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https://www.westpointcity.org/255/Secondary-Water | 2024-02-29T21:58:44 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474853.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20240229202522-20240229232522-00465.warc.gz | 0.932478 | 776 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__65165511 | en | **SECONDARY WATER WILL BE TURNED OFF AROUND OCTOBER 15TH**
Davis & Weber Counties Canal Company
The Davis and Weber Basin Canal is in charge of your secondary water.
If you have any issues concerning your secondary water, i.e. water pressure, broken valves, etc., please contact the Davis and Weber Counties Canal Company. They can be reached at 801-774-6373, or by visiting their website.
They charge a connection fee to the City, which is passed on to you as a prorated fee throughout the entire year. The monthly charge is determined by your lot size and can be found on our Fee Schedule.
The Secondary Water charge is assessed monthly to each residence, whether or not the home is vacant or secondary water is being used. This is to pay for the infrastructure of the secondary water system in place for the city, NOT for water usage.
The south-west is experiencing the driest period in more than 1,200 years and Utah is one of the driest states in the country. In fact, Utah's drought status keeps worsening, with 99 percent of the state considered to be in the second and third worst categories: "Severe" and "extreme drought," according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. Find more drought information at: drought.utah.gov
During drought, little changes make a big difference. Here are actions we can all take to do our part:
Action #1: Water Less
It takes approximately 3,000 gallons of water each time you water the average quarter-acre yard, so eliminating even one watering yields big savings. Follow the weekly watering guide at https://conservewater.utah.gov/weekly-lawn-watering-guide/ to find out how long you should water based on conditions in your county and the type of sprinklers you are using.
Action #2: Don't Water If It's Windy
Don't water if the wind speed is above 5 mph because much of the water will blow where it's not needed and evaporate.
Action #3: Water at the right time
Don't water between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. If you are in Southern Utah, don't water between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. This reduces evaporation loss.
Action #4: Prioritize Your Watering
Water the most valuable plants in your landscape first: Trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals then grass. Grass is the toughest and will enter dormancy during times of drought and high temperatures and recover when conditions improve. Water your lawn only when it needs it. If you leave footprints in the grass, it is usually time to water.
Action #5: Raise Your Mower
Set blades to 3-4 inches. Taller grass means deeper roots that can access water that is deeper in the soil. Tall grass also shades roots and soil to reduce evaporation loss.
Action #6: Remove Grass
Remove grass from park strips and convert lawn that is rarely used to drought-tolerant and Utah native plants. Waterwise examples are found at www.localscapes.com.
Action #7: Fix Sprinkler Heads and Leaks
Fix broken sprinkler heads and adjust them to water plants not pavement. Also check outdoor faucets, pipes, hoses and pools for leaks.
Action #8: Maintain Wisely
Apply as little fertilizer to your lawn as possible. Applying excess fertilizer increases water consumption and actually creates more mowing for you! Use iron-based fertilizers to simply “green up” your lawn instead. Sweep driveways and sidewalks with a broom instead of spraying with a hose. | agronomy |
https://www.gastonbusiness.com/post/nc-ag-leads-revolutionizing-north-carolina-s-agriculture | 2024-02-26T20:18:28 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474663.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20240226194006-20240226224006-00471.warc.gz | 0.921336 | 620 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__106140797 | en | The GBA is dedicated forging partnerships with organizations across the state to broaden our knowledge and bring valuable insights to our community.
One such collaboration is with the NC Chamber, a leading force in advancing North Carolina's economic landscape.
Last week, the NC Chamber shared a formal announcement of NC Ag Leads, a strategic planning initiative for the state's agriculture industry.
This endeavor, supported by the Golden LEAF Foundation, NC Farm Bureau, and Google, aims to position North Carolina's agricultural sector as a continued economic powerhouse.
Led by a distinguished steering committee, including Commissioner of Agriculture Steve Troxler, this initiative promises a future of sustainable success for our state's primary economic driver.
What's next: Golden LEAF has identified the NC Chamber Foundation to lead a strategic visioning and planning process. It will bring together agriculture stakeholders to address industry-wide, cross-cutting topics.
“I never cease to be amazed by the state’s agriculture and agribusiness industry and its collective contributions to the state and the world. I believe it has an even brighter future ahead as we work together to increase production to meet the global demand for food,” said N.C. Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler.
NC Ag Leads will conduct a research and planning exercise that brings together North Carolina’s agriculture leaders, investors, and influencers to identify policy recommendations and strategies for fostering agricultural innovation, job creation, and economic growth in rural North Carolina.
What they're saying: “Golden LEAF is proud to be the lead funder in this initiative that will broaden our impact in rural and economically distressed areas,” said Golden LEAF President Scott T. Hamilton. “NC Ag Leads will deliver a roadmap of clear and actionable steps to best prepare North Carolina to continue to be a leader in agriculture into the future.”
Phase one of the initiative, focused on researching and discerning opportunities, barriers, and alignment within the state’s agriculture industry, is underway and will culminate at the end of June 2024.
Pending Steering Committee review and approval, phase two of the project will consist of solving and executing on the initiatives identified in phase one.
Phase two will begin in July 2024 and conclude in January 2025.
“With its $103 billion annual contribution to our state’s economy, agribusiness and agriculture drive a major share of North Carolina’s economic success and status as a top state to do business.”
“North Carolina Farm Bureau’s mission aligns perfectly with the goals of NC Ag Leads, and I have every confidence this initiative will deliver tools and strategies necessary to strengthen and support North Carolina agriculture, agribusiness and rural communities for the years ahead,” said NC Farm Bureau President Shawn Harding.
The bottom line: At the conclusion of the NC Ag Leads strategic planning process, the North Carolina agriculture community will have agreed to a set of priorities that are both aspirational and attainable. | agronomy |
https://www.riverdalefarmsanctuaryproject.com/what-is-riverdale-farm | 2019-10-23T13:15:26 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-43/segments/1570987833766.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20191023122219-20191023145719-00193.warc.gz | 0.966362 | 171 | CC-MAIN-2019-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-43__0__113253195 | en | What is Riverdale Farm?
Riverdale Farm's official website states the following:
"Riverdale Farm is a working farm located in Toronto's downtown Cabbagetown neighbourhood. Visitors to our 7.5 acre property will get a first-hand taste of farm life, from raising livestock (cows, pigs, sheep, goats and chickens) to the year-round handwork and craft programs in The Meeting House. The property features flower, vegetable and herb gardens, as well as wooded areas and ponds connected to the city's rich ravine system. We are a popular community meeting place for families from across Toronto and beyond."
Riverdale Farm is managed by the City of Toronto through the city's Parks, Forestry, and Recreation department. The farm is free to access for all visitors and offers daily programs that promote animal farming. | agronomy |
http://eng.naturalfoodsrl.com/the-company/ | 2022-06-26T04:42:03 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-27/segments/1656103037089.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20220626040948-20220626070948-00739.warc.gz | 0.903313 | 272 | CC-MAIN-2022-27 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-27__0__57036914 | en | Natural Food S.R.L. is a family Company, born in 2013, in Córdoba, Argentina.
From the begin, our purpose was to establish long-term business relationships, based on trust, in both agricultural production, our suppliers and our customers in the country and the world, offering a comprehensive solution to grain marketing.
Natural Food S.R.L. encompasses the food supply chain from start to finish, adding in all its processes value and increasing demand for agricultural products from North America, Europe and Asia.
Continuous Process Improvement
for the world
We concéntrate our efforts, to improve and modernize our Production, Procesing, Storage and Distribution process, to meet higest international quality and food safety standards to satisfy our customers requirements.
Natural Food S.R.L. has a large number of hectares of fields planted under our own management and monitoring, together with carefully selected fields of producers in different regions of the country, allow us to offer a great variety of high quality grains.
In Natural Food S.R.L. we have a conditioning and logistics system, wich allows us to monitor the movementes of our products and to reach to North America, Europe and Asia, conserving the quality until destiny. | agronomy |
https://all-android.com/cai-to-review-cotton-production-figures-on-dec-10 | 2021-10-20T16:58:27 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323585322.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20211020152307-20211020182307-00010.warc.gz | 0.951344 | 349 | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-43__0__169715540 | en | CAI to review cotton production figures on Dec 10
The Cotton Association of India (CAI) has said that this year the estimated cotton production could be about 356 lakh bales. However, due to large scale crop damage in Maharashtra and Telangana, CAI will review the production figures on December 10, Atul Ganatra, President of CAI, told BusinessLine.
The Pink Bollworms (PBW) have extensively attacked the crop in Marathwada and Vidarbha regions of Maharashtra. It will also affect the quality of the raw cotton. Given the crop damage, the production numbers are not expected to rise further, he said.
Ganatra said that Maharashtra has suffered major crop damage but even bigger damage is in Telangana. The production estimates have been reduced to 45 lakh bales from 70 lakh bales. Numerous farmers in this southern State have already uprooted their plants due to the PBW attacks. In Maharashtra also, some farmers have done the same.
He said that from the last year the carry forward stock is of about 100 lakh bales therefore there is no rally in market. The prices are not rising. On the other hand, exports show a growing trend with healthy demand from Bangladesh, China, Indonesia and Vietnam.
The Crop Committee of the CAI has retained its consumption estimate for the current crop year at 250 lakh bales (of 170 kg each). The consumption for the season is less by 61.50 lakh bales due to the disruptions caused by the lockdown and the shortage of labour, the CAI said in a media statement.
The closing stock, as on September 30, is estimated by the Crop Committee at 107.50 lakh bales. | agronomy |
http://possonrealty.net/listings/gentlemans-farm/ | 2023-06-02T12:31:37 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224648635.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20230602104352-20230602134352-00468.warc.gz | 0.892254 | 284 | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__153939734 | en | 2767 – 100 acre Gentleman’s Farm Near Cooperstown, Cobleskill and Oneonta
Listing # 2767
Near Cooperstown, Cobleskill and Oneonta NY.
100-acre Gentleman’s farm with 60 acres’ tillable valley ground. Grows excellent crops. Owner states that this soil is organic and good for growing crops such as corn, hops, vegetables, fruit, and lavender.
Balance pasture and woods. Year-round stream.
Good 2,000+ sq. ft. two-story, 5-and-a-half bedroom, farmhouse with spacious eat-in kitchen with separate pantry, formal dining room, and laundry.
Unique, bright sunroom. Attic and closets provide plentiful storage.
Good two-car garage.
Nice two-story dairy barn 34×100 with a large side addition for young stock.
Pole barn and 3 other outbuildings.
Farm would work well for beef or horses, make hay, grow crops.
Beautiful setting and views. Very nice area to live and farm.
Approximately 20 minutes from Cooperstown, Cobleskill, & Oneonta.
Easy commute to Albany and Binghamton. 2 miles from Worcester. 3 miles from I88. | agronomy |
https://www.biolana.lv/BLOG/dosage | 2023-12-01T00:49:27 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100258.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20231130225634-20231201015634-00456.warc.gz | 0.905369 | 634 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__272297000 | en | How to use and dosage of BioLana Pellets
Dosage and use of "BioLana Pellets"
Biolana Pellets is a long-acting organic fertilizer that is approved for use in organic farming and that promotes plant growth processes by increasing their weight and volume, as well as protection against slugs and snails, various odors and forest animals.
Fertilizer application and dosage:
To promote plant growth
- Till into the soil
Biolana pellets are a long-acting organic fertilizer and are best applied under or around the root of the plant. When planting seeds need to cover at least 5 cm of soil. One handful of the average person is about 25/30 grams, but one tablespoon with a pile of about 15/20 grams. One 450 gram package will suffice for up to 20 plants or 20 sqm of soil. For a better result, we recommend that you first specify the characteristics of the existing soil:
- Peas, beans, beans 20 - 30 g / m2;
- For grass, herbs, beets 60 - 80 g / m2;
- Tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, carrots, potatoes, onions, turnips 80 - 120 g / m2;
- Pumpkins, cucumbers, courgettes, melons, lettuce, spinach, onions, fruit trees, vines, shrubs, ornamentals 100 - 130g / m2;
- Cabbage, cauliflower, kohlrabi 120 - 150 g / m2.
- Substrate creation
For green and ornamental plants. At least 10 - 20 g of granules are needed per 1 liter of substrate, depending on the need for nitrogen and other nutrients for the plant.
For plant protection
- Sow to the soil
For protection against slugs and snails, spread the granules evenly 10 - 15 cm in diameter and 1 - 2 cm in height around the trunk of the plant (so that the soil is not visible) and thoroughly sprinkle with water to swell them. Note that the granules can absorb up to 3.5 times more water than they weigh. As the granules become larger and the excess water dries, they will begin their protective function. It is desirable for the plants to be protected from excessive rain, as during heavy rain the protective functions decrease slightly, however, after repeated drying, the protection was restored to full extent.
- Mix with water
For additional protection of molluscs, mix at least 20 - 50 grams of pellets with 1 liter of water, wait at least 10 minutes for the pellets to dissolve, then stir and sprinkle the plant stem and leaves.
To protect young plants from forest animals (deer, elk, etc.), mix at least 50-70 grams of pellets with 1 liter of water, wait at least 10 minutes for the pellets to dissolve, then stir and sprinkle the plant / tree (trunk and leaves / needles).
For protection against unpleasant odors
- evenly spread the granules on the odor agent (Chicken or other manure, etc.) | agronomy |
http://netherlands.embassy.gov.lk/45-irrigation.html | 2018-04-19T15:49:29 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-17/segments/1524125936981.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20180419150012-20180419170012-00420.warc.gz | 0.962244 | 419 | CC-MAIN-2018-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-17__0__162435371 | en | Sri Lanka is covered with a network of thousands of man-made lakes and ponds, known locally as 'tanks.' Some are truly massive and inspire modern day engineers. Many are thousands of years old. Reservoirs and canals studded the northern and north-central plains, tapping every source of water.
Based on the storage and use of water for the cultivation of wet fields during previous eras, researchers have stated that the island's early civilization was hydraulic based. The early Indo-Aryan settlers cultivated rice and settled along river valleys and other suitable lands; they began with simple schemes for damming rivers and storing water below them. Each village stored water in reservoirs by tapping seasonal streams, and these ideas were spread throughout the country and became characteristics of every village.
Many kings over the centuries built colossal tanks. King Parakramabahu either built or restored 163 major reservoirs, 2,617 minor tanks, 3,910 irrigation channels, 328 stone sluices and 168 sluice blocks, besides repairing 1,969 breaches in embankments. His Sea of Parakrama is a gigantic work of irrigation that commands admiration even today.
Further technical progress was achieved in the reign of King Mahasena. A number of storage tanks and canals are attributed to him, the most outstanding of which is the Minneriya tank and its feeder canals. The construction and maintenance of large-scale irrigation work became a regular preoccupation of kings.
Irrigation continues to be a major focus of the Sri Lankan government. Dams have been built, artificial lakes have been constructed, and rivers have been diverted to provide water to the people. The main emphasis of the government of Sri Lanka has been on agricultural development through the renovation of ancient irrigation work and resettlement of the landless population in the dry zone.
Objectives of current irrigation systems include:
to increase food production;
to provide land for the landless;
to earn or save on foreign exchange; and
to generate employment and raise the income of the farming community. | agronomy |
https://www.figure-eight.com/success-stories/blue-river-technology/ | 2020-04-09T04:53:24 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-16/segments/1585371829677.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20200409024535-20200409055035-00100.warc.gz | 0.945934 | 742 | CC-MAIN-2020-16 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-16__0__209819702 | en | How Blue River Technology is creating the future of farming with help from Figure Eight
“Walking through the field, taking tallies on how many weeds we hit, how many we missed, and our accuracy was in the high 90s on that test. We’re really excited about bringing this technology to the farmer and using AI to really modernize farming.”
– Chris Padwick,
Tech Fellow, Machine Learning Team Lead, Blue River Technology
Blue River is a John Deere company based in Silicon Valley with a goal to “optimize every plant.” A leader in the agricultural technology space, Blue River combines machine learning and smart equipment to modernize farming and make it both smarter and more sustainable. They do with this AI-powered farming equipment that can sense, detect, and act as it moves through large farms.
Put simply, the problem is weeds. Large-scale farmers spend an average of $150,000 a year on herbicides, using what’s called a self-propelled sprayer to dust hundreds of acres of crops. These self-propelled sprayers cover a lot of ground but they’re not precise. In fact, they simply spray everything in their path, which means both weeds and crops get hit with herbicide. This in turn forces farmers to buy treated seeds like Roundup Ready soybeans, seeds which are significantly more expensive than non-GMO varieties. What’s more, weeds like waterhemp or pigweed are resistant to the most widely used herbicides, so spraying them is ineffective and wasteful.
This is all to say that reducing weed pressure on large farms is a costly endeavor. The machines cover a lot of ground, but they’re inefficient. This inefficiency means farmers are wasting money on herbicide and are forced into purchasing GMO seeds.
It’s a problem. But it’s a problem that Blue River is solving.
Blue River is building the next generation of smart agricultural equipment and nowhere is this more evident than their See & Spray line. See & Spray, essentially, uses self-propelled sprayer equipment but infuses it with visual intelligence. Instead of blanketing every square inch of a farm with herbicide, See & Spray equipment uses on-board computing and vision algorithms to identify individual plants, precision-spraying only the weeds and sparing the crops. And those computer vision models are built on labeled training data from Figure Eight.
Blue River sends real-world images of large-scale farms through the Figure Eight platform, where each individual photo is labeled on a pixel-by-pixel level. Once a model has seen a sufficient amount of labeled images, it starts to understand what cotton looks like versus pigweed. These identifications enable the machines to precisely spray individual weeds instead of acres of farmland.
There are myriad benefits for farmers here. For one, precision spraying massively cuts that average herbicide cost of $150,000 by 90%. And because crops aren’t sprayed in herbicide, farmers can use non-GMO seeds, which cost about half the price of Roundup Ready crops. The environmental benefit of using less herbicide–thereby removing harmful chemicals from the water table–is a gigantic benefit, not just for the farmers in question, but the world at large.
Because Blue River can identify not just weeds but specific types of weeds, their sprayers can actually avoid using certain herbicides on plants that are resistant to those particular chemicals. They’re constantly adding new plant types to their models, sending images directly from the field, and making their algorithms more effective with each passing day. | agronomy |
https://www.suzu-fuka.com/smart-tips-for-uncovering-gardens.html | 2020-10-25T16:19:15 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-45/segments/1603107889574.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20201025154704-20201025184704-00717.warc.gz | 0.940549 | 601 | CC-MAIN-2020-45 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-45__0__76339265 | en | Doctor Ponic: Facts and Tips About Hydroponics
Hydroponics refers to the process of growing plants without soil but rather using liquid, sand, gravel, or any other mediums with added nutrients. The word hydroponics came from the Latin word “hydro” or water and “ponos” or work. The two earliest examples of hydroponics are The Floating Gardens of China and Gardens of Babylon which are soil less gardening that has been existing for thousands of years. Around the 1950s, the experimentation of soil less gardening started when countries like Germany, Holland, and Australia have used hydroponics for crop production gained successful results. In hydroponics, the main principles include increased oxygen levels into the root zone, and liquid feed that is directly delivered to the roots. As compared to traditional soil gardening, hydroponics gardening resulted in increased growth rates and yields with increased oxygen levels and nutrient levels.
There are many reasons why hydroponic gardening is much better than soil gardening. As compared to traditional soil gardens, more plants can be grown in equal spaces in hydroponics gardening. In a hydroponic garden, plant roots no longer need to search or stretch for nutrients because they are readily available. The primary benefit of hydroponic gardening is providing seeds and plants with higher oxygen levels, and hydroponic gardens are usually stacked for increasing space efficiency. The growth rate on a hydroponic plant is about thirty to fifty percent faster than a soil plant which is both similarly grown under the same conditions. The extra oxygen levels in hydroponic growing mediums is helpful in stimulation of root growth among hydroponic plants. In hydroponic gardening, nutrients, and water are mixed so they are sent directly to the plants’ root system. These are turned into saved energy and then utilized later for plants to grow faster, producing more fruit. Hydroponic plants are generally happier and healthier plants because they have fewer issues and problems such as fungus, bug infestations, and diseases.
Enrionmentally speaking, hydroponic plants provide a lot of benefits to our environment using less water than soil gardening, with fewer pesticides are used in producing crops. The different growing medium you can use in your hydroponic garden include hydro corn, rock wool, perlite, vermiculite, and sand. The purpose of having a growing medium is for support and aeration to channel the nutrients and water. Feel free to check the website of Doctor Ponic for more details about hydroponic gardening including hydroponic resin flower pot, LED grow light bars, seeds, and other hydroponic paraphernalia. For all of your hydroponic gardening needs, Doctor Ponic provide top of the line and quality products for your ultimate hydroponic gardening experience. They are always committed, dedicated and passionate in providing the best products and customer service for hydroponic garden lovers!What You Should Know About Gardens This Year | agronomy |
https://www.delishtea.com/ginseng-life-cycle.html | 2024-02-27T07:22:40 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474671.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20240227053544-20240227083544-00440.warc.gz | 0.938528 | 632 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__140275961 | en | Ginseng Life Cycle
American ginseng, Panax quinquefolius, is one of the most valuable medicinal herbs. Although it is a rather ordinary looking little plant that grows inconspicuously on the floor of hardwood forests throughout northeastern North America, its value lies buried in its slow-growing tuberous rootstock.
There are two main types of ginseng: Asian or Korean ginseng (Panax ginseng) and American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius). They are members of the ancient Araliaceae family and have similar chemical compositions, but they are used differently in traditional Chinese medicine. The Asian or Korean ginseng originates from northeast China, Korea, Manchuria and extreme eastern Russia near the Chinese border. American ginseng is produced in the United States and Canada.
Ginsenoside Content Comparison
Two important measures of ginseng root quality are ginsenoside and polysaccharide content. Ginsenosides are a complex mixture of compounds called triterpene saponins and polysaccharides are a mixture of complex sugars. These chemical compounds are affected in both quality and quantity by the production practices employed by growers.
American ginseng contains more of the ginsenosides better suited to adapt to and cope with stress. For both types of ginseng, the age, growing conditions, genetic makeup of the seeds and where and how it was grown affect the number of ginsenosides available. The ginsenosides consistently associated with American ginseng are: Rb1, Rb2, Rc, Rd, Re, Rg1, Ro; the malonyl-ginsenosides: mRb1, mRb2, mRc, mRd, and gypenoside XVII. One of the distinguishing features of North American ginseng is the absence of ginsenoside Rf which is present in Asian ginseng.
How to Identify the Age of Ginseng?
Ginseng also has a few evolutionary surprises. Ginseng's stem is actually found below ground. During the growing season, this structure, known as a rhizome, develops a bud that will grow into the next year's visible ginseng plant. Each fall, the foliage dies and the base of the stem breaks off just below ground level, leaving a scar on the rhizome at the top of the root. This yearly scarring produces a root 'neck', technically called a rhizome, which bears a series of alternating and ascending marks that indicate the age of ginseng.
Rhizomes can also be used (along with seeds) to propagate plants and in fact many ginseng harvesters in the past used to plant the rhizomes at harvest to ensure continuation of the population. The age requirement can have the negative effect of preventing one means of ensuring continuation of the population. Since the rhizome produces a clone of the parent plant, this mode of reproduction aids in the propagation of already-successful genotypes. | agronomy |
https://www.burmamonitor.com/lawn-therapy-in-the-autumn-the-appropriate-time-for-feeding-and-dethatching/ | 2022-09-28T16:20:29 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030335257.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20220928145118-20220928175118-00691.warc.gz | 0.958988 | 684 | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__243593119 | en | As winter season techniques, many house gardeners in Mediterranean and related climates are likely to presume that the chores and tasks associated with garden care are more than for the calendar year, and that they can overlook about lawn treatment method till the subsequent spring. Fall Cleanup is effortless to see why, as most of the grass kinds used in this sort of regions are dormant throughout the winter, while feeding and dethatching in the autumn look to make minor variation to the lawn’s physical appearance at this time.
However, feeding, if carried out effectively, and dethatching exactly where suitable, aid the lawn to get well more quickly and increase greater at the commence of the following year’s expanding season. What then is appropriate feeding when is dethatching required, and how ought to it be completed?
Garden fertilizer used at the conclude of the summertime or the commencing of autumn, can include a relatively high proportion of nitrogen, in buy to just take advantage of the remaining 6 months or so of growing season, ahead of the onset of wintertime. The closer to winter season even so, the presence of offered nitrogen gets more and more irrelevant. In both instances although, it is greatest to utilize a lawn fertilizer that contains a higher share of potassium, as this encourages satisfactory root growth, whose advantages as talked about, will be seen in the spring and help in generating a garden that is hardier to pests, illness and drought.
The easiest method of feeding is to use a sluggish launch fertilizer. In the tumble, the percentages of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, expressed from remaining to appropriate on the package as N-P-K, should be reduced in nitrogen and phosphorous, (N and P respectively) but large in Potassium (K). Alternatively, one can use an organic fertilizer, though cumbersome organic and natural matter, such as compost, although important for the rest of the backyard, is significantly less desirable for lawn care, as it is challenging to spread evenly, and is liable to exacerbate the thatch issue.
Eliminating the thatch that has constructed up through the summer is a single of the most critical duties in garden care and treatment method, specifically with numerous of the species utilized in hot, dry, summer season climates this sort of as Bermuda, Zoysia, and Kikuyu types. While several home gardeners are informed that dethatching is vital in the spring, significantly less know that it is attractive in the autumn way too, as it drastically enhances the fee at which rainwater percolates through the soil. It needs to be carried out much considerably less aggressively than in the spring, and only on people species that recover from the treatment method. Excellent care should be exercised with grasses like Buffalo, or St.Augustine, which can be irreparably broken by above-zealous dethatching.
Over Seeding Lawns
An outstanding way of greening up a perennial lawn that becomes dormant in the wintertime is to over seed with a assortment that grows well in the winter season, only to fade away via the summer time. For this goal, dethatching the lawn prior to spreading the seeds, tremendously aids in rising the germination price, which aids the lawn appear a great deal fuller and greener by means of the wintertime. | agronomy |
https://www.americantruffle.com/the-single-biggest-risk-in-growing-truffles/ | 2024-02-26T00:25:47 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474649.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20240225234904-20240226024904-00212.warc.gz | 0.955098 | 646 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__11136848 | en | There are many technical considerations in trying to grow truffles. We’ve outlined the Five Steps to Growing Truffles before. However, by far the single biggest risk in growing truffles is not any of these technical considerations. It’s not the trees; it’s not the diseases; it’s not the soil. The single biggest risk is consistently the human factor. Time and again, we have seen this pattern play out across the country and indeed around the world.
What do we mean by the human factor? It’s the decisions (or indecisions) that orchard owners make, as well as the management and organizational behavior involved in maintaining the truffle orchard.
For example, the very first decision an orchard owner makes is which of the two approaches to take to grow truffles. The conventional approach involves buying truffle inoculated trees from a tree nursery and then using whatever publicly available information to decide what to do for every other aspect of setting up and running a truffle orchard. Unfortunately, the failure rate for this conventional approach is over 98%, for the very simple reason that the science of truffle cultivation is largely unavailable in the public domain – unlike for every other conventional crop. The other approach is based on scientific methods and data. Every management detail is driven by solid science, data, and analysis. This scientific approach has yielded an extremely high success rate. The decision of which approach to take therefore has profound and long-lasting effects on the success of a truffle orchard, no later how diligently one works to maintain the truffle orchard later.
Another example involves a gentleman who lived in Central America for twenty years, got into the coffee business there and grew many acres of coffee trees. Upon returning to the U.S. and establishing a truffle orchard with us, he consistently disregarded ATC’s scientific recommendations and instead took care of the truffle orchard in the same way he took care of his coffee trees. 90% of his truffle trees ended up dead.
Even for successful truffle orchards, periods of mismanagement have either caused delays in first harvest, or significantly reduced yields after production started. Often, the orchard owners are not themselves the ones actually in the field maintaining their orchards. In many cases, a hired crew or management company manages the orchard. Despite the best intentions of the owners, the actual orchard manager sometimes neglects to perform critical management actions in the orchard. Organizational behavior dysfunctions then contribute to the owner either not seeing the effects clearly, or even ends up perpetuating the dysfunction. For those of you familiar with corporate culture, this is no different from the group-think and the games of politics that employees play with each other.
In addition to applying rigorous science to truffle cultivation, a significant part of what ATC does is managing the human factor. Having seen its potentially detrimental effects, we often anticipate the human-related issues that can arise before they do. To understand how you can be successful at growing truffles, get in touch with us and learn more about how we can help. | agronomy |
https://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2020/09/usda-makes-new-move-broad-effort-bring-innovative-tech-americas-farmers/168412/ | 2024-04-19T12:44:25 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817398.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20240419110125-20240419140125-00638.warc.gz | 0.934912 | 554 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__7648556 | en | The agriculture-focused agency wants public input on potentially disruptive, existing assets to consider.
With sights set on significantly expanding farm production while reducing the field’s environmental footprint over the next decades, the Agriculture Department is looking to learn more about the most innovative, “ready-to-go” technologies and approaches that can be quickly unleashed across the U.S. agriculture landscape.
The farm-focused agency invited public- and private-sector players to weigh in via a request for information posted Thursday—and confirmed that responses will inform a “comprehensive U.S. agriculture innovation technology strategy” that USDA intends to develop for its customer-facing programs.
“Across America, we have seen significant advances in agricultural production efficiency and conservation performance during the past two decades,” USDA Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation Bill Northey said in a statement. “We want to keep the momentum.”
Specifically, officials plan to pinpoint publicly accessible tech and practices that are fully developed, field tested, and have completed independent research trials. The agency lists robotics, applications, tools and in-field management activities as examples in their pursuit.
The work is part of the department’s broader Agriculture Innovation Agenda, an agencywide effort to align USDA’s assets to more deliberately help farmers access and adopt innovative agricultural approaches and products. In catalyzing new innovation, USDA’s ultimate long-term goal through the program is to increase “U.S. agricultural production by 40 percent while cutting the environmental footprint of U.S. agriculture in half by 2050.”
The agency previously accepted responses on possibly disruptive technologies and approaches that could advance the agenda’s aims—but face substantial room for development ahead of being deployed—through a separate RFI released earlier this year.
In the latest document, USDA defines innovation as “any idea, practice, or object that is perceived as new or generally has low adoption, and when judged as a whole” has characteristics including: a relative advantage; compatibility with pre-existing systems; potential for reinvention; might be difficult to learn—and more.
On top of asking farmers and people from non-profits, industry, the forest sector, trade associations, and others to detail potential innovations worth considering, agency insiders also ask them to detail how ready-to-adopt the resources might be and how the agency can promote deployment. Among a range of other questions, USDA requests responders provide feedback on how the innovation might best target particular areas of focus, including carbon sequestration and greenhouse gases, agricultural productivity, food loss and waste, water quality and renewable energy.
The deadline for replies is set for November 9. | agronomy |
https://thebioscientist.org/2018/06/19/discovery-new-type-photosynthesis/ | 2023-12-09T14:04:20 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100912.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20231209134916-20231209164916-00472.warc.gz | 0.933945 | 522 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__93165859 | en | A new research led by the researchers of University of Imperial College London has the potential to change the universal vision about the photosynthesis and brings the need to rewrite the textbooks.
Photosynthesis is the process to produce the energy and other biochemical with the help of chlorophyll, carbon dioxide, water, and visible light. A new study discovered a new type of photosynthesis which does not use visible light, instead use the far infrared light which has less amount of energy photon than the visible light (“the red light”).
The research team found this new type of photosynthesis in wide range of cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) when they grow in near-infrared light, found in shaded conditions like bacterial mats in Yellowstone and in beach rock in Australia.
During their study, scientists found that while the universal type of photosynthesis( that we studied in school, college and everywhere) uses chlorophyll a for red light absorption and using its energy for producing biochemical and oxygen but when cyanobacteria were grown in infrared light in a shaded area, they found that chlorophyll a photosystem gets switched off while other chlorophyll starts driving photosynthesis process. This chlorophyll is none other than chlorophyll f which according to previous studies has the only function in the light harvest.
This current study shows that this chlorophyll f often termed ‘accessory’ chlorophylls were actually performing the crucial chemical step, rather than the textbook ‘special pair’ of chlorophylls in the centre of the complex.
Lead researcher Professor Bill Rutherford, from the Department of Life Sciences at Imperial, said: “The new form of photosynthesis made us rethink what we thought was possible. It also changes how we understand the key events at the heart of standard photosynthesis. This is textbook changing stuff.”
With this study in mind, researchers can engineer crops in a way that they can function more efficiently in a wide range of light.
This new type of photosynthesis occurs only in special infrared condition; in normal light conditions, the standard red form of photosynthesis is used.
Peter Burlinson, lead for frontier bioscience at BBSRC – UKRI says, “This is an important discovery in photosynthesis, a process that plays a crucial role in the biology of the crops that feed the world. Discoveries like this push the boundaries of our understanding of life and Professor Bill Rutherford and the team at Imperial should be congratulated for revealing a new perspective on such a fundamental process.” | agronomy |
https://two4oneapp.medium.com/laikipia-county-maize-value-chain-platform-25508253a64b?source=post_internal_links---------5---------------------------- | 2021-10-21T15:54:54 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323585424.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20211021133500-20211021163500-00101.warc.gz | 0.944868 | 1,028 | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-43__0__10196984 | en | The agriculture sector development support program (ASDSP) under the Department of Agriculture, livestock, and fisheries have been training and helping to build a value chain platform for Laikipia farmers.
In a meeting held on 13th May at Nyaki Hotel in Nyahururu. There were stakeholders drawn from the maize value chain which included aggregators, suppliers, and farmers. Some of them included,
Ngarua Cereals, which buys and sells maize produce, fertilizer, and other farm inputs has a capacity to handle 15,000 bags and is inviting registration of new members.
Ndurumo Cooperatives, with a current membership of 31 active members has 443 bags of maize and is open to the membership.
Kilimo self-help group, which has 28 members had demo plots with produced 40 bags per acre that was record-breaking also provide table banking and other services like tents provision and public address.
Karadi Farmers cooperatives, which was registered in 2016, has 23 active members, provides table banking and farm inputs
Kangumo youth farmers, which has a membership of 15 youth members, is a self-help group that provides table banking and farm inputs.
Ziduka cooperatives which changed from a CBO in 2017 provide aggregation and farm inputs
Karaba cooperative provide aggregation and farm inputs and was registered in 2015
Sawanga FM, a community radio based at Kinamba, has a reach of close to 400,000 reach and listeners across all demographics aim to reach and communicate the agendas to foster more participation from your youth who has been left out from the value chain equation.
Laikipia Afya Limited which was incorporated with 3 current shareholders aims at providing value addition of Laikipia produced maize and creation of employment. The company has received KEBS certification for its milled flour now available in stores and supermarkets.
Farming as an economic activity provides Various activities to provide employment in the value chain which includes the provision of farm inputs, mechanization including machine provision for spraying, tilling of land, and cultivation. After harvesting, there is a need for transport to a storage facility in readiness for value addition. This includes drying, grinding, packaging ready for milling. Millers provide fortification of maize flour of several grades and animal feeds.
All the above economic activity in the value-added in the chain provides the much-needed employment for the local population that guarantees better livelihood of the population.
Service providers which include Soil testing, financial services, insurance, KEBS, and communications are key stakeholders that contribute to the value chain and provide additional services that contribute to the value and quality of the maize.
Laikipia aims to be the first county in the country to deploy the warehouse receipt system. The warehouse council which was appointed by the president will be a key player in the implementation after the acts and regulations in the running have been put in place. The KCIC and European Union which are the main funding partner toward the establishment of the warehouses will also be championed by Laikipia ASDSP to oversee the implementation.
The platform aims at tokenization of maize through the provision of a blockchain-based receipt system where farmers will receive electronic receipts (Token) of the maize delivered to aggregators or warehouses. The farmers will have options to redeem the Receipts (tokens) issued or trade them at an exchange platform. The system will provide liquidity for trading and speculation for traders, millers, and other stakeholders in the value chain.
The county financial support program like economic stimulus and the cooperative revolving fund aims to help the farmers and aggregators in operations and reviving the value chain organization to build more capacity and increase productivity.
The need to include more youths in the demographic of participants in the value chain was emphasized. As a huge percentage of the population more communication that touches on their need and participation. The warehouse receipting system will aim to utilize the most recent technology that will enable their participation and contribution across the value chain.
Two4one Ltd, which works with government, business, and other organizations, will endeavor to help in the digitization of the maize value chain with other value chain organizations to foster the delivery and operation of the warehouse receipting system. With submission to the Capital Markets for the full operations for the creation, management, and distribution of regulated digital assets under a project name KENDEX (Kenya Digital Asset Exchange).
Two4one Ltd aims to work with Laikipia County Development Authority (LCDA), Kenyatta University through Chandaria Business innovation center, Laikipia Innovation Program, innovation community Hub, and other banking institutions for custodial services including other partners. The company hopes to operationalize a market for other SMEs to participate in the capital markets and value chain.
To find out more on the Kendex platform, check us out on www.kendex.co.ke or read more about this initiative on the Two4one website. You can also follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram to follow more on this project | agronomy |
https://www.socialbusinessclub.ch/social-business-list/terrabiom | 2024-02-26T18:00:19 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474661.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20240226162136-20240226192136-00335.warc.gz | 0.914366 | 810 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__114578286 | en | “We apply science & data for soil health”
As part of a global project to promote soil regeneration, Terrabiom has made it its mission to reverse current trends of soil degradation & pollution. Caring for our soil really is the future: from farmers who now look into regenerative agriculture (see Kiss the Ground documentary) to policies like the EU green deal which embrace this topic. Healthy soils are not just essential for our food, but also offer many “ecosystem services” like filtering and retaining water, maintaining local biodiversity, and storing carbon. Think about it when you go into the street, where do the trees grow from? Where does our food grow?
Human activities have polluted our soils for centuries. Today’s approaches to deal with this include technologies to stabilize harmful chemicals or moving polluted soils to landfills. In fact, industrial companies are generally required to restore the quality of the soil they affected to the levels prior to their exploitation. However, today’s approaches are simply not good enough: dangerous chemicals should be extracted, not just stabilized. The next step of regenerating soils once they’re clean is currently not even considered. Yet is essential to life on land. A degraded soil, even if chemical-free, is of little use to anyone. A regenerated soil, however, is a whole other story. It has the potential to grow healthy food, sink carbon, help to mitigate climate change and fulfill its many other functions for ecosystems.
Terrabiom aims to achieve its goal of reversing global soil degradation by 2030 by applying science and data. They focus on three workstreams. First, they assess the soil health using high-throuput DNA screening, bringing the dimension of life and biodiversity into soil analysis. Second, the team develops bio-based technologies and mitigation plans for on-site soil cleaning and regeneration. Lastly, the positive impact on treated soils is translated into comprehensive soil health indicators, making the value of regenerative soil practices visible and tangible for anyone.
Soil is everyone’s business. In particular, Terrabiom focuses on soil health for industries, public authorities and impact-driven investors.
To complete its mission, Terrabiom needs all hands on deck.
Be part of the solution and get in touch.
Possible Involvement Opportunities
(beware this is constantly evolving and high-level to ensure the student is allowed a certain freedom, all can be broken down into more concrete parts. We also support proactivity and are open to your suggestions related to business, legal, and other topics around soil health & Terrabiom)
- Market analysis
Stakeholder / network mapping of natural extraction resource companies in Switzerland, with their global links
Identification & validation of target customers; detailed elaboration and validation of value proposition(s), comprehensive mapping of the results.
- Business model innovation
Which business model(s), or combination thereof, enable us best to achieve our mission in the smartest and fastest way?
Business model opportunities around natural capital / soil health
- “Markets driven by policy”: evolving legal frameworks around nature degradation and restoration,
in Switzerland (keyword, “Bodenstrategie Schweiz” 2020)
in Europe (keywords, “EU green deal”)
Global - in your area of interest
- Best case examples of businesses as key actors in nature regeneration
in Switzerland, Europe, or globally
- Data in business
How to collaborate with other soil biodiversity data collecting companies?
Open data vs data-as-an-asset business model?
- The integration of non-financial capital (i.e., natural, social) into building
a business case
A successful business models
- Impact measurement and the triple-bottom-line in business (i.e., chemical companies, the extractive industry, etc)
- Strategic partnerships in business for impact | agronomy |
http://nodusconsultores.com/en/project/diseno-de-un-programa-de-apoyo-al-desarrollo-del-sector-financiero-rural-en-peru/ | 2021-04-12T02:50:09 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-17/segments/1618038066568.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20210412023359-20210412053359-00041.warc.gz | 0.941631 | 203 | CC-MAIN-2021-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-17__0__72887133 | en | Client: Kreditanstalft für Wiederaufbau (KfW)
The objective of the project funded by the KfW was to develop a Concept for a program aimed at supporting the expansion and improvement of financial services offered to the rural population, initially working in agriculture, and therefore facilitating their inclusion in the financial system.
The intervention focuses on financial instruments articulated to structured productive clusters. This approach allows financing to be provided to producers excluded from the financial system, taking into consideration the economic flux generated by the productive clusters, which are usually linked to agro exports.
This is a pilot program launched by COFIDE, which may be suitable for other developing countries.
This project had an initial phase in 2005, when the conclusion reached was that the process was not sufficiently developed. Two years later, in 2007, COFIDE and KfW requested again NODUS’ support to study the viability of the Concept and to define the characteristics of a potential program. | agronomy |
https://ecologygmo.wordpress.com/2016/04/01/ecology-and-gmos/ | 2019-07-21T07:19:18 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195526931.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20190721061720-20190721083720-00087.warc.gz | 0.941337 | 2,277 | CC-MAIN-2019-30 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-30__0__15939260 | en | Since the dawn of human civilisation, whether it is for food, shelter or water, we have been heavily reliant on nature’s resources to sustain ourselves. However, since the industrial revolution, a spike in human population has resulted in a greater demand for energy and resources, where most of the problems are tackled using conventional technological means. This approach of separating the natural systems from humanity poses a threat to our resources, ecosystems and is energy intensive. However, recently there has been an effort in integrating engineering practices to provide for human needs with design practices that will protect and reconstruct our ecosystems. This is known as ecological engineering, which is seen as the way of future as it is the design of building sustainable systems by taking ecological principles into account and integrating it with the human society . This allows us to tackle several environmental issues, such as, preventing destruction of wetlands, accounting for global warming, ocean acidification, protecting clean lakes and reservoirs and several other broad categories such as bioengineering and sustainable agroecology . In this blog, I will focus specifically on genetically modified organisms and how that has an impact on our ecosystems, and what steps we can incorporate to ensure that the design is consistent with the ecological principles.
What are genetically modified organisms?
In order to sustain a growing population, we have been looking at new methods of farming that utilise technology, giving rise to genetically modified organisms (GMOs). GMOs are the result of bioengineering where the DNA extracted from a species is combined with the genes of an unrelated plant or animal . Genetically modified crops have several benefits such as:
- Disease, weed and pest resistant plants resulting in decreased usage of pesticides and herbicides (see this article).
- Higher yield of crops produced, allowing the farmers to utilise their agricultural lands more efficiently. To learn about how GM crops have transformed farming in rural America, see this article) and if you’re curious about the scientific perspective on how GM crops could reduce droughts and mitigate issues such as chronic hunger, click here.
- Foods those are more beneficial to humans due to better nutritional value, flavour and texture.
- Food with longer shelf life that can make transportation easier.
Fig 1: Genetically modified corn
Effects of GMOs on Biodiversity
There are several long term effects of growing genetically modified crops that can adversely affect our ecosystem and natural processes. In order to assess the health of an ecosystem, we can use several parameters such as genetic diversity and habitat . Diversity in gene sequences is favourable, as such diverse systems are more ecologically resilient and are able to persist or evolve under disturbances . However, if a system is low in genetic diversity it will be difficult for the system to sustain under changing environments, as all the individuals will react in the same way and may perish.
GMOs promote large scale monocultures and contain similar DNA, leaving little genetic variation between the individuals of a species which can make them more prone to climate change, diseases and pests [5, 6]. For example, GM crops such as cotton and corn contain DNA that is combined with a strain of common bacteria known as Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) in order to make the plants pest resistant. However, pests will successfully evolve and thrive in such homogenous environments, potentially wiping out the crop as no individual plant would be able to fill the void contributing to the ecological resilience of the system . Similar outcomes can result due to other disturbances such as climate change, where no individual crop would be able to withstand a change in environment due to the nature of GMO’s genetic homogeneity. Let us assess the two major problems persisting with GMOs.
Problem 1: Cross-pollination and Hybridisation
Strictly speaking, a new gene into the environment means that it should increase the biodiversity of the ecosystem. The reproductively compatible wild crops and GMOs can cross pollinate and produce a hybrid version. However, due to the engineered gene, these plants have a fitness advantage and act as unfavourable competitors in survival and reproduction with their wild counterparts and thus, reducing the genetic diversity of the wild species [5, 11]. In fact, The Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations found that about 75% of the plant genetic diversity has been lost since 1900 .
GM crops may potentially affect the fitness of other species, population extinctions, population explosions, and changes in community structure and function inside and outside agroecosystems – Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations
Solution 1: Know your environment
The simplest solution to prevent wild and native plant population extinction is to confine GMOs to agricultural lands and prevent them from growing in a natural system. However, the challenges faced in confining GMOs are that the genes inherently weave into the ecosystem by several means such as wind pollination. One fine example of unintended cross pollination of GMO and wild species is seen in Bent grass – commonly used on golf courses. Studies have shown that the herbicide resistant gene was present in wild grass up to 9 miles from its origin within one year of the grass being planted [8, 9], while typically most hybridization occurs within one mile of where the GMOs are present . However, in this case, the grass was more readily transportable because it is wind-pollinated, perennial and has several close wild relatives to outcross with .
Applying the second design principle of ecological engineering, this problem can be approached by being equipped with sufficient information about the environment in which the crop is being grown and keeping it small scale and site specific so that spatial variability is precluded. In this context the ecological solution would be to recognise crops, such as corn, soybeans and cotton that are not perennials and do not have wild relatives growing in close proximity, hence mitigating the possibility of GMOs uncontrollably interacting in non-agricultural ecosystems, which can eliminate endangered species.
Problem 2: Adverse effect of GMOs on the Ecological network
The above design strategy addresses the issue of keeping GMOs separate from the wild species to ensure that natural ecosystems thrive and maintain their complexity and diversity. However, once a gene is introduced to the environment they are close to impossible to remove as they are continually reproducing and dispersing. According to studies conducted by Pimentel, pollen from Bt crops are highly detrimental to non target caterpillars and Monarch butterflies , which act as pollinators along with birds and bees. This interferes with the delicate balance in the ecosystem as other organisms that are closely related to the target pests are affected (for more information on the importance of butterflies in an ecosystem click here. In addition to this, toxins produced from the Bt crops to repel pests can easily be introduced into aquatic ecosystems through water used in irrigation and have an impact on the aquatic life .
Fig 2: Monarch butterfly essential in the ecological system
Solution 2: Modification and recoding of Genome
Implementing the first principle of ecological design principle to minimise the impact GMOs have on the overall ecosystem, researchers have devised methods that would ensure that ecosystems remain healthy and ecologically resilient. These are some of the approaches to prevent GMOs from hybridising with non GMOs:
- Creating a second generation of sterile seeds or seeds that would depend on chemicals for fertility .
- Modifying the genes so that only two GMO plants must be crossed to create an offspring with advantageous traits.
- Recoding the genome of the bacteria to incorporate synthetic amino acids, which are not present in the wild, hence curtailing the chance of DNA from GMOs being shared with the naturally occurring plants.
Though the introduced gene cannot be eradicated completely using ecological engineering principles, the changes in the ecosystem can be anticipated and known about so that contamination into non-agrarian lands can be kept to a minimum.
Incorporating GMOs into the natural habitat
In order to combine the GMOs with traditional farming, some principles can be used to not only improve the biodiversity of the ecosystem but also introduced genes with the natural habitat. The fourth ecological principle states that we need to let nature do some of the engineering to maximise the flow of energy into the system. An example of this would be incorporating crop rotation, a traditional farming method, to GMOs. Crop rotation not only acts as a pest control method, but also ensures the soil is rejuvenated and is able to sustain its nutrients. Furthermore, crop rotations increase the number of species grown on a certain piece of agricultural land, improving the biodiversity of the ecosystem in terms of the variety of species present. Other ways of integrating GMOs into the natural world is to utilise the competitive advantages of the GMOs to create forage grass and forest trees that have defences against insects, diseases and are equipped with mechanisms against drought or freezing.
In order to weigh out the risks and benefits of using GM crops, a risk assessment can be carried out to be fairly predictable as long as there are no unexpected interactions within the genome. However, as the spatial scale increases, predicting the impact of genetically modified crops and their associated risks and benefits get progressively more difficult. The diagram below is an illustration of predictability of direct and indirect effects of GM crops when they interact at a range of scales.
A comprehensive approach such as the below mentioned table needs to be used to assess the relative benefits and risks of GM crops for other ecosystems and for people.
Fig 1: Difficulty in predicting the direct and indirect effects of GM crops and their potential impacts.
“An incremental and tiered approach to risk assessment that moves from the laboratory to greenhouse and field trials and finally to gradually increased, monitored use” – Suggested methodology by ecologists
A list outlining the risks would allow us to reap the benefits of GMOs whilst preventing and mitigating risks. The table below is a risk analysis on all the issues that have been covered in this blog.
|Type of Impact||Benefit-Related Questions||Risk-Related Questions|
|Agricultural||Are there alternatives available that result in biodiversity and ecological benefits?
Does the GM crop prevent some specific harm to humans or ecosystems, e.g., does it reduce pesticide use?
|Are risks minimized though good design, e.g., ensuring only two GMOs can hybridise to result in an offspring with advantageous traits?
Has the organism been studied to ensure that genetic modifications made to produce a desired trait have not also resulted in risky changes?
|Ecological||Does the GM crop help solve an existing environmental problem, e.g., does it produce sterile feral animals to control pests ?||Does the modified trait have the potential to increase the fitness of the organism outside of the managed environment e.g., act as fierce competitors to the existing wild species?
Can the genome spread across the locality and hybridise with other relative species? In the locale of release, can the trait spread to other species?
Though genetic engineering seems to be the way of the future, it can only successfully fit into the existing ecosystem through careful management and proper knowledge of the environment. Ecological design principles must be closely adhered to while making decisions to ensure ecological networks are interacting with each other harmoniously with the humanity.
Check out my interview with a friend who had questions to ask about GMOs. | agronomy |
http://eng.tpo.ir/index.aspx?fkeyid=&siteid=5&pageid=1904&page=5 | 2017-04-24T01:31:14 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917118950.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031158-00585-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.923519 | 94 | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__123988179 | en | 14 Jan. 2017 - Iran, Italy set up joint venture to grow agricultural products
The Italian company Nature SRL and the Iranian company UPRO have set up a joint venture under the name UPRO NATURE. The goal of the joint venture is to grow products that comply with the quality standards of European target markets. It aims to meet these standards by combining Iranian resources with Italian modern technology.
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http://www.bicol.da.gov.ph/tips/hybrid-rice.html | 2014-04-17T00:48:01 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-15/segments/1397609526102.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20140416005206-00331-ip-10-147-4-33.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.900412 | 4,174 | CC-MAIN-2014-15 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-15__0__106956441 | en | A Hybrid rice variety, also referred to as the F1,
is the direct product of crossing two genetically different parents.
In hybrids, the positive qualities of both parents are combined
resulting in a phenomenon called hybrid vigor or
heterosis, where young seedlings are highly and the
mature plant has better reproductive characteristics. These factors
result in higher yields than ordinary rice, also called inbreds.
rice can raise farmers present yields by 15%. With proper
management, farmers can raise yields by up to 240 cavans per
hectare per season or 12 tons/ha/year.
does hybrid rice differ from ordinary rice?
The rice plants we see in farmers
fields today, including the more than 80 modern varieties released
in the Philippines to date (except three) and all our traditional
varieties are all inbred rice. Normally, each rice flower contains
both male and female organs. This allows the plant to perpetuate
or reproduce itself through self-pollination or inbreeding, hence
the term inbredwithout a mans intervention. This
means you can use the grains harvested from inbred rice as seeds
for the next planting season.
hybrid, on the other hand, is a product of two parents. Hence,
new seeds must always be produced for planting the next season
through cross-pollination. These seeds have variable sizes, may
be discolored, partially filled, may have slightly opened hull,
and generally lighter in weight compared with inbreds.
superior parent lines are crossed to get their best characteristics
and combine them in the hybrid plant. Pollination is done by
natural and chemical means. Seeds harvested from the hybrid plant
cannot be used for replanting because hybrid vigor is lost resulting
in lower yield and non-uniform crop stand.
- What are
HYVs, MRVs, Conventional Varieties, and NPT or Super Rice? How
do they differ from hybrid rice?
varieties), MRVs (modern rice varieties), conventional varieties,
and NPT (new plant type) or supper rice are terms used to differentiate
these varieties from traditional varieties. Traditional varieties
are tall and lodge easily. These are low-yielders, producing
from 40-50 cavans/ha, and can be grown once a year since they
take 56 months to mature. Most are photoperiodic. They have low
tiller number, are often susceptible to insect pests and diseases,
and the grains may shatter easily. Many, however, are aromatic
and have good taste or eating quality.
terms HYVs, MRVs and conventional varieties all mean the same.
These varieties are short or semi-dwarf; mature in about 4 months
or less; are non-photoperiodic thus a second or third crop is
possible; high yielding; resistant to insect pests and diseases;
responsible to N; heavy-tillering; and well-suited to irrigated
or Super Rice is a variety designed for the future. Its target
yield of 12 tons/ha will be achieved through a dramatic transformation
of the rice plant architecture; less tillers; more grains per
panicle; heavier grain weight per panicle; longer and extensive
root system; more efficient use of water and nutrients; and greater
resistance to insect pests and diseases. However, this is still
being developed and improved.
varieties, HYVs, MRVs, conventional varieties, and NPTs or super
rice of the future, however, share one thing in common: they
are all self-pollinated unlike hybrid rice.
Phenomenon, that is unique to hybrid rices and also referred
as heterosis, ix expressed during the early begetative
and reproductive growth stages of hybrid rice plant. Young hybrid
rice seedlings have faster root and leaf area development and
better canopy development while the mature plant has increased
total dry matter, greater number of spikelets per unit area,
increased total weight of grains, and consequently, higher yields.
This phenomenon is caused by the synergy among the positive characters
of parental lines. It is important, therefore that good parents
be used in hybrid rice seed production.
hybrid rice varieties can farmers plant today?
are three hybrid rice varieties approved by the National Seed
Industry Council (NSIC): one released nationally, and two approved
for location-specific release. Twenty-one promising hybrids are
now under evaluation in the National Cooperative Tests (NCT)
Rc26H or Magat. The Magat Hybrid bested PSB Tc4 by 17% and
IR50 by 36% during the dry season. This is recommended primarily
for Cagayan and Isabela, although is performed well in Camarines
Sur, Iloilo, Cotabato, Laguna, Bohol, Masbate, Palawan, Capiz,
Pangasinan, Agusan del Sur, and Zamboaga del Sur during the dry
has an average yield of 5.6 t/ha, grows to a height of 88 cm
and with a maturity of 110 days. Its higest yield was recorded
in Maligaya, Nueva Ecija at 11.8 t/ha. It is resistant to blast
and has intermediate reaction to bacterial leaf blight, rice
tungro virus, yellow stem borer, green leafhopper and brown planthoppers.
It has high amylose content, or is hard when cooked.
Rc72H or Mestizo. It has a yield average of 6.3 t/ha during
the dry season, grows to a height of 97 cm with growth duration
of 123 days. A high yield of 11.4 t/ha was attained in Maligaya,
Nueva Ecija during the 1997 DS. This medium maturing hybrid rice
is recommended for nationwide planting. It has better eating
quality with lower amylase, which means that is soft when cooked,
and comparable to or better in eating quality than IR64. Its
cooked rice has some aroma, that is preferred by most consumers.
Rc76H or Panay.
hybrid gave superior performance, notably, in Camarines Sur,
Laguna, and Bukidnon with an average yield of 5.2 t/ha during
the dry season and 4.7 t/ha during the wet season (superiority
over IR72 of 19% and 32%, respectively).
is early at 106 days and height is 102 dm. It is resistant to
blast and has intermediate reaction to bacterial leaf blight
and sheath blight. It has high amylose content, or is hard when
Yield Increase Can Farmers Attain Using Hybrid Rice?
of large-scale on-farm hybrid rice technology demonstration trials
conducted nationwide during 1998 dry season and 1999 dry and
wet seasons indicate that, on average, a farmer can get an additional
779 kg palay/ha using the hybrid Magat and 1272 kg palay/ha using
the hybrid Mestizo, as compared with planting the best and popular
conventional varieties. These represent a yield increase of 15%
and 25% for Magat and Mestizo hybrids, respectively. The highest
yield obtained in these trials came from Mestizo at 12 t/ha in
Cagayan and Bohol provinces.
is Hybrid Rice Production Different from Farmers' Usual Practices?
rice is grown much like ordinary rice except that it requires
greater attention in seedling management. Seedling must be robust
and their roots must be fully developed and should remain intact
in order to minimize transplanting shock. This will allow the
hybrid rice variety to fully express its hybrid vigor
at the early vegetative growth, leading to increased number of
spikelets. This means that hybrid rices have greater yield conversion
using the same inputs as with the usual varieties.
significant shifts from farmers usual practices include:
(1) use of new seeds every planting season, that is, they cannot
use their harvest as seeds; (2) use of only 20 kg seeds per hectare
(farmers use from 80 to 120 kg of seeds per hectare); (3) application
of 10-15 cavans farm wastes and organic materials in the seedbed
to make the soil loose and friable. This is to facilitate seedling
pulling while keeping roots of seedlings intact; (4) sparse seeding
of 50 g/m2 or a total of 20 kg in 400 m2
seedbed; and (5) transplanting of 1-2 seedlings per hill (farmers
transplant 3-5 seedlings per hill).
- Can a Farmer
Replant Seeds Harvested From Hybrid Rice?
While farmers growing ordinary rice varieties can use the grain
they harvested from their existing crop as seeds for planting
the following season, hybrid rice seed must be new every season.
Otherwise, the resulting crop will not be uniform in height and
in maturity. Furthermore, because of reduction in hybrid vigor,
yields could decrease by about 20% and hence, be even lower that
those obtainable from ordinary rice varieties.
derive the benefits of high yield and uniform stand, the farmer
must buy new seeds every season.
- How Much
Does it Cost to Grow Hybrid Rice?
is minimal additional cost in using hybrid rice since farmers
need only 20 kg seeds. At P120/kg, 20 kg seeds cost P2,400 or
about the same as what farmers currently use 3-4 cavans
of 40 kg certified seeds at P700 per cavan, or P2,100
P2,800. The additional cost will be on the use of organic fertilizer,
gathering of organic wastes and incorporation in the seedbed,
weeding of sparsely sown seedbed, extra care in seedling pulling
and transplanting of 1-2 seedlings per hill, and replanting of
on actual surveys, the average production cost incurred by hybrid
rice farmers is P22,006 per season that was not significantly
different from the P21,717 average cost of producing ordinary
Much Can the Farmer Profit From Hybrid Rice?
commercial rice production.
At a conservative yield of 5 tons per hectare, which is equivalent
to 100 cavans of palay at 50 kg/cavan, a farmer gets a net return
of P24,763/ha. Based on actual techno demo data, a hybrid rice
farmer can get a net incremental benefit of not less than P6,000/ha/season,
over the use of the best ordinary variety, even if he uses
40 kg/ha hybrid seeds. Any increase in yield level beyond 5 tons
(up to 12 tons or 240 cavans/ha as has been clearly demonstrated
in techno demo trials), would mean even higher profitability.
seed production. Producing hybrid seeds offers new income
opportunities for seed growers, rural farm hands, and women.
Based on actual surveys, the average cost of producing hybrid
seeds is P33,492/ha on-farm and P45,842 on research stations.
If a yield of one-ton is attained, a hybrid seed producer can
get a net profit of abut P92,000/ha/season. The higher the seed
yield attained (a record yield of 3.0t/ha/season has been attained
at PhilRice), the greater the profit.
the hybrid seed price of P120/kg, a hybrid seed producer must
get at least 232 kg seeds/ha and 2 t/ha male parent seed to recover
total cost; a seed yield of 368 kg/ha to equal the income of
commercial palay producers; and a seed yield of 580 kg/ha to
equal the income form ordinary rice seed production.
Hybrid Rice Lead us to Self-Sufficiency?
rice is one of the key technologies that can make the country
self-sufficient in rice. Our level of rice importation during
the normal years is about 600,000 metric tons (mt). A minimum
yield increase of one mt/ha through hybrid rice cultivation in
the 800,000 ha irrigated rice area in the country can result
in an additional rice production of 1.6 mt of palay (960,000
mt milled rice), easily making the country self-sufficient in
are the Thrusts of the DA and PhilRice on Hybrid Rice?
Department of Agriculture (DA) has made the development and use
of hybrid rice technology an integral component of its rice production
program. Hybrid rice research and development ( R & D), seed
production, training, technology demonstration, and information
dissemination activities initiated in 1998, are continuously
being conducted in the 15 provinces for targeted hybrid rice
cultivation (Ilocos Norte, Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Ecija, Camarines
Sur, Leyte, Maguindanao, South Cotabato, Lanao del Norte and
the lead implementing agency for the hybrid rice program of the
DA, on the other hand, established a Hybrid Rice R &D Program
(HRP) in 1998, to continuously generate new and/or improve location-specific
hybrid rice technologies. During its first full year (CY 1999)
of implementation, the HRP put into operation 18 RD&E projects,
with a total of 91 studies, implemented by 85 lead scientists
and technical personnel. These included activities on germplasm
conservation, varietal development, biotechnology, planting,
nutrient, water and pest management, engineering and mechanization,
socio-economics, and seed production. A PhilRice Hybrid Rice
Center, based in San Mateo, Isabela was also established in 1998.
- Who Will
Produce Hybrid Seeds?
sector groups will produce, distribute, and market hybrid rice
seeds. These include seed growers cooperatives, seed companies,
interested NGOs and other organized groups, as well as accredited
individual seed growers. PhilRice is paying special attention
to the involvement of organized groups with contiguous seed production
areas to be involved in hybrid rice production. This will reduce
isolation problems, simplify seed certification, facilitate seed
distribution and marketing, and allow seed growers to benefit
from the economics of scale (e.g., loans, etc)
members of the National Rice Seed Production Network (SeedNet)
and the private sector will produce the foundation seeds of parental
lines for use in hybrid seed production. PhilRice, IRRI and the
University of the Philippines at Los Baños will produce
nucleus and breeder seeds of released public hybrids. Nucleus,
breeder, foundation, and certified seeds of proprietary hybrids
such as Panay will be produced by the concerned seed companies.
SeedNet presently has 95 active member (115 total) located in
strategic rice growing areas of the country. PhilRice and IRRI
have trained selected SeedNet personnel on parental hybrid seed
production. For hybrid seed production, over 20 training courses
were held since 1997, with over 800 participants coming from
24 provinces of the country. These included seed growers, seed
certifying officers, seed inspectors, field technicians, provincial
seed coordinators, and other key players in the rice sector.
- What Countries
Have Successfully Grown Hybrid Rice?
grows hybrid rice in 17 million ha out of its total 33 million
ha rice area. India grows hybrid rice in 150,000 ha while Vietnam
cultivates 400,000 ha to hybrid rice. Hybrid rice technology
helped China increase its rice production form 140 million tons
in 1978 to 188 million tons in 1990. It accounts for 66% of Chinas
total production and 20 percent of the worlds total rice
supply. Furthermore, hybrid rice technology has saved China more
than 2 M ha of agricultural lands now being used of other purposes
while preserving the environment. At least 17 other countries
have initiated hybrid rice programs.
Supports The Philippines in its Hybrid Rice Program?
Philippines Hybrid Program is directly supported by the
International Rice Research Institute(IRRI), Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO), of the United Nations, Asian Development
Bank (ADB), the Peoples Republic of China (PROC), and Rockefeller
Foundation, Inc. (RF), and, indirectly, by the Japan International
Cooperation Agency (JICA).
based in Los Baños, Laguna, develops hybrid parent materials
and promising hybrid rice lines that are entered into the national
yield trials. It also helps train technical personnel from the
national rice R & D network on both hybrid rice breeding
and seed production and potential hybrid rice seed growers from
the both public and private sectors.
FAO is assisting the Philippine government develop its hybrid
program by strengthening its manpower base. Under the Technical
Cooperation Program (TCP) project entitled, Strengthening
the National Capacity for Hybrid Rice Development and Use,
for example, FAO assists the Philippine government strengthen
its hybrid rice technical- and seed production personnel by providing
in-country and foreign training opportunities, procurement of
relevant equipment, and provision of consultancy services.
ADB provinces support in the areas of technology generation,
seed production, and technology promotion. Under a project coordinated
by IRRI, the Philippines is a recipient of ADB funds that are
used for nucleus and breeder seed production, refinement of seed
production technologies, large-scale seed production, training,
and information generation and dissemination.
form China is in the form of collaborative undertakings with
noted Chinese hybrid rice institutions. PhilRice has implementation
collaborative activities on breeding with Yunnan Agricultural
University (YAU) since 1993, on varietal testing and seed
production with the Jiangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences
(JAAS) since 1995 and the Guangxi Academy of Agricultural
Sciences (GAAS) since 1997, and on breeding with Fujian
Agricultural University (FAU) since 1998. Furthermore, in
1999, PhilRice has also forged a technical cooperation on hybrid
rice technology with Yangzhou
breeding and biotechnology) and the Jiangxi Provincial Government
(on hybrid rice seed production). In 1999, the DA also forged
a technical cooperation agreement on hybrid rice with the Chinese
Ministry of Agriculture to be implemented by PhilRice and
the Hunan Provincial Seed Company. Informal collaborations
have also been forged by PhilRice with the China National Rice
Research Institute (CNRRI) and the South China Agricultural University
assistance comes through its support to PhilRices biotechnology
program. For hybrid rice, biotechnology is being used to expedite
the development of superior hybrids by widening parental genetic
base, transferring important genes such as thermo-sensitive genetic
male sterility for two-line hybrid breeding and resistances to
insect pests and diseases. The biotechnological approaches being
used to carry out these activities are molecular marker-assisted
breeding, plant transformation in in-vitro culture. The ultimate
goal would be to use biotechnology in developing, through plant
apoximis, outstanding hybrids whose seeds can be replanted by
resource-poor farmers just like inbred rice.
support comes through its Technical Cooperation Project with
PhilRice. Under this project, high yielding and high quality
japonica rice from Japan are introduced to the Philippines to
serve as germplasm material for breeding work. These materials
are then crossed with Philippine indica varieties to produce
high yielding, resistance, and good tasting rice. This activity
increases the genetic base for the selection of possible parent
materials for future hybrid breeding work. | agronomy |
http://residencyproject.eu/3rd-week-trainnee/ | 2017-11-20T00:16:36 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-47/segments/1510934805881.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20171119234824-20171120014824-00249.warc.gz | 0.975069 | 253 | CC-MAIN-2017-47 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-47__0__183883245 | en | Getting ready for the farmer market!
This week I helped to prepared the little plants, putting them on recicle pots to give them to the people who accepted to look after them. I added a label to each plant with information about Germanetes and the project.
I have been doing the spreading of the mobile garden with the help of other people from Germanetes. I did a map where we match the shops that want to be part of the garden looking after a little plant for a few days. By this action we used the plants as a message to let the people around the neibourhood know the space Germanetes and the project residency, and also is a way to invite them to participate in the mobile garden.
Designing a poster was a creative work useful to communicate the event that we were planning for the farmer market.
Appart of that, a women offered to run an activity about plants, and a group of young people met in Germanetes at 12 o’clock to learn a little bit about some gardening. It was so interesting, and after that we all shared food while we talked about the project and the activities. This was the perfect way to learn, meet and work together for the mobile garden. | agronomy |
https://www.collectourtips.top/12-delicious-foods-to-eat-before-they-go-extinct/ | 2024-04-13T12:33:11 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816734.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20240413114018-20240413144018-00156.warc.gz | 0.937059 | 798 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__49190975 | en | 12 Delicious Foods to Eat Before They Go Extinct
The world is home to diverse culinary delights, but some unique and delicious foods face extinction. These delicacies may disappear from our plates due to environmental changes, overharvesting, or shifting culinary trends.
These are some foods you might want to savor before they go extinct.
The most commonly consumed fruit in the world, the banana, is facing a significant threat from a fungus known as Panama disease.
The strain of this disease currently affecting banana crops, Fusarium wilt tropical race 4 (TR4), has no known cure and could potentially wipe out the popular Cavendish variety.
The beloved treat of chocolate comes from the cacao plant, which is facing severe challenges due to climate change and deforestation. This could impact production and quality, making chocolate a rare and expensive indulgence soon.
Bees are essential for pollinating many crops, including fruit trees, vegetables, and nuts. However, bee populations are declining globally due to pesticide use and habitat loss.
This problem puts honey production at risk and could decrease the availability of this natural sweetener.
Bluefin tuna is a prized delicacy in many countries, especially Japan, where it’s used for sushi and sashimi. Overfishing has led to critically low population numbers, raising concerns about the species’ survival.
Conservation efforts are underway, but it’s uncertain if they will be enough to save this fish from extinction.
The popularity of avocados has led to an increase in demand, resulting in unsustainable farming practices that damage the environment.
In addition, avocado trees are highly susceptible to diseases like laurel wilt and black streak, which could devastate entire crops. Enjoy your guacamole while you can.
Truffles are fungi that grow underground and are highly prized for their intense aroma and unique flavor. However, truffles depend on the symbiotic relationship with specific tree roots to grow, making them difficult to cultivate.
Climate change and deforestation could reduce the availability of these elusive delicacies.
Maple syrup is a staple in Canadian cuisine and a popular sweetener worldwide. Rising temperatures and unpredictable weather patterns could negatively impact sugar maple trees’ growth and sap production.
These conditions could lead to a decline in maple syrup production or a price increase.
Salmon has been a vital food source for many indigenous cultures and an essential part of the global seafood industry. Due to overfishing, habitat destruction, and changing ocean conditions, salmon populations worldwide have declined.
Coffee is one of the most consumed beverages globally, but it’s facing various threats that could impact its availability and quality. Climate change, disease outbreaks, and unsustainable farming practices pose significant challenges to coffee production. Savour your cup of joe while you can.
Caviar is a delicacy made from the salt-cured eggs of sturgeon fish. Illegal harvesting has led to the depletion of sturgeon populations and increased caviar prices.
Conservation efforts and regulations are being implemented, but the future of this luxury food is uncertain.
Wine production requires specific climate and soil conditions, making it vulnerable to the effects of climate change.
Temperature changes, rainfall patterns, and extreme weather events can significantly impact the quality and availability of wine. So, raise a glass to your favorite bottle before it becomes a rarity.
Saffron is a spice derived from the stigma of the crocus flower and is considered one of the most expensive foods in the world.
It takes over 70,000 flowers to produce just one pound of this spice, making it highly susceptible to overharvesting and environmental changes. | agronomy |
https://newsinstead.com/turning-coffee-grounds-into-a-solution-a-new-hope-for-environmental-problems/ | 2024-04-13T07:35:40 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816586.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20240413051941-20240413081941-00812.warc.gz | 0.933541 | 516 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__40078060 | en | Our love for coffee has created a massive environmental issue – millions of tons of spent coffee grounds end up going to waste every year. This poses a serious challenge for waste management and contributes to environmental pollution. Researchers and scientists have been actively looking for ways to make use of these discarded coffee grounds in innovative ways that can benefit the environment.
A recent study conducted by a team from the Federal Technological University of Paraná (UTFPR) in Brazil has discovered a groundbreaking finding. They found that old coffee grounds can effectively absorb bentazone, a commonly used herbicide in agriculture. By activating the carbon in the spent coffee grounds with zinc chloride, they were able to achieve a 70 percent efficiency in removing bentazone from liquid solutions. This discovery presents a dual solution to environmental problems – tackling coffee ground waste and reducing the damage caused by herbicides to wildlife and the surrounding ecosystem.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the US has already raised concerns about the levels of bentazone contaminating groundwater and drinking water. This herbicide is known to have negative effects on human health through various exposure routes. On the other hand, disposing of old coffee grounds improperly can lead to further environmental degradation. However, the chemical reactions triggered by coffee grounds have shown potential in decontamination processes, providing a glimmer of hope for addressing pollution issues.
While the findings are still in the early stages, they show great promise in using activated carbon from used coffee grounds to treat water contaminated with bentazone. The next steps involve refining and scaling up the processes to make them more viable for industrial and environmental applications. The researchers emphasize the significance of this study in addressing health and environmental concerns associated with the uncontrolled use of herbicides and waste materials.
Scientists continue to explore various ways to repurpose old coffee grounds for different applications, from enhancing food nutrition to environmental remediation. While the exact mechanism of the absorption process is not fully understood, the results of this study pave the way for future research in this area. Addressing pesticide pollution in water sources remains a critical challenge, and ongoing efforts are needed to develop effective solutions and prevent further environmental damage.
The innovative use of old coffee grounds to absorb herbicides like bentazone represents a significant step towards sustainable waste management and environmental protection. By harnessing the potential of waste materials in beneficial ways, we can contribute to a cleaner and healthier planet. The importance of research and collaboration in finding solutions to pressing environmental issues cannot be overstated, and this study serves as a testament to the power of science in creating positive change. | agronomy |
https://cebyam.wordpress.com/2014/04/ | 2020-08-08T17:09:53 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-34/segments/1596439738015.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20200808165417-20200808195417-00201.warc.gz | 0.939875 | 168 | CC-MAIN-2020-34 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-34__0__161909754 | en | This is something I’m really struggling with at the moment. We have no garden. It sucks. We’re renting at the moment (and for the forceable future). For our (currently) limited budget and location restrictions (for this year, at least, I’m going into Parkville almost everyday. We could live further out and have a big yard,… Continue reading Growing your own food in the city?
I’m starting this blog as a place to record and help keep me accountable on my path. What is my path? It leads to a life of independence and sustainability, and hopefully full of happiness. I’m 28 years old. I feel like I’m exaggerating or telling fibs when I say that I’m going to be… Continue reading Welcome | agronomy |
https://cigars.gauntleys.com/uk/cigars/producer/oliva-cigars | 2019-06-18T14:45:59 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-26/segments/1560627998755.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20190618143417-20190618165417-00490.warc.gz | 0.964305 | 109 | CC-MAIN-2019-26 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-26__0__118874730 | en | As Cuba became overrun by the Communists, the tobacco landscape changed. Hipolito's son Gilberto Oliva shifted from growing to brokering tobacco. In the early 60's when the pressure became too great, Gilberto left Cuba and travelled from country to country in search of soils that could produce that distinct Cuban taste. His travels took him to Honduras, Panama, Mexico and even the Philippines. Gilberto finally found fertile ground in Nicaragua. Today Gilberto along with his family are Nicaragua's second largest grower of Cuban-seed tobacco. | agronomy |
https://nc.da.org.za/2019/10/da-calls-for-transparency-in-roll-out-of-drought-relief-funding | 2021-09-21T00:10:03 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-39/segments/1631780057119.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20210920221430-20210921011430-00376.warc.gz | 0.95909 | 346 | CC-MAIN-2021-39 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-39__0__71888770 | en | The Democratic Alliance (DA) in the Northern Cape is requesting an urgent joint meeting of all stakeholder departments to discuss the roll-out of the R30 million drought relief funding that was allocated to the province by Deputy President David Mabuza on Friday last week, following an oversight inspection of drought affected areas.
Given the magnitude of the drought, it is crucial that the impact of the limited funding is optimized and that processes are streamlined to ensure that farmers receive assistance as soon as possible. It is essential that the affected farmers start registering on the respective data bases as soon as possible.
At the same time, the DA also wants feedback from the Departments of COGHSTA, Agriculture, Rural Development, Land Reform, Environment and Nature Conservation on the finalization of the process to have the drought declared a provincial disaster.
A meeting with these very departments, more than a month ago, revealed that administrative inefficiencies are largely to blame for the delay in having the disaster declaration officially gazetted. This is crucial, as it will unlock additional funding to assist farmers.
The DA further wants to discuss the possibility of alternative avenues that could help alleviate ongoing drought-related pressure on farmers in the short term. In this regard, we want government to consider allocating unused water rights to commercial farmers to expand their production in the short term, at the same time entering into agreements with these farmers with the understanding that government will buy back the crops. The crops can then be utilized as feed for starving livestock in drought ravished areas.
The DA hopes that provincial government will prioritize the drought and act speedily to mitigate its devastating impact on the affected farmers and rural communities, as well as on the economy. | agronomy |
https://www.ibusinessangel.com/great-usage-of-organic-liquid-fertilizer-leading-to-the-best-results/ | 2024-04-23T08:14:27 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818468.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20240423064231-20240423094231-00600.warc.gz | 0.949579 | 671 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__17082797 | en | When you go to the store to buy nutrients for your plants, you come across a huge supply. What should you choose? Let’s start with the difference between the two major types: liquid or solid fertilizers.
Choose Solid or Liquid Fertilizer Products?
Also think about how you can make the most of it yourself. Liquid fertilizers are easy to dose with the special cap of the bottle and are ideal for small quantities. Solid fertilizers must be weighed out with a scale and be able to spread them evenly. Rather suitable for larger areas, such as a lawn.
These are sold in the form of granules, powder or tablets. These products must first dissolve in the soil before they release their nutrients. It takes a while there, which is why the effect of these products is not as fast as with liquid fertilizers. Solid fertilizers are mainly intended to be applied in open ground. And preferably not during a period of drought! The granules cannot then dissolve.
The general products are suitable for most garden plants. They contain a standard dose of the three main nutrients NPK, usually sufficient for three to four months. So all summer long. The organic liquid fertilizer is the best option here.
There are also specialized fertilizers on the market. Their composition of nutrients and supplements differs according to the needs of a specific plant. If you want to give specific plant nutrition in a much targeted manner, you can use this. There are products for cacti, for citrus, for roses, for boxwood, for orchid, tomatoes, etc.
Slow-acting fertilizers are also available in this range. This means that they release their nutrients slowly and gradually into the soil so that the plant absorbs them in small portions. Their effect can last up to a year, so ideal if you only want to fertilize once.
Organic Fertilizers: What Are They?
Organic fertilizers are composed completely of natural raw materials derived from plants or animals. Organic fertilizers release nutritious components such as nitrogen, phosphorous, and potassium when soil organisms like as helpful bacteria and fungus break down the fertilizer pellets. These microorganisms present in soil are also referred to as soil life. Organic fertilizers have several advantages:
They contribute to the airiness of the soil structure;
- Organic fertilizers improve the soil’s health and fertility;
- Organic fertilizers are more readily available to the crop than chemical fertilizers;
- Organic fertilizers, in contrast to chemical fertilizers, do not include sodium (salts).
The nutrients in liquid fertilizers can be immediately absorbed by the plant. Therefore, these fertilizers must always be administered in limited doses but often. When the plant needs it. Liquid fertilizers are diluted with the irrigation water and applied close to the roots. This is not a convenient method for large surfaces.
There is also foliar nutrition, usually a product with a lot of nitrogen (N) that you spray on the leaf. This works very quickly as a first aid for an ailing plant that is no longer able to absorb water with nutrients through the roots. Plants in pots quickly recover, especially if this treatment is combined with the care of the potting soil. | agronomy |
http://staging.policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/?p=5963 | 2021-03-02T21:17:33 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178364764.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20210302190916-20210302220916-00191.warc.gz | 0.967855 | 1,234 | CC-MAIN-2021-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-10__0__174452446 | en | The latest assessment of global climate change enters a new phase today as scientists and civil servants gather in Stockholm to discuss the new report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which focuses on the physical science basis of the climate system and climate change. Crucial as the science is, Oxfam is chiefly concerned about the impacts that climate change is having on people in terms of increasing the risk of hunger and poverty, and so today we are putting out a new briefing paper: Growing Disruption: climate change, food and the fight against hunger.
The main impact of climate change on food supplies is often considered to be how rising temperatures, erratic rainfall and climate “shocks” will directly damage crops, wiping out harvests and therefore, directly depriving poor farmers of the food that they grow to feed themselves and their families.
And indeed, we should be very worried about those impacts.
But thinking only about how climate shocks ruin crops can make us forget how most people actually obtain most of the food they eat; they don’t grow it for themselves, they buy it. Even smallholder farmers rarely obtain all of the food they need from their own production. They too buy food on the market – maybe they trade what they grow for types of food that they can’t grow themselves.
Everyone, therefore, needs some income to buy some food (and not only food of course, but to pay for kids to go to school, to pay medical expenses and – inevitably – to pay taxes).
So what happens if as a result of climate change, suddenly your income drops by a quarter, or even a half? Even if food is still as available as ever in the market, your capacity to buy it has shrunk massively.
In Pakistan the devastating 2010 mega-flood destroyed over 570,000 hectares of crop land in Punjab and affected more than 20 million people. Eighty per cent of food reserves were lost. The destruction of crops and drowning of animals meant not only that people had nothing to eat, but that they had nothing to trade to be able to buy food as it became available.
The flood caused a massive 75% reduction in income across all households affected. And more floods have followed every year since. Recently the World Food Programme warned that three consecutive years of floods have left about half of Pakistan’s population without “secure access” to enough food – which is up from a little over one-third a decade ago.
Or take the current situation in Central America. There a fungal disease of coffee called La Roya has suddenly gone berserk, infecting coffee plants across Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua. The coffee rust has been in the region for years, but its exceptional spread this year – including to higher-altitude coffee farms and plantations hitherto thought immune to the fungus – has been blamed in part on several years of above average temperatures and rainfall, creating the ideal humid conditions for the
spores to spread.
The statistics are truly frightening; daily income from the coffee harvest labour is likely to be up to 50% below average this year and next.
Big farms can invest in prevention and control, including using more fungicides. But many small farmers face ruin. Their best tactic is to uproot sick bushes and plant new ones; but the new ones will not yield coffee beans for at least three years.
However, the most devastating impacts most likely will not be on coffee farmers themselves but on the 1.4 million unskilled labourers who depend on wages from coffee harvesting for much of their annual income. The statistics are truly frightening; daily income from the coffee harvest labour is likely to be up to 50% below average this year (2013/14) and next. Oxfam programmes are gearing up to help.
Income insecurity has all sorts of knock-on effects. People may reduce their expenditure on not just food, but other important aspects of their lives, their children’s education, medical expenses, heating bills. In Russia, Oxfam interviewed farmers who were hit by the extreme heat wave in 2010 and then by a less publicised drought in 2012 and found many have got into serious
“We had to take money from the Mafia and now that we go to bed, we are afraid they could cut our heads off or the bailiffs could come and take everything from our homes.”
As one farmer said: “In 2010 we were not so bound by loans, we had fewer debts, but now the situation is completely different. We had to take money from the Mafia and now that we go to bed, we are afraid they could cut our heads off or the bailiffs could come and take everything from our homes. Today we could basically declare ourselves bankrupt and close down the farm.”
There are obviously many interlocking reasons for food insecurity in Pakistan, Central America or Russia (in fact, everywhere) but climatic shocks made worse by global warming have added a potent new threat multiplier and we are only just beginning to unravel how those threats may play out.
In the jargon of food security, impacts on access to food (cutting incomes and spoiling livelihoods, as well as increasing the cost of food) might be more significant than simply affecting food production and simple availability. This is the theme of a new briefing paper by Oxfam Growing Disruption: climate change, food and the fight against hunger.
The issue brief says climate change need not – must not – further jeopardise people’s right to food. There is much that must be done. Alongside the resources going into crop research we need measures that will safeguard people’s livelihoods; food reserves, social protection and legal frameworks that establish and ensure implementation of the right to food.
- Download the issue brief here: www.oxfam.org.uk/growingdisruption
- You may also be interested in our other blogs on climate change and food prices.
Author: John Magrath
Archive blog. Originally posted on Oxfam Policy & Practice. | agronomy |
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The Urban Agriculture Incentive Zones Act is a state law spearheaded by local advocates of sustainable land-use and state Assemblyman Phil Ting of San Francisco. Both commercial and educational farms are covered under the new Act – and even farms housing some livestock (zoning permitting). Community farming has grown in popularity in the City with long waitlists for individuals who want to pitch in and farm. This new legislation will offer more opportunity for individuals to grow together. Additionally, empty lots can frequently become a magnet for garbage and illegal dumping. Farming in these spaces will change that.
It takes time to develop a fertile growing space, both literally and figuratively! So in addition to the tax break, the new legislation requires that the five year contract for the farm stays with it, even if the property is sold (however, it should be noted that an owner can excuse themselves and get out of it by paying back taxes and interest). That way the effort and money put into establishing a project isn’t swept away immediately should the property change hands.
Other cities in California are hopeful to move forward with the incentives as well, but as of next week San Francisco will be the first to get it going; our Board of Supervisors has already passed the necessary local ordinanc | agronomy |
https://focusnmdaily.com/2021/03/15/making-a-difference-5/ | 2021-12-03T22:02:32 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-49/segments/1637964362919.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20211203212721-20211204002721-00227.warc.gz | 0.967545 | 713 | CC-MAIN-2021-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-49__0__40265973 | en | There is a verse in Amos that I love so much because of the picture of abundance it paints. In Amos 9:13, he writes, “The days are coming,’ declares the LORD. ‘when the reaper will be overtaken by the plowman, and the planter by the one treading grapes. New wine will drip from the mountains and flow from all the hills.’”
This picture perfectly describes the blessings of the Lord on His people. What it means, in layman’s terms, is that our crops will be so huge that we can’t finish harvest before it is time to plant and before we get finished planting, harvest is already coming again! Our crops will be so big that the new wines will just flow from everywhere. As a farmer, this has got to be what heaven looks like!
But, what if this verse is not really about crops, even though that sounds pretty good! What if what Amos is talking about in this message from God is that our work for Him will be that blessed if we get out there and do it?
The Bible uses farming analogies often. This is because the areas in which they lived were farming type communities. Agriculture references were something the people understood. And the same is true for us. Even if you are not directly involved in agriculture, you pretty much know when planting and harvest come. You know when we need rainfall. So we all ought to be able to understand what He is saying here and how it applies to each of us.
In John 4:35, Jesus says, “Do you not say there are four months and then comes the harvest? I say to you to look around you, the fields are already white for harvest.” He is telling us that now is the time. The harvest starts today.
In cotton, much like any other crop, you have to work when it is time to harvest. You can’t just wait until you feel like it. When the cotton is ready, it is ready. If you wait, the lint will begin to drag out and fall to the ground. The winds blow it off. The rains can damage its quality. When it is time to harvest, it is time. Same is true for grapes. They have a window of harvest and you have to work when that harvest is ready. You cannot wait for a more convenient time.
This also applies in working for the Lord. The time to be a witness is now. The harvest will come whether we are ready for it or not. The Lord will return. Lives will end. We do not when any of this will happen. So we must be about His business and make sure all those around us are ready when harvest time comes. If we work as witnesses like we should, we will overtake each other on the pathway of following Jesus. Our harvest will be so great that even those to whom we witnessed will become planters themselves. Picture an entire world of people working for Jesus in such a way that no one has to die without knowing Him! What an amazing picture that is!
While the verse in Amos is a beautiful picture in the world of farming, it is even more beautiful to think of it in relation to God’s work. That we would all be working together so well to reach the world for Jesus!
Be about the business of working for the Lord! It will make the difference!
By: Gina for Town Talk News | agronomy |
https://projetmontreal.org/en/news/programme-climat-municipalites-phase-2-larrondissement-dahuntsic-cartierville-disposera-dun-million-de-dollars-pour-implanter-un-systeme-alimentaire-durable | 2024-04-15T09:37:56 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816954.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20240415080257-20240415110257-00862.warc.gz | 0.894341 | 798 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__7498205 | en | The borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville will implement a self-sufficient and sustainable food system in the district of Bordeaux-Cartierville thanks to financial aid of one million dollars granted by the Gouvernement du Québec, via the Climat municipalités - Phase 2 program.
This was announced today by Benoit Charette, Minister of the Environment and of the Fight against Climate Change, Minister responsible for the Fight against Racism and Minister responsible for the region of Laval.
The project, "Système alimentaire Bordeaux-Cartierville - de la fourche à la fourchette" (Bordeaux-Cartierville Food System - From Farm to Fork), aims to create a collaborative network that will integrate the production, processing, distribution and consumption of food products, in addition to providing for the management and recovery of waste products. The funding will be used to create spaces for growing vegetables and planting fruit trees, to build a new collective kitchen and to distribute food baskets to people in need throughout the borough.
Using a social innovation approach, the food system will engage community partners and local food system stakeholders to increase food accessibility in the borough. The organizations that will take part in the project will be financially supported in the development of a service offer that includes educational and awareness-raising workshops on healthy eating habits, local consumption and urban agriculture.
This food system will reduce the ecological footprint of local food supply chain and support the economic and social vitality of the Bordeaux-Cartierville community. This initiative is one of the projects selected in the third call for projects of the Climate municipalités - Phase 2 program, which supports pilot projects to fight climate change.
"Municipalities play a key role in helping communities adapt to climate change. Well aware of the issues specific to their territory, they are able to propose concrete solutions that will effectively support resilient and sustainable development. By supporting local food autonomy in Bordeaux-Cartierville, the borough is pursuing its commitment to adopt best practices in sustainable development. These practices will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Congratulations on this inspiring and unifying initiative!"
Benoit Charette, Minister of the Environment and of the Fight against Climate Change, Minister responsible for the Fight against Racism and Minister responsible for the region of Laval
"As construction work begins on Phase I of the Cartierville Cultural and Community Centre (CCCC), this food system project is already showing how the CCCC can become a hub of social innovation in Bordeaux-Cartierville. Not only is the project supported by organizations that will soon be grouped together at the CCCC, but a vegetable garden will be grown on the Centre's grounds and its kitchen will be used for food processing. I sincerely thank the Gouvernement du Québec for the funding provided for this project, as well as all the partners who are making it possible."
Émilie Thuillier, Mayor of Ahuntsic-Cartierville and member of the Executive Committee of the City of Montréal
This project is receiving financial assistance from the Gouvernement du Québec through the Climat municipalités - Phase 2 program and is concords with the objectives of the Plan pour une économie verte 2030.
Climat municipalités - Phase 2 aims to support municipalities in taking action to fight climate change. It has two components:
Component 1 - Support for the preparation of climate-change-fighting projects (analyses and studies);
Component 2 - Support for climate-change-fighting pilot projects.
Component 2 of the program has a total budget of $35 million. The maximum funding available per pilot project is $1 million.
The Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough's sustainable food system project received a grant of $1 million and cost a total of $1,822,602. | agronomy |
https://justingredients.us/blog/better-lawn-care/ | 2022-06-27T08:19:16 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-27/segments/1656103329963.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20220627073417-20220627103417-00406.warc.gz | 0.936759 | 605 | CC-MAIN-2022-27 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-27__0__56779123 | en | ☀️Earth Day ?- Yard care items.
Just like there are so many good foods that come from the earth to nourish and strengthen our bodies, the earth has also given so many good things to nourish itself. Our yard and lawn is it’s own little ecosystem that we want to nourish just like we do with our bodies.
Instead of using commercial pesticides, look to what the earth has provided to take care of your landscape. You want it to be a safe space that you, your family, and pets can play and relax in.
There are fertilizers that use iron, molasses, and seaweed to keep it healthy. A favorite of mine that we used this spring on our lawn is Sunday Lawn. Use JUSTINGREDIENTS20 for $20 off.
An ingredient to be aware of in many grass feed and weed control type products is 2, 4-D. This is a herbicide that has been classified as a “possibly human carcinogen” by the IARC (International Agency for Research on Cancer). This is based on evidence that it causes oxidative stress and immunosuppression.(1)
This one above is made from nontoxic, environmentally friendly ingredients. Natural minerals like limestone makes for a great ingredient in pesticide alternatives for around the home and yard.
3️⃣ SOIL AMENDMENT
Volcanic ash is an excellent soil amendment that helps with water retention. It also helps feed the plants through the roots because as it breaks down, nutrients become more available to plants. It can also provide aeration to the soil. This is a great option for food gardens, potting plants, & landscaped yards.
Making a compost bin and having a compost pile can enrich the soil around your yard. Compost encourages the growth of beneficial bacteria and fungi that break down organic matter and in turn creates a nutrient rich material.
Lots of things from your kitchen and garden can be composted: egg shells, cut flowers, coffee grounds, potato and banana peels.
Compost should be made up of a 30:1 ratio of 30 parts brown compost (wood chips, pine needles,etc) to 1 part green compost (vegetable scraps, coffee grounds, etc). Those things combined with water, oxygen, & stirring makes for great compost.
Have you already made the switch to better lawn care products? I’d love to hear your experience with them in the comments!
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https://www.castlewoodfarm.ie/guided-farm-walks/ | 2023-06-08T17:23:59 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224655092.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20230608172023-20230608202023-00574.warc.gz | 0.932528 | 180 | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__299301789 | en | We welcome groups onto the farm for guided tours. In the past we have been a Teagasc Organic demonstration farm and we have also welcomed a number of other groups such as overseas farm groups and students onto the farm. Dominic can tailor the tour to group requirements, for example, general organic farming management or organic crop rotation and management.
To arrange a group tour please contact Dominic on 087 9694070. Minimum number for a tour is 10 people. Lunches or tea can be arranged for groups in the tearoom as part of the tour if required.
During the year there will be general open walks on the farm so keep an eye on our facebook page for announcements and details. Recently we had a walk as part of the Heritage Week 2015 program. Local ecologist, Dr Fiona McGowan and Dominic co-lead a walk through part of the farm and woodland. | agronomy |
https://kelpak.com/bean.html | 2023-11-28T19:15:43 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679099942.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20231128183116-20231128213116-00501.warc.gz | 0.864983 | 177 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__147675838 | en | Benefits of Kelpak on Beans, Dry/Green & Lupins
Kelpak trials on dry and green beans in South Africa, Poland, Australia and Canada all show increased yields:
- Increases root number and mass
- Improves natural nutrient uptake
- Increases overall plant growth
- Increases number of pods per plant
- Increases seed weight, yields and returns
Recommended application rates
Apply at 180 ml/100 kg as seed treatment before planting.
or Apply 1 - 2 L/ha in furrow over seed with planter
and Spray 2 - 3 L/ha between V6 and R1 growth stage (pre-flowering.)
Lupins : Spray 2 L/ha between 2 to 5 weeks after germination.
Kelpak can be applied in conjunction with standard fertilizer programs pH of spray solution should be below 7 for optimum results. | agronomy |
https://www.brahmanhills.co.za/gardens | 2024-04-18T03:26:23 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817187.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20240418030928-20240418060928-00660.warc.gz | 0.946603 | 353 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__115975764 | en | Our labour of love over lockdown has born fruit…and some veg, and herbs and loads of fragrant blossoms. That’s right! It is our pleasure to present the Brahman Hills’ pleasure gardens to you. We are hoping you find them as beautiful and utterly rewarding as we do.
We are proud to announce that our gardens have officially earned recognition as a Royal Horticultural Society Partner Garden. Additionally, we are honored to hold the title of Overseas Regional Winner in the 2023 RHS Partner Garden of the Year competition.
We are one of only two partner gardens in South Africa!
The garden is a sensory delight: the lush green foliage offsets the bursts of blue, purple and delicate pinks. With the gentle splash of water and the peaceful setting, it's an idyllic spot to be. The landscaping is given dimension and interest thanks to the tiered terraces and multi-level flower beds. These levels also provide unique outlooks for those taking in the sights or, from the other perspective, enchanting backdrops for photoshoots.
Not only is the garden a pleasure to amble around, but it also serves an essential function. Aside from the ornamental planting scheme, the design also includes an extensive kitchen garden which is used to supplement the Brahman Hills kitchen. This is so important for various reasons. Firstly, we can reduce our carbon footprint; secondly, we can provide the freshest seasonal produce as it's grown basically right outside the kitchen door and lastly, we can be 100% sure of the quality and ethical sourcing of our products because we grow, harvest and prepare them ourselves. | agronomy |
http://bakeoutsidethebox.blogspot.com/2013/06/strawberry-dessert-festival.html | 2017-03-30T06:50:02 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-13/segments/1490218193284.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20170322212953-00336-ip-10-233-31-227.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.943439 | 317 | CC-MAIN-2017-13 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-13__0__279370181 | en | I recently learned about the Mass Farmer's Markets 6th Annual Strawberry Dessert Festival, and I wonder how I never knew about it before! From June 7th through July 7th 2013, eateries throughout Massachusetts will use fresh local strawberries to create fabulous desserts, donating a percentage of those profits to Mass Farmers Markets. This organization's mission is to partner with farmers, consumers, and communities to promote and sustain farmers market in Massachusetts. Local Farmers Markets improve regional farm viability, consumer nutrition, and community social and economic development. If you live in Massachusetts and want to learn more or see a list of participating eateries, here is a link: 2013 Strawberry Dessert Festival
Why should you use farm-fresh seasonal strawberries? Because they taste better! Since they come from local farms, these strawberries can be picked at the peak of ripeness and driven to you within a day or two of picking. Berries from the grocery store usually travel a LONG way to get to you, meaning that they must be picked before their peak ripeness to avoid spoilage. Look at how red and ripe these local berries look:
Now how about some great recipes to use those fresh strawberries? Here are some of my own tried-and-true Strawberry Desserts below. Just click on the links to get the recipe:
Real Strawberry Cake is made from scratch using pureed strawberries
and topped with Fresh Strawberry Buttercream
Pair strawberries with dark sweet cherries for this tempting Cherry Berry Pie
If you have some great recipes using fresh seasonal strawberries, I would love to know about them! | agronomy |
https://caroldukeflowers.com/blog-action-day-and-world-food-day-2011-bad11/ | 2022-05-20T20:14:11 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662534669.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20220520191810-20220520221810-00727.warc.gz | 0.966143 | 770 | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__281976596 | en | Here in the Pioneer Valley we know how lucky we are with many choices of local organically grown food. There are farmer’s markets in the surrounding towns most every day of the week. If a person or family have no space to grow their own food, or if rabbits are too greedy, folks in Western Massachusetts can simply stroll into one of several markets for fresh vegetables, fruit, herbs, eggs, goat cheese and grass fed ‘humanely’ raised meats. It truly is a paradise in many ways here in the valley and nearby hilltowns.
We all have the right to know where our food comes from and you can help one of the best food advocacy groups by going to their FOOD AND WATER WATCH facebook page and liking their page. They will get funding for every ‘like’ they receive in October.
One of my favorite farmer’s markets is on Tuesday but I seem to have misplaced the photos. I love being able to buy organic and locally grown garlic and ginger from ‘Old Friends Farm’.
Did you know that about fifteen years ago our country grew three quarters of the garlic we consumed but now most comes from China? When you are not able to go to a farmers market, please ask where your food is coming from. The more we ask and refuse to buy the sooner change will come. Why not take this quiz to see where some of your food choices come from. It is shocking to see how much of the food stocked on shelves in our stores . . . including, sadly, our food co-ops . . . is imported from China. Why not ask to have our food labeled as to what country they are grown in? Will you begin asking? We all must be vigilant about keeping GMO food out of our stores too or at least out of our homes. How can we when there is no labeling? Will you join in demanding our right to know? Monsanto’s GE sweet-corn may be coming to a store near you soon. Please just say NO. Learn more about GE food.
More and more there are winter markets too, where seasonal root crops and greens are available. What a joy to have fresh greens all winter long!
This Spring the green around our library became the site for a new farmer’ s market. Now, every Thursday there is a farmer’s market just down the hill from Flower Hill Farm.
Food is such a huge issue. I am focusing on what is happening here in the Pioneer Valley. As in the larger world . . . here in Western Massachusetts there is such abundance for some while others go to bed hungry each night. Healthy food is often too expensive for many and they can only afford less nutritious highly processed food, which in turn creates disease. Farmers in our area are aware of this and organized a new farmers market in a Northampton neighborhood where, in large part from donations from residents in the area, food stamps will have a double value.
Wealthy countries should be investing in sustainable agricultural practices for those in crisis the world over.
Sometimes there is live music at the markets adding a joyous celebratory feeling for all who gather to select fresh healthy food. Having such easy access to local organic food is indeed worth celebrating. Some would like to take that choice away from us by burdening farmers with hurdles that could make it hard for them to survive as small farms. Corporate agriculture would love to put an end to small family farms. Please learn about GIPSA and demand a fair farm bill. Thanks for calling congress and the president to protect small family farms. Reclaiming our food is one of the great changes growing today.
Let’s all celebrate and support our local farmers by keeping informed and acting to protect them. | agronomy |
https://www.nadumaden.com/ | 2022-08-18T11:46:58 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00590.warc.gz | 0.896495 | 224 | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-33__0__54571225 | en | EXPERIENCE NADU MINING PERLITE
We Provide Worldwide
Perlite is among the materials used in various fields in recent years. It is frequently used in agriculture and plant breeding enterprises. It is an effective material used in the construction and building industry. It is often used in different ways in the industrial sector, the chemical and pharmaceutical industry, and the ceramic and glass industry.
It is used to enrich the soil and increase its nutritional value. At the same time, pelit stores excess water with its water retention feature. If the moisture content of the soil decreases, the water stored in the perlite bonds is given back to the soil. It is especially used in the cultivation of seedlings and ornamental plants with this feature. Perlite is also used in grassy sports fields.
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https://ventreelife.com/ | 2023-09-25T23:26:17 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510100.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20230925215547-20230926005547-00775.warc.gz | 0.90883 | 658 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__41658093 | en | From the Heart of Africa to You
Our 100% Pure Ugandan Moringa Powder, grown on Priceless Farms on the shores of Lake Kyoga and the White Nile River. Uganda is among the most biodiverse areas on the planet and the epicenter of Herbal and Phyto-medicinal production in Africa.
The fecundity and ancient genetics of the soils, the abundance of pristine water and lakes throughout remote areas of the country are untouched by the impacts of industrial pollution; ideal for growing the most nutritionally potent plants and fibers on the planet. It is here that we plant and cultivate Moringa Trees to produce Moringa Leaf Powder. Processed, hermetically packaged on the farm, and delivered directly to the consumer from the heart of Africa.
All of our Moringa is grown, cultivated, harvested, processed and packed on our farm, “Priceless Farms” to retain the vital photo-nutrients that are so important to the nutritional value of the powder and delivered directly to you.
We’ve been developing and our fields on Priceless in Central Uganda, one of the most biodiverse regions on the planet, for over 6 years. The cultivation practices used to bring you this naturally pure, highly concentrated nutritious powder is unique and rare in the world of agriculture. The product has been available on the shelves of food stores and pharmacies in Uganda for two years now and we believe that it’s time to bring this amazing product to North America.
New Era in Herbal Medicine: Eostre World and Priceless Farms Unite for Transformative Healthcare Solutions
Eostre “EE-oss-truh” World Ltd., a pioneering leader in herbal medicine research and development, and Priceless Farms Ltd., a forward-thinking player in forestry herb growth and production, are pleased to announce a new and exclusive supply agreement.
Welcome to Priceless Farms “Priceless Products, Unlimited Potential”
A stunning example of re-forestation, permaculture design and community building by a for-profit organization. Recognized in the region by local governance and authorities as a model for future agricultural development in the region.
Processing Moringa Leaf Powder
The most nutritious super food on the planet; Ugandan grown moringa leaf powder. Harvested and processed on the farm and delivered directly to you from the heart of Africa.
I have never been more impressed and inspired by what I witnessed at Priceless Farms during my visit. The organization and remarkable transformation of the degraded landscape apparent from the surrounding properties to the verdant and thriving operation of this truly Priceless Farm. And he put me to work!
Tom Edstrand, Co-Founder of Landyachtz
The Moringa For Kids program has been a tremendous lift to the local community provided much needed nutrition for the schools in the region. Thankyou Pricless Farms for your support and kindness
I got my first sample of this wonderful powder just a month ago and have used it all up and my general health has been improved tremendously. Hurry up and send me more Ventree
Anonymous Canadian Customer | agronomy |
https://captainblankenship.com/pages/ingredients | 2023-11-30T04:12:24 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100164.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20231130031610-20231130061610-00592.warc.gz | 0.915538 | 211 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__241746204 | en | Into The Wild
From the sun-drenched hills of Southern California, heading north to the remote regions of British Columbia, and across the wild sea to the warmth of Sri Lanka - we have searched the globe seeking the natural world’s most unadulterated and sustainable ingredients, selecting those with abundant, time-tested benefits for both hair and scalp health.
We intentionally source ingredients grown with sustainable farming practices. We choose to formulate with plants and minerals that have been used by cultures throughout time for their healing and beneficial qualities for scalp and hair health. We do not use rare or trendy ingredients, and avoid contributing to over harvesting and unsustainable farming practices.
Each botanical is carefully harvested, consciously produced, and meticulously preserved from the moment it leaves the earth to the time it lands in Captain Blankenship’s bottles.
Consciously Sourced Ingredients
Every ingredient we select is grown and extracted from locations where they thrive, using methods that consider the earth, and its people, first. Hover to learn more. | agronomy |
https://www.nmmi.edu/facilities/golf-course-grounds-services/ | 2022-08-18T16:20:08 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573242.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818154820-20220818184820-00352.warc.gz | 0.933949 | 583 | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-33__0__153276666 | en | Golf Course Services
This department has the responsibility for the maintenance and care of the golf course landscape and facilities. Under harsh environment, they care and maintain turf greens, fairways, T-boxes, aprons, bunkers, roughs, irrigation systems, and turf equipment. They also deal with the propagation of grasses, plants, and trees thru overseeding and replanting. They work on the precise mixing of chemical pesticides, herbicides, and fungicides used on the golf course.
This crew installs, maintains, repairs, and locates any electrical problems with the golf course irrigational system. They deal with construction projects such as cart paths, golf course improvements, painting, ground repair, and golf care beautification. This crew operates light duty vehicles, riding lawn mowers, hydrolic equipment, and many tools associated with golf course maintenance such as rakes, backhoes, weedeaters, and chainsaws.
Golf Course services include, but are not limited to the following:
- Landscaping – A primary responsibility of the golf course department is the landscaping of the course itself. This work involves coordinating with golf course managers and professional landscapers to determine the desired look and the care required to maintain that look. The Groundskeeper must be knowledgeable about growing different types of grasses and decorative landscaping.
- Maintaining Safe Grounds – This involves going over the grounds with an eye for potential hazards, such as sinkholes, flooding, cracked or damaged paths, debris and animals. This kind of thorough review must be conducted daily.
- Preparing for Special Events – Division staff participate in preparing the golf course for special events. This might include setting up special paths, roping, tenting and other event staging. It might also include being on hand for the event to manage last-minute or surprise issues.
- Snow Removal – Remove snow or ice from roads, walks, and parking areas
- Exterior Maintenance – Clean sculptures, inspect golf course for hazards, and wash hard surfaces.
- Turf – Mowing, edging, leaf removal, fertilization, insect/disease control, irrigation, maintaining various irrigation systems, over-seeing, intramural, and athletic fields
- Flower Beds – Clean-up, mulching, edging, weeding, watering, fertilization, planting, and insect/disease control
- Pruning – All native and ornamental trees, shrubs and ground covers. Duty performed both to remove dead or damaged branches and to retain shapeEquipment Maintenance – Performs maintenance on grounds equipment ensuring equipment is safe and operational
- Rodent & pest control
- Parking & Road Maintenance – Responsible for cleaning debris and snow, as well as patching for all parking lots and roadways
Jake Villareal, Manager | agronomy |
http://neverbetter.nomadlife.org/2009/06/omnivores-dilemma.html | 2017-03-30T06:40:50 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-13/segments/1490218193284.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20170322212953-00296-ip-10-233-31-227.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.967619 | 1,702 | CC-MAIN-2017-13 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-13__0__210832174 | en | I have been on a reading spree lately and there are two books I really want to write about. First, Michael Pollan's "The Omnivore's Dilemma", which was so fascinating and inspiring, I even committed it's message to canvas.
The thesis of the book is that the way in which our society obtains food is unsustainable and unhealthy, and though we as omnivore's are able to adapt to the lower quality of food, it does not mean we should. You may think the book preachy or one-sided, but it is so well researched, eloquent and frankly humorous, that I hope you'll give it a chance.
Pollan writes about four meals - what goes into them, what it took to obtain the ingredients, about the quality of the ingredients themselves, and the impact the meal has on our body (health, mind and spirit). The first meal is the "industrial" one. It begins with fields of corn, where the crop is grown in the usual unsustainable ways (monocrop, soil depletion, fertilizer runoff, pests and pesticides, etc). Machines do most of the work but the farmers don't make any money, because it costs more to produce the corn then what it's worth (the rest is made up by subsidies from the government so farmers can break even). Corn is then used to feed the lifestock, chickens, pigs, trukeys, sheep and even salmon and tilapia. Corn is processed into corn starch, corn oil, corn flour, as well as additives like lecithin, mon-, di-, and triglycerides, food coloring, and vitamins. Most of those things you see on your junk food label are derivatives of corn in one way or another.
Pollan also follows the production of beef in an industrial setting. Calves are born and raised for 6 months on independently owned ranches (complete with actual pastures). After they are weaned they spend several months learning to digest corn, at which point they are sold to feedlots to be fattened up. Some interesting problems arise when feeding corn to a cow. Apparently the high starch/low roughage of the corn makes belching difficult for the cows, causing a foamy slime to form in the rumen, which then inflates like a baloon. Corn is also more acidic then grass, causing the steers to have heartburn and ulcers, the acid eating away at the rumen wall, allowing bacteria to enter the bloodstream. So they need antibiotics. The manure of these cattle is so rich in heavy metals and hormones they the can't be re-used as fertilizer, so they sit in ponds on the feedlot. Oh and of course they sleep on a bed of dried poop, which sticks to their hide and gets transfered to the beef during slaughter - hence food poisoning. The final first meal that Pollan and his family ate? McDonalds!
The second meal was industrial organic. Better for you perhaps because it does not contain pesticide or antibiotic/hormone residues, but problematic in other ways. Still monoculture where crops are concerned, still large scale but now using manure for fertilizer and plant derived "organic agents" as pesticide. Since the veggies are not sprayed to preserve them, they need to be packaged and/or prewashed with some bleach. "Organic free range chicken" is an interesting bird. To be organic it is fed organic feed, without drugs or cages. To avoid the use of drugs the birds stay in a shed until they are about five weeks old, at which point a door is opened to the outside courtyard (a small lawn) where they can but don't really go for the remaining two weeks of their lives, hence free range.
The third meal, and by far the most fascinating, is the small scale or "beyond" organic. For this he spent a week on Polyface Farm in Virginia, a family operation that is honestly beyond cool. First there is the pasture. It is so much more than just grass: orchard grass, fescue, clover, millet, bluegrass, plantain, timothy and sweet grass. The cows graze in their allotted space for the day, mowing the grass, while also stomping it with their hooves, which will allow new seeds to germinate, and leave their manure for fertilizer. They will not be returned to this same spot again until he grass has grown (but before it grows to much and hardens). Chickens follow a few days behind the cows, so when they arrive at the spot, maggots have filled the cow patties. The chickens scatter the manure in their search for the maggots, enrich the soil with their own nitrogen rich poop, and in the mean time get fed a plentiful meal they were designed for eating (which leads to some superior tasting meat and eggs, I am told). Turkeys live in the orchard, where they fertilize the trees and vines, eat the bugs and mow the grass. In the winter months cows live inside but their manure is left in place, covered with a fresh layer of wood chips or straw every few days and the whole thing rises at a rate of about a foot per month. A few bucketfuls of corn are also tossed into the mix. All winter long the bedding composts providing heat to warm the barn, and the corn ferments. Once spring arrives, several dozen pigs are brought in, who turn and aerate the compost (killing the pathogens) while looking for the fermented corn. Polyface slaughter their chickens themselves, in broad daylight for "sterilization", and it's open to the people who come to buy the meat in case they want to watch (or help out).
The final meal was hunted and gathered. It involved wild pig, mushrooms, berries and veggies from the family garden. It was also interesting but this post is getting to be WAY TOO LONG again. Sorry about that.
Just a few more interesting facts I learned from this book:
- Most of the carbon atoms in the American body comes from corn. Mexicans have far fewer corn originating carbons because they consider feeding corn to lifestock a big no-no.
- Corn is unable to reproduce without men because the seeds are trapped in the ear (behind the husk) and even if they do get through it, they will die of overcrowding (consider the number of seeds stuck together on an ear).
- After WWII the government had too much ammonium nitrate, main ingriedient in explosives. They considered spreading it on the national forests to help out the timber industry, but in the end they decided to market it as fertilizer.
- The reason corn fed beef is less healthy for us is because it is "marbled" with fat that would not normally be there, making it more rich in saturated fat and less omega-3 fatty acids.
- Chicken Nuggets contain the carcinogen dimethylpolysiloxene and tertiary butylhydroquinone (TBHQ), a form of lighter fluid for "freshness"
Final summary - for food that is good for you, good for the environment and less cruel (if you are into that), buy local organic, preferably from CSAs (community sponsored agriculture) or farmers markets. Yes it is more expensive, but that is because you are paying what the food is actually worth. Spend less money on something else. This is your health and our planet we are talking about! I make exception for the really poor, who are screwed the most by our current food system (though I find that I spend less money on food now that I don't buy meat and shop at a co-op, so go figure...)
To find local farms go to:
http://www.eatwild.com/ (for animal products)
And now the art. Here we have a different kind of dilemma. My first attempt at this painting was really energetic and bold, but thusly less finished and frankly a bit of a mess. For the life of me I could not decide if I loved it or hated it. In the end I decided to tame it a bit, which makes for more pleasing but far less exciting work. I'll let you see both, the first now gone forever under layers of paint. Adieu! | agronomy |
https://www.mayaflowers.com/blogs/news/potted-plant-care-tips-and-flower-care-tips-online | 2023-12-02T00:01:57 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100308.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20231201215122-20231202005122-00881.warc.gz | 0.954539 | 617 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__26235150 | en | Potted Plant Care Tips :
Getting the best value of your money and delivered flower bouquets is in your hand. Want to know how? Read on and follow these simple steps that will help you to prolong the life span of cut flowers and potted plants.
Usually, the life of flowers depend on the fact when they have been cut off stem but as MayaFlowers give you the best quality and farm-fresh flowers, you can easily extend their life.
- If you have received flowers in a decorative arrangement of plastic, foam and green shoots, separate them before you put them in a vase. Put flowers in water as soon as possible.
- Make sure to add plenty of water. It is advised to change the water regularly. If you can't, it is recommended that you change the water as soon as you see some debris floating in the water. Dirty or cloudy water can damage the plants beyond repair. As we don't like to drink unclean or impure water, so do plants.
- If you have received potted plants as a gift, read the instructions carefully provided by your florists. Most plants have varied levels of likeliness towards water. Some like to have optimum water, just enough to help them stay moist while some plants tend to stay neck deep in water! Some plants love cool conditions while some might require to stay in the pleasant morning sun. But remember no plant like overheating, over watering or under watering. So, proceed carefully.
- Don't keep cut flowers in direct sunlight. Keep them in shade and in areas where there is no harsh lighting arrangement. Dining table, centre table and entrance corners and hallways are the ideal locations.
- Keep cut flowers away from smoke, kitchen heat and fruits. Fruits contain ethylene gas that speeds up the wilting process in flowers.
- If you have received flowers, it means that somebody thought highly of you. The effort should not be just forgotten so easily. Whenever you see any wilted leaf or dead stem, remove it immediately.
- If you are using the same vase to put cut flowers, it is advised to rinse the vase properly with mild soap to eradicate the fungus and bacteria supply, if any. If your area has hard water supply, use the potable or filter water for plants.
- Most florists provide flower mix with cut flowers. If you haven't received this or don't want to use any sort of chemicals on your plants, then put a pinch of salt in the water. This will perk up the flower for days.
- After a few days, cut the stems about 1 inch off the bottom. If you have bamboo plant or money plant that has roots extended in the water, just cut it two to three inches from the roots with knife. This will help in better absorption of water. Refrain from using a pair of scissors as it can rupture the stems.
Follow these steps and you can certainly enhance the life of your delicate flower plants & care for it. | agronomy |
https://www.shelbytruestewart.com/post/the-components-of-honourable-harvest | 2021-06-24T23:38:30 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-25/segments/1623488560777.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20210624233218-20210625023218-00081.warc.gz | 0.927644 | 252 | CC-MAIN-2021-25 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-25__0__119383876 | en | Honourable Harvest is a sort of guideline to the harvesting of plants, but it can apply to animals as well. The key to harvesting is to do so with a grateful heart and to listen closely to the plants. Who wants to be harvested, who wants to be left to grow and exist?
If you're interested in learning more about harvesting I suggest you read Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall-Kimmerer or check out the Elixirs For Life website, where Kandis, the proprietor has written many articles on harvesting, the spiritual messages of plants, and more! elixirsforlife.ca
The principles of Honourable Harvest are:
Ask permission of the ones whose lives you seek. Abide by the answer.
Never take the first. Never take the last.
Harvest in a way that minimizes harm.
Take only what you need and leave some for others.
Use everything that you take.
Take only that which is given to you.
Share it, as the Earth has shared with you.
Reciprocate the gift.
Sustain the ones who sustain you, and the Earth will last forever.
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https://wrigglytoes.com.au/blog/gots/5-reasons-why-youve-got-to-choose-gots-certified-kids-bedding | 2023-12-03T00:03:25 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100476.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20231202235258-20231203025258-00557.warc.gz | 0.922987 | 1,305 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__211769813 | en | When it comes to our kids, terms like natural, organic and safe are music to our ears, because buying products with these labels helps us feel like we’re giving our kids the best start in life. The trouble is, all that we see, read or hear, cannot necessarily be believed. Terms like these, including the much-beloved ‘organic,’ may be loosely regulated. That’s why it’s important to be informed, so you know how to tell a truly organic product from a misleading one. When it comes to organic cotton, the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) is the bees-knees. So, when it’s GOTS certified, you know that every part of a cotton textile product is exactly as it should be - 100% safe for your little ones. Here are 5 reasons why it’s worth choosing GOTS certified bedding, for the good of our planet, our people and of course, your kids.
1. Of the water used to produce organic cotton fibres, 90% less comes from environmentally damaging sources
According to WWF, when it comes to growing cotton the conventional way, two significant factors are damaging the environment: the diversion of water from natural waterways and the pollution related to cotton growth. These have had severe impacts on some of the world’s most important ecosystems.
However organic cotton which is GOTS certified does not, and cannot follow these harmful practices if it is to wear the official GOTS certified organic labels.
When we talk about water consumption for growing cotton, it’s essential to first understand the three types of water: green, blue and grey.
- Green is rainwater and moisture stored in the soil which is used for plant growth
- Blue comes from rivers, lakes and underground and is diverted for the purpose of irrigation
- Grey is freshwater that is used to dilute the pollution within wastewater (the water used during cotton processing), in order to maintain water quality to appropriate levels.
95% of the water used in producing organic cotton fibre is green water, and there is 91% less blue water used than in the production of non-organic cotton. As the use of blue water negatively impacts our environment and green water doesn’t, you can see that the method of production for organic cotton is exceedingly better for environmental reasons.
In fact, to put this in perspective, conventional cotton uses an incredible 11 times the amount of blue water than what is used for producing organic cotton.
2. There are no toxins in the wastewater
Cotton is by nature, a water-intensive or ‘thirsty’ crop. This means that it requires a lot of water to thrive and as a result, there is considerable wastewater. We’ve already demonstrated how organic cotton is produced with the most environmentally-friendly water type - green water. And luckily, GOTS certified organic cotton is not permitted to have pesticides or other toxins used in any part of the growing and processing stages (using only non-toxic ways of managing pests).
That means the wastewater produced from GOTS certified organic cotton is free of toxins, and must also comply with procedures designed to minimise waste discharge. This is significant because, with conventional cotton, one-fifth of the water used in cotton production is used only to dilute the pollution from wastewater. This use of grey water for conventional cotton is the definition of water wastage.
3. There are no toxins in contact with workers OR consumers
The pesticides and herbicides routinely used in the production of cotton are highly toxic to humans. This is a real safety concern. And scarily, conventional cotton production also consumes the highest amount of pesticides and herbicides compared to any other plant.
More chemical pesticides are used for cotton than for any other crop. Cotton accounts for 16 percent of global insecticide releases. 60 percent of the world’s cotton is used for clothing and another 35 percent for home furnishing.The World Counts
Workers deserve to be safe in their place of employment, and that’s why compliance with GOTS prohibits the use of pesticides and herbicides in the production of organic cotton. In this way, the GOTS certification protects farm workers and factory workers from the direct exposure to harmful chemicals they would face when producing conventional cotton, while also protecting consumers (like your little ones with their oh-so-delicate skin) from any harmful residual effects in the end product.
4. There must be appropriate working conditions
According to organiccotton.org, textile processing mills, such as those used to produce conventional cotton are commonly found to flout the regulations of labour rights. That’s why the socio-economic aspects of the GOTS standard are so important.
You see, GOTS certification does not permit child labour at any stage of organic cotton growth, production and processing. The production of these cotton textiles must meet other key conventions of the International Labour Organisation as well, including, but not limited to:
- Workers choosing employment freely
- Working conditions must be safe and hygienic
- There is protection of living wages
In short, the GOTS certification protects people from labour exploitation.
5. It’s one standard targeting three areas of wellbeing
There are other textile standards which do admirable things. For instance, the Oeko Tex Standard 100 addresses the toxins which may be present in products, from a health perspective. And this shouldn’t be disregarded. However, Oeko-Tex Standard 100 doesn’t require compliance with environmental or social aspects of production.
And that is the overarching answer to the question: Why choose GOTS? Because GOTS certified textile products meet strict standards across all three areas: health, environmental and social.
What’s more, GOTS knows cotton. In fact, the GOTS certification applies only to cotton and other organic raw material industries like wool and silk. It covers every aspect of the production of natural fibres, all the way through to manufacture and is far stricter than the Oeko-Tex certification.
When we’re talking about the safety of our planet, including our little ones, it’s got to be GOTS.
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https://camaguebaxcuba.wordpress.com/2020/05/06/in-cuba-they-seek-to-get-ahead-they-face-two-pandemics-photos/ | 2023-06-09T10:38:48 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224656675.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20230609100535-20230609130535-00164.warc.gz | 0.870566 | 290 | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__95366473 | en | In Cuba they seek to get ahead: they face two pandemics (+ Photos)Publicado: mayo 6, 2020 Archivado en: Cuba, Cuba enfrenta Covid-19, Cubanos por el mundo, De Cuba y el Mundo, La isla y el mar Deja un comentario
By Lázaro David Najarro Pujol
May, 2020.- From the sugarcane fields to the tippers of the Cuban sugar mills, thousands of men and women support the country in the midst of two great challenges: the confrontation with the coronavirus COVID-19 and the most extensive economic, commercial and financial blockade. of humanity, imposed by the United States government on the largest of the Antilles, a fence that lasts more than 60 years.
Men and women who are convinced that to avoid the spread of the virus they must comply with all the measures ordered by the Ministry of Public Health and the highest authorities in the country, also aware that the production of grain is one of the unavoidable tasks that they cannot be paralyzed.
To guarantee the health of workers, the Azcuba Sugar Group implemented 55 measures, with the aim of continuing the harvest, but above all, guaranteeing the protection of the health of the workers, from the fields to the mill. In addition, keep a close watch on vulnerable people. (Leer más en esta entrada) | agronomy |
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Accessions of black nightshade, American black nightshade, horsenettle, hairy nightshade and bitter nightshade species were each separated into distinct clusters except for two accessions that through RAPD analysis were identified as American black nightshade and eastern black nightshade.ImpactsNightshade variation in appearance makes identification and control more difficult. When exposed to 14/10 and 16/8 hours, apple of Peru and eastern black nightshade flowered 31 DAE compared to 60 days for the groundcherries. 2006. Last updated October 2018 / Privacy, James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org, Karan A. Rawlins, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org, Forest and Kim Starr, Starr Environmental, Bugwood.org, Joseph M. DiTomaso, University of California - Davis, Bugwood.org, D. Walters and C. Southwick, USDA, Bugwood.org, This map is incomplete and is based only on current site and county level Wahle, E.A. Thesis. Large eastern nightshade berries, >9 mm diameter, showed 100% viability, 6.3 - 9 showed 49%, 5 - 6.3 showed 9%, and 3 - 5 showed 0.4%. All but three of the twenty-five accessions of eastern black nightshade were in a single cluster. American black nightshade This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below.This plant may be known by one or more common names in ⦠This map identifies those states that list this species on their invasive species list or law. Grade A tomatoes were greatest and culls were lowest in the rye cover crop. Difference in herbicide response among eastern black nightshade and hairy nightshade populations in Michigan. In 2004, rye treatments increased soil bulk density, decreased soil temperatures, and increased soil moisture content. years, staking increased tomato height, but did not consistently elevate tomato plants above nightshade plants. American black nightshade (Solanum americanum) is an annual, or short-lived perennial, wildflower that is native to the United States.It is in the Solanaceae, or nightshade, family along with common garden plants such as pepper, potato, and eggplant. Non Technical Summary Eastern black nightshade occurs throughout the eastern U.S. and is the key weed which can not be control in tomatoes. In 2004, nightshade did not affect tomato yield, but rye decreased total yield. Horsenettle was the most susceptible species to sulfosulfuron. Fruit(s); Fruits of eastern black nightshade (Solanum nigrum) on the left, compared with those of hairy nightshade (S. sarrachoides) on the right. There were no differences in tomato yield caused by having 1-5 nightshade per planting hole, except for weight of jumbo (premium) grade fruit which decreased above one nightshade per hole with asymptotic yield loss reaching 84%. The issue of the edibility of black nightshade (Solanum nigrum) came up in the comments on our post on forager Pascal Baudar.Weâve blogged about the confusion between the edible Solanum nigrum and the toxic âdeadly nightshadeâ or Atropa belladonna in a post last year.. The leaf of the plant grows up to 2 - 15 cm, the seed is 1 â 1.5 mm, and the fruit grows to 5 â 8 mm (3). yield. Solanaceae. Nitrogen fertilizer and population density affect tomato growth and yield. Evaluation of nightshade (Solanum spp.) - American black nightshade SOAM in the state of Texas Click the map above to view a larger image. Herbicide effectiveness varies depending on solanaceous species and accession.ImpactsMost eastern black nightshade plants are gentically similar but still differ in susceptibility to herbicides. nightshade plants was divided into 11 subgroups by cluster analysis. Among the sulfentrazone controlled nightshade 60 to 93% but caused 30% reduction in tomato yields. Under a 10/14 hour regime, apple of Peru initiated flower buds 15 days after emergence (DAE) and eastern black nightshade initiated flower buds 17 DAE. 2005. North Central Weed Science Society Proceedings 59:96. This document is HS1176, one of a series of the Horticultural Sciences Department, Florida Common Name. 54:504508. It can not be controlled by standard preplant herbicides or through tillage. We are currently collecting seed of these weeds from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and North Carolina. Miller and K.V. The two discuss President Trumpâs historic tax cuts and their effects on American farmers and small business owners. Image 5386639 is of American black nightshade (Solanum americanum ) flower(s). Generally said a Black Nightshade plant can produce up to 178,000 seeds per plant. M.S. americanum) with which it is confused and as Solanum nigrum L. var. Seed viability increased with berry size and with length of establishment or removal time. I have not taken pictures of the plants growing in my yard yet, but until then, I have included images The growth and yield Our research aims at understanding why these differences in weediness occur and to use that information to design alternative nightshade management systems for tomatoes.Publications, National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The Ingham2 eastern black nightshade population had more tolerance than other populations to sulfentrazone, metribuzin and halosulfuron. 54:490-495. 2006. Nitrogen fertilizer and population density affect tomato growth and yield. North Central Weed Science Society Proceedings 59:58. All accessions within a species had a similarity coefficient >0.75. - American black nightshade SOAM Steve Hurst. There are about 2,000 seeds to a gram. Results suggest that apple of Peru and eastern black nightshade germinating in late summer or in crop-shaded canopies can produce seeds. Eastern black nightshade, black nightshade, and American black nightshade were more genetically similar to each other than to other solanaceous species while bitter nightshade and groundcherry were distinct from other species. Sharkhuu, A., Goldsbrough, P.B. Wahle, E. 2001. The plant is native around the Tropical Pacific and Indian Oceans, including HawaiÊ»i, Indochina, Madagascar and Africa. Our objective was to determine the characteristics which make eastern black nigtshade a problem weed and to develop environmentally-friendly strategies to manage nightshade in tomatoes. Weed Sci. Wahle, E. A. and Masiunas, J. Another study started to determine the genome for each accession. reports made by experts and records obtained from USDA Plants Database. September. B. Accessions of black nightshade, American black nightshade, horsenettle, hairy nightshade, and bitter nightshade each separated into distinct clusters. The Oceana1 population had a higher tolerance to sulfosulfuron than the other populations. About American Black Nightshade (Solanum americanum) 2 Nurseries Carry This Plant Add to My Plant List American nightshade (Solanum americanum) is a herbaceous flowering plant native to the Americas, from the south and west of the United States south to Paraguay and Peru; it also occurs in Hawaii, where it is considered possibly indigenous or may be a Polynesian introduction. Research was conducted to study the genetic diversity of eastern black nightshade compared to horsenettle, American black nightshade and bitter nightshade, clammy groundcherry and smooth groundcherry using Random Amplification of Polymorphic DNA analysis. An improved understanding of this variation will help in targeting mananagement practices. The group of eastern black This information will be used to develop control methods for nightshade in tomatoes. The actual taxa of this species is in question. Tomatoes did not consistently overtop nightshade and staking did not improve tomato competition for light. It also increased soil bulk density, decreased soil temperatures, and increased soil moisture content. All three soil characteristics have been linked to reduced and delayed yields in both tomatoes and other commercial crops. A wide range of tolerance to metribuzin was observed with the Monroe4 population, the least tolerant (GR50=0.28 kg/ha). Sulfosulfuron, rimsulfuron, and halosulfuron did not control nightshade. Image 5459965 is of American black nightshade (Solanum americanum ) seed(s). Solanum americanum, commonly known as American black nightshade, small-flowered nightshade or glossy nightshade is an herbaceous flowering plant of wide though uncertain native range. In both Buckelew, J.K. and Monks, D.W. 2006. American Black Nightshade is also known as Black Nightshade (Solanum nigrum L. var. The growth habitat is the Wahle, E.A. It is by Phil Westra at Colorado State University. The plants were larger in the North Central Weed Science Society Proceedings 59:91. Low risk herbicides were evaluated to control eastern black nightshade in tomatoes. Eastern black nightshade regrew from roots of plants that were clipped at the ground or from overwintering root systems. Michigan State University. American Nightshade, American black nightshade. Buckelew, J.K., Monks, D.W., Jennings, K.M., Hoyt G.D. and Walls, Jr., R.F. However American Black Nightshade, Common Nightshade, Black Nightshade (Solanum americanum) seed ... Photo (color adjusted and cropped by htop) courtesy of Forest and Kim Starr. These accessions are being grow in the greenhouse and their morphology studied. Image 5362865 is of black nightshade (Solanum nigrum ) plant(s). Carfentrazone substantially injured tomatoes.ImpactsNightshade variation in appearance makes identification and control more difficult. M.S. Potted plants of American black nightshade (Solanum nigrum). Effects of rye cover crop and staking on eastern black nightshade interference in processing tomatoes. Seeds of more than two hundred samples belonging to six nightshade and three groundcherry species were collected throughout the Midwestern U.S. Image 5412813 is of American black nightshade (Solanum americanum ) foliage. 2006. and Zandstra, B.H. 2003. In 2003, nightshade interference and rye cover crop mulch decreased total tomato yield. Weed Sci. Improved nightshade management in tomato will allow farmers to provide a quality and economical tomato crop to meet consumer demand for locally-grown produce.Publications, Progress 01/01/04 to 12/31/04OutputsStudies continued at Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, and North Carolina. Overall, staking is inconsistent for elevating tomatoes over competing nightshade plants, and inconsistent in giving tomatoes an advantage in obtaining light. Our purpose is to understand what makes eastern black nightshade a problem weed while other related plants are not. 14/10 than 10/14 hr photoperiod. HortScience 37 (In Press). inhibition was due to soil compaction. Rye cover crop mulch is nonselective reducing both nightshade and tomato growth and reproduction. virginicum. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Coming soon. Arrows point to ⦠- American black nightshade SOAM in the state of Hawaii Click the map above to view a larger image. Family. American black nightshade USDA PLANTS Symbol: SOAM U.S. Nativity: Native Habit: Shrub or Subshrub Solanum americanum P. Mill. Eastern black nightshade was more Horsenettle flowered 97 DAE under 14/10 and 16/8 hour regimes. RAPD analysis on genetic diversity of nightshade species in the North Central Region. It is by James H. Miller at USDA Forest Service. and Masiunas, J.B. 2003. Staking and low-risk herbicides will provide environmentally-friendly control methods.Publications, Progress 01/01/02 to 12/31/02OutputsEastern black nightshade (Solanum ptycanthum) is a problem weed in many vegetable crops, especially tomatoes. American black nightshade Synonym i Solanum nodiflorum Other names i âºSolanum americanum Mill. Solanum americanum, commonly known as American black nightshade, small-flowered nightshade or glossy nightshade is a herbaceous flowering plant of wide though uncertain native range. Eastern black nightshade, black nightshade and American black nightshade were more genetically similar to each other than to other solanaceous species while bitter nightshade and ground cherry were distinct. and Masiunas, J.B. 2003. Eastern black nightshade (Solanum ptycanthum) reproduction and interference in transplanted plasticulture tomato. The American Black Nightshade is an annual plant and usually grows up to 30 inches (76 cm) tall. tolerant to metribuzin and halosulfuron than hairy nightshade, horsenettle, clammy groundcherry, and smooth groundcherry. It is by Joseph M. DiTomaso at University of California - Davis. Competition between tomato and eastern black nightshade for nitrogen. nightshade vine length, and tomato and nightshade dry leaf biomass. Eastern black nightshade seedlings established before 2 weeks after transplanting or removed after 6 weeks after transplanting resulted in the majority of viable seed production. Comparison of nitrogen use by two population densities of eastern black nightshade. Several plants in the Solanaceae (potato) family are known as nightshade, including bittersweet nightshade (Solanum dulcamara), hardy in ⦠In postemergence applications, North Central Weed Science Society Proceedings 59:50. Competition for nitrogen between eastern black nightshade and fresh market tomato. The biology of weedy nightshade species. Reductions in current weed management practices will save vegetable farmers a large input cost (hand-weeding), reduce soil erosion, and lessen surface and ground water pollution.Publications, Progress 09/15/01 to 09/14/05OutputsSolanaceous plants such as eastern black nightshade are problem weeds. Although no specific mention of the leaves being toxic has been seen for this species, it belongs to a genus where many if not all the members have poisonous leaves. MS Thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Among the eastern black nightshade accessions studied, all but three were in the same cluster. Bicksler, A. USDA hardiness. It can not be controlled by standard preplant herbicides or through tillage. The Oceana1 eastern black nightshade accession was more tolerant to sulfosulfuron while Monroe4 was less tolerant to metribuzin than other accessions. Photo from Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses by J.H. East Lansing, MI. Pandian, V. and Zandstra, B. H. 2004. The critical weed-free period to avoid greater than 20% loss for premium fruit grades was 28 to 50 d. The value of the sum of large, extra large, and jumbo grades was reduced by 1 eastern black nightshade plant per hole. Our research objectives were to understand the interrelationships between nightshades and to develop strategies for managing the weeds. Competition studies were performed with watermelon at 1 plant/m in-row and American black nightshade grown at 0, 2, 4, 6, and 8 plants/m2 in-row. Pandian, V. 2005. Shoots re-established after clipping. The seed is being isolated from the berries and planted in the greenhouse for seed increase and to study the morphology of the plants.ImpactsEastern black nightshade is a severe problems in tomatoes grown east of the Rocky Mountains. and Masiunas, J.B. 2003. Wahle, E. A. and Masiunas, J. response to herbicides. Groundcherries, although found throughout the same range are not a problem weed. HortScience 37:367-372. We evaluated a rye cover crop and staking as techniques to increase the competitiveness of tomatoes with nightshade. Raleigh, NC. University of Illinois. HS1176 American Black Nightshade Biology and Control in Fruiting Vegetables, Cucurbits, and Small Fruits1 Andrew W. MacRae2 1. Uhlig, R.E. An improved understanding of this variation will help in targeting mananagement practices. Weed Science 51:394-401. The effects of cultural practices on nightshade competition with processing tomatoes. The genetic relationships indicate: black nightshade and American nightshade are more genetically similar to each other than to other nightshade species; eastern black nightshade separated into 2 closely related groups as did hairy nightshade; horsenettle separated into 3 distinct groups; and bitter nightshade and groundcherry groupings were distinct from The impact of nitrogen fertilizer on the competitiveness of nightshade in tomato was studied. Difference in herbicide response among nightshade and groundcherry species in Michigan. In post-transplant applications, dimethenamid (1.1. kg/ha) and s-metolachlor (1.8 kg/ha) gave 100% nightshade control with no crop injury. Solanum) includes troublesome weeds in horticultural crops. Staking raised the tomato canopy over the nightshade and made the tomatoes more competitive for light. The rye cover crop inhibited tomato and nightshade growth. The black nightshade complex is difficult to classify because of extensive morphologic variation. Voucher 050419 42 at Mokolii, Oahu, Hawaii American black nightshade Solanum anguivi Solanum aviculare New Zealand nightshade Solanum bahamense Bahama nightshade Solanum bulbocastanum ornamental nightshade ⦠There was a wide range of variation to halosulfuron among five populations of hairy nightshade with Bay2 and Macomb1 more tolerant than others. North Carolina State University. Miller, published by The University of Georgia Press in cooperation with the Southern Weed Science Society. Better nightshade management systems will save farmers inputs (hand-weeding, tillage, and high-use rate herbicides), reduce soil erosion, and lessen soil and ground water pollution. | agronomy |
http://www.cah.utexas.edu/museums/winedale_barn.php | 2015-08-01T13:52:07 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-32/segments/1438042988718.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20150728002308-00205-ip-10-236-191-2.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.981648 | 171 | CC-MAIN-2015-32 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-32__0__74506911 | en | Winedale - Buildings & Decorative Arts -
The Four-Square Barn was also part of the original Lewis Farmstead. It is properly called a "transverse crib barn" because it consists of two pairs of corn cribs across from each other. The barn was built by the Lewis family sometime after 1848. Constructed of hand-hewn oak logs with some long cedar beams, it has mortise and tenon joints and half-dovetail corner notching. It is one of the few such barns still in existence in Texas.
The barn was designed to store corn in the cribs and corn tops and hay in the loft above. Animals and equipment were kept in the sheds attached around the perimeter. The barn was restored following the Wagner House restoration and today houses agricultural and cabinet-maker's tools and equipment. | agronomy |
https://officialsavanarae.com/dermatology/how-do-you-get-moles-out-of-holes.html | 2022-08-16T16:31:48 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572408.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816151008-20220816181008-00453.warc.gz | 0.908515 | 652 | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-33__0__120406142 | en | How do you get rid of deep burrowing moles?
Here’s how to get rid of moles humanely:
- Eliminate Their Food Sources. Moles love grubs. …
- Apply A Repellent. In some cases, a mole repellent is an effective solution for an infestation. …
- Use Plants As A Barrier. …
- Dig A Trench. …
- Create An Unfriendly Environment. …
- Keep Your Lawn Tidy.
What is the fastest way to get rid of moles in your yard?
Fastest way to get rid of moles
- Mole trap: A mole-specific trap is considered the most effective way to get rid of moles. …
- Baits: Moles feed upon earthworms and grubs. …
- Remove the food for moles: Moles feed on various garden insects, such as earthworms, crickets, and grubs.
How do I fix mole holes in my yard?
How to Repair Mound Damage
- Remove excess dirt with a shovel.
- Fill any sunken areas with a mixture of 50/50 sand and topsoil.
- Lightly rake exposed dirt.
- Apply grass seed at the recommended overseed rate.
- Compact the dirt back.
- Cover exposed areas with peat moss.
- Water the lawn thoroughly while the seeds germinate.
Do coffee grounds keep moles away?
Coffee grounds have an overpowering smell that deters moles, so place them in a few of the tunnels or mounds to drive them off. … The more coffee grounds you place on your garden, the more effective it will be. You’ll need to place coffee grounds daily in order to keep scent as strong as possible.
What can I spray on my yard to get rid of moles?
Moles don’t like the taste or smell of castor oil, plus it contaminates the ground for insects. Create a spray using three parts castor oil, one part dish soap, and three parts water. Spray it wherever you see tunnels and molehills.
How do I get rid of moles in my yard without killing them?
Plant Marigolds and Daffodils
Planting marigolds, daffodils, or alliums in your yard is a wonderful, humane method of getting rid of moles. It doesn’t harm them or any other animals in the area. It simply encourages the moles to move on, and deters them from returning since they dislike them so much.
Will rolling your lawn get rid of moles?
Rake over the mole hills, collapsing them and dispersing the piled soil into the surrounding lawn. This not only removes the hills, but also makes the mole tunnels less hospitable since you are cutting off sources of ventilation.
Should I flatten mole hills?
You can wait to flatten the tunnels after the rain, but flattening the tunnels when the entire lawn is wet — as opposed to only the tunnels — increases the risk of soil compaction throughout the yard. | agronomy |
https://zimtrending.co.zw/2019/09/09/prices-of-basic-commodities-likely-to-rise/ | 2023-10-02T15:38:26 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511000.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20231002132844-20231002162844-00783.warc.gz | 0.964078 | 235 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__282831165 | en | Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) media and public relations manager, Garikai Chaunza has said that prices of commodities such as mealie-meal, flour and bread are likely to rise in direct response to the government’s increase of maize and wheat prices.
Maize grain is now $1 300 per metric tonne from $726, while wheat has gone up from around $1 600 per metric tonne to $2 200.
The development is likely to impact on the prices of maize-meal. Currently, a 10kg bag of maize-meal costs $34 while a 2kg packet of flour is averaging $22.
The current average price of a loaf bread is $7.
The increase in the prices of maize and wheat come at a time when the government has already started importing the grains as its reserves are already empty.
The president also appealed to stakeholders and sympathisers to assist with food aid as the country faces severe starvation due to El Nino drought. Moreover, Cyclone Idai destroyed crops which were weeks away from harvest.
Prices of other commodities in the country are already high | agronomy |
https://alisoninbookland.com/backyard-beekeeper-4th-edition-an-absolute-beginners-guide-to-keeping-bees-in-your-yard-and-garden-by-kim-flottum/ | 2024-02-26T07:32:43 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474653.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20240226062606-20240226092606-00798.warc.gz | 0.905911 | 641 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__154078463 | en | Backyard Beekeeper, 4th Edition : An Absolute Beginner’s Guide To Keeping Bees In Your Yard And Garden by Kim Flottum
View book: Backyard Beekeeper, 4th Edition : An Absolute Beginner’s Guide To Keeping Bees In Your Yard And Garden
The Backyard Beekeeper, now in its 4th edition, offers a delightful and accessible approach to the revered and intricate art of beekeeping. Whether you reside in an urban or rural setting, and regardless of your beekeeping expertise, this book provides an opportunity to engage in this enriching hobby.
This comprehensive handbook not only serves as a guide to beekeeping, but also offers invaluable insights from experts in the field. It provides valuable advice on:
- Establishing and maintaining your very own bee colonies
- Choosing the ideal location for your bees’ safety and yours
- Implementing practical and non-toxic techniques to care for your bees
- Effectively managing swarm control
- Utilizing top bar hives
- Harvesting the fruits of your beehive, including honey
- Addressing and treating common bee-related issues
- Updated information specific to urban bees and beekeepers
- Optimal utilization of a smoker
- Enhanced pest management strategies
- Efficient practices for ensuring consistent and abundant food supply
- Promoting the overall health of your hives
By making use of this comprehensive resource and benefiting from the knowledge of Kim Flottum, editor of Bee Culture, your bee colonies will thrive and become more productive, affording you healthier and happier bees.
The Backyard Beekeeper: A Beginner’s Guide to Keeping Honeybees in Your Garden
If you’ve ever considered having honeybees in your backyard, now is the perfect time. These incredible creatures play a crucial role in pollinating our crops, providing us with a significant portion of our daily diet. Without honeybees, the foods we enjoy would be diminished, and wild plants would be less productive. Thankfully, more and more gardeners and growers are recognizing the importance of honeybees and making changes to accommodate them.
But where do you start with beekeeping? How much time and money will it require? The beekeeping season mirrors the garden season, with busy periods in spring, maintenance in summer, and harvest in fall. Caring for a couple of bee colonies will take some time, but it’s manageable. Like any new activity, there is a learning curve, but once you gain experience, it becomes easier.
Before you begin, there is some prep work and equipment you’ll need. And yes, bees can sting, but they aren’t out to harm you. If you take the necessary precautions, stings will be rare occurrences. Just like dealing with bramble thorns or annoying insects, working with bees requires proper gear and good management.
If you’re interested in having a couple of honeybee colonies in your backyard for a better garden, more fruit, and even homemade honey and beeswax products, let’s explore what thousands of beekeepers already know. | agronomy |
https://foragerweekly.wordpress.com/2018/05/10/ramps-a-study-in-phenology/ | 2021-01-16T14:33:30 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-04/segments/1610703506697.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20210116135004-20210116165004-00172.warc.gz | 0.966673 | 893 | CC-MAIN-2021-04 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-04__0__14847124 | en | When the Man Cub was only four months old, I strapped him to my chest and hiked half a mile into the forest to harvest ramps from my top secret honey hole. They were the first wild edible that I harvested with him. That reason alone would be enough to make them my favorite wild food. To put it over the top, they are delicious – combining the best flavors of both onions and garlic while adding something otherworldly that you can only get from growing in the filtered sunlight of a damp forested hillside. I love ramps (a.k.a. wild leeks). They are ephemeral, which only adds to their mystique. The little green bunny ears start to poke through the leaf litter almost as soon as the last of the snow melts and they have mostly gone to seed by the time the trees fully leaf out and cast shade upon the forest floor. Knowing the timing of when your favorite patch is ready for harvest is crucial.
There are many other ephemeral plants that can help clue you in as to when it’s time to hit up your patch of wild leeks. One such plant is Dutchman’s Breeches (. The small fringed leaves pop up first, followed soon after by the bright white and yellow flowers, which resemble a pair of breeches or pants hanging upside down. As you can see in the photo, Dutchman’s Breeches (left) and Ramps (right) grow concurrently. The ramps in this photo are still young and not quite fully mature. At this stage, they are excellent for sauteing up and serving as a side or in an omelet.
Trilium (Dicentra cucullaria) is another spring ephemeral flower that grows during this magical time of year. The trillium in this photo are not quite blooming but the flower buds are present and on the edge. I believe they were actually blooming only two days after this picture was taken. Again, you can see the young ramps in the background. Paying attention to what else is growing alongside your favorite edibles makes you more aware and tunes your internal clock. When you start to see trillium growing, it is time to visit your ramp patch.
This photo of Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) was taken during the same morning walk as the previous pictures of trillium and Dutchman’s Breeches. Bloodroot may not always grow in the same locations as wild leeks, but their bloom does tend to correspond with when the wild leeks are ready to pick.
Wild leeks are highly sought after and often over harvested. To harvest sustainably, it is best to follow the Rule of 10: for every ten plants there are, you can harvest one. In a good patch of ramps, this rule will still yield more than enough for your own personal use. Often times, you can find entire hillsides blanketed in green. When you are lucky enough to come across such a patch, you can often smell onions in the air long before you see them. Even stand such as these are susceptible to over harvest. It can take up to seven years for a wild leek to mature from seed to plant. This is why it is crucial to leave more than enough behind, ensuring future harvests for generations to come. I only share locations of major ramp populations with those whom I trust will harvest sustainably.
Identifying ramps is fairly easy. They have two (occasionally three) oblong green leaves emerging from a central stem. This stem extends into the ground where, if you dig carefully, you can find a white bulb. Sometimes the stems may appear red, as in the photo to the right. Once you add in the unmistakable onion/garlic smell, it is difficult to mistake them for anything else. I tend to only harvest one leaf from each plant, leaving the bulb and the other leaf behind. This ensures that the plant will be able to go on to flower and produce seeds. The only time I harvest the bulb is if I were to make pickled ramps.
One of my favorite ways to eat ramps is also one of the easiest. Chop up a handful of ramp greens and stir them into a pan full of scrambled eggs. Toss on some cheddar cheese and serve on buttered toast for an open faced breakfast sandwich. | agronomy |
https://sustainability.byu.edu/campus | 2023-12-03T17:15:58 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100508.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20231203161435-20231203191435-00803.warc.gz | 0.948341 | 638 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__101416791 | en | Water conservation is a significant component of our sustainability agenda as we are located in the Intermountain West, where water availability and management is a serious concern. BYU is a leader in this area. In 2005 BYU received the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner’s Water Conservation Award. More recently, we completed a project to convert landscape sprinklers from culinary water to non-potable, ground-source, secondary water. BYU also saves water by planting the right types of plants in landscaping, and by providing only the water the plants need. Water usage in flower beds has been reduced one-third by using compost.
We have reduced the water usage from faucets and flush valves by 50 percent by using high-efficiency plumbing fixtures and appliances. Moreover, we have replaced water cooled condensers with air-cooled to reduce water consumption. These measures help to keep the environment healthy. Untreated water from the Provo River Water Rights System is used to irrigate most of the campus at great cost savings. This is the same water that is used on the south campus Stream and Trail path, a preferred recreational study location.
Additionally, sprinkling systems are designed with optimum dispersion rates and water audits are conducted to ensure ideal efficiency. Each distinctive plant material is treated with its ideal sprinkler application. Grass, shrubs, and flowers are treated separately in individual beds with the best-suited irrigation heads, including MPR rotor heads and xeri-pop heads with the least amount of wasted water and drip irrigation for the shrubs. All valves are connected to a computer irrigation system that considers all soil types, sun-orientation, wind, rain and other environmental factors allowing the plant material to thrive optimally at maximum EvapoTranspiration (ET). This is determined and managed by a central computerized system and the campus water master.
BYU uses select landscaping and outdoor furnishings that can be maintained without toxic chemicals. Outdoor lighting is designed to reduce light pollution while landscaping is designed to reduce “heat islands,” and incorporate local plant and hardscape materials. Mulch helps with weed control, reduces erosion and provides airspace and water-holding capabilities for green areas across BYU’s 320 acres of maintained landscape. All plants used are either natives to Utah or specific for the zones (2-5) for this area of the U. S. and of low water-wise definition. The Utah State Extension Service Water-Wise list and Division of Facilities Construction and Management (DFCM) standards list are used for plant selection decisions.
Dining Services integrates locally-grown and organic foods into their menus. Food service equipment purchased since the end of 2006 is “energy rated” and uses less gas, electricity, and water than comparable models. In 2008 we took advantage of a new cafeteria, the Commons at the Cannon Center, to install dishwashers that recycle water from previous washes for early rinse cycles in the next washing. Specifically, water from the final rinse cycle is used to pre-rinse the next load. For more information, visit BYU Dining Services Sustainability. | agronomy |
https://www.coasttohinterlandtours.com.au/information-events/food-trail/ | 2023-12-04T22:18:55 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100535.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20231204214708-20231205004708-00865.warc.gz | 0.951683 | 1,168 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__222281759 | en | Sunshine Coast & Noosa are ahead of the game when it comes to food, and we grow it all here so we know it has been ethically and sustainably sourced.
With growing and soil conditions near perfect, bountiful supplies of fresh ingredients are raised from the ground to be sold at roadside stalls, local markets, supermarkets or make their way into the skilled hands of chefs in the kitchens of some of the finest restaurants and cafes around.
Not only that, we also encourage visitors to try their hand at creating culinary masterpieces in any of a number of cooking schools throughout the Coast and Hinterland.
A host of cooking schools offer the chance of becoming a gourmet chef for the day, or at least part of a day. Whether it is a spice-blending master class in Caloundra, cooking Thai in a relaxed garden setting near Yandina or Cheese making in Cooran, our skilled professionals are only to happy to share their skills and love of food.
Fresh is best, and our local farmers markets and roadside stalls are a foodies haven, the perfect place to find fresh healthy vital ingredients. Of course it is not just fresh fruit, nuts, herbs and vegetables; we also raise some of the nicest meat here as well.
Having the freshest ingredients has become such a passion that several of our restaurants have their own farms growing and raising all of their own ingredients for the perfect paddock-to-plate dining experience. Of course you would need to here all year around to fully appreciate the seasonal change in their menus’.
Can you imagine standing on the farm and having a taste right at the source? Some of our farmers imagined the same, wanting you to know what food really tastes like, as a result a number have opened their farms to the public so that you can do that very thing, and in some cases pick your own.
So when you want a break from the beaches and are wondering what are some sunshine things to do today, places like Maleny Dairy, Kenilworth Dairies, Noosa Reds, Cooloola Berries, Hinterland Feijoas (to name a few) offer great chances to see and taste our farmers produce (Check for opening days / times).
If you cannot make it to any of these places, then any one of the local farmers markets will connect you with our fresh produce as well.
It is not just our farms, markets and restaurants where you can taste the best of the Coast and Hinterland. There has been increased interest in craft brewing with a number of craft breweries now dotted around the area, many coupled with onsite dining options.
Like the humble barbeque, beer is a part of our culture here too and although our brewing practices are still in their relative infancy when compared to other parts of the world, we still hold our ground with taste and quality in this region.
A trip to the Sunshine Coast, Noosa and surrounds would not be complete without a visit to one of the many local breweries for a taste. From Caloundra through to Cooran and up at Maleny too, you’ll be sure to find a craft brew ‘or two’ with a taste that’s just right for you.
When it comes to locally brewed we don’t just stop at beer, and although not part of the traditional wine growing regions of Australia, Queensland has a wine history that dates back to the 1860’s with the Sunshine Coast regarded as one of its fastest growing and most diverse wine regions.
A small but dedicated band of wine makers give a modern edge to the time honoured tradition of winemaking to produce an enviable selection of excellent wines. The area comprises vineyards situated high up in the cooler climates of the Blackall Range, Kenilworth and Traveston through to the milder climates in the valleys closer to the coast.
A wide variety of grapes are grown in the region due to diverse microclimates. A few of the vineyards where you can taste some of our excellent wines include Flame Hill Vineyard, Maleny Mountain Wines, and Dingo Creek Vineyard.
COFFEE – It’s not just the food, wine and the beer that stand out; it’s the coffee as well. Locally grown beans are roasted and sold in a number of retail outlets across the region and small boutique coffee roasters are a welcome presence for those with even the slightest caffeine addiction.
Finding its home in Yandina across from the Ginger Factory and a neighbour to Nutworks, Pioneer Coffee is one such roaster that host’s onsite roasting demonstrations and makes coffee that surpasses expectations when it comes to quality and taste.
HIGH TEA – If it is something lighter that you are looking for then indulge yourself in a sumptuous High Tea; from the delights of Flaxton Gardens to The Silva Spoon in Cotton Tree, know that a little decadence goes a long way towards making any occasion special.
Maleny Food Co. is one of our favourite stops on the Scenic Food & Wine Tour, they are an artisan food producer located in the beautiful surrounds of Maleny, in the heart of the Sunshine Coast Hinterland, Queensland.
Grown in the sun-drenched fields of Queensland Australia, plump fresh ginger is selected for processing at the peak of the growing season. Visit the Ginger Factory on our Rainforest, Views and Montville tour.
Book our most popular Scenic Food & Wine Tour and visit The Barrel at Clouds Vineyard in the picturesque Sunshine Coast Hinterland. The friendly cellar door staff offer wine tastings and will guide you through their wine range. | agronomy |
https://sml-uncorked.com/products/terre-di-marca-rose-prosecco-750ml | 2023-03-24T12:21:02 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296945282.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20230324113500-20230324143500-00201.warc.gz | 0.938749 | 204 | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__177046460 | en | We are aware of the unique quality of our vineyards and of the territory where they naturally grow.
This treasure has to be protected and preserved as a precious gift for the next generations.
For these reasons, we decided to become a 100% organic winery, a milestone in the journey towards our final goal: total sustainability.
AN ORGANIC PROSECCO FINALLY FREE FROM SYNTHETIC SUBSTANCES...
Prosecco and all other Corvezzo’s wines are produced with grapes cultivated exclusively without pesticides, herbicides and synthetic fertilizers.
Tasting Note: A dry cloudy frizzante rose that is a summertime sensation. Delightly grapefruity, very easy drinking alone or can be used in cocktails. Col Fondo is a term for an unfiltered sparkering wine from Italy, which is the way most all sparkling wines from the country would have been made before the mid 20th century. Only organic grapes are used. | agronomy |
https://illinoisdelivered.com/2023/05/22/bill-to-incentivize-community-gardening-in-illinois-public-housing-heads-to-governors-desk/ | 2023-06-08T08:13:21 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224654606.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20230608071820-20230608101820-00419.warc.gz | 0.946652 | 353 | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__276935866 | en | SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — The state legislature has a plan to help suburban and urban residents of public housing fight food insecurity by growing their own food.
A bill passed both chambers of the legislature to launch a program with the Illinois Housing Development Authority that would help encourage public housing developments in urban and suburban areas to start community gardens.
State Senator Doris Turner (D-Springfield) sponsored the measure in the Senate. She believes gardening reduces stress and improves health, along with other benefits.
“Gardening can help households cut down on food costs,” Turner said. “Providing affordable housing units an incentive to garden allows residents to have access to nutritional foods right outside their doors.”
Dawn Blackman works as the steward of Randolph Street Community Garden in Champaign, which feeds more than 40 families.
"Green spaces keep people calmer, getting to know your neighbor before there’s a problem helps to keep neighborhoods calmer," Blackman said. "It’s a win-win situation, and it feeds people in a food desert."
If signed into law, IDHA would work with University of Illinois for tips on implementing urban gardening strategies like vertical gardening and aquaponics, as well as the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to provide tools and distribute food.
Under the proposal, IDHA and DCEO officials are tasked with creating the rules for the program.
The bill would take effect immediately if Governor J.B. Pritzker signs the bill into law.
via News | WCIA.com https://www.wcia.com
May 22, 2023 at 05:49PM | agronomy |
https://www.healthy.co.nz/product/6773-chia-seeds.html | 2019-03-21T03:31:27 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-13/segments/1552912202484.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20190321030925-20190321052925-00384.warc.gz | 0.942987 | 1,249 | CC-MAIN-2019-13 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-13__0__75476166 | en | Organic Chia Seeds
Matakana Superfoods Organic Chia Seeds. Grown in its natural environment in the fertile plains of Central and South America. Aztec Superfood! Chia seed is considered one of the greatest super foods, with just 1 mouthful said to sustain Aztec warriors in battle for 24 hours! Containing many nutrients, this humble seed has a mild, nutty flavour and can be chewed, sprinkled on sandwiches, added to soups, smoothies, breads, cakes, cereal or mixed with water to produce its special Chia gel. Chia seeds add value both nutritionally and as a functional superfood with many health advantages. Product of Central/South America. Packed in NZ. Gluten Free. Raw. Vegan. This is a mixed colour chia seed mix. 250 grams
WOW! 1 tbls provides 130.8mg calcium, 70.2mg magnesium, 138.6mg phosphorus & 133.8mg potassium, as well as 3.15 grams of protein and 5.5 grams of carbohydrate.
Benefits of Chia seeds
- Chia seeds contain one of the highest known sources of the essential fatty acids Omega 3 and Omega 6.
- Every tiny seed contains protein, carbohydrate, fibre and fat (healthy essential fats). Ancient Mayan folklore said that just 1 mouthful of Chia seeds could sustain a warrior for twenty four hours. (We would not recommend living on Chia seeds alone and only make this statement to make a point).
- When mixed with water, the seeds swell and form mucilage, a slippery substance which has a soothing and lubricating effect when ingested. This can be helpful for digestion and helping with the transit time of waste matter through the bowel.
- These seeds have a long "shelf life" due to their antioxidant content. In fact, Chia seeds have a shelf life of up to 36 months, if kept at room temperature and dry.
There are many more reported health benefits of chia seeds, these are just some of them.
The recommended dosage of Chia seeds is 1-2 tablespoons per day.
Chia is a gluten free wholefood that can be sprinkled over kids lunches, salads, smoothies, soup or incorporated into pastries, muffins, breads and cakes. It can also be mixed with water to form a nourishing gel that can be added to smoothies, juices, soups and sauces.
A teaspoon in hot water makes a great tea. Chia has a pleasant mild nutty taste so you can boost your favourite foods with natural goodness without altering their flavour.
Weight for weight, Chia Seeds contain:
- 10 times more Omega 3 than salmon
- 4 times more antioxidants than blueberry
- 3 times more iron than spinach
- 20% high quality protein
- High levels of the natural anti-inflammatory Omega 6
- An assortment of naturally occuring vitamins and minerals
- 5 times more calcium than milk
- 15 times more magnesium than broccoli
- 18 amino acids
- Chia seeds also have a slow burn glycemic index
Chia Gel may replace eggs and oils in cakes
A gel made from chia may replace as much as 25% of the oil or eggs in cakes, without affecting taste, says a new study that points to more nutritious products. In addition to being acceptable to the taste buds of consumers, the chia gel containing cakes had almost 60 mg more omega 3 fatty acids per 100 grams, according to findings published in The Journal of the American Dietetic Association. This sounds great for those who have intolerances to eggs and oil.
Fonterra have used Chia seeds
The seeds are rich in protein, fibre and amino acids and also omega 3 and omega 6 fatty acids. The seeds have been proposed for use in bread, while in Chile they have also been used in Pasta and in Australia and New Zealand in a yoghurt product made by Fonterra.
Chia seeds in cooking
Chia seeds have been used in the US in nutritional supplements, bars, breakfast cereals and cookies. A new study looked at the use of chia gel, obtained by soaking chia seeds in water, as fat replacers in cakes.
Rafael Borneo says "When we use Chia Seeds, They'll Never notice the difference".
"For a fat replacer to be successful it should improve or at least preserve the functional characteristics and sensory feelings of the food in which is will be used", explained the researchers. "In this case, the fat replacer should maintain the functional characteristics of the product (ie cake weight, cake volume and symmetry) and preserve the taste, texture and colour of the cake as compared to the traditional formula (control)
Led by Rafael Borneo from the Centre of Excellence in Products and Processes Cordoba at the Argentine ministry of Science and Technology, the researches prepared cakes with oil or eggs replaced at levels of 0,25,50 and 75%.
The results obtained using Chia seeds in the study
The data showed that the best results were obtained at a chia gel substitution level of 25%, based on a comparison with the colour, taste, texture and overall acceptability of control cakes.
Furthermore, the overall weight of the cakes were unaffected by addition of chia gel, said the researchers.
"This study demonstrates that chia gel can replace as much as 25% of the oil or eggs in cakes, while yielding a more nutritious product with acceptable sensory characteristics," wrote Borneo and his co-workers.
Source Journal of the American Dietetic Association, June 2010, Volume 110, issue 6, Pages 946-949.
100% Central/South American grown mixed colour Chia seeds. Organic. Packed in New Zealand for Matakana Superfoods. Seeds and nuts may be used to packed using the same equipment. Gluten free. GMO free. No known allergies. Vegan. Organic.
Keep out of the reach of children. Seeds and nuts may be packaged using the same equipment. | agronomy |
http://www.gadcotimes.com/content/boyd-honored-ifas-hall-fame-award | 2016-06-28T18:44:06 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396959.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00104-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.972359 | 245 | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2016-26__0__21865467 | en | Congressman Allen Boyd (D-North Florida) has been presented with the Hall of Fame award by the University of Florida/Institute of Food and Agriculture Science North Florida Research and Education Center for his 12 years of service to the advancement of science and agriculture in North Florida.
The award was presented by NFREC Director, Dr. Nick Comerford, last week at the Quincy NFREC. Boyd was in Quincy for his forum on HAZMAT issues for local farmers.
“I was extremely surprised and honored to receive this award from the IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center,” said Boyd. “As many know, agriculture is near and dear to my heart – to this day, my family and I farm the same land that has been in our family for five generations.
“Throughout my service in Congress, I have worked to develop policy that supports our agriculture producers and enables them to continue to provide our country, and the world, with the highest quality, safest, and most reliable food supply. I will continue to do so, and I want to thank the IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center for this special award and for the important work that they do.” | agronomy |
https://www.pvstraining.com/apps/blog/show/44387083-okay-lets-talk-pasture-management- | 2018-09-26T07:39:25 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-39/segments/1537267163704.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20180926061824-20180926082224-00556.warc.gz | 0.954041 | 1,258 | CC-MAIN-2018-39 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-39__0__107282163 | en | Posted on January 29, 2017 at 8:35 PM
Okay, lets talk Pasture Management!
One could be excused at thinking that during this time of the year it is not necessary to worry about pasture and your horses grazing time as it is our 'rain period' in Nth Qld.
It rains, the sun comes out, the grass grows, horses eat grass, your feed bill is reduced, everyone is happy........ Don't be fooled though, is it really that easy???
I'm no expert on this topic but I have put a lot of my time into listening to my very wise ‘step-father' (cattle and land man of many generations) on this topic. Not only have I listened intently to his advice, more importantly I have been trying to implement his recommendations to better improve the quality and quantity of our pasture on our small property.
Already we are up against a wall with the amount of horses that we have compared to volume of grazing land.
As I believe a lot of others can relate to, we keep many more livestock per acre than what our wonderful land and mother nature can keep fertile.
So what can we do about it? My tips here won't go into great detail (as I pointed out i'm not a GURU on this) but I am going to bullet point a few things that we have implemented over the last 9 years and it has helped us have better quality grass, land and happier, healthier horses.
- 1. LOOK AFTER YOUR PASTURE AND PLANTS!!! I can't stress this enough.
- 2. DON'T OVER GRAZE - A very big one. If you can see dirt in your paddock when you walk through it (maybe not at the gate and fence line where horses walk) but the bulk of your paddock. At some point your paddock has been over grazed and will take some time to recover.
- 3. Allow grazing of grasses once they start to seed (not earlier). Just allow the horses to 'top' the grass and then move them out so the paddocks can continue to grow. If the grass is left too long after it has gone to seed, the quality starts to reduce and the horse(s) may become picky.
- 4. Rotate your paddocks for grazing. As we don't have large paddocks, we mostly have the horse(s) grazing one paddock for a short amount of time. Knowing when to stop grazing is just as critical to maintaining a productive pasture as deciding when to begin grazing. Pastures must have a periodic rest from grazing, so they can recuperate and recover from grazing and hoof damage.
- 5. We do irrigate so that the horses can have 365 days access to grass. I know this is not possible for everyone so thats why it is extremely important not to OVER GRAZE your paddocks.
- 6. When the heavens open in Nth Qld during over the months of Dec - April, if you have looked after your paddocks then your grass will grow quickly. Not only that you will have quite a lot and it is what my ‘step-father' calls 'free feed'. The horses can come in, top it and then it will regrow with little assistance or effort on our part.
- 7. We have parts of our property we call 'Sacrifice' areas. These are areas that don't grown grass very well and therefore we have chosen to sacrifice a small portion of our grazing land to house the horses during periods of rest and recovery of the other grazing areas. On the sacrifice areas we hand feed hay. On areas of our property that we can not irrigate we use these quite regularly to preserve the grazing paddocks and so they are 'rain ready' when the time comes. If we over graze the paddock(s) we’d have to feed hay anyway so we prefer to feed out hay earlier to preserve our paddocks that we can not irrigate to keep them in ‘rain ready’ condition for when the time is right.
So why go to all this trouble? Well not only does it reduce dust, make the property look appealing, the benefits to your horse are extensive.
- 1. Grass (or fiber of some type) is a basic necessity for normal functioning of the equine gastrointestinal tract, and a well-managed pasture will be an economical source of high-quality feed.
- 2. Pasture is a great place for horses to move around and free exercise, which can be important in maintaining healthy gastrointestinal function.
- 3. The above can lead to a reduction in veterinary expenses. Anyone who has ever experienced colic will attest to the stress (potentially life threatening) that it not only puts on the horse but also the stress to themselves and i'm sure anyone would prefer to prevent that?
- 4. Lower or reduced feed and supplement expenses. Depending on factors such as the horses work load, quality/quantity of pasture, time spent grazing and the stage of pasture growth.
- 5. Grass can be an excellent source of digestible nutrients for the horse, high in both digestible energy and crude protein. (levels depend on the quality, types of grass and stage of growing).
- 6. Encourages a more positive emotional and psychological state of mind for the horse. Think 'Happier Horse'
Many horse owners allow their horse access to a pasture continuously. The horse usually remains on the same piece of land over the whole grazing season. This type of grazing system is called "continuous grazing".
Although continuous grazing requires the least amount of capital investment and management, this type of system can be very unhealthy for the land. Owners need to weigh up their own personal situation and see what works best for them and their beloved horse(s).
So for 2017 onwards we will be continuing to learn and implement 'pasture management' strategies that will benefit our property and horses.
Picture above is of one of our paddocks still in the growth phase but is nearly ready in a week or so to be grazed. | agronomy |
http://hypohyper.com/grow-your-very-own-organic-garden/ | 2019-09-15T22:24:27 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-39/segments/1568514572436.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20190915215643-20190916001643-00315.warc.gz | 0.975998 | 602 | CC-MAIN-2019-39 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-39__0__121556379 | en | Going organic with your food is a very good choice. It is actually not just a good choice, it can be said to be a wise choice to make. By going organic – especially with your fruits and vegetables – you are going with healthy options without sacrificing taste or flavor. So you really need to go organic for those reasons and not just because it is popular right now.
Organic fruits and vegetables are excellent choices particularly when are thinking about prioritizing your health. It is great to have such quality options when you think about how much chemicals go into non-organic food. Once you learn about all the pesticides and toxic chemicals that go into non-organic food, you’ll never want to eat anything but organic food again.
The only obvious drawback for going organic is the fact that it is a little more costly. But there’s a great, and even fun, way to counter that. And that is to grow own organic garden at home. You can have it in a corner of your backyard or you can use your whole yard for it, it’s up to you. The important thing is you are growing an organic garden.
Those who are interested in growing their own organic garden can follow the following steps on how to do it:
Start By Planning
Start by planning everything. The first step is to have a clear plan about your garden. By having a plan, there’s something for you to follow and you’ll never lose your way in growing your organic garden. Among those that have to be included in the plan are the following: the kinds of fruits, vegetables, and herbs that are going to planted; the actual size of your garden; how much you are willing spend for it.
Pick Your Plants
Part of the planning process is choosing the plants that are best suited to your place. This means that you need to consider the climate and in your area. There’s also the type of geography in your locale. You also need to take that into consideration. It wouldn’t be to your best interests or even productive at all to try growing plants that are not suited to your area. Also choose plants that are not that difficult to plant, so you wouldn’t have such a hard time in doing it.
Go all the way with growing organic plants. This means that you need to make sure that the supplies that you are going to use are all organic as well. It is easy enough to get hold of organic supplies. Some of those supplies are organic compost, soil, products that used for the treatment of diseases and different types of pests.
Perhaps one of the most important things in growing your own organic garden is that you need to have fun all the time. It might be overlooked at times, but having fun while gardening and taking care of it is a very important element of the whole process. It would be great to enjoy gardening and growing your own organic plants with the whole family. | agronomy |
https://www.cogedi.it/en/news/index.html?page=5 | 2022-11-28T17:44:38 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446710534.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20221128171516-20221128201516-00141.warc.gz | 0.943345 | 337 | CC-MAIN-2022-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__158298922 | en | Gualdo Tadino, 28 July 2016. Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi today visited the Gualdo Tadino (Perugia) plant of Rocchetta water, the water of health.
Together with Infrastructure Minister Graziano Delrio and the President of the Region Catiuscia Marini, Mr. Renzi was welcomed by the CEO of the Uliveto-Rocchetta Group Mr. Bigioni and the Mayor of Gualdo Tadino Massimiliano Presciutti for a tour of one of the most important production sites in the region: “a high-quality business...
Cogedi will be present together with its products at the 18th edition of Cibus, the international food show, which will be held at Fiera di Parma on 9 - 12 May 2016.
Cibus is the leading event in the Italian agri-food sector, a large international showcase with conferences and forums on topical issues in the Food and Retail sector attended by the biggest companies on the national panorama.
It is also the perfect opportunity to promote the meeting between the Italian agri-food industry...
According to an analysis by Beverfood, mineral water is increasingly perceived as an important constituent of the 'Made in Italy' experience.
In fact, the Italian mineral water industry is assuming a leading role in quality Italian cuisine abroad, proposing our mineral waters as a typical product of the Italian culinary tradition and the Mediterranean diet.
Italy exports mineral water to around 100 different countries across the world and in 2014 Italian mineral water... | agronomy |
http://www.whittamoresfarm.com/events.html | 2013-12-10T08:53:12 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-48/segments/1386164014082/warc/CC-MAIN-20131204133334-00035-ip-10-33-133-15.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.934801 | 707 | CC-MAIN-2013-48 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-48__0__129399862 | en | November - April
Farm closed for winter months.
Farm Shop and Fun Farm Yard opens from Friday, May 3rd
- Garden decor, plants, mixed hanging baskets, asparagus, rhubarb, baked goods,
preserves, cheese, maple syrup and honey.
- Decorative garden accessories and patio pots.
- Design your own container creations.
Strawberries (already picked) and pies are available at our Farm Shop.
Pick-your-own Strawberry Season starts approximately mid June.
Pick-your-own green peas and snow peas start late June. Strawberries and peas are also available ready-picked at the Farm Shop.
At our Farm Shop we offer jamming supplies. Our Dairy & Coffee Bar are open and serving slushies, cappuccino, freshly brewed coffee and delicious Kawartha Dairy scooped ice cream.
Pick-your-own continues with raspberries, snow peas, green peas, green and yellow beans, red and black currants and gooseberries.
Our own sweet corn & tomatoes, Ontario peaches and blueberries available.
Saturday August 24th, 2013, Whittamore's will host our second annual Teddy Bear Fair Family Fun Festival
Come out and support the Children's Cancer Recovery Foundation of Canada and visit Whittamore's Fun Farm Yard and enjoy a day in the sun supporting an excellent cause! Proceeds this day will be donated to the charity. For more info click here http://cancerrecovery.ca/get-involved/events/teddy-bear-picnic/ for more info.
Pick-your-own tomatoes and peppers start in mid-August.
Pick-your-own autumn strawberries and raspberries start mid to late August.
Several varieties of apples, cider, sweet corn, harvest decorations, straw bales, corn stalks and Indian corn at our Farm Shop.
Farm Shop & Pumpkinland - Harvest Festival Weekends - Enjoy a family outing on a crisp Autumn day in the country at Whittamore's Farm. At this time, our farm is transformed into a Hallowe'en wonderland of 1,000's of pumpkins and great activities for the whole family. Tractor drawn Wagon Rides, Mazes and the Balloon Typhoon are only the beginning of the fun that you and your family can experience here. Pumpkinland begins the 2nd last weekend of September and continues through until Hallowe'en every day from 10 am until 5 pm. There is an admission fee of $11 (+tax) per person to enjoy Pumpkinland and all of its activities. Both activities and rates are reduced during the weekdays.
Our Farm Shop is alive with the look of autumn. Straw bales, corn stalks, potted mums, gourds, Indian corn and apples fill every nook and cranny. Hallowe'en ghosts and goblins, apple cider and delicious fall baking add to the excitement. Be sure to make a trip out to Whittamore's during September and October with your family to enjoy our Pumpkinland.
Children's School Tours - For School Groups wishing to enjoy Pumpkinland, we will be open weekdays from Monday, September 23rd to Thursday, October 31 (inclusive), rain or shine. Bookings are taken for our tours and all are welcome anytime during these dates for morning, lunch hour or afternoon tours. Recommended for children from Pre-school to Grade 3. | agronomy |
http://www.you.com.au/melbourne/market/flower | 2023-11-30T00:24:18 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100164.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20231130000127-20231130030127-00813.warc.gz | 0.951338 | 96 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__137038439 | en | open days: Friday, Monday, Saturday, Thursday, Tuesday, Wednesday
Not open for public sales except for public tours (see the their website), parking at gate 7, 8 and 9. The National Flower Centre which is located on the Melbourne Markets site provides a wholesale trading facility for cut flowers and plants. Victoria produces about 40% of the national market for cut flowers. There are 140 permanent grower stands plus an extensive group of casual growers who sell through the flower markets. | agronomy |
https://neighborhoodmanagement.com/water-plants-pumpkins-oh-best-care-plants-garden-hoa/ | 2019-02-16T01:21:26 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479729.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20190216004609-20190216030609-00609.warc.gz | 0.963692 | 740 | CC-MAIN-2019-09 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-09__0__66002801 | en | We’d like to share a newsletter from our friends over at Greater Texas Landscape! They’re resident experts on how to best care for your garden. Contact them with any questions or landscaping needs.
See below for helpful information on how to best care for your landscape.
Question of the month: “This has been a crazy year (summer) for weather. We had lots of rain followed by hot, then dry weather. I hear that we’re still in a drought in parts of the state. Is that true? Should I even bother with watering my landscape?”
Absolutely yes! Here’s the 411 on how our weather affected the landscape trees and shrubs…..the unusual amount of spring/summer rain caused our trees and shrubs to get a bit “fat and sassy’ and all pumped up with liquid goodies. Roots and shoots grew like crazy then “BAM”….the faucet in the sky turned off and our temperatures rose to the high 90’s and 100’s. Results? Feeder roots started to shrivel. These tiny root hairs, which are out and along the canopies of our trees and shrubs, began to dry up and were not able to absorb the moisture in the ground. Full lush canopy growth began to transpire, “SWEAT”, meaning they were losing extra moisture like crazy. This is why you may see some browning and dieback in trees and shrubs in a short period of time.
So don’t cut off your plants from water sources just yet. Nurture them along with supplementary water until the next rain shower. Remember, each region of the state shares different wet and dry conditions. Do what’s right for your area.
Landscape Tips for October
There are so many great things to do in our landscapes during the month of October. Here’s just a few of those tips:
OCTOBER PROFILE – The Pumpkin
This month’s profile recognizes what we see all month…and through November…The Pumpkin. Of course we associate pumpkins with Halloween, but for the rest of us, we associate it with everything nice and sweet – pumpkin pie, pumpkin latte, pumpkin cheesecake to name a few.
Pumpkins and squash are believed to originate in the ancient Americas. The early ones were not like the traditional ones of today. They were more upright and crooked neck which made storage a bit easier. Archaeologists determined that variations of the squash and pumpkins were cultivated along river and creek beds along with sunflower and beans. Shortly after, maize (corn) was introduced, and ancient farmers learned to grow what was called the “The 3 Sisters” – squash, corn and beans.
The ancient pilgrims (those smarties) found so many uses for the pumpkin from cooking to using the dried shells as bowls! Some even fermented the pumpkins with a combination of persimmons, hops, and maple sugar to create a pumpkin ale. Cheers to that!
There are so many theories out there as to the origin of Jack-o-lanterns and Halloween. Everything from beets, potatoes and turnips were carved and used as a lantern where the root vegetable was hollowed out in Ireland, Scotland and England. To the European settlers arriving in the Americas carving out the pumpkins and calling them “Jack’s” lanterns. What ever the start, we know today’s pumpkin carving as taken on a whole new look and art form. | agronomy |
http://rootbert.blogspot.com/2016/03/almost-as-prolific-as-poinsettias.html | 2018-07-21T22:56:33 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676592861.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20180721223206-20180722003206-00214.warc.gz | 0.950093 | 789 | CC-MAIN-2018-30 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__180132884 | en | I’ve not heard any mention of Lilium longiflorum this week. No signs in stores, not a comment around the water cooler, although the advent of bottled water has curtailed most daily conversations in the workplace. No wonder everyone is on Facebook. Stop drinking alone, I say. Talk to people.
I digress. Lilium longiflorum is everywhere, but no one calls it that, and rightly so or it might not sell as well as it does. Besides, speaking in botanical terms does tend to disperse groups rather quickly.
Lilium longiflorum is the Easter lily and it’s everywhere. The plant became associated with Easter a little over a hundred years ago after a Ms. Thomas Sargent visited
Apparently she loved the plants so much she stuffed a few bulbs into her luggage before returning to her home in
You could do that then, before border controls, drug enforcement
agencies, and homeland security complicated travel.
After a local nurseryman forced the bulbs into bloom in time for Easter, the idea of a plant symbolizing Christ's Resurrection took off. If you’re wondering what Ms. Sargent was doing in
and if she was regularly smuggling other items back to the US, I’ve no
idea — but I do know why she found lilies growing there.
The plant is native to southern Japan and was living happily on the Ryukyu islands until plant hunter Carl Peter Thunberg sent a few to England in 1819 where it became popular. From there it made its way to
Bermuda where the climate suited the plant perfectly —
and the British too, no doubt. They began growing the plant as a cash crop and
everyone was happy until 1898 when a sneaky virus wiped out bulb production. Japan stepped
in, since it was their plant originally, and took over the industry until World
War II messed up the market and everything else in the world.
At that point, anyone growing the plants for fun in
North America quickly realized they’d been handed an
opportunity when the price of bulbs skyrocketed. Bulb growing became centered
in an area on the California-Oregon border that today accounts for about 95% of
bulb production. They are shipped out to commercial greenhouses across Canada and the US. Because
Easter is not a fixed date, these growers must carefully juggle growing
conditions to ensure the plants are in bloom for Easter.
And that’s how the Easter lily arrived at your grocery store. All you have to do is care for it for a week or two, and here’s how.
Easter lilies prefer moderately cool temperatures, so place where daytime temperatures are fifteen to eighteen degrees Celsius with slightly cooler night temperatures. They dislike drafts and won’t put up with excess heat or dry air from heating ducts.
They thrive best near a window in bright, indirect natural daylight — not direct sunlight. Water well when the soil surface feels dry, but avoid drenching. If the pot is still wrapped in decorative foil, rip it off as otherwise the plant’s roots are standing in water all the time.
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http://mcsystems.co.za/ | 2022-07-03T23:36:48 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-27/segments/1656104277498.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20220703225409-20220704015409-00407.warc.gz | 0.893881 | 170 | CC-MAIN-2022-27 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-27__0__14248274 | en | MC Systems manufactures meteorological data recording loggers and sensors. These systems have been in constant use over the past 25 years in many environments, including agriculture, forestry managent and hydrological studies.
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For you to successfully start a cannabis business, you have to be committed to the process and do everything that is required. The information provided in this article is going to help you to be successful in starting a cannabis business. One thing you will need to know other beginning is that you have to decide on the type of cannabis business you want to open. You can decide to open a business that sells cannabis or, you can decide to grow the cannabis on your own. Since there are some things that you have to follow regardless of the type of business you want, it would be important for you to consider them. For you to grow the cannabis, you have to get the land and also, get every equipment and materials required for the cannabis to grow properly. The maintenance of the trees is very important, and you need to know how to do it and also, the harvesting.
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https://restapidevelopers.com/api/simplifying-wheat-may-2023-future-rates-analysis-with-api-enabled-tools/ | 2024-04-18T23:56:32 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817249.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20240418222029-20240419012029-00703.warc.gz | 0.950808 | 558 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__88737406 | en | APIs are the best tools to simplify the wheat futures analysis. In this article, we’ll explain how they work and how you can use them.
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Wheat futures are contracts that are traded on futures markets. These contracts allow producers and buyers to agree on a price for wheat in the future. This helps producers and buyers manage risk.
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APIs work as a channel between different systems and they provide information in a simple and standardized way. They work with artificial intelligence systems that make their work much faster and more accurate than traditional methods.
In this case, we are talking about an API that allows us to simplify the analysis of wheat futures. With it we can get information about the weather conditions and also about the production levels of this product.
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With all this information at hand, you can better anticipate market movements and make better decisions regarding your investments. We recommend you try out this API called Current Weather and Forecasted Weather API.
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https://sicweb.com/blog/50-conductivity-meters-and-why-you-need-to-calibrate | 2023-12-07T03:51:46 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100632.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20231207022257-20231207052257-00810.warc.gz | 0.931801 | 355 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__28947436 | en | CONDUCTIVITY METERS AND WHY YOU NEED TO CALIBRATE
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An EC (Electronic Conductivity) Meter is a device used to measure the electrical conductivity of a solution. Small labs use these types of meters to help solve problems in the agricultural sector that concern the productivity of a soil.
Calibrating Conductivity meters is important to ensure their abilities to measure how well solutions conduct electricity and remain accurate. You should calibrate the instrument each time it is used in order to get accurate readings at all times.
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Calibration of these meters require the use of a solution that has a known conductivity to adjust the meter so as to read that known conductivity when testing that solution. Metal containers will affect the conductivity of the solution, so it is important to always use a plastic container when checking and calibrating the conductivity meter.
The calibration process of conductivity meters does require a keen and clean procedure to ensure the device is set to make accurate measurements. Contamination of the standard solution can cause its conductivity to vary away from the known.
Conductivity of solutions also depends on other variables such as temperature, and such factors have to be considered correctly when calibrating a particular meter. Electronic calibration should be conducted by well-trained people, to handle such solutions and done in appropriate lab environments.
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You are encouraged to follow our progress by viewing the seed progress found in our News pages. We will make photographs as well as editorial comments available when appropriate.
Whats Happening On The Farm
Follow our growing season in our News pages. We will try to keep you updated on our land stewardship as well as new and improved methods of handling your food. When it comes to what you put in your body YOU WANT to see how the “sausage” is made!
What’s Happening In the Food Industry
We will periodically post news of interest in the food industry. You may have noticed that the larger and smaller food suppliers are going more and more ORGANIC. Stores such as Costco, Aldi’s, Whole Foods, Sam’s Club and many others are making Organic and Gluten Free products, staples in their available foods. This is largely in response to consumer demand. While, GMO’s, chemicals with increased toxicity and blatantly false information regarding crop toxicity are being pushed on commercial food producers (farmers), the General Public is simply NOT BUYING IT!
The worst of all, is the plethora of scientifically unsupported, anecdotal, testimonials espousing rigorous testing to support claims of safety. In fact, it is difficult to find any truly scientific data of sufficient longevity to support any claim to safety. Your government is doing NOTHING to scientifically improve food safety. The prevelance of various cancers in farming communities is highly suspicious of exposure to environmental carcinogens.
There is no question that there is an Organic Revolution as a result of consumer demand. Many foreign countries have banned GMO grains imported from the United States.
The bottom line is that the consumer is highly suspicious of toxic foods. Flour is nothing less than a highly processed chemical experiment to achieve optimal characteristics for the baking industry. Unless you sprout and grind your own flour from non polluted sources, virtuall every vitamin or mineral occuring naturally has been removed and MUST be supplemented after processing.
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We are raising the bar on Fresh, Organically Produced, Grains, Fruits and Vegetables by exceeding the Certifying Guidelines of the National Organic Program of the USDA. We start by purifying the water we use with a combination of sand filtration followed by Reverse Osmosis that removes solid and molecular contaminates down to the 5 micron level (5, 1 millionth’s of an inch). This process leaves our plant sustaining water vertually 99.9%+ pure.
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Whenever possible we grow our crops from seed. This allows complete control over organic production of our plants. Where we must rely on bare root plants we obtain our plants only from certified organic producers.
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We take a scientific approach for testing and study of our crops. The current arguments rage on the topics of safety regarding GMO plants and the subsequent toxic chemicals to be applied. The major corporations profiting from these methods allude to “studies” by their hired guns (employees), relating to safety. Scientific study demands that testing, research and study be made by INDEPENDENT investigators utilizing a multifaceted approach.
As we continue to evolve, we are studying and developing methods of research and study on the effects of our foods. When possible we will try to place links on this website for your consideration of our research and study as well as that of other scientific authorities.
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Our native plant nursery is a community resource providing advice, practical help and subsidised plants so that more people can join in the effort to replant and regenerate Te Wairoa.
Situated behind the Clevedon Co-op on the main Clevedon-Papakura Road, the nursery is open to the public on Friday mornings 9am till 12 noon. Pop in for advice or to volunteer. At the beginning of the planting season we invite residents to contact us to request buying plants for your own local projects.
Each year we grow over 3,000 plants from eco-sourced seed for restorative planting in Te Wairoa. Our aim is to have all our plants eco-sourced by the 2022 planting season.
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We recommend planting in autumn, winter and early spring when rainfall is more reliable and the ground is moist.
We organise workshops throughout the year to teach practical skills that will equip you to grow plants from seed. We can provide you with information on setting up your own home nursery and we may be able to help with other information to help your planting ambitions. Just ask.
We welcome volunteers. Come along and have a chat while helping us care for our native plants. Tasks include: propagating, potting, watering, weeding and tidying the nursery. Gain practical experience and learn new skills while making a positive contribution to Te Wairoa.
Our nursery also welcomes visits from local school groups throughout the year. Our aim is to engage students in the natural world through fun hands-on activities and discussion on environmental issues.
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https://www.altadenabaptist.org/2014/05/21/parable-of-the-pickling-cucumber-plant/ | 2023-09-25T09:05:30 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233508959.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20230925083430-20230925113430-00834.warc.gz | 0.976836 | 982 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__60438764 | en | by Jill Boekenoogen,
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Not many of you are aware that I am a member of the Pasadena Community Garden, which means I have a 4-by-12- foot raised bed in which to grow vegetables. Anyone who has ever cut a fresh ear of corn and immediately cooked and consumed it, knows the value of freshly grown vegetables and fruits.
Much to the amazement of the farmers’ daughters in our ABC midst, I also enjoy preserving and pickling my produce. They can’t see the need of obtaining fresh cucumbers, creating the pickling brine and then canning the outcome. Isn’t it just easier to buy a jar from the supermarket? Well, there is a big difference to my taste buds.
My little plot in the community garden is not big enough to deal with vining plants which can take over a garden so I decided to plant some squash and my pickling cucumbers in the church’s dirt. I thought the railing next to the front steps would provide the support needed for the cucumber vines.
I planted some seeds in containers with the idea of later transplanting them to the church plot. I used several seeds from the same packet, planted them in the same soil mix, used the same type of pot, and put the seeds in the soil on the same day. I kept them on my front porch until I transplanted them in their disposable pots into ABC soil on the same day, four weeks ago. In other words these seeds each had the “cucumber DNA” to become a great plant.
That’s when something interesting happened. Plant number one took off. I believe it even grew overnight; putting on new leaves and branching out. I swear it seemed to grow while I was in worship service one Sunday. It has blossoms on it, along with large leaves, and I have begun trying to train it up the railings. It even has tiny cucumbers beginning to show. I don’t have any idea why this plant is flourishing in its corner.
Two of the other plants have added a few leaves and are making an effort. I am only hoping that these two are taking their time putting down deep roots to protect the plant when the heat comes. They are showing growth, but not at the rate of plant number one.
Plant number four, to me, is the most interesting. The day after I transplanted the cucumbers, I noticed that something had decided to have its meal at this little plant’s expense. Overnight, almost all of its leaves were eaten away, all but stumps attached to the stems. Two Sundays ago someone commented that it appeared the plant was dead. But the plant hung in there; now it has three new leaves.
Now here comes the Christian parable: We may be surprised by the fast growth of many Christians. They seem to blossom and grow almost before our eyes. Their blooms form fruit and we are glad.
I’ve often felt like plants numbers two and three. I slowly, ploddingly put out new branches. Nothing quick, just steady new life slowly showing around my roots and stem. I just hope my roots are deep enough in the Word of God, the life of service, fellowship, worship, and prayer, that when the heat and pressure comes, I can withstand them.
Unfortunately, I have also known some Christians who seem to be constantly under attack, like my plant number four. They are hit hard by abusive or toxic relationships, financial ruination, debilitating medical diagnoses or mental illness. There seems to be little left to sustain health; they seem to be barely surviving. But there is enough “Christian DNA” root and stem there to support new growth, even if there’s only one leaf now. I have witnessed many such cases.
Hopefully, I will be able to pick fruit from all my cucumber plants before the end of summer. I believe that the same will be true in my Christian parable, that God will harvest fruit in each of our lives. I’d like to point out to all you plants, whether number one, two, three or four, that we all have the same DNA given by the Holy Spirit. We can be happy when someone seems to rush ahead of us and bloom in ways we can only marvel at. Those of us who experience mostly slow, steady growth can produce strong stems and roots, and that too is reason for rejoicing. Those of you who feel like you have received one near-fatal attack after another — I’d like to remind you that you are surrounded by people who share your Christian DNA and have noticed and been encouraged by your small steps of triumphant growth. Hang in there! | agronomy |
https://blog.archover.com/a-hungry-crowd | 2024-04-14T07:30:34 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816875.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20240414064633-20240414094633-00295.warc.gz | 0.98196 | 284 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__55394603 | en | With 80% of food sales going through 5 major retailers you could be forgiven for thinking that this oligopoly is irreversible, however there has been a recent, dramatic rise in the popularity of farmers markets with UK consumers seemingly showing a keen interest in sourcing and buying their food directly from producers.
Farmdrop, a click and collect farmers market, was founded in 2012 with the aim of providing a space where people who make or grow food can sell it direct. One of the biggest problems faced by farmers in the UK is that by selling their produce to major retailers they are making significantly lower profit than if they were to sell it directly. One of the co-founders Ben Pugh reaffirms this by stating that Farmdrop allows for suppliers to keep ‘80% of the retail price of their goods, rather than the 50% they might make through traditional retailers’.
Farmdrop have turned to equity Crowdfunding in a bid to expand their number of ‘hubs’ across the UK from 5 to 60 with an end goal of 400 by 2017. They reached their £400,000 target within just eight days and have extended the campaign, it has currently raised £473,250 with 42 days left.
In what has been one of the most successful Crowdfunding campaigns in the UK to date it appears the Crowd are backing this innovative new approach to buying and selling food. | agronomy |
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State Agriculture Director Announces Retirement
Governor Christine Gregoire announced this morning that Valoria Loveland, Director of the state Department of Agriculture is retiring. Loveland, a former state senator and Franklin County Treasurer, has served as agriculture director under both Governor Gary Locke and Governor Gregoire.
In a prepared statement, Gregoire praised Loveland for expanding the markets for Washington state agricultural products. Today, agriculture exports are at record highs.
Loveland was elected to the state Senate in 1992 and became caucus chair in her second term. In 1999, she assumed the chairmanship of the Senate Ways and Means committee where she presided for two sessions. She was defeated for re-election in 2000 by Mike Hewitt who is currently the Senate Republican leader.
Loveland’s retirement is effective May 5. | agronomy |
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We will place the material as close as possible to your preferred location unless overhead wires, overhanging buildings, tree branches, tight alleyways or parked cars prevent this. For the convenience and safety for both parties, we prefer to make deliveries to your driveway as we are not responsible for incidental property damage or towing of our equipment if the delivery spot is not the driveway.
When and how much mulch should I use?
Generally, the best time to mulch is in the spring to get a good weed barrier down. A 2”-3” top dressing is recommended but a 3”-4” layer is necessary for new areas to aid in moisture retention. We recommend a light mulching in the spring and another light mulching in the fall to protect perennials for the winter. Below is a chart to help determine the amount needed. Provide us with your measurements and we will help your determine how much is needed.
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Stone Creek Haven
3230 Eiler Rd.
De Pere, WI 54115
Located between Greenleaf and De Pere where Hwy 57 and Hwy ZZ meet
May 1st thru Labor Day
Mon-Wed, Fri, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Thurs, 9 a.m.-6:30 p.m.
Sat, 8 a.m.-12 p.m.
*All hours are weather permitting
Labor Day through May 1st all sales are by appointment | agronomy |
https://www.vishvasoilmaker.com/oil-extraction-machine | 2022-08-18T16:02:24 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573242.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818154820-20220818184820-00013.warc.gz | 0.910363 | 135 | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-33__0__171175196 | en | 100% Good Quality
Multi functional Oil extraction Machine for extract oil from Peanuts, Coconut, Sesame, Soybean, Walnuts, Sunflowers seeds, Vegetable seeds, Flax seeds, Almond, Mustard seeds and so on…
Machine Motor is industry motor that it can continue working for more than 4 to 5 hours. We suggest it works 4 to 5 hours and take a rest for about 1 hour. That will be good for machine.
Oil extraction is depends on the oil seeds.
Easy to operate, clean, move and store. | agronomy |
http://www.stopculturelekaalslag.nl/category/wissenschaft/ | 2023-12-02T05:47:02 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100327.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20231202042052-20231202072052-00032.warc.gz | 0.935745 | 1,321 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__44466850 | en | In cannabis cultivation, everything affects pH, and everything affects pH. Throughout plant development, the pH balance is constantly adjusted to determine how it will respond to different stimuli.
Despite its obscurity, it is critical to have a firm handle on soil pH to cultivate healthy cannabis plants. Weed cultivation and soil pH and cannabis ph chart are the subjects of this post.
What is the significance of pH in cannabis cultivation?
Let’s have a quick refresher on the meaning of pH. Acidic or alkaline environments may have a considerable effect on the growth and health of your plants.
Fertilizer is essential for the growth of all plants. It needs nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, but also calcium, magnesium, and iron, as well as other micronutrients. A lack of essential minerals puts plants at risk for nutritional deficiency and other health problems.
When grown on soil, plants like marijuana can only absorb nutrients from a specified pH levels range. Even though nutrients are readily available, the plant is unable to absorb them due to a pH imbalance. This is known as “nutrient lockup.”
If you want to grow cannabis, you need an acidic environment, like the ones where cannabis thrives in the wild. Depending on the method used to cultivate them, cannabis plants thrive in a particular pH range. Hydroponic cannabis requires a lower pH than soil-grown cannabis.
Cannabis ph chart: Maintaining a proper pH level has several benefits for your health
The clear benefits of pH management and maintenance in the garden are healthy plants that produce more fruit and vegetables. Whether people fertilize their plants, they’ll know if the money and time they put into it were worth it. By checking the pH of the growing medium regularly, people can be sure that the ph of plants are absorbing all of the nutrients they provide them. It’s easier to avoid nutrient shortages later in the growing cycle if a person catches the water pH abnormalities early.
Are there any correlations between cannabis growth and pH?
The pH of the selected growing medium has a considerable effect on the cannabis plant’s health, development, and quality.
There is no doubt that marijuana plants need diverse nutrients to thrive. Soil nutrients such as N, P, and K, which are essential for plant development, must be available in plenty. Macronutrients like carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen are absorbed by the body when people enjoy air and water, which are also good for them. An additional “macronutrient” is needed to keep the complex biochemistry of the cannabis plant running well. Boron, calcium, iron, manganese, and copper are all essential micronutrients for photosynthesis.
Cannabis ph chart: Consuming tiny amounts of micronutrients is essential
Consuming tiny amounts of micronutrients is essential. Certain micronutrients are required for plants to be healthy, both in the short and long term. The development of high-quality cannabis is impossible without them. Why is marijuana plant pH so important? If the soil pH is too high or too low for cannabis, several metabolic pathways necessary to absorb nutrients and minerals will not work. To put it another way, it’s like starving oneself. Cannabis plants are unable to absorb ph scale and use nutrients in the soil because the pH is too high.
Recognize variations in the pH of cannabis
It’s better to be sure that cannabis plants are in the best possible conditions to have both a high-quality and a large-volume harvest. As a consequence, hardworking cannabis producers strive to maintain the correct pH level in their soil. The pH of the soil is a critical consideration for marijuana growers. So, they can determine whether the pH of the cannabis they’re testing is safe. As a result, there is a strong probability that the gardener will discover a pH shift early on.
When the pH of the water and plant fluctuates, the biochemistry of the cannabis plant is unable to use vital nutrients for the growth and development of the buds. Consequently, it seems to a cannabis producer that his or her plant isn’t putting out as much fruit as it formerly did. The plant may show signs of discoloration. Growth and bud quality may be lacking.
Cannabis ph chart:This range of pH is ideal for the growth of cannabis plants
The ideal pH range for soil-based cannabis cultivation is between 6.0 and 7. The fertilizer provider may sometimes supply a cannabis adjust the ph chart. At the right pH level, it shows which minerals and nutrients are most important and how best to get them. The pH varies from 5.56 to 5.8 when growing cannabis hydroponically or in any other soilless manner.
Most farmers don’t care about the exact pH of their soil. In addition to ensuring a pH between 6.0 and 7.0, it is critical to monitor the quality of the soil and other environmental factors like lighting. With this “self-buffering” soil, it can endure some level of stress and flexibility. Unlike hydroponic gardeners, people don’t have to worry about the pH of their local water supply (and the final feeding solution) as much. Soil can only repair itself to a certain extent.
When it comes to cannabis pH, organic producers may have a little more leeway. While using concentrated liquid fertilizers to cultivate cannabis in soil is perfectly acceptable, many people prefer a more natural approach.
Is there a way to detect the soil’s pH for cannabis plants?
It is possible to measure the pH of the soil, but is this a practical option? An inexpensive and valuable investment is a simple pH sensor. Submerge the probe in some moist soil to get the pH value. Another alternative is to use pH paper strips. Put a small amount of dirt in a glass of water and stir it around. You can find out the pH of your water by passing it through a coffee filter and then a paper pH strip.
The biggest cannabis pH meter is a waste of money. Simple, low-cost models are sufficient. If you want to test the performance and accuracy of your pH meter, you need to acquire buffered solutions (e.g. 4.0 and 7.0). pH meters should be replaced if they lose accuracy when tested using reference solutions. | agronomy |
https://michaelquicke.blogspot.com/2012/11/thanksgiving-day-2.html | 2022-01-27T08:14:33 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320305242.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20220127072916-20220127102916-00454.warc.gz | 0.974618 | 642 | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-05__0__158831366 | en | Carol and I were asked to give a British perspective to Thanksgiving Day! Carol was able to share some wonderful stories including some about a succession of American visitors to Cambridge (where we were pastor and wife) who invited us for 13 consecutive years to share their Thanksgiving Day in the UK. Missing their own families they included us and, on one memorable occasion, we had three Thanksgiving Day meals on ONE day because three families insisted we celebrate with them. Actually, you can have too much of a good thing!
I also reflected on harvest festival traditions in England. As a six-year old, living in a rural village in Oxfordshire, I shall never forget the first time I saw harvesting in the cornfield at the bottom of our garden. Before the advent of combine harvesters, sycthes were swinging and others were binding sheaves together in stooks like wigwams across the field. Around the field-edge children played as field mice scurried by.
Yet, more memorable still, was the Sunday morning in the little stone chapel (where my father was pastor). The church had turned into the harvest field. Sheaves of corn wrapped around the ends of the wooden pews and shrouded the pulpit. At the center was some huge plaited corn and a large flat bread in the shape of a corn sheaf. From every nook and cranny poked brightly colored apples, pears, plums, tomatoes and the rest. Arranged neatly were vegetables like marrows, cabbages and cauliflowers. Bunches of carrots hung from ledges. The smell was intoxicating. We sang hymns ever since etched in my sonic culture: 'Come ye thankful people come', 'We plough the fields and scatter the good seed on the land', 'All things bright and beautiful' and 'Now thank we all our God'. Like Christmas carols freighted with seasonal memories.
How close we were to the land and how vital harvest was to our food cycle. And how important to thank God for his faithfulness in creation. "The land will yield its harvest and God, our God, will bless us" (Ps. 67:6); "Faithfulness spring forth from the earth and righteousess looks down from heaven. THe Lord indeed will give what is good and our land will yield its harvest" (Ps 85: 11,12)'.
In agricultural England harvest celebrations have long roots. Pre-Christian celebrations involved riotous feasting at "Harvest Homes" when entire villages let rip as the harvest was gathered with a Queen of the Harvest chosen to lead the merrymaking. We can be sure the Pilgrim Father's disapproved 100% of such behavior. After all, they refused to allow Christmas to be celebrated as a holiday. Yet within the Christian tradition harvest thanks became well-established. By the sixteenth century Christians were celebrating "Lammas" - loaf mass- as the first corn was made into bread and used for communion.
Dare we let our imaginations run about the Pilgrim Fathers and how they responded to their harvests in 1621 and 1623? Just one more post is required! | agronomy |
http://www.sanifruit.com/en/portfolio/banana-plantain-crown/ | 2020-08-13T17:12:32 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-34/segments/1596439739048.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20200813161908-20200813191908-00406.warc.gz | 0.92121 | 227 | CC-MAIN-2020-34 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-34__0__138232197 | en | The application of our product against crown rot in plantain and banana is the ultimate solution against the inconveniences this problem causes.
The product must be applied by dipping the crown in a solution containing SANI CR and water in equal parts, always after the last cut to be made to the bunch.
With the application of SANI CR we lengthen the shelf life of plantain and banana, stopping the rot, also achieving a better appearance and making the fruit last longer in the shelves.
Compared to current treatments, SANI CR greatly improves the results and allows for longer shipping.
SANI CR may be used together with other drencher treatments (always refer to our technical office)
With our treatments, based off GRAS substances, no toxic waste is generated, thus deeming it unnecessary to manage them before dumping them back into the main water network.
We help take care of the environment, since we work only with natural products, that won’t harm it in any way whatsoever.
FORTIFYING & FUNGISTATIC product, which helps fight crown rot in plantain and banana | agronomy |
https://www.zen-deshimaru.com/en/zen/samu-gardening-temple-28th-october-1st-november | 2023-12-03T11:46:17 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100499.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20231203094028-20231203124028-00561.warc.gz | 0.934644 | 211 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__70882190 | en | Get ready for autumn camp by doing some gardening!
Since its creation, the Zen temple of Caroux has had a vegetable garden.
It was first set up by Paul, a great nature lover, then taken over by myself, the current guardian of the temple, together with various disciples of the Kosen Sangha.
Every year, the vegetable garden brings us more and more organic vegetables and herbs to prepare meals here in the temple.
Whether you are an experienced gardener or a total beginner, we invite you to participate in the Autumn Garden Samu which will take place from October 28th to November 1st.
This stay is an opportunity to introduce yourself into the practice of zazen, the meditation of the Buddhas or to come and practice together with others, for those who already know it.
Ingrid Gyu JI, head of the temple
Registration and information:
16€/day with 4 hours samu (gardening, cooking, or other manual work)
Free with 6 hours of samu | agronomy |
https://bridgetsspeechkitchen.org/2016/10/24/my-apple-hill-adventure/ | 2021-09-28T22:27:33 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-39/segments/1631780060908.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20210928214438-20210929004438-00161.warc.gz | 0.969334 | 525 | CC-MAIN-2021-39 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-39__0__236612521 | en | Yesterday, my parents and I went to visit and explore the Apple Hill Area, where there are an abundance of apple orchards and farms, and also pumpkin patches and wineries. It was about a 2 hour drive, but everything we got to eat and each orchard and farm we went to offered a different experience that was enjoyable and memorable.
Our first stop was Rainbow Orchards, home of the apple cider doughnut. These doughnuts are AMAZING. They’re coated in sugar and are delicious. Definitely worth the wait in line.
In addition to the doughnuts, we also bought fresh pressed apple cider and two varieties of apples, the Rome Beauty and Pink Lady. Can’t wait to bite into one! I also purchased an heirloom pumpkin for a Halloween decoration (apparently you can roast and eat them as well). For now, it’s going to sit on the porch so trick or treaters to look at.
After Rainbow, we headed to Larsen’s, just a bit farther down the road. They’re known for their apple pies, so we bought one and it’s now in our freezer waiting for Thanksgiving to arrive. They had a family apple farm museum with all kinds of artifacts, and of course, the apple farm where there were boxes upon boxes of apples to choose from. After sampling a couple of apples, we ended up picking out the Arkansas Black variety. They have a very dark red color to them, almost like a plum.
We then traveled to Jack Russell’s Farm, which in addition to brewing hard cider, has a beer brewery, a winery, and a meadery (mead is a fermented honey drink). We did tastings of both beer and hard cider. My personal favorites were the pumpkin spice and apple ales, and the blackberry hard cider.
Our last apple orchard/pumpkin patch stop (we also stopped at a winery at the end) was O’Hallorans. They had a beautiful apple orchard you could walk around, and a gigantic pumpkin patch. Of course, I had to take a photo with the pumpkin patch sign above my head and pumpkins littering the ground behind.
Exploring Apple Hill was a great experience and a perfect weekend/Sunday activity. It made for a fantastic day in my happy and healthy adventure, and hopefully my experience (or yours, if you get out to an apple orchard and/or pumpkin patch!) makes your adventure happy and healthy too. 🙂 ❤ | agronomy |
https://syneoshealthcommunications.com/blog/as-summer-comes-to-an-end-buying-local-produce-doesnt-have-to-as-well | 2021-10-17T06:48:35 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323585121.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20211017052025-20211017082025-00562.warc.gz | 0.96244 | 345 | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-43__0__91256295 | en | Jackson, WY- The recent uptick in awareness of nourishing our bodies with fruits and vegetables has been accompanied by an increase in awareness of where these fruits and vegetables are coming from. There’s a lot of talk about why eating locally is the way to go, ranging anywhere from financial to health benefits.
Throughout the winter season, like most places that have cold months, most of the fruits and vegetables are shipped in from warmer places such as Florida, California and Mexico. The town of Jackson, WY started a project called the Vertical Harvest, a startup greenhouse that will continue to grow vegetables locally in an indoor vertical farm where the elements can be controlled. The three-story greenhouse hopes to harvest more than 100,000 pounds of locally grown vegetables every year. Not only will this serve as a financial benefit to the town, but it also intends to serve as a way to bring the community together. The project will sponsor education initiatives on the ground floor of the greenhouse in an effort to bring more awareness to what we are eating and where it’s coming from.
Why does this matter?
Most of what is talked about in healthcare is a way to cure a condition or fix an issue. In other words, action is taken after results or diagnoses have been revealed to the patient. Being more proactive and taking action through preventative measures, like educating a community on healthy living and the best ways to take care of yourself can solve so many of these heath issues before they even occur. Simply educating and engaging the community can prevent diseases like Type II Diabetes that are becoming more detrimental everyday. Creating a local greenhouse where the community can actively participate could be a very beneficial trend for the healthcare education industry. | agronomy |
https://www.thednacompany.com/blogs/unpilled-podcast/understanding-the-human-connection-to-food-ancestral-diets-w-kashif-khan-s1e21 | 2022-10-01T21:16:16 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030336921.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20221001195125-20221001225125-00762.warc.gz | 0.847033 | 158 | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__184396285 | en | UNPILLED | PODCAST
UNDERSTANDING THE HUMAN CONNECTION TO FOOD & ANCESTRAL DIETS W/ KASHIF KHAN - S1E21
MARCH 28, 2022
In Episode 21 of The Unpilled Podcast, Kashif once again goes one-on-one answering your questions, with the focus being on Food and Diet. Topics discussed include the origins of farming, modern agriculture, how food affects behaviour, the development of bread, rice then vs now, a discussion on poultry, hunger coping mechanisms, the concept of satiety and gene MC4R, solutions for satisfaction, the importance of the microbiome, the gene FUT2 and gut health, and if fruit is good or bad. | agronomy |
https://ticparts.com/items/itemid/14787305/Farm-king-ROTARY-CUTTER-Series-I,-II/ | 2023-03-25T23:49:46 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296945376.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20230325222822-20230326012822-00664.warc.gz | 0.659885 | 447 | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__72453636 | en | |Monday||8:00 am - 6:00 pm|
|Tuesday||8:00 am - 6:00 pm|
|Wednesday||8:00 am - 6:00 pm|
|Thursday||8:00 am - 6:00 pm|
|Friday||8:00 am - 6:00 pm|
|Saturday||9:00AM - 5:00PM|
FARM KING ROTARY CUTTERS ARE MADE TO CLEAR THOSE ROUGH AREAS WHERE STONES, TREE STUMPS AND DEBRIS ARE HIDDEN BY WEEDS.
These rotary cutters, available in two series, easily clear heavy weeds and thick rough and require minimal maintenance. Series I, with a 3-point hitch, is available in 48" or 60" widths. Series II is available in widths of 60", 72" and 84". Two available options include a trailing kit with hydraulic lift or a 3-point hitch.
A 24" stump-jumper is mounted above the blades to the gearbox. Standard on Series II, the stump-jumper allows the blade assembly to glide over uneven terrain.
|Model 410||48" (1.2 m) cutting width, 3-pt hitch Cat. I For tractors 20 - 45 hp|
|Model 510||60" (1.5 m) cutting width, 3-pt hitch Cat. I For tractors 25 - 55 hp|
|Model 510||60" (1.5 m) cutting width, 3-pt hitch Cat. I For tractors 25 - 65 hp|
|Model 620||72" (1.8 m) cutting width, 3-pt hitch Cat. II For tractors 35 - 65 hp|
|Model 720||84" (2.1 m) cutting width, 3-pt hitch Cat. II For tractors 45 - 75 hp| | agronomy |
http://borderlandsrestoration.org/2015/12/27/the-changing-of-the-seasons-a-summary-of-fall-in-seeds/ | 2017-08-17T09:53:28 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886103167.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20170817092444-20170817112444-00408.warc.gz | 0.931516 | 840 | CC-MAIN-2017-34 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-34__0__203289878 | en | The Changing of the Seasons: A Summary of Fall in Seeds
The small guest cottage behind the Fleming house, graciously lent to BR, is bursting at the seams with seeds from the past season. This facility, affectionately referred to as the BR Seed Lab, is a center both to facilitate the quiet diligence of seed cleaners who find their center every Monday morning with tweezers, sieves, and sandpaper, and for the most valuable collection of native seeds in the Madrean Archipelago: The BR Seed Collection.
The BR Seed Collection – How it All Began
Three years ago, in the nascent stages of Borderlands Restoration L3C, restoration practitioners came up with a plan to meet the market need for locally sourced plant materials for restoration. Partnering with agencies like the Bureau of Land Management and the National Park Service injected funding for facilities and labor for propagation and seed collection. Since then, our database has grown to include over 600 collections of seeds from native plants, primarily in the Madrean Archipelago, but in some cases ranging as far as West Texas. Diligent data collection is what sets the BR Seed Collection apart – over 20 different data points are collected for each accession of seeds, including GPS information, soil type, geology, and many more. These data points help inform restoration practitioners in choosing the right plant materials for a restoration site – a crucial part of the restoration process.
Expansion in Seed Collaborations: Highlights from Fall 2015
This past fall saw a incredible increase in the seed collection efforts for our team. We welcomed another seed collector to our staff – Allegra Mount, who came with valuable experience as a seed collector for the BLM in Safford, AZ – and have expanded our internship program to include unpaid botanically-focused internships in Seed Collection and Plant Propagation. Our fantastic interns Perin and Alex joined us throughout the fall to participate in the whole process, from collection to cleaning, to propagation, and finally planting.
With the release of the National Seed Strategy earlier this year, every land manager’s minds are on the what, how, and why of seeds for restoration. We saw a huge boost in activity as our seed collectors were sent across the Madrean Archipelago and beyond, developing relationships as the official seed collectors for different federal partners. This included new partnerships for collection and propagation in National Parks in the region, including Tumacacori National Historical Park, Saguaro National Park, and Gila Cliff Dwellings National Park.
BR Seed Collectors were featured in at least 8 different workshops with non-profit partners. We worked with Gila Watershed Partnership, The Nature Conservancy, and Sky Island Alliance to facilitate for groups of volunteer seed collectors. We engaged with over 60 volunteers who put in hundreds of hours of work for these fantastic non-profits!
As a cornerstone of the Borderlands Restoration foundation, Kate Tirion’s Deep Dirt Farm Institute led a tour and seed-focused workshop at her permaculture farm in Patagonia, AZ. The farm’s seed increase efforts are ramping up, with multiple plots of Asclepias spp.’s (Milkweed) germinated for future seed production.
Collaboration with the UofA Extension and Make Way for Monarchs brought professionals to the BR Nursery for a workshop in propagation of Asclepias spp. (Milkweed). They talked about the need to strengthen “seed supply chains” for native species to encourage Monarch population recovery. The resulting report celebrated BR as leaders in Asclepias propagation.
Looking Ahead: What to expect in 2016!
Burgeoning partnerships with other native plant nurseries in the region, expansion of the MAPP Center, hosting of our incredible information database in “the cloud”, pollinator garden workshops across Southern Arizona, production of over 100,000 plants…we have lots to look forward to in 2016! With more opportunities than ever for you to get involved, make sure you follow us on Facebook and sign up for our email list to stay informed! | agronomy |
https://www.frasers.com/redwire/rosta-rubber-insert-helps-optimize-agricultural-machine-for-manufacturing-company/ | 2019-08-25T13:10:34 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027330233.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20190825130849-20190825152849-00201.warc.gz | 0.953166 | 519 | CC-MAIN-2019-35 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-35__0__103365464 | en | Rosta rubber insert helps optimize agricultural machine for manufacturing companyMay 3, 2019 REDWIRE is news you can use from leading suppliers. Powered by FRASERS.
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Making a difference: that is what Rosta elements have done for businesses worldwide for more than 75 years. This includes three decades in Canada, through Rosta Inc. The company has a long track record of success stories. One took place in Pertuis, France several years ago, when Rosta custom-designed a high-quality rubber insert for a multifunctional machine being manufactured for agricultural applications.
Maximum productivity with efficiency
Founded in 1973, PELLENC SAS produces machines and tools that facilitate labour and boost productivity for the agriculture industry, as well as for green spaces and urban communities. The company built a piece of equipment, the PELLENC OPTIMUM, capable of conducting pre-pruning, spreading, leaf stripping, spraying, and harvesting work. When the company optimized the yield, the PUR inserts in the machine failed, leading to numerous issues. Increasing amplitude and vibration caused the inserts to disintegrate too quickly. PELLENC had to replace all of these inserts.
The project was urgent, as it was the middle of the harvesting season. For the right solution as soon as possible, PELLENC put its trust in Rosta.
The customer confronted the Rosta team with two challenges. The team had to find a reliable and durable solution, and it had to present that solution quickly, as PELLENC was planning to hold a test campaign in a few weeks. Rosta immediately produced several different rubber mixtures, three of which were picked for the tests. Of these three proposed rubber mixtures, one withstood the harsh test conditions that were provided in France, Spain, and Argentina.
The rubber insert proposed by Rosta, the Rubmix, had a rubber quality based on a high contact of natural rubber (caoutchouc). It offered good shape memory, small settling factors (cold flow), high mechanical load capacities, and moderate aging behaviour.
PELLENC adopted the rubber insert and saw immediate benefits: no efficiency loss over the machine’s lifespan; no failure during harvest; high productivity; and higher yield.
“Rosta has provided us with the perfect solution to eliminate all previous problems,” said PELLENC studies engineer Alexandre Rogier, “and to improve the productivity of every plant insatiably.”
For more information, contact Rosta. | agronomy |
http://www.champagne-cheurlin.com/en/vigne.html | 2024-03-04T02:18:49 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947476409.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20240304002142-20240304032142-00141.warc.gz | 0.925683 | 2,168 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__35701475 | en | On the slopes of the hills from the Barséquannais to the Barsuraubois, the culture of the vine is more than a thousand years old tradition.
It's more than 2000 years ago, the Gauls had adapted this southern culture on the sunniest slopes of the Upper Seine valley.
The wines, with subtle flavors, had already acquired at that time such a reputation that the Romans felt obliged to put quotas on them.
In the 1100's, Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, founder of the great Cistercian order, gave back to our vineyard notoriety as the "Vin de France" ». And it was the monks of the abbey of Mores in 1152 that created the vineyard of Celles sur Ource.
In the twelfth century, the Champagne Fairs that took place in Troyes, historic capital of Champagne, allowed local wines to get known far beyond the boundaries of the Kingdom of France.
A monk, Dom Perignon, developed the technique of blending different crus, which remains today the specificity of champagne.
Later, the use of the glass bottle and cork allowed the creation of a sparkling wine.
In the early eighteenth century, the first champagne houses offered the wine of kings to monarchs and the rich throughout Europe.
Voltaire wrote: ".The effervescence of this fresh wine reveals the true brilliance of the French people. »
Wars, phylloxera and arbitrary administrative decisions in the early twentieth century could not beat the tenacity of the champagne growers. And in the heart of the Côte des Bar, Celles sur Ource, a small village of 500 inhabitants, with about 40 winemakers who have chosen to remain independent by making their champagne on the property like their ancestors.
From pruning in spring up to the moment where you bring a glass to your lips, champagne is the fruit of a succession of work and maintenance, that takes place over a whole year.
Each of these operations determine the final quality of champagne, which is not offered for sale until after several years in the cellar.
Here are some photos of the different steps in the making of our champagnes :
In autumn, the cycle of the vine starts after the leaves fall. The vine has stored reserves and is then dormant.We take advantage of this to work the land.
We do earthing up to protect the young vines from frost and alternate screefing and ploughing to aerate and activate the microbiological life of our soils.
In winter, while the snow and cold change our rhythm, we slowly start to prune the vines.
Single Guyot , Royat Cordon system or Chablis system are different techniques that we use to shape our vines and make them productive.
80 % - Guyot
20 % - Chablis & Royat Cordon systems
Once the vine is pruned, the shoots that will bear the fruits are attached, so that the shoots of new branches are aired and well directed towards the sun.
In spring, the temperature warms and the vine comes out of dormancy. The vegetation starts to grow and is thus sensitive to spring frosts. When they occur, we protect our vines with a system of water spraying.
The bud is thus frozen and it's temperature maintained at 0°C, even if at the exterior it is minus
When the young branches grow, we remove the surplus buds and branches to meet our quality criteria. This operation is called desuckering and epamprage
Summer arrives, the vine is in a constant stage of growth.
The more the vine grows, we take off the palissage wire and the branches are trellised and separated in the direction of the sky.This helps us to have healthy grapes that will ripen.
Finally, we cut the surplus shoots both in hight and width so as the leaves and the grapes can best profit from the sun and the wind
Whilst awaiting the harvest we monitor the possible evolution of fungal diseases (downy mildew - mildew …) and apply if necessary some treatments according to the strict procedures of sustainable viticulture, in corelation with the information from our weather stations and our own observations.
And the cycle of the seasons closes. Autumn returns and it's time for the harvest.
After several controls for ripeness , analysis and tasting of the grapes, we decide on the date for picking them. The grapes must have an optimal ripeness and a balance in the mouth typical of the criteria of our house.
Picking is always done by hand so as to select the best grapes that are taken whole to the press.
As soon as the grapes arrive at our presses, they are pressed as quickly as possible so as to extract the best of the pulp and keep all the aromatic freshness.
Each must (juice) according to the parcel and the variety is placed in different tanks. This is specific vinification.
4000 kg of grapes gives us 2550 L of wine in AOC CHAMPAGNE
The rest of the juice is used for other products, such as the distilling of eaux de vie, vinegar…
The 2550L is divided into 2 :
-the « cuvee » that represents the first 2050 litres extracted, has the most finesse and elegance.
-the « tailles » is the following 500 litres , has the most richness and consistency.
This distinction will serve us to refine our blendings during the tastings in spring.
Once the musts have been prepared and identified in the cellar, the must will undergo cold settling during a night.
In the early morning we take the clear juice from the top of the tank and so eliminate the coarse lees, residues of earth and yeasts, before the alcoholic fermentation.
The yeasts of the must will change the sugar into alcohol and gas. We now go from must to a still wine*. « Still », because the gas escapes into the atmosphere !
Sugar yeasts alcohol + gas (prendre une photo de la formule sur une ardoise)
Then it's time for malolactic fermentation . Bacteria in the wine transforms the malic acid into lactic acid The latter is a soft and fruity acid that naturally gives a better stability to the wine.
The respect for local traditions doesn't exclude the use of modern oenologiical techniques . Our stainless steel tanks are thermoregulated so as to better control fermentation.
Perfect hygiene conditions allow us today to better master the mysterious alchemy of champagne.
It should be noted that more than 4,000 components, mineral salts, yeasts, minerals, come into play to get champagne.
The aim of all this care is to :
- naturally preserve the organoleptic quality of the champagne
- preserve the aromas
- obtain quality consistence
After several rackings for the clarification of our wines, and lots of time and love, we can now move on to the tasting of our wines.
Each racking is however the occasion to appreciate the evolution of our wines, the different parcels and different varieties, up to the blending.
For the blending, each wine grower has his secret...
Thanks to our specific vinification, we have a rich and varied palette of aromas to make our different blends.
The « Brut Sans Années » « BSA » :
We have made 2 distinct cuvees : the Carte or and the Cuvée H.
The aim of the work is to reconstitute through our specific vinification the special taste of each cuvee. For this we also use our reserve wines which allow us to make these blends despite differences in the harvests.
Vintages » :
Our vintages come from the specific vinification of our best and oldest vines.
These cuvees are the very image of the terroir that has been selected, but each vintage has the imprint of that year's climate.
Macerated» rosé :
Fruit of the same vine, this parcel of pinot noir is even more limited in it's yields, so as to give the grapes a very good aromatic richness.
We leave the grapes to macerate in tanks so that the extracted juice has colour and a powerful aroma.
When the tasting reveals what we are looking for, it's then that we empty the grapes , press them and blend the juices.
When the precious blends are ready, we then put the wines in bottles before summer comes. This is bottling.
We prepare yeasts and a liqueur made from our wines and sugar cane.
It's like this that the second alcoholic fermentation will take place in the bottle The yeasts will transform the sugar into alcohol and gas.
But unlike the harvest tanks, the gas created in the bottle can't escape.
The bubbles will mix with the wine and create the effervescence of our champagnes !
In our cellars, out of the light and with a constant temperature, we keep our champagnes several years before disgorging them and then selling them.
This aging is an important step for the quality of our wines, that brings them complexity and finesse.
Our Brut Sans Années ages between 15 months and 3 years depending on the cuvees.
Regarding our vintages, we offer them with between 4 and 10 years of aging, according to their potential and our wish to taste them...
When the cuvees are aged, riddling takes place On traditional pupitres or in gyropalettes, these allow the wine to be cleared slowly, bringing the yeast deposit to the neck.
Once the deposit is collected in the neck of the bottle, it's removed by ejecting it.
My father, in his youth, did it in the traditional way !
Today we plunge the bottle, head first, in a refrigerating solution at-27°C,so that the deposit freezes.
By opening the bottles, the deposit will be ejected naturally by the pressure inside.
The wine is then clear and we can add several drops of dosage liqueur depending on the required flavour: Extra-brut, Brut…
Our champagnes spend a minimum of 4 to 5 months with their corks before the bottles are put on sale after they have been carefully dressed.
Now you can taste this festive drink , with friends or loved ones. Cheers ! | agronomy |
https://www.housetechnews.com/post/handy-garden-gadgets-to-make-gardening-easier | 2021-12-05T11:38:56 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-49/segments/1637964363157.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20211205100135-20211205130135-00146.warc.gz | 0.892799 | 1,448 | CC-MAIN-2021-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-49__0__176508434 | en | EASY CUTTING: Wlretmci Power Chain Saws with wooden teeth design which make cutting more efficiently and faster. Just takes about 10 seconds to cut a log with a diameter of 15cm (the specific value varies with the actual size and hardness of the wood). Perfect for wood cutting, trees branches pruning, gardening.
DOUBLE RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES: Wlretmci portable chain saw is equipped with two 24V 1500mAh rechargeable lithium battery. You can use it for 4–6 hours（2–3 hours for each battery）after being full charged.
PORTABLE & ONE-HAND OPERATED: The weight of our product just about 1.07kg（Included the battery）and a total length of it is only 33cm, ensures that you can take it anywhere. Even young women can easily control and use it and hold it for long periods of time without tiring.
OVERLOAD PROTECTION FUNCTION: Take effective power, and adopt a new generation of cooling system and automatic overheating protection function (after long-term use, it will automatically shut down to protect the machine, and can continue to use after a period of time).
COMPLETE INSTALLED: The whole chain saw has been installed before delivery, you just need to simply use the wrench in the package to turn the screw to adjust the tightness according to different operation conditions. Package included the detail English installation manual.
Wanfei Plant Monitor Soil Test Kit, Flower Care Soil Tester Smart Plant Tracker Intelligent Sensor Plants Detector Bluetooth Monitor for Light Moisture Fertility Temperature Level, for iOS and Android
4 in 1 Flower Care Monitor: This plant monitor can monitor light, temperature, humidity and nutrient for your plants. Find your plants in the extensive database of more than 6,000 plants and save the daily growth record, in the IOS or Android app “Flower Care” or “Mi Home” via a Bluetooth connection, please do not upgrade on’ flower care’, otherwise it may cause connection failure after upgrade.
4 EC Sensors: This soil test kit has 4 stainless steel EC sensors which can record soil nutrients and convert them into a precise data displayed in your phone. The database offers perfect nutrient interval values for different plants. Just follow them!
Light/Temperature/Moisture: This plant monitor has a temperature/light sensor, with which you can monitor and analyze the light and temperature. Measurable light intensity up to 100,000LUX and light intensity precision up to 100LUX; Temperature detection accuracy up to 0.5 ℃/32.9 ℉. Also a long stripe sensor can help quickly identify the soil water content and tell exactly whether your plant needs watering or not. The monitoring accuracy reaches EC5 standard for Professional Soil Probe.
4.1 Bluetooth Connection: Establish a connection to your smartphone via a high efficient Bluetooth 4.1; full control over the free “Flower Care” or “Mi Home” app for Android and IOS, available on the Google Play and APP Store. This plant monitor works with the CR2032 button cell (included).
Thanos Animal Repeller: gets rid of animals through emitting a mixture of ultrasonic and powerful flashing LED strobe lights. Very effective to repel cats, mice, foxes, raccoons, badgers, skunks, rodents, boar, marten etc.
Slow moving object is detected: and return to sleep mode at normal time. It adopts the principle of infrared detection. It sends ultrasonic waves to drive small animals while detecting small animals. It protects your property, your garden and your courtyard from harassment by unwanted stray dogs, stray cats and other small animals.
Solar panel: on the top of the device that can be easily charged. The product uses solar energy to charge the battery, or it can be charged with adapter, suitable for places where it is difficult to provide power, such as farms, gardens, lawns, nurseries, manors and orchards.
PIR motion activated: repeller provides a humane way to repel unwanted animals away. No poisons or traps. Eco-friendly. Harmless to humans and environment. It’s waterproof, you don’t need to worry about that it can’t work in rainy days.
Easy to Install : Place the repeller pointed towards the area that you want to protect, select your desired mode, then you can insert the repeller in the ground. It is designed with 2 hanging holes, Fix the spike stake on the unit, that allow you to hang on objects such as trees, fences and walls to ensure best effect.
6.5W solar panel: This solar floating fountain water pump is upgrade to 6.5W high-quality solar panels, it allows the water pump to work continuously, even when the sunlight is weak. The real green solar water pump.
Built-in battery: This solar fountain has a built-in 1500mAh battery, solar energy is automatically stored, and it can still work even in cloudy days.
6 Different Water Style Sprayers: 6 different nozzles can meet your different needs for jet height or jet shape. The height can be adjusted by changing nozzles to avoid spilling out of the basin. You can easily change the spray head.
Multi-application: This solar pump is perfect for bird bath, fish tank, small pond, pool, garden, water circulation for oxygen. Your garden would definitely catch all the attention of the passers-by. Let your yard look so amusingly decorated by the solar water pump.
Helpful tips: The product has automatic power-off protection and will automatically stop working when it leaves the water. You should clean the pump regularly to prevent the pump from being clogged with dust.
Easy To Operate Garden Tool: Half press to catch garden tape and then a full press to staple and cut. digging tools is convenient to carry, works with high efficiency. Non-slip and ergonomic handle, convenient to take and carry. A great plant tools to have in a greenhouse or garden.
Gardening Hand Tools Material: Outdoor plants gardening tool set is made up of stainless steel. Provides a secure tie. Greatly improve your efficiency, garden tools set savings labor costs and save time as well.
Taping Tools Save Labor: Three to four times as much as ordinary workers tie vines, indoor gardening tools greatly improves work efficiency and can increase planting area appropriately.
Garden Tools for Gardening: This garden tool sets stapler makes trellising your plants much more efficient than using zip ties and cable ties.
Small Garden Tools Widely Usage: Applicable to all kinds of branches, vines crop such as grapes, tomatoes, cucumbers, melon, eggplant and so on. The opening width can be adjusted at any time depending on the width you need which make your work more convenient. | agronomy |
http://ncjobs.civitasmedia.com/job/21582045/farm-worker-job-in-clinton-nc-28328 | 2017-03-29T11:05:42 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-13/segments/1490218190295.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20170322212950-00520-ip-10-233-31-227.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.905421 | 191 | CC-MAIN-2017-13 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-13__0__210609094 | en | NCGA and its farmer members are currently recruiting 16 Temporary farm laborers to plant, cultivate, and harvest tobacco/diversified crops in various NC counties statewide. Contact the local Employment Service for the name, location, and farm specific crop information/full disclosure for each NCGA farmer member. Work will begin 05/5/17 and will end 12/10/17. The wage offer is the highest of $11.27 per hour or applicable piece rates depending on crop activity. Guaranteed 3/4 of contract hours. Free housing provided for non-commuting worker. Conditional transportation/subsistence reimbursed at 50% of the contract, or sooner if appropriate, for eligible workers. Work tools/equipment/supplies provided at no cost. NCGA members are equal opportunity employers. To apply, contact the Clinton Career Center at 910-592-5756 and/or the nearest Employment Service office (10660346). | agronomy |
https://urcommunitytimebanking.org.au/urban-sustainability/ | 2023-09-24T21:26:04 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506669.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20230924191454-20230924221454-00449.warc.gz | 0.88098 | 549 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__29777791 | en | One of the core values of UrCommunity is to help create a community which is self-sufficient. In order to help facilitate this, UrCommunity will work with the community and the other businesses to procure as many of the skills and products required to allow it to function effectively and achieve its vision. With this in mind we will work with community gardens to source the majority of the produce required as the raw ingredients to make the delicious meals that appear on the café menu.
UrCommunity has developed a backyard and commercial hothouse system which we call the Backyard Food Forest or Business Food Forest system respectively.
UrCommunity – “Backyard Food Forest © and Business Food Forest ©”
Both Food Forest Systems use the latest in Aquaponics, Hydroponics and Permaculture technology and innovative systems to maximise the production per square meter within a commercial quality hothouse.
At the heart of the system is a 1,000 litre water tank which houses around 35 trout or silver perch at any one time, as these species adapt well to Melbourne’s weather. Once a quarter the fish are harvested to minimise the possibility of overcrowding and to help maintain a balanced system. The fish will also breed in the system and continue the cycle.
Crops that grow best in the vertical Aquaponics towers include:
|Leafy Greens||Herbs||Fruiting Crops|
|Collard Greens||Thyme||Bell Peppers|
|Swiss/Rainbow Chard||Basil||Habanero Peppers|
|Bok Choy||Chives||Ghost chillies|
|Mustard Greens||Oregano||Tabasco peppers|
Food Forest Systems© Hothouse
The Food Forest Systems© Hothouse offers the urban home-gardener or Business an effective solution to growing veggies and nursery plants out of season. The hothouse is larger than standard home hothouses, at a full 2.74m wide and comes in four lengths 4m 6m 8m and 10m.
The end result of the Backyard Food Forests’ innovative design is that we are able to achieve:
- Controlled high-density growth within a confined, urban backyard setting
- Automatic watering and fertilising
- Year-round production of delicious organic, fresh fruit and vegetables, grown without the use of harmful pesticides or herbicides. | agronomy |
http://hi5tv.wikia.com/wiki/Hi-5_Series_4,_Episode_22_(Fruits_and_vegetables) | 2017-06-23T20:35:19 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320174.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20170623202724-20170623222724-00294.warc.gz | 0.881926 | 226 | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-26__0__64128956 | en | Fruits and vegetables is the twenty-second episode from Hi-5 Series 4.
- NATHAN becomes a scarecrow to keep the birds away from his veggies.
- CHARLI pretends to be a scarecrow.
- KELLIE and Chats cook some pesto pasta.
- CHARLI touches and feels some veggies without seeing and she guesses them.
- KATHLEEN wants a fruit snack but Jup Jup changes the fruits.
- CHARLI sings about a fruit salad.
- TIM waters and sings to his plants to make them grow and then he can make a salad.
- CHARLI pretends to eat veggies.
- SHARING STORIES: Kathleen tells us a story about a boy (Tim) who plants a tomato seed, a plant (Kellie) starts to grow from the seed, but when Tim goes on a holiday, the sun (Charli) and a rain cloud (Nathan) look after the tomato plant.
- Pesto is a sauce originating in Genoa, the capital city of Liguria, Italy. | agronomy |
https://toffu.co/products/axonometric-farm | 2023-12-05T14:54:44 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100551.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20231205140836-20231205170836-00838.warc.gz | 0.805615 | 223 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__51635852 | en | File Type: Vector
File Size: 59 MB
Format: AI, PDF, PNG
Technical details: All vector drawings are resizable. You can easily change the colors and patterns of AI files in Adobe Illustrator or PDF files in Adobe Photoshop.
Software compatibility: Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator CS3 or newer. Affinity Photo and Designer. CorelDRAW. + PNG files are suitable with almost every graphic software.
About Axonometrics: People, furniture, plants, and other scales are mostly used in interior / exterior diagrams by architects and designers.
Tags: human scales, gardening, planting, plants, green, agriculture, vegetation, plantation, agriculture, worker, employee, sunflower, corn, crop, field, tea, grape, rice, sapling, lavender, flower, mustard, fruit, tree, arming, farmers, domestic animals, harvesting, watering, crops, cow, horse, mowing, lawn, agriculture, farming, field, plants, crops, domestic animals, cows, harvester, workers, horse, chicken, duck, pig, straw | agronomy |
https://iyris.ag/benefits/ | 2024-02-28T06:54:20 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474697.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20240228044414-20240228074414-00812.warc.gz | 0.907189 | 855 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__204699312 | en | Unleash the Power of iyris™: Save Water, Reduce Heat, Increase Yields and Save on Energy Costs
The SecondSky™ roofing installation process is straightforward and identical to what you’re already familiar with. Enjoy all the advantagesof iyris™ effortlessly and start reaping the rewards today.
One Simple Change
Of all the business decisions growers need to make, replacing standard greenhouse plastics to an iyris™ SecondSky™ covering could not be simpler.
iyris™ SecondSky™ is installed the same way as the standard plastics you are used to. There’s no need for new techniques or methods. Plus, iyris™ SecondSky™ is supplied through your normal plastics distributor or greenhouse manufacturer.
Growers benefit from reduced water and fertigation use, lower energy costs for cooling and improved crop yields from the minute it’s installed. It really could not be simpler. Replace, and reap the benefits.
Next Gen Heat Blocking Solutions
iyris™ uses advanced nanotechnology to optimise the light spectrum for agriculture, reducing water and energy costs while improving crop yield.
This unique Agri-Climate Technology has been created for greenhouse growers to reduce the impact of peak heat on plant growth while still allowing light through to drive photosynthesis and create healthier and more productive crops.
iyris™ SecondSky™ will increase yields for the grower, while reducing operational costs and delivering a quick return on investment.
Extend Your Growing Season
Crop production in hot climates is limited to the months when plants will not be damaged by the heat of the sun or the costs of keeping crops hydrated and cool make growing unprofitable.
iyris™ SecondSky™ is a game-changing solution that allows you to grow for longer. These heat blocking solutions reduce peak heat temperature inside your greenhouse creating a more stable temperature gradient to create optimum growing conditions.
By lowering peak temperatures, you can extend your season, allowing growers to continue supplying their customers well after other growers without iyris™ SecondSky™ have closed down for the summer.
Improve crop yields
Optimizing and manipulating the light spectrum to maximize photosynthetic activity by plants is at the core of everything that iyris™ does.
Under iyris™ SecondSky™, plants are better protected from the harmful heat of the sun (NIR). This puts the plants under much less stress, which can reduce the transpiration rate of the plants, creating healthier growth and better tasting and more prolific crops.
Providing crops with the correct levels of photosynthetic light (PAR) and growing conditions allows millions of years of evolution to be activated to optimize growth and yield.
At iyris™ we believe that using the most abundant, and free source of energy – the sun – to grow plants, is the most sustainable way to increase your yield.
Reduce Power Usage
In Controlled Environment Agriculture, the use of mechanical cooling has revolutionised growing in harsh heat conditions. But it’s expensive to keep mechanical cooling operating.
Under iyris™ SecondSky™, you can significantly cut your reliance on mechanical cooling compared to traditional plastic roofs. Why? Because the unique nano-particulate technology in SecondSky™ absorbs peak heat and prevents it from entering the greenhouse.
By blocking heat from entering the greenhouse, there is reduced demand on the cooling system and less irrigation is needed by the plants to allow them to thrive. These energy savings pass straight through to the profits of the grower.
Improve Water & Fertigation Use
Crops need light, water and nutrients for healthy growth. Light from the sun is free, but water is scarce and fertilisers expensive.
Under iyris™ SecondSky™ peak temperatures are lower and more consistent and this means the plants are healthier and happier. The reduced heat stress significantly reduces leaf temperature in the leaf cover. The reduced humidity in the growing environment means less stress on the cooling system, and lower chances of plant disease.
The result? Significantly lower volumes of water are used in irrigation, fertigation and, most importantly, in the mechanical cooling system in the greenhouse. | agronomy |
https://shoreacres.wordpress.com/2011/12/06/sweet-abundance/ | 2022-05-28T01:52:20 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652663011588.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20220528000300-20220528030300-00207.warc.gz | 0.957333 | 1,758 | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__40619305 | en | Cooler weather and occasional showers have mitigated the drought in parts of Texas, and summer’s spectacular wildfires have ended. Still, dssiccated pastures, disappearing herds, abandoned lakes and empty stock ponds make clear the continuing need for rain.
Hidden behind these more obvious signs of drought lie other consequences, equally troublesome if more personal. Enjoying breakfast in a Hill Country kitchen last weekend, I heard a tiny sigh as I split a biscuit and reached for the glass dish holding my friend’s homemade preserves. “That’s my last jar of peach, and close to my last jar of fig,” she said. “It’s only December,” I said. “Don’t you usually have enough to last ’til summer?”
Yes, she allowed, she usually did. But this year drought put an end to her gardens and orchards. With so little rain, the fig trees barely produced. Peaches were available from irrigated orchards, but they were expensive. Pears were the size of walnuts, and the walnuts didn’t make. Even the dewberries weren’t good, setting so little fruit she left it for hungry birds and animals. The sweet, succulent blackberries that overflowed her baskets in the past withered and died, offering up only a cup or two of tart, nearly tasteless berries. Without good berries an abundance of pies, cobblers and sauces disappeared, not to mention the brandied blackberries that always had been a holiday treat.
“Don’t you irrigate?” I asked. “Yes,” she said, “but as the weeks went by, we had to stop. People were having troubles with their wells. Some went dry, and I didn’t want that. I let the flower gardens go first, then the vegetables. I hated it, but there was nothing to do. I didn’t get a single tomato.”
Life without blackberry cobbler is one thing. Not being able to put up tomatoes is another. For generations of women, including my own grandmother, summer meant canning uncounted quarts of tomatoes, sauced, stewed and diced for the long winter ahead. In the cave which served as combination storm cellar and pantry for my grandparents, the jars shone in the dim light like jewels: tomatoes, peaches and plums, cherries awash in burgundy syrup, jams, jellies and marmelades, sweet corn relish, spiced apples and pears and the translucent shimmer of pickles.
Like my grandparents’ cave, my friend’s larder always had been the very definition of abundance, until the scourge of drought took first her water, and then the harvest that helps sustain her family through the year.
Some of her more drought-tolerant fruits did survive the summer, although their yield was low. Two varieties of persimmon, the Texas (Diospyros texana) and the Asian (Diospyros kaki) were freely shared with a multitude of birds and squirrels, white-tailed deer, foxes, possums and raccoons.
The possum’s love of persimmons is legendary. In some regions, the creature spends so much time gorging on the fruit the trees are known as “possum wood”. John James Audubon pictured the Virginian Opossum in a persimmon tree, and an old American folk-song celebrates the relationships among the Possum, the Persimmon and the Raccoon.
Possum up in a ’simmon tree, raccoon on the ground,
Raccoon said, “”You rascal, shake them ’simmons down!”
On the Gulf Coast, Atakapa Indians called persimmons piakimin. Early French settlers transformed it into plaquemine, familiar to many as the name of a Louisiana parish. Elias Wightman, a surveyor for Stephen F. Austin in the 1820s, documented persimmon groves in southeast Texas; the trees he found were the drought-resistant natives, their seedy black fruit much smaller and differently-shaped than the larger and more familiar red-orange Asian varieties. Both provide a wonderful base for an assortment of pastries and jams once the frosts reduce their astringent qualities. My first persimmon came from a Hill Country tree, and I was amazed at its smooth sweetness.
For pure eating pleasure from native Texas plants, you can’t do better than jams and jellies made from berries of the agarita, sometimes called “agarito” or “algerita”. Because of its prickly nature, the best way to gather its berries is to lay a cloth on the ground and thrash the bushes. This year, drought reduced the berry crop even on this hardy plant, so the time spent gathering berries wasn’t worth the return, and agarita jelly wasn’t on the menu.
Even the yield of berries from Scarlet Firethorn, or Pyracantha (Pyracantha coccinea), was lower than usual. Its beautiful red, red-orange or yellow berries resemble tiny apples and it’s branches often are used for decorating. My favorite bush, a large volunteer along a country fenceline, disappeared when the County showed up to widen and pave the road. Still, the non-native pyracantha thrives, its seeds spread by birds who love its tasty and nutritious berries. Occasionally the berries ferment, leaving robins and waxwings staggering from the bushes, nearly unable to fly.
For years I assumed pyracantha was poisonous, but the apple-shaped berries are perfectly suitable for human consumption. The seeds do contain hydrogen cyanide, but boiling the fruit and straining the pulp to remove the seeds is all that’s necessary. Thanks to my friend, I’ll be trying some pyracantha pancake syrup this week – a small reminder of nature’s abundance and human care.
As friends will do, we spent long hours drinking coffee and talking around the table until a sudden night-time rattling across the tin roof and a rush of wind signaled rain. In a country so long bereft of storms, nothing could be more comfortable, or as comforting. “We sure do need more of that…” someone said as the rain murmured outside the windows, and the chairs got pushed back, and we all went off to bed.
The next morning, the “more” we’d hoped for had come. Puddles dotted the caliche drive. Damp cats huddled under the potting shed while water dripped down around them. We said our farewells in drizzle and fog, a gauzy, gray coverlet tucked around the resting ridges and valleys.
An hour later, as I swung around San Antonio and headed east, rain developed – heavy enough to make driving a challenge, and consistent enough to bring a smile. For thirty miles the rain increased and then eased off, allowing me to see water coursing along the ditches and collecting in the fields. Overwhelmed by a sense of gratitude, I tried, without success, to remember the last time I’d witnessed such abundance.
Passing a farmhouse, I glimpsed a man standing on his porch, hands tucked into jacket pockets, just watching. A few miles down the road, I stopped for gas and coffee and found the fellows standing out front looking very much the same: hands tucked into pockets, eyes focused on the rain.
My own coffee in hand, I left the store only to discover drizzle had turned again into a near-torrent. Standing under the awning, waiting to see if it might slack off before I headed to the car, I listened to the desultory talk.
“Purty nice,” said one fellow. “Sure enough,” said the other. “Smells good, too,” said a third. And it did. It smelled clean, and fresh. It smelled like a new start, and hope and home. It smelled sweet, like the promise of abundance.
It smelled like next year’s blackberries. | agronomy |
https://weberseeds.nl/eshop/Seeds/Sisymbrium-officinale-Hedge-mustard::291.html | 2018-08-18T08:21:45 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-34/segments/1534221213508.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20180818075745-20180818095745-00424.warc.gz | 0.796609 | 142 | CC-MAIN-2018-34 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-34__0__22841366 | en | Botanical name: Sisymbrium officinale
Synonym: Erysimum officinale
Common name: Hedge mustard, Singer's plant
Family: Brassicaceae (cabbage family)
Native to: Eurasia
Life cycle: annual
Flower colour: yellow
Flower time (Central / West-Europe): May to August
Characteristics and usage: edible leaves and seeds, in traditional medicine Sisymbrium officinale was used to soothe sore throats.
Weight of 1000 seeds: 0,25g
Seeds per gram: 4000
Cultivation / direction of sowing: sow seed directly where it is to grow, germination irregular. | agronomy |
https://www.savers.pk/home-and-kitchen/lawn-and-garden/organic-khaad-by-alico/ | 2019-06-26T10:29:05 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-26/segments/1560628000266.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20190626094111-20190626120111-00028.warc.gz | 0.881962 | 200 | CC-MAIN-2019-26 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-26__0__156047152 | en | #KHAAD (100% Organic Compost) by Alico Waste Experts can be used as a soil conditioner, can be added to existing soil to build health and is particularly useful in poor or nutrient depleted soil.
This high quality organic compost creates stronger and healthier root, plant growth and adds the fertility most gardens need as it:
- Increases organic carbon in the soil
- Improves aeration and water infiltration
- Increases nutrient uptake by plant roots
- Improves plant resilience against disease and during extreme conditions
- Helps keep soil temperatures more constant – cooler in summer and warmer at night
- Contains organic green waste compost.
- Encourages the presence of beneficial soil micro-organisms for soil fertility
· Improves Soil Biology
· Apply 1 to 4 cu ft per 100 sq ft (layer on top of the soil) depending on soil fertility. Incorporate into the top 2"- 4" of soil by raking, tilling or digging. | agronomy |
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