduced.
Sample Districts: Ntcheu and Dedza | agronomy |
https://followlovebe.wordpress.com/2014/03/29/gardening-in-the-desert/ | 2018-06-23T17:50:37 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267865145.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20180623171526-20180623191526-00037.warc.gz | 0.927631 | 381 | CC-MAIN-2018-26 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-26__0__143291899 | en | Mercy Junction is gardening in the desert — a food desert.
According to the USDA: “Food deserts are defined as urban neighborhoods and rural towns without ready access to fresh, healthy, and affordable food. Instead of supermarkets and grocery stores, these communities may have no food access or are served only by fast food restaurants and convenience stores that offer few healthy, affordable food options. The lack of access contributes to a poor diet and can lead to higher levels of obesity and other diet-related diseases, such as diabetes and heart disease.”
We started planting in early March in raised beds behind Renaissance Presbyterian Church, 1211 Boynton Dr, Chattanooga, TN 37402.
Mercy Junction’s Morgan Koch hauling top soil for the garden
So far we have planted several different types of greens, onions, broccoli, cauliflower, herbs, and raspberry and blackberry bushes. We have also started seeds for a variety of vegetables. We’ll be planting strawberries, potatoes, beans and more in the upcoming weeks. We’ve also set up rain barrels to collect water for the garden.
Food from the garden will be given to those who live in Chattanooga’s food deserts. Any surplus produce will be shared with other programs that provide free food to people in our community.
We need volunteers!
We’re working in the garden every Monday from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. In addition, as spring rolls into summer, we’ll need volunteers daily to tend to watering and weeding.
If you’d like to help us with the gardening, please join us any Monday evening. For more information, email firstname.lastname@example.org or call 423-457-2519.
Mercy Junction’s Austin Young and William Nix planting berry bushes. | agronomy |
https://maisondemings.com/blogs/hobby-farm/our-hobby-farm | 2024-04-12T20:05:58 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816070.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20240412194614-20240412224614-00590.warc.gz | 0.975065 | 951 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__182875674 | en | Our “Why” for Starting a Hobby Farm in Southern Illinois
When we moved our family back home to Southern Illinois finding a property with room to grow was key. My husband and I both grew up on family farms and we shared a strong desire to teach our children responsibility and instill a strong work ethic.
Our Farm Life "Why"
In 2019, we started looking at options to cut down on grass and weed control and we decided to start a hobby farm. We felt like life among animals would be such a wonderful way for our young girls to grow up. Not only would interacting with the animals teach them communication and patience, we thought it would provide a positive model for future human relationships as well. For us, we really took our time researching the types of animals we wanted to bring to our farm and it has just evolved naturally over time. We knew it would be important to start small so we could dedicate the attention and care required.
Before we were able to bring any animals home initially, we knew we would have to prepare our property for farm life. Fortunately, when we purchased our home, it came with an outside storage barn. During our first year, we gave our barn a makeover and a few summers ago my husband added onto it and enclosed a new area to offer protection for our animals against the elements. Our most recent makeover involved making over the barn exterior as well as the interior tack room. All of our home improvement projects have been completed DIY style by us (mainly my husband).
We quickly fell in love with the Olde English "Babydoll" Southdown sheep.
They met our need for grass and weed control and we loved how their small size would be much easier to handle than many other farm animals. In 2019, we purchased two wethers from Missouri and last fall we added twin lambs from Indiana. It has been such a joy to see our girls interact with our sheep.
The sheep have such a sweet temperament and will come right up and eat out of their hands. When our girls are old enough, I hope they will show sheep in 4-H like my grandmother once did.
Since we already had a shelter for the sheep, we did a little more research and settled on adding jumbo Pekin ducks, Buff ducks and chickens to the farm.
With access to our large pond, all of our poultry free-range and we love having farm fresh eggs! Ducks are a great addition to any homestead. There are many benefits, but for us, one big one is that ducks have an insatiable appetite for bugs and grubs making them a great organic choice for pest control.
They nose their bills through the top inch of soil in hopes of finding anything that moves – including parasites which could be deadly to our sheep, alpacas, and llama. We fully believe we also have fewer ticks and mosquitoes than a normal farm due to raising ducks and chickens.
Our animals give us great fertilizer that we use for gardening. We love how all the animals work together to help us strive toward sustainable living. We’ve been able to say goodbye to toxic, costly pest control solutions as well as store-bought fertilizer.
With smaller farm animals, safety has always been upmost importance. My husband and I built the fencing ourselves and while we felt it was secure, we knew we should also consider adding a large guard dog or llama to the farm. Did you know that llamas can instinctively bond with other animals and provide a high level of protection from predators like a coyote? After talking to other sheep owners, we decided a llama would be the best option for us. We loved that they would eat the same things as our sheep and alpacas and we were lucky enough to find a llama that had previously been with Southdowns.
Family Hobby Farm
I hope this gives you a glimpse into our "why" for starting a hobby farm and how we've prepared for them along the way.
In our area it is not common to raise Babydoll sheep, ducks, chickens or own a llama and alpacas, but we wouldn't have it any other way. We are continually learning and looking for ways to become more self-sufficient. This was our first year to harvest the wool fiber and we look forward to using it to make Christmas ornaments as well as other items. It seems like our favorite days are ones spent outside watching the animals interact or our girls helping care for them. We are always learning something new and I love that we get to do it together as a family. | agronomy |
http://www.afcaids.org/our-programs/livelihoods-program | 2017-03-30T18:35:14 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-13/segments/1490218199514.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20170322212959-00017-ip-10-233-31-227.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.969594 | 747 | CC-MAIN-2017-13 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-13__0__126667384 | en | Because most orphan households have no financial resources to purchase livestock or seed, this program makes resources available to them in order to support their efforts at building their capacity to sustain themselves. Thus, the project will leave orphan families better positioned to actively participate in livelihood activities and for children’s nutritional levels to improve. The strength of this project lies in that it is rooted in communities in which it is implemented. Since the needs were identified at the lowest community level and solutions also originated from the beneficiary communities, the sense of ownership that is gained through this process motivates beneficiaries to succeed and sustain benefits.
The small stock distribution activities aim to reinstate productive assets, especially in communities with limited opportunities for crop production. The initiative sets out to enable orphan households to rear indigenous animals that will provide milk, eggs and meat to households to improve their nutrition security. This approach addresses medium-term food security and nutritional needs by making milk and eggs available to orphan families. It also looks to longer term food security challenges by availing households with small livestock that can be used for household consumption or generating income, which is important in increasing the overall resilience of vulnerable livelihoods. Manure is also used for personal gardens.
Veterinary Training and Kits
One of the important objectives of this initiative is to improve access to services to vulnerable people. Therefore, another activity is to improve access to basic livestock medicines by availing veterinary kits to a trained community. In all areas where animals are distributed, a detailed training on care of small livestock is carried out for five to ten para-veterinary assistants for a period of five days. These are in charge of the veterinary kits provided through this program.
Contracts with orphaned families are strict and they are not allowed to slaughter, barter or sell animals before a pre-set time period. Taking into consideration that this can become a burden on hungry families, they receive drought resistant seeds and training in conservation farming so that small, personal gardens are built and maintained. The vegetables provided by these gardens, complemented with eggs and milk from animals, allows the children to eat healthfully and to stay healthy. Excess vegetables can be used for sale or to nourish the animals in their care. Manure from the animals is used in compost for the gardens, as are egg shells.
Seeds provided to the families are both for traditional local vegetables, as well as new vegetables which are proven to do well in areas with little rain fall. This allows the families to eat what they know while introducing them to new, nutritious food, as well.
There are some families who are barely surviving, due to the lack of food available. With prices skyrocketing, children are not able to feed themselves and have been found scrounging for bits of grass that might grow on the parched land. For these families, waiting for a garden to grow or a herd (flock, etc.) to mature is just impossible. For them, there is a short-term program where they receive emergency relief in the form of porridge. This is purchased in-country as much as possible and is distributed in 50lb bags. Guardians have reported that children are able to return to school shortly after starting to consume the porridge, as it is fortified and filling.
Gardens have a chance to grow when the kids and guardians are strong enough to plant and harvest. When the first harvest takes place, the porridge distribution starts tapering off until the children and guardians are only consuming vegetables and eggs or vegetables and milk, depending on which animals they are raising. In most cases, these families are able to trade some vegetables for corn meal, a traditional food, complementing their meals. | agronomy |
https://www.leekueichih.com/single-post/%E7%B1%B3-rice | 2024-04-22T10:10:40 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818105.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20240422082202-20240422112202-00308.warc.gz | 0.732832 | 1,395 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__31150931 | en | 尺寸：700cm(L)x 550cm(W)x 150cm(H)
Artist: Lee, Kuei-Chih
Material: Bamboo, rice shell
Size: 700cm(L)x 550cm(W)x 150cm(H)
Location: Yunlin County Cultural Center, Yunlin County, Taiwan
“12% SKIES- Yun-Chia-Chia-Ying Visual Art Link”
I was born in Yunlin County known as the "Capital of Agriculture". Because my grandparents grew rice, I have deep emotions for land and water, and gradually developed my creative ideas in the organic world, using the most powerful metaphors in Chinese philosophy -"water" as the catalyst when I created. To present the energy in nature through works, and then explore the relationship between the nature of creation and the relationship between people, nature, and the environment.
The theme of this exhibition is "12%of the sky". Yunjianan Plain occupies 12%of the total area of Taiwan. The rice farmers often watch the sky through the reflection of water, and feel that the sky is closely linked to the land. And rice is a Chinese staple food. It has a long history and rice food customs that change with the season. It is also the crystallization of culture and economy.
Therefore, I use the two elements of "rice" and "ripples" to interpret the importance of water breeding the earth. I used bamboo to weave the huge rice grains sculpture, and the ripple-shaped shape is arranged in the space with rice shells. The ripple of the rice shell is a symbol of the cycle, which reminds me of the scene of the Rice drying in the sun in the past. It is also like the cultural ripples of rice on this land. It is not only production that continues to expand with the water, but also the humble attitude in life with the seasons—care of the land, and ecological wisdom with nature. | agronomy |
https://www.shopneybir.com/products/copy-of-contour-planter-block-planter | 2021-10-27T13:52:10 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323588153.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20211027115745-20211027145745-00605.warc.gz | 0.875802 | 118 | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-43__0__10046849 | en | CONTOUR PLANTER / Block Planter / Natural
The Contour Planter Collection has been designed to be an all inclusive range of vessels for your house plants. Each planter is made up of two seperate parts; the vessel and water tray. Both can easily be seperated for removal of excess water. Proper drainage and water catchment aids in healthy plant growth and easy maintenance.
Material - Porcelain
Block Planter - 5.25” H x 4.75” Dia
Handmade by ANDREW MOLLEUR, Kingston, NY | agronomy |
https://knowledge.insead.edu/entrepreneurship/when-business-models-trump-technology | 2023-12-07T09:42:54 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100651.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20231207090036-20231207120036-00751.warc.gz | 0.962375 | 849 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__54121853 | en | Irrigation is a big deal in many countries: in just the last 50 years, the world population has doubled and irrigation water is increasingly becoming a critical constraint in many parts of the world. Study after study has shown that improved irrigation systems like drip irrigation can set in motion a new dynamic of development that has the potential to change the face of these regions, relieving vast numbers from the vicious cycle of poverty, insecurity and underdevelopment. But drip irrigation is not a new technology, it has been around for over 120 years, and many companies have developed and marketed it. So why are we celebrating drip irrigation only now? The answer is because it’s only recently that the technology has begun to catch on, thanks to a business innovation by an Israeli company, Netafim. Netafim now controls over one-third of the market for this seemingly commoditized micro-irrigation equipment market.
What is Netafim’s secret? Like many of its competitors, Netafim invested in R&D to produce improved products. In the 90′s it introduced modern electronic control technology, including sophisticated sensor arrays that help fine-tune water application to respond to water content, salinity, fertilizer and meteorological data. By Netafim’s measures, such a contemporary drip irrigation system increases crop yields by 300-500% and is a very lucrative investment. But despite these exceptional economics, the system simply didn’t catch on.
The reason is a problem common to almost all new technology adoptions. The developer of the new technology has the best information on the performance of the technology and on the benefits it could deliver to the adopter. But the incentives of the adopter and the technology developer are typically not aligned: while the technology developer has all the incentive to sell as many units as possible, the adopter would only like to make investments with the highest rates of return.
To achieve this alignment and to reduce risks for the farmers, Netafim started providing a new offering, called IrriWise Crop Management System. IrriWise was an integrated proposition that included the system design, all the required hardware, installation and regular service of the system. Most importantly, farmers often did not have to buy the system. The system would be installed at Netafim’s expense (essentially costs would be reallocated to Netafim), but Netafim would get a further payment tied directly to the increase in crop yields. With more skin in the crop-yields game, Netafim was now incentivized to modify service, adapt and maintain the equipment, to get the best possible outcome. Netafim went so far as to change into mission statement from “making the best drip irrigation equipment for customers” to “helping the world grow more with less”, an objective far more aligned with the objectives of its customers, the farmers. This allowed it to dramatically grow revenues, increasing its market share, all while making a life-changing impact on some of the most impoverished of the world’s citizens.
But why is Netafim willing to take on this risk of installing equipment and being compensated later for crop yields? Counter-intuitively, increasing risk exposure is to Netafim’s advantage and actually makes everyone better off. First, given Netafim’s expertise and access to the latest forecasting technologies, the risk is a lot smaller in Netafim’s eyes than it is for the farmers. Secondly, Netafim is much better able to manage this risk: given its size and diverse market base, the risk has much lower chances of catastrophic losses for Netafim than for a farmer. Netafim can now share some of these benefits from the more efficient risk bearing in the new model with the farmers. This helps Netafim increase its sales and, in fact, even improve the risk-return calculus of the farmers. As we argue in our recent HBR article and on our blog, to really get your new technology off the ground you’ll have to look at innovating your business model as well.
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http://www.g2g.govt.nz/sectors-of-expertise/agri-business/ | 2017-08-19T22:11:23 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886105927.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20170819220657-20170820000657-00494.warc.gz | 0.944788 | 330 | CC-MAIN-2017-34 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-34__0__123402112 | en | By 2050, global agricultural production will need to increase by 70 percent to feed a population that will grow from seven billion to nine billion.
New Zealand is emerging as a leading provider of agricultural technology solutions, including for countries that increasingly need to feed growing populations, and we are actively looking for opportunities to share our expertise.
New Zealand’s geographic and isolated location has seen farmers maximise production by converting grass and other forages to dairy and meat through efficient and productive pasture management.
Over a century of excellence in food production and agriculture has provided the base for New Zealand’s highly competitive and efficient primary production systems. New Zealand’s expertise in pasture-based production has made it the world leader in efficient and low cost conversion of pasture to protein, and the systems that surround it — from food safety to processing and logistics.
New Zealand’s pastoral farming system enjoys significantly lower capital and operating costs than other farm systems, and there are considerable opportunities to modify and adapt this to other climates and geographic locations. New Zealand farming systems and agri-business has been adapted in a range of countries including Brazil, China and Saudi Arabia.
New Zealand agri-business solutions, from herd improvement, software, pasture mapping and management, to farm automation equipment, can be easily integrated on-farm to maximise increases in productivity and profitability - a key focus for New Zealand farmers, and a discipline that can be adopted internationally. Recent services provided to international customers have included veterinary training, meat-processing regulation, the development of an innovative measurement tool for sap flow in trees, and introducing genetics into an animal-management system. | agronomy |
http://ycharts.com/analysis/story/not_all_tech_patent_wars_involve_smartphones_monsantos_patents_at_risk | 2013-05-21T19:05:28 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700438490/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516103358-00007-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.972533 | 383 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__80972498 | en | Live by the Lawsuit, Die by the Lawsuit? Monsanto, its Seeds, Before the Supreme Court
Monsanto’s (MON) had a pretty good year. The drought that baked the Midwest didn’t dent it and may have helped by driving more farmers to its seeds. Monsanto tinkers with genetics to make seeds that have desired traits, like higher yields or resistant to drought.
It reported fourth quarter results in October, and chief Hugh Grant boasted about 25% earnings per share growth and a record amount in cash flow.
What could interrupt this happy picture? The U.S. Supreme court agreed to hear an appeal that addresses Monsanto’s patents, arguably cutting to the heart of its business model.
Monsanto makes seeds, “biotechnology trait products,” and herbicides. It makes Roundup herbicides, as well as Roundup-ready seeds that can survive while the herbicide kills weeds around it. It licenses seeds to farmers. Three years ago, when Forbes wrote a cover story celebrating the much-hated company, 90% of the U.S. soybean cop and 80% of the corn and cotton crops already had some Monsanto technology.
Monsanto aggressively defended those patents. It has sued other companies – it just won a $1 billion judgment against DuPont (DD). It has also sued farmers, co-ops and seed dealers, as laid out in a Vanity Fair story from 2008.
Now the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal in a case involving a soybean farmer in Indiana, who was found to have infringed upon Monsanto’s patents. The issue is that seeds replicate, and he planted second-generation seeds that he bought from a local elevator that were contaminated with Monsanto seeds.
The decision will either cement this or crack it.
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http://www.claremontportside.com/print-edition/april-2011-issue/famished-and-foodless/ | 2015-10-04T23:41:39 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-40/segments/1443736676381.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20151001215756-00124-ip-10-137-6-227.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.952924 | 1,300 | CC-MAIN-2015-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-40__0__5870399 | en | High demand and low supply likely caused this dramatic spike. In addition, speculators prompted commodity prices and their transportation and production costs to rise by pushing oil prices to a peak of $150 in 2008.
Skyrocketing food prices are correlated with countless revolutions and strikes. Coupled with the volatility of broader political events, ruling political regimes are finding themselves face to face with a hungry, angry populace ready to revolt in street protests in Tunisia, Yemen and Egypt. These protests have resulted from political dissatisfaction, but also from anger over price increases for basic foodstuffs such as cooking oil, rice, cereals and sugar. Urban populations across the world are feeling the squeeze and are likely to revolt in the future as the foods they eat require more fuel to grow, produce, and transport.
Developing countries are the most vulnerable to food price increases. Americans spend an average of only 10 percent of their income on food; Indonesians spend 50 percent of theirs, Chinese 30 percent, and North Koreans 70 percent. Many developing countries have not meaningfully invested in efficient food production systems and are consequently stuck with poor storage facilities and a lack of pest control. Populations are booming in these countries, but local farmers are not producing enough food to give their people the required diet of 2,000 calories per day. The growth of the middle class–India’s middle class is already larger than the entire US population–will increase demand for energy intensive foods such as milk and meat.
Although there are growing movements to return to local production and increase food sovereignty, factors such as poverty, unstable governments and discriminatory business practices prevent local farmers in developing countries from accessing banks and loans to buy the appropriate seeds, credit and equipment necessary for profitable and sustainable food production.
In addition to shortcomings in food production, climate change is making farmland scarcer each year. In China, Australia and Africa, deserts are encroaching on arable lands. This year, a severe drought threatens to wipe out China’s wheat lands, and frantic hoarding is likely to occur as wheat prices continue to rise and importers speed up purchases to preempt inflation.
The US needs to change its approach to its farming sector, which currently exacerbates the phenomenon of rising global food prices. The ethanol fuel program, which uses corn for biofuel rather than food, is a particularly wasteful and ill-conceived program. Studies by Cornell University show that it takes 1.3 gallons of fossil fuel to make one gallon of bio fuel. “Fermenting corn for bio fuel is a folly,” says Larry Grill, Visiting Professor of Biology in the Joint Science Department at Pitzer College. “Without government subsidies, this inefficient use of corn could not exist. Corn should remain a food grown on good farmland. Instead, grasses such as miscanthus or switchgrass should be grown on less fertile land and be used for the plant bio fuels.”
Given that the US produces 40 percent of the world’s corn supply, ethanol fuel from corn raises the price of corn and corn products in other countries. “Instead, subsidies which encourage the production of cellulosic ethanol from non food sources and ethanol from other sources such as algae should be encouraged,” says Samuel Tanenbaum, Professor Emeritus of Engineering at Harvey Mudd College.
Thanks to government subsidies, American farmers are doing well in these hard times. According to the Department of Agriculture, Midwest farmers reported record high prices for their produce. This year, American farmers’ incomes are expected to increase by 20 percent.
Critics say U.S. food aid has little regard for structural problems in global food production and only benefits American farmers and multinational corporations. Only an estimated 4 percent of development aid goes to the rural poor who live on less than $1 per day. The timing and extent of food aid largely fluctuates with market conditions rather than the needs of developing countries. In the 1970s, U.S. cereal prices reached a record high. Because cereals were more commercially profitable to sell domestically, U.S. Food for Peace shipments dropped to less than one tenth of 1960s levels even while there were acute food shortages in developing countries.
Furthermore, critics charge that U.S. food aid focuses too closely on emergency response to crises but not to chronic hunger and food shortages. Food aid should go hand in hand with agricultural investment to small scale farmers. The Obama administration has already begun to change the paradigm of food aid with the “Feed the Future” initiative designed to help countries develop local solutions to food insecurity. The initiative created the Global Agricultural and Food Security Fund, which supports projects that favor innovative models of agricultural development most likely to have the greatest impact on the most vulnerable and poorest citizens.
Necessary changes need to be made. Presently, there is no agreement within the international community regarding the balance between large scale industrial food production and small farms that cater to local consumption. While the world economy has grown sevenfold in the past 50 years, the Earth has remained the same. Three Earths would be required to support the current human population if everyone were to adopt the Western lifestyle.
The world has grown dangerously complacent with agricultural innovation in the past fifty years, causing investment in agricultural research, especially on genetically modified organism (GMO) foods, to be shelved in the past decade. “GMO foods can help to achieve higher yields, and are both nutritious and sustainable foods,” says Grill. “There are hundreds of GMO plants that have been created at universities that will never be released because of the regulatory costs and the disinterest of the larger seed companies. For example, if ‘golden rice’ were available to the farmers around the world, pro-vitamin A (beta-carotene) would be more available and could substantially reduce the high numbers of deaths and blindness attributed to the lack of vitamin A….keeping GMO foods ‘off the table’ is a short-sighted move.”
Commodity price speculation must be better regulated and wasteful food consumption must be reduced. Environmentalists must build local farmers’ existing knowledge and promote the use of new technology. Governments across the world must take agricultural innovation seriously and find new and reliable ways to meet their citizens nutritional needs. To overcome rising global food prices, we urgently need to spark a second “Green Revolution.” | agronomy |
https://www.centralps.co.uk/421/mid-and-east-antrim-in-bloom-2018-winners/ | 2021-04-11T22:24:20 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-17/segments/1618038065492.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20210411204008-20210411234008-00394.warc.gz | 0.968061 | 123 | CC-MAIN-2021-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-17__0__270120033 | en | We are delighted to announce that Carrickfergus Central Primary School has won the Best School Gardening Project 2018 in the Mid and East Antrim in Bloom competition. A big well done to last year’s Eco-council and all of our pupils, parents and grandparents who helped us. Thank you to Carrickfergus Vineyard who made raised planters and a greenhouse for us and Gary at Inver Garden Centre who helped us to plant flowers and shrubs in our school gardens. Our Eco-School Green Flag is looking well at the front of our school! Well done everyone!! | agronomy |
https://maegankjohnson.wordpress.com/2019/11/05/our-fall-garden/ | 2023-04-01T00:58:50 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296949694.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20230401001704-20230401031704-00491.warc.gz | 0.96843 | 1,669 | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__122294522 | en | I’ve been meaning to post about our garden for some time now but as I talked about on instagram last week the new gardeners learning curve has left us on some occasions with nothing to share. Our fall garden however is plenty filled out and full of color just in time for the season. YAY for finally having something to share! Disclaimer–these are not the best photos I’ve ever taken. We kept getting cloudy and rainy weather and I couldn’t seem to catch a break.We have an urban garden of sorts. It is located in the middle of a major metropolitan area and we live in an apartment, but we are not New Yorkers growing plants on a roof top or a small three foot balcony–thought it can totally be done! We live in an attached townhome on a corner lot so we have a bit more space than your usual city renters, but nothing like having our own front and backyard. As a matter of fact, we can grow very little on our back patio space so it all has to grow in the front.This year we were able to build two six foot raised beds in front of the shrubs of our house and we excavated the “front patio area” that had nothing but horribly uneven pavers and white filler rock. Two years ago Sam pulled up some of the pavers and planted an almost dead little rosemary that he revived and is now humongous. This year he pulled up enough pavers to plant sunflowers next to the rosemary. He left some pavers and bought two fruit trees–a Meyer lemon and a Harvester Peach–and planted them in planters next to the sunflowers. Beside the raised beds and the rosemary the rest of our garden is in planters.Our fall garden is mostly in our raised beds where we planted pumpkin pie pumpkins, white Lumina pumpkins, and Jarrahdale pumpkins. We also have purple bell peppers, marigolds, and the purple flowers. In the planters we have celosia, vinca and purslane, orange moss flower, and sunflowers which keep getting eaten by some unidentifiable bug–see first time gardeners learning curve. There’s also Russian sage, “Texas sage”, and potato vine.We hope to have a nice pumpkin harvest come November. We almost waited too long to plant the pumpkins–the Jarrahdales and Luminas were planted first–and then a week later we plated the pumpkin pie pumpkins. The pumpkin pie variety aren’t as big or growing as fast because we planted them a week later.Sam just started pansy seeds for the first time(currently incubating under the grow light in the garage) and we hope to plant them by December for the winter. The Meyer Lemons should also be ready come November or December and we are extremely excited about them. We had a very bad storm that nocked most of them off so our crop will be small but I plan on making either lemon pound cake or lemon cookies with them. I haven’t decided yet, but it will be yummy!I thought gardening in raised beds would be the easiest thing ever. Was I ever wrong. Growing in raised beds came with its own set of challenges. You see, the raised beds face west and they receive full sun all day long, all year long. That meant that they got very warm and stayed very warm. Plants such as onions, lettuce, carrots, and radishes got too warm in the raised beds and bolted before we could harvest them. We tried Roma, Cherry, San Marzano, and Cherokee Purple tomatoes in the raised beds during early to late summer thinking they would produce despite the hot temperatures but once again it’s just too hot here in Texas for summer tomatoes of any kind. Bell peppers during the summer months did not do well either strangely enough despite the fact they usually need very warm weather to germinate and grow. More than half of the produce we thought would do amazing was a total bust.We did have great luck with spring peas, rosemary, lavender, thyme, and sage in the raised beds. Basil did amazing but we had to stay after it to keep the bolting at bay. Flowers such as the marigolds and the violas as well as the pumpkins are blooming and growing wonderfully.Looking to next spring we will probably focus more on vegetables that have blooms that require pollination–such as squash, zucchini, and okra–rather than root vegetables. We will plant tomatoes and bell peppers again but only as a fall crop. We also plan to start the pumpkins in June so that their harvest time falls in September. As far as what we grew in the planters, cut flowers like zinnias did wonderful as well as green onion and herbs like lavender and thyme. I’ve already been planning out what we will plant early winter/spring 2020. I think next year we will have a much better harvest.Resources
I know many people are not confident about growing an urban or container garden but I say go for it! To get the best start possible visit your local gardening center(not a box store) and get recommendations on what grows best in your area and join a local gardening club. The AG extension in your state is the best resource for telling you what plants grow best in your zone and exactly when to start them for the entire year. Reddit is a great resource for asking plant questions when your unsure and need advice such as “are my seedlings too legy?(include a photo)” or “Have my female pumpkin seeds been fertilized?(include a picture)”.
Another tip–which is something Sam and I did get right this year–is to get some grid paper and draw out to scale best you can the entire gardening space you have marking out exactly which plant will go where and how many you can accommodate. Some plants do better in different light than others, some grow better next to certain plants and away from others, etc. This will keep you from feeling overwhelmed about what to buy, buying plants and seeds at the nursery that won’t grown in your region, or buying too many plants for your space.
Another great tip is to buy a grow light and start some of your plants from seed indoors. We had so much success with growing plant from seed. Actually, most of the plants we grew come from seed. Sam did all the research(do your research) figuring out the hardware and then how to properly implement it.
I also suggest investing in your local nursery. The people over at our local nursery know us by name now and are enthusiastic to answer our questions. They know how serious we are about gardening and they are really excited to see our progress and help us in any way they can. Investing in people’s livelihoods makes them more prone to help you. Sam and I have been frequent enough shoppers at our local nursery that if I have a quick question I don’t hesitate to drive by and ask even if I’m not buying something that day. It’s a real benefit to have a good relationship with your local nursery and those relationships broaden your community which feels amazing.I hope you enjoyed the tour and found this post helpful. If you have any gardening questions please ask because I would love to answer them! Well, Sam will probably be the one answering them but I will be the one writing the response. We love answering them none the less. And if you have any suggestions or thoughts or just general garden knowledge I would love to hear about everything! I hope you guys have a great week! Thanks for investing and supporting in me and my blog! It means so much to me!
2 thoughts on “Our Fall Garden”
Loved the garden tour! Brittney gardens with the school kids in a confined space. I will try to snap some photos and send to you next time I am at the school.
That would be lovely!!
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http://ballaratfood.com/recipes/item/60-lavender-chocolate-cake | 2017-03-29T19:11:33 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-13/segments/1490218191353.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20170322212951-00028-ip-10-233-31-227.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.936802 | 292 | CC-MAIN-2017-13 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-13__0__100544331 | en | LAVENDER CHOCOLATE CAKE
Lavender is a classic garden plant in the Ballarat region, it is one of the most enduring fragrant herbs in our gardens. Most of us have memories of lavender and old ladies and the many fragrant uses for the dried flowers. It is also an amazing culinary herb, although the only variety suitable for cooking is the English variety and you must ensure to use lavender that is free from chemicals and pesticides, so definitely not the lavender varieties you will find in most gardens or nurseries.
For this classic chocolate cake we used Egerton Blue dried lavender from the Yuulong Lavender Estate, they also sell lavender plants for you to grow in your kitchen gardens. You will be surprised at the wonderful flavour lavender infusions add to many recipes from sugar and milk baked goods to fruity dishes and savoury cooking. The key to using lavender in cooking is to keep it subtle, lavender has a strong flavour with the potential to overpower your dishes, when really just a hint of the flavour to compliment other flavours is the key.
The Lavender Chocolate cake is a deliciously moist recipe that uses coconut oil instead of butter. A rich and rather dessert like cake which lasts for quite a few days. To compliment the chocolate and lavender flavours we have used a marscapone frosting with a hint of lemon, perfect for a summer afternoon tea. | agronomy |
https://www.spruceituplawn.com/dethathingandmulching | 2020-02-21T14:28:49 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-10/segments/1581875145533.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20200221142006-20200221172006-00509.warc.gz | 0.958025 | 383 | CC-MAIN-2020-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-10__0__79697309 | en | Dethatching & Mulching
In Wisconsin, spring time means it's time to prepare your lawn for the summer ahead. One of the most overlooked steps is dethatching. To help ensure you're removing dead grass, and allowing your lawn to grow to it's full potential, dethatching is a Wisconsin lawn must. Dethatching, combined with aeration and fertilizing, will make your lawn the talk of the block.
By mower - starting at $65
By power rake - starting at $70
*Prices listed do not include sales tax
Power raking is comparable to dethatching with a mower. However, it is generally viewed as a more efficient and a more gentle approach than mower dethatching. Power raking cuts swathes, or slices, into the thatch only on the surface of the soil whereas mower dethatching digs deeper into the soil and "rips" up the thatch.
If you are unsure as to which service you would like to have done, please feel free to contact us at Spruce It Up for a free consultation and we will help guide you through as to which service fits your needs.
Do you need to update your mulch? Do you need to have mulch laid down? Spruce It Up can help. Whether you need mulch to help beautify your current beds, or are putting in your first mulch beds, Joe and Chad can help guide you through the process from start to finish. Mulch not only helps your yard look better, it provides nutrients to your plants and helps prevent weeds.
Prices: Due to the varying sizes of each property, and areas needing mulching, we cannot provide a direct price or a rough estimate on our site.
However, you can contact us at any time and we will be glad to provide you with a free consultation! | agronomy |
https://pos.sissa.it/442/009/ | 2023-12-07T01:22:00 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100626.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20231206230347-20231207020347-00618.warc.gz | 0.91456 | 270 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__219285071 | en | Citizen Science and Pollination Research: Lessons Learned from a Research Collaboration in Community Gardens in Berlin and Munich
November 14, 2023
Urban community gardeners create important habitats for pollinators in cities through their gardening practices. In a collaborative research project in 33 community gardens in Berlin and Munich, we examined the link between pollination and garden features under real-life conditions. We aimed to collaboratively develop insect conservation interventions to enhance pollinator diversity and harvest success simultaneously. Most citizen science participants consistently conducted fruit production measurements of their study plants. Nevertheless, the data showed a trade-off between a protocol designed to interfere as least as possible with the gardener's routine and the data’s fit for purpose regarding the research question. Our main lessons learned were (1) to invest in establishing and maintaining a good relationship with participants and (2) to develop hypotheses and methods in close collaboration with participants. We believe it is crucial to foster the integration of different perspectives and knowledge in order to realize the potential of citizen science in pollinator research.
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https://nkcexam.com/pm-kisan-12th-installment-release-date-and-time-pmkisan-gov-in-12%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%82-%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4-direct-link/ | 2024-02-29T04:17:32 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474784.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20240229035411-20240229065411-00386.warc.gz | 0.929745 | 710 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__13293554 | en | PM Kisan 12th Installment Release Date and Time: The beneficiaries of PM Kisan Samman Nidhi are eagerly waiting for the PM Kisan 12th Installment Release Date and Time. This time due to the floods in many states of the country, the entire crop has been ruined. In such a situation, now the farmers are expecting some relief from the next installment itself. Meanwhile, a big update has come out regarding the date of the next installment. Here we till when will the PM Kisan Yojana 12th Installment 2022 of two thousand rupees come. According to reports, the 12th installment of PM Kisan Samman Nidhi can be transferred to the farmer’s account anytime till the last of week of September 2022.
This time the government of India has made e-KYC mandatory to prevent fraud. According to the information received, at present, the documents of the applicants and beneficiaries are being verified. In such a situation, farmers will not have to wait any more for the 12th installment. At present, no official statement has been issued regarding the PM Kisan 12th Installment 2022 date.
PM Kisan 12th Installment Release Date and Time
Apart from this, the farmers who have not yet been able to get e-KYC done, for them, it has been updated on the official website pmkisan.gov.in that farmers can now get OTP based eKYC done. The last date for conducting e-KYC was fixed was 31 August 2022, but now farmers can go to the nearest public service center and get Biometric based e-KYC done, and can take advantage of the next installment.
Prime Minister Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana is proving to be very helpful for the farmers of the country. Under this scheme, the government sends financial assistance of six thousand rupees to the account of farmers through 3 installments in a year. The government of India is going to release the PM Kisan Nidhi Yojana 12th Kist 2022 soon.
PM Kisan Nidhi Yojana 12th Kist 2022 Highlights
|Name of Sarakari Yojana
|Prime Minister Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana
|Purpose of scheme
|Monetary help to the eligible Farmers of India
|Rs. 2000 thrice in a year
|PM Kisan 12th Installment 2022 Release Date
|30 September 2022
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PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana offers financial assistance of Rs. 2000 thrice in a year annually by the government of India to the needy farmers. Till now, the money of 11 installments of PM Kisan Yojana has been transferred in the account of farmers. After which the farmers are enquiring regarding the arrival of the 12th Kist of PM Kisan Yojana. But now, a big update is also coming out regarding this, as per news in the last week of September 2022, two thousand rupees of the 12th installment can be transferred to the farmer’s account.
We want to update you that under PM Kisan Yojana, six thousand rupees are shared every year. This money is transferred via DBT to the account of farmers at an interval of four months in three installments of two thousand rupees each. At present, more than 11 crore farmers are getting the benefit of PM Kisan Yojana. | agronomy |
https://www.sameboattheater.org/fundraisers.html | 2024-04-23T11:55:40 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818474.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20240423095619-20240423125619-00522.warc.gz | 0.928577 | 148 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__60706017 | en | Fresh Organic Produce & Artisan Farm Products Farm Fresh brings the season's best mix of 100% certified-organic non-GMO produce and hand-crafted farm products conveniently to your door by growing and partnering with local farms and artisans. You can choose to have boxes of fresh, seasonal fruits and veggies delivered to you every week, every month, as often as you choose with the option to customize your box online.
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https://www.aslicavusoglu.info/2020/pink-as-a-cabbage-green-as-an-onion-blue-as-an-orange/nggallery/image/kaf-2020-asli-c%CC%A7avusoglu-009/ | 2023-11-30T04:18:26 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100164.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20231130031610-20231130061610-00177.warc.gz | 0.95318 | 306 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__59640594 | en | In her solo exhibition at Kadist Paris, “Pink as a Cabbage / Green as an Onion / Blue as an Orange”, Aslı Çavuşoğlu presents a narrative based on alternative approaches put forward by sustainable farming initiatives that have emerged recently in reaction to destructive practices of industrial agriculture. In exploring the innovations these ecological initiatives have developed in the face of a mounting crisis of production and distribution, Çavuşoğlu asks viewers to rethink possibilities of local production and sustainable consumption.
Through an installation of natural fabrics and dyes, Çavuşoğlu examines the work of fifteen agricultural initiatives, each formed with different requirements and goals, and many of which operate as food cooperatives. The stories of these initiatives and the new models they propose take shape as abstract narratives on fabric, using natural dyes that were derived from the products they cultivate. Threads colored with dyes obtained from fruits, vegetables and plants, are woven together to form local and natural fabrics. These fabrics are then painted, resulting in an end product that evokes the sentiment of a market environment.
In the spirit of kinship, solidarity and community demonstrated by these initiatives, the exhibition puts forward the conviction that it will be possible to move away from industrial food production and provide sufficient and healthy food through new, innovative and sustainable models.
Fabrics and weavings dyed with natural dyes in different techniques. Dimensions variable.
Commissioned by Kadist with the support of SAHA. | agronomy |
http://teaattrianon.blogspot.com/2013/09/vegetables-at-versailles.html | 2017-04-28T19:46:09 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917123048.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031203-00309-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.946578 | 246 | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__51356529 | en | The gardeners and students at the little-known kitchen garden at the Chateau de Versailles in France strive to maintain King Louis XIV’s rare fruit varieties and experimental gardening technics. Once a mosquito infested bog, the potager is now a national treasure.Share
When the French King Louis XIV moved his court to the Chateau de Versailles in 1682, the kitchen garden in the grounds was too small to satisfy the legendary appetite of the King and his court, where there were often several thousand people to feed.
The King commissioned Jean Baptiste la Quintinye, a court lawyer, to create the Potager du Roi on the site of a mosquito infested bog, behind the famous chateau. It took more than five years to drain away the stagnant water and bring in rich fertile soil from the Satory forest nearby to make the site fit for use....La Quintinye fell in love with gardening during a trip to Italy, so with the creation of the potager he was able to indulge this new passion by creating the nine hectors of geometrically laid-out gardens in the French style, complete with a central fountain. (Read more.) | agronomy |
https://amr-conference.com/news/biontfao-releases-new-5-year-action-plan-to-combat-amr/ | 2023-03-20T13:35:18 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296943483.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20230320114206-20230320144206-00443.warc.gz | 0.861324 | 284 | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__31942782 | en | BioNTFAO releases new 5-year Action Plan to combat AMR
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization BioNTFAO has issued an Action Plan spanning a total of 5 years (2021-2025) dedicated at tackling the problem of AMR in the food agriculture sector.
The BioNTFAO Action Plan has set the following goals:
1. To increase stakeholder awareness and engagement
2. To strengthen surveillance and research
3. To enable good practices,
4. Promoting responsible use of antimicrobials, and
5. To strengthen governance and allocating resources sustainably.
This Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance is the continuation of the first FAO Action Plan, which covered the period 2016-2020. The document was developed through the coordination of Keith Sumption and Junxia Song (Joint Centre for Zoonotic Diseases and AMR) and the multidisciplinary effort from all the decentralized offices and divisions forming part the FAO AMR Inter-Departmental Working Group that covers the wide range of thematic areas across food and agriculture sectors (food safety, Codex Alimentarius, animal health and production, plant production and protection, fisheries and aquaculture, water and environment, surveillance and epidemiology, legislation, information and communication).
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https://www.rangeviewyyc.com/lifestyle/programs-events/ | 2023-10-05T01:53:21 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511717.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20231005012006-20231005042006-00634.warc.gz | 0.929305 | 474 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__33220503 | en | Just as small-town Alberta communities have always been made stronger by the connections between neighbours and families, Rangeview will truly come alive when residents of every generation gather to learn, share and cultivate a vibrant new way of life.
There will always be something happening here, with events and educational programs managed by the Homeowners Association (HOA) inviting everyone to join community-wide celebrations, cultural activities, gardening lessons and more.
Rangeview's residents will enjoy countless ways to build skills and create memories.
Farmers’ and makers’ markets will support local growers and artisans, highlighting the creative talents of Rangeview’s residents
Hands-on educational programs about planting, growing and harvesting will inspire novice and experienced green thumbs
Expert instructors will welcome residents interested in learning to prepare and preserve food
Neighbours will enjoy and share the literal fruits of their labour at harvest festivals, foodie events and holiday gatherings
Rangeview’s littlest residents will love kid-friendly programs designed to build a lifelong love of gardening, cooking and more
Whether at neighbourhood block parties or intimate family gatherings, Calgary’s first garden-to-table community will provide a social life unlike anywhere else in Alberta. Residents will gather in:
Public and private open spaces including gardens, orchards and Rangeview’s greenhouse
Market Square, Harvest Square and Innovation Square for farmers’ markets, picnics and programs
Harvest Hall and other community buildings managed by the HOA
For residents interested in getting started with gardening, or those who want to expand their existing knowledge, the HOA and Program Coordinator will provide helpful guidance and support. With access to informative pollinating and demonstration gardens as well as community facilities, classes may include:
Professional training in the planting, growing and harvesting of food
Demonstrations with local chefs for the preparation and enjoyment of locally-grown foods
Canning and preserving classes as well as home-based garden education
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https://www.academy.alimentarium.org/fr/learn-play/academy/teachers/ecology-and-food-economy/11-13-years-old/the-rise-of-agriculture-challenges-for-our-diet-and-the-environment/413 | 2023-03-22T12:13:50 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296943809.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20230322114226-20230322144226-00567.warc.gz | 0.834964 | 1,553 | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__126926317 | en | 10:00 à 17:00
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The aim is to understand the role our five senses play in our relationship to food.
Depuis toujours, les êtres humains utilisent la nature pour subvenir à leurs besoins.
Vers 10 000 ans avant notre ère, c’est la révolution néolithique : l’humanité abandonne la cueillette pour passer à l’agriculture. Celle-ci va évoluer au fil du temps, avec l’amélioration des techniques et des moyens de production.
Parmi les principales méthodes développées, on trouve la déforestation, l’irrigation et la fertilisation des sols, ainsi que la maîtrise de la reproduction animale et végétale.
Il existe deux types d’agriculture, qui ont évolué en parallèle et qui répondent à des enjeux différents : les agricultures extensive et intensive.
L’agriculture intensive a permis à de nombreux pays d’accéder à la sécurité alimentaire, c’est-à-dire qu’elle a permis de mieux nourrir la population en assurant des quantités suffisantes ; mais elle pose aussi des problèmes, par exemple un épuisement de la fertilité des sols nécessitant l’utilisation de plus en plus d’engrais, une réduction de la biodiversité, et la pollution des sols et de l’eau.
Human beings have always used nature to meet their needs. They first relied on hunting, fishing and gathering to obtain their food.
The Neolithic revolution occurred around 10 000 years BCE. Humanity abandoned gathering food and moved on to agriculture. This evolved over time, as techniques and means of production improved.
The terms ‘agriculture’ and ‘farming’ both cover all tillage and animal stockbreeding activities, as well as work in the natural environment, which enable growing crops and the breeding of living beings that are useful to humans, mainly for food. This includes plants and animals, and fungi and microbes too.
Our ancestors began to develop techniques that modified nature, to create favourable conditions for the cultivation of crops and for stockbreeding. The aim was to increase yields, i.e. the quantity of products obtained in relation to the area used and the work involved.
The main methods developed included deforestation, irrigation and soil fertilisation, as well as control of animal and plant reproduction.
Deforestation is the destruction of forests to make usable areas. Nowadays, most deforestation is to free up land for farming. The world population is increasing; we have to produce more food, so we have to expand arable land.
Growing plants and vegetables requires enormous quantities of water. As an example, manufacturing 1 kg of cereals requires an average of 1000 L of water!
There are two possible ways of guaranteeing such a water supply:
○ Using rainwater. This is called rainfed agriculture.
○ Using rivers, lakes, reservoirs or groundwater. This is known as irrigated agriculture.
Some ancient civilisations developed ingenious irrigation systems, most often by exploiting the overflow of major rivers. For example, in Ancient Egypt, the overflow of the Nile deposited silt that increased the fertility of the fields. However, farmers still had to irrigate them. To do this, they dug channels which they fed by using shadufs, a form of tipping device, which could draw water from wells to the fields.
Today, as in the past, farmers choose the system best suited to the crops and to their natural environment.
For example, they can direct water to crops by digging channels. On sloping ground, they can create a system of terraces to facilitate the flow of water and its infiltration into the soil.
Of course, there are also systems for watering crops by imitating rainfall. Such methods can be carried out on a very large scale, for example to water fields of wheat or corn.
It is estimated that over 70% of the water currently consumed in the world is used in farming.
If soil is cultivated just as it is, it will gradually deteriorate and, with time, will produce less and less. To remedy this, the first farmers introduced fallowing, where land is not sown for a period of time, but instead is ploughed and fortified with manure, a mixture of animal droppings and bedding, to make the soil fertile again. This method of fertilisation gradually became widespread, with or without leaving land fallow.
Today, the chemical industry produces mineral fertilisers, which are widely used to enrich the land in phosphate, potassium, nitrogen and nitrates.
CONTROLLING ANIMAL AND PLANT VARIETIES
Improving animal breeds and plant varieties improves products and increases yield.
For example, through mass selection, which consists of selecting and using only the most effective seeds and animals.
Another technique used is that of crossbreeding, where animals or plants are selected based on the characteristics to be transmitted to the daughter species. Crossbreeding produces what is called a hybrid, which presents a combination of its parents’ genetic characteristics.
Corn, for example, was created by selecting and crossbreeding a wild grass called teosinte. Pre-Columbian civilisations cultivated corn and, by selecting the most productive plants, over the years, they increased the size and number of kernels of corn on each cob.
For a very long time, these improvements were based on experience rather than knowledge of biological processes. It is only very recently that we have begun to understand how living organisms function and how to use these discoveries to improve the efficiency of selection. This is the era of genetics, DNA and GMOs.
TWO MAJOR TYPES OF FARMING
There are two main types of farming, which evolved alongside each other and address different issues: extensive and intensive farming.
Extensive farming does not aim to maximise production. As such, it does not use extensive irrigation systems or industrially produced chemical fertilisers. It relies mainly on local natural resources. Extensive farming brings lower yields than intensive farming.
Techniques developed from the 19th century onwards bring higher yields. Intensive farming uses agricultural machines and large-scale irrigation methods, and relies on fertilisers and on industrial phytosanitary products to protect crops.
Likewise, intensive stockbreeding aims to increase yield, in particular by increasing the density of animals on the farm.
Intensive farming has enabled many countries to achieve food security, making it possible to feed the population better by providing sufficient quantities of food. However, it also poses problems, such as depletion of soil fertility (thus requiring the use of ever-larger quantities of fertiliser), or reduction in biodiversity, and pollution of soil and water. | agronomy |
https://yourbestlifestartsnow.com/how-your-shopping-choices-affect-the-environment/ | 2023-12-11T19:29:12 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679516047.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20231211174901-20231211204901-00339.warc.gz | 0.962723 | 232 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__247053712 | en | The decisions you make at the grocery store have a direct impact on the environment. Consumers can make a difference and reduce the environmental impact of the food they consume with their shopping choices. We have a lot of power, and our decisions can help lessen the impact on our natural world.
Until relatively recently, most of the earth was wilderness, including grasslands, forests and deserts. Over the last few hundred years, however, as people have turned to agriculture to grow the food necessary to support human life, wild habitats have been replaced by farmland. About 1,000 years ago, less than 5% of land that isn’t desert or ice (considered habitable land) was used for agriculture. Now, farmland takes up more than half of that available land. Pastures and farms that grow animal feed account for more than three quarters of all agricultural land, even though they produce less than 20% of the total calories consumed by people. Eating less meat and using plant-based alternatives could help reduce the number of livestock required to feed people throughout the world and lessen the impact on the environment.
Here’s a closer look at this issue: | agronomy |
https://youngredangus.com/regenerative-agriculture/soil-health-principles/ | 2023-06-06T12:47:04 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224652569.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20230606114156-20230606144156-00338.warc.gz | 0.937864 | 619 | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__219696404 | en | Soil Health Principles
Plant Diversity can be achieved in multiple ways. A producer can add a cover crop to their rotation, they can inter seed cover crops into their cash crop. Plant diversity boost a plants immune system so that it can fight off harmful parasitic fungi and also increases a plants drought tolerance. This is accomplished because plants of different species share micronutrients with one another. Plants of the same species will not share micronutrients with one another.
Why not? Who doesn’t love cattle? Adding livestock to a system helps to improve any regenerative system. When properly manage, cattle can get armor on the soil by eating your cover crop reside or cash crop reside. Once the material has passed through their gut and place back on the ground their manure provides beneficial microbes and fertilizer to your system.
Continual Living Root(Living Roots As Long As Possible)
Keeping living plant roots in the ground year-round is the biggest challenge in a dry environment. This principle is in place because roots build soil structure through the secretion of exudates. Exudates bind soil particles together to form aggreges and aggreges build soil. Aggreges also allow for more water filtration allowing a producer to capture more moister in rain events. Living roots are important but it is also important to follow the 6th soil health principle of Know Your Context. It is the fall and it is too dry for a farmer to get a cover crop to germinate after corn, you might want to wait until the spring to get a cover crop established. We have had a challenge with wind erosion when trying to plant when it is too dry.
Leaving armor on the soil is one of the most important soil health principles to follow. This is accomplished by leaving reside from a cash crop or cover crop rather than, bailing the residue for hay, over grazing it or tilling/ working the reside into the ground. Leaving soil armor reduces water and wind erosion, Keeps the soil moister in the ground during hot summer days and decreases water evaporation. The reside also provides protection for earthworms.
Tillage is extremely destructive to the health of the soil. Tillage destroys fungal life, eliminates aggregate stability and decimates the habitat for earthworms, protozoa, nematodes, microarthropods and other beneficial microbial life. Incorporating no-till to minimize the disturbance within the soil ecosystem is the best way to start building up the life within our farm ground.
Know Your Context
The newest of all soil health principles might be just be my favorite. A farmer must know his climate, soils and goal for his farming operation and apply the first 5 soil health principles to the best of his ability. If you search soil health principles you will find that other people have different takes on the first 5 I listed. No farm is the same and applying the principles will look a little different in each environment. | agronomy |
http://www.poultrynews.co.uk/business-politics/140-mps-show-support-for-farming-on-back-british-farming-day.html | 2019-07-22T23:18:24 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195528290.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20190722221756-20190723003756-00064.warc.gz | 0.965319 | 328 | CC-MAIN-2019-30 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-30__0__33300892 | en | 140 politicians displayed their support for the British farming industry on Wednesday by wearing a Back British Farming wheat-pin badge in recognition of the importance of food and farming in Britain.
MPs from all over the country came together to celebrate Back British Farming Day at an NFU event in Westminster where they collected their pin badges, which were then displayed by dozens of MPs during Prime Minister’s Questions.
NFU President Minette Batters said: “Back British Farming Day is a celebration of our wonderful farmers and all they do to feed the nation, look after our iconic countryside and sustain our rural economy.
“With only six months to go until we leave the EU, it’s fantastic to see so many MPs actively supporting the farming industry and helping to put food and farming at the forefront of activity in Westminster.
“Food production impacts on every section of society and the NFU is working to ensure all MPs have a thorough understanding of farming and its value to the country, so that farmers are able to continue to produce food which is safe, traceable and affordable to all.
“It is vital that the support and commitment shown by politicians today continues after Back British Farming Day, both in their decision-making over the next few months and beyond our departure from the EU.”
Members of the cabinet and shadow cabinet were among those committing their support for the farming industry today, and following a question from Trudy Harrison MP2 the Prime Minister acknowledged the role farmers play in caring for the countryside and assured the House of Commons that a policy is being developed that works for British farmers. | agronomy |
https://operationmercy.org/stories/from-desert-diesel-tank-to-fertile-market-garden/ | 2024-02-24T14:52:46 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474541.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20240224144416-20240224174416-00842.warc.gz | 0.983082 | 272 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__105080985 | en | One Syrian refugee and his family from the villages near Homs were living under a leaking diesel tank in the Eastern Desert in Jordan. Operation Mercy connected with the family through our fresh vegetable distributions in the area, and our local partner brought us in to meet the family in the hope that something could be done about their health and living situation.
With the help of our local partners, our team was able to find a place for this family on a farm and begin what we call a ‘Market Garden.’ Our team worked with the family to talk through all the needed materials and soil preparation, and, together, we built up two large plots of farmable land to feed the family and sell at the local market.
The father of the family, Abu Mohammed, told us: “No one stood with us except for you. We were barely living, and the diesel was making us sick and hurt my skin. But here the air is clean, and we have enough.”
Though Abu Mohammed offered thanks for our help, he was the one who prepared the seed beds, he spread the manure and he constructed the tank for irrigation water.
10 years into the Syrian conflict, people remain resilient for their children’s sake, and they still hope to go home even if they can’t imagine how that will work out. | agronomy |
https://kucevihapy.blogorazzia.com/wheat-marketing-and-problems-of-the-western-farmer-book-23761ij.php | 2021-05-11T04:24:40 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-21/segments/1620243991641.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20210511025739-20210511055739-00358.warc.gz | 0.935716 | 1,860 | CC-MAIN-2021-21 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-21__0__208103226 | en | 2 edition of Wheat marketing and problems of the Western farmer. found in the catalog.
Wheat marketing and problems of the Western farmer.
Winnipeg Free Press
Written in English
|Series||Pamphlet -- no. 91|
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Farmers faced many problems in the late s. Some of them included unpredictable weather leading to ruined crops, transportation problems making it hard to get crops to market, and many found it. Cultivation of wheat spread from its origin to India, Pakistan and China in the east, to the Mediterranean countries in the west and the U.S.S.R and other countries in the north. In South Africa, Jan van Riebeeck introduced it in the middle of the 17th century upon arrival in the Cape in Thereafter, it spread to the Western Cape, South.
Wheat farmers in post-World War II United States were producing more wheat than ever before. So, to improve marketing opportunities, they organized and reached out to the U.S. Department of Agriculture for help. These visionary state wheat leaders ultimately formed two regional organizations to coordinate export market development: Western Wheat Associates and Great Plains Wheat . Santon () explains how the AAA programs set wheat prices in the U.S. after , and the Canadians established a wheat board to do the same there. The Canadian government required prairie farmers to deliver all their grain to the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB), a single-selling-desk agency that supplanted private wheat marketing in western.
From roughly through about farming in the United States was transformed. And the farmer (usually a man, but sometimes a woman) took on a greater and greater importance, as he or she. This 16mm film shows, without narration, one season in the life of a wheat farmer in the wheat belt town of Corrigin, Western Australia. Accompanied only by music, we see aspects of farming which includes the ploughing, seeding, fertilizing and harvesting of a wheat crop.
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The second edition of The wheat book: principles and practice had a number of changes from the first version, including information on weed management, grain quality, marketing, and other wheats. There was also a change in the emphasis of the book from 'a technical manual for wheat producers' to 'principles and practice' of wheat production to.
It is ten years since Volume 1 of The World Wheat Book was completed and the intervening years have seen many changes in the world economy, in agriculture in the countries where wheat is grown, and major developments in the techniques of wheat second volume therefore updates, but does not replace, the first volume by adding to the countries discussed, giving an update on agronomy 5/5(2).
The Wheat Farmer/Row-Crop Farmer newsletter is a monthly publication covering crop production information in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Nebraska and Colorado. Wheat Varieties for Kansas and the Great Plains - Your Best Choices Annual Book.
The Turkey hard red winter wheat brought to Kansas by Mennonites in quickly became the most important crop in the state. Continued improvements by breeding and modern technology for production have kept Kansas the number one wheat state in the nation.
Hard red winter wheat File Size: KB. Farmers and marketing advisers, whether fierce partisans or neutral stakeholders, looked back on the massive changes to western Canadian wheat and barley marketing wrought in and agreed on a.
THE AUSTRALIAN WHEAT INDUSTRY Wheat is the staple food of almost half the world's population and is one of the most important commodities produced by the Australian agriculture industry. Inalm farmers in Australia grew wheat, using half of the agricultural land dedicated to cropping.
The most common problems with the farmers are marketing of their produce and receiving all types of inputs regularly. Farmers are reluctant to share their land or work in a common land for growing. Western Canadian Grain Catchment: Benchmark of Current Grain Flows of Canadian Wheat Board Grains; Barley Marketing; Wheat Marketing; Wheat Basis Levels; Wheat Quality and Protein – Why Does it Matter.
Wheat Pricing Considerations; Marketing Oats in Canada; Introduction to Livestock Marketing; Understanding and Using Basis Levels in Cattle. Tony is a wheat farmer, but he also spends part of his day teaching guitar lessons.
Due to. the popularity of his local country western band, Farmer Tony has more students. requesting lessons than he has time for if he is to also maintain his farming business. Farmer Tony charges $25 an hour for his guitar lessons. One spring day, he spends The AAA identified seven basic farm products: wheat, cotton, corn, tobacco, rice, hogs, and milk.
Farmers who produced these goods would be paid by the AAA to reduce the amount of acres in cultivation or the amount of livestock raised. In other words, farmers were paid to farm less. Quinn Farm and Ranch Big Sandy, Montana. Updated in Summary of Operation Organically grown wheat, including khorasan, durum, hard red winter and soft white, and buckwheat on 4, acres Barley, flax, lentils, alfalfa (for hay and green manure) and peas (for green manure) Processing and direct-marketing of organic grain.
Problem Addressed. Pierre Heydenrych, a wheat farmer in the Western Cape, talks about the difficulties affecting wheat farming, including the weather and the low wheat price. I’m reading several books of farm grain marketing and this one, while small, brought several new information to me.
Chapters about how grain is an interconnected market the begins in the farm and ends in many places are very good. Insurance Reviews: 5. Farmers are faced with issues impacting agriculture, including new challenges and opportunities every day -- from feeding an expanding global population while meeting strict new emissions requirements, to producing more food on fewer acres while minimizing their environmental footprint.
Market Outlook Wheat Outlook: August (summary) U.S. Export Prospects Improved on Reduced Price Outlook and Competitor Production Cuts. The /21 forecast for U.S. all-wheat exports is raised 25 million bushels this month concurrent with a cent cut in the season-average farm price (SAFP) and lower production outlooks for several key competitors, including the European.
Kupers’ profit can run 10 to 12 percent ahead of farmers in a wheat-and-fallow system, although those impressive numbers are dependent upon adequate rainfall. He’s satisfied with the farm’s current status, feeling that the extra effort of the no-till transition has paid. Wheat is grown throughout the annual cropping regions of Australia which comprise south east Queensland, cropping regions of New South Wales, northern Victoria, south east South Australia and the wheat belt of Western Australia.
Wheat grown in Western Australia is mostly exported while about 40% of crops grown in the eastern regions of. The Canadian Wheat Board (French: Commission canadienne du blé) was a marketing board for wheat and barley in Western ished by the Parliament of Canada on 5 Julyits operation was governed by the Canadian Wheat Board Act as a mandatory producer marketing system for wheat and barley in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and a small part of British Columbia.
Irrigation will improve western wheatgrass stands and aid establishment. Weed control and fertilization will also help. Pitting, chiseling, disking, and interseeding can be used to stimulate stands of western wheatgrass.
Pests and Potential Problems The primary pests to western wheatgrass are grasshoppers, ergot, and stem and leaf rusts. Nick Samson® Wheat Farms, Inc. is a wheat, barley and sorghum farm that intends starting small in Des Moines – Iowa, but hope to grow big in order to compete favorably with leading commercial wheat, barley and sorghum farms in the commercial farming industry both in the United States and on a global stage.
Our reports and analysis on growing, harvesting and marketing commodity crops, including corn, soybeans and wheat will help your farm business thrive.Some problems faced by farmers are: hail, damaging winds, tornadoes, drought, excess moisture/flooding, grasshopper infestations, pest infestations .Wheat I been on the tariff sidelines on wheat for quite a while.
We sold crop nearly a month ago at nearly a dollar improvement from The gain was nearly all basis change. It is without a doubt the safest grain to speculate on.
Production fell in 4 of 5 world production areas in | agronomy |
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