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http://www.mississippivalleypublishing.com/daily_gate/central-lee-alumnus-making-a-difference/article_b474d213-0592-59de-8446-935a83707b26.html
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Travis Benner, a 1986 graduate of Central Lee High School, is now a teacher in the Blue Grass, Iowa, school system. After being nominated and supported by the Ewoldt Family, Travis was awarded a $10,000 grant from America’s Farmers Grow Rural Education, supported by Bayer/Monsanto, to expand STEM agricultural learning at the school.
Executives from Bayer/Monsanto stopped by the elementary school the afternoon of Friday, Sept. 27, to deliver the $10,000 STEM grant to Travis in his classroom. The grant enhances the school’s science, technology, engineering, and math programs, which is where the STEM acronym takes its name. The grant will be used to help the school purchase software and equipment to give students more hands-on opportunities in the classroom. The students will be monitoring the water quality on their school campus, along with having opportunities to plant seeds and grow plants.
In announcing the award to Travis, Elementary Principal Sara Gott stated, “You are EXTRAORDINARY! It is difficult to put into words the immense impact you have made in the lives of so many. The students at Blue Grass Elementary School have a priceless gift everyday they get to learn from you. Congratulations on winning the $10,000 grant from Bayer/Monsanto to expand Stem agricultural learning at the school! You’re the best!”
That’s pretty lofty praise, Travis, and we’re so proud of you too!
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Brown Powder Micronutrient Fertilizer With Ca Fe Zn Mn Mo K B Mg Quick Detail: Amino acid chelate fertilizers are formed by chelating a nutritional element required by a plant with one or more amino ...
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Haxtun Telephone Company, established in 1900, started out as a two-line system in the home of Abner Fleming which was located northeast of the City of Haxtun. Through the years ownership has changed, but not the drive to provide quality service to our rural areas.
Today, Haxtun Telephone serves over 1600 access lines across 5 counties in northeastern Colorado. The commercial and plant offices are located in Crook, Fleming, and Haxtun, Colorado. Haxtun Telephone Company serves a rural economic base centered on agriculture.
The city of Haxtun, an agricultural area located in the High Plains of Northeastern Colorado, is known for its corn, wheat, and cattle.
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This circuit is used to control the water pump to water plant or flower automatically. It measures the soil moisture in 3 levels with delay time.Technical Specification
- Power Supply : 12VDC @ 1mA max.
- Consumption : 46mA(working) and 25mA(standby).
- With 3 LEDs for showing 3 different levels of soil moisture.
- Delay time : 4-240 seconds.
- PCB Dimensions : 2.31" x 1.29"
Download Manual Click Here
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The Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation has prepared a new technical regulations concerning the production of tobacco.
The Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation has prepared a new, more restrictive draft amendment to the technical regulations concerning the production of tobacco.
According to experts, the new technical regulations will facilitate the work of producers and consumers of tobacco production, and on the contrary - the new rules are to be found in the records, which further exacerbate the requirements for the production of tobacco.
One of the most significant provisions of the proposed amendment, is the guideline, which strictly prohibits the use of the packaging of the terms "light", "super light", which according to the originators of the project, is misleading the consumer. Following this path it will also be prohibited to write down on the package the information on the amount of harmful substances in cigarettes. The creators of the project are of the opinion that this information does not convey any message about the real effects of smoking, giving the false impression that some cigarettes are "healthy".
New technical regulations concerning the production of tobacco will also be ordered placing images on cigarette packs showing the harmful effects of smoking and slogans, tailored to these dramatic pictures.
When it comes to smokeless tobacco - snuff, chewing tobacco, their presence on the market of the Customs Union and the production will be completely prohibited if the new Technical Regulations will come into force.
These changes that spread on all tobacco products, will apply not only to the territory of the Customs Union, but also in such places as "Duty free" at the airports for example.
At present, the changing draft , has been already approved by the relevant state authorities. It is expected that in the near future it will be started the work on the change of the technical regulation on tobacco.
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Short note: This website is in Beta - we are currently building everything up but you can already find the apps to download and participate! Thank you and stay safe!
Cane toads are relentless invaders. They were transported to sugar cane growing regions of the world from South America early last century, including Australia, in the hope, they would eradicate beetles devastating sugar cane crops. The experiment failed spectacularly. Toads ignored beetles, and instead embarked on an epic global invasion. With this App, you can reduce their population to protect local flora and fauna.
The purpose of the Cane Toad Challenge app is to support citizen science, to inspire the public, media, scientists, authorities and decision-makers, to catalyse awareness and gather data, to inform the development and implementation of more effective cane toad control policies and practices.
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Pest control is a critical aspect of maintaining a healthy and comfortable living environment. However, traditional pest control methods often come with their own set of challenges and consequences, especially when it comes to climate resilience. The ever-changing and extreme weather conditions caused by climate change have significant implications for pest management strategies.
The use of chemical pesticides, which have been the go-to method for controlling pests for decades, can contribute to environmental degradation and harm to human health. These pesticides not only target pests but also affect the biodiversity around us. Additionally, they can contaminate soil and water sources and negatively impact pollinators like bees that are vital for our food production.
As the severity of climate change continues to increase, it’s becoming increasingly important to prioritize safe pest control methods that promote climate resilience. This means finding solutions that not only effectively manage pests but also minimize their adverse effects on the environment.
One approach towards achieving this is integrated pest management (IPM). IPM involves using multiple tactics to manage pests without relying solely on chemical pesticides. This approach entails identifying the root cause of pest infestations, monitoring them regularly, implementing preventive measures, and using environmentally friendly alternatives when necessary.
Preventive measures such https://www.fyple.biz/company/safe-pest-control-9zh1xxr/ as good sanitation practices can significantly reduce the chances of a pest infestation from occurring in the first place. Proper storage of food items and disposing of waste promptly can eliminate potential food sources for pests like rodents or insects.
Another aspect essential in safe pest control for climate resilience is promoting biodiversity in our surroundings. Biodiversity refers to all living organisms within an ecosystem – plants, animals, microorganisms – as well as their interactions with one another and their environment. A diverse ecosystem is more resilient against climatic changes; hence incorporating it into IPM strategies creates a natural balance that reduces reliance on synthetic chemicals.
Implementing these sustainable practices does not mean sacrificing efficiency in controlling pests; instead focusing on prevention rather than eradication ultimately reduces the need for harmful pesticides. Furthermore, embracing environmentally friendly alternatives such as botanical and microbial-based pesticides that are less toxic can help manage pest populations without harming beneficial insects or contaminating soil and water.
In addition to being environmentally friendly, safe pest control methods also promote human health and well-being. Exposure to chemical pesticides has been linked to various health issues such as respiratory problems, skin irritation, and neurological disorders. By opting for safe alternatives, we can reduce our exposure to these harmful chemicals and the potential impact on our health.
Furthermore, incorporating sustainable pest control practices into agriculture is crucial for achieving food security in the face of climate change. As extreme weather patterns threaten crop production, it’s essential to adopt practices that prioritize environmental sustainability while meeting our food needs.
In conclusion, as the effects of climate change intensify globally, it’s critical to prioritize sustainable approaches when dealing with pests. Embracing integrated pest management strategies that prioritize prevention over eradication and promote biodiversity can significantly contribute towards creating resilient ecosystems. Choosing safe pest control methods not only benefits the environment but also promotes human health and food security for a more sustainable future.
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By learning about the wishes and requirements of consumers and responding to this, we position ourselves as a strategic partner for our customers. We bring the insights of consumers together with our expertise and consequently, realise a long-lasting collaboration in the chain. This enables the field to develop continuously according to the needs of the consumers.
Consumption times shift. Consumers always want the best quality fresh fruit to be available. That makes continuity and availability paramount in order to continue responding to this ever growing trend.
Thanks to our expertise and global network, we are able to supply our produce all year round. Our global network gives us the flexibility to absorb fluctuations and with our expertise, we ensure that challenging periods such as seasonal transitions run smoothly. This means that consumers always have their favourite fruits available and get the best value for their money.Sourcing
Fresh fruit within everyone’s reach. That is our mission. Sustainable fresh fruit need not be expensive. We always strive for the most efficient and shortest chain in order to keep our overhead costs as low as possible. This means that the consumer pays a fair price based on a sustainable chain.
To realise a sustainable chain, we operate in full transparency. We operate in openness within the chain so together with our partners we can ensure that our fresh produce also remain affordable for everyone in the future.Services
For us, sustainability does not end at the back door. We perfectly understand that a satisfied consumer is a valued consumer in the long-run. That is why we believe it is important that the consumer can continue to enjoy our produce for long periods.
Next to realising the most efficient chain, our quality department plays an important role in this. Quality assurance starts in the field. We work together with growers who are very progressive in innovations and quality. Every container is inspected at departure and at arrival. After that, we inspect several times at our distribution centre and we monitor the entire track from tree to fruit bowl. In addition to our monitoring, together with our customers, we check the performance. In a joint effort, we look for improvements that will contribute to a positive effect on the experience of the consumer.Quality
Realising a sustainable chain is team work. To ensure that we can always provide a sustainable solution for the customer and the consumer, we deploy a sustainable relationship management. We believe in complete transparency in order to jointly look for win-win situations. The intention is to continue developing sustainable chains and sustainable produce that remain affordable for every consumer.Sustainability
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In this article, we will write 4 safe and effective ways to get rid of moles, including the solar mole repellent ( which seems to become more popular these days).
There are six types of moles living in North American. And the most common moles in the lawn and garden are the Eastern mole( Scaleepus aquatics).
It is not necessary to manage a mole, because they do not eat plants. However, the tunnel made by them could be a problem as they push up mounds of earth and will harm the root systems of growing plants.
Moles are small, destructive burrowing creatures about five to eight inches long. They have small eyes and ears, which are concealed by fur and large spade-like front feet that serve them well for digging. The Eastern Mole is a big eater and can consume 70-80% of its own body weight in insects every day!
This is the most effective and reliable method. Traps should be placed in early spring when tunnels are first noticed, or after the first fall rains. Determine which tunnels are active before setting traps.
At your garden, moles usually feed on soil-dwelling insects, such as Japanese beetle grubs. The “Spikes of Death” Lawn Aerator Sandals, Milky Spore and/or beneficial nematodes can be used to eliminate these pests and will generally decrease tunneling or feeding activity. However, if your soil is healthy, moles may still feed on earthworms after the grubs are gone.
Natural castor oil repellents are working fine to keep burrowing animals from lawns, gardens and other planting areas.
The Sonic Mole Chaser doesn’t play music. Instead, every 30 seconds, the sonic pulses penetrate the soil, emitting a penetrating sound to irritate the moles, who is virtually blind and extremely sensitive to sound and vibrations. Using solar mole repellent will encourage moles to leave the property, and it is working conterminously to discourage return visits.
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Art doesn't have to happen in a studio or on an easel or behind a lens. I often think about art while I'm working in the garden or painting a wall, cleaning my house or mowing our lawn. I think there is art in anything you do beautifully and with heart. Putting a seed in the ground and tending a garden, harvesting the bounty and preserving it for enjoying in the months ahead is an art. An art that brings me great satisfaction, especially when I look in my pantry in the dead of winter!
The harvest from my organic garden the day before our first freeze filled our counter. Vine ripened tomatoes, string beans, peppers, basil, egg plants and lettuce greens in November... priceless!
Crispy Dilly Beans... a collage of pickling spices, vibrant green and purple string beans, a banana pepper and a garlic clove.
After 7 pints of Dilly Beans, 21 pints of Green Tomato Relish and 8 pints of spicy pizza sauce... I've completed my masterpiece for the day!
Next art project will involve paper and a very cool 3D Pop-up Cube for the Blog-Hop I'm participating in. Stop back by on Thursday afternoon to see what you can do with this very cool Die-cut from Sizzix!
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At Westland Milk Products, we have a simple philosophy.
Our dedication to genuine quality, from the farm gate to your door, means we provide you with top quality New Zealand produced dairy products.
Our co-operative is owned by the dairying families who have supplied our milk for generations, and are as committed to quality as we are.
Many of these 400 farming families have worked alongside us since our foundations were formed in 1937, in the heartland of New Zealand’s west coast.
In 2010 we shifted our focus toward growth through increased milk supply, and the creation of value added products and brands. We are now one of New Zealand’s leading producers of infant nutrition ingredients. Our strategic vision, and the loyalty of our shareholders, will ensure the supply of our finest New Zealand dairy into the future.
The Westland Milk Products mission is to be New Zealand’s preferred supplier of premium quality dairy and nutritional products, exceeding our customers’ expectations and maximising sustainable returns for our shareholders.
Our company is, and always has been, entirely owned by the farmers who provide our milk. They truly value the importance of quality and consistency.
With over 400 farms providing milk for Westland, our farmer shareholders form an integral part of the local community and New Zealand’s second largest dairy co-operative. Our communities look to our farmers to provide environmental leadership, and our milk supply team closely supports them.
Our farmers know that farming excellence depends on lush pastures, healthy herds and sustainable practices. We have one of the best dairy farming environments in the world with fertile soils and high levels of rainfall and sunshine.
Farming excellence will allow us to continue producing
Product: Colostrum, Lactoferrin
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Creating and maintaining beautiful outdoor living spaces is the name of the game at US Lawn & Landscape
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MTU Onsite Energy has been focused on grower applications since 1952. This long history makes MTU Onsite Energy a supplier that understands your operation and knows your concerns. We have also kept pace with technological advancements in agriculture by developing close working relationships with many of the leading builders and suppliers of ventilation, feeding and control equipment. As a result, MTU Onsite Energy is your most knowledgeable source of standby and prime power systems for agricultural applications.
Mercer County Electric has generators for Agriculture and for Commercial applications. Be sure to ask about our inventory of used generators.
Contact Mercer County Electric for specific solutions for your operation.
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„Ziel mir keng!“ - Sunday after 'Pisa Wëssensmagazin' on RTL Television. Watch all the episodes on RTL Play and/or our science.lu YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/scienceluxembourg
Yes, genetic engineering, genetically modified food, GMOs…
it all sounds a bit scary.
While genetic engineering in drug development is not controversial, genetic engineering in plants - i.e. green genetic engineering, which is the subject of this piece - very much is.
Those in favour say it is an important technology to feed 8 billion people.
Opponents argue that it is dangerous and not natural.
So, which is it?
The properties of a plant are determined by its genes,i.e. certain parts of its DNA. And we humans have been modifying the genes of plants for thousands of years. Through breeding, we try to make plants more nutritious, for example - or more resistant to diseases, pests, drought, or floods. Here on the left, for example, we see what maize originally looked like and here is a maize variety of today. Through breeding, we have modified a number of genes and, in effect, produced a whole new plant.
Crossbreeding is a classic process used in breeding. If we have, for instance, a maize that is nutritious but not resistant to a new disease, we cross it with a resistant maize variety. The desired result: a nutritious maize that is resistant.
But it is wrong to believe that breeding is always entirely natural.There are a whole range of methods, and some of them are high-tech.
The thing is, you can only cross plants of the same species with each other - i.e. maize with maize and rice with rice.
But coming back to our example from before, what if there is no maize species that is resistant to the disease? In that case, you have to hope for mutations, i.e. spontaneous changes in the DNA. But that takes time! Unless we speed up the process a bit!
For instance with mutagenesis: Here, plants are treated with carcinogenic substances or radioactive radiation to trigger mutations. This process creates new genes at random, some with good characteristics, some with bad ones. The good plants are selected, the others eliminated.
This process was classified as breeding for a long time.
And many of the foods we eat were created in this way. Genetic engineering is alsoa high-tech breeding method. This process allows you to specifically remove a certain gene from one plant and insert it into another.
For this reason, genetic engineering opens up a lot more possibilities.
- Firstly, you don't have to hope for mutations,
- and secondly, you can insert genes from other plant species: for example, a rice gene into maize.
Since the Crispr-Cas method at the latest, genetic engineering has become incredibly precise. It is also more strictly regulated than breeding.
In plant breeding, genetic engineering is the process with the most possibilities, and the one that is most strictly regulated. But also the most controversial!
But why is that?
One counter-argument is that genetic engineering is not natural. That is correct, but as we have seen, breeding is not always entirely natural either.
Above all, opponents criticise the fact that genetic engineering allows genes to be exchanged at will between all kinds of species. For them, that is a step too far.
Another counter-argument: genetic engineering is allegedly harmful to our health. You can find a lot of information and studies on this topic, some of them contested by one side or the other.
Conclusion: So far there is no scientific evidence that genetically modified plants are harmful to humans.
Important to note in this context: Of course, foods that contain, for example, new types of protein, can be toxic or cause allergies. However, this can be the case with both traditional plant breeding and genetic engineering. That is also why plant species are tested before they come onto the market.
But there are also pro-arguments, for instance that genetic engineering leads to a decreased usage of pesticides and insecticides. That is true in theory.
If you do not make progress with breeding, you can use genetic engineering to create more resistant plants that need fewer pesticides. This has been achieved, for example, with an aubergine species in Bangladesh.
However, the situation is not so clear-cut when you look at commercial GMOs grown on a large scale, e.g. in the USA. Here, the use of pesticides or herbicides decreases in some cases and increases in others. The use of pesticides and herbicides also changes over time because resistances emerge and more herbicides or pesticides are needed again.
And then there is the argument that genetic engineering is an important means to fight world hunger. This is also true in theory. On the one hand, we have to feed more and more people,and on the other hand, we have less and less space available. And this is where genetic engineering could help. Especially in regions where people suffer from hunger,resistant plants are often needed.
But what is also true:
So far most of the GMOs on the market hardly deliver on this promise. Developing them costs a lot of money. For this reason, large corporations develop them for large markets where there is a lot of money to be made, sometimes also using dubious economic models in which farmers are exploited. GMOs have so far rarely been used where world hunger needs to be fought.
A counter-example in this context is golden rice, which was developed by publicly funded research institutes and contains vitamin A to combat vitamin A deficiency in countries like India or Bangladesh.
Genetic engineering is one of many breeding methods.There are some that are considered low-risk and more technological ones that are considered higher-risk, such as genetic engineering.
Although the debate is black and white, the reality is actually grey. Genetic engineering does indeed have great potential. But because acceptance is not great, especially in Europe, it is unclear whether it will be able to fulfil its potential.
Perhaps in the future we need to move away from black-and-white thinking towards a case-by-case analysis with sustainability criteria:
Depending on the problem and the region, what is the best way to develop plant species in such a way that as few pesticides, insecticides, or synthetic fertilisers as possible are used, all while applying morally correct, economic practices?
If possible with breeding, if necessary with genetic engineering?
Author: Jean-Paul Bertemes (FNR)
Editor: Michèle Weber, Lucie Zeches (FNR)
Video: FNR & SKIN
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Insects can be an annoying pest in homes and gardens, and most people don’t know that there are certain plants that will help keep them away without chemicals or pesticides. The essential oils in certain plants are a natural repellent and while these plants might not keep all the insects at bay, they will certainly help! Not to mention, they will have your garden looking and smelling great. We have compiled a list of the best herbs and ornamental flowers to plant in your garden or place around your home to assist with controlling pests.
Basil is extremely useful for repelling house flies and mosquitoes. You can try planting basil in containers and placing it on your window ledges or in your garden.
Lavender is great for keeping moths, flies, fleas and mosquitoes at bay. You can plant lavender in your garden beds, or you can tie dried bouquets to your doors and awnings. You can also use lavender oil as a spray on repellent.
Lemongrass smells amazing and is the main ingredient in the citronella candles that you can buy from the store. For that reason, it is the best plant for keeping mosquitos away. Save yourself some cash and plant some lemongrass instead of having to continually stock up on candles and oils.
Rosemary repels mosquitoes and the pesky insects that feed on your vegetables. Plant rosemary in your vegetable patch to help keep pests off your food plants.
Chrysanthemums are a wonder pest control plant! They repel roaches, beetles, ants, ticks, lice, silverfish, fleas, spider mites, bedbugs, harlequin bugs and root-knot nematodes. They contain pyrethum which is a common ingredient used in pest control. Place some potted chrysanthemums around your home to help keep pests away.
If you want something a little more exotic, consider adding some pitcher plants to your garden. These carnivorous plants actually catch and consume pests, not to mention, they look great.
While chemical pesticides will certainly get rid of a greater number of pests, plants are a good preventative option to consider alongside professional solutions. Add some natural colour to your home and garden today.
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https://molitecnicasud.it/en/news-events/the-machines-of-the-mill-the-rollermill/
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The article describes the machines that make up the mill, in particular the rollermill.
We have already talked about cylindrical grinding (you can read about cylindrical grinding here). This process allows you to break the grain of wheat, sift the product and regrind it to obtain the flour. The machine used for the breakage and the regrind is called a rollermill.
In ancient times, alternative grinding systems to stone grinding (you can read about stone grinding here), such as the rollermill, were developed.
The first news of an iron machine that could grind wheat goes back to the time of the Emperor Charles V of Spain. In 1500 he ordered the construction of grinding rollers equipped machines.
But only after 150 years machines with two grinding rollers, similar to the current rolling mills, were born. These machineries were able to crush grain.
The efficiency and the qualitative performance of the milling on several passages was realized. This gave a great boost to the milling evolution reaching its current characteristics around 1870.
It can be seen that these machines have maintained some characteristics unchanged for about 150 years:
Modern rolling mills offer essential improvements compared to those of the past:
Regarding Molitecnica Sud business reality, the first rollermill built in our establishment dates back to 2005. Today we are able to design and build not only high quality rollermills, entirely produced in Italy, but also complete grinding plants, suitable for every need. To find out more about our mill plants click here.
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These studies will further our understanding of how plants adapt to their environments and help us understand how changes in the environment affect plant fitness.
Specific questions being investigated in my lab:
Plant Water Relations: I am investigating strategies used by plants to optimize the distribution of water through their highly branched vascular systems. Specific research questions to this topic include studies on embolism repair in the xylem of plants, The capacity of plants to alter the bio-mechanical strength of bordered pit membranes that separate xylem conduits. The role of xylem wounding of and how this impacts the measure of hydraulic resistance. Understand the link between species that can refill embolism and those that cannot and how this effects plant fitness when exposed to drought conditions and nutrient deprivation. The embolism refilling work is in collaboration with Maciej Zwieniecki (UC Davis, CA).
Intracanopy Plasticity of Trees: This work looks at the variation of anatomical, morphological and physiological responses of leaves located at various crown positions in the canopies of large trees. Studies at the leaf, petiole and stem level are being conducted in collaboration with Lawren Sack (UCLA). We are also investigating the plasticity range of these traits across a species ecological range.
Plant-Animal Interactions: The effects of herbivory on photosynthesis in collaboration with Andre Kessler (Cornell University), Raiko Halitschke (Cornell University) and Jason Hamilton (Ithaca College). .
Human Impacts on Plant Fitness. We are working on a project investigating the effects of tapping sugar maple trees on plant fitness.
If you interested in conducting research in my lab then please click below:
If you need more information on the procedures to enroll for research credit then follow this link:
Information on the procedures to conduct research.
- Northeastern American Society of Plant Biology Section Officer: Executive Committee Member
- Ad hoc Grant Proposal Reviewer for the National Science Foundation (NSF) and United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
- Ad hoc reviewer for the following peer review scientific journals:
- Professional Society Memberships
- Botanical Society of America
- American Society of Plant Biology (Northeastern and Environmental and Ecological Plant Physiology sections)
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I thought I would give an update on our garden. All of the plants are certainly growing, but I’m not getting very many veggies from them yet. We get two or three cherry tomatoes everyday, but we eat those before we get back to the house. The cilantro came and went quickly. In fact, the plant actually went to seed within a few weeks. Our other herbs (basil, oregano, and sage) are still coming in strong. I think something is eating the squash, eggplant, and pepper blooms. I’ll see a bloom on them one day, and the next day it is gone. I’m not sure what to do about that. I think it may be my bunny rabbit friends. Next year, my garden needs a redo. It definitely needs fresh soil and maybe even a small fence to keep the bunnies out. I have some pinterest research to do!
Spring showers are alive and well here in Knoxville. It rained the entire weekend. By the looks of the forecast, it appears that we still have 2 more days of rain coming. I know that my garden is loving this rain, but I’m ready for a break!
In spite of the rain, we started our weekend off by attending First Friday in downtown Knoxville. We met friends for dinner and then just walked around enjoying the art. This was our first, First Friday. We did not buy any art, but it was certainly fun window shopping.
We began Saturday with our usual pancake breakfast (gluten free bisquick mix), and then we ventured out to Stanley’s nursery for some plants. We came home with sword ferns for our front door planters and a few new guinea impatiens for our back yard planters. We didn’t have room for anything else, so we’ll definitely be back to Stanley’s very soon. We wrapped up the day at swim lessons for Ruby Kate and then dinner at Tomato Head.
We ended up at Gourmet’s Market on Sunday for brunch. We go there every Sunday. After sampling all of the Sunday Brunch venues in town, we have decided Gourmet’s market has the best food. Hands down. About once every three months, they have a special called, white chocolate blueberry pancakes. Oh. My. I live for those days :).
We took a family trip to Publix Sunday night. It sounds silly, but family trips to the grocery store are some of my favorite times together as a family. It’s something we don’t do often, and we all have so much fun.
I didn’t take as many pics as I meant to, but here are a few.
We have been anxiously awaiting the opportunity to plant our raised bed garden this year. I had a feeling that Ruby Kate would enjoy preparing, planting, and tending to the garden, but with a 2 year old, you just never know. Once we were pretty sure that it would stay warm enough for our garden to survive, we dove right in. Well, David did. He prepared the soil, and we planted. When David and Ruby Kate posed for this picture, I had them say, “green acres” instead of “cheese.” It was cute.
We had some surprise oregano left over from last year, and it looks wonderful. It’s already more than I can use. I’m going to try to make some salad dressing with it, and will probably freeze some as well.
Ruby Kate had a blast in the garden. More than anything, she enjoyed watering the plants. And, sometimes, she watered the dirt. I can’t wait until we can actually go down and pick things from the garden. We ended up planting tomatoes, squash, cilantro, basil, sage, peppers, eggplant, and okra. I see lots of tomato mozzarella salads in our future. Now I just need to learn how to make my own mozzarella.
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Lake County District 2 Local Winegrape Commission 2016 Harvest Season Assessment Reports
2016 Letter to Growers Harvest Report
2016 Winegrower Harvest Report Form
2016 Letter to Vintner Assessment Collection
2016 Vintner Assessment Report Form
2016 Vintner Assessment Report Worksheet Attachment
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A private well shows too high nitrate levels, which is solved via a WaterStillar Wall.
A young couple just bought a house in the country side south of Aalborg in Denmark, where the nitrate levels are known to be (too) high.
They are pretty sure that there are pesticides as well in the water, since there are conventionally growns fields all around the house. If not there, it is only a matter of time.
They decided to be safe and installed a Wall, so that the family can grow and not be worried about the drinking water.
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Improving fat colour
If your beef production system is based on pasture feeding then a better understanding of the carotene content of pasture species will assist. Legume species (white clover, lucerne) and temperate grasses (fescue, perennial ryegrass) are relatively high in carotene. Levels vary at stage of plant maturity and typically rise just before the flowering stage and lowest at early and late stages.
Fodder conservation as hay or silage can reduce the carotene levels through the process of curing.
In practice management options could include:
- feed cattle low carotene diets
- grain supplementation or feeding a grain based diet for a period of 4-6 weeks
- balance vitamin A and protein in the ration/diet, particularly in periods of physiological stress eg. heat
- turn-off heifers at a younger age and prior to calving
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The final phase of the construction of the janitorial building will be completed in 2017 and Jimmy, our caretaker, will move in probably July 2017.
Architect: Professor of Architecture at NTNU in Trondheim, Fredrik Lund, has offered to draw the houses. He has planned to live in Zambia two months to realize the plans 2017-2018.
Mugove Walter Nyika can instruct in the construction of houses made by natural materials. We plan to start school and community in 2018.
PLANTS ON L14-LAND
We have signed an agreement with Amon Silomba to make fences around 2 hectares of L14 plot for planting seeds and small plants in the nursery in fall of 2017. We need someone who can water the plants and plant them in December 2017. We sow seeds for having fruit trees, living fence and essential oils.
In August, we plan to have a meeting with all neighboring farmers to offer a deal of growing plants that provide essential oils to be used for soap and cosmetic production. If we are in the process of cooperating with farmers, we have the opportunity, supported by LUSH, to build a factory that can do the process of extracting essential oils from the crops. Lush is an international company that makes handmade soaps and cosmetics from organic vegetable oils.
Websites: https://www.lushnorge.no/ and https://www.se.lush.com
Mugove Walter Nyika is already having a deal with Lush, so we can just start growing. As the plot has waited for two years, a lot of chemicals and poisons have been cleared from the ground and we can start our organic farming.
EDUCATING VULNERABLE WOMEN
Mugove Walter Nyika will start training 35 women on the L2 plot last week of August 2017. The women will mainly come from the area around the plot. Mugove and Amon Silomba will meet the women in July 2017 and make a baseline regarding the women and the plot. They will work for a week in September to sow seeds in the nursery and a week in December to plant the new seedlings. Hopefully the rainseason in 2018 will water the plants and in August 2018 we start a new “nursery” and a similar cultivation process.
Wenche S. Manneråk and Lena Möller Sundström have already started the education in Forum Syd, but aslo members of Seed of Hope International and Home of Hope Zambia can attend a training course organized by Forum Syd.
We will continue to organize a party for the children we support, hand out schoolfees and clothes, etc. together with carrying out various activities, be family to each other and eat dinner together.
We hope that many members of the association and other friends will be able to visit Zambia in June / July 2018.
PARTICIPATION IN AID-ACTIVITIES
The picture shows: The children and their mothers or caregivers, all participating in the organization and planning of the party as well as a gang from Sweden and Norway.
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The tea plant’s inner make-up is only part of the story when it comes to the wonderful cup characteristics millions have come to love. In part 2 of the Science Behind Tea, we explore the science behind man’s manipulation of the tea leaf through the five main processing steps performed at origin: plucking, withering, rolling, oxidizing, and firing.
Even the best practices for growing and cultivating tea, to produce a delightful cuppa, can be ruined in the processing steps before it ever leaves origin. Understanding the science behind each step, requires decades of training. Those that are skilled enough to fulfill this life journey, are the true Tea Masters in our industry.
The first step, plucking, is the act of harvesting the fresh new growth (or flush). The plucking standard is determined by both the condition of the plant and the type of tea being produced. This can range from just the unfurled leaf bud to one-to-four leaves. However, for common teas, two leaves and a bud is the typical standard. Polyphenol concentration declines as the leaf ages. The older the leaf the less potential health benefits. Younger leaves contain more caffeine than older leaves. A fine plucking of the bud and the first leaf ensures higher caffeine levels. Increased temperature in the collection basket accelerates the degradation and lowers the overall quality of the leaf. Any breaking of the leaf during transportation encourages oxidation. Time is critical in the plucking stage since nothing can be done until the tea reaches the factory.
Once the tea has arrived at the factory, workers can start the second step, controlling the withering; though, withering essentially starts once the tea has been plucked. Withering is the process of reducing the moisture content of the leaf, to make it more pliable and to breakdown large complex molecules into simpler molecules. Physical withering reduces the moisture content by about 50% and concentrates the cellular compounds left behind. Additionally, the leaf becomes flaccid and more pliable for the following production steps. Chemical withering changes the chemistry in the leaf that contributes significantly to the teas color, aroma and flavor. Controlling this step is more art than science. Leave too much moisture in the leaf, the tea becomes moldy. Wither too long and the oxidation could be inhibited due to enzymes not being able to bond with polyphenols. Depending on the type of tea to be made, the weather, and machinery, this process can take from 1 hour to 2 days.
Once the tea has reached the right moisture level, it is transported to the rolling room; often referred to as the nerve center of the factory. The goal of rolling is to break open the cell walls within the leaf and dismantle the cellular organelles within the leaf tissue. During this process two essential compounds are released: polyphenol oxidase from the cytoplasm and polyphenols from the cell vacuoles. Rolling is also responsible for shaping the leaf. Whether it be flattened, curled, semi-balled, twisted, etc. the leaf shape has been perfected over centuries to preserve the essential oils within the leaf. These essential oils contain the volatile components that make up most of the aromatics of the tea and part of the tea’s taste characteristics.
Oxidation is a natural chemical process that turns the green leaf into shades of brown and black. This is similar to the browning of apple slices or falling leaves in fall. During oxidation, color, flavor and aroma are produced which are important to oxidized teas like black tea. Technically, oxidation started the moment cell disruption occurred; however, during this processing step, oxidization is controlled to produce specific types of tea. Polyphenol oxidase enzyme, which was released during rolling, catalyzes the oxidation process with the chemicals in the tea and oxygen in the air. With the help of this enzyme, polyphenols quickly oxidize into a compound that further reacts with the amino acids in the leaf, creating melanin, which is brown in color. This enzymatic browning oxidation is critical to the development of aromas and flavor compounds found in partially oxidized oolongs and fully oxidized black teas.
During the final processing step of firing two important objectives are obtained. The first is to stop the oxidation process and second, to remove most of the remaining moisture from the leaf to make the product shelf stable. By applying heat, the enzyme which is responsible for oxidation is denatured and rendered permanently inactive. Heat must be applied quickly to discourage rapid oxidation, but not too fast as to burn the leaves. To make it shelf stable for transport via container ship, it is essential that moisture be reduced to a level below 4%, as additional moisture is gained during transit. A level below 8% is required to make the tea shelf stable enough to be enjoyed for years. On average, 100 pounds of fresh tea yields about 22 pounds of finished tea.
It is important to note that not all teas go through each of the above steps. The type of tea determines the processing methods used. Below is a quick reference chart of the five basic tea types and the typical processing steps that occur.
As you can see, the simple tea you have come to enjoy is not so simple. A lot of skill and understanding of the science behind tea is critical to ensure consistent tea quality, crop after crop. Next time you brew up a pot of your favorite tea from Art of Tea, remember all that has impacted that cuppa you have come to enjoy.
Art of Tea is an award winning purveyor of specialty and organic teas, based in Los Angeles, CA.
If you found this article helpful, please share it with coworkers, colleagues, and fellow lovers of tea.
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The SOFT Pakistan want to empower people through promoting, supporting and advancing their living skills to enjoy a sustainable livelihood without compromising their freedom & quality of life.
SOFT Learning System Model and Approaches
SOFT is globally recognized as private sector custodian of Farmer Field School learning system in Pakistan. It represent a Cadre of renowned professionals as its Volunteer members.
Farmer Field School
FFS is a season long school without walls for making farmers expert on crop production system. It is an extension approach to build the capacity smallholder farmers with a paradigm of farmers, extensionists and scientists working together!
Training of Facilitators
Training of Facilitators (ToF) is a season long participatory capacity building model for developing a facilitator’s cadre who run the FFS.
Farmers Training of Facilitators
FToF and ToF are almost same with respect to training components and contents while under this approach farmers are trained as facilitators after graduation from FFS and later the farmer facilitator takes lead on facilitating FFS activity in their villages and local areas.
Post Farmer Field School
The FFS does not end with the graduation, as in many cases the FFS group expresses a need for more training, either in the same focal activity or in a different enterprise or commodity. Under Post-FFS farmers work in small groups of 5-6 under the supervision and support of facilitator and master facilitators.
Irrigation Field School
Irrigation Field School is a farmers school without walls with a major focus on Irrigation and Water Management and water tools specifically. It uses of different learning models like Discovery Learning, Collaborative Problem Solving and Value Management with modern irrigation tools, technology and methods.
Women Open School
WOS is a novel mechanism for experiential learning and skill development of rural women. It started with training on “Pesticide Risk Reduction” and later covers other areas like kitchen/homestead gardening, small enterprise development (goat and chicken farming, vegetable seed production), health and hygeine, value addition etc.
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How to feed the world?
By 2050, around 9.7 billion people will live on Earth. Experts believe that until then, we will need about 60% more food than in the early 21st century. How can we feed 9 to 10 billion people in the future without further burdening the climate?
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) directly attributes a quarter of the climate emissions to agriculture and the changed land use. Above all, the clearing of forests and conversion of grassland into arable land are increasingly problematic for our climate. In addition, agriculture claims around 40% of the global land surface area and 70% of global water consumption.
Less poverty - more food
Experts predict that in 2050, around 9.7 billion people will be living on Earth. Until then we will need around 60% food more than at the beginning of the 21st century. This massive increase is not based solely on the growth of the world society, but also on the fact that the fight against poverty will be successful. People who earn more money will want a more sophisticated diet. For example, they will eat more meat, fish, eggs and dairy products. Thus, the pressure on agricultural production and on the climate will increase. Cattle especially are a main producer of greenhouse gases, followed by pigs and chickens.
The problem of meat production
Equivalent to the emissions of greenhouse gases released from cars, airplanes and trains worldwide, 15% percent of the emitted greenhouse gases are due to meat production. And the demand for meat will likely increase. «The people of the Northern Hemisphere eat a lot of meat,» confirms Nina Buchmann, Head of the World Food System Center at ETH Zurich. «But a global vegetarian diet is still not a solution.» Cattle are optimally adapted to the grassland as ruminants, and grassland covers about 40% of the global land area. Nina Buchmann, therefore, speaks of good judgement when it comes to the subject of food security and climate protection. Furthermore, the entire dietary system should be considered.
Nutrition as a complex system
«It is of no use if a family farm with less than two hectares of land is in harmony with nature, but at the end of the month it is not able the earn its livelihood or pay the bills», says Buchmann. Nor would it be any good if productivity increases, but large amounts of the food would get lost or spoiled. After all, between 30 and 40% of all food produced are thrown away or are lost to the system. The complexity of the nutritional system is immense». Therefore, the World Food System Center is pursuing different directions for a sustainable world diet. «This requires an openness to both old-fashioned and modern ideas.» Modern approaches, such as the use of smart drones, are innovative. Today, digitally controlled machines, for example, plant protection products and fertilizers, are selective and no longer have to cover the entire area, which in turn reduces consumption and thus also the risk to the environment.
Agrobiodiversity is key
Agrobiodiversity - different plant varieties, animal breeds and locally adapted agricultural systems - must also be taken into account, says Nina Buchmann. The founder of Biovision, a foundation for ecological development, claims clearly, that in the agrobiodiversity, the greatest potential for a worldwide sustainable nutritional system is rooted. «It takes an agriculture that does not shoot itself in the foot.» The industrialization of agriculture and the introduction of genetically modified varieties has led to a sharp decline in agricultural diversity since the beginning of the 20th century. In Asia, 30,000 rice varieties were formerly cultivated, today only ten of them remain. The same is with farm animals: 20% of breeds stand on the brink of extinction.
Promoting genetic diversity
When genetic diversity decreases, we will lose the genetic resources needed to adapt to changing environmental conditions, says Hans R. Herren. «The consequences of an industrial-intensive agriculture with genetically modified seeds are soil destruction, plants which are prone to pests and diseases, extensive pesticide and fertilizer applications, and long-term lower yields. The biggest challenge will be to break the monopoly of agricultural chemistry, which produces both seeds and pesticides,» adds Hans R. Herren. The policy that promotes organic farming and research projects in this area is in demand. The consumer will also have to determine the future production conditions and business models by making good choices. «Currently, organic eggs account for around 25% of the eggs that are sold in Switzerland. Why not 80?» asks Hans R. Herren. In the case of food shopping, the motto ‹the cheaper the better› should not prevail. Consumers should be willing to spend more on food when they get healthy, sustainably produced goods in return.
Lea Schwer is editor of azmedien. For her article in «Schweiz am Wochenende» on April 29 she spoke with Prof. Dr. Nina Buchmann, Head of World Food System Center of ETH Zurich and Dr. Hans R. Herren, Founder of Biovision, Foundation for ecological Development.
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Take a Look at our future plans.
Hometown Harvest Ag, LLC has an upcoming new build plan to better serve our new, current and future customers.
Who We Are
Jon Labine opened Hometown Harvest Ag in 2019 following 18 years of experience in many different areas of agriculture. Jon has a background in senior leadership, management roles, and sales that include seed, chemical, crop consulting, prescription writing, imagery, and precision agronomy in retail.
He also worked across the upper midwest in the wholesale seed treatment, and seed treating equipment business. Jon also has extensive experience water management and positioning drain tile. Hometown Harvest Ag wants to use this knowledge and experience to bring the best return on investment for all its clients.
Hometown Harvest Ag, LLC
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Pruning backyard raspberries is a lot easier than you may think. All you need is a good pair of pruning sheers. So, let’s get started!
Raspberries are this magical fruit that grow right in your backyard. I have summer-bearing raspberries. For instruction on pruning fall-bearing raspberries, click here. So instead of paying an arm or a leg at the grocery store for them, let’s start pruning your raspberries!
#1: Cut all the dead canes
Every year, some of your raspberry canes will die over the winter. Using a good pair of pruning sheers, cut the canes at the very base, right next to the ground. The dead canes should be easy to spot. Once those are cleared out, it will be easier to see what else needs to be pruned.
#2: Leave 3-5 canes per foot
Next, you’re going to cut even more canes. You want to be left with three to five healthy, strong canes per linear foot. It might not see like very many are left, but these raspberries need room to grow. Make sure you leave canes that are at least 1/4 inch thick.
#3: Trim the remaining canes
Most of the canes will have probably grown up to six or seven feet tall. You’ll want to prune the tops of the remaining canes until they are only about three feet tall. That way your raspberry canes won’t get too tall before it’s time to harvest. Make sure you trim right above the bud.
Hopefully these tips help when you’re pruning backyard raspberries. Here’s some other tips to keep your raspberries in tip-top shape:
- Three biggest factors in how big and juicy your raspberries get
- Transplanting raspberries
- How to control raspberry cane borers
- How to build a raspberry trellis
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The convenient Raised Cedar Planting Bed comes in two heights: 24” or 36” both with available optional slat bottom shelf for holding pots, tools and supplies. This is a self contained growing environment ideal for flowers, vegetables or spices. The raised cedar planting bed is perfect for those lacking ground space to plant. Place it within reach on your patio, balcony, deck or terrace for delicious homegrown vegetables everyone will enjoy. Expertly crafted from solid, weather-resistant western red cedar this planting bed is rugged and intended for years of outdoor gardening use. These containers feature an interior planting depth of 8” with a unique liner that holds in soil while letting water drain out. Be sure to view all of the gardening possibilities on our Raised Garden Containers page.
Premium Western Red Cedar Wood. (Now Built w/Clear Grain Walls!)
All natural unstained or add an optional sealer
We recommend using a light soil like Wondersoil.
Galvanized Coated Exterior hardware included.
36"H. Container Garden Table Dimensions: 18"W. x 36"L. x 36"H. (24-lbs.)(24" from floor to bottom of planter box)
24"H. Container Garden Wheelchair Model Dimensions: 18"W. x 36"L. x 24"H. (23-lbs.) (14" from floor to bottom of planter box)
Interior Planting Dimensions (Both Heights): (Horizontal Slats) 15"W. x 33"L. x 8"Depth. Interior Dimensions: (Vertical Slats) 13.5"W. x 31.5"L x 8"Depth
OPTIONAL Bottom Shelf Dimensions: The bottom shelf is not an option with the 24" high planters. The shelf is only available on the 36" high planters.
OPTIONAL Sealer Added. Our Cabot sealer has a slight pigment in it called "natural." Sealer is water based and penetrates the wood.
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I am planning a small orchard. My marketing objective is to produce small scale, artisnal, value added products to sell to the summer tourists coming from Chicago. The “Foodies”. I have two major considerations that are guiding the design of the orchard – black walnut trees and spotted wing drospholia.
For those of you that aren’t familiar with black walnut trees, the roots emit juglone which can be toxic to certain species of plants. It is very ironic that my orchard is located in Southwest Michigan, one of the largest blueberry growing regions in the country, and I cannot grow blueberries due to their sensitivity to juglone.
The spotted wing drospholia, Drosophila suzukii, is an exotic pest that has been spreading across the United States. 2017 was a particularly bad year for it in Southwest Michigan. It infests soft fruits and as the growing season progresses, the more intense the infestations become. I am an organic grower, making my control options limited.
I am in search of fruit species that can produce well, given these circumstances. During the Great Lakes Fruit and Vegetable Expo, I attended the sessions on novel berry types. It was there that I first learned about the Saskatoon, Amelanchier alnifolia. Saskatoons, or Juneberries, are a native plant originating from western Canada.
I currently am growing Serviceberry, Amelanchier laevis. I enjoy the fruit eaten fresh, it also has many possibilities as a processed product. I was able to taste the Saskatoon berry and found it very flavorful. The taste is described as a mixture of cherries, almonds and grapes. Even though it’s appearance is similar to the blueberry, the fruit is more like a pome fruit. It ripens at the same time as the Serviceberry in early summer, so it will be harvested before the Spotted Wing Drospholia has reached high populations. My other concern is also addressed. Amelanchier sp. are tolerant of juglone. It appears to be a good choice for my orchard.
I took the plunge and ordered three plants, each of three different cultivars: ‘Northline’, ‘Smokey’ and ‘Thiessen’. All three of these cultivars grow as a shrub. ‘Northline’ grows to about 6 feet tall, ‘Thiessen’ to about 7 feet and ‘Smokey’ to about 12 feet. ‘Smokey’ is considered the most highly flavored. ‘Thiessen’ is the largest fruiting cultivar. I believe I have a good selection to start.
I am looking forward to the day I will be harvesting Saskatoons from my orchard. This fruit will be a nice addition to the pears and hazelnuts I have already planted.
Photos courtesy of the Saskatoon Berry Council of Canada
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The Agriculture Department is mainly engaged in the agricultural products’ planting, processing and trading, especially for frozen fruits and vegetables.
We take "agricultural service" as the breakthrough point to help modern agricultural planters achieve sustainable and stable profits. Our goal is to promote agricultural modernization, enhance the income of growers, maintain national food stability, ensure food consumption safety and build beautiful countryside. Supported by the integration of advanced science and technology and agricultural resources, and the promotion of comprehensive planting solutions as well as the innovation of intensive agricultural production mode, we are committed to becoming a leading international product and solution provider for the whole modern agriculture process. Mature quality management system is the guarantee for the quality, safety and traceability of our products.
SINOCHEM HEALTH COMPANY LTD.
ADD: The North Building ,Golden Plaza, 20#Xianggang Middle Road,Qingdao,China
E-mail: [email protected]
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Joe and Debbie Thomas began as a teacher and marketing executive, respectively. But today, they run a ten-acre organic farm in the east hills of Paso Robles, California. With more than 900 fruit and nut trees, a vineyard of Italian varietals, and beds of specialty greens, garlic, tomatoes and herbs, they began a community-supported agriculture (CSA) program, sharing baskets of fresh produce weekly with their neighbors. A few years later, they opened Thomas Hill Organics, a market bistro and wine bar, where they serve seasonal, organic produce from the farm, wines from the Central Coast, and locally-sourced beef, poultry, and fish. As part of California Restaurant Month, I spoke with Debbie Thomas by phone about organic farming, eating local, and the challenges of running a farm, CSA, and restaurant all at once.
Neither you nor your husband come from a farming family. So how did the farm begin?
We both lived in Pasadena. I was commuting from Pasadena to west LA every day, and eventually, it kind of wears on you. We had been up to Paso Robles several times, and we loved it here. It’s just beautiful—rolling hills, like you’re in Italy, in the Tuscany area.
And finally one day, we just said, you know what, let’s just move! Well, actually, we said, let’s look for property. So we started looking for property, and we found a cute little house on top of a hill, located on ten acres… not that we were looking for ten acres. But the view was just breathtaking. So we said, all right, let’s buy it. We bought the house, but we knew we couldn’t move up there right away. Then I had an opportunity with Adidas to move up here and take over the Northern California region. So my husband said, all right, I’ll move… if I can farm. He’s always been into organics, and everything has to be fresh and local and that sort of thing. So we moved up here, he started planting away, and 900 fruit and nut trees later, we’re certified organic, and… that’s really how it happened.
You make it sound so easy. But there had to be growing pains. How did you transition into the farm life?
It’s so rewarding, but it’s one of those things… it’s back-breaking. Especially if you’re organic. We can’t use any sprays or pesticides or anything harmful. We can’t try to poison gophers, or any of that. It’s all hand labor. We had to build these wire baskets to put in the ground before we put the trees in… so we had to build 900 wire baskets. And then you have to hand-weed in the baskets. So it’s definitely a lot of work. But it’s so rewarding: when you pick fruit off the tree, and there’s no pesticides and nothing has been sprayed on them, it’s quite a treat. It really is. You just can’t go back.
It’s just that there’s nothing harmful on it. It’s good for you. Just the thought of the pesticides, and the poisons, and everything they spray… you’re eating that, you’re putting that in your body. With organic, you feel so much better, and people tell us you can really taste the difference. We don’t have children, but if I had children I wouldn’t want any of those pesticides or chemicals in them.
How did the farm evolve into the market bistro?
We started out doing a community-supported agriculture program, whereby all of our neighbors and friends would get a basket of what we were growing weekly. But it just got to be too much that we had. One of our neighbors mentioned, why don’t you open a restaurant? Now, my background is sales and marketing. So neither one of us had either been a farmer or a restaurateur. But silly me, I was like, how hard can it be? We love good food, we love good wine, you know it’s one of those things… we plan vacations around that. So we found this charming spot. We looked at it. Then, in the meantime, one of my major accounts for Adidas was talking about going bankrupt. And we started looking seriously at what we were going to do if this account closes. And it did. We had to kind of jump on it. Within two weeks we made a decision: We were opening the restaurant. And that’s what happened. We’ve been open three years now. We have an amazing chef; she loves to work with fresh produce and we do natural meats, and everything just tastes phenomenal, and people are really, really responding.
Being that it’s California Restaurant Month, what’s on the menu right now?
There are three courses that we’re doing right now, starting out with black mussels that are baked with buttered oats. It sounds strange, but they’re phenomenal. And then we put that in a Thai chili sauce, with chilis sourced from the farm.
The second course is a lamb kefta, a Moroccan dish. We make these little meatballs with cumin and paprika and onion and garlic and all these wonderful spices, and then we roast it in a red pepper relish. All the herbs come from the farm. And then we follow that with a chocolate mousse with a candied orange peel.
What are some of your favorite places to dine?
One of our favorites is Artisan; they’re California cuisine, and they work with a lot of the farmers as well. So we truly appreciate that. There’s also Il Cortile, which we enjoy for Italian food. Villa Creek also. Tom, the chef there, also buys a lot locally, supporting the local farmers as well. So those are our three favorites.
Let’s talk a little about the CSA. What’s been the biggest challenge for you?
Farmers struggle. We really do. As a farmer, you’re challenged with weather. This past year, we had a lot of rain, but we had no sun. Typically, we would start our CSA program mid-May or end of May and run through October or November. We couldn’t start it this year until mid-July because we just didn’t have the sun. The tomatoes weren’t growing; all the foods that normally would be growing didn’t grow. Once you start it though, people are always amazed. Like, we have 15 different varieties of figs and all sorts of things people have never tried before. We do white pomegranates—you just don’t find those in a store. And we always put recipes in with our newsletters, so people really enjoy that.
What advice do you have for readers who aren’t lucky enough to live close enough for your CSA baskets and restaurant?
The biggest thing is that just about everywhere now has a local farmers’ market. That’s what I would encourage them to do. And look at the whole trend toward farm-to-table. We started the restaurant three years ago, and the first year was really challenging because people would see organic and they’d ask, does that mean you’re vegan? They didn’t understand what organic meant. But nowadays, you look at all the restaurants around us, and they’re all talking about buying local, buying organic, and that’s what they’re building their menus on. We totally encourage people to do to support your community and support your farmers. Buy local, buy from farmers who don’t use pesticides and chemicals. It’s just healthier for you. And you know what? There’s nothing like fresh produce. Fruit that’s picked from a tree and that’s ripe. Once you start eating that way, you don’t ever go to a grocery store again.
Kim Kohatsu judges the quality of her relationships on the ability to share food. If she can't split an appetizer with you, in her eyes, you are pretty much worthless. Kim's current food adventures revolve around ramen, sushi, Indian curries, Sichuan food, and fried chicken. Oh, and cheeseburgers. Kim loves a good cheeseburger.
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- Event Management
Tesco goes ‘Big’ at Ploughing ’16
Every year, the National Ploughing Championships attracts thousands of people from all over Ireland who don their wellies for three days of family fun.
As the biggest buyer of Irish food Tesco aims to wow attendees, but standing-out from the crowd each year is no easy feat with over 1,500 exhibitors all competing for attention. Tesco’s brand message centers around their passion for quality food and communities, with this in mind, we were challenged to find a way to reinforce their message and celebrate the agricultural community by cultivating open conversations between Tesco, their suppliers, and most importantly their customers – families.
Starting from the ground up we built, planned, managed and design Tesco’s presence at Ploughing ’16. It all started with Tesco’s giant, bright and vibrant tent, from them striking rolling hills pictured on the walls to faux grass on the floor. Outside, various contests ushered attendees into the tent and highlighted Tesco’s ‘big’ message. Inside, people could feast their eyes on Tesco’s fresh produce and meat displays, while enjoying delicious Angus steak sandwiches, mini burgers and a variety of gourmet food samples. Aspiring chefs and foodies were given the opportunity to watch and learn from Tesco experts as they provided live cooking and butchery demonstrations over the three days.
However, the star of the show was the family fun-zone which intrigued, delighted and surprised the masses. With its enchanted path running through the tent, kids and ‘kids at heart’ were brought on a journey of a seedling to fruition. Young adventurers began by planting a seed in fresh soil, getting their hands dirty and ending surrounded by GIGANTIC fruit and veg- the perfect photo-op. Nobody left empty handed, receiving lots of goodies including the seed they’d planted in a cup with all the instructions they needed to help it grow. One small seed for them, one giant veg. in the making. 🙂
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- Investigating the ecological (climate, landscape) drivers of zoonotic disease in wild rodents
- Integrating field surveys with large-scale agricultural trails of rice farming practices.
- Multidisciplinary training integrating disease ecology at University of Warwick with global change perspectives at the International Rice Research Institute.
Land-use changes due to intensified agricultural practices are a concern in the Philippines (Dirzo et al, 2014). The replacement of forests by mixed agroecosystems and high-value crops has led to biodiversity loss and increased contact of humans with wild animal populations. Consequently, changes in the ecology of wild animals have led to changes in the epidemiology of diseases and emergence of novel livestock and human pathogens, e.g. zoonotic diseases (Olival et al, 2017).
In the Philippines, 4.7 million hectares of land are dedicated to rice farming alone (PhilRice, 2020). Rice is a vital dietary component in the Philippines that provides an estimated 109-kilogram of food per-capita each year. However, the rise of rice production has also provided generalist rodent species increased availability of food sources (Singleton et al, 2008). Due to their role as disease vectors, increases in their abundance and anthropogenically driven shifts in their distribution pose a significant threat to the public health (Baker, 2007). A study investigating the effect of land cover data on rodent pathogen prevalence identified a positive association between synanthropic rodent abundance and increased habitat fragmentation and agricultural land cover (Morand et al, 2019). The study also revealed an association between these human-altered landscapes and the presence of zoonotic pathogens. While it is known that human-altered landscapes, particularly agroecosystems influence the transmission of infectious diseases in general, a mechanistic understanding of how changes from agricultural practices influence disease risk is needed. This information could inform current surveillance efforts as well contribute to a broader understanding of disease spill-over.
Therefore, this project will investigate the transmission ecology of rodent borne disease in agroecosystems. It will apply an interdisciplinary and systems approach to uncover key mechanisms influencing pathogen dynamics within the rodent vectors as well as the pathways / barriers to disease spill-over from rodents to humans or livestock.
HostUniversity of Warwick
- Climate and Environmental Sustainability
- Organisms and Ecosystems
- Erin E. Gorsich, University of Warwick, [email protected]
Specifically, the study aims to:
- Identify how agricultural practices and the environment (weather and landscape) influence of rodent population growth and their spatial distribution.
- Evaluate the effects of rodent population dynamics on pathogen prevalence?
- Identify the knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) of rice farmers that contribute to their exposure to rodent-borne zoonoses; and
- Create a predictive risk map of disease incidence and intensity for rodents and rice farmers based on the evaluated risk factors.
We will align rodent sampling and disease testing with ongoing field trials run by IRRI. Sampling will quantify rodent abundance, species composition, demography (age, sex), and multiple measures of animal health (body condition, size, fecundity ect.). Because zoonotic disease risk is influenced by both ecological and social factors, our risk maps (aim 4) will integrate data on rodent disease (aim 1& 2) with a data collected using a household survey of rice farmers (aim 3).
Training and skills
The interdisciplinary nature of this project results in different training form project partners. At Warwick, the student will join a large group of disease ecology and epidemiology researchers. This will provide training in the collection and analysis of disease data. In the Philippines, IRRI will provide expertise global change biology and rice farming. The candidate has experience with rodent sampling and monitoring in the Philippines.
Partners and collaboration
This project is a collaboration between the University of Warwick and IRRI. Erin Gorsich is a disease ecologist at the University of Warwick specialising in the ecological and evolutionary drivers of disease (https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/lifesci/people/egorsich/).
The International Rice Research Institute is dedicated to abolishing poverty and hunger among population that depend on rice-based agri-food systems (https://www.irri.org/). They work to address multiple sustainable development goals, including climate action (SDG 13), responsible consumption and production (SDG 12), life on land (SDG 15), among others focused on poverty and hunger.
If you would like to apply to the project please visit: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/lifesci/study/pgr/studentships/nerccenta/
Analyse previous data collected to relate agricultural practices, environmental conditions, and rodent population dynamics. Develop methods for disease sampling.
Building on methods developed in Year 1, collect disease and conduct household surveys.
Quantify and map relationships among agricultural, rodent, disease, and household datasets.
Baker, D.G. (2007). Flynn’s parasites of laboratory animals (2nd edition). Blackwell.
Dirzo, R.H.S., Young, M., Galetti, G., Ceballos, N., Isaac, J., & Collen, B. (2014). Defaunation in the Anthropocene. Science 345:401–416.
Morand, S., Blasdell, K., Bordes, F., Buchy P., Carcy, B., Chaisiri, K., Chaval, Y., Claude, J., Cosson, J., & Desquesnes, M. (2019). Changing landscapes of Southeast Asia and rodent-borne diseases: decreased diversity but increased transmission risks. Ecological Applications DOI: 10.1002/eap.1886.hal-02105014.
Olival, K.J., Hosseini, P.R., Zambrana-Torrelio, C., Ross, N., Bogich, T.L., & Daszak, P. (2017). Host and viral traits predict zoonotic spill-over from mammals. Nature 546:646–650.
Philippine Rice Research Institute. (n.d.). Rice Statistics – PalayStat System (2021): Estimated production, area harvested and yield per hectare (PAY). Retrieved September 4, 2021, from https://palaystat.philrice.gov.ph/statistics/retrieve/table/1
Singleton, G.R., Joshi, R.C., & Sebastian, L.S. (2008). Philippine Rats: Ecology and Management. Philippine Rice Research Institute: Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija.
We do not envision any significant impact of the COVID-19 pandemic to project delivery, given that the work will be conducted in collaboration with IRRI. Even during a hard lockdown, previous data is available for analysis to address aim 1, and there is sufficient work for a PhD if aim 3 cannot be completed.
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Backyard Gardening CAN Be Simple!
Backyard gardening is back in style. Nothing tastes as good as home grown and cultivating your own tomatoes, peppers, basil, strawberries and many other garden goodies can be simple… and of course, healthy. We’re here to share information we have gathered through the years in our own garden. Enjoy the journey with us!
Join us in our garden for a season full of successes, flowers, food and a LOT of “dirt therapy”! If you are looking for simple, healthy backyard gardening on a budget, you found the right place. We will share tips on simple gardening techniques including:
- Organic Vegetable Gardening
- Container Herbs & Veggies
- Raised Bed Ideas
- Urban Gardening
- Community Gardens
Summer Time Garden Goodies
What’s growing in YOUR garden? Summer time brings yummy tastes for the tummy like fresh zucchini, peppers, and of course – those vine-ripened tomatoes nothing can compare to! We tucked a few tomatoes into pots for a little “camouflage” (left). Brussels sprouts make a nice addition to a flower garden (above).
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Who is nextplant?
nextplant is a globally active leading provider for clonal mass propagation of garden orchids. The in vitro laboratory with cultivation area supplies gardeners with cultivars of Cypripedium and Dactylorhiza, from young plantlets to blooming flowers. The selection of adequate donor plants and the established cloning process ensure robust, frost-resistant and attractive plants with predictable characteristics. However, not only gardeners profit by the new method: Due to the drop in prices for the end consumer gardenorchids will become the exclusive perennial plant for everybody.
We are looking forward to your visit!
We feel honoured to have been selected the winner of the award „Start-Up of the Year“ (2012) in the Green Branch“!
Products and Services
- Gardenorchids – vitroplants, young plants, blooming flowers
- in vitro services – propagation, induction of clones, in vitro sowing
Please note: nextplant only supplies professional gardeners.
- Cypripedium „Ulla Silkens“, C. „Lothar Pinkepank“, C. reginae, C. reginae (white)
- Dactylorhiza purpurella, D. maculata, D. majalis hybrids
Interested in expanding your portfolio?
Feel free to contact us for information about our stock and prices:
- Phone: +49 30 6576 4244
- Mail: email@example.com
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There are thousands of varieties of rice. Sonray has spent years internationally sourcing and selecting the most superior rice from the regions it is best known to grow. All the rice we supply is chosen due to its exceptional quality. We at Sonray are never embarrassed to sell quality. It’s a premium worth buying because customers are never disappointed.
Call us rice fanatics or rice connoisseurs. Whatever we are, we know and love our rice. In February 2010, with a big scoop of passion, and a bag of initiative, we launched a website called Have A Rice Day for consumers dedicated to rice. We believe in the quality of our specially selected rice and choose to educate consumers, not just about the brands we carry and what makes them special, but also about the nutritional benefits of rice. We even provide a comprehensive collection of recipes.
Here is our favourite rice that we have handpicked and distribute:
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It's that time again.... planting time! I just LOVE flowers. This year I built a seed starting rack for my birthday--with the help of an amazing husband who puts up with my crazy notions to build shelves in the basement with lights for my seeds! :) I've got 300 little seedlings growing--they are getting to be good sized now. I have yellow and red yarrow, Lupine, Delphinium, daisies, Purple Coneflower, Mexican Hats, Lamb's Ear, Lavendar, Rose Campion, Zinnias, African Daisy, Bachelor Buttons, and Coreopis. I'm really excited to get them ready for my garden! What are you growing?
I have a card for you today--I used the La Dolce Vita kit from Pixie Dust Paperie for this card. I just love those satin ruffles!
Have a wonderful night!
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https://nigerdeltareports.com/2019/06/21/criver-govt-begins-supply-of-rice-seedlings-to-bayelsa-delta-others/
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The rice revolution initiative of Cross River State governor, Prof Ben Ayade, has started yielding results with the supply of seedlings, yesterday, to Bayelsa and Delta states.
Other states within the South South region are next in line in the supply chain from the automated rice seeds and seedlings factory commissioned in June last year by President Mohammadu Buhari.
The supply forms part of the first batch of production worth N3 billion of a N10.8 billion order for the southern states under the auspices of Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) with the support of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
Speaking to newsmen at the Ayade Industrial park in Calabar, Cross River governor, Prof Ben Ayade disclosed that “the state will also provide all the seedlings support services for the southern part of Nigeria.”
The feat which reflects a full realisation of the vision for a rice seeds and seedlings factory in Cross River, according to Ayade is aimed at “gradually migrating into a technology-based rice farming where we move from the cultivation of seeds to seedlings,” adding, “when you start with the seedlings, it gives you pleasure because you are already dealing with the seeds that have already germinated and are set to go into the soil and grow very fast.”
The governor also explained that “As we do this harvest, we are conscious that harvest has to be done in the evening because that is when there is minimal destruction in terms of atmospheric temperature that affects the seedlings.”
Other support services offered by the the seedling factory according to Ayade, “are mechanisation support and planting services, so indeed what is happening is that Nigeria is gradually migrating from the primitive, rural and African method of rice farming to a civilised modern technology driven farming as your yield will go up, your size of land will be less with maximum yield and your per hectare will move from two tons to ten tons per hectare.”
Ayade who personally joined in loading the consignment into the trucks said “overtime, Cross River will lead us into a situation where Nigeria will be the next exporter of rice because Bayelsa and Delta are fully ready to receive our seedlings and I am sure that in no distant time, Rivers, Edo and other states in the Niger Delta will follow.
“The payment for the supply is not done by individual farmer or state, but coordinated under the RIFAN- CBN program, so that is the way to handle it. Before we make a supply to a state, we receive an order from RIFAN, go to that state, do a valuation of the preparedness of the people and farmers to receive the seedlings, we then have a list of all the potential recipients farmers and on the basis of that, we compute that into our system and know the quantity that will be loaded to a particular state,” the governor intimated.
Continuing, he said: “My joy is that the seedlings factory is now a reality. Cross River has a huge challenge of almost converting every single soil that is arable into rice farming because the demand is huge. I am also happy that Nigeria has a great opportunity to see us do the commercial harvesting and now going into full planting to support Bayelsa and others do their rice value chain.”
He commended President Muhammadu Buhari for the special commitment to have the project come into full realisation.
While encouraging young Nigerians to go into agriculture in order to become agro-preneurials and millionaires from agriculture, Ayade said: “The automated system I have brought is fantastic and I am proud that it will also change the story completely in Nigeria.”
He further added: “I intend to make 18 green millionaires driven from agriculture, green because they were peasants before they met Ayade and become millionaires of agriculture, so every local government area in Cross River will have one millionaire made by Ayade.”
Source; Leadership Newspaper
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https://hearthomemag.co.uk/how-to-get-rid-of-slugs-in-the-house/
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Slugs are unwelcome guests in any home, leaving slimy trails and damaging plants. Dealing with these slimy invaders can be frustrating, but fear not – there are numerous effective methods to get rid of slugs in your house. In this article, we’ll explore 25 ways to keep slugs at bay and reclaim your living space.
Set Up Beer Traps
Place shallow containers filled with beer in slug-prone areas. Slugs are attracted to the scent, crawl in, and drown.
Use Coffee Grounds
Sprinkle used coffee grounds around the areas where slugs are prevalent. The rough texture irritates them, discouraging them from crossing.
Apply Diatomaceous Earth
Sprinkle food-grade diatomaceous earth in problem areas. It dehydrates slugs upon contact, effectively eliminating them.
Introduce Natural Predators
Encourage natural slug predators like frogs, toads, and birds in your garden. These creatures will help keep the slug population in check.
Install Copper Barriers
Slugs are repelled by copper. Place copper tape or barriers around plants or entry points to create a slug-resistant barrier.
Lay Down Salt
While not the most humane option, a thin line of salt can be effective at deterring slugs. However, be cautious as salt can harm plants.
Create a Grapefruit Trap
Hollow out a grapefruit and place it upside down in the garden. Slugs will be attracted to the moist environment and can be easily removed the next day.
Crushed eggshells act as a natural deterrent. Sprinkle them around plants to create a barrier that slugs are reluctant to cross.
Apply Petroleum Jelly
Create a barrier by applying petroleum jelly around pots or on the legs of furniture. This sticky substance will discourage slugs from climbing.
Introduce beneficial nematodes to your garden. These microscopic organisms prey on slugs and are a natural and environmentally friendly solution.
Spray with Vinegar
A mixture of water and vinegar can be sprayed directly on slugs. The acidity disrupts their skin’s mucus production, dehydrating and deterring them.
Plant Slug-Resistant Plants
Choose plants that are less attractive to slugs, such as lavender, rosemary, or geraniums. This reduces the likelihood of a slug infestation.
Use Garlic Spray
Create a garlic spray by blending garlic cloves with water. Spray this solution on plants to repel slugs with its pungent odor.
Apply Seaweed Mulch
Seaweed mulch not only enriches the soil but also repels slugs. Its salt content creates an environment slugs prefer to avoid.
Set Up Cardboard Traps
Place damp cardboard pieces in slug-prone areas overnight. Slugs are attracted to the moisture and can be easily removed in the morning.
Implement Raised Beds
Elevated planting beds make it more challenging for slugs to access your plants. This physical barrier can significantly reduce slug-related damage.
Use Citrus Peels
Scatter citrus peels around plants to create a natural slug barrier. The acidity in the peels acts as a deterrent.
Apply Caffeine Spray
Mix coffee grounds with water and spray the solution on plants. The caffeine is toxic to slugs and can help protect your garden.
Encourage Natural Habitat
Create a balanced ecosystem by maintaining a diverse garden with various plant species. This attracts natural predators that keep the slug population in check.
Regularly inspect your garden and manually remove slugs. Wearing gloves, pick them off plants and deposit them far from your home.
Use Iron Phosphate-Based Baits
Iron phosphate-based slug baits are effective and less harmful to pets and wildlife compared to traditional chemical-based baits.
Keep the Garden Dry
Slugs thrive in damp conditions. Water your garden in the morning to allow the soil to dry out during the day, making it less hospitable for slugs.
Introduce Companion Plants
Planting certain crops together can deter slugs. For example, planting sage near cabbage can help protect it from slug damage.
Sprinkle dry cornmeal around slug-prone areas. When slugs consume it, the cornmeal expands in their stomachs, deterring them from further feeding.
Create a Beer Spray
Mix beer with water in a spray bottle and mist it on plants. This creates a slug-deterring scent without the need for traps.
With these 25 effective methods, you can reclaim your home and garden from the menace of slugs. Whether you prefer natural remedies or more conventional solutions, there’s a method for everyone. Implementing a combination of these strategies will ensure a slug-free living space and a thriving garden.
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Country Liberal Government will weed out Gamba Grass A Country Liberal Government will work to eradicate Gamba grass across the Northern Territory to protect the natural environment and reduce fire risk, through a comprehensive management framework, Opposition Leader Lia Finocchiaro said today. “Today I’m announcing a three point plan that a Country Liberal Government will implement to tackle Gamba grass. We have an ambitious but focused target to eliminate Gamba grass from all Crown land across the Territory, including land owned by local government,” Mrs Finocchiaro said. A CLP Government will:
Empower and resource the Weeds Branch in the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to develop and oversee a comprehensive crown land eradication plan.
Work with private landholders to ensure they are trained in identifying, removing and monitoring Gamba grass and are supported with equipment and herbicide.
Form a Gamba Management Network consisting of local government, Aboriginal rangers, environmental organisations and other community groups.
“Gamba grass infestation can wreak a devastating impact on the landscape and is a severe fire hazard, increasing both the intensity and ferocity of bushfires. In addition to the threat to life and property it causes, Gamba grass is also a threat to our tourism industry with its destruction of the natural environment,” Mrs Finocchiaro said. “A Country Liberal Government will empower and resource the Weeds Branch to oversee this policy priority. This will include developing the Gamba Management Network consisting of local government, aboriginal rangers, environmental organisations and other community groups to inform the strategy and coordinate Government’s approach. “We will provide training in identifying, removing and monitoring of Gamba grass, and provide equipment and herbicide to landholders, whether private or otherwise, to help them manage it on their land. “This is a practical policy that will benefit the environment, landholders and the tourism industry. It’s a simple goal that will require a coordinated effort, but it can be achieved and more can be done,” Mrs Finocchiaro concluded.
"Only together can we build a better Territory for you and your family.”
- LIA FINOCCHIARO MLA, Leader of the Country Liberal Party and member for Spillett
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China is the biggest producer of almost all kinds of food whether its vegetarian or non vegetarian. The food that Chinese eat is also low in fat and hence is good for health. Many spices are produced by China and is also the leader in many food products. They have better equipments of agriculture and others. The climatic conditions of China are almost equivalent to Indian climatic conditions. But India is not far behind in producing food items. India is the second largest producer of food items in the world and is ahead of others even China in many products. More than 60 % population of India lives in villages and is related to the agricultural work. The population of India is around 1.2 billion and this is the main reason that more than 60% of the retail industry is food and food items. India is the world leader in milk yielding. Newer technology is coming everyday for agricultural uses and the production is also increasing.
As we know, Indian economy is mainly based on agriculture and is concentrated to produce newer varieties of food products. Except agriculture, India is the world leader in Information Technology. India produces almost 15% of the total percentage of vegetables produced by world and is just behind from China with little margin. Vegetables in India can be grown in almost every part but mainly in Great Plains. It is true to say that the fertile Land between the two great rivers of India is the most fertile land in the world. These two rivers are the Ganges and Yamuna and this land produces almost every food product which can be grown in the plains. Mainly the vegetables like Potato, tomato and onion can be grown by the Indians. Potato is the agricultural product used in almost every food and is taken by Indians in plenty. Except vegetables, India grows many fruits as well. Indian Apple is one of the best quality apples produced by the world. Oranges, grapes, banana, Guava and a lot of other fruits are produced by Indians. Banana is mainly consumed by Indians. Except vegetables and fruits, India also produces other food products like milk, meat and others.
India is a world leader in milk production. Every Indian likes milk and milk products and hence, the consumption of milk are also high. Many cooperative dairies are working in India and have their plants across the country. Parag, Mother Dairy, Sudha, Amul, Param and a lot of other brands produce milk and milk products out of which Amul is the biggest brand in India. The milk of Amul is most popular in cities and the company is based in Gujarat. The milk production in India is very high but mainly the sector is unorganized. More than 65% of Indian houses use milk from the unorganized sector. Amul also produces milk products like curd, buttermilk, Ghee and Butter. Amul Butter is considered as finest butter in India with the punch line “Utterly Butterly Delicious”. Indians love fats and is used by Indians in every food. Without butter or ghee, Indian food cannot be prepared. Except milk and milk production, India also produces Meat and poultry products like Egg.
Meat and Poultry production sector is one of the emerging sectors in India. The production of the sector is increasing every year and India is planning to be a world leader in it. India’s place in fish production is 3 among all the countries while India comes at number 5 in terms of egg production. Every year both the sectors are growing with a high rate of 9% per annum and very soon India will capture top position. But the packed meat industry is not popular in India and hence, India’s rank is not high. After the blue revolution in India, fish production increased and India is ahead to capture the top rank. Medicinal plants are also grown in India and India is a world leader in producing such plants. This is also an emerging sector in India
Plantation industry also comes under food industry. India grows more than 9400 medicinal plants as well as spices. Some of these plants are Turmeric plants, Cumin plants, ginger plants and others. India is the largest producer and exporter of spices. More that 70% of the total spices known in the world are produced by Indian from Saffron, the costliest to the Chili, one of the least costly among the spices. India has plans to increase the production and newer discoveries in the plantation are coming day by day. Except plantation Industry, other food products like Cakes, Chocolates, packed water and other food articles are also produced by India.
India produces several drinks like Juice, packed water, liquor and others. Indian Juice Industry is emerging and planning to capture high rank in this sector as well. India is a world leader in many food productions but India’s total share in world food trade is near about 2%. This is because as much India grows is just a bit more than the Indian demand and most sectors are unorganized.
The world is open for Indian food products. What all India need is to convert unorganized sector into organized sector.
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The current Jewish year of 5782 is a Shemitah Year. The Torah tells us that the Land of Israel can be farmed for six years, but must remain fallow in the seventh year. That year is a Shabbat for the land. Shemitah was always a very difficult mitzvah to observe. It is a test on par with the test of the Mon during the Jews’ forty year sojourn in the dessert. At that time, the Jews were miraculously supported by food from Heaven. Every night the Jews would go to sleep without any food in their cupboards and hungry children fast asleep. They had no idea where they could acquire food in a natural fashion, if need be. They were totally dependent on the daily miracle of the mon. Such dependence was meant to foster within them their faith in Hashem. The lesson of the mon continues to reverberate for us. Although we are no longer supported in such a miraculous fashion, we nonetheless are challenged to recognize the indispensable role that God plays in our achievements. The test of Shemittah is no less challenging. During the seventh year, the farmer and his family may have produce from the 6th year to eat. However, leaving the land fallow puts into jeopardy the farmer’s ability to support himself the two years subsequent to the Shemittah year. Shemittah is a test of faith for the farmer. It is therefore not surprising that the prophets were constantly exhorting the Jewish People to strengthen their commitment to the mitzvah of Shemitah.
The Sefer Hachinuch (Mitzvah 84) mentions two other lessons that can be learned from the Shemitah year. First, it reminds us of the power of Chidush, renewal. God created the world in six days, but He also renews the world on a constant basis. Leaving the land fallow every seventh year re-energizes the soil and renews its potential to grow life-sustaining crops. Second, Shemitah teaches us the importance of caring for others. During the Shemitah year, one’s land is considered ownerless, and its produce is available to anyone who wishes to partake of it. The farmer is reminded that even though much of his energies are spent on worrying about his own family, he has a responsibility to his fellow Jew and the broader world as well.
We who live in the Diaspora have limited access to fulfilling the mitzvah of Shemitah. The technical rules of Shemitah become relevant when we vbiosit Israel this year or if Israeli produce is imported to our stores. However the lessons of Shemitah: trust in God, concern for other and appreciating the power of renewal, are lessons that are very relevant. Let us utilize Shemitah 5782 to strengthen our commitment to these values.
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https://fashionej.com/arizona-muse-finds-beauty-and-wonder-in-dirt/
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Arizona Muse’s life has changed tremendously in the years since she rapidly ascended the fashion world hierarchy after both opening and closing a Prada show in 2010 as a newcomer to modeling. Magazine covers and campaigns for brands like Louis Vuitton, Jil Sander and Fendi soon followed. But now her days are filled with discussions of soil, crop resiliency and everything else relating to regenerative agriculture, a practice that she believes could significantly help fight the climate crisis.
In 2021, Muse formed Dirt, a charity devoted to promoting biodynamic farming. “I’ve been a model for a very long time. I started educating myself about the fashion industry and about the negative impact that we as a whole are having on the climate and all the people who work along our supply chains. Everything kept bringing me back to soil,” she says. “I started volunteering on farms — a specific type of farm called a biodynamic farm. I just fell in love with biodynamics and really believed that this type of regenerative agriculture has the potential to be one of the major solutions to climate change.”
Muse has taken on the task of being an ambassador for biodynamic farming, a concept that few outside the agriculture industry are fully familiar with. “Regenerative farmers are amazing because they’re not using any chemicals at all. They’re composting and building soil fertility that way,” she explains. “Then you have biodynamics, which takes another leap in another direction off of regenerative. What you have is a type of agriculture that uses all the techniques within regenerative, like crop rotation, like mobile grazing for animals, like composting and then it takes another layer as well. It says, okay, so plants have a physical being that I can touch, eat sometimes even. But there’s undeniably something inside them that’s keeping them alive. They look very different when they’re dead for instance. Biodynamics has these medicines that farm the life within the plants.”
Her career as a model has dramatically shifted as Muse has become increasingly involved in climate activism. Now 33, Muse finds that the kind of modeling offers she receives are different than those of a decade ago, as are her priorities. “The work I do accept as a model now is few and far between, and I’m very careful about who I like to work with. I really also try not to travel long distances. It rarely happens anymore that I would accept a shoot that was in a far-off country. It just doesn’t seem worth it to me,” she says. “But I do still model a little bit and I’m grateful to the modeling that I did for fueling my activism, because I recognize that my activism would not have been the same had I not been a model first. If I’d gone to become a farmer at age 20 instead of a model, I would’ve had a different impact as an activist.”
- BEAUTY TIP: For sleek yet soft hold, spritz hair with Aveda Texture Tonic ($28) and comb through.
Muse recently relocated from London to Ibiza. The pandemic lockdowns left her feeling fatigued and time spent staying on a farm convinced her that a different way of living might be best for her and her family. “We were in London for the second two lockdowns. It was so boring and it was so blatantly obvious that cities are meant to have people in them and meant to be thriving. You’re not meant to all be sitting at your homes all the time,” she recalls. “I wanted my kids to grow up in a place that was close to nature. Ibiza is so beautiful and we have quite a lot of friends here and that’s why we chose it.”
What Muse would truly love would be to incorporate her new home into her modeling work and to shine a spotlight onto the local fashion industry. “I really encourage everyone who wants to shoot with me to come to Ibiza because it’s really beautiful. Even more than that, I encourage them to use local teams here because there’s some great talent here in hair and makeup and photography. The production companies here are amazing. So that feels really great to be contributing to the growth of the local industry here.”
While Muse has been working as an activist for years, forming Dirt has given her a renewed sense of purpose. “With activism, it was difficult to measure impact. I became an educator. I absolutely love sitting on panel discussions, giving talks and making videos for my Instagram about the stuff I’m learning,” she says. “But you never know who’s impacted by it and whether they really shift in their behavior after listening. With the work I do with Dirt, the impact is so there. It’s about how much land can we be farming biodynamically. How many raw materials, food and fiber can we transition to be biodynamically grown so that the earth is not being harmed and is in fact for generating? It’s huge. I’m so happy. I love this so much.”
Hair by Lorenzo Barcella and Makeup by Luciano Chiarello, both at Julian Watson Agency; Manicure by Sally Derbali; Casting by Shaun Beyen at Plus Three Two; Model: Arizona Muse at DNA; Produced by Bjorn Frederic Gerling at Production Paris.
A version of this article appears in the March 2022 issue of ELLE.
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Welcome to Sinclair Family Farm
Naturally grown, pasture raised
Beef, Chicken, Lamb and Pork
Cage Free Pasture Raised Eggs
Our products are available Monday thru Friday from 8 am to 4 pm at
*7209 Church Street in Penryn*
Cold Storage Rental Available
Sinclair Family Farm is currently raising pasture raised lamb, beef, and pork, as well as pastured chicken and eggs on our properties in Penryn and Ophir, California. We operate a rotational grazing system with our sheep and cattle to:
- Help with invasive weed control and reduction of fire fuels
- Maintain grass and brush to improve the health and
well-being of the land
- Produce meat that is higher in essential nutrients like Omega 3 fatty acids as well as high levels of conjugated linoleic acid
If you are in the area and are interested in ordering our product, contact Karin or Keith Sinclair today at email@example.com or 916-663-0303.
Sinclair Family Farm is proud to be predator friendly. We use livestock guardian dogs that protect our sheep and chickens from coyotes, mountain lions and dogs without harming the predators.
“We have grown by leaps and bounds this last year! We have added chicken and beef to our product list. Our whole family is very involved with the farm. There are so many things that we love about working with the land and the animals. Our aim is to keep things as natural as possible for both.” - Karin Sinclair
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Video answer: How to grow corn & keep worms out naturally : the chef's garden
Top best answers to the question «On my corn silk what are the bugs on there»
Corn earworm (Helicoverpa zea) is the most common sweet corn insect, being found in all areas of South Carolina… The new generation of moths lays eggs on fresh corn silk as it appears. Usually, several eggs are laid on the silk of each ear, but only one worm reaches maturity due to natural enemies and cannibalism.
Those who are looking for an answer to the question «On my corn silk what are the bugs on there?» often ask the following questions:
💄 Is there corn silk on an ear of corn?
- Indeed, the corn silk is an annoying element of eating fresh corn, but with this tip for quickly removing corn silk, you'll never fret when you're facing down a dozen ears for dinner again. What Is Corn Silk? Corn silk is the fine weave of wiry fibers that hide just below the leaves, or husks, on an ear of corn.
- What does corn silk do in making corn?
- Are there any vitamins in corn silk tea?
- How many strands of corn silk are there?
💄 Is there caffeine in corn silk tea?
Features and benefits of corn silk tea
Oksusu-cha can be made from corn kernels, corn silk, or a combination of both. The caffeine-free infusion is a popular hot drink in winter. Corn silk is considered a waste byproduct of corn.
💄 Why are there so many bugs in silk?
- Proper care is required when it comes to maintaining a silk garment. Silks are often prone to damage by moths and bugs. For lifelong durability of a silk fabric, one has to protect it from these bugs. They tend to eat out the silk thread, leaving it hollow and damaged.
Video answer: Indoor corn plant care instructions : garden space
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Japanese beetles on corn silks (click to enlarge) The phone has begun to ring now that Japanese beetles are out and about and we also have corn beginning to tassel. Japanese beetles will feed on corn leaves but are particularly attracted to silks. Leaf feeding is of little concern, but silk feeding draws a lot of attention.
The green stink bug (Chinavia halaris) and brown stink bug (Euschistus servus) are the two predominant stink bugs pests of sweet corn. Stink bugs use their piercing/sucking mouthparts to feed on developing ears. If feeding occurs before tasseling, ears may become deformed, often resembling the shape of a banana.
Spray Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) onto the corn leaves and over the silk on each corn ear. Bt can be purchased at a local nursery or garden center and is a bacterial insecticide that kills larvae of the corn borer.
Sweet Corn Genotypes Sweet corn varieties are categorized by their genotypes. The most common varieties are: Normal or sugary (su) — Standard hybrid sweet corn is a mutant type of corn that differs from field or dent corn by mutation at the sugary (se) locus. The standard hybrid sweet corn accumulates about two times more sugar than field corn.
Corn earworms can begin as soon as 10 percent of the ears are silked. The earworms then move in to lay their eggs on the green silks. Use Sevin every two to three days once silking has begun. Stopping the use of Sevin before harvesting the corn is recommended.
Between two and 10 days after laying, eggs hatch and the larvae feed on corn silks for about two weeks. This stage creates the most damage, with the caterpillars feeding on developing kernels while...
June bugs and corn root beetles feed on corn silk as well. Kernels Fall armyworms are the larval stage of the fall armyworm moth, which lays its eggs on leaves planted after early June.
Southern Corn Leaf Beetle Description: Adult beetles are about 3/16 of an inch long with a grayish or brownish color pattern. They are usually covered with soil particles, giving them a dusty appearance. Damage Symptoms: Beetles feed on the edges of leaves and stems, producing notched holes in the leaves. Incidence: May, on seedling corn. Sampling Scheme: None available.
Plant a variety of sweet corn that will grow with a tightly closed husk. This repels insects such as the corn earworm, whose larvae eat the silk and then top kernels of corn. Honey and cream,...
We've handpicked 25 related questions for you, similar to «On my corn silk what are the bugs on there?» so you can surely find the answer!Are there any health benefits to corn silk tea?
- The patients were administered extract of corn silk in varying doses. At the end of the trial period, individuals with high blood issues were found to have decreased their blood pressure. Also, it was seen that the higher corn silk doses, the higher the decline rate of blood pressure.
- Corn silk tea has no harmful effects and can be used over longer period of times even as prevention of obesity. Corn Silk Tea can reduce your blood sugar levels drastically. So if you are already using medication for diabetes control, then this tea can almost reduce blood sugar level to an extent that you may lose energy to do normal work.
- Corn silk and "water pills" might cause the body to get rid of potassium along with water. Taking corn silk along with "water pills" might decrease potassium in the body too much.
Potential Risks of Corn Silk Tea. If you have an allergy to corn pollen or corn starch, corn silk may give you: Rash; Red skin; Itchiness; Corn silk can also lower the amount of potassium in your...Is there a silk for every kernel of corn?
A. Yes, but only if pollen falls on the silk. Otherwise, a kernel does not develop. A corn plant produces corn silk surrounding each ear about two months after the plant emerges from the ground.
Video answer: Gardening means: bug wars!Why is there silk attached to the corn tassels?
Silk and Tassel Development in Corn. July 15, 2020. Silks and tassels are emerging and the smell of pollen is in the air in fields throughout the State! Two recent articles from Dr. Bob Nielsen, Purdue University, may be helpful for a refresher and also to learn something new regarding silk and tassel development and pollination.Which is better corn silk tea or dried corn silk?
- It is possible to make your tea using either fresh or dried corn silk, but it is considered best when you use fresh corn silk for a more effective herbal remedy. If you are using fresh corn silk then look for golden strands rather than browner ones. Start by bringing water to a boil (100ºC).
Video answer: How to identify insect pests in your vegetable garden - csi garden pestsWhat color should corn silk be?
Corn Silk is a light, bright, glow stick yellow with a sunflower undertone. It is a perfect paint color for a kitchen. Pair it with white trim.What does corn silk taste like?
DELICIOUS FLAVOR - Corn Silk Tea is a unique brew, crafted from corn on the cob's silk strands. Its earthy, slightly sweet flavor delights, and without caffeine can be enjoyed throughout the day.What is corn silk good for?
What Is Corn Silk, and Does It Have Benefits? Potential benefits of corn silk. Although corn silk is routinely used in herbal medicine, studies on it are limited. Corn silk dosage. Because human research on corn silk is limited, official dosage recommendations haven’t been... Corn silk side effects ...
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What is corn silk, and how is it used? Corn silk is the long, thread-like strands of plant material that grow underneath the husk of a fresh ear of corn. These shiny, thin fibers aid the pollination and growth of corn, but they're also used in traditional herbal medicine practices.What is corn silk use for?
- Corn silk is used as a medicine. Corn silk is used for bladder infections, inflammation of the urinary system, inflammation of the prostate, kidney stones, and bedwetting. It is also used to treat congestive heart failure, diabetes, high blood pressure, fatigue, and high cholesterol levels.
Corn Silk:Uses, Side Effects, Dosage, Interactions... www.emedicinehealth.com/corn_s...
- Corn silk is used as a medicine. Corn silk is used for bladder infections, inflammation of the urinary system, inflammation of the prostate, kidney stones, and bedwetting. It is also used to treat congestive heart failure, diabetes, high blood pressure, fatigue, and high cholester...
Adult corn rootworm can clip silks… Grasshopper nymphs and adults can also occasionally eat corn silks. They are usually found around field borders first and then can infest the field interior later in the summer.What vitamins does corn silk have?
Corn silk contains large amounts of vitamin K. Vitamin K is used by the body to help blood clot. Warfarin (Coumadin) is used to slow blood clotting. By helping the blood clot, corn silk might decrease the effectiveness of warfarin (Coumadin).Can silk get bed bugs?
Extreme cold kills bed bugs so fabrics like lace and silk can be placed in a plastic bag and into the freezer. Once frozen for 24 hours, take outside and shake vigorously. This will remove all the dead bugs and eggs.Is silk made from bugs?
Silk is derived from the cocoons of larvae, so most of the insects raised by the industry don't live past the pupal stage. Roughly 3,000 silkworms are killed to make a single pound of silk.Is corn silk edible?
- Harvested young ears of corn (and corn silk) are edible raw, but with the plant's maturity the kernels and silk become too tough to eat without boiling first. The corn silk is harvested with the edible corn and the separated and dried separately.
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Lethal dose of corn silk extract was estimated to be more than 2,000 mg/kg. In the 4-week subacute toxicity study, there was no corn silk extract related toxic effect on body weight, water intake, food consumption, urine parameters, clinical chemistry, or organ weight.How does corn silk work on growing corn?
Silk Development and Emergence in Corn. Corn produces individual male and female flowers on the same plant. The ear represents the female flower of the corn plant. Severe soil moisture deficits can delay silk emergence and disrupt the synchrony of pollen shed and silk availability, resulting in poor kernel set.What is the difference between corn tea and corn silk tea?
Corn Silk Tea Health Benefits. Used by different races since ancient times for healing and medicinal needs, corn silk tea possess many health benefits. While a few of its benefits have been proven beyond doubt by scientific studies, research is still being done on many other benefits that corn silk tea may possess.
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Place 5 kg fresh olives (any variety) in a large container. Fill with fresh water to cover olives.
Change the water every day, for 10–12 Days.
After 10-12 days, prepare approximately 5 litres of water with 500g of salt. Boil water & salt and allow to cool.
Place olives in an airtight container with lots of oregano, one thickly sliced lemon, garlic to taste, and one firm green chilli. Pour salt water to cover well.
For black olives seal container for 6-8 weeks.
For green olives, seal container for 8-10 weeks.
If olives are still bitter, allow to mature a little longer.
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If you see mould forming on the final product, remove mould and place 4 or 5 slices of lemon and some more oregano on top of the olives.
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Crush 2kg of olives with a rubber mallet on a chopping board. Remove pips and place olives in 3L of water, squeeze 2 lemons and add juice and lemons to the water. Leave olives in water for minimum 20 minutes or up to one day.
Drain water and remove lemons. Add 3L boiled water, mix for 5 minutes and drain. Add fresh cold water to cover olives. Cover with a tea towel, ensuring tea towel is wet all over. This keeps the olives submerge. Change olives to fresh bucket and add fresh water once or twice a day, until olives loos bitterness. Approx 4-5 days.
Rinse and squeeze excess water out of olives. Place olives in a large dish, add 2 large sprigs of finely chopped parsley, two thinly chopped cloves of garlic, 1 thinly sliced hot chilli, 1 tablespoon dried oregano and 60g of salt. Mix well and place in container. Push down nice and firm. Ready to eat straight away. Keeps in fridge for up to 2 weeks.
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The Sicilianos’ backyard is an astonishing example of the great breadth and quantity of produce that can be generated on a relatively small acreage in Suburban Melbourne. Figs, chestnuts, kale, blood oranges, cumquats, walnuts, pomegranates, apples, celery, garlic, potatoes, carrots, artichokes and corn are just some of the fruits of their labour.
Lina was just 17 when she and Tony immigrated to Victoria as newlyweds from Varapodio, Calabria. Both hailing from farming families, it was only natural that the pair should start to grow their own food and impart their discerning love of good fresh food to their children. However, don’t let their heritage intimidate you, the first tree the couple planted actually died!
“We didn’t really know what we were doing then,” Lina confides with a twinkle in her eye. They certainly got the hang of it though and look forward to sharing their knowledge with visitors to the property.
Lina and Tony’s children were blessed with organic home grown food from a young age, something that was important to the couple. They wanted their children to understand the seasons and to learn about how to grow wholesome and delicious food.
“Even when they were little, our kids could tell the difference between vegetables we grew at home and things we bought, even if I’d bought it direct from another grower,” Lina says proudly.
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The population of India is over one billion. Nearly 65 percent of the population of India lives in villages with the main occupation being agriculture. The diverse climatic conditions in the country result in the production of a large number of agricultural items. Many surveys have proved that the suicide rate of farmers is proliferating over years due to the selection of the wrong crop resulting in less yield. In some areas, farmers lack information about the composition of soil and weather conditions and may choose the wrong crop to sow which results in lesser yield. Production of crops depends on geographical parameters like humidity, rainfall, and properties of soil such as pH, and NPK content. Integration of technology with agriculture helps the farmer to improve his production. The main goal of agricultural planning is to achieve the maximum yield rate of crops by using a limited number of land resources. This paper mainly focuses on recommending the appropriate crop using ML Algorithms ( Decision Tree, Naive Bayes, Random Forest ) based on soil composition and weather conditions to maximize the yield of the farm and increase the economic condition of India’s farmers.
Machine Learning; Crop prediction; Decision tree; Naive Bayes; Random Forest; crop recommendation
Van Klompenburg, Thomas, Ayalew Kassahun, and Cagatay Catal. "Crop yield prediction using machine learning: A systematic literature review." Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 177 (2020): 105709.
Chougule, Archana, Vijay Kumar Jha, and Debajyoti Mukhopadhyay. "Crop suitability and fertilizers recommendation using data mining techniques." In Progress in Advanced Computing and Intelligent Engineering, pp. 205-213. Springer, Singapore, 2019.
Pudumalar, S., E. Ramanujam, R. Harine Rajashree, C. Kavya, T. Kiruthika, and J. Nisha. "Crop recommendation system for precision agriculture." In 2016 Eighth International Conference on Advanced Computing (ICoAC), pp. 32-36. IEEE, 2017.
Kalimuthu, M., P. Vaishnavi, and M. Kishore. "Crop prediction using machine learning." In 2020 Third International Conference on Smart Systems and Inventive Technology (ICSSIT), pp. 926-932. IEEE, 2020.
Osman, Tousif, Shahreen Shahjahan Psyche, MD Rafik Kamal, Fouzia Tamanna, Farzana Haque, and Rashedur M. Rahman. "Predicting Early Crop Production by Analysing Prior Environment Factors." In International Conference on Advances in Information and Communication Technology, pp. 470-479. Springer, Cham, 2016.
Shah, Ayush, Akash Dubey, Vishesh Hemnani, Divye Gala, and D. R. Kalbande. "Smart farming system: Crop yield prediction using regression techniques." In Proceedings of International Conference on Wireless Communication, pp. 49-56. Springer, Singapore, 2018.
A. Sharma, A. Jain, P. Gupta and V. Chowdary, "Machine Learning Applications for Precision Agriculture: A Comprehensive Review," in IEEE Access, vol. 9, pp. 4843-4873, 2021, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3048415.
Kamatchi, S. Bangaru, and R. Parvathi. "Improvement of Crop Production Using Recommender System by Weather Forecasts." Procedia Computer Science 165 (2019): 724-732.
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Flowers for Change: A Sustainable Approach to Planting
Flowers for Change: A Sustainable Approach to Planting is a collaborative effort to educate and raise awareness about the sustainable benefits of Iowa’s native prairie. Secondly, the project aims to tackle sustainable planting strategies by distributing packets containing seeds of a small sample of Iowa’s native prairie flowers. Our group is working directly with the Iowa City Public Library (ICPL), who have been generously helped our group with seed distribution, content creation, and promotion. Our project involves two dates of seed distribution, with one of those days conveniently falling on Earth day! As a group, we want to highlight the incredible benefits of planting native prairie plants, such as an improvement in soil quality, water management, and an increase in pollinators. In attempt to raise awareness about environmental sustainability, our group hopes that individuals in the Iowa City area can learn about the many benefits of Iowa’s native prairie plants while also being able plant their own flowers. For more info and planting instructions:https://stem-o-sphere.org/projects/2021-projects/flowers-for-change-a-sustainable-approach-to-planting/.
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Lawone Agro is a company that provides creative agricultural solutions that helps boost Sustainable Agricultural Production and Satisfy Market Demand. We are established to identify key opportunities and markets both locally and internationally for selected agricultural products. Using our creative solutions, we create the entire value chain that ensures the product moves from the farm to the end user.
Our strategy seeks to establish a one-stop-shop that effectively utilizes innovative approaches to determine markets for profits on targeted agricultural produce, thereby stimulating production activities in the supply chain, and creating a window of opportunity for small and medium scale businesses
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Some of our major projects done for government organisations….
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Lawone Agro has partnered with the Presidential Amnesty program in the training and empowerment of over 300 delegates from the Niger-Delta region of Nigeria. The training scheme seeks to empower the unemployed restive youths in the area with agricultural skills that would ensure they are self sufficient and gainfully employed.
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Coconut Palm Sugar Exporter in India
The Coconut Grower is one of the leading organizations, recognized for our ability of exporting a premium quality range of Coconut palm sugar exporter in India. We export wide range of Desiccated Coconut powder exporter in India and additionally we offer Coconut milk exporter in India it brings convenience to the buyer. The coconut grower is a leading engaged in manufacturing and exporting a vast range of Coconut palm sugar exporter in India.We provide good quality of Coconut Palm Sugar from our company. We are engaged in making available Coconut Palm Sugar , Coconut Milk, Coconut shell charcoal export in India.
To meet the exact packaging demands of our clients, The coconut Grower provide them customization packaging solution. Further, our products are available in the market at affordable prices .Enriched by our vast industrial experience, The coconut Grower are involved in offering an enormous quality range of Coconut palm sugar exporter in India.
The coconut grower we Export coconut palm sugar exporter in India. Coconut sugar is formed from the sweet sap of coconut flowers. Sugar contains natural vitamins and minerals that support a healthy way for people that are active. it's been used as a sweetener and a preparation ingredient. coconut palm sugar exporter in India is traditionally produced with care intensively by our farmers. it's a delicious addition to coffee or tea, smoothies, fruit juices, cakes, pancakes, Curry dishes, sweet toppings, Pudding, any kind of fruit pies and additional.
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I received a very special delivery from my Brother 3 days before Christmas. He got a big box of avocados straight from the grower and sent me about 10 of them! What an excellent Christmas surprise. I love avocados but we usually don't see any good ones around here during the cold winter. The first one was ripe enough to eat on Christmas and you better believe this week will be jammed packed full of avocados for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Thanks David! What a great and generous surprise!
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Hi Everyone!! This article will share In the Orchard Questions & Answers.
In my previous posts, I have shared the questions and answers of A Lesson in Kindness, Jerry’s a Good Boy Now and The Chimpanzee’s Friend so, you can check these posts as well.
In the Orchard Questions & Answers
Question 1: Complete these sentences:
1. Fruits grow on plants and trees.
2. Farmers grow fruit trees in their orchard.
3. An area of land used for growing fruit trees is called an orchard.
4. We pluck fruits when they are ripe.
5. We eat only the seed case, not the whole fruit.
6. We use fruit seeds to grow more plants.
7. First of all, flowers appear on a fruit tree.
8. We get sugar, minerals and vitamins from fruits.
Question 2: What do we grow in an orchard?
Answer: We grow plants and fruits in an orchard.
Question 3: What part of a fruit do we eat?
Answer: We eat seed case of a fruit.
Question 4: What grows from blossoms?
Answer: Small green fruits grow from blossoms.
Question 5: When do we pick fruits to eat?
Answer: We pick fruits to eat when they are ripe.
Question 6: What do we get from fruits?
Answer: We get minerals, sugar and vitamins from fruits.
Question 7: What do we get from cereals?
Answer: We get carbohydrates from cereals.
Question 8: Name the foods that give us:
(i) Proteins – fruits, vegetables, milk, meat and fish
(ii) Vitamins – fruits, vegetables, milk, meat and fish
(iii) Minerals – fruits, vegetables, milk, meat and fish
(iv) Carbohydrates – wheat, rice and maize
Question 9: Match the following columns:
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|5. Orchard||e. to move slowly from side to side.|
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Benefit or burden? The mixed results of an agricultural program
HARARE, ZIMBABWE – War veteran Edward Tongoona started farming in 2008, after receiving land under a controversial scheme that redistributed Zimbabwe’s large commercial farms, mostly owned by white farmers, to black farmers . Like many other farmers, Tongoona has no title to his land, only a letter of offer from the government. This made it difficult for him to obtain a bank loan.
This limited access to credit – particularly for growing maize, a national staple whose production had fallen by nearly two-thirds by the time Tongoona took up farming – is one of the reasons why the Zimbabwean government introduced a contract farming scheme, popularly known as Command Agriculture, in 2015 which aims to reduce the country’s growing dependence on maize imports. Under this program, in the form of a loan, the government provides farmers with fertilizer and seeds for one season in exchange for 5 tonnes of maize per hectare, the cost of which is deducted after harvest.
Tongoona started participating in the program in 2018. “I joined because I didn’t have enough money to buy everything I needed in agriculture,” he says. “Since then, a lot of things have changed for me. I was able to buy two tractors and other agricultural equipment. Each season, he produces up to 250 tons of maize on his 34.8 hectares and sells it to the Grain Marketing Board, a government body that acts as an intermediary between farmers and millers. “It’s a good program. This should continue as it helped me transition from a small farmer to a more pronounced commercial farmer,” says Tongoona.
Not everyone feels this. Since its inception, the Command Agriculture program has been marred by criticism, ranging from skepticism about its usefulness in boosting Zimbabwe’s food security to accusations of corruption and cronyism. According to government watchdog Veritas, Zimbabwe accrued a “significant portion” of its sovereign debt – which as of September 2021 stood at $13.7 billion – after the program began. “Funding Command Agriculture has disproportionately bled Zimbabwe’s finances,” reads a recent Veritas report, “with little commensurate benefit to the public.”
In 2017, 54% of farmers enrolled in the program defaulted on their loans — in 2018, that number rose to 81%. Prince Kuipa, chief operating officer of the Farmers Union of Zimbabwe, which represents more than a million households, says it is an unfair burden on Zimbabwean citizens “because most taxpayers have no farms”.
“The best way to finance agriculture is not through the government, given its tendency to write off debts,” Kuipa says, adding that the government’s role should be limited to building roads and ensuring proper storage of crops. . “The private sector is more efficient in managing loans. »
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Tawanda Murwira is one of the farmers who have defaulted this year. “I only managed to repay part of the loan this year, even though I intended to repay it all,” he says. “The yields weren’t good.” Zimbabwe is expected to have a below-average maize harvest this year, partly due to delayed rains, but Murwira reports other delays as well. “I didn’t get all the inputs I needed, and the few that I did, I didn’t get on time,” he says. “We would be sent goose hunting all over the province to get all the inputs. It really affected the timing of our planting and ultimately the production yield was affected. »
The results have been downright contradictory, according to the Zimbabwe Democracy Institute, a local think tank that evaluated the program in 2020. On the one hand, maize production and deliveries to the Grain Marketing Board appear to have increased under the program. ; the other, his report notes, food insecurity and maize imports have also increased. One of the reasons for this apparent contradiction, according to the report, is that the ruling party and “securocrats” – a term used in southern Africa for police and military who wield political influence – run the agriculture of command as a form of patronage, and its revenues have been “a very powerful means by which supporters of the regime are financed, incentivized and rewarded”, making it “very difficult to translate bumper harvests into food security and reduced imports corn”.
Well-connected farmers tend to receive inputs before others, says Murwira; moreover, he says, the inputs for the program are sometimes sold on the black market, sometimes by the military officers in charge of distributing them. A 2020 survey of 200 beneficiaries and stakeholders by the Zimbabwe Democracy Institute found that 64% believed the program was riddled with corruption. The House Public Accounts Committee alleges that about $3 billion was misappropriated under the program. Asked about the allegations, Deputy Agriculture Minister Douglas Karoro said he would respond – but days later he was arrested for allegedly stealing agricultural inputs from the Presidential Input Scheme, a program similar to Command Agriculture. . He has since been fired; the Agriculture Ministry did not respond to further requests for comment.
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Although corn production has increased in recent years, says Andrew Pascoe, president of the Commercial Farmers Union, the program has affected other areas of agriculture as well. “It also tends to push all inputs out of the market, leaving those that don’t grow under Command Agriculture in short supply,” he says, adding that late payments to input suppliers have a ripple effect on production. of inputs. “Funding for commercial agriculture should be left to the private sector,” he says, “while government focuses on creating an enabling policy environment that encourages production.”
Freedom Mazwi, a Harare-based agrarian researcher, disagrees. Agriculture is too important to be left to the private sector, he says, refuting the prevailing idea that Zimbabwe’s dependence on maize imports is linked to land reforms initiated in the 2000s. and the International Monetary Fund have urged Zimbabwe and many African states to withdraw from financing agriculture, and what have been the results? Export crops have flourished, but the country has started to be a net importer of cereals,” he says. “African governments can learn a lot from Command Agriculture. Recently, the Rwandan government announced that it would take a similar approach in the wake of the Russian-Ukrainian war, which left many African countries food dependent.
He also notes that agricultural inputs are priced in US dollars while payment for agricultural output is largely made in the local currency, the Zimbabwean dollar (ZWL), which continues to lose value. “This means that farmers who are paid in ZWL find it very difficult to buy inputs for the next farming season, which are pegged to the US dollar,” he says.
LINDA MUJURU, YPG ZIMBABWE
Mazwi acknowledges that the program is not without flaws. He and his fellow researchers recommend more targeted selection of Command Agriculture beneficiaries — in particular, larger mechanized cultivators with a proven history of corn production. (Aid for small farmers, he adds, can be channeled through other programs.) “It is true that there were imports of maize after 2016, when the initiative was introduced. for the first time,” he said. “Droughts are the main reason. This is why we suggest that beneficiary selection targets farmers with irrigation facilities and large farms to act as a buffer against droughts and other climatic shocks. If this is complemented by a good pricing framework, it can go a long way towards enhancing national food self-sufficiency.
Murwira, however, has decided to step down for the time being. He focuses on self-financing next season’s harvest. “If run well, it’s a good program, but right now it’s riddled with confusion and corruption,” he says. “As things stand, I will no longer apply for funding under Command Agriculture or any government-supported funding. Agriculture is time sensitive, and time is not essential in these programs. »
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Tools to take the LEAP in agriculture
BBLeap develops tools that enable farmers and growers to operate at a large scale but act on individual plant or fruit level. The core of all BBLeap technologies is LeapBox. LeapBox ensures perfect spray quality at all times and carries out the actual spraying. All other technologies are connected or plugged into LeapBox for specific application techniques. These technologies can be developed by BBLeap or partners.
We are open about the development stages of all our technologies. Transparency is important to us so farmers and partners know what to expect. When we are in starting phase of a technology it might not so interesting for a farmer or a grower, yet. To potentials partners, it is interesting to partner up with us if we are at the start of product development because there is lots of space left for involvement and co-creation.
Invitation to partner with us
BBLeap is open to working with innovative partners. With our BlackBox philosophy, we believe it is important to be transparent to our partners and customers. Transparency to our partners means sharing knowledge and opening our technologies for seamless integration. Our goal is to make the LEAP in agriculture possible for farmers. This includes the possibility for farmers and growers to make use of complementing technology. Therefore we are open to all collaborations to get the best technology available for our customers. Learn more about collaborations at LeapPlus.
Technology Readiness Level (TRL)
The use of TRLs is to be open and transparent to our customers and partners. The figure below explains are levels.
For Farmers & Growers
We have rated each technology based on the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) to express clearly where we are with our development. Whenever a technology reaches TRL 9 it is commercially available. On all other levels, we are still developing, testing, and or gathering experience, but you are welcome to join in.
We have rated each technology based on the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) to express clearly where we are with our development. A low level means that partners can have more influence on further developments and for potential suppliers, it is an opportunity to fill in a part of the development. Our philosophy is that we don‘t want to develop something that already exists and meets quality standards.
Explore all BBLeap technologies!
LeapBox is the core to all technologies. The system is in use since spring 2020. It can be installed retro-fit to any sprayer brand and fruit sprayer. Some sprayer brand manufacturers offer LeapBox installed new sprayers at their factory (ask your dealer). There are many possibilities and functionalities that LeapBox has to offer.
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Growing lima beans might encourage him to eat some.
While your preschooler isn't exactly ready for quantum physics, she can start on her road to scientific exploration through a simple experiment. Little learners are ready to understand the basics of the life sciences such as how plants grow and their need for water and sunlight. If you are trying to think up a fun-filled science activity for your child that isn't overly involved or above her learning level, try germinating lima bean seeds. Although your preschooler may scoff at the idea of actually eating lima beans with her dinner, she will get a kick out growing them.
1Discuss the seed germination process and plant life cycle with your child. While it may seem fairly obvious to you that plants need water and sunlight to grow, your little learner might not realize this yet. Explain to her that plants start as seeds and, with nutrients from the water and the sun, they sprout and grow.
2Show the lima bean seeds to your child. While she might think of these beans as just the food that she eats -- or more than likely, refuses to eat -- help her to see that lima beans are part of the plant world and not born in the frozen food section of the grocery store.
3Soak dried lima beans in a bowl of water over night. This can help to quicken the growing process.
4Dip five or six cotton balls in water. Avoid getting them overly wet, making sure they aren't soaked or dripping.
5Line the bottom of a clear plastic bag with the wet cotton balls. Place three or four lima bean seeds into the bag, pressing them into the wet cotton.
6Seal the bag at the top. Prop the bag up against a sunny window.
7Check back in with the bags regularly -- at least daily -- to watch the seeds germinate. Have your child keep track of the seeds as they sprout and grow into mini plants.
- Help your child to better understand the scientific process. As she observes the plant growing, have her make a journal to document what she is seeing. She can draw a new picture every day to show the plant's life cycle.Break out a ruler and measure the plant as it grows. This will add a math layer to your already stellar science lesson.When the plants get to be too big for the bag, transfer them to a small soil-filled planter.
- Always supervise your child during the experiment as well as when she is making observations. Don't allow her to put the dried beans or cotton in or near her mouth.
Things You'll Need
- Dried lima beans
- Plastic resealable baggies
- Cotton balls
- Plastic bowl
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It's all too easy to forget the power of scent at this time of year, something we might more usually associate with high summer and the heady scent of roses. But mid-winter can offer up some of the most seductive and powerful scents we could wish for in the garden. Here are three of my favourite.
Terracotta rhubarb forcers will give you an early crop of tender stems.....but a simple bucket would work just as well.
For tender stems, exclude the light from the newly emerging stems of rhubarb. Mulching around the pot with straw will help increase the temperature inside the pot, helping to speed those shoots along.
Microgreens are the seedlings, usually consisting of the first pair of seed leaves, of various vegetables and herbs. Beloved by chefs for enhancing the visual appearance, texture and taste of dishes, they are also a great way to get an extra veg hit in the darkest days of winter. They're high in carotenoids, vitamins C, K and E according to US research published in 2014. So with a nod to good health, Veganuary and the purse strings, I've decided to try out Johnsons Microgreens growing kit.
I'll always have my National Trust 2018 calendar tea- towel to cheer me up. Designed by the late, great Pat Albeck, it's beautifully designed with Victorian-style greenhouses, masses of fruit and veg and, of course, a robin, garden cat and perky blackbird to keep order in the border. Too good for drying up with though, so on the office wall it'll stay pinned.
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The Taranaki region is location on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand and has a population of around 110,000. The Taranaki Region has a temperature climate with abundant rainfall given its exposure to the West . The region is extremely fertile given the high rainfall and rich volcanic soil.
The Taranaki Region's economy largely consists of mining, agriculture and farming.
The region consists of three Territorial Authorities; New Plymouth District, Stratford District and the South Taranaki District.
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Trying to be self-sufficient is becoming popular these days. More and more people are trying to eat healthier and are paying more attention to their overall health.
I have noticed that online seed companies are selling out of vegetable seed more quickly and the seeds that are selling the fastest are the heirloom seeds. More and more people are getting scared of GMO (genetically modified organisms) and hybrid seeds. A lot of people, my self included, want to only buy seeds once then let some of the end-of-season crops go to seed for next year. There is a problem with that, though. Some vegetables, like corn, are so hybridized and so easy to cross pollinate, that it is almost impossible to keep the variety pure. Corn has to be planted like 2 miles from other corn or it will cross-pollinate from the wind. And some vegetables take more than 1 year to produce seeds, like carrots and asparagus.
There are a lot of little things people can do to become more self-sufficient these days. One of the easiest( for us at least) to do is to just stop buying things you don't need. You have to know the difference between a need and a want. You NEED food, water, shelter, clothing, and climate control. You WANT an i-phone, a big screen plasma TV, eating out every week or even every night, and Prada. Once you can deal with the difference between want and need, you will realize just how much money we all waste every month. With all of the money you save from cutting your spending, you can get yourself out of debt. You simply cannot be self-sufficient if you are in debt. Money has to come from somewhere and if you have debt, you cannot make enough to be SELF-sufficient.
You can grow your own food, raise animals for meat and/or eggs, cook your own meals, make your own bread, sew your own clothes, and you still will not be completely self-sufficient. You will still have a water bill unless you have your own well, electric bill unless you have gone solar or wind, fuel costs for your vehichles unless you can bike everywhere you need to go and are physically able to do so, and countless other things that nibble away at your money. There are even some things we would have to buy even if all of the other criteria have been met. There is simply no way to grow coffee where we live. It just gets too cold. And the same with sugar cane. Sorgham for molassas, yes, sugar cane, no. We "could" grow herbals for tea if we were really in a bind, and roasted dandelion roots makes a passable coffee substitute, but those would be desperate times indeed. And as long as we have access to enough dirt and/or pasturage, we could free up money from other food items to buy coffee, sugar, and tea.
Being truely self-sufficient is a complete dream these days, but cutting as much as possible, given the current economic climate, only makes sense.
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February 17th, 2017
Cyprus grows its own bananas!!?
Yes sir, we do!!
The story goes – somewhat – like this: When Nature was deciding where to allow the growth of bananas in Cyprus, she opened a map of the island, closed her eyes, and placed her finger on ….
the Kissonerga and Peyia villages in Paphos District!
That is the only area, in the west part of the island, where the micro-climate is suitable enough for the growth of this delicious and nutritious fruit. If you tour the region in February (maybe on your way for a hike in the Akamas peninsula), you will see them hanging under bright blue plastic skirts for their protection.
Mr. Theodosis, the Paphian farmer whose bananas I buy in the open-air fruit market of Nicosia, matures his bananas in a natural way – by placing them in boxes of apples.
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After my morning workout yesterday, I decided to head on over to the farmers market. We were completely out of fresh fruits and vegetables, and I was craving more peaches. What better to do when you're out and about in the morning and soaking up the last days of summer?!
North Carolina is not exactly known for our apples, and summer isn't what I think of as apple season, but I was really, really hoping that I would find apples. I don't recall ever buying them at the farmers market before. I was thrilled to find a farmer selling TWO types of apples, WITH SAMPLES. I definitely ate one on the drive home. Then I ate a peach after I got my haul inside.
Note: After reading this post, my dad informed me that NC is a big apple producer. During a winter time trip to the farmers market, I found many more varieties of apples. My new favorite variety is Cameo.
For lunch, I cooked a squash and the bell pepper with a little olive oil, salt, pepper, and a grated bulb of elephant garlic. It was delicious with whole wheat spaghetti and some leftover tomato basil sauce (not pictured). Even my food is hand me down.
How do you make healthy eating enjoyable? What is your latest farmers market thrill?
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UVP: 15,09 €
Spare: 3,50 €
Normalerweise innerhalb eines Tages versandt
Challenge your preconceived ideas about the traditional colour of vegetables! This gift box provides everything any budding gardener needs to create their own funky veg and enjoy fresh produce at their fingertips.
Growing your funky veg is simple - everything you need is inside this gift box, including starter growing pots, compost discs, seeds and a booklet containing instructions and tips to guide you to green-fingered success! Add vibrant colour and intense flavour to your plate and never be bored by vegetables again with this fun gift idea. -MB
The box contains:
This pack contains real plant seeds Origin UK. The plant seeds can die before or after germination. Please plant your seeds as soon as possible. Due to the varying nature of the conditions that the plant seeds are stored and grown in neither Gift Republic Ltd nor any other company supplying this gift pack can accept any liability in relation to the under-performance of the seeds or coir disks and pots. This is a novelty gift and must be regarded as such.
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https://support.cropconex.com/market-updates/the-coffee-harvest-begins-in-south-western-ethiopia/
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The coffee harvest season in Ethiopia, affected by factors like altitude and weather, usually spans from late September to January. It begins in the lower elevation areas of Bench, Sheko, and Bebeka in the South Western region and concludes in the higher altitude regions of Bale, Sidama, and Guji in the South Eastern part. As of now, harvesting has started in the South West coffee regions, where they’ve also set initial farmgate prices. Other regions, including Limmu, Sidama, Guji, Yirgacheffe, and Bale, are expected to begin their harvest in November.
The current farmgate price for a kilogram of fresh coffee cherries is 28 Br (about $0.50 USD) in Bench and Kaffa, while it’s slightly lower at 26 Br (approximately $0.46 USD) in some lowland regions of Jimma. These prices are notably lower than last season’s inflated rates, likely to influence the minimum export prices.
Since 2020, the Ethiopian Coffee and Tea Authority has been setting a weekly minimum floor price for exported coffees, influenced by many factors including the local cherry price. Despite the early stage of the current season, a decrease in these minimum export prices is evident. For instance, Washed Yirgacheffe and Guji G1 coffees, which were priced at $3.39 and $3.36 per pound respectively at September’s end, have dropped to $3.29 per pound as of October 23, 2023. Similarly, Jimma and Sidama G1 coffees, initially at $2.81 and $3.39 per pound, are now priced at $3.32 and $2.75 per pound.
Additionally, numerous coffee processing warehouses still have substantial stocks of both specialty and commercial coffees, indicating an oversupply in the market and contributing to the adjustment in market prices. Nonetheless, the Ethiopian Coffee and Tea Authority is aiming for an estimated yield of 350 metric tons in the forthcoming 2023/24 harvest season.
Want to learn more about the Ethiopian coffee value chain? Read our in-depth Guide to Navigating the Ethiopian Market.
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Many of you when reading often wonder what does a maple tree look like in stardew valley? The Maple tree in stardew valley is one of the most prevalent trees, and you can find it virtually anyplace. Trees are the major source of many commodities and resources used in gameplay.
They supply items that are utilized to make things and build new infrastructure on the farm. You can also use it to create Artisan items that you can sell in the shipping crate for extra gold. You can get Maple Seeds if you cut it down with an axe. If you’re a Lumberjack, you can even get some Hardwood.
Shaking it, on the other hand, will result in seeds or a Hazelnut if done within the last two weeks of Fall. If you choose the Forester profession, you can get up to 25% additional wood or 15-20 pieces when you chop down maple trees stardew valley.
How To Get Maple Seeds In Stardew Valley?
These seeds can get into the game in a variety of ways. It can be straight from the tree or from other sources. See below to learn how to get it in the game:
- At Foraging Level 1, cut down a Maple Tree with an Axe.
- Foraging Level 1 Shaking a Maple Tree
- Searching through garbage cans.
- Digging the earth for dropped seeds with a pickaxe or axe.
- When the pond population reaches 9, it is obtained from the Woodskip Fish Pond.
- Purchasing it for 100-1,000g from the Traveling Cart.
How To Grow Maple Trees In Stardew Valley?
To grow a maple tree started, you must first plant a Maple seed in the earth. The seed or sapling can then be fertilized with Tree fertilizer to help it develop faster. This fertilizer will assist it in progressing to one stage per night until it reaches the fourth stage, at which point it will be fully matured two nights later.
Stardew maple seeds mature in 24 days on average after going through four phases of growth once planted. In addition, fertilizing takes five days in any season. Although these seeds have a 20% chance of growing every day except during the winter, when no trees can sprout, individual trees grow at different rates.
If the tree is planted outside of the farm and Pelican Town, it will grow as Saplings in the third growth stage. If the stump is removed, it will grow normally again.
|Once the seed is planted, the first stage will begin. Plant it eight tiles away from other tree seedlings or mature trees so that it can grow past the fourth stage.
|After a few days, you’ll notice that the seedling has achieved its second stage of growth when leaves emerge on it.
|When a sapling enters the third growth stage, it is referred to as a sapling. The height of the plant and the quantity of leaves distinguish this stage from the previous stage fast.
|The sapling grows taller, with a narrow, short trunk. It also takes twice as long to advance to the following stage. This is the stage of development before attaining complete maturity.
|The stardew maple tree has reached its last development stage in the fifth stage. You may cut it down to obtain resources or tap it to receive some yummy syrup.
How To Use Maple Syrup
Because there are so many things and activities to discover in stardew valley maple tree, understanding how to obtain Maple Syrup may be a game changer.
- Players open up a universe of options with a consistent supply of Maple Syrup. They can use this resource to strengthen their bonds with other villagers (except Maru, who dislikes it).
- Maple Syrup may be used to produce Maple Bars, which offer a lot of health and vitality, or to construct the Bee House, which is one of the simplest ways to generate money in Stardew Valley (a recipe learnt at Farming Level 3).
- This Artisan Good Item can assist players in regaining health, crafting money-making products, or cultivating connections with other villagers.
- It starts at 200g and goes up from there if they’ve entered the Tapper profession.
- Players may focus on other aspects of the game without feeling overloaded by managing the farm if they streamline their resource harvesting.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q1. What is the easiest way to get Maple Syrup Stardew Valley?
Ans. After making a tapper, just hang it on a maple tree and wait for it to generate maple syrup. It is used on oak or pine trees to extract oak resin or pine tar, respectively. In particular, the maple syrup will be available in around 9 days.
Q2. Where can I buy Stardew maple seeds?
Ans. No, you cannot purchase the seeds, however, you may interact with the trees outside of the farm. Right-click to shake them and (occasionally) receive a seed, or chop them down to acquire a seed more reliably. You may also manufacture tree fertilizer to help the trees you’ve previously planted grow faster.
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Article by: Amelia Hoffbauer
Gardening is a great way to stay fit and active in your golden years, and the best part? Reaping the tasty benefits of what you sow. And with a few adjustments and modifications, gardening can be an easy and enjoyable task for seniors.
Enjoying the environment is one perk of digging in the dirt. Studies on home and community gardening point to even more positives, including a reduced risk of dementia, and a happier life. Gardening raises serotonin, a chemical in the brain that puts people in a good mood. It also lowers stress-producing cortisol levels.
Tips on Easy Gardening
As we get older, not everyone is cut out for heavy digging, pulling weeds, and lugging around hoses or large watering cans. A low-maintenance garden reduces the amount of work and makes the garden more “senior-friendly.”
1. Mulched beds, paved pathways, lush groundcovers, and hardy shrubbery add elegance to the yard, and don’t require a lot of upkeep.
2. Set out chairs or benches under shady trees or on nearby patios to take a rest.
3. Bright colors are always easy to spot. Paint gardening tool handles or wrap them in colored tape to make them easy to find when dropped.
4. Raised garden beds are easier to weed and harvest. Stack landscaping timber edging to reduce straining and bending — this is especially helpful if you have back or joint pain.
5. Design vertical gardens with trellises, bamboo stakes, arbors, and tomato cages that encourage vines and other plants to grow upward. Growing upward instead of to the side makes plants much easier to prune and harvest.
6. Avoid hanging baskets. Sure, they’re pretty, but they need constant watering and fertilizing. These containers can be hard to reach … except, of course, when you bump into them.
7. Plant flowers and vegetables in foamy containers that use lightweight soil mediums. This reduces the weight of each container. Place the single pots on casters, so you can move them around easily.
8. Choose native flowers and shrubs that grow naturally in Oklahoma. Coreopsis, salvia, and phlox are only a few brightly-colored blooms that attract birds and butterflies. Oklahoma’s hot climate helps grasses thrive — little bluestem and prairie dropseed do very well. Sumac is a hardy shrub that sprouts colorful red flowers.
When it comes to indoor greenery, the more the better, especially for those who cannot get outside much.
Mini gardens in pots on a windowsill are enjoyable, too. Indoor hydroponic gardens use water and liquid fertilizer to grow herbs, flowers, fruits, and vegetables.
Hydroponic systems come in various sizes, small enough for tabletops and large enough for the corner of any size room. All you have to do is a little pinching and pruning to keep these plants growing nicely until their stages are complete.
Get to Gardening!
You will definitely stay active with all the bending, squatting, stretching, and weed pulling it takes to maintain a flower or veggie patch. But the best tip to make it easy? Choose the plants that make you happy.
Amelia Hoffbauer has been growing her own fruits and vegetables for more than 60 years, and at 84, she shows no signs of slowing down. Her real passion is for her prize rose bushes which have won her six blue ribbons at her county fair.
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The West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) is an institution that was established in 2007 as a collaborative effort between University of Ghana, Legon and Cornell University, under the leadership of Prof. Eric Danquah.
It was initiated as a solution to Africa’s hungry and malnourished population, which is fueled by Africa’s rapidly growing population, as well as the persistent low agricultural productivity in the region.
What does WACCI do?
The West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement trains plant breeders across Africa, in order to improve the indigenous crops grown in the region. In line with the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2, WACCI’s aim is to eliminate extreme hunger and achieve food security in Africa. WACCI currently runs two academic programmes: a 4-year PhD in Plant Breeding and a 2-year MPhil in Seed Science and Technology (SST).
Progressively, the centre has enrolled more than 120 PhD students and about 60 MPhil students from different African countries across the globe. In addition to the 3 high yielding and climate resilient maize varieties released by the centre, the centre’s graduates have also released over 60 varieties.
How is the institution funded?
Since its establishment in 2007, WACCI has, and continues to rely on donor funds. From the year 2007 to 2017, the centre was mainly sponsored by the Alliance for a Green Revolution of Africa (AGRA) under the charity of Bill and Melinda Gates. WACCI has been able to secure partnerships with over 40 world renowned educational institutes, government agencies, non-governmental organizations and private companies. Some major sponsoring partners include the World Bank, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Cornell University, USA, among others. The centre has its arms wide opened for more collaborating partnerships.
National Service Opportunities at the centre
Each year, the institution recruits national service persons and equips them with employable skills needed in the job market. Criteria for the selection of NSPs is based on a good GPA, computer literacy, a passion for excellence, ability to solve practical problems with initiative and drive, among others.
For the 2021/2022 service period, the institution welcomed Mr. Francis Appiah Koranteng, Ms. Abigail Komedza, Ms. Emmanuella Nyamekye Aggrey, Ms. Ruth Gladstone and Mr. Samuel Anim-Opare to serve as national service persons. Both Mr. Appiah Koranteng and Ms. Komedza are Field Research Assistants to the Centre. Ms. Aggrey is the Executive Assistant to the Director. The Resource Mobilization Consultant and Assistant to the Finance Officer roles are occupied by Ms. Gladstone and Mr. Anim-Opare respectively.
The WACCI community is one that empowers its members to strive for excellence. It is a privilege to be a member of such community.
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Great Tips to Finding the Best Sod Suppliers
Landscaping is always a great idea as it makes your home look attractive. As a home owner for your home to be attractive you need to buy sod that will make your lawn appealing. However, before you buy sod you need to make sure you have chosen the right supplier. Sods are of different types and therefore settling for the best sod supplier you can be guaranteed of buying the best sod. So how do you tell this is the best supplier to buy your sod from? Here are some few pointers that can be of great help when choosing a sod supplier. Check out the sod depot Tampa for more info.
First and foremost you need to consider the reputation of the sod depot. Reputation is key when it comes to buying quality sod for your lawn. This is because you need sod that will adapt well in your environment once it is transferred. As a client therefore it is best you go for a reputable sod supplier and you are confident of getting the best sod. For a sod supplier to be reputable they must be delivering and selling quality sod to their clients. As a home owner for you to buy the best sod it is important you find a reputable supplier.
On to the second tip you need to check reviews of the sod supplier. Before you choose a sod supplier you need to make sure you have gone through tones of reviews. Going through tones of reviews will allow you to get insights on whether the sod supplier can be relied to supply the best sod or not. Go for a sod supplier with positive reviews from clients and you are definite you will get the best sod for your lawn. Click here to buy sod Tampa now!
Thirdly, you need to find sod suppliers that offer other services. Installing and transporting sod can be very challenging because sod is very delicate. As home owner therefore you need a sod supplier who offers delivery and installation services so that your sod can be delivered and installed well. Choosing sod suppliers that offer these services you can be certain that everything will run smoothly and perfectly and you will be stress free.
The above pointer are just bust a few pointer that you need to consider when choosing a sod supplier. Taking all these pointers to account you can be rest assured you will choose best sod supplier.
To read more about this, check out http://www.huffpost.com/entry/artificial-turf-drought-california_n_7523132.
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A Guide to Follow When Looking For the Best Plant Nursery
In your garden, you may consider planting trees and plants. Therefore you should ensure that you choose a plant nursery that you will use. The best thing is to search for the right provider that you will use for your trees. This will ensure that you get the right plants that will be pleasing to you. Thus, you need to start your search for the best plant nursery that you will use for you to the best. The following are the important things you should look at to help you in searching for the ideal plant nursery.
The first thing to consider when looking for the best plant nursery is the quality of the plants. It is vital that you select the plant that will be more pleasing and attractive. This will indicate that the plant will be of good quality. Therefore make sure that you select bathe plant that is of high quality.
The next thing to consider when looking for the best plant nursery is the variety of plant. It is best that you have the plant nursery that will offer you a variety of the plants. This means that you will have more options for you to choose from.
Check at your budget to help you in searching for the ideal plant nursery. When buying the plant, you will have set a budget that you are willing to use. The budget is what will determine what you will purchase. It is important that you check at the price of the plant you want from different plant nurseries. You should ensure that you coinsurer the quality of the plant. The best plant nursery should have high-quality plants at affordable prices. Thus find the plant nursery that will lie within your budget.
You need to do thorough research before you make your selection of the plant nursery. The internet will provide you with the information you need concerning the plant nursery. You need to read reviews from different customers. Check at what other customers will have said from their experience with the plant nursery. The people will have recommended the best plant. You should confirm that the plant nursery has provided honest reviews. The reviews will help you learn about the quality of plants in the plant nursery. This makes it easy for you to determine the plant nursery that will give you the best. You can as well talk to other people for the recommendations of the ideal n plant nursery they have used in the past.
The nest thing should be checking at the type of services provided by the plant nursery. You want to be sure that you find the ideal plant nursery that will give you the best services. Check at the variety of services that the plant nursery offers. The ideal plant nursery should be able to offer a variety of services. You also need to research about the customer care services of the plant nursery. Choose the plant nursery with excellent customer care services.
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By Wanja Mungai
Kenyan farmers are opting for organic plantation inputs to improve the quality and safety of their products while also taking care of the environment. Many are now beginning in order to use biofertilizer, which is made from organic waste.
CGTN met Steven Kariuki Muthui who uses biofertilizer to boost his crop yields instead of conventional chemical fertilizer. The 33 year-old from Nakuru, in Kenya’s Rift Valley, prides himself as a certified natural farmer.
“It means cultivating organic food without external inputs which are harmful to the soil to the environment to animals and plants, ” Steven Kariuki, Organic Farmer.
Kariuki adds that biofertilizers help in ensuring food safety as well as mitigating against climate change. While chemical fertilizer releases greenhouse gases into the air, bio fertilizer does the opposite. It traps gases like carbon dioxide in the soil.
“Carbon is meant to be retained within the soil as opposed to being released in the air, that is what causes the issues of climate change. So , the particular essence is to retain as much as possible the carbon in the soil, ” says Kariuki.
This organic farmer discovered biography fertilizers after he met Mildred Day, a manufacturer of the eco-friendly input. Day time works with a group associated with women inside making the best out regarding Nakuru county’s waste organic matter.
At her compost sites, typically the organic matter takes months to fully process. The process entails layering involving different types of waste, from animal, farm and residential organic waste.
It is also fortified with nutrients to help make a rich mix.
“At the county market we have 2000 Traders and by collecting that will waste we are able to create clean environment for them to trade and also intercepting of which waste through being taken to this landfill we prevent methane emissions, ” submits Mildred Day, Founder, Griincom.
Day says her fertilizers are weather smart.
She says that most of often the Farmers use rain fed agriculture plus because connected with climate switch effects there is less rainfall than normal. This means there is certainly declining productivity throughout the farms, but when organic fertilizers are used, it has high water retention. This helps in crop cultivation, environment change notwithstanding.
More farmers are adopting climate smart agriculture to cushion against droughts, floods and rising temperatures.
Whilst not many farmers understand the contribution of their practice in order to climate modification experts believe there is a need to get all of them enlightened so they may adopt local climate smart methods.
“Agricultural sector in Africa is your largest emitter of greenhouse gases. It is furthermore a sector that provides income for about 60 percent with the population so it’s not something the fact that you can just ban. So it will be very important that we find methods that will not deteriorate the surroundings further but provide enough food for everyone, ” states Anja Berretta, Head of Programme, Energy Security & Climate Change Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung.
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When travelling through Australia, I am staggered at the amount of Glyphosate used by farmers and local governments. Monsanto touts Glyphosate as a safe herbicide and in the scheme of dangerous chemicals; I believe it is relatively safe. However, it’s the quantity of Glyphosate used throughout Australia that is concerning. Farmers are now using Glyphosate just before harvesting as a desiccant to ripen grain crops more uniformly and this toxicity is passed directly to grain fed animals and humans. This American article explores the possible effects of Glyphosate contamination in wheat crops.
In Australia, I see thousands and thousands of acres of un-naturally dried crops and pasture. I see local government spraying Glyphosate on the edges of streams and around children’s playgrounds. Australia is too cunning to release statistics relating to amounts of glyphosate used, but In Argentina an estimated 200 million litres of glyphosate is used in soybean production alone each year. This is environmental madness on a global scale and The Key explains how this madness permeates society.
Fortunately, many people in Australia are trying to rectify this madness.
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There are no standards regarding the qualitative and quantitative composition of genuine essential oils. The composition of essential oil changes continuously during a plant’s life cycle, varies between different parts of the plant and even between different populations of identical species. In addition, a number of other factors such as climate, habitat, agricultural, environment and technology may affect the quality of essential oils.
In the article, we will discuss the following factors in addition to chemotype.
Before we further discuss in brief some major factors that affect the quality of essential oils, it is important to understand the difference that may arise due to chemotypes. A chemotype is a chemically distinct entity of a plant. Chemotypes belong to the same genus and species but they have different chemical compositions. Chemotypes are often defined by the most abundant chemical produced by that individual. Only a few plants have developed chemotypes. Some examples are:
It is therefore important not only to know the botanical name of the plant from which oil has been extracted but also its main constituents.
A region’s soil and climatic conditions can produce variations in the proportions of esters, alcohols, and other basic constituents of the oil and thus can affect the aroma, color and overall quality of essential oils.
Climate plays a vital role in the yield and quality of essential oils. Factors like temperature, sunshine, frequency, and magnitude of precipitation, wind all can affect the production of essential oil in the plant. For example, as per studies, high temperatures coupled with high humidity may lead to a higher yield of essential oils. This is due to the fact that such conditions are favorable for the growth of microorganisms/insects/parasites and thus plant increase the production of essential oil to fight against them.
Condition of soil, specifically its pH, significantly affects the quality of essential oils. A high pH affects the solubility of certain elements like iron, zinc, copper, and manganese in the soil and thus the quality of essential oil.
Both conditions, either excess of water or lack of water, can affect the quality and yield of essential oils. Lack of water leads to restriction of growth of the plant which in turn affects the yield and quality of oils. Similarly, excess of water may lead to damage to the plant due to fungal growth.
The composition of essential oil present in a plant changes in case plants are under attack from insects or microorganisms. The change in essential oil compositions acts as a warning signal to other plants and defense against the impending attack.
Essential oil is found in many different parts of the plant like leaves, herb, fruit, wood, root and so on. Each part of a plant yields an essential oil of a somewhat different composition. And because of this, essential oils are characterized by the part of the plant used for extraction.
Plants that yield several different oils, each extracted from different parts, include Clove (bud/leaf ), Cypress (twig/cone), Juniper (berry/twig), Laurel (leaf/berry), Coriander (seed/leaf ), Cinnamon (bark/leaf ), Angelica (root/seed), Pimenta (berry/ leaf ) and Lovage (root/herb).
For example, Cinnamon bark oil with its high level of cinnamaldehyde possesses a typically fine, powdery sweet-woody aroma. Cinnamon leaf oil, in contrast, includes a fresh-pungent, clove-like note with its extremely high levels of eugenol.
Some of the agricultural practices that affect the quality of essential oils are as follow:
Distillation is one of the most important factors in assuring the quality of the essential oil. Using high-temperature steam at a high vapor pressure, as well as in some cases introducing solvent chemicals to speed up the process, results in oil of considerably lower quality than if a more ideal, lower steam temperature and pressure were used.
However, only a handful of producer adopts such techniques because the largest consumer of essential oils, flavoring industry, standardized the essential oils.
While buying essential oils, it is informative to know that there are a number of factors that may affect the composition and quality of essential oils. There are no exact standards of qualitative and quantitative compositions of genuine essential oils. While buying, please ask your seller about the origin, species name, and composition of the oil.
Kurt Schnaubelt. “The Healing Intelligence of Essential Oils: The Science of Advanced Aromatherapy
Peter Holmes. “Aromatica, A Clinical Guide To Essential Oil Therapeutics
Gerhard Buchbauer, K. HusnuCan Baser. “Essential Oils Science, Technology and Applications
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BEA's Green Thumbs Junior Garden Club is registered with the Florida Federation of Garden Clubs (click on picture for link to FFGC website) and supported by the Bartow Garden Club. Students meet several times each year on Wednesdays after school from 2:45 - 3:30 p.m., to help with maintenance and projects in the outdoor classroom. Students in grades 2 - 5 may come without a parent and younger students are welcome but must have a parent with them. All parents of participating students are welcome to join their child in any Junior Garden Club activity. Check with the monthly school calendar for the schedule and note that no club activities are held on any early release day.
Two members of the junior garden club harvest hydroponic cabbage. The largest cabbage was a whopping 9 lbs.! Some cabbages were grown from seed and some donated by Bonnie Plant Farms.
Students participated in the Blooming Arts Festival after a parent volunteer from FIPR (Florida Institute of Phosphate Research) and the garden club met with students to learn about floral design and arrangment.
BEA students in the junior garden club help maintain the garden by providing some of the care that is needed such as removing or planting plants, propagation, pulling weeds, cleaning the pond, composting and watering plants. Students also learn about life cycles of plants and animals, habitats, hydroponics, good bugs/bad bugs and many other topics related to gardening. Please see the monthly BEA calendar for the schedule. Parents are encouraged to attend and participate with your school age child in second - fifth grades.
The Bartow Garden Club sponsored two of our students at the week long environmental nature camp at Wekiwa Springs State Park. Camp Wekiva is sponsored by the Florida Federation of Garden Clubs and is open to 3rd - 8th graders. The two students receiving the $200 campership awards for 2014 are Sara G. and Sam L.. Sam has been awarded a 2nd year campership award so a BIG Congratulations to Sam!
One of our former 5th graders, Hannah K., attended this year for her 2nd summer and Hannah's mom, Kate, volunteered for her second year in the Nature Program for third graders. What great families and students we have at BEA!
Many, many thanks to the all the ladies and supporters of the Bartow Garden Club for the student campership award for 2014 and 2015.
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A Green Approach to Vineyards Grinding
At Image Tree Service, Inc., we’re highly adept at grinding up vines and turning them into mulch for vineyards throughout northern California’s wine country, both effectively, efficiently and affordably. The mulch is 100% recyclable and some of our vineyard customers will later convert it into compost that can be recycled back into their vineyards.
The mulch that is produced by the grinding can be used for ground cover while retaining moisture. It’s a win-win for you, your vineyard and your community, because you’re not creating the air pollution associated with burning the vines. It’s a green solution and that’s why we’re happy to provide Vineyards Grinding services to our clients with vineyards.
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The Real Perks of Buying and Eating from Local Farmers' Markets | Health
Fresh, healthy food is easier to get than ever as more and more farmers’ markets are popping up across the region. Cheryl Harris of The Kaplan Center for Integrative Medicine is registered dietitian and nutritionist. She’s a big fan of local farmers’ markets, and today she bought some fresh peaches, rosemary, and lemongrass from a popular market in Fairfax County.
“A lot of things at the market, the farmers picked this morning. You also have a much more extensive variety,” said Harris at the McLean Farmers’ Market.
As a gardener herself, Harris enjoys being able to ask the farmers questions about how things were grown. She sees the customer service at local farmers’ markets as a major perk of buying locally. Aside from the freshness and supporting local farmers, Harris believes the taste of the produce is incomparable.
"I can't wait to get into those peaches," said Harris.
What's in season right now? Harris explained that everything is really in bloom this time of year, so you can't go wrong. Don't miss the fresh peaches, berries, tomatoes, corn, and melon.
Here are the top benefits shared by Harris:
* Fresh produce and meat. Most fruits and vegetables are picked that day. Look for vendors selling grass-fed meats or free-range poultry and eggs.
* Support for local farmers.
* Few or fewer pesticides on fruits and vegetables. A plum shipped from Chile required lots of pesticides to keep it looking lovely even after traveling thousands of miles!
* Better taste! There's nothing as delicious as biting into a freshly picked tomato, peach or apple!
* Unbeatable customer service. The "manufacturer" is usually right in front of you -- so if you have questions about how something was made or grown -- you can simply ask!
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Brassica oleracea or B. oleracea var. cabbage capita, variety tuba, variety var or sabauda acephala) is a member of the mustard family Brassicaceae and the genus Brassica. B. oleracea cultivars include broccoli, collard greens, brussels sprouts, kohlrabi, and sprouting broccoli, among other cruciferous vegetables (also known as cole crops).
These created from the wild cabbage B. oleracea var. oleracea, also known as field cabbage or colewort. This original species evolved over thousands of years into the species we see today as a result of selection resulting in cultivars with distinct characteristics, such as thick stems with flower buds for broccoli, large heads for cabbage, and large leaves for kale.
The Latin word for “having a head” is the origin of the varietal name capitata.
In the past, the term “cabbage” was used to refer to a variety of B. oleracea species, including those with heads that were either missing or loose. Brassica rapa, a species that is related to it and often referred to as Chinese, napa, or celery cabbage, has many of the same uses. It is also used as a common name for several species that are not related. These include the cabbage tree, also known as cabbage bark, which belongs to the genus Andira, and the cabbage palms, which come from a number of different palm genera and include Mauritia, Roystonea oleracea, Acrocomia, and Euterpe oenocarpus, among others.
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In order to accelerate the resolution of the serious problem of post-production losses of agricultural products in China and comprehensively implement the subsidy policy for agricultural products' preliminary processing facilities, the "Notice on the Implementation of the Primary Processing of Agricultural Products in 2014" issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Finance has been officially released recently. Among them, the subsidy standard for drying facilities is 30%, which will greatly promote the application and expansion of heat pump drying, and will also further promote the development of the air energy heat pump industry.
In recent years, as the demand for agricultural and sideline products in China has become more and more clear, the role of dryer equipment in the industry has also become greater. As a new and energy-saving new technology, air energy can largely solve the problems of low traditional drying efficiency and high drying cost. Taking Tongyi Air Energy's high-temperature heat pump dryer as an example, it has the advantages of energy saving, emission reduction, safety and environmental protection, good drying effect, high efficiency and energy saving, low operating costs, labor cost savings and wide range of use, etc. .
At present, air energy heat pump drying is gradually applied in many industries. Tongyi Air Energy is a leading brand in the air energy industry. Its high-temperature heat pump dryer has been widely used in tobacco drying, fruit and vegetable drying, medicinal material drying, seafood drying, wax product drying, betel nut drying, etc. , Praised by the majority of users. Under the dual favorable effects of policy tilt and changes in citizens' consumption concepts, air-energy heat pump dryers will usher in an unprecedented opportunity for development, which will not only benefit consumers, but also play a significant role in energy conservation and emission reduction. The driving role.
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Fluvanna has a wide variety of agribusinesses for the whole family to enjoy. Whether you relax with a glass of Virginia wine at our award-winning wineries, pick fruit straight from the source at an orchard, or stock up on seasonal produce at our farm stands and farmer’s markets, there are so many ways to enjoy the local flavors of Fluvanna. Besides food and wine, visitors can also enjoy a memorable walk with furry friends at Fluvanna’s very own alpaca farm.
Fruit Hill Orchard
Locally grown apples, peaches, tomatoes, melons, and veggies. Stop by for a few apples, or plan on spending the afternoon picking in their orchards, playing corn hole on the lawn, learning in the apple museum, or picnicking.
Crossing Brook Farmstand
A second generation family produce farm specializing in spring greenhouse plants, vegetables, PYO: strawberries, blackberries, flowers, and pumpkins! A stand at the farm offers delicious seasonal produce, plants and flowers to the public.
Cunningham Creek Winery
Cunningham Creek Winery is a family owned and operated boutique winery specializing in small lot, finely crafted French varietals and blends. The winery is part of the Monticello Wine Trail.
Sacred Acres Farm
Meet friendly alpacas and learn about their history and behavior. Experience the joy of hand-feeding the delightful animals and feel their velvety noses in your palm. Take an alpaca for a walk—you will find them very gentle, and you will have a chance to explore the wooded areas of the farm accompanied by these sweet and docile animals.
Hardware Hills Vineyard
A family owned and operated boutique vineyard and winery located in historic Scottsville, Virginia, on the sloping hills along the Hardware River. Hardware Hills Vineyard is committed to producing consistent and well-balanced wines using old-world techniques.
The winery offers reds, whites, rose and sparkling wines.
Totes McGoats Body Soaps offer locally made soap, lotion, bath bombs, body butter, lip balm, deodorant, face lotion, and dog shampoo. No water is used to make the soap, only fresh goats milk from a local small herd.
Salt and Pepper Farm
Salt and Pepper Farm is a local, pasture based farm that believes happy, healthy animals make tastier food. Their pigs and chickens are raised on pasture with plenty of space, water, and sunshine to grow and thrive. Salt and Pepper Farm also raises bees who are free to explore the area and local wildflowers, creating delicious raw honey.
Hidden Springs Family Farm
Hidden Springs Family Farm is a veteran-owned, local farm with a passion for sustainability. Pesticide and herbicide free, the farm is known for its wide variety of vegetables, as well as pasture-raised livestock and beekeeping. The owners also create delicious food products, such as jellies, relishes, and jams.
Female owned and operated, Local Eats has been specializing in locally-made food products, with vegan options and farm-to-table dishes, since 2017. Known especially for its wide selection of meats, cheeses, vegetables and wine, Local Eats is the place to go to sample all the flavors of Fluvanna.
Garden Keepers of Virginia
Garden Keepers of Virginia is a landscape design business that sells stunning plants and trees. Open Monday through Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Sundays from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., you can take a bit of the natural beauty of Fluvanna home with you with their colorful chrysanthemums, vibrant blanket flowers, and dogwood and Japanese maple trees.
Chevy Chase Farm
Chevy Chase Farm is more than a family business: it’s a destination. On the 360 acre farm, which produces grass-fed beef, free-range eggs, chickens, and pork products, you’ll find charming, boutique cottages available for rent. To make your stay even better, the farm also has a retreat center available for booking, walking trails, a grab-and-go store, and a garden center.
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Sunday, July 3, 2016
Herdsmen: Dilemma of a nomadic lot
~Nigerian Tribune. Friday, July 1, 2016.
Herdsmen, let us appreciate, are perhaps humanity’s earliest known tourists. They must be taught however that there is a culture of settlement, and learn to seek accommodation with settled hosts wherever encountered. —Wole Soyinka
There was a quiet despondency in his gaze. It was long, frail. His words were few and far-between, revealing a depressing nostalgia. Tanko Ali, 45, had a most memorable childhood. He was raised in Kwambai, Bauchi State. He knew no other life than that of a herdsman. He intoned that, as a boy, he would move the cattle to graze from a “mere shouting distance” from his village. But his narrative took an aching trajectory when he lamented that the grazing lands were no longer there, only long stretches of grassless plains, imposed by a rapidly growing desertification. With no pasture, Tanko resorts to grazing even outside the immediate boundaries of Nigeria.
“We know no other life than the life that we share with our animals; when they are fat, our joy knows no bound. Again, when they are ill, we have no reason to be happy. When I was a boy, the grass that surrounds our village used to be tall as human beings. There was enough and even surplus for our cattle. But it is no longer the same—no grass, no water. We lose our cattle to hunger and thirst,” he said, dispelling a hurting sigh.
Tanko’s dismal narrative is not a personal tragedy as it is shared by a huge chunk of cattle rearers who had plied their craft through the years in the northern part of Nigeria. This unnerving challenge is due to the growing advancement of the desert into areas and plains that had one time or the other being fertile for grazing cattle and farming.
Today, a large part of Nigeria’s North has been taken over by desertification due to the area’s Sahelian and arid topography. With the years of such painful realisation, the herdsmen, with a pressing duty to affirm the survival of their cattle, have continuously pushed their way down south in search of water and vegetation for their cattle. The fight for space and the limited arable land resources have left trails of sadness and tears in the wake of herdsmen/farmers’ conflict.
Desertification, grazing lands and El Nino
Musa Ibrahim, in his 30s, is another herdsman from Borno State, who traces the problem of search for grazing lands to an occurrence that dates back to many years.
According to him, “Unlike what we had when growing up when the grass was lush and plentiful, and water was not a problem, things are changing. I just hope people would understand. We have no choice but to find better pasture for the cows. In fact, it is not new to find herdsmen venturing far from home, as far as the South and the West because the problem with the desert dates back to over 30 years ago. We have not only lost homes, but farmlands and even means of livelihood.”
Ibrahim probably refers to the Great Drought in the Sahel region which took place between 1968 and 1973 and which had far-reaching negative effects on parts of northern Nigeria. The situation affecting Nigeria’s northern region as stated by Ibrahim above is typical of the El Nino occurrence in Southern and Eastern Africa, which is reflective of drought and rising temperature levels, with the World Food Programme warning that “More than 40 million rural and 9 million poor urban people are at risk due to the impacts of El Nino’s related drought and erratic rainfall.”
In fact, Ngozi Thelma Mohammed, in her study entitled “Desertification in Northern Nigeria: Causes and Implications for National Food Security,” published in the Peak Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities in March 2015 reveals that “Desertification is one of the most glaring of environmental hazards and the phenomenon has affected some states in the northern part of Nigeria, but the impact has been more glaring since the famine of 1971-1973 in this part of the country. By location, Northern Nigeria is situated in the semi arid areas with average annual rainfall or less than 600 mm bordering on the Sahara desert which is considered as the hottest and longest desert in the world. The soil in this area face a lot of threat ranging from deforestation for domestic fuel, overgrazing by livestock and agricultural practices that fail to conserve soils such pollution from the improper use of agricultural pesticides, herbicides and chemical spills from both liquid and solid fertilizers.
“Generally, desertification affects eleven (11) northern states of Nigeria referred to as the frontline states, these include: Adamawa, Borno, Yobe, Jigawa, Kano, Katsina, Zamfara, Sokoto, Kebbi, Bauchi and Gombe. These states are agricultural producing areas and are affected by desert encroachment that is fast moving southwards. Desertification is attributed to loss of the lands biological productivity in arid, semi arid and dry sub humid areas. The impact is significant in developing countries especially Africa which is the most affected because its economy is predominantly agrarian, rain fed and fundamentally dependent on the vagaries of weather.”
She further posits that “Most conflicts in Northern Nigeria are environmentally based, a large number of which is overgrazing, farmland and water. The conflicts are mainly between farmers and cattle herdsmen. The struggle for the remaining farm land has degenerated to communal clashes and also, when cattle herdsmen move downwards in search of grazing land for their cattle, they encroach on people’s farms and this usually leads to crisis. The conflict between the Agatu people and Fulani’s in Benue State, Biroms and Hausas in Plateau are good examples. A lot of these conflicts go on in Nigeria, some with large scale killing and property destruction.”
Lake Chad: Africa’s vanishing basin
Once spread across the far west of Chad and Nigeria’s northeast, the Lake Chad basin provided 90 per cent of the area’s water supply. Remarkably, it used to be Africa’s largest water reservoir. It is said to cover about 26,000 square kilometres, bigger than Israel or Kuwait, about the size of the US state of Maryland.
Painfully, things are different now. Those who live around the lake’s shoreline are strangely terrified by the speed with which the lake is vanishing. By 2001, the lake was said to cover less than one-fifth of the area. Abbas Mohammed, a climatologist at the University of Maiduguri, claims that it may even be worse now.
Vegetation and water which characterised the spread of the Lake Chad basin and provided for the needs of both farmers and herdsmen have diminished significantly. Today, the Lake Chad basin reflects despair and death. In its estimation, the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) described the situation as an “ecological catastrophe.” It claimed that the lake could disappear this century.
In his remarks, the FAO Director of Land and Water, Parviz Koohafkan, stated that “the Lake Chad basin is one of the most important agricultural heritage sites in the world, providing a lifeline to nearly 30 million people in four countries – Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger.”
With such uncomfortable recognition and ripple effects seen in job losses and the constant threat to human and animal existence, there is an expected migration en masse by herdsmen, thereby placing much pressure on the sparse land distribution down South of Nigeria.
Yet, it does not displace the fact that through the years, herdsmen have tended their cattle through many terrains of the southern corridor, albeit with very scanty herds.
Herdsmen and farmers don’t share same concept of space —Prof. Obono, sociologist
In his submission, Professor Oka Obono of the Department of Sociology, University of Ibadan, stated that “Conflicts occur between pastoralists and farmers because they do not share the same concept of space. The nomadic pastoralists have been using territories and spaces over long generations and have mentally appropriated them. And then suddenly one day, they may arrive in such appropriated territories and be confronted with new obstacles that prevent them from continuing their traditional modes of life.
“The southward migration of the Fulani attracts hostile reactions from host (usually farming) southern communities. The response of Nigerian pastoralists has been to maintain a sedentary base on the outskirts of communities, which can be swiftly dismantled to take advantage of grazing opportunities elsewhere or to avert attacks.
“Grazing lands are threatened by desertification and other environmental forces, intensified by climate change. The regular pastoralist response has been to migrate. Migration presents challenges that undermine the very reason for moving encounters with sedentary communities that may be hostile to cattle that destroy crops or compromise biodiversity.”
We have never had it this bad —Farmers
Since the renewed clashes between herdsmen and farmers, the devastation has been total. States like Benue, Enugu, Imo, Taraba, Adamawa, and others have been largely hit. A rather disturbing twist was witnessed when the herdsmen had bloody clashes with farmers in some parts of the South West. Quite prominent in the fight against the deadly clashes between farmers and herdsmen was the Ekiti State governor, Ayo Fayose, after residents were killed by herdsmen. The governor placed a ban on cattle rearing in the state by herdsmen.
Speaking with Nigerian Tribune, Adeniyi Olubi, a farmer, bemoaned his lot. “We used to have just damages to our crops and farmlands in the past. What is disturbing to us is the murderous dimension that it has taken. Many of us nurse fear about visiting our farms. Nobody wants to die. Our farms are destroyed; our women are raped when they go to farm and we are targets. It is affecting us so much. The Federal Government should do something drastic about this.”
Sharing a similar temperament, John Gbemileke, another farmer, told Nigerian Tribune that providing grazing reserves was unwelcome. “We are farmers. South West is known for farming and education. Why can’t the Federal Government do something about this? It is wrong to convert our farms to grazing reserves. We have lost a lot since this madness started. Our people must be protected. We must be protected. Why can’t their governments provide grazing reserves for them in the North? We will not take this anymore. It is affecting our farm produce and means of livelihood,” he said.
We are developing appropriate husbandry, feeding methods —Agric Minister
Speaking on the challenges thrown up by these realities, the Media Adviser to the Minister of Agriculture, Dr Olukayode Oyeleye, stated that “Nigeria has an estimated 15 million cattle, 34 million goats and 22 million sheep that need to be fed daily. Compare these statistics with Nigeria’s population of about 170 million and think of how many cows, sheep or goat per person. Considering the short duration of rainy season in most parts of the savannah regions of the middle belt and north of Nigeria where animal rearing is done mostly the traditional way, Nigeria has been glossing over some threats and opportunities. One of the threats to the existing system is that of climate. Uncontrolled grazing by animals is capable of exposing fragile land to erosion and land degradation. This is in addition to the well-known crisis and conflicts that have become associated with incursions of roaming animals into crop farms, leading to human fatalities. If there were enough grasses on the vast landscape, these conflicts would have been non-existent.
“The economics of nomadic animal production have been poorly documented. These are both causes and consequences of poor organisation of the sub-sector. The current status of dairy production in Nigeria shows that 85 per cent of cattle in Nigeria are managed by 12 million indigenous pastoralists who are essentially constantly on the move. The volume of milk produced by a cow in a single year averages just about 200kg in most areas. Compare this with the European cows producing an average of 6,500 kg per cow. Yet, milk production is not growing fast enough to satisfy Nigeria’s expanding milk appetite. Even the milk yield of traditional breeds of cows in Nigeria can be improved with better feeding. To meet the needs of Nigeria, with a population of over 170 million and an annual milk demand of roughly 1.5 billion litres, but less than five per cent of its milk produced locally, requires a new approach.
“Nigeria spends more than $200 million on milk imports from abroad every year. This makes no sense. Importation may bridge supply gap in the short term, but it is not sustainable in the long run. We need to develop appropriate husbandry and feeding methods that will boost our dairy production and supply chain, create business opportunities and reduce our dependence on importation.”
Many have repeatedly asked of the Northern governors’ involvement in addressing the challenge posed by this.
We have earmarked 30,000 hectares of land for grazing —Sokoto govt
Speaking on the Sokoto State’s government initiative in tackling the menace, the Media Adviser to the governor, Imam Imam, stated that “We are working with the Federal Government in addressing this challenge. As we speak, we have earmarked about 30,000 hectares of land where we expect to plant the grass that the Ministry of Agriculture is importing. We cut out the land from some local government areas in the state. We are expecting the grass from the Federal Government. It is expected to meet the nutritive demands of the herds and also their hide. We also want to improve their leather.
“As a state, we are working with some Chinese entrepreneurs and Argentine investors to see how best we can improve on the quality of the cattle in Sokoto. At the moment, we have contacts with the heads of the herdsmen. We are keying them into the wider plan to see how we can modernise the whole essence of cattle-rearing.
“As a state, we met a N2 billion agreement with some investors from Argentina on dairy farming. We met this on ground and we intend to follow through. We have expanded the negotiation with them. We want to use some Argentine technology to improve on the yield.”
Following similar lane as the Sokoto State government, Senator Abdul-aziz Nyako, representing Adamawa central senatorial district, is constructing water earth dams to address water shortage during dry season which often springs up clashes between herdsmen and farmers.
Joining in the campaign at stemming the challenge, FrieslandCampina WAMCO is partnering with the Federal Government on an ongoing multibillion naira dairy developments and expansion programme, including its work with over 2,500 local dairy farmers.
The objective is to raise raw milk quality and safety, increase farm productivity and support farmers in getting a market for their milk.
Managing Director/CEO, FrieslandCampina WAMCO, Rahul Colaco said: “On our part, we are committed to raising dairy farming to a higher level in Nigeria and making small scale entrepreneurs to have pride in agriculture. Through our dairy development programme, we develop local farmers in three ways: through practical knowledge transfer by local FrieslandCampina dairy development officers; expert training on feeding, breeding, hygiene, disease control and milk payment, and financing of local infrastructure such as milk collection centres, boreholes, and milk collection trucks.”
Ranched cattle produce better milk, meat —Vet. doctor
In his submission, Tope Odunsi, a veterinary doctor, University of Ibadan stated that “the benefits of ranching are immense. There are countries in the world today like Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and the United States of America who have embraced ranching on a large scale. This has had multiplier benefits for their countries’ economies. Ranching helps to deploy the best of modern technology for animal husbandry.
“I must also say that ranching improves the milk quality gotten from the herd and even the quality of meat. Many people do not understand that cattle that are made to roam long distances do not produce the best of milk and meat. We must embrace ranching. It is inevitable.”
While the arguments go back and forth, the issues are in themselves germane. Drastic and more modern approach should be encouraged to harness the inherent benefits in animal husbandry and to quieten the tide of violence between herdsmen and farmers.
THE IGBO RANT
BIBLICAL TRADITIONS OF NDI IGBO BEFORE THE MISSIONARIES CAME TO AFRICA* IGBO 101.
THE IGBO TRIBE AND ITS FEAR OF EXTINCTION
The Igbo: We die for causes, not for personalities
Written by Emeka Maduewesi
~on fb. 28th September, 2016.
The Igbo will never die for anyone. We will not even riot for anyone. But the Igbo will die for any cause they believe in because the Igbo have a true sense of justice and a determination to obtain it.
The Igbo will not riot because one of their own lost an election. Operation Wetie was the Western response to a massively rigged 1965 election. The Yoruba doused fellow Yorubas in petrol and burnt them alife. Properties were burnt with occupants. The Igbo will never do this.
In 1983, the Yoruba went on a rampage again over the massive rigging by NPN. Lifes were lost and properties destroyed. The riots were over personalities.
Contrast that with Anambra State where Chief Emeka Ojukwu was rigged out by his own NPN, who also rigged out Chief Jim Nwobodo. The Igbo did not protest because the goat's head is still in the goat's bag.
In the North, ba muso was the battle cry when Sultan Dasuki was imposed on the Sokoto Caliphate. The riot and protest lasted for days and crippled economic activities.
The Igbo will riot over issues and causes. The Aba Women Riot was over Tax. The Enugu coal mine riot was about conditions of service. The Ekumeku Uprising was over British colonialization.
Those of "Ekumeku" ancestry - Umu Eze Chima and Umu Nri - were at the forefront of the struggles for Nigerian independence, with people like Dr. A A Nwafor Orizu and Chief Osita Agwuna serving prison terms. Any struggles the parents could not conclude is continued by the children by other means.
The Biafran war was a response to the genocide. The war in fact was brought upon us. The battlefield was Eastern Region. The war ended in 1970 but the issues and causes were not resolved. That is where we are today.
The Igbo will also jointly rise to fight evil in their midst. They did it in Onitsha in the 1980's, Owerri in the 90's, and with Bakkassi in the 2000.
The Igbo will not die for any man. But the Igbo will stand by any man who symbolizes their cause and their pursuit of justice. Even if the man dies, the struggle continues, and like the Ekumeku warriors, the children will pick up the baton from their parents.
This is the Igbo I know, the Igbo I am, and the Igbo we are. This is my story. Feel free to tell yours.
RT. HON. DR. NNAMDI AZIKIWE TO DR. CHUBA OKADIGBO (1981)
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Coconuts are arguably one of mankind’s oldest source of food, as well as several other raw materials. Judging by the fast growing visibility of coconut-based products in natural products stores and mainstream retail, coconuts are also hot. In addition to many brands of virgin coconut oil (VCO), one finds coconut milk and butter, coconut flakes, coconut water and many products made with such coconut ingredients. Some suppliers and enthusiastic “reseachers” attribute miraculous health benefits to coconut foods, while the “health establishment” still considers the high percentage of saturated fatty acids in coconut oil a detriment to blood cholesterol levels and a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. This confuses consumers.
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June 2010 was warm and very wet. In fact, it was the second wettest June on record, surpassing June 1973 with its 10.03 inches for that mark. June 10, 2010 is the wettest June day ever. Compared with June 2009, the month was 1.5 deg. Warmer, and 10.16 inches wetter. Year-to-date rainfall 6.83 inches greater in 2010 than in 2009. The thirty-day outlook had called for below normal temperatures and above normal precipitation.
The week May 30-June 5 saw temperatures about 5 degrees above normal, and precipitation about one-third normal. Storm systems early and late in the week brought the rainfall. These managed to puncture the persistent upper air high pressure ridge which was responsible along with dry soils and vegetation for the very warm temperatures. The second system, which crossed on the 2nd and 3rd, brought heavy rains of between one and three inches between Palestine and Lufkin. Otherwise, rainfall was spotty and amounts variable between none and two inches. The week's average temperature was 81.7 deg., which was 0.8 deg. Warmer than the previous week. Rainfall was 0.29 inch. Compared with the same week in 2009, the week was 8.3 deg. Warmer, and 0.16 inch drier.
The week June 6-12 saw temperatures about 3 degrees above normal, and rainfall about 1000 percent of normal. Torrential rains struck the area on June 9 and 10 as a slow-moving tropical low pressure system crossed from southwest to northeast. Between 9.0 and 12.0 inches of rain fell from western Smith County westward through parts of Anderson, Henderson, Van ?Zandt, and into Kaufman Counties. The 7.38 inches of rain which fell in Tyler on June 10 was the wettest June day on record, and the fourth wettest single day since records began in 1896. The mid-week rainfall brought Tyler's year-to-date precipitation total to normal. Isolated showers fell on the 8th ahead of the system, with warm and dry weather beginning and ending the week. The week's average temperature was 81.7 deg., identical with the previous week. Rainfall was 9.66 inches. Compared with the same week in 2009, the week was 1.5 deg. Warmer, and 8.72 inches wetter.
The week June 13-19 saw temperatures about 5 degrees above normal, and no rainfall. There were isolated showers to the southeast of Tyler during mid-week afternoons from the sea-breeze front, but rain reached to only about 30 miles south of Tyler on the 16th. Upper air high pressure was responsible for the warm and mostly dry weather. Tyler's temperatures were held down by green vegetation and moist soils from the rains of the previous week. The week's average temperature was 84.9 deg., which was 3.2 deg. Warmer than the previous week. Compared with the same week in 2009, the week was 0.4 deg. Warmer, and there was no rainfall in 2009.
The week June 20-26 saw temperatures about 4 degrees above normal, and rainfall about 75 percent of normal. Upper air high pressure controlled the area's weather for much of the week. However, an easterly wave crossed on the 24th, bringing widespread rainfall to the southern two-thirds of the region. The week's average temperature was 84.6, and rainfall was 0.55 inch. The week was 0.3 deg. Cooler than the previous week. Compared with the same week in 2009, the week was 2.3 deg. Cooler, and there was no rainfall in 2009.
The final four days of the month began warm and dry, but numerous showers affected the region after the 28th. These were the result of a dissipating frontal boundary, and the effects of Hurricane Alex over the Gulf of Mexico.
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Observations are from NWS Station 41/9207/4 in Tyler, Texas. The term "normal" refers to averages from the standard climatic period 1971-2000.
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Our garden has exploded.
This is what it looked like a month ago:
The sheer abundance of this little garden is astounding. We were hoping that some of the plants would survive, since the soil was poor and we didn't know what we were doing. We weren't expecting monstrous plants that would produce more than we could possibly hope to eat. Case in point: we ended up tossing the last batch of arugula as we were getting quite sick of it, having used it in most of our meals for the past month.
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You’ve heard it a million times: the ag-tech / drone community loves to discuss forecasts that indicate world population is going to double in the next 50 years, and in that period farmers must double their output in order to meet demand.
Before we start to wave the increasing demand flag too aggressively, maybe we should take a glance at the current state of agricultural economics. The charts are bloody. In fact, last year U.S. corn stockpiles were the highest they’ve been since 1988! And this week agriculture.com reported that commodity traders reduced bets on higher soybean prices to a six-month low.
The American farmer is facing an uphill battle right now — it is a difficult job to juggle high inputs in the face of very low commodity prices. All of this is starting to make me curious: how will low farm sector profitability impact drone innovations on the farm?
Recently I was speaking with a mentor that works with Gayland Ward Seed who has sold agricultural inputs all over the world for the past 40-50 years, and he explained:
“I’ve never seen the broader agricultural economy as depressed as it is right now. At any given moment in the past you might have seen beef having a hard time but dairy might be doing well, or cotton prices might be rocking along while soybeans are down down. Right now it seems like we’re observing a perfect storm of unfortunate agricultural dynamics that are driving net farm incomes to the lowest level we’ve seen in the better part of a decade.”
To corroborate the perspective above with good hard data, below is a macroeconomic statement from the USDA:
“Farm sector profitability is forecast to decline for the third straight year. Net cash farm income for 2016 is forecast at $94.1 billion, down 13.3 percent from the 2015 estimate. Net farm income is forecast to be $71.5 billion in 2016, down 11.5 percent. If realized, 2016 net farm income would be the lowest since 2009.
Cash receipts are forecast to fall $25.7 billion (6.8 percent) in 2016, led by an $18.7-billion (9.8 percent) drop in animal/animal product receipts and a $7.1-billion (3.7 percent) decline in crop receipts. Nearly all major animal specialties—including dairy, meat animals, and poultry/eggs— are forecast to have lower receipts, as are feed crops and vegetables/melons, down $3.2 billion (5.5 percent) and $1.5 billion (7.5 percent), respectively.”
Sooooo that sucks, but now the good news: perhaps UAS innovation / adoption will be insulated from low commodity prices for two reasons 1) the types of crops grown in California and 2) university research. Obviously many technological innovations are happening in California, and California agriculture is largely based on specialty crops (fruits, veggies, nuts, etc). Although specialty crops only represent about 40% of national agricultural output, they are generally very high gross dollar per acre crops relative to corn, sorghum and soybeans. Dealing with such high gross values per acre will enable specialty crop producers to innovate and adopt more consistently throughout downturns.
Market conditions may cause the corn grower in the Texas panhandle to pump the brakes on spending, but the lettuce producer in Salinas Valley can continue buying computer vision enabled field robots from companies like Blue River Technology. Another piece of silver lining is the fact that universities generally carry minimal exposure to low corn prices. We have schools all over the country (namely Purdue, Texas A&M and Auburn) researching and developing all sorts of applications for drones on the farm.
It is important that innovators in San Fran closely collaborate with progressive ag producers working in fields to guide development of new solutions. Otherwise this can start to look like a solution looking for a problem. If we do this right, true farm adoption will continue to increase and innovation will forge ahead regardless of commodity prices.
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Six Sets of Pellet Mills for Italian Customer
E.P sold six sets of pellet mills to Italian client.
Wood briquette production line in Uzbekistan
In the wood briquetting line, there are many different machines included, such as a hammer crusher, a wood briquette machine, a stove, a drying machine and a distribution box.
500-700 tons/h briquette extruding Project in Uzbekistan
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In addition to the pellet machine, Yusif also bought five different molds whose diameters vary from 2.5mm-8mm.
Waste Hay Briquetting Project in Romania
How to make use of waste hay? Using E.P briquette machines to turn it into biomass briquettes.
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My garden is suffering.
I have tried so hard to learn to garden here in the unforgiving Florida climate. I know it seems like Florida is a lush land of green vegetation and abundant produce. And it is, to a certain extent.
Maybe it's that way if you're a farmer and you use chemicals and stuff. I don't know. But for the backyard gardener, it isn't easy, and that seems to be the concensus on every gardening-in-Florida web forum I've visited in my desperation.
Orange trees? No problem. Guava trees and loquats? They thrive (unless you get a freeze). But tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, squash and lettuce? Ha!
You have to plant them at juuust the right time or else. And sometimes, you can plant them at juuust the right time and it doesn't matter because you will have unseasonably warm and humid weather that will kill them anyway.
Last year, it was pretty much a flop for me. I mean, I grew some sweet potatoes with a moderate amount of success, but I got a handful of tomatoes and one tiny bell pepper and that's pretty much it.
This year, my tomatoes have done better. The plants are bigger and for a while, it looked like I had it figured out. But the weather has been so warm. About a month ago, we started finding tomato fruitworms. Now, they were easy to find and control because they were all on leaves that had been nibbled out. The kids and I picked them off by hand and, ahem, disposed of them.
Once those started to seem under control, we started to find flea beetles - or some other tiny, unidentifiable bug. I also attempted to control those by picking them off by hand. They were too small and too numerous and they jumped. In addition to those tiny guys, we were hit with leaf-footed bugs. So, I did what I didn't think I ever wanted to do - I bought pesticide.
I have wanted to garden frugally and chemical-free if I can. It seems like lots of people do it - why can't I? But alas. I was failing. So I bought an organic pest and disease control option - neem oil. I was also hoping this would bring the early blight that was attacking my tomatoes under control.
We did our first spray last week and I had high hopes. Couple that with some plant food and the fact that my non-upside-down tomatoes are planted deeply in almost pure compost, and I thought we'd be sitting pretty soon. There has been new, green growth and a new crop of blossoms.
But yesterday. Ohhhh, yesterday.
I found a new, ginormous hatching of fruitworms. They are tiny and they are everywhere. And, I found this guy:
My focus was a little off, so you may not be able to tell, but he's a tomato hornworm. That is very bad news. And I found a few more friends of his. We went ahead and applied another round of neem oil, but this is the last straw.
I want tomatoes, dadgummit!
Several people have laughed at me for trying to grow tomatoes without chemicals here in central Florida and I think, after all, they may be right.
I need to do a little more research on just what I want to use. Everybody recommends Sevin dust, but I know it kills bees and I like my neighbor's bees a lot. So. We'll see what I can find.
My squash are in hanging baskets and are thriving. So far, they haven't been infested with vine borers or squash bugs like they were last year, but I found this beetle on one yesterday.
But the good news is that I'm getting a couple of cucumbers.
I guess I put them out early enough to avoid pests on this particular plant and they're hanging in baskets too.
I put my sweet potato slips out this past weekend and they are thriving. That seems to be the one thing I can grow with relative ease. Then again, sweet potatoes are pretty hard to mess up.
All that said, my garden is growing much better than it was last year and I have high hopes (still!) that this fall's garden will be even better.
One day, I will grow tomatoes. Tons of them. They will be delicious.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I have some worms to squish.
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SCREENED TOPSOIL DELIVERY
Delivery of Screened Topsoil for North Jersey, Rockland County, and Orange County
Our affordable premium blended organic topsoil screened to 3/8 size is what sets us apart from our competition. Our soil is processed to meet proper PH levels for planting and turf establishment for all landscaping needs. We’re happy to provide Soil Analysis data on our products upon request.
Top soil is the upper layer of soil, typically no deeper than five to ten inches from visible ground. It is mainly composed of organic matter, water, and mineral particles. This layer of soil contains the highest amount of organic substances and it is where most biological soil activity takes place.
Topsoil is the layer of choice for landscapers. This is because plant life typically sets its roots in topsoil since that is where a high abundance of vital nutrients can be accessed. It makes it easier for plants, bushes, and trees to acclimate to their environment. Topsoil can also hold a lot of water which means it can be packed more densely where needed. We’re the landscaper’s choice in North Jersey because we do the job right.
AGS Materials & Supply has been delivering top notch topsoil to landscapers, builders, contractors, businesses, and homeowners in Bergen County, Passaic County, Rockland County and the surrounding areas for over two decades now.
Contact us today for a free estimate, and we’ll be happy to answer any questions or concerns you may have. We understand that everyone’s schedule is different, everyone’s needs are unique, and so we work around the clock to ensure that we accommodate your unique requirements.
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USDA Kansas City, MO Weekly Feed 12/04 14:10
St. Joseph, MO Tue, Dec 04, 2018 USDA-MO Dept of Ag Market News
Kansas City Weekly Feedstuff Review
Truck bids per ton unless otherwise stated.
Feedstuff prices were mostly steady to higher for the week. Demand good,
supplies due to limited production. Winter conditions across the Plains and
lending support to ingredients.
Soybean Meal, 48 percent traded 7.60-9.80 higher from 298.70-304.70 per ton.
Hulls traded steady at 135.00 per ton. Soybean Hulls Pelleted traded steady to
higher from 150.00-170.00 per ton. 41 Percent Cotton Seed Meal traded steady
higher from 275.00-280.00 per ton. Corn Gluten Feed Pellets traded steady from
195.00 per ton. Corn Gluten Meal 60 Percent traded not available per ton.
Interior Millfeeds Rail traded 5.00-15.00 higher from 105.00-125.00 per ton;
5.00-10.00 higher from 150.00-165.00 per ton. Hominy Feed (FOB KC Northwest)
not available per ton; Truck was not available per ton. Meat and Bone Meal was
at 250.00 per ton. Feather Meal was steady from 410.00-430.00 per ton. Yellow
was 0.25 higher at 18.75 per ton. Alfalfa Meal was steady to 5.00 lower from
275.00 per ton; Sun-Cured 15 percent was steady from 252.00-262.00 per ton;
Center, NE Pellets 17 pct was steady to 5.00 lower from 215.00-240.00 per ton.
Basis Change Price
Soybean Meal 48 Percent FOB -16F to -10F n/a-unch 298.70-304.70 UP
Soybean Hulls-Bulk FOB 135.00
Soybean Hull Pellets-Bulk FOB 150.00-170.00
Cottonseed Meal 41 Percent DEL 275.00-280.00 UP
Corn Gluten Feed Pellets 21 Percent DEL 180.00-195.00
Corn Gluten Meal 60 Percent N/A N/A
Millfeeds (Wheat Bran and MiddlingKS Int Rail FOB 105.00-125.00 UP
KS Int Truck FOB 150.00-165.00 UP
Hominy Feed (FOB KC Northwest) Rail N/A N/A
Truck N/A N/A
Meat and Bone Meal, 50 Pct
(FOB US Central) FOB 250.00
Feather Meal DEL 410.00-430.00
Yellow grease (cents per lb) FOB 18.75 UP
Dehy Alfalfa Meal 236.00-275.00 DN
Sun-Cured Pellets 15 Percent 252.00-262.00
Alfalfa Center, NE:
Dehy Pellets 17 Percent 215.00-240.00 DN
Meal N/A N/A
Hay FOB storage N/A N/A
(Soybean Meal bids are based off the January Chicago Soybean Meal Futures)
SOURCE: USDA-MO Dept of Ag Market News Service, St, Joseph, MO
Baldemar Ortiz, Market Reporter (816)676-7000
For more Feedstuff Market News:
Get your local Cash Bids emailed to you each morning from DTN – click here
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Goleta Farmers Market
Fresh fruits, veggies, and more. Rain or shine.
Sundays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Thursdays from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Event is ongoing: Indefinitely
Where: Camino Real Marketplace, 7004 Marketplace Dr. , Goleta
Cost: Not available
Age limit: Not available
Description: Our Association of 130 grower members, owned and operated by the members and its board of directors, is committed to helping promote local family farmers, and protecting the environment by sustaining and restoring surrounding greenbelt areas.
Each week the farmers in the marketplace display a colorful bounty of agricultural products grown right in our backyard. Seasonal diversity is available year round rain or shine. Music and entertainment enliven the markets while creating a positive ambiance.
Event posted Nov. 29, 2006
Last updated Oct. 31, 2013
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Become a member
A limited number of plots are available at each garden. At times of high demand priority will be given to applicants who live closest to the garden, have been on the waitlist the longest, have limited garden space and/or low-income earners.
Fill out the Expression of Interest form and send to email@example.com
or post to Hume City Council, PO Box 119, Dallas, VIC, 3047, addressed to C/O Community Gardens Program, Community Strengthening Department.
Important information and forms
Expression of Interest form
Rights and responsibilities for garden users
Community Gardens User Agreement
Community Gardens COVIDSafe Plan
Council supports the planning, development, and management of four community gardens. We support the long-term success of community gardens by:
Providing information and advice
Council provides information, connections, knowledge, and resources to help the community develop, operate, and get involved.
Fostering skills building
Council supports training to build the skills, knowledge and networks of community garden groups and volunteers through a variety of programs and initiatives including the EnviroChamps program and community garden open days.
Council assists with the connection of interested and community members, community groups and businesses with community gardens to activate the spaces.
Supporting funding opportunities
Council shares information on funding and fundraising opportunities to support the sustainability of each of the Community Gardens.
Promoting a safe and inclusive environment
Council facilitates an active and inclusive environment for all. We support diversity within the gardens, by promoting the gardens through multiple communication channels. The community gardens accommodate the needs of people with disabilities.
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Tsetse & Tryps
Controlling tsetse with insecticide-treated cattle
Will treating cattle with insecticide protect my cattle from tsetse?
Are insecticide-treated cattle better than targets?
Which insecticide should I use?
How long will the insecticide last?
Do I need to treat all my cattle?
Will treating my cattle with insecticide poison them or me?
Will treating cattle with insecticide control other pests
How do I know that the insecticide is working?
Do I need to treat the whole animal with insecticide?
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Don’t peek at the answer until you’ve given this a good try! Then, scroll down a bit and the truth will be revealed to you.
Image Credit: NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan
A closeup of a computer chip? Plastic art? Well, this is a satellite image of real crop circles — those farmed in the prairie in southwestern Kansas. The most common crops in this region—Finney County—are corn, wheat, and sorghum. Each of these crops was at a different point of development when the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) captured this image on June 24, 2001, accounting for the varying shades of green and yellow. Healthy, growing crops are green. Corn would be growing into leafy stalks by late June. Sorghum, which resembles corn, grows more slowly and would be much smaller and therefore, possibly paler. Wheat is a brilliant gold as harvest occurs in June.
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Hi from the friendly International Agriculture team of Vision College!
It is an honour to be able to offer this course teaching students from overseas about dairy farming in New Zealand. Here at the Hamilton campus, we offer a Certificate in Primary Industries Level 2, where students will gain experience in fencing, riding motorcycles, driving tractors and of course milking cows along side a bunch of other vital farm work skills!
To give the students a great experience studying here at Vision College we provide them with brand new gumboots, overalls, and wet weather gear along with farm skills so they can look the part and stay safe while they complete their training in our campus paddock and out on farms during their 3-week placement and farm visits. We have multiple practice farms based throughout the Waikato where they get to work hands on with cattle and be a part of the team helping the farmers with their day-to-day work!
We have successfully completed our first 12-week course where all the students have secured employment all over New Zealand in dairy farming positions, which is awesome! We are overjoyed to have our second class start this April so we can give them the skills and opportunities to succeed in dairy farming in New Zealand.
If you have any questions or want to know more about our international Ag program, please email us at firstname.lastname@example.org or give us a call on (07) 853 0777
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By having your perennials planted in just the right places, you can ensure they will stay strong and thrive. This will ensure your landscape remains lush and vibrant season after season. Here are some other important considerations to keeping your fall perennials healthy with proper landscaping in Amherst, NH.
Planting in Fall
Believe it or not, the fall is one of the best times to plant many varieties of perennials. If you have freshly planted fall perennials, be sure to have them watered consistently, allowing the water to reach deep to the roots. Make sure the soil is loose and moist and does not dry out. Keep this routine going until the first freeze. This is one of the most important steps to preparing perennials in fall for winter.
You can have a thick layer of mulch placed around your perennials; this is especially true for new plantings. This will assist in keeping the soil moist and block grass, weeds, and other plants from disturbing its roots. What’s more, a solid layer of mulch prepares the perennials for the fall frost and winter freezes that can damage root systems. If you would prefer to avoid spreading mulch, peat moss is another option that works great for this situation.
Separating Out Perennials
Fall is a great time to conquer and divide those perennial clusters. It is a good idea every few years to split up the perennials to prevent them from overcrowding themselves and dying off. This can be accomplished by digging up a big enough perimeter that you are encompassing the entire root system. First, cut back the perennial and leave just enough plant above the soil surface to hold the plant together and give you something to hold onto. After the plant has been removed, it will be time to cut the plant up and re-plant only as much as you desire.
Protecting Your Plants
If your perennials are in pots, fall is a good time to determine if placing them into the ground before the winter season is among the best course of action. Some perennials can withstand the hard freezes and will even keep some foliage on them, which can be aesthetically pleasing during the winter season. However, many perennials should be replanted into the ground to prevent them from freezing. In most circumstances, the pots are not large enough to hold enough soil to protect the roots of potted perennials. In this instance it may be the optimal choice to go ahead and plant them to keep them healthy. If replanting them is not an option, then consider moving them to a location where you can control the temperature and prevent the deep freezes from reaching the roots.
Keeping Landscaping in Tip-top Shape
Fall may be time for a pruning and careful evaluation of the state of your landscaping. This may involve removing all dead foliage and blooms by trimming them back. This will help prevent them from seeding and spreading during the late fall and winter seasons. Dead leaves and blooms are also unsightly and take away from the beauty of your landscape design. Also, do not forget about removing the dead debris that has fallen to the ground. Allowing dead foliage to remain will only support insect intrusion and disease. A pile up of dead foliage can also prevent the roots from getting the nourishment they need to survive.
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When gardening, you strive to provide everything your plant needs such as water, nutrients, and sunlight. However, some gardeners overlook one crucial component – companionship.
Companion Plants for Vegetable Gardens can help plants thrive, increasing yield and are especially important if you are an organic gardener.
Most gardeners learn from trial and error what works best and if you pay attention to Mother Nature you will find that certain plants compliment each other and actually help one another survive.
If you are looking to delve into companion planting in more detail, the Foodscape Revolution, by Brie Arthur is a great reference book.
Benefits of Companion Plants in the Vegetable Garden
There are many benefits to using companion plants in your garden scheme. Let’s examine a few leading reasons to pick the perfect partner plants for your veggies.
Provide Shelter for more fragile plants
If you plant larger plants beside smaller plants they will provide a natural shelter for the smaller, more fragile plants.
The larger plant affords wind protection and also absorbs excessive sunlight which can dry out the soil around your vegetables.
Provide a Natural Trellis for Support
Many vegetables function as physical support to other plants.
You can plant pole beans beside corn and the corn will function as a natural trellis for the beans.
There is no reason to invest in supports plus the companionship between the corn and pole beans not only form a beautiful symbiotic relationship (bean plants add nitrogen to the soil which benefits the corn) but the companion plants look natural together and create a harmonious relationship.
Sunflowers are also another wonderful choice to provide support in the garden, as well as, feeding the birds and providing bouquets of sunflowers for fall.
Increase Beneficial Insects and Pollinators
Companion plants such as flowers planted beside vegetables will attract bees and other pollinators to the garden.
All plants benefit when there are ample pollinators available.
Companion Planting can Improve Soil Nutrients
Many vegetable plants such as the legume family have the ability to draw nitrogen naturally from the atmosphere and then return it to the soil. All of the plants planted around legumes receive help from the added nutrients in the soil.
Provide Protection and Decoy Plants
Certain plants emit odors that mask the odor of desirable vegetable plants. Basically, they act as a decoy to harmful insects that want to eat your vegetable garden.
Avoid Bullies when Companion Planting
Not all plants make ideal companions. In fact, some act as bullies by growing too rapidly and crowding out the plants around them. They will start to hog all of the water, sunlight, and nutrients.
In addition, many even exude toxins that can effectively kill competitive plants or retard their growth. One of the most common examples of a bully is the Black Walnut tree which produces a toxin known as hydroquinone which seeps into the soil and hinders the growth of any other plant life around the tree.
Top Companion Plants for your Vegetable Garden
Let’s examine a few top companion plants that you should definitely consider adding to your garden.
Tomato Companion Plant
Who doesn’t enjoy juicy, red tomatoes?
If you plant basil alongside tomato plants then you can enjoy the lovely herb and the tomatoes in salsas, spaghetti sauce, and other dishes. In addition, basil helps repel flies and mosquitoes from the garden. Other friendly plants to cultivate alongside your tomatoes include marigolds which repel garden pets and harmful nematodes.
You might also want to consider adding a few of the following tomato companion plants:
Avoid planting beets, fennel, rosemary, dill, peas, cabbage, or corn with your tomatoes. Corn often suffers from corn earworm which will afflict the tomatoes too. The other plants have also been known to spread disease and pests to tomatoes so it’s best not to plant them nearby.
Planting alliums such as chives and garlic will repel harmful predatory insects that can eat your strawberries. Caraway attracts wasps which will protect your strawberries by killing harmful pests that can eat your berries. Also, it’s been found that planting spinach and lettuce alongside strawberries appears to enhance the plant’s productivity substantially.
Avoid planting eggplant, potatoes, tomatoes, or peppers near your strawberries because the strawberries can actually inhibit their growth.
Companion Plant Chart
Below is a handy companion plant chart that will help you decide what companion plants to plant alongside your favorite veggies:
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Taking the time to invest in your lawn can make the difference between having a good yard for children and a yard filled with weeds. The following tips from http://discoverziehler.com/lawn-care-services-beavercreek-ohio/ will keep you informed in having a yard you can enjoy looking at from your porch with pride.
The right type of soil is the key to success, just like eating the right kinds of food is right for your body; your lawn needs the proper nutrients and minerals to survive. Start with performing a soil test to see what it is deficient in so that you can start applying the right type of soil. This will help you increase the quality of grass.
It is also important to make sure you are watering your lawn regularly. Water will help get those nutrients and minerals to your grass. Manual watering can be quite tedious and requires having the time to do so. However, many homeowners have found that they can install irrigation systems that automatically water so that they can save time and money over time.
Because grass continues to grow all the time, it needs to be cut to remain healthy. If you do not, the grass will start to thin. A simple way to keep it to a proper length is to plan on mowing your lawn on a regular schedule, like once a week. This helps the grass grow and more blades to pop up.
If you are deciding to plant new and exotic type of grass in your home, it is essential to know how it can adapt to your local climate. If you pick a grass type not suited for your area, it will not grow that well, and it will be noticeable to your guests and neighbours. Grass meant for hotter regions will become dormant in the winter months. You can always speak with professional about finding the right kind of grass that will survive in your area.
It is also essential to control weed growth in your lawn. When starting out, you can use herbicides in the soil to kill off plants before you start sowing the grass seeds. For lawns that already exist, weeds with broader leaves will be easier to remove with pure herbicides, while ones with narrow leaves will require specific equipment to remove manually.
Expert lawn care professionals suggest that homeowners do top-dressing at least once a year to keep the yard healthy for longer. This process is merely applying a tiny layer of a soil-fertiliser mixture to encourage more grass to grow so that it can be thicker and greener. This is also a great way to take care of a patchy yard and fix any yard erosion.
If you feel your lawn needs to be rejuvenated, you can perform what is called top-dressing, where you spread a thin level of soil on top of your lawn to attract more roots to form. More sources can lead to a stronger yard and will yield thicker grass. You will notice the difference visually as it will be able to handle harsh climates.
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As a conclusion to the Applied Ecology and Sustainable Systems unit on agriculture and soils, science students took a trip to the Conserve School garden to do some learning by doing. The students worked together to plant 200 tulip, hyacinth, and grape hyacinth bulbs each class period. These three species were selected by Conserve School’s Science Teacher Andy Milbauer and Stewardship Coordinator Jean Haack because they are an excellent food source for bees in the spring. When the snow finally disappears from campus, these flowers will not only provide habitat for our resident bees, but be a pleasant sight for those of us eagerly welcoming warmer weather.
To prepare the garden beds for planting, students dug up and turned over existing soil and vegetation. They then shoveled holes about half as deep as their hands, placed the bulbs pointed side up in the soil, and re-covered the holes they had made. More soil layers were added over the garden bed and students stomped, danced, and jumped on top to compact them. This compaction will deter squirrels from digging up the bulbs and prevent the bulbs from rotting in air pockets. Although the CS5 students will not be here to see the results of their planting, they worked diligently to get the job done. In just one class period, they were able to expand Conserve School’s garden, add to the diversity of species on campus, and plant flowers for future semesters to enjoy.
- Graduate Fellow Maria Kopecky
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Chemical changes in stored grains by Carol M. Jaeger Download PDF EPUB FB2
Physical Properties of Cereal Grains. Moisture and Its Measurement. Biochemical, Functional, and Nutritive Changes During Storage. Chemical changes in stored grains book Development of Storage Techniques.
Whole Grain Storage. Drying Cereal Grains. Aeration and Stored Grain Management. Alternative Storage Practices. Microflora. Mycotoxins. Rodents. Insects: Identification, Damage, and Detection.
Changes in quality of wheat during 18 years storage Functional and end-use properties of various commodities stored in a low oxygen atmosphere Preservation of chemical parameters in cereal Chemical changes in stored grains book stored in nitrogen Changes in the rheological characteristics and baking quality of wheat at different moisture contents stored under nitrogenFormat: Ebook.
Qualitative changes in storage of grain legumes Uric Acid and Aflatoxin A study of rural families conducted in Andhra Pradesh had revealed that after nine months of storage, the percentage weight loss was to for pigeon-pea, green gram, and black gram, but only per cent in chick-pea (Pushpamma and Chittemma Rao ).
Storage of Cereal Grains and Their Products contains an abundance of scientific and technical information on storage of grains and grain products, ranging from physical structures and facilities to microbiological and chemical changes that occur in grain.
It includes about 1, literature citations. The greater quantities of grain now commonly stored in bulk for two to five years have certainly in- creased all of the hazards that accompany storage, including those caused by fungi.
Realization that fungi are involved in many of the deteriorative processes in bulk stored grains also is relatively new. Effect of initial water activity on chemical reaction in heated ground wheat The Maillard reaction is known to be affected by the prevailing water activity in terms of the rate of re- action and also the products formed (Eichner & Ciner-Dorcik, ).
In wheat, the initial water content of the stored grain increases from about 14% to around. Food grains during storage undergo certain physical, chemical and biological changes due to the presence of enzymes and bio-chemicals itself and the enzymes produced by the insects, pests and microbes or due to some other factors.
These changes may deteriorate the quality of the grains. • Most markets want grain free from insects and some want freedom from chemical residues, so check with potential buyers before you treat with chemicals.
• Clean grain handling and storage equipment and dispose of or treat old infested grain. • Aeration cooling reduces insect activity, but may have to be used with other methods in summer.
The kinds of changes that take place are highly specific to the mineral and the environmental conditions. Some minerals, like quartz, are virtually unaffected by chemical weathering, while others, like feldspar, are easily altered. In general, the degree of chemical weathering is greatest in warm and wet climates, and least in cold and dry.
A chemical change might also result in the formation of a precipitate, such as the appearance of a cloudy material when dissolved substances are mixed. Rotting, burning, cooking, and rusting are all further types of chemical changes because they produce substances that are entirely new chemical compounds.
For example, burned wood becomes ash. This unique book is written specifically for those in grain operations and addresses the full range of topics related to maintaining the quality of grain stored on the commercial scale.
It demonstrates how science-based information can be incorporated into grain storage operations to increase efficiency and decrease the risk of grain s: 2.
Stored grain aeration requires the provision an air-exhaust ventilator associated with an adequate storage bin design. Aerating of grain silos can be done by either pressurized aeration (positive pressure) or suction aeration (negative pressure).
Grain bins devoted to aeration have to be equipped with perforated ducting on the floor through which air is blown into (or sucked through) the grain. Defra’s Pesticides Safety Directorate (PSD) is responsible for all chemicals approved for agricultural use in grain Health and Safety Executive deals with chemical use in domestic and food storage areas.
Table 1 lists current PSD approvals; these may change as new chemicals are marketed and older chemicals withdrawn.
Some grain. This unique book is written specifically for those in grain operations and addresses the full range of topics related to maintaining the quality of grain stored on the commercial scale. It demonstrates how science-based information can be incorporated into grain storage operations to increase efficiency and decrease the risk of grain deterioration.
Stored grain is an information hub that equips growers with the skills and knowledge to enable best management practices of on-farm grain storage. • Primary source of stored energy in cereal grains • % weight of grain75% weight of grain • Used in several food and industrial applications Starch Physical Structure • Found in form of granule in cereal grains • Granules are formed inside plastids • In wheat, rye, barley, sorghum inside a plastid there is a single starch granule.
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Grain must be stored below 12% moisture content. Even grain loaded into an unsealed store must have less than 12% moisture content as moisture can still migrate and condense in the upper layers and there will be some venting of moisture to the atmosphere.
This area of the grain. Strict cleaning procedures need to be carried out before storing grains. Also, care needs to be taken to check if grains have been dried completely in sunlight and then in shade.
It also should be checked for pests using fumigation. Importance Of Food Storage. It is necessary to store food, listed below are a few points highlighting the same.
Chemical changes. During cooking of grains, the following chemical changes takes place; in this scenario, I will focus on cooking rice; During the first five minutes of cooking rice, present alpha-amylases and beta-amylases are deactivated. There is loss of solids into cooking water, which also contributes to changes in weight of grains after.
The most important goals of post-harvest handling are keeping the product cool, to avoid moisture loss and slow down undesirable chemical changes, and avoiding physical damage such as bruising, to delay spoilage.
Sanitation is also an important factor, to reduce the possibility of pathogens that could be carried by fresh produce, for example, as residue from contaminated washing water. Grain storage studies. The influence of various temperatures, humidities and oxygen concentrations on mold growth and biochemical changes in stored.
Search the world's most comprehensive index of full-text books. My library. Storage of Food Grains. The food grains obtained by harvesting the crops are dried in the sunshine before storing to reduce their moisture is necessary to prevent them from spoilage.
The higher moisture content in food grains promotes the growth of fungus and moulds on the stored grains which damages them. Managing stored grains requires the use of various techniques to ensure that the quality of the grain entering the storage facility does not deteriorate over time.
Relatively few insecticides are currently labeled for use in or on stored grain; however, insecticides are only one option in an arsenal of strategies used to protect our stored. Chemical energy is the energy stored within chemicals, which makes its energy inside atoms and molecules.
Most often, it's considered the energy of chemical bonds, but the term also includes energy stored in the electron arrangement of atoms and ions. 8 Protection of stored grains and pulses 2 Storage pests The three major storage pests are fungi, insects and rodents. They are very different and described in this chapter.
Fungi Fungus in stored grain is the most difficult enemy to be recognized, for you cannot see it as easily as the two other major pests: insects and rats. Grain bin inspection provides important information on the general condition, temperature, moisture and pest activity of stored grain. Inspections allow early detection of problems and enable corrective action to be taken before damage becomes severe See: "Aeration, Inspection and Sampling of Grain in Storage Bins," Extension publication AEN The present book entitled "Pests of Stored Grains and Their Management" incorporates recent information on insect and other pests of stored grains and grain products covering global scenario.
Each covers wider aspects of related work like needs and requirement of storage by the farmers, 3/5(1).
Protecting Stored Grain to Maximize Quality New book delves into the world of pest control. Stored grain, as with other durable stored commodities and their value-added products, are at their highest quality just after harvest or manufacturing, and are at risk of decreased quality during storage from the depredations of insects, molds, vertebrate pests and physical damage.
Annatto (/ ə ˈ n æ t oʊ / or / ə ˈ n ɑː t oʊ /) is an orange-red condiment and food coloring derived from the seeds of the achiote tree (Bixa orellana), native to tropical regions from Mexico to Brazil.
It is often used to impart a yellow or orange color to foods, but sometimes also for its flavor and aroma. Its scent is described as "slightly peppery with a hint of nutmeg" and flavor.
It is of great important to safeguard the grains. After all, the farmer’s sustenance rests on it. There are a number of methods for storage of grains that the farmer then has to use.
Having said that, let’s try to understand the myriad methods of storage of grains. In fact, as seen widely, these are methods of storage of grains in India too.Click Get Books and find your favorite books in the online library. Create free account to access unlimited books, fast download and ads free!
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After 25 years in business, we continue to be amazed with Indiana weather. 2012 was the most damaging drought since 1988. Record heat and dry weather damaged all lawns, but to quote one of our customers, "it could have been worse and what your guys put on really helped my lawn bounce back when the rains returned." I agree it helped, but we still have a lot of work to do.
I view lawn care recovery from the drought a lot like farming. Farmers know that they do not plant a crop in the spring and harvest it in the fall and just expect good yields. NO, they manage the crop all year long. Often times they will have to apply more products of different methods in a given season to get the desired results (i.e. change fertility, insect/disease/weed control, etc.) Your lawn is no different. We view your lawn as a high value crop and to get the results we want, we have to manage (treat) it all season long. More managemnet (treatments) produces more results, it is just that simple. We have a plan!
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On and off rain the past two weeks slowed some of the earth moving and grading, but was just what the doctor ordered for the new seedlings. Thankfully all of our greens are firmly established, and we are past the point where heavy rain will cause washouts and setbacks. So far all aspects of the project remain on or slightly ahead of schedule. A glimpse of the past few weeks can be found below.
Most greens have been mowed 6-7 times at this point at about 1/4" height of cut. The 15th green is pictured above receiving a fresh cut and the 7th green is below.
Most fairways have been mowed 2-3 times at this point and are filling in nicely. Four fairways are receiving some final grading and prep work before seeding later this week. The 8th fairway is pictured above and below.
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It is method of compositing by employing earthworms. The compost thus produced is superior to other components. The time required is also less and depends on the number of earthworms. About 4-5 kg of wastes can be composted by 1000 worms in a day.
Basal Sand Layer- a layer of sand (2-3 cm thick) at the base of the tank helps in drainage of excess water and also prevents the movement of worms into deeper layers of soil.
Dung Layer- a layer (3-5 cm thick) of one-month old dung manure is spread over the sand.
Waste Layer- all biodegradable wastes are put over the dung layer. In tanks (2-3 m X 1 m X 0.5- 0.75 m), wastes can be dumped up to the brim. In heaps ( 1m width), upto height of 0.5 m, waste can be put over the dung layer.
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But what goes into strains, hybrids, crosses or backcrosses? All these are part of plant breeding, which basically involves the breeding of a male and female plant to bolster their genetics.
When we breed two strains, we get hybrid strains.
When cannabis breeders embark on combining strains, their main mission is to strengthen or purify strains or to combine the traits of strains.
They also do this to enhance aroma potency, or to increase yields among many other reasons.
Before growing and breeding cannabis, you first need to know the origin of your seeds and what they were crossed with. If seed sellers can’t give you with the genetic information of the seeds you’re buying, there’s really no way of knowing what you’re working with.
Like with most other plants, breeding is a fundamental aspect of growing cannabis. Given its technical nature, usually done at a commercial scale. With Canada and many states legalizing weed, cannabis breeding becomes popular. The good news is that you can do it at home in your small cannabis garden.
The Basics of Breeding
Like with any other plant, cannabis plants are either male or female. However, most people only care for the female plant as it produces sticky buds that are well-loved by consumers.
They forget that the male plant is equally important — especially when it comes to breeding — as they are a necessity in the pollination of the female plants. A good example of this is the Super Lemon Haze strain. This is a cross between the Lemon Skunk and Super Silver Haze parent strains. The breeders saw some good traits in both strains and chose to join them together. In order to breed cannabis, you need a male and a female of the two strains you’re combining.
First, you use the pollen of the male plant to pollinate the female one. Once this is done, the female plant will produce seeds with the characteristics of both strains. All you need to do is to harvest the seeds and grow them to get a hybrid strain.
So how do you go about selecting the male or female of the strains you want to breed?
Nat Penington, founder/CEO of the Humboldt Seed Company, said that the female traits seem to manifest themselves more in the seeds than those of the male plant. He added that the grower won’t have problems noticing the male plant because it’s technically different from the flower.
How to Breed Cannabis Plants
Once you’ve selected the two parent plants and set them aside for breeding, you’ll first need to introduce them to a breeding chamber. For small-scale breeders, a breeding chamber can be an enclosure created by plastic sheets on all sides. For large-scale breeding, a sterile environment is preferred.
As a practice, place one male plant alongside a number of female plants. The male plant will produce pollen that pollinates the female ones. According to experts, a single male pollinates tens of females, so its a good thing to make sure you have only one male at a time in the breeding chamber. Penington said that a single male can cover tens of females with seeds.
He calls this ‘intentional breeding’.
Once in the chamber, it’s recommended that you let the plants grow vegetatively for a few weeks in order to get bigger. However, this is not a necessity. All you need to do is to subject your plants to 12 hours of light and 12 hours of darkness.
Basically, the male plant produces pollen sacs within weeks as it reaches its flowering phase. Once this is done, pollen is released from the sacs. It moves through the air and lands on the female plants that are then pollinated. And this is essentially why the chamber comes in handy.
It prevents pollen from leaving the enclosure while simultaneously blocking female plants from getting pollinated from the outside. You can help by physically taking pollen from the male plant and applying it to the female plant. Once pollinated, the female plant will continue to grow.
It gets covered with seeds and a bud: the two features that make it different from a male plant. Mature seeds are then collected and dried.
Pennington says the plant has to die for the secondary phase of pollination to take place. He adds that the seeds will need to be dried first before they can be replanted.
So do you harvest the flower and the seeds at the same time? According to Pennington, you need to harvest flowers three to four weeks before the seeds. Once the new hybrid seeds have been dried, they can be planted in an open environment away from the breeding chamber.
It’s important to note that the process doesn’t end there. If you buy your seeds from a shop, chances are the breeders have done several breeding cycles to strengthen or purify the strains. They do this to achieve consistency.
Every seed is different and carries different traits. Some carry traits of the male plant, while others take after the female plants. All these seeds with different variations are called phenotypes. Heterozygous seeds produce phenotypes with a variety of traits while homozygous ones have phenotypes of similar genes.
With cannabis, it’s best to have homozygosity to make sure we have seeds with a similar genetic makeup for consistency. Buyers will want to buy seeds with the same genes over and over again. This is also the reason why large-scale breeders select phenotypes with the best traits for mass production.
Let’s go back to our earlier example of Super Lemon Haze.
This strain takes the bud, trichome structure and resin production traits from the Super Silver Haze strain, but keeps the aroma of the Lemon Skunk. Lemon Skunk has loose buds and can grow to become extremely tall in comparison to Super Silver Haze, which instead has dense buds and grows shorter. Breeders select the phenotypes with the traits they like. In this case, they select the ones with the structure of the Super Silver Have and the aroma of the Lemon Skunk. But this doesn’t mean there weren’t phenotypes with different traits from the ones above. They were there but were deliberately discarded.
Essentially, breeders refine the traits of their selected phenotypes by repeating the breeding cycle over and over again. In the case of the Super Lemon Haze, they kept on growing the phenotypes with the traits that we all know today as Super Lemon Haze.
Breeding is comprehensive — and it doesn’t end here.
Once the breeder has narrowed down on the one phenotype, he backcrosses it to make its genetics more robust. It’s similar to inbreeding. All a breeder does is to cross-pollinate the phenotype with a similar one or a parent. The background makes the phenotype more homozygous, making sure that the desired qualities will continue flowing from one generation to another.
The seeds that you buy from a shop could have gone through various processes of breeding. From the breeding chamber to the selection of the desired phenotypes to crossbreeding, the breeding process needs lots of time and patience.
Pennington says that to be a breeder, you need to accept that you will not always get uniform offspring as this will need a lot of time and patience. You also need to accept that you will have to do lots of backcrossing in order to get a strong strain that you want.
Check Out Our Current Hybrid Strains
Original Glue (GG4), developed by GG Strains, is a potent hybrid strain that delivers heavy-handed euphoria and relaxation, leaving you feeling “glued” to the couch. Its chunky, resin-covered buds fill the room with pungent earthy and sour aromas inherited from its parent strains, Chem’s Sister, Sour Dubb, and Chocolate Diesel.
Taking first place in both the Michigan and Los Angeles 2014 Cannabis Cups as well as the High Times Jamaican World Cup, this multiple award-winning hybrid’s supremacy is no longer a secret, and consumers will search far and wide to get their hands sticky with Original Glue (GG4).
Pink Kush, as coveted as its OG Kush relative, is an indica-dominant hybrid with powerful body-focused effects. In its exceptional variations, pink hairs burst from bright green buds barely visible under a blanket of sugar-like trichomes, with traces of a sweet vanilla and candy perfume.
The potency of this strain could be considered overpowering, and even small doses are known to eliminate pain, insomnia, and appetite loss.
Mimosa by Symbiotic Genetics is a rising star in the cannabis community. This strain has garnered praise for its outstanding fruit punch, citrus rind aroma and pleasurable mid-level buzz. Mimosa is a cross of Clementine and Purple Punch, and has been known to contain respectable percentages of the terpenes limonene and beta-caryophyllene.
Like the beverage, there is no bad time to enjoy Mimosa, but if you enjoy too much, the trajectory of your day will need adjusting.
Platinum OG is just as precious as the metal it’s named after. With a THC content regularly topping 20%, this indica-dominant hybrid asserts itself as one of the “heaviest” strains around. Platinum OG is purported to stem from three strains: Master Kush, OG Kush, and a third unknown parent.
A brief, heady onset settles into a powerful physical sedation suitable for nighttime use and pain, stress, or anxiety relief, making this precious strain a robust healer.
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