February 25, 2007

Organic Farmers Express Concern Over Monsanto's Purchase of …

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Organic Farmers Express Concern Over Monsanto's Purchase of Seminis. Missouri Ag Connection reports that Monsanto has completed its purchase of Seminis, Inc., the world's largest producer of fruit and vegetable seeds. …

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February 21, 2007

GARDENING FOR DUMMIES

I don’t know much about gardening but if you’re willing to ask, virtually everyone I meet is a card-carrying expert. These people know their vegetables. … Folks down here take their gardening seriously. Not just the farmers either. …

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May 2, 2007

Gardening lessons for kids

YOUNGSTERS at St Peter's First School Williton swapped their school uniforms to attend lessons dressed as scarecrows, farmers and gardeners.

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April 3, 2007

What You are Getting from your Grocer

I mentioned in my last post that producers of commercial fruits and vegetables are focused on tasty profits, not flavor. As I have thought more on this topic, a few more things come to mind. What commercial farmers sell to grocers must …

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March 13, 2007

Do You Know Your Why When You Garden Organically?

Farming for the Future. In the rolling foothills of Southeast Ohio exists a movement of small-scale farmers who cultivate without chemicals or major mechanical input. For these visionary men and women of the earth, pesticides are an …

Source: Personally Organic

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March 15, 2007

Crop rotation for successfully growing vegetables

Crop rotation is a practice that's talked about ad nauseum in the gardening world but has the idea passed it's use by date? It's a theory that's been utilised since the Roman Empire gaining momentum via agrarian farmers in the Middle …

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April 17, 2007

Gardening Question of the Day for Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Is it true that old-time farmers would sit bare-bottomed on the soil to determine when it was time to plant? (answer). From The Old Farmer's Almanac.

Source: The Old Farmer's Almanac

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April 27, 2007

Taiwan’s bees

Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa. Taipei - Taiwan’s bee farmers are feeling the sting of lost business and possible crop danger after millions of the honey-making, plant-pollinating insects vanished during volatile weather,

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May 12, 2007

Figuring the Future of Hydroponics

Many gardeners and farmers have achieved the new technology ofhydroponics, but like many new technologies the future ofhydroponics is unknown. Hydroponics is relatively new, and it hasrapidly evolved since its inception 70 years ago.

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March 8, 2007

Grapevine March 11 2007 Market

Anne Berblinger of Gales Meadow Farm will give a short talk on Early Spring Gardening at 11am this Sunday. Gales Meadow Farm is a certified organic farm specializing in heirloom vegetable and herb varieties. …

Source: Hillsdale Farmers' Market

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