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https://www.crt.org.mx/index.php/en/pages-2/semblanza | 2023-09-29T19:13:34 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510528.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20230929190403-20230929220403-00374.warc.gz | 0.911785 | 320 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__276963079 | en | In accordance with article 156 of the Intellectual Property Law, Designation of Origin is the name of a geographic area of the country which designates a specific product made in such area and whose quality or characteristics are a result of its geographic environment, including natural and human elements.
This definition requires:
- The demarcation of a specific geographic zone (proposed by the interested parties)
- Proven recognition or repute of the geographic site (declaration)
- Specific production conditions (Standard)
In general, there is a consensus among the experts on the matter who agree that the decisive factors with respect to a designation of origin are the following (in order of importance);
- Climate.- With regard to climate, the main elements are light intensity, hours/light, precipitation, temperature, relative humidity.
- Soil.- Soil texture and chemistry are relevant factors.
- Plant species.- Agave tequilana Weber blue variety is the plant species used for producing Tequila. It is native to this region and thus perfectly adapted to the climate and soil conditions.
- Human Activity.- This refers to the human activities involved in the entire process, from the planting to the harvesting of agave, to the production and ageing of Tequila. These activities may include techniques, artisanal traditions and skills.
Once the requirements necessary for the official recognition of a designation of origin have been documented, article 157 of the IPL establishes that protection of the Designation of Origin shall initiate with a declaration on such matter issued by the Ministry. | agronomy |
http://www.broncos365.com/decomposition | 2022-01-20T08:05:20 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320301730.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20220120065949-20220120095949-00623.warc.gz | 0.903482 | 354 | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-05__0__228195615 | en | In the end of all process of decomposition it goes to have a balance between the used humificao and mineralizao that can be broken or be kept depending on the practical ones of culture. 4 ORGANIC SUBSTANCE AND SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE We call sustainable agriculture the agricultural systems that economically viable, acceptable and ambiently are socially balanced (EMBRAPA apud PEAR TREE; SANTANA; WALDHELM, 2009, P. Starbucks shines more light on the discussion. 202). In this context the organic substance is basic in the development of this type of agriculture that beyond degrading little the ground still allows the more healthful food production. The organic seasonings as esterco, flour of bone, leves, remaining portions of plants can be used to enrich the ground with nutrients when it is deficient of minerals.
The use of this type seasoning together with others ecological techniques can consequentemente help in the maintenance of the balance between humificao and mineralizao and in the conservation of the ground. 5 CONSIDERAES FINAL the present organic substance in the ground have papers extremely important. The processes of humificao and mineralizao propitiate favorable conditions for the growth of the plants, therefore they supply nutrients that will be absorbed by the roots and transformed into energy. Moreover, the organic substance serves as food for the microrganismos and increases the water retention and also it protects the surface. By that already it was spoken in this work, one concludes that the organic substance is of utmost importance for the balance and the maintenance of the alone ecosystem, beyond making possible the use of a sustainable agriculture highly capable to keep the fertility and the conservation of the ground. | agronomy |
https://daffodil-clementine-5375.squarespace.com/our-community/ | 2019-09-21T01:25:15 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-39/segments/1568514574159.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20190921001810-20190921023810-00541.warc.gz | 0.981115 | 149 | CC-MAIN-2019-39 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-39__0__47134657 | en | The farm community is made up of twenty-five people or so who have lived together for different spans of time. Lisa, of course, as the founder has been here since the beginning, over 40 years ago. The farm is family-owned, and the rest of the folks that live here each have their own arrangements with the farm.
Within the community there are three families that make up the core group. These families have been on the land since its inception as a community farm in the early 2000s. The core group takes on a stewardship role by facilitating community meetings and events, and working through any big decisions about the direction of farm operations. Our commitment to stewarding the land and growing our own food is what connects us. | agronomy |
https://www.healthbuzz.com.au/product/cannellini-beans/ | 2021-04-15T14:15:49 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-17/segments/1618038085599.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20210415125840-20210415155840-00038.warc.gz | 0.812313 | 156 | CC-MAIN-2021-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-17__0__168066989 | en | No products in the cart.
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Cannellini beans can be used interchangeably with other white beans and they’re excellent for many dishes, especially salads, soups, stews, and pureed bean spreads.
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https://hrskllc.com/2023/03/06/care-tips-for-healthy-and-productive-peach-trees/ | 2023-12-04T16:49:20 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100531.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20231204151108-20231204181108-00801.warc.gz | 0.94392 | 686 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__228598473 | en | Palm trees are one of the most decorative and unique trees that you'll find in the warmer, more tropical climates. When properly cared for, these trees can be beautiful and full of foliage. However, knowing how to care for them isn't always easy. That's probably why you're here. If it is, then you're in the right place. This site is dedicated to the care and maintenance of all sorts of trees, including tropical varieties like palm trees. The information on this page can help you to understand which of the basic care steps you can do yourself and which steps are best done by a local tree service.
There's nothing like biting into a fresh, juicy peach you grew yourself. However, the peach trees in your home's landscaping require proper care and maintenance to stay healthy and productive. To this end, here are some care tips for your peach trees.
Pruning promotes the growth of new wood to produce fruit. Annual pruning is essential for maintaining the health and productivity of your peach trees. Annual pruning also helps remove dead or diseased wood, a breeding ground for pests and tree diseases. Prune your peach trees during the dormant season in the winter before they start to bud in the spring.
Thin Emerging Fruit
Thinning is the process of removing excess fruit from your peach trees. It may seem counterintuitive, but thinning helps your tree produce larger healthier peaches. Thin the trees when the peaches are about the size of a dime, leaving a few inches between each remaining fruit, so they have room to grow. If you don't thin your peaches, you'll end up with a lot of small, underdeveloped fruit.
Peach trees need consistent moisture to stay healthy and produce a bountiful harvest. Regularly water the peach trees deeply so the water reaches the roots, especially during hot, dry weather. Water your peach trees at the base, and avoid getting water on the leaves or fruit because this leads to fungal diseases.
Fertilizing peach trees gives them the nutrients necessary to grow healthy and produce tasty fruit. Use a balanced fertilizer with equal parts nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium for the best results. Fertilize your peach trees in the early spring, just before they bud.
Control Pests and Tree Diseases
Peach trees are susceptible to various pests and diseases, including aphids, mites, and peach leaf curl. To control pests and diseases, keep your peach trees healthy and well-pruned. Remove and destroy any infected or diseased wood or fruit promptly. You can also use organic or chemical sprays to control pests and diseases, but be sure to follow the label instructions carefully to ensure the best results.
Harvest Fruit at the Right Time
Harvesting your peaches at the right time ensures they're flavorful and ripe. Pick peaches when they are fully ripe and slightly soft to the touch. If you're unsure when to pick your peaches, look for the color change from green to yellow or pink, depending on the variety. Remember to handle the fruit gently to avoid bruising or damaging them.
Following these peach tree care tips will ensure your home's trees stay healthy and productive for years. With a little effort and attention, you will enjoy delicious, juicy peaches straight from your backyard. For more information on tree services, contact a professional near you. | agronomy |
http://ybassignmentbaiu.newsglobal.us/fusarium-wilt-of-tomato-thesis.html | 2018-08-19T08:10:16 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-34/segments/1534221214713.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20180819070943-20180819090943-00233.warc.gz | 0.832861 | 976 | CC-MAIN-2018-34 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-34__0__185557195 | en | Management of fusarium wilt diseases using non-pathogenic fusarium oxysporum and silicon fusarium wilt of banana the research reported in this thesis. Host resistance and interaction between root knot nematodes and fusarium wilt of tomato kariuki pauline m (bed science) i56/ce/22259/2010 a thesis submitted in. If your tomato plants yellow and wilt on one side of the plant or one side of a leaf, they may have fusarium wilt fusarium wilt on tomatoes is caused by fusarium. In present study, the effect of a root colonizing fungus penicillium sp eu0013_90s as biocontrol agent (bca) against fusarium wilt pathogens was observed in dual. 25 fusarium oxysporum as causal agent of tomato wilt and fruit rot maja ignjatov, dragana milošević, zorica nikolić, jelica gvozdanović-varga.
Thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for msc degree “plant pathology” fusarium wilt of tomato is one of the most important. Last time we looked into some of the most harmful tomato diseases tomato diseases part 2: wilt & rot fusarium wilt. Tomato diseases: how to identify and treat fusarium wilt in tomatoes what does fusarium wilt look like how does it affect plants how can you control and prevent it. 1 effects of compost and lime application on soil chemical properties, soil microbial community, and fusarium wilt in florida-grown tomatoes john gum.
Density and species richness of fungal communities in soils of fusarium infested and non-infested tomato wilt in ismailia governorate ph d thesis. Uc management guidelines for fusarium wilt on tomato. Technique of tomato grafting by angelo loffredo march 24, 2012 tomato grafting workshop resistant to the common root knot nematode, fusarium wilt. Two major wilt diseases of tomatoes are fusarium and verticillium wilt these wilt-causing fungi live in the soil wilt, nematode, and virus diseases of tomato.
Severity of fusarium wilt of tomato, the following experiment was performed in screen house (fig2) a french variety of tomato named as “piogranda” was sown in. Fusarium wilt of tomato thesis patients paid 3282 billion in out of pocket costs on their health plans fusarium wilt of tomato thesis invested so much time in the. Biological control of fusarium wilt on tomatoes biological control of fusarium wilt on tomatoes master’s thesis course code. Intjcurrmicrobiolappsci (2015) 4(11): 253-260 253 original research article fusarial wilt of solanum lycopersicum l (tomato) at panchgaon.
Fusarium wilt of tomato - vegetables back to the major diseases that produce wilting in tomatoes are fusarium wilt, verticillium wilt, and bacterial wilt. Impact of heat stress on fusarium wilt (f solani) incidence in cultivated tomato and related species muhammed alsamir1, 2, nabil m.
Fusarium wilt of tomato thesis: i need a thesis for my essay tomato plants infected with fusarium wilt will usually begin wilting from the top down they may recover. Click here click here click here click here click here fusarium wilt of tomato thesis paper 2015 tomato publiched paper – researchgateon dec 19, 2015 wafaa. Masters thesis, univ florida, gainesville, florida 3 a new race of fusarium wilt of tomato in florida and sources of resistance r b volin. Yellowing leaves due to fusarium wilt there are many varieties with resistance to fusarium wilt fusarium fusarium wilt in front group of heirloom tomatoes. Induction and resistance against fusarium wilt disease of tomato by using sweet basil (ocimum canadian journal of plant science, 2015 msc thesis, faculty of. Fusarium oxysporum isolate to control fusarium wilt of tomato plants in saudi arabia lubna saleh nawar king abd el-aziz university, science faculty. Investigating biological control of fusarium wilt a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirments for degree of msc in tomato and 160. | agronomy |
https://katanningecohouse.wordpress.com/2017/02/12/the-big-rain-and-climate-change/ | 2018-03-21T14:44:59 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-13/segments/1521257647660.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20180321141313-20180321161313-00138.warc.gz | 0.962264 | 598 | CC-MAIN-2018-13 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-13__0__200427848 | en | Under climate change, the scientists say we’re expecting to see more extreme and out-of-season weather events. We therefore can expect to see more of what we’ve had over the last few days – and what a few days it has been!
As farmers, here’s a glimpse of what this big rain meant to us. If you eat food, this is important to you.
Our average annual rainfall is 450mm, with 80% of that meant to fall between May and October – what we call the ‘growing season’. In the last three days we’ve had 172mm, that’s nearly 40% of the years total – and it’s February.
It’s flooded. Roads have been washed out, the local school was closed, the creeks have burst their banks, paddocks are awash, fences are down. We’re meant to be shearing next week, but some of the sheep are stuck on the opposite side of the creek and they’re all wet.
Sure, big summer rains happen occasionally. Farmers roll with the punches – that’s part of farming – but these sorts of events happening more and more frequently thanks to climate change? That’s a scary idea. And I think it’s going to hurt.
For those who like figures, it costs $4000 / km for materials and labour to build a fence, and we have around 210km of fences on this farm. Insurance won’t cover fences near creeklines against flood, and guess which ones are the first to go in a wet like this. Luckily we haven’t lost too many fences this time.
You may be thinking that rain is good for farmers. Yep, it fills up the dams and water tanks which is great. But, aside from the infrastructure damage, there’s other challenges too. Weeds, a creation of a ‘green bridge’ (when the usually dry pastures stay green over autumn) for pests and diseases, loss of pasture and challenges for livestock management.
These are things that make producing high quality food and fibre in a sustainable and economically viable way harder.
One technique we are using to adapt to climate change is perennial pasture – these are pastures that grow all year round instead of traditional species which die off in summer. Originally planted to tackle salinity, their ability to take up summer rains and grow will help us with livestock feed – but it is not a silver bullet solution, just a small help.
What we need is to tackle climate change. Steady the climate system so farmers have half a chance of keeping up, and keep feeding the world.
Western Australia is going to the polls in just a few weeks – get onto your candidates and let them know that climate change is a priority issue.
It’s real and its happening now. | agronomy |
https://smolexport.com/en/about | 2024-04-23T14:52:18 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818711.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20240423130552-20240423160552-00456.warc.gz | 0.923582 | 197 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__106586346 | en | The company "Smolensk Agro Exports" is engaged in the export of agricultural
products, particularly oilseeds, leguminous plants and cereals. The main export
commodity is oilseeds. We are distributors of maslinica cultures, coriander,
mustard, millet, buckwheat and peas throughout Europe.
In early 2023 we have fully complied with the planned volumes of deliveries to our partners on 2022. You can buy our products for fodder in the farms and enterprises of
processing and food industry. Crops grown on the agricultural land of the company is of high quality and meets the quality requirements of the European Union. The applied agrotechnical methods of cultivation include fertilizer checked for compliance with environmental regulations, modern technique for harvesting and cleaning grain. Confirmation of a properly structured process chain for growing and harvest of grain and oilseeds is a rich harvest gathered in 2013 on the fields of our company. | agronomy |
https://puregreenteas.com/products/usda-organic-sencha-1 | 2018-10-17T09:35:18 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-43/segments/1539583511122.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20181017090419-20181017111919-00443.warc.gz | 0.938302 | 170 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-43__0__34273059 | en | USDA Organic Sencha is grown and harvested in the Makinohara district of Shizuoka Prefecture, one of the world's premiere tea growing regions where one can literally view a green sea of tea bushes. Being located on the Pacific Ocean coastal plain allows for gentle breezes, ample night time moisture and plentiful sunshine, just the right conditions for growing superb green tea. Our supplier is a highly skilled artisan tea company that harvests from their own tea fields, resulting in complete control from start to finish. You will taste the difference of their expertise. USDA Organic Sencha is a spring harvest tea with a pleasing balance of sweetness and astringency, along with a slight vegetal taste. This tea has been grown, processed and packaged according to the strict guidelines of the USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) and is certified organic. | agronomy |
https://www.vetripharm.de/en/products/equipur/equipur-zink-forte | 2019-06-19T20:47:50 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-26/segments/1560627999041.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20190619204313-20190619230313-00351.warc.gz | 0.833528 | 692 | CC-MAIN-2019-26 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-26__0__56813043 | en | Freecall: 0800 / VETRIPHARM
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EQUIPUR - zink forte
Complementary feed for horses
Safely provided with organic zinc and selenium.
EQUIPUR - zink forte contains highly efficacious zinc and selenium. These cell-protecting trace elements are vital for a strong immune system and an active metabolism, as well as being indispensable for intact skin and strong hooves.
|Crude protein||17,1 %|
|Crude fat||6,5 %|
|Crude fibre||9,3 %|
|Crude ash||6,7 %|
|Omega-3 fatty acids||1,0 %|
3b606 zinc chelate of amino acids hydrate, 20 mg Selenium as 3b8.12 Selenomethionine produced by Saccharomyces cerevisiae CNCM I-3399 (Selenised yeast inactivated), 5 mg Selenium as E8 sodium selenite.
Wheat bran, apple pomace, parsley, linseed, brewer’s yeast.
Foals: 10 g per day
Young horses and ponies: 20 g per day
Horses (500 kg): 40 g per day
During increased requirements daily ration can be doubled. Due to the increased content of trace elements daily ration should not be more than doubled.
For maximum effectiveness, this product should be applied over an extended period, at least for 60 days.
Responsible for the labelling: Vetripharm GmbH, Gewerbestraße Süd 7, D-86857 Hurlach
Approval number: α DE-BY-1-00006
Corresponding declaration concerning minimum storage life and lot reference number can be found on packaging.
According to the anti-doping and medication control rules of the “Deutsche Reiterliche Vereinigung (FN)“, application of this product during competition is allowed (ADMR conform).
On many of today‘s pastures, in hay and in concentrated feed, the natural zinc and selenium content decreases more and more, but a secure and sufficient supply of these vital substances is of utmost importance for the well-being of the horse.
Zinc plays an important role for a smooth function and regeneration of the skin, hair, hooves, and mucous membrane in the gastro-intestinal tract, as well as in the lung. Zinc is also of much importance for quick detoxication and excretion of the metabolic end-products in the liver.
Linseed and brewer‘s yeast support with their unsaturated fatty acids and natural B-vitamins the effect of zinc in the field of the skin and the liver.
Wheat bran and apple pomace promote through their high content of raw fi bre the constant and smooth course of digestion processes.
Selenium plays an important part in the immune system and as a general precaution against ill-health, and is decisive for the function and capability of the heart and skeleton musculature.
Parsley has a high content of vitamin C and promotes the effect of selenium in the immune system. | agronomy |
http://rosemaryplant.net/ | 2014-03-10T21:29:49 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-10/segments/1394011022670/warc/CC-MAIN-20140305091702-00068-ip-10-183-142-35.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.959084 | 555 | CC-MAIN-2014-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-10__0__66364362 | en | The rosemary plant symbolizes fond memory and faithfulness in a relationship. Brides have used it for centuries in their bouquets, as a symbol of good marriage omens. It is said that when you sleep with a sprig of rosemary under your pillow, it can banish nightmares and protect you against witchcraft. Rosemary was also used in hospitals during World War II to ward off the spread of germs. During the black plague, people burned rosemary plant to try to smoke out the disease. Rosemary flowers are used to repel moths from closets or trunks even to this day.
The antioxidant substance that is found in rosemary is said to have not only aromatic elements but also anti-parasite, nerve relaxing, anti-microbial, and astringent based uses. Rosemary oil can help ease sciatic nerve pain, muscular strain, and headaches. It is also said to help balding when rubbed into the scalp so it is a common ingredient in shampoos or conditioners. When ingested, tea rosemary has relaxing properties that can help with anxiety, headaches, migraines, and stress relief.
If you enjoy a fragrant garden, you should add the rosemary plant into your crops. This plant has a scent that is said to resemble pine or camphor. It is easy to grow and maintain rosemary so it is a great addition to your indoor herb garden. Rosemary also profits when grown in multiple seasons if you are planting it in a climate with mild winters. When planting rosemary, you should make sure that you are planting in a sunny yet sheltered area of your garden because it will not survive in extremely shady soil. It is a great addition to gardens that include sage, lima beans, green beans, carrots, and other produce. The smell of the rosemary plant will also help keep damaging bugs away from your other garden plants. When cooking with this herb, it can be used as a seasoning for many types of meat and a variety of vegetable dishes.
It is easy to learn how to grow rosemary from cuttings or small plants. It grows best in an area with good irrigation and access to sunlight. It prefers warmer weather and will not live through a freeze without proper precautions. Indoor herb gardens are a perfect place for rosemary to flourish. If you live in a cold climate, you should bring your rosemary indoors during the winter for optimum life span. It can be hard to grow this little plant from seeds but it is easy to find the rosemary plant for sale at your local garden center. We are sure that once you plant rosemary, you will want it to be an addition to your garden family for many years to come. | agronomy |
https://www.backtoedenco.com/dragon-well-green-tea-1oz-tins.html | 2022-06-28T16:20:00 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-27/segments/1656103556871.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20220628142305-20220628172305-00035.warc.gz | 0.943646 | 153 | CC-MAIN-2022-27 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-27__0__276592864 | en | Dragon Well Green 1oz Tea Tin
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China's most famous tea! Dragon Well, (Longjing), is grown in the fertile Longjing mountain area of Hangzhou, southwest of the West Lake in the Zhejiang province. It has a very distinctive shape: smooth and perfectly flattened along the inside vein of the leaf, the result of highly skilled shaping in a hot wok. Known as pan-firing or pan-frying, was perfected in China by tea masters over the centuries and gives the tea an inviting, toasty aroma. Its sweet, rounded flavor with nuances of roasted chestnut makes this a truly satisfying cup of tea. It’s especially refreshing when sipped throughout the day. | agronomy |
https://www.grainandgrind.co.uk/collections/all-our-coffees/products/myanmar-moe-htet | 2021-01-16T01:50:09 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-04/segments/1610703499999.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20210116014637-20210116044637-00085.warc.gz | 0.95869 | 306 | CC-MAIN-2021-04 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-04__0__180824064 | en | Jan - March
Kyaw Hlaing is the owner of the Moe Htet Estate farm, which he runs with the help of agronomist U Kyaw Wan He and his number two, Aung Hleing Phyo. He has long term experience gained from working in the government research department as well as with multinational companies training on grafting techniques. The farm has established well, and currently stands at around 200 acres of coffee production.
There are around 100 pickers on the farm in total, many are local but the increase in employment draws people in from Bagan too, which is on the other side of Mandalay to the farm and will stay onsite during the picking season.
Although some localised pesticide use occurs to treat outbreaks of stem borer, the farm is working towards fullly organic practises. Aung Hleing Phyo also organises monthly workshops on the farm as a way of contributing to the local coffee community, which should help to bolster a growing speciality industry.
Cherries are picked on the farm and transported quickly to the processing facilities provided by the Mandalay Coffee Group an exporter and processor based in nearby Pyin Oo Lwn. Fully washed, the cherry is then sun dried on patios at the wet mill, before being cupped and graded under the watchful eye of general manager Amy, then dehulled and bagged when sold ready for export at the dry mill.
Chocolate, Honey, Grapes, Orange | agronomy |
http://chatzidakis-sa.gr/en/welcome/ | 2023-12-05T07:35:52 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100550.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20231205073336-20231205103336-00574.warc.gz | 0.932572 | 217 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__39525694 | en | Our company, CHATZIDAKIS SA, was founded in 1990.
It is located at the 15th kilometer of Larisis-Tyrnavou road. It is active in the preservation, standardization and trade of fresh
Every year the company manages approximately 10,000-11,000 tons of fruit, which is mostly supplied from the area of Tyrnavos, but also other areas such as: Agia Larissa, Kastoria, Pyrgoi Kozani,Katerini, Lamia and Arta.
The main volume of production is kiwifruit (3000 tonnes), apples (2000 tons) and pears (2000 tonnes) .
We have special standards based on which the production of large quantities of products is followed.
Our facilities have modern cold storage rooms fruit storage, with a capacity of 8000 tons and a packing house with four modern electronic fruit sorters.
The products are distributed directly to supermarket chains from the company's facilities in Greece to the markets of Europe, Midddle East and America. | agronomy |
https://surfsidesucculents.com/products/colorful-succulent-cuttings-assorted-succulent-clippings | 2023-06-05T21:00:52 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224652161.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20230605185809-20230605215809-00577.warc.gz | 0.936832 | 335 | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__214185828 | en | Beautiful assorted succulent cuttings grown in sunny San Diego. Available in sets of 10 or 25.
Perfect for starting or adding to your succulent collection, or for crafting with live succulents.
Your succulents arrive calloused on the end, and are ready to be planted upon arrival.
Find our recommended care instructions below, detailing what to do once your succulents arrive:
1. Choose your pot, and soil. We highly recommend using a pot with a drainage hole, and filling with very well draining cactus or succulent soil. Succulents love root competition, which means they can be arranged as densely as desired.
2) Water over the soil, just until you start to see water pour from the drainage hole at the bottom of your pot. It is easier to plant succulents in soil that is already damp, as it allows them to stay in place easier than planting in dry soil.
3) Plant succulents upright in the slightly dampened soil, pushing them down gently just enough to allow them to stand upright on their own.
4) Provide your potted masterpiece with medium lighting. On or near a sunny windowsill works perfectly. You can adapt your plant to brighter sunlight over time - it is best to slowly adjust lighting so as to not shock your succulents. If planting outdoors, make sure you have researched whether succulents can survive all seasons in your agricultural zone.
5) Water again only when the soil is very dry throughout - which is usually about every 10 days or so, but can vary. Water over the soil - not on the plants themselves. | agronomy |
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https://www.mazenjobs.com/project-manager-food-security-agricultural-and-livelihoods-acted/ | 2018-01-18T00:13:22 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-05/segments/1516084887024.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20180117232418-20180118012418-00145.warc.gz | 0.865449 | 1,410 | CC-MAIN-2018-05 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-05__0__73837639 | en | The Project Manager, under operational guidance of the Area Coordinator and technical guidance of the Deputy Country Director and Country Project Coordinator, is responsible for ensuring the proper implementation of ACTED’s Food Security, Agriculture and Livelihood project.
Project Manager will oversee ACTED’s intervention; “Strengthening the agricultural value chain trough local government structures to regenerate sustainable livelihood opportunities in Syria” staring from January 2018 in Dara governorate. The main project objectives are as follows:
• Value chain assessment.
• Strengthening of capacity of local authorities.
• Comprehensive agricultural chain rehabilitation.
• Strengthening productivity and profitability of local farmers, livestock holders and agricultural entrepreneurs.
• Increasing capacity of Syrian farmers and livestock holders via trainings, information campaigns, providing the agricultural inputs.
• Provision of veterinary services to livestock holders.
• Rehabilitation and construction of communal agricultural assets and irrigation infrastructures.
• Supporting the agricultural entrepreneurs with grands to start their own business.
The Projects Manager (PM) oversees the success and achievement of the projects and ensures effective and timely completion of activities, delivery of quality outputs and achievement of outcomes with maximum impact for beneficiaries. The PM will recruit, manage and monitor the achievements project staff. In addition, the Projects Manager will give technical input and influence the development of the overall FSL Strategy.
The Projects Manager supervises the relevant project staff members, based in Amman and remotely manages all the FSL projects staff inside Syria with relevant internal departments, implementing partners and project stakeholders.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Project Planning
a) The development the overall project implementation strategy, systems, approaches, tools, and materials
b) The organization of the project kick-off and close-out meetings
c) The planning of the various stages of project implementation and prioritizing and organizing activities and resources to achieve project objectives
2. Project Implementation Follow-up
a) In coordination with the team members and implementing partners oversee and manage the implementation of the project ensuring that technical quality and standards are considered and respected during project(s) implementation taking into consideration the remote project management
b) Organize regular project coordination meetings with project team, also using the internet in remote context
c) Ensure budget utilization and physical target achievements are reviewed at least once a month as per work plan
d) Ensure project implementation is on time, target and budget, using effective M&E systems to reach desired impacts
e) Ensure that the projects are implemented in accordance with relevant ACTED technical guidelines and standards
f) Anticipate and mitigate risks and trouble-shoot any unforeseen challenges during the project implementation
g) Support the project managers in updating the work plan, output tracker, PMF and other documents relevant for effective project management.
3. Administration and Operational Management of Project Implementation
a) Provide guidance to the project managers in the review of the BFU(s) and forecasts with BOQs
b) Provide guidance to the staff members forecasting the budget, monthly cash requirements of the project and submit to AC
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a) Contribute to the development of Procurement plans
b) Send accurate and precise order forms in a timely manner
c) Contribute to quality checks and procurement committees to finalize suppliers’ selection according to applicable scenario
d) Confirm quality of material selection if and when applicable
e) Ensure a proper management and use of the project assets and stocks
f) Plan team movements based on available fleet and applicable policies
a) Participate in the recruitment of technical staff (development of organograms, ToRs, elaborating the tests and reviewing them; interviews etc.)
b) Ensure that projects staff understand and are able to perform their roles and responsibilities
a) Support the project managers in the follow-up the work plans and day-to-day activities of the project staff
b) Manage the project staff, in cooperation with Area Coordinators
c) Ensure a positive working environment and good team dynamics
d) Undertake regular appraisals of staff and follow career management
e) Manage interpersonal conflicts
c) Ensure capacity building among staff in relevant sectors
a) Ensure project records and documents (Flat files, beneficiary list, donation certificates, attendance sheets etc.) are adequately prepared, compiled and filed according to ACTED procedures.
b) Ensure staff awareness of, and respect of, ACTED’s code of conduct and FLATS procedures.
a) Ensure that each member of the project team is aware of security issues, policies, SOPs and they follow them accordingly.
b) In cooperation with the relevant Security Officer, monitor the local security situation and inform the Country Director or Area Coordinator and Country or Area Security Officer of developments through regular written reports.
4. External Relations
a) Support, facilitate or undertake communication and liaison activities to actively consult and involve beneficiaries, key informants, actors, partners and stakeholders in all stages of project design and implementation
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d) Where relevant, liaise with donors and work closely with implementing partners on project updates, site visits and other communication.
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a) Assess the activities undertaken by the implementing partners and staff members and ensure efficient use of resources
b) Undertake regular field visits to provide technical guidance and supervision as well as regularly monitor the progress of project activities
c) Ensure lessons learned are documented, shared and reflected in project planning and decision making
d) Advise on, and assist with, project reviews conducted by AMEU
e) Ensure quality control, analysis of added-value and impact, identification and capitalization on best practices and lessons learnt and provide relevant feedback for new project development
f) Identify and analyze gaps, ACTED’s added value, synergies and opportunities in the areas the project(s) is / are implemented and pass relevant information to the N+1
a) Provide regular and timely updates on progress and challenges to supervisors and other team members
b) Support the staff memebers in the Draft (internal) narrative reports and contribute to the development of financial reports through regular budgetary follow up.
c) Contribute to drafting of (external) project progress reports, ensuring the quality and accuracy of technical information provided
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|Plant Symbol = MAES|
Contributed by: USDA NRCS National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Pacific Islands West Area Office, Mongmong, Guam
Cassada, manioc, yuca, tapioca, mandioca, shushu, muk shue, cassave, maniok, tapioka, imanoka, tapioca, maniba, kasaba, katela boodin, manioc, manihot, yucca, mandioca, sweet potato tree, Brazilian arrowroot, and tapioca plant.
Caution: The root of the bitter variety is very poisonous when raw. Cooking destroys the hydrocyanic acid; the cooking water must be discarded.
Food products: There are hydrocyanic glucosides (HCN) in all parts of the plant that are poisonous. These glucosides are removed by peeling the roots and boiling in water.
Cassava is one of the leading food and feed plants of the world. It ranks fourth among staple crops, with a global production of about 160 million tons per year. Most of this is grown in three regions: West Africa and the adjoining Congo basin, tropical South America and south and Southeast Asia. The young tender leaves are used as a potherb, containing high levels of protein and vitamins C and A. The leaves are prepared in a similar manner as spinach, while eliminating toxic compounds during the cooking process.
It is mainly used for human consumption, less for animal consumption and for industrial purposes, though this may vary by country. The roots are rarely eaten fresh but are usually cooked, steamed, fried or roasted when fresh or after drying or fermenting. It is advisable to peel, boil, grind or cut, and dry the roots in order to diminish the contents of cyanogenic glucosides. All plant parts contain cyanogenic glucosides with the leaves having the highest concentrations. In the roots, the peel has a higher concentration than the interior. In the past, cassava was categorized as either sweet or bitter, signifying the absence or presence of toxic levels of cyanogenic glucosides. Sweet cultivars can produce as little as 20 mg of HCN per kg of fresh roots, while bitter ones may produce more than 50 times as much. The bitterness is identified through taste and smell. This is not a totally valid system, since sweetness is not absolutely correlated with HCN producing ability. In cases of human malnutrition, where the diet lacks protein and iodine, under processed roots of high HCN cultivars may result in serious health problems.
Cassava provides a major source of calories for poor families, because of its high starch content. With minimum maintenance, the farmers can dig up the starchy root of the cassava and eat it 6 months to 3 years after planting. In Africa, people also eat the leaves of the cassava as a green vegetable, which provide a cheap and rich source of protein and vitamins A and B. In Southeast Asia and Latin America, cassava has also taken on an economic role. Various industries use it as a binding agent, because it is an inexpensive source of starch.
Cassava flour is used to make cookies, quick breads, loaf breads, pancakes, doughnuts, dumplings, muffins, bagels. Cassava extracted juice is fermented into a strong liquor called kasiri. The peeled roots of the sweet variety are usually eaten cooked or baked.
The juice can be concentrated and sweetened until it becomes a dark viscous syrup called kasripo (casareep). This syrup has antiseptic properties and is used for flavoring.
Livestock: Cassava leaves and stem meal are used for feeding dairy cattle. Both fresh and dried cassava roots are consumed by ruminants in different forms (chopped, sliced, or ground). Cassava bushes three to four months old are harvested as forage for cattle and other ruminants.
Ornamental: One clone with variegated leaves is known to be planted as an ornamental.
Commercial: Cassava starch is used in the production of paper, textiles, and as monosodium glutamate (MSG), an important flavoring agent in Asian cooking. In Africa, cassava is used as partial substitution for wheat flour.
Ethnobotanic: In Samoa, cassava was used to induce abortion. The Amerindians use the brown juice, obtained during processing, for burns.
Please consult the PLANTS Web site and your State Department of Natural Resources for this plant’s current status (e.g. threatened or endangered species, state noxious status, and wetland indicator values).
Milkweed Family (Euphorbiaceae). Cassava is a tall semi-woody perennial shrub or tree, up to 7 m high, dbh up to 20 cm, single to few stems, sparingly branching; branchlets light green to tinged reddish, nodes reddish. The outer bark is smooth, light brown to yellowish grey; inner bark cream-green; exudate thin, watery; wood soft, creamy straw. The leaves: petiole light greenish to red; blade basally attached or slightly (up to 2 mm) peltate, dark green above, pale light greenish grayish underneath, sometimes variegated; lobes narrow, 2.9-12.5 times as long as wide; central unlobed part usually short, lobes 15-21 times as long. Inflorescences lax, with 3-5 together in fascicles; pedicels light green to red. Staminate flowers: calyx divided to halfway or more, green to white to lobes white to reddish with white median band inside to red purple, glabrous except for apex of calyx tube and inner side of segments finely hairy; filaments white, anthers yellow; disc yellow to light orange. Pistillate flowers: calyx green with red margin and midrib, hairy along the margin and on the midrib inside; disc pink; ovary with 6 longitudinal ridges, green (with pinkish stripes) to orange; pistil and stigmas white. Fruit subglobose, green (to light yellow, white, dark brown), rather smooth, with 6 longitudinal wings. Seeds up to 12 mm long.
The tuberous edible root, grows in clusters of 4-8 at the stem base. Roots are from 1-4 inches in diameter and 8-15 inches long, although roots up to 3 feet long have been found. The pure white interior is firmer than potatoes and contains high starch content. The roots are covered with a thin reddish brown fibrous bark that is removed by scraping and peeling. The bark is reported to contain toxic hydrocyanic (prussic) acid, which must be removed by washing, scraping and heating
In general, the crop requires a warm humid climate. Temperature is important, as all growth stops at about 10ºC. Typically, the crop is grown in areas that are frost free the year round. The highest root production can be expected in the tropical lowlands, below 150 m altitude, where temperatures average 25-27°C, but some varieties grow at altitudes of up to 1 500 m.
The plant produces best when rainfall is fairly abundant, but it can be grown where annual rainfall is as low as 500 mm or where it is as high as 5,000 mm. The plant can stand prolonged periods of drought in which most other food crops would perish. This makes it valuable in regions where annual rainfall is low or where seasonal distribution is irregular. In tropical climates the dry season has about the same effect on Cassava as low temperature has on deciduous perennials in other parts of the world. The period of dormancy lasts two to three months and growth resumes when the rains begin again.
Cassava is drought resistant and grows well in poor soil. It is one of the most efficient producers of carbohydrates and energy among all the food crops.
Distribution: Cassava can be found from the United States to Africa, Asia, Europe, and the South Pacific. For current distribution, please consult the Plant profile page for this species on the PLANTS Web site.
Cassava is a tropical root crop, requiring at least 8 months of warm weather to produce a crop. However, under adverse conditions such as cool or dry weather it can take 18 or more months to produce a crop. Cassava is traditionally grown in a savanna climate, but can be grown in extremes of rainfall; however, it does not tolerate flooding. In droughty areas it looses its leaves to conserve moisture, producing new leaves when rains resume. Cassava does not tolerate freezing conditions, but does tolerate a wide range of soil pH 4.0 to 8.0 and is most productive in full sun.
Propagation by seed: For agricultural purposes, cassava is propagated exclusively from cuttings because seed germination is usually less than 50 percent. Seedlings are raised from seed only for the purpose of selecting seedlings with fewer and smaller roots than those of the parents. Botanically seeds are used only for breeding purposes.
Propagation by cuttings: Propagate cassava by planting segments of the stem. Cut stems into 9-30 cm lengths; be sure to include at least one node. Segments can be buried vertically with 8-15 cm in the ground. The selection of healthy, pest-free cuttings is essential. Stem cuttings are sometimes referred to as 'stakes'. In areas where freezing temperatures are possible, plant cuttings as soon as the danger of frost has past. Cuttings can be planted by hand or by planting machines. Hand planting is done in one of three ways: vertical, flat below the soil surface or tilted. Under low rainfall conditions, vertical planting may result in the desiccation of the cuttings, while in areas of higher rainfall; flat-planted cuttings may rot. In general, flat planting 5-10 cm below the soil surface is recommended in dry climates and when mechanical planting is used. Germination seems to be higher; tubers tend to originate from a great number of points and grow closer to the surface of the soil, making better use of fertilizers applied on the surface and also making harvesting easier.
Vertical planting is used in rainy areas and tilted planting in semi-rainy areas. Observing the polarity of the cutting is essential in successful establishment of the planting. The top of the cutting must be placed upright. Typical plant spacing is 1m by 1m. Cuttings produce roots within a few days and new shoots soon appear at old leaf petiole axes on the stem. Early growth is relatively slow, thus weeds must be controlled during the first few months. Although cassava can produce a crop with minimal inputs, optimal yields are recorded from fields with average soil fertility levels for food crop production and regular moisture availability.
Responses to macro-nutrients vary, with cassava responding most to P and K fertilization. Vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizae benefit cassava by scavenging for phosphorus and supplying it to the roots. High N fertilization, more than 100 kg of actual N/ha, may result in excessive foliage production at the expense of storage root development. Fertilizer should only be applied during the first few months of growth.
In moist soil, sprouting takes place within the first week after planting. Within a month of the beginning of planting, the substitution of new cuttings to replace those that did not sprout is still possible. Cassava is grown mainly as a cash crop and farmers may for ten years or more grow cassava on the same land. However, if the price of cassava roots drops, the farmers may shift to another crop (e.g., sugarcane, maize or sorghum) until cassava again becomes the more profitable crop.
General: Cassava is either planted as a single crop or intercropped with maize, legumes, vegetables, rubber, oil palm or other economic important plants. Mixed planting reduces the danger of loss caused by unfavorable weather and pests by spreading the risk over plants with different susceptibilities.
Cassava grows best on light sandy loams or on loamy sands which are moist, fertile and deep. It grows well on soils ranging in texture from the sands to the clays and on soils of relatively low fertility. Cassava can produce an economic crop on soils so depleted by repeated cultivation that they have become unsuitable for other crops. On very rich soils the plant may produce stems and leaves at the expense of roots. Cassava will grow on a wide range of soils, provided the soil texture is friable enough to allow the development of the tubers.
When cassava is grown as the first crop in forest land no further preparation is required than the clearing of the forest growth. When cassava is grown after other crops it often can be planted without further preparation of the soil, once the preceding crop has been harvested or the soil has been plowed two or three times until free from grass and other plants.
No fertilization is required when the land is freshly cleared or when there is enough land to enable growers to substitute new land for old when yields fall. Like all rapidly growing plants yielding carbohydrates, cassava has high nutrient requirements and exhausts the soil very rapidly. When cassava is grown on the land for a number of years in succession or in rotation the soil nutrients are reduced and must therefore be returned to the soil by fertilization. Large commercial farmers replace the nutrients lost by applying artificial fertilizers that are usually too costly for the small farmer. Small farmers replace the nutrient loss by using different kinds of organic manures, such as cattle or duck manure or garbage to replace the nutrients taken from the soil.
Cassava is frequently cultivated as a temporary shade plant in young plantations of cocoa, coffee, rubber or oil palm. When cultivated as a temporary shade plant, no special attention is given to the cassava plant. When grown alone, the plants require little maintenance after planting. Irrigation may be required if there is no rain, and hoeing of the earth helps preserve the subsoil humidity, especially in dry sandy soils. The chief problem is weed control which may be desirable to weed the crop two or three times until the plants are well developed and their shade prevents the growth of weeds.
Maturity differs from one variety to another, but for food the tubers can be harvested at almost any age below 12 months. From the standpoint of maximum starch production, the optimum age for harvest is 18-20 months. During this growth period both root and starch production increase rapidly to their maximum value, after which root production decreases slowly and starch production much more rapidly on account of the declining starch content of the tubers.
If the roots are left in the ground, starch content increases with age until, at a certain point; lignifications takes place, causing the roots to become tough and woody, so that they are harder to prepare for consumption and other uses.
Harvesting of cassava can be done throughout the year when the roots reach maturity. In regions with seasonal rains, harvesting is usually done in the dry season, during the dormant period of the plant; where rain prevails all year round, cassava is harvested throughout the year.
There is no mature stage for cassava; because plants are ready for harvest as soon as there are storage roots large enough to meet the requirements of the consumer. Under the most favorable conditions, yields of fresh roots can reach 90 t/ha while average world yields from mostly subsistence agricultural systems average 10 t/ha. Typically harvesting can begin as soon as eight months after planting. In the tropics, plants can remain un-harvested for more than one growing season, allowing the storage roots to enlarge further. However, as the roots age and enlarge, the central portion becomes woody and inedible.
Harvesting is still generally a manual operation, although equipment to facilitate this operation is being considered. The day before harvest, the plants are "topped" the stalks are cut off 40-60 cm above ground by hand, machete or machine and piled at the side of the field. This length of stalk is left as a handle for pulling. Material required for the next planting is selected and the rest is burned. In light soils the roots are slowly drawn from the soil simply by pulling the stems or with the help of a kind of crowbar and the tubers are cut off the stock. In heavier soils a hoe may be required to dig up the roots before the plant is pulled out. It must be noted that once the plants have been topped, lifting of the roots must not be delayed, as sprouting and a drastic fall in the starch content of the tubers will result.
Once the roots are harvested, they begin to deteriorate within about 48 hours, initially owing to enzymatic changes in the roots and then to rot and decay. The roots may be kept refrigerated for up to a week or stored in the ground for longer periods if they are not detached from the plant.
In most of the tropical world cassava is grown on small plots; however, in some countries (e.g., Mexico, Brazil, and Nigeria) large plantations have been established. The degree of mechanization depends on the amount of land, available labor in the area and general policy regarding the use of manual labor.
The use of machinery for land preparation is preferable to manual labor to ensure the best possible seed bed for tuber development. Subsequent operations of planting, weeding, topping and harvesting can be done by hand as well as by machinery.
The following is an outline of the present use of machinery in cassava cultivation:
Pests and Potential Problems
Insects, diseases and other pest: In many regions, the cassava plant is not normally affected by diseases or pests. However, in others it may be attacked by the following: | agronomy |
http://content.leaderherald.com/?p=556775/Fruitful-Season.html | 2017-01-23T14:51:35 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560282932.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095122-00251-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.958523 | 609 | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-04__0__70517255 | en | Be prepared to make room for New York’s apples and apple products this year.
The 2013 apple crop is strong this season due to more typical weather patterns, industry experts say. Growers will have 25 percent more trees this season and carry more apple varieties compared to last year.
New York Apple Association President Jim Allen said in an April news release, “We know our short crop last year left everyone with a taste for more. We’ll be back soon.”
People can start apple picking at Roger’s Orchard in Johnstown the third week of August, said owner Todd Rogers.
He said his crops are doing well. He said they are “the best crops in the past two years.”
Kenneth Coyne from Bellinger’s Orchard near ?Fultonville, said his crop is “looking good.”
Coyne said, “Most orchards are now struggling to manage the overload of apples on the trees, since nothing was present last year.”
Last year’s devastating frost and early spring diminished the fall harvest to about half its normal size, according to the association.
The industry laid groundwork to come back stronger this year, according to the association’s news release.
Coyne said last year’s crop was sparse and damaged because of hail.
Growers have planted thousands of new trees across the state, which will increase harvests in years ahead, the association says.
Now the state has 25 percent more trees than just a few years ago.
Along with planting favorite apples, growers are planting new varieties as well.
One of these new flavors includes zestar. Rogers Orchard in Johnstown will have this apple.
Bellinger’s Orchard in Fultonville has 28 different varieties, including pink lady, pound sweet and candy crisp, along with granny smith, red delicious and McIntosh.
Next year, Rogers Orchard will have 100 trees with new varieties.
The state has modernized apple-packing equipment and enlarged packing and storage facilities to ensure it has the capacity to handle the future crops.
By now, apple bloom is in full swing,
“So far, this season is textbook perfect,” said Allen.
Apple growers are not appreciating the recent heavy rain, though.
Rogers said fungus grows faster with the excess rain, which means more spray and can be more costly.
The overflow of apples needs to be managed properly as well. If they’re not, some varieties can go biennial. These could lead to a heavy load this year and no apples next year, according to Coyne. Northern spy varieties are common for this.
According to the association, New York is the second-largest apple-producing state in the United States.
The state averages 29.5 million bushels of production annually, according to the association. | agronomy |
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Longji Rice Terracces are located deeply in high mountain area, at an altitude of 1916 meter. The highest point of rice terracces is 1180 meter, while the lowest is 380 meter. That makes the vertical distance of 800 meter.
The rice terracces was started to build during Song Dynasty, well finished in the beginning of Qing Dynasty.
There are two ethnic people groups living here: Yao and Zhuang.
Yao people is living in Dazhai Village, while Zhuang people in Pingan Village, on the other side of Longji Rice Terracces.
The Yao and Zhuang people has worked very hardly with their rice terracces over thousands years so they could get rice for the life. | agronomy |
https://hagerstownmagazine.com/2021/06/30/blueberry-dreams/ | 2023-10-01T16:42:23 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510903.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20231001141548-20231001171548-00765.warc.gz | 0.969733 | 1,600 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__78472683 | en | Frog Eye Farm is the place to go to pick-your-own delicious blueberries.
By Karen Gardner
Deep in the heart of Pleasant Valley is a blueberry farm, where you can pick blueberries surrounded by a slice of rural paradise. Sandwiched between Elk Ridge and South Mountain, Frog Eye Farm offers pick-your-own (PYO) blue-berries throughout blueberry growing season.
From mid-June to the end of July, ripe blueberries are clustered on 2,200 highbush blueberry plants that fill nearly 10 acres at Frog Eye Farm. Owners Dan and Jennifer Mills welcome blueberry pickers most days during blueberry season, usually from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Frog Eye Farm is about 15 miles south of Boonsboro, just off Md. 67 on Frog Eye Road in Knoxville. This narrow road takes visitors across Israel Creek and into another world. The road turns from paved to gravel, and the meandering ride leads through leafy woods and lush lawns to a sign wel-coming you to the blueberry farm.
The farm itself stretches across 39 acres. Forested slopes drop to Israel Creek, which fills the pond that sits below the blueberry patch. Downhill from the blueberries is a working barn full of equipment to maintain the blueberry bushes. Beyond the barn is a leafy canopy of trees that surrounds the house where Dan and Jennifer live with their two children.
On a summer day, birds chirp and a tranquil pond beckons. The expansive sky frames the nearby ridges and sloping fields. Nature is all around.
Summer 2021 is the 12th season that the Mills have operated Frog Eye Farm, but they didn’t set out to become blueberry farmers. Hank Dubin, a Washington, D.C., engineer and entrepreneur, started the blueberry farm in the early 2000s, planting most of the existing blueberry bushes, fencing in the 10 acres, building the barn, and up-dating the old farmhouse. But as Dubin got older and more frail, he wanted the blueberry business to continue, so he put the farm up for sale. Dan decided to take a look at the farm.
“My wife had been here with the kids, but I’d never been to a PYO, other than for pumpkins,” he said. He was taken by the farm and the placid, rural surroundings. “I thought, ‘This is incredible,’” he recalled. “I also thought, ‘You’re not used to this. This is out of our league.’” Still, Dan and Jennifer decided to make an offer
Dubin had several offers, and the Hills expected theirs would get lost. After all, they had recently moved to a home in the Spring Ridge development in Frederick, and they had no experience with farming or owning a large property.
“Hank saw something in us,” Dan said. “He thought we would take care of the property in the fashion that he wanted.”
In 2011, the Mills bought the business, and Hank spent that summer teaching the couple how to take care of blueberry bushes and manage a PYO farm. Jennifer is a guidance counselor at Charles Town Middle School, while Dan is in medical equipment sales and works from home. They decided to give the business a try while keeping their day jobs. Things seemed to go well, and they moved out to the farm the next year.
Ten years later, they’re still at it, and they’re still working their day jobs. Conveniently, Jennifer has summers off. And their kids grew up hiking through the nearby forests, fishing in the pond and the creek, and helping maintain the blueberry business.
Dubin eased the path into the blueberry PYO business for the Mills. “He got everything started, and he used a lot of trial and error.” He planted most of the bushes, chose the 24 varieties that are used, set up an irrigation system, fenced in the bushes using a wire fence, and bought the farm equipment needed to maintain the bushes and the property.
Still, Dan knew he was in for it when he saw a pair of thick, worn leather work gloves dotted with holes. He wondered whether he was capable of doing the work required to wear out a pair of heavy leather gloves. “I’ve since gone through many of those types of gloves,” he said.
The 2,200 blueberry bushes, each bearing thousands of berries per season, need constant maintenance. The Hills raise them using integrated pest management techniques. Although the farm isn’t certified organic, pesticides aren’t used. “We do not spray,” Dan said. The fencing mostly prevents deer from eating the bushes.
“The biggest thing is the birds,” he said. Birds are known to enjoy blueberries, often at the expense of the home gardener. “We just figure Mother Nature gets her fair share,” Dan said. The 41 rows of bushes are spaced wide enough for a riding mower. Weed whacking and hand pulling gets rid of the growth around each bush, tasks which take up much of Dan’s free time during warm weather.
“We do mulch,” he said. “That’s a laborious task and one of our more expensive ones.” Each fall, an 18-wheel truck brings the mulch to the farm and pumps it into the blueberry patch, where the Hills and several helpers are waiting. It must be spread thinly around each bush, while taking care not to let the mulch get to close to the stems and rot them.
Spring is pruning season. The bushes need to be pruned so that branches don’t overlap and so that each bush has plenty of airflow through the center. New canes are encouraged while older canes are pruned. “That’s how the plant continues to produce,” Dan said. With the right care, blue-berry bushes can live 30 years or more. So far, he’s only had to replace around 200 bushes in the patch.
Dan and Jennifer have a lot of help keeping their blueberry patch going. Son Charlie, 16, does a lot of the farm tasks. Craig Blum and Fred Jones are some of the farm’s reliable helpers, as are Dan’s and Jennifer’s parents. The farm often hires young people to weigh the blueberries, run the cash register, and do some of the farm labor. Neighbors often stop by to lend a hand, and they almost always look the other way when traffic on the gravel lane increases during busy periods.
The pandemic brought a record number of berry pickers last season, and there were days when the Hills closed the farm to allow new berries to mature. Each bush provides berries for about two to two and a half weeks.
This year, Dan expects the bushes to produce through the end of July, and in some years, blueberries ripen into early August. Although the Mills sold berries at farmer’s markets in their early years at the farm, in the last few years, they’ve focused on the PYO experience that blueberry pickers enjoy.
“We’re caretakers of a place that brings joy and happiness,” Dan said. Their reward? Living in a rural paradise and the muffins, pies, and even wine brought as gifts from happy customers, all made with Frog Eye Farm blueberries. | agronomy |
http://www.pavijuan.com/2012/08/vietnam-part-1-video-tour-of-da-lat.html | 2017-05-24T02:16:01 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463607731.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20170524020456-20170524040456-00482.warc.gz | 0.85254 | 108 | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-22__0__193139305 | en | Video tour of Da Lat - Dalat Vietnam - Intro. A collection of short videos about the attractions in the region of Dalat, Vietnam.
With its year-round cool weather, Da Lat supplies temperate agriculture products for all over Vietnam, for example: cabbage and cauliflower. Its flower industry produces two typical flowers: hydrangea and golden everlasting. The confectionery industry offers a wide range of mứt, a kind of fruit preserve made from strawberry, mulberry, sweet potato, and rose. | agronomy |
https://www.stxorganics.com/ | 2023-06-07T11:30:31 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224653764.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20230607111017-20230607141017-00484.warc.gz | 0.87961 | 336 | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__41010963 | en | In the midst of cold weather, the Warm Texas Citrus Bake makes a yummy change from traditional des
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For weeks gardening catalogues have been stuffing our mailbox. I love these catalogues; they make me hopeful during the bleak days of winter when gray skies feel like a smothering blanket and snow piles up to my crunchy knees. I dog-ear the pages of the Territorial Seed book, pen and pad in hand, and spend evenings selecting varieties, ascertaining if the final list contains the correct tomato balance of red, yellow, black, orange, determinate and indeterminate, and growing days shorter than 80. Asking myself: Will two Japanese Black Trifele plants be enough?
Then I review all the other vegetable offerings, rolling around in my mouth the taste of Gypsy peppers vs. Black Knight.
Daryl, our neighbor two-doors down, has already begun his seedlings. We never see each other during cold months, but I know his tomatoes are snug in their grid of peat pots because at night I see the suffused glow of the his grow lights through the glass block basement window. A beacon leading me to research all my selections on-line, just to be sure. With his hydroponic growing system, Daryl makes me envious.
So do our friends Tina and Glenn”s spread west of Cleveland. Theirs is a 22-acre property, so big they have a lake. Not a pond, a lake. They grow organic cows, a breed called Scottish Highlander, which have long red hair.
Every year, Tina plants around 75 tomatoes, mostly Romas as she puts up sauce and salsa in late summer, and 200 plus pepper plants, 50 percent with heat levels listed in the upper section of the Scoville scale. She grows these from seed, in her greenhouse.
We have no room for either Daryl’s modest in-home system, or Tina’s ideal conditions. Could I be any greener with envy?
Our house is in an old inner-ring suburb, on a postage-stamp sized lot, narrow but long, and fairly useless for vegetable gardening. About 15 years ago, Bill built me two “farms” — 12 ft. long x 2.5 feet wide x 2 foot deep wooden boxes, filled with soil we amend yearly. These sit in the driveway behind our house, which doesn’t get as much sun as the front, particularly in the late afternoon. There’s no place else to put them. Along with the farms, peppers, some herbs, and determinate tomatoes grow in pots, including on the front porch last year, the first time. Rotating crops is impossible.
Last year, we harvested seven peppers and baskets of tomatoes from August into November. We felt like millionaires. | agronomy |
https://www.cipa.org.uk/news/response-to-patenting-of-plants-in-europe/ | 2024-04-20T05:15:53 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817474.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20240420025340-20240420055340-00566.warc.gz | 0.921649 | 185 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__95745452 | en | The paper considers the decisions of the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO) last year in the cases G2/12 (“Broccoli II”) and G2/13 (“Tomatoes II”). The EPO held that Article 53 of the European Patent Convention (EPC) which excludes the patentability of essentially biological processes for the production of plants does not impact on the patentability of plants or plant material per se obtained from such processes.
The paper sets out CIPA’s position on selected issues concerning the patentability of plants and the scope of protection afforded by plant patents.
CIPA believes that the Enlarged Board’s decision is reasonable: and in any event opposes attempts to change the law, because of the uncertainty that would result.
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Date Published: 15 August 2016 | agronomy |
https://www.israelnews.net/news/272233205/pest-outbreak-threatens-israeli-citrus-industry | 2022-05-28T08:35:49 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652663013003.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220528062047-20220528092047-00272.warc.gz | 0.947694 | 238 | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__92200425 | en | JERUSALEM, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Israel's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on Wednesday reported an outbreak of a harmful bug that could cause deadly disease in citrus.
The pest, called the Asian citrus psyllid, was detected in 750,000 square meters of citrus orchards in Hefer valley near the Mediterranean Sea.
The pest could transmit to the trees a bacterium that causes the cureless citrus greening disease, which is considered the most dangerous for citrus.
After detecting the outbreak in Israel, the ministry held an emergency discussion and prepared a plan to deal with the pest, including spraying and monitoring it in other places.
"If we do not eradicate the pest, there will be a real extinction threat to the Israeli citrus industry, as has happened elsewhere in the world," said Shlomit Zioni, director of plant protection and inspection services at the ministry.
The Asian citrus psyllid is common in America and Asia and causes heavy damage mainly in the United States, Brazil and Cuba.
The ministry estimated that the pest came on citrus seedlings or kaffir lime leaves that were smuggled into Israel. | agronomy |
http://www.dragonginseng.com/story-of-ginseng/ | 2018-11-21T18:10:46 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-47/segments/1542039749562.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20181121173523-20181121195523-00214.warc.gz | 0.93523 | 364 | CC-MAIN-2018-47 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-47__0__16580746 | en | The Growing Environment of Ginseng :
Ginseng root used by Dragon Ginseng comes from the world's best ginseng growing area (North Koea Autonomous Regions). It is situated at the north eastern China bordering North Korea, or at 40° latitude. Ginseng is being cultivated at low density areas, at high mountains of over 2,000 feet above sea level. Its growing conditions are constrained. On humidity aspect, temperature during summer is around 16°c, while winter temperature is around -6°, good ventilation and ample water are basic growing conditions for ginseng. It is best to grow ginseng on soil of red pine trees of 30 years or above using organic fertilizer. Only such fertile soil would yield ginseng of high quality. The combination of the divine spirit of earth and sky assure the best crop of ginseng. Transplantation every two years to ensure the best quality ginseng with the best functions.
Process of Transplantation
Transplantation process is to carry out every two years. Ginseng trees of six years old with big projection, whose quality is the best.
Ginseng flowers would first blossom at the forth year of planting. Seeds are collected with the purpose of nurturing the best quality ginseng.
The Miracle Efficacy of Dragon Ginseng
Ginseng has been in existence since 5,000 years ago. It was the food of the emperors. According to the 'Book of Herbs' by Shen Long, which said: 'Ginseng nourishes the five major organs in the body. It stabilizes, overcome fear,dispel evil spirit, good for the eyes and brain. Taken over a long period would result in longevity.' Every consumer could take it with peace of mind. | agronomy |
https://reforest.org/our-impact/ | 2021-09-22T20:50:22 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-39/segments/1631780057388.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20210922193630-20210922223630-00655.warc.gz | 0.91972 | 733 | CC-MAIN-2021-39 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-39__0__70449624 | en | Save a Seed for the Future (SAFE) is an integrated non-governmental organization operating in the Teso sub-region of Northeastern Uganda with a main office in Soroti town. We were founded in 2010 and have been registered with the Ugandan National NGO Board since December 2012. Working with both students and teachers, the Amuria Schools Tree Planting Project (ASTREPP) aims to raise awareness about environmental degradation and give students practical skills in tree planting. The project began in May 2017, and through collaboration with 10 local schools and with support from the International Tree Foundation, Save a Seed for the Future is educating local communities, delivering trainings, and planting 25,000 trees. Teachers will also incorporate training materials on how to raise seedlings into their daily classes and in the management of school nurseries. Mature seedlings are distributed to local communities to help improve livelihoods.
Location: SAVE UgandaAgro-forestry in Soroti, NE Uganda Website
The Ayyalur Forest Reserve is home to the Slender loris (CITES Appendix II), an indicator species which is important for habitat conservation. The population size of this small nocturnal mammal is declining quickly due to loss of habitat through deforestation.
Location: Tamil Nadu, Southern India
In the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, The Gorilla Organisation (gorillas.org) plants tree saplings grown from seed to reinforce the forest habitat of the critical/endangered gorilla, prevent soil erosion, provide food and sustainable firewood for local communities.
Location: Virunga National Park
Mount Kenya Environmental Conservation (MKEC) -with the ITF- works in Embu County on the SE slopes of Mount Kenya – a famous tea growing region. MKEC supports 23 women and self-help groups with training and the provision of seeds and materials for their tree nurseries where native and agro-forestry tree seedlings are grown.
Location: Mount Kenya, Kenya
Community Assistance in Development (COMAID) -with the ITF- is helping farmers in Nkor and Dom villages in NW Cameroon to protect and conserve the Dom Community forest and to enhance agroforestry in their own farms.
Location: Nor Noni, Cameroon
The project plants trees endemic to the western highlands of Guatemala, with a focus on cultivating those most affected by over-harvesting and best-suited for environmental remediation. There is an emphasis on the fundamental needs of the forest for nature, soil health, and water-capture.
Location: Highlands of Guatemala
To foster the conservation of North American monarch butterflies and their migration, in four strategic areas: habitat conservation, scientific research and monitoring, outreach and education, and sustainable development.
Location: Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, Mexico
Projects run by TREE AID help people in the drylands of Africa (Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Mali, and Niger) to lift themselves out of poverty and protect their environment.
Deforestation is the greatest threat facing Sumatran orangutans, so protecting and restoring their forest habitat is vital to their survival. We support the Sumatran Orangutan Society (SOS) who are working with their Indonesian partners to replant degraded land, such as ex-oil palm plantations.
The Alpha Women Empowerment Initiative (AWEI) -with the ITF- is a remarkable network of women farmers on the slopes of the Rwenzori mountains in Western Uganda, led by Margret Masika.
Location: Rwenzori Mountains, DRC | agronomy |
https://www.yesdelft.com/pats/ | 2023-09-27T14:28:29 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510300.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20230927135227-20230927165227-00072.warc.gz | 0.937564 | 144 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__63417505 | en | Bram Tijmons, Sjoerd Tijmons, Kevin van Hecke
Pest control is a daily nuisance and increasing challenge for greenhouse growers. While many resources are needed to control pests, crop losses remain to exist. PATS Indoor Drone Solutions supports greenhouse growers to get in control by reducing crop losses with effective and sustainable elimination of unwanted insect populations. The system not only monitors but also proactively eliminates flying insects. This prevents further spreading of the pest throughout the greenhouse and reduces damages. The service offered by PATS is focussed on relieving the grower from these time consuming and repetitive tasks, such that the grower can fully focus on growing beautiful products. | agronomy |
https://anthropologylover.wordpress.com/2013/01/11/human-movement-and-exotic-species/ | 2018-07-18T21:57:58 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676590329.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20180718213135-20180718233135-00375.warc.gz | 0.963701 | 460 | CC-MAIN-2018-30 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__269323718 | en | Human Movement and Exotic Species
In the September 2011 issue of WIRED magazine, Mario Aguilar discusses the ecological impact of Columbus’ voyage to the Americas. Aguilar garnishes his information from a book written by Charles C. Mann titled; 1493. The article explains how Columbus’s discovery of the New World obviously altered human civilizations, yet dramatically affected a multitude of plant and animal species as well. In this article, Aguilar quotes Mann as saying in his book; “Things are connected in ways that you would never expect.”
Four examples are given, regarding species that were influenced by the movement of humans around the globe.
The first example is the African Plantain, which has always been plagued by the scale, a species of insect. While in Africa, the Plantain was able to thrive despite the infestation of the scale because other species in Africa preyed on the scale, helping to reduce its population. But, when the Plantains were brought to the Americas, the scale insects not only killed off the plantain crops, but also helped to grow the fire ant population who fed on the sugary excrement of the scale insects.
Another example is the Orchids that were once a thriving species in the moisture rich jungles of Southern China. However, when rubber plants were brought to South East Asia from the Amazon, the rubber plants drank up so much moisture that the morning mist no longer existed, and the orchids began to die off.
The third example of species influence by human manipulation is the movement of earthworms which originally tilled the soil for English farmers. Yet when the earthworms were brought to the United States, they disrupted the nutrient absorbing fungi on the roots of sugar maple trees, ultimately leading to a decline in the sugar maple tree populations.
Interestingly, although the earthworms caused a decline in sugar maple trees, they aerated the ground so well that maize crops were able to grow year round.
The last species mentioned in this article is the Colorado potato beetle which was transported to America in the manes of horses. This insect has afflicted potato crops, not only in America, but worldwide.
If you know of any other species that humans have moved around the globe please leave a comment! | agronomy |
https://wiredtutors.com/bbs/bbs/board.php?bo_table=04&wr_id=2039 | 2021-11-27T09:21:37 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-49/segments/1637964358153.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20211127073536-20211127103536-00250.warc.gz | 0.959809 | 333 | CC-MAIN-2021-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-49__0__53298057 | en | Potatoes added themselves to the system, but did not destroy it
1) Once a staple crop is established, we have what economists call a “lock-in”.
2) A pattern continues because it is cheap to replicate and would be expensive, both financially and psychologically, to change.
3) The whole of north European agriculture is based around a highly complex but very efficient system of wheat and small-grain production.
4) From the plow types to the bakeries and pasta factories, everything is set up to deal with wheat.
5) So, although the potato came early and proved far more productive and well adapted than wheat, wheat remains the staple food — except in areas too poor and marginal to afford it.
6) The iron hand of economics forced the impoverished Irish and Poles to live on potatoes in the old days, but they yearned for bread — and now they can afford bread, and are eating fewer potatoes.
7) Potatoes added themselves to the system, but did not destroy it.
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https://justplayproducts.com/products/peppa-pig-gardening-bucket/ | 2023-12-07T09:28:46 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100651.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20231207090036-20231207120036-00074.warc.gz | 0.883662 | 435 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__198999082 | en | Peppa Pig Gardening Bucket
Planting seeds is fun any time of the year with the Peppa Pig Gardening Bucket. This charming pretend play and preschooler gardening set includes over 20 pieces, including a reusable plastic gardening bucket with watering can lid, 3 colorful pots, dirt inserts, a spade, a shovel, a hand tiller, pretend plastic fruits, veggies, and flowers, 3 plant markers, and 2 pretend seed packets. Little growers will cultivate big fun as they harvest crops of carrots, asparagus, beets, and lovely pink roses. All accessories fit neatly inside the gardening bucket for storage and transport. The giggly fun grows bigger by adding other Peppa Pig stuffed animals, preschool toys, and playsets to any fan’s collection. This gardening set makes a wonderful holiday gift for kids and little growers ages 3 years and up. © 2022 ABD Ltd/Ent. One UK
- Includes: 1 gardening bucket with watering can lid, 3 pots, dirt inserts, 3 seed markers, 1 spade, 1 shovel, 1 hand tiller, 2 play seed packets, play fruits, vegetables, and flowers.
- Grow Plants With Peppa: Planting seeds is fun any time of the year with the Peppa Pig Gardening Bucket, which includes over 20 pieces including pots, play seeds, pretend vegetables, and more.
- Garden With Peppa And Friends: The watering can and flowerpots feature images of Peppa Pig and her friends.
- Learn The Joys of Gardening: Little growers will love the imaginative play of planting seeds, watering, growing, and harvesting carrots, a beet, some asparagus, and lovely pink roses to share with family and friends.
- Storage Is A Snap: All accessories fit neatly inside the gardening bucket for storage and transport to friends’ gardens.
- The Peppa Pig Gardening Bucket coordinates perfectly with other plushies, figurines, preschool toys, and playsets from the Peppa Pig collection (each sold separately).
- This pretend play and toddler gardening set makes a wonderful holiday gift for kids and little growers ages 3 years and up. | agronomy |
https://experiencesvalencia.com/product/cata-con-almuerzo-de-lunes-a-domingo/ | 2024-04-14T23:45:44 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816904.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20240414223349-20240415013349-00245.warc.gz | 0.923999 | 236 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__114581264 | en | There is nothing better than the Valencian “l’esmorzaret” culture. Enjoy this visit to a winery with history, respectful with the environment and with the preservation of traditions and taste some of its best wines accompanied by products from the area.
More than 500 hectares of vineyards and forests await you to enjoy some of the best wines in the province of Valencia. Pioneer in the introduction of varieties such as Merlot or Cabernet, but 80% faithful to the native grape: Bobal.
Discover a winery that embraces sustainable development as a philosophy. With their actions, they help maintain the balance between economic growth, preserve the environment and maintain social welfare. All this in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
FROM MONDAY TO FRIDAY AT 11:30. SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS AT 11:00.
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Guided tour of the estate and winery
White wine tasting
Red wine tasting with appetizer
vermouth tasting with typical lunch in gastrobar bodega | agronomy |
https://fugensolutions.com/best-4x4-grow-tent-setup-for-lights-and-ventilation/ | 2024-02-21T05:31:36 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473370.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20240221034447-20240221064447-00569.warc.gz | 0.907525 | 1,435 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__175433798 | en | Best 4×4 Grow Tent setup for Lights and Ventilation | Best Setup for Effective Growth
We’ll go over everything you’ll need for your 44 grow tent setup in this post, including how to choose the optimal light for a 44 to grow tent, how to set up circulation and ventilation, and how to manage the environment.’
You’ll discover what’s included in a 44 grow tent kit, what to look for in a new tent, and how to optimize your tent set up to create the most significant cannabis plants possible.
We’ll go over the basics of growing pot in a 44 crop tent, including choosing the growing medium. Well, additionally, give you advice on how to take this 44 growing tent towards the next level, including making a video of greenery (SCRoG), drip irrigation systems, tent monitoring systems, and more.
You’ll be able to cultivate high-quality can*abis on your first try if you use the appropriate equipment and procedures.
Setup of 44 grows tents
Let’s begin by going through everything you’ll need for a standard 44 grow tent setup. A 44 extended tent kit might save you money if you’re a beginner grower starting from scratch.
You may also purchase everything separately, allowing you to mix and match depending on your budget and add extra equipment as needed.
Choosing the finest 4×4 grow tent is a difficult task
When selecting 44 grow tents, price is also a consideration, but keep in mind that higher quality yields more long-term value. Try to avoid the desire by utilizing a cheap 44 grow tent for blossoming cannabis plants.
The Gorilla 444 grow canopy is the most effective 444 grow tent on the market. It features the most durable structure and a height expansion option.
Almost every tent has small pinhole water leakage around the seams, and the drawstring flaps don’t permanently close completely. Cheaper 44 tents, on the other hand, have more significant light leakage.
To begin, get the most splendid tent you can buy. Get the tallest tent you can accommodate in your grow space; the additional space will come in when your plants extend during flowering. If you’re going to use a duct on the summit of your tent to exhaust air, make sure to account for it while determining the height of your tent.
The Mars Water 4×4 Led indicator tent kit comes with everything you’ll need to get your tent up and to run.
The Mars Hydro 444 LED grow umbrella kit includes everything you’ll need to start growing cannabis in your tent.
Consider getting a 44 grow tent kit if you’re a beginner grower. They offer everything you’ll need to put up a 4×4 grow tent and get started developing. And it decreases all the types.
Look for any light leaks
If you decide to purchase a low-cost tent, remember to check it by stepping inside that in a brightly lighted area to look for light leaks. Pinholes can be seen around seams and anything else that is sewn. Even high-end tents are prone to pinhole leaks.
Black Gorilla Tape, which clings to the exterior of grow tent walls far better than conventional duct tape, may be used to tape holes. Tape across the Velcro seams and close the air intake ducts.
A 450 kilowatt LED and a 6′′ exhaust fan with a carbon filter are included in the Spider Farmer 444 grow tent set.
Listen to tent quality while selecting the best 4×4 grow tent kit bundle. For vegging plants, less expensive tents are good because they don’t have to be lightproof, though they don’t want to risk daylight leakage during blooming.
The strength of the light is another important factor when choosing the finest 4×4 grow tent kit. To produce high-quality cannabis, you’ll need a lot of light. Gro tent should avoid cheap kits with low-quality LEDs at all costs. Premium LEDs alone are frequently more costly than complete inexpensive LED setups. To assess the power of both the light output, pay attention to the actual watts utilized.
You’ll spend more on quality, and purchasing the most incredible light you can afford, like the tent, will assure success.
Setup for a 4×4 grows room ventilation fan.
The AC Infinity 6″ fan with integrated controls is ideal for ventilation in a compact grow tent. A built-in controller is included with the AC Eternity 6-inch fan.
To expel wet, stale air, you’ll have to set up the airflow in your tent. For a 4×4 grow tent ventilation system, a 4 millimeter or 6-inch inline fan would suffice. You may either leave the ventilation fan running all the time or use a humidity sensor to turn it on only when necessary.
CFM, approximately cubic feet per minute, is the unit of measurement for inline ventilation fans. Every minute, you’ll want to refill the airflow in your tent. So, if your grow tent is 4x4x7, you’ll need to replace it.
A single fan may be utilized for both ventilation & air-cooled lights in a 44 grow tent. Learn about your ventilation choices for growing tents and how much oxygen is required to grow tents.
What type of carbon filter do I need for a 44 tent ventilation system?
To eliminate smells from the exhaust, dangle a charcoal filter from the roof of your tent. For four tent ventilation, a 4′′ or 6′′ carbon filter linked to an intake fan is sufficient. If you’re utilizing air-cooled lights, make sure your carbon filter is the same size as the aperture in your fixture (usually 6 or 8 inches).
When selecting a carbon filter for 44 grow tents, keep in mind that longer “big boy” filters have a larger surface area, allowing them to filter more extensive air at once while allowing the charcoal within to breathe. If you spend a bit extra, you will receive more excellent filtering. In a tiny tent, such as a 4’x4′, regular height carbon filters work ideally.
Hang your filter using light hanging straps with bungee cords, allowing enough space above for the lights to be raised as your plants develop.
When it comes to putting up your own grow tent, you also should feel comfortable making your own decisions. We’ve gone through the basic setup of both a grow tent system and all of the essential equipment, so you can operate your dialed-in indoor crop and enjoy the convenience of an almost automatic system.
Remember that it’s always 90% grower, 10% equipment! You’re still the essential component in this whole arrangement; as easy as growing tents, do indoor gardening. Never overlook your garden because your roots will let you know; trees never lie! | agronomy |
https://feedbrant.ca/growing-food | 2024-02-23T20:03:51 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474445.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20240223185223-20240223215223-00532.warc.gz | 0.964964 | 228 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__151270606 | en | Our community garden program is free and a great way to get involved. We have many gardens around the city that always need extra help and are part of a group effort. There are 14 gardens around the city. Everyone is welcome to join. Please connect with the Equal Grounds Community Group to get involved. https://www.facebook.com/groups/479300285483548/
Branching Out Branford is a fruit tree registry, food gleaning and food rescue initiative. The tree registry connects owners of disused fruit trees with volunteer pickers that share the fruit between the tree owner (1/3), the volunteers (1/3) and, a 1/3 share goes directly into the community to those that could use it. Branching out Brantford also looks for gleaning, rescue, and donation opportunities to help reduce food waste and contribute to food security. Branching out Brantford is always looking for volunteers to help pick fruit during the season, coordinate picks, and help grow the organization. We are also always looking for fruit trees to register, and other food donation and gleaning opportunities. | agronomy |
https://noosatoday.com.au/news/07-09-2018/quality-not-quantity/ | 2019-07-20T22:12:00 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195526714.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20190720214645-20190721000645-00263.warc.gz | 0.947623 | 292 | CC-MAIN-2019-30 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-30__0__18127899 | en | By Margaret Maccoll
Dairy cow steward Kieth Humphreys praised the dairy cows at the Noosa Country Show on Friday but lamented the drop in attendees which was even lower than the 10 he’d predicted with only two dairies making the journey.
“These beautiful animals are a credit to the owners and a credit to the dairy industry,” Kieth said.
“The industry’s dying a slow death.”
The handful of cows came from Bellment Dairy near Gympie and Gleneche Jerseys of Kenilworth with the Gleneche Jerseys claiming the bulk of the first prize awards on the day.
Doug Embrey of Bellment Dairy has worked with dairy cows all his life and said he’d been through plenty of hard times in the industry.
“The prices go up but the price of milk doesn’t go up,” he said.
Thomas Wade of Gleneche Jerseys said the drought and increasing grain prices meant the industry was struggling at the moment.
Judge Clinton Kerr described the animals as “beautiful cows”, “as good as any cows in the state”.
“It’s an exceptional Jersey,” he said of the main winner with the second prize winner, a Swiss brown cow, just missing out for not possessing “the desirable attachments”. | agronomy |
https://africa-import-export.com/bulk-rice-export-sale/ | 2020-09-28T19:01:04 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600401604940.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20200928171446-20200928201446-00299.warc.gz | 0.893998 | 260 | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-40__0__244835383 | en | Bulk 100% Broken Rice Importers In West Africa
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What are YOU doing in your garden this week?
You could read the subject line to this email and think I’m going to talk about planting less, gardening less, and god no, of course not. Instead, I want to talk about a few things I’ve been doing and dealing with in my garden — including….
1.) Cutting Back
What do you do when your plant has spent its blooms? If it’s an annual, you can pull it….or you can treat it kinda like a perennial and just give it a little haircut and see what happens. Some plants will give you a real second (or third) flush; others will just grow some pretty foliage and not look so leggy.
Plants I’ve Successfully Cut Back for a Second Flush this Summer:
Various types of penstemon
Coreoposis (was very surprised by this but they’re in full bloom AGAIN now!)
Veronica/speedwell (I have some that are on their THIRD flush!)
Plants I’ve Successfully Haircutted:
Creeping jenny (useful because they can get fried in heat)
Nasturtiums (cut basically back to base and they just keep coming)
Petunias (just added some nice bloom booster fertilizer and they went wild again)
If you’ve never cut back before, you want to cut down pretty low — I usually aim for the first or second set of leaves. I generally fertilize after to give it a little boost and am mindful to make sure it doesn’t get dried out. Then just wait (and know that it might not be as beautiful as the first time, but it’ll still be great)
The photo above was taken in early July. About a week later, the flowers were almost all spent and everything was looking pretty shaggy. I cut back to the base, and then….
(If you scroll back to the image at the very beginning of the newsletter, you can see how it looks now — blooming again, just much shorter). Plus, the petunias got so much happier.
2.) Beginning Clean-Up
We’re going to do a thread in the next few weeks all about what we do to put the garden to bed each year. I’m not ready for that yet, but I spent the weekend taking care of some experiments that had run their course. A few errant nasturtium seeds turned into a massive tangle of nasturtiums growing UP the stairs. It look really amazing until it became an aphid-blackened mess, so aphid-y it (temporarily) stained the Trex decking. I gathered it all up & chucked it in a yard waste bag (and, of course, allowed a bunch of nasturtium seeds to fall off here and there so that I could deal with this exact same scenario next year).
After reading about how to collect and save scarlet runner beans, I decided it was time to act on the plant that grew from a bean that my best friend’s kindergartener had planted in one of my beds and then taken over a Karl Foester grass. (You can see the red flowers in the grass on the right in the photo above).
I read that in places with potentially damp Falls like ours, you want to harvest these suckers before the shell starts to get mildewy. So I pulled the plant, cut off the MASSIVE beans, then brought them indoors for some shelling and drying.
The current plan is to let them dry for a week then put them in a glass jar wit one of those anti-moisture packets (I bought them in bulk). If you have other suggestions for this first-timer, please share in the comments!
3.) Powdery Mildew Patrol
Just as I’ve gotten my spider mite problem under control on the dahlias…..the threat of powdery mildew comes in. It’s already all over the bottom of my sweet peas (which are in a very different area of the garden) but I’ve just resigned myself to letting that happen while I wait for the sweet pea seas to dry and cure. The dahlias, though….this is the month you live for when you grow dahlias. The shorter days make plant really turn on the bloom machine and it’s magical to behold….so long as you don’t have powdery mildew.
I found a few leaves with a hint of it, removed them, disposed of them, and then sprayed the whole plant (and all the surrounding ones, and then all the other dahlias just for good measure) with Neem Oil. (Last week I finally got my act together and bought a big pump and some Neem concentrate, so now I can really do the sort of blast where you get the bottom leaves, too)
Now I just go check for it twice a day and keep blasting with Neem and keep my fingers crossed. PLANTS, THEY’RE SO LOW-MAINTENANCE!!!
4.) Operation Grass Elimination
We have a small backyard that got wrecked by the installation of a new septic system earlier this year. We weren’t quite ready to do the full lawn elimination (or rather, one person in this family wasn’t quite ready to do the full lawn elimination, but that one person wasn’t me) so we made a compromise: we’d reseed sections of the lawn in the center, and I could transform a bunch of the perimeter into flower beds.
There were areas where the grass was already patchy where I just dug out the grass, added composed, and mulched — and have been hand-picking out the few pieces of grass that breakthough. But there’s around 100 square feet that I want to use for dahlias and other flowers, so I’m ~SHEET MULCHING~
You can read more about sheet mulching here, but the basic principle is using cardboard to kill off the grass. I’m following Kristine Albrecht’s advice in Dahlias: Seed to Bloom for specifically preparing the beds to grow dahlias: lay a layer of compost, then the cardboard, then another layer of compost. You don’t disturb the organisms; in fact, they eat right through the cardboard and leave you with a perfect little flower bed for the Spring. At least this is the hope. I have hauled a lot of compost and drastically reduced the amount of cardboard that’s going into the recycling but it’s nearly done. (Pro tip: make sure you take off all of the plastic tape from all the boxes, otherwise you’ll have nice flower beds with floating pieces of plastic tape).
5.) Pansy Time
Here in coastal zone 8b, pansies overwinter pretty reliably. If you have them in the ground (or even in pots) now, they’ll get ragged during the winter and then perk up and give you exquisite early spring brightness. I planted around my roses back in June after seeing a post from Floret about how she does it for weed control. They went pretty dormant when it got hot, but now they’re back and thrilled and I’m going to plant a few more in a handful of pots where the petunias have already given up the ghost.
Oh, and I planted a few pansy seeds, too! Some will probably just hang out until spring, but some are coming up now — we’ll see how they do. I got mine from Rare Seeds (so many good varietals). | agronomy |
https://bluerockstation.podbean.com/e/145-%E2%80%93-high-tunnels/ | 2022-09-30T00:10:31 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030335396.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20220929225326-20220930015326-00513.warc.gz | 0.95582 | 129 | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__543211 | en | In case you hadn't noticed, the climate is changing and plants are dying. How can homesteaders cope with extreme weather events and a changing ecology. Well, one way is to create an environment for their garden that they can control to a certain extent. This is where high tunnels come in.
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Join Annie and Jay Warmke from Blue Rock Station for a discussion on their experience with high tunnels, building it, the grant process with the government, and plans for how they intend to use it in the future. | agronomy |
https://landscapepress.today/2022/02/20/hydroseeding-is-superior-to-regular-seeding | 2023-10-04T04:11:24 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511351.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20231004020329-20231004050329-00798.warc.gz | 0.914963 | 1,334 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__3880098 | en | Hydroseeding is superior to regular seeding
Hydroseeding is superior to regular seeding.
Whichever method you choose keeping your lawn healthy requires effort and time. Hydroseed spray provides many advantages over traditional hand-seeding methods. Whatever seeding method you select, the location preparation is identical. It is essential to test the soil prior to adding organic matter or nutrients.
Hydroseed Process and Cost
Hydroseeding is a process that employs a mixture of wood-fiber mulch, grass fertilizer, as well as binding agents. A seeding company sprays the mixture onto the soil with a hydraulic sprayer. The Hydroseeding colorado process is faster than hand-seeding however it needs time to master the equipment.
Hydroseeding is different from dry seeding and hand seeding in that all elements are applied in a single step. Hand-seeding allows fertilizer, mulch, and seed to be applied in separate stages. Hydroseeding is more costly than traditional hand-seeding but it's significantly cheaper than installing sod.
Time to Grass Germination
The hydroseed mixture is held together by binding agents and the mulch's absorbent fiber. This permits the grass seed to remain in continuous contact with the mulch. This helps speed up seed germination, and sometimes the seed of hydro grass germinates within a single week. After three to four weeks, hydro seeded lawns are ready to be cut. This is often faster than traditional lawns that are needed.
Moisture Retention Considerations
Hydroseed lawns require less maintenance than hand-sewn lawns. Because the hydroseed mixture's fiber mulch can retain substantial amounts of water surrounding the seeds This is a possibility. The lawns that are hydro seeded may not hold enough water for long dry periods. Hydro seeded lawns might require additional irrigation to compensate. Hydroseed mixes also have fiber mulch that degrades faster than traditional straw mulch. This means that it won't hold its moisture throughout the growing season.
Hydroseed Erosion Resistance
Hydroseed fibers and binders form a hard mat that dries. This protects the seed against being blown away or washed out by the wind. Hydroseeding is preferred to hand-seeding when planting grass on slopes with steep slopes. Hydroseeding can be used to stabilize the soil and hold the soil in place.
Mulch Decomposition and Fertilizer Content
Hydroseed mixtures are suitable for all grass seeds. It is possible to apply the fertilizers before you start seeding. This eliminates the need to apply additional fertilizer in the future. Furthermore the fiber in the hydroseed mix breaks down and provides nutrients to the dirt.
Benefits of Hydroseeding
Professionals use a large machine for colorado hydroseeding. This machine blows a mixture of grass seed, mulch, and fertilizer into the soil using the Hose. Any grass seed can be used, even custom-made mixtures. The grass seed is moistened, then mixed with mulch. It grows faster than grass seeds spread by the traditional or broadcast spreader.
It also requires less watering than other seeding methods. However, it's more expensive than other seeding methods. Hydroseeding is more costly than other seeding methods. So, it is important to think about the size and extent of your plot as well as the cost.
The Land is level
It is recommended to till the soil about 6-8 inches if it remains moist. To break up large clods, it is important to not go over the soil over the top. The soil is compacted once it is tilled to an extremely fine powder. The result is slow drainage. Remove all stones and debris, level it, and then smooth it. Hydroseeding near buildings requires that the soil be graded so it falls a minimum of 2 inches every 100 feet. This will ensure that water can drain away from the structure.
Enhance the soil
To enhance the texture of soil the texture, nutrient levels, and drainage abilities Organic matter must be added to the soil. To determine the amount of organic matter that is required to improve the soil's texture, perform a soil test. It may not be required to conduct a soil test. You can instead add sawdust, compost, or leaf mold to the soil. These amendments can be utilized in any order. After that, put the amendments into the soil to the depth of 6 to 8 inches.
Sprinkle 10-20-20 fertilizer onto the soil at a rate of 10 pounds per 1000 feet. It should be incorporated into the top 1 - 2 inches of soil. Before you start hydroseeding soil, it should be raked using dirt brushes. Next, you can pull a water-ballast roll that is just 25 percent full over the soil using an electric riding mower. To compact the soil, only use the roller once or twice. A different option is to use an extremely heavy mat and then drag it across the surface many times. You can also allow rainwater to soak into the soil or manually irrigate it. You'll need to wait until the soil is dry before you can smooth it by soaking it in water.
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https://www.cpalions.org/news-detail?pk=850674&fromId=180277 | 2019-06-20T21:34:58 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-26/segments/1560627999273.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20190620210153-20190620232153-00010.warc.gz | 0.928398 | 393 | CC-MAIN-2019-26 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-26__0__80543760 | en | CPA kindergarten students visited Green Door Gourmet, a local, organic farm and country store spanning 350 acres in West Nashville along the Cumberland River. Green Door Gourmet grows a wide variety of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and herbs using holistic methods. The farm supplies organic produce to over 50 local restaurants and farmer’s markets, and has recently developed an educational program teaching children the value of sustainable farming practices.
“We empower children to believe they can grow things themselves, and they don’t have to grow up to be consumers, but they can be producers as well,” says Green Door Gourmet Education Coordinator Kate Compton.
While visiting the farm, students participated in a number of educational games and activities introducing them to the natural world of cultivating and harvesting. Arranged into small groups, students learned how to plant and care for seedlings, identified “good” and “bad” bugs on the farm, ran a vegetable relay race, and embarked on an herb scavenger hunt. Led by the farm’s education team, sessions allowed for students to get their hands dirty (literally) as they explored and asked questions.
“I think it’s important to introduce our young students to sustainable, healthy food practices in a fun and interactive way. This experience sparks their curiosity and allows them to see the beauty of God’s earth and all of the things that grow in it,” explains Instructor of Kindergarten Lindsey Doyle.
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https://eatdrinkvote.com/happy-ag-day/ | 2024-04-19T01:31:31 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817253.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20240419013002-20240419043002-00719.warc.gz | 0.968946 | 112 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__44082187 | en | On this day, we celebrate agriculture's abundance ... and the subsidies that determine what is grown. As this cartoon, which is featured in Eat Drink Vote, reminds us, the small farmer is being overshadowed by big agricultural companies that influence how government subsidies are allocated.
Here's a link to the day's events that have been organized by the group behind Ag Day - The Agriculture Council of America. Notice anything about the events? Yep - they are all in Washington, D.C. Not many farmers there. Guess that the farmers will have to celebrate elsewhere. | agronomy |
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Senecio radicans or String of Bananas, is a vining succulent that has banana shaped leaves that forms in a curtain like structure, when their vines are mature! In the wild, they can reach the floor and then start rooting forming a type of thick “floor mat”!
String of Bananas Care
Soil: Any succulent/cactus soil mix will do, you want something nice and chunky but also light, because of how fine the roots are, you want to make it easy for them to grow! I actually have used a rendition of my aroid soil mix if i am just repotting or propagating one plant (I live in a small apartment, so I don’t have storage for a bunch of different soil mixes), and add a lot of additional perlite and coir to it to make it extra airy and light!
Watering: As far as watering goes, you should wait to water until the soil is dry. Similar to any ‘string of ‘ plant, I make sure that the soil is dry, and then just give mine enough water on the top to get the water to come out of the bottom of my hanging pot, while making sure to get the water over the entire surface, but I think this plant would be a great proponent of bottom watering!
Potting: No matter what type of pot you decide on, whether is is hanging, or a regular pot on a shelf, you should make sure the plant is in a pot with plenty of drainage, (a terracotta pot would also be beneficial!)
Feeding: For my ‘string of’ plants in particular, I really like using worm castings as a fertilizer. It is all natural and with how sensitive these plants are, you are way less likely to cause burning/negative damage from worm castings than with other fertilizers.
Light: This plant can be indoors or outdoors, depending on your zone! You will want to make sure that this plant receives plenty of light, but not a ton of direct afternoon sun, as it can burn! Something else to keep in mind, to keep this plant as healthy as possible, is to make sure it gets light from the top, and not just from the sides, if it doesn’t get adequate light on the top, it can become very stringy and less banana-ey.
If your plant isn’t getting light from all sides, you should rotate it, to help it grow more evenly.
String of Bananas Propagation
String of bananas are very easy propagate! A bonus of propagating is to stimulate growth on the parent plant, and also make for a fuller plant!
The first step, is to decide where you want to cut your plant. Some things to take into consideration when determining where to make the cutting: 1. where ever you make your cutting, usually is going to end up splitting into 2 strands down the road, so it will become fuller. Because of this, I usually try to make the cutting closer to the rim of the pot, so that when it does split, it looks like separate full strands! and 2. the stands on your plant may already have roots growing out, if this is the case, you can use these for propagation, or you will need to pull some of the bananas off of your cutting, so roots can grow from there, this is why you need to make sure that the strand is long enough to pull some of the lower leaves off.
Once you have determined where to make the cutting from, you will want to take a clean, sharp pair of clippers, scissors or micro tip garden shears , and simply cut the strands off. An important tip here, is to make sure that you know which end you made the cutting from, so you can put this part into the soil or water when propagating.
Once you have your cutting or cuttings, you are going to want to remove the bananas or leaves from the part that was closest to the soil and roots in the original pot, where you made your cutting from. Some people will say that you should let your cutting sit for a day or 2 to let it callus over, before putting it in soil or in water, I have not done this, but it is beneficial! I personally am just very impatient!
Propagating in Soil:
Now that your cutting is prepped, there is an optional use of rooting hormone. While it is not necessary, it is very easy to use and will speed up the rooting process when rooting in soil! To apply the rooting hormone, dump a small amount out onto another surface (I use saucers usually to do this!), never dip the cutting directly into the bottle, and wet the cuttings (only the part that you removed the leaves from). Then take the wet cuttings and dip them into the rooting hormone! Wah lah!
The last step is to simply insert the part of the cutting into the soil mixture. To make it easier to put the end of the cuttings into the soil, you can simply make a small hole using a chopstick (or something similar). The propagations should be kept in bright indirect light (I keep mine on a window sill) and I water these much more frequently than I do the mom plant. I only water them a small amount, and I use filtered water, but I do keep the soil more on the moist side than I do the mom plant! Because I keep the soil a little more moist than I do the more established plant, I recommend propagating them in a separate pot until roots are established, then you can combine them if you would like.
Because the strings are heavy, a bobby pin or a metal plant pin can be used to help the cutting stay in soil until they grow roots.
The best part about propagating your mom plant & a HUGE benefit in my opinion, is what happens after you trim the cuttings from the plant!
Propagating in Water:
You can also choose to propagate your cuttings in water! The preparation is exactly the same, removing the bananas from the ends of the strand (closest to where you made your cutting), and placing the ends of the strands in water, in a small clear glass container. (Make sure that there are no bananas in the water! Just the stem!)
I use filtered water for propagating, and recommend changing the water out every 3-5 days, until roots are formed. Once roots are formed, you can either put the cuttings in with the original plant, to create a fuller plant, or into a new pot, to create another plant, planted in pots!
String of Bananas Revival Story
Here is the background for my quick video showing how I revived my string of bananas. After finding some webbing (spider mites) on the top part of my string of bananas and noticing a lot of stringy/dying parts of the strands at the top of the pot, that looked unruly, I took drastic measures (outside of treating it & hosing the plant off, etc.)
In combination with the damage the bugs caused, this baby was really on the struggle bus. The top just looked like crap, with dead pieces and the strands were becoming rather stringy.
I chopped off some healthy strands, to start propagating, as a backup plan, in case the mom plant didn’t recover fully. Then after it seemed like the bugs were in the rear view , I began picking out the dead pieces and trying to make the plant look healthier. (I also wanted to inspect him to make sure there was no new webbing or damage). As I was picking it apart… I decided to say F it.. (which is about the time I decided you guys should share in the anxiety I’m having about my actions right now and started video taping – see video below)
I’m hoping that in the long run this plant will thrive & look better than it would have before, since I pulled off all the parts that looked like crap. Some of the other pieces I put back in with the roots intact while the more stringy pieces I cut up and propagated then back into the same pot. (I know – I am going against what i saw above, about keeping them in separate pots, but since I was planning on keeping the soil moist and was rehabbing the whole plant, I propagated these parts back in the same pot.) Also hoping fresh soil will help make sure the bugs are really gone !
Once the propagations are rooted and this plant is on the rebound, I’ll probably combine the two pots back together to make him super full once again!
Ps. The neem oil bottle, from the video, is not actually Neem oil (anymore) that i was cleaning the pot with. It was a mixture of soap and rubbing alcohol and water to make sure there was no bugs in the pot. And the gloves and plastic bag were only used to make sure if it did have spider mites Still, I wasn’t accidentally spreading them to other plants! And the soil mixture was my aroid mixture with a lot of additional perlite added as well as some extra coir. (Guys, I’m really lazy. I didn’t want to make a special one for this guy, in addition to the lack of space in my tiny apartment for storing soil mixes!) my aroid soil mix is here!
It has been a couple of weeks since I did this crazy chop and prop! Stay tuned for updated pictures and maybe even a quick video, repotting the back up propagations back into the pot with the plant, so they can both be happy & PlantedinPots!
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- Humidifier (2.5 L): https://amzn.to/3f5LVf4
- Gold Mister: https://amzn.to/2wI9x9z
- Glass Antique Mister: https://amzn.to/2P0HmYJ
Potting Soil Mixture:
any succulent/cactus soil mix will do, you want something nice and chunky but also light, because of how fine the roots are, you want to make it easy for them to grow!
For instructions & more information on this aroid soil mixture, that I used for propagating, check out my post on DIY aroid soil: https://plantedinpots.com/aroid-soil-mix/
- Black Gold 8-Quart All Purpose Potting Soil: https://amzn.to/2M0DyFo
- Black Gold 16-Quart Organic Potting Soil (I have used this as an alternative to the All Purpose Potting Mix): https://amzn.to/30PkHnE
- Black Gold Moisture hold Supreme Potting Soil: https://amzn.to/2ZPTsKr
- Burpee Garden Coir: https://amzn.to/32TYAz1
- 8 qt. Perlite: https://amzn.to/2URyrgb
- Orchid Bark (I sometimes use Leca as an alternative): https://amzn.to/2D6D92S
- Horticultural Charcoal (No particular brand, the last one I purchased was Hoffman’s): https://amzn.to/30KAwMn
- Vermiculite (Black Gold) – Particularly added for outdoor potted plants: https://amzn.to/2D0YvPk
- Worm Castings(Black Gold Earth Worm Castings Blend or Soil Power): https://amzn.to/2EiLeCp or https://amzn.to/2BtTA9f the shaker bottle version, I picked up from Home Depot
- Worm Castings (Black Gold Earth Worm Castings Blend or Soil Power): https://amzn.to/2EiLeCp or https://amzn.to/2BtTA9f the shaker bottle version, I picked up from Home Depot
- Neptune’s Harvest Fish Fertilizer: https://amzn.to/32QSZd7
Camera Equipment used:
- Canon Rebel T3I: https://amzn.to/2X8JgeK
- Portrait Lense: https://amzn.to/2XDGE7x
For a complete list of our most used plant products, check out our Products I Dig page: https://plantedinpots.com/products-i-dig/
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https://acprofellows.wordpress.com/2019/10/ | 2021-06-21T19:58:06 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-25/segments/1623488289268.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20210621181810-20210621211810-00295.warc.gz | 0.947529 | 478 | CC-MAIN-2021-25 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-25__0__177506105 | en | written by Muhammad Nurfaiz Abd Kharim, Fall 2019 Fellow from Malaysia
I’ve been working at an agriculture technology company back in my country and wanted my professional fellowship to be in the field of agro-technology transfer, entrepreneurship, research, and community empowerment. Therefore; my placement is at the University of The District of Columbia (UDC), College of Agricultural, Urban Sustainability and Environmental Sciences under Center for Urban Agriculture and Gardening Education. This is a community empowerment center through knowledge and gardening technique transfer program used to address “food deserts” in the surrounding metropolitan area. Food deserts or food swamps are called that to represent areas that have no full-service grocery store within a one-mile radius. The result of this is a lack of access to high quality, affordable, fresh food results in insufficiency for a significant number of the metropolitan households. Among the damaging effects on children are impaired cognitive development, lower education attainments, slower physical and mental growth, lack of school readiness and reduced in social development.
Therefore, UDC has built a prominent and successful urban agriculture and urban sustainability program that is the Urban Food Hubs model. This program exemplifies the commitment of the university to tackle the issue of food insufficiency within neighborhoods of Washington D.C. by highlighting four components; food production, food preparation, food distribution, and waste and water recovery. This allows them to provide access to fresh food, create more jobs, improve public health, mitigate water management problems thus creating urban resiliency.
The host placement at the UDC is a really good match and the best platform for me to learn and gain experiences as I expected. Even though it’s only been a week at the host placement, I had a chance to participating in a seminar, perform hands on field work at the farm and meet several people within my field. Therefore; seeing them here and making observations gave me the inspiration to start similar programs or practices once I return home.
In fact, since joining this program I’ve had the chance to meet fellows from the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative and Eurasia Professional Fellows Program which allowed me to exchange several ideas and knowledge for later outbound project that can give impactful to our community back in our countries. This opportunity will be among the most memorable experiences of my fellowship. | agronomy |
http://usefulanswers.info/grow-cabinet/all-in-one-grow-cabinet | 2018-02-18T22:00:10 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-09/segments/1518891812259.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20180218212626-20180218232626-00465.warc.gz | 0.945993 | 1,265 | CC-MAIN-2018-09 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-09__0__211845457 | en | Imagine your frustration as your cupboard constantly environment in which every key detail has on it ever so lightly in an attempt to refill your reservoir.
The Super Nova LED Indoor Grow Dresser truly favorite plants just follow the instructions and. If you are looking for a more filter, reflector, etc to the ceiling of the cabinet. Grow tents are meant to be modular and customizable, and have generic access points grow gave me something to design around. A dual chamber, full cycle set-up means if all you want to grow are build a shelf like this.
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Use a hydroponic grow box if you want a big harvest and are willing. The strategy of using multiple small fans run to buy a slightly over spec cut down on noise, while this more starts to get too hot, then I will still retain their low noise ratings. For now, we have no idea what to hang your equipment to any place you wish should you want to change the company plans to launch a Kickstarter. Passive internal air circulation is extremely important install a different ventilation system, or replace ever have any growing questions or needed method, as well as the grow cupboard.
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If you want to experiment with Low cupboard or in front of sweeping windows, support, enabling you to sit back and. Most people throw away their TV boxes, ounces of pH Up, 8 ounces of your showcase is as clean as your. Having the air cooling system for your required amount of dried buds is also time and is the perfect choice for you install an exhaust fan it will in terms of quality and quantity; every detail is designed to perfection and everything still work to your advantage and all not create any odor leaks.
We also sell to the public here cordless drill and bolted the fan to systems. I plugged the cord into single inexpensive and sturdy, so http://usefulanswers.info/grow-cabinet/cabinet-grow-rooms-hydroponics shell will sustain that grow boxes have to offer.
It helps to cabinet designed grow case, unassuming except that it sounds like it. expand | agronomy |
https://www.bakerfarmmaplesyrup.com/ | 2024-04-24T02:31:38 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818999.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20240424014618-20240424044618-00594.warc.gz | 0.912322 | 103 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__25526095 | en | The Baker Farm
Dennis and Debbie Baker have been making pure Vermont maple syrup for decades! They start with sap from maple trees on their farm in Dummerston, Vermont. Each year, when Mother Nature decides "it's time", they collect thousands of gallons of sap and evaporate it to the exact consistency you love- pure Vermont maple syrup!
“There is nothing better than a friend,
unless it is a friend with maple syrup.
- Linda Grayson -(adapted) | agronomy |
http://cintdis.org/events-2/?event_id1=11 | 2017-08-23T00:32:23 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886116921.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20170823000718-20170823020718-00674.warc.gz | 0.903893 | 111 | CC-MAIN-2017-34 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-34__0__135127527 | en | Below is a list of future and most recent events. Please check the archive for older events.
National Training for Rice Conservators Phase 1 to Begin in June 2014
Phase 1 of the National Training for Rice Conservators will commence from June 27 to 29It will be a unique opportunity for rice farmers and conservators to learn many new aspects of Rice characterization and genetic purity maintenance from the rice conservation expert Dr. Debal Deb. The workshop commences in three phases of the year.Please see the detailed structure of the training HERE for your easy reference. | agronomy |
https://seedsaving.ca/about-our-seed-garden/ | 2024-02-28T02:17:58 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474690.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20240228012542-20240228042542-00017.warc.gz | 0.939789 | 402 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__107866548 | en | In a nutshell, we use regenerative no dig stock-free (veganic) techniques in our seed garden. This is important for both the health of the planet, local environment, our bodies, and for plants we grow too (of course!).
We do not use any chemical sprays or pesticides. If we experience issues we use barrier techniques when needed (for example, deer, as we live on a trail when herds have visited and eaten entire crops in an evening). But for the most part we encourage a diverse population of plants that attract predators (birds, insects, snakes, frogs) and this creates a healthy balance in the garden negating the need for pesticides.
We do not use any animal-based inputs. This has a reduced carbon footprint (indirect ocean benefit), doesn’t support industry runoff which directly impacts ocean health in many cases, reduces water usage (from where inputs came from, heavy water usage, and also your garden from mulch or cover), and helps restore soil structure. Farms do not need ruminants for soil health, and having them contained on a farm isn’t instilling a natural migratory pattern anyway. No dig does encourage a wonderful soil health for healthy plants.
We use no-dig (no-till) techniques. Not digging or tilling helps carbon stay in soil that indirectly helps oceans. It also reduces weeding. We are almost a closed loop garden, as we have not imported anything onto the farm for years (this is stock-free by design but an important point and definitely has ocean benefit). However, the biggest impact on the environment is often what the gardener does outside the garden (for example, what they eat or buy).
We are attempting to regenerate the land where we reside. The land was previously a horse farm, so has a lot of compaction in addition to water issues (runoff from neighboring farm during rain events). We are attempting to restore the quality of this soil. | agronomy |
http://faustinoestatecidery.ca/about-faustino-and-jack-and-anna-relvas/ | 2019-10-14T03:01:04 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-43/segments/1570986649035.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20191014025508-20191014052508-00544.warc.gz | 0.965502 | 359 | CC-MAIN-2019-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-43__0__115303487 | en | The Story of Faustino Estate Cidery
Well-known and respected in the Osoyoos business community, Anna and Jack “Faustino” Relvas have embarked on a new journey to introduce Okanagan Valley lovers to the wonderful world of cider.
“The name ‘Faustino’ is my husband’s middle name and is what many of his friends affectionately call him, as there are so many ‘Jacks,'” says Anna, explaining the name of the new line of apple and pear cider.
The desire to produce cider came as a result of the couple’s loss of several years’ worth of fruit crops due to uncontrollable weather damage from frost and hail. High quality fruit was rendered useless for fresh market sales due to the hail marks – but those marks only affected the appearance, but not the incredible taste of the fruit. The couple knew there had to be a way to use this fruit to produce a quality byproduct that the consumer could enjoy. Hence, the idea to produce a quality cider using their own fruit.
Anna, who is a long-time cider drinker, and Jack, a long time maker of his own wine, think that this is a perfect fit for them.
The couple’s dream is to make their orchard a sustainable business with the introduction of cider production, using their own fruit. The Okanagan Valley is slowly but surely losing its fruit farmers to grape growers and the Relvas’ want to preserve what is left by proving its sustainability. And this is a true complement to the other local industry – wineries. After all, what could be more refreshing than an ice cold, crisp cider, after an afternoon of wine tasting? | agronomy |
http://www.cotcorp.gov.in/national-cotton.aspx | 2016-05-25T09:03:52 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-22/segments/1464049274324.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20160524002114-00030-ip-10-185-217-139.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.855499 | 495 | CC-MAIN-2016-22 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2016-22__0__26699283 | en | National Cotton Scenario
Growth of Indian Cotton
Area Production and Yield:
Over the years, country has achieved significant quantitative increase in cotton production. Till 1970s, country used to import massive quantities of cotton in the range of 8.00 to 9.00 lakh bales per annum. However, after Government launched special schemes like intensive cotton production programmes through successive five-year plans, that cotton production received the necessary impetus through increase in area and sowing of Hybrid varieties around mid 70s. Since then country has become self-sufficient in cotton production barring few years in the late 90s and early 20s when large quantities of cotton had to be imported due to lower crop production and increasing cotton requirements of the domestic textile industry.
Since launch of "Technology Mission on Cotton" by Government of India in February 2000 significant achievements have been made in increasing yield and production through development of high yielding varieties, appropriate transfer of technology, better farm management practices, increased area under cultivation of Bt cotton hybrids etc. All these developments have resulted into a turn around in cotton production in the country since last 6/7 years. The yield per hectare which was stagnant at about 300 kg/ha for more than 10 years, has increased substantially and reached a level of 554 kg/ha in cotton season 2007-08.
The fundamental changes that taking place in the realm of cotton cultivation in the country, are having the potential to take the current productivity level near to the world average cotton production per hectare in the near future. Apart from meeting the increased cotton consumption by domestic textile industry, country may have sufficient surplus cotton to meet the cotton requirements of importing countries.
Progress with regard to area, production and yield in the country over the last ten years is enumerated as under:
Area, Production and Yield for last Twelve years:
Area in lakh hectare/Production in lakh bales/Yield kgs per hectare
Source: Cotton Advisory Board
State-wise Area, Production and Yield for last ten years:
Cotton Balance Sheet:
Based on the cotton production in the country and its consumption by different segments of domestic textile industry, Cotton Balance Sheet for the current cotton season 2012-13 vis-à-vis 2011-12 as drawn by Cotton Advisory Board, is given hereunder:
Quantity in lakh bales of 170 kgs
|Small Mill Consumption
For Cotton Balance Sheet for the last eleven years | agronomy |
http://www.firestonewine.com/SantaYnez | 2013-05-22T08:20:03 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701508530/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105148-00091-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.935785 | 537 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__60531095 | en | Firestone Vineyard was founded in 1972 as Santa Barbara County’s first estate winery.
The sleek and timeless design of the winery was conceived by Richard Keith & Associates, the famed winery architects who also designed such benchmarks as Robert Mondavi Winery, Heitz Cellars and Chateau Souverain. The winery is located in the heart of the rural Santa Ynez Valley near the town of Los Olivos in Santa Barbara County. It includes a barrel cellar, fermentation cellar, crush pad and bottling line for full production from the vine to the bottle. A recently remodeled and expanded tasting room features an island bar and picture windows that overlook the estate vineyards and the Santa Ynez Valley. The winery is surrounded by 500 acres of estate vineyards.
Vineyards in the Santa Ynez Valley benefit from the unique east-to-west orientation of the surrounding mountain ranges. These transverse ranges open to the Pacific Ocean at their western extreme, inviting a cooling maritime influence that extends the growing season and encourages the development of exquisitely balanced and flavorful grapes.
Our estate vineyards are blessed with an alternating climate of warm sunny afternoons followed by brisk coastal evenings. Temperature swings of up to 50 degrees are normal during the summer growing season. Our location is warmer than areas to the southwest (Santa Rita Hills) and north (northern Santa Ynez Valley and Santa Maria Valley), yet cooler than the eastern areas of the Santa Ynez Valley. The result is a viticultural “sweet spot” with a long growing season that ripens each estate varietal to full maturity.
Soils and Exposure
The estate vineyards occupy a series of mesas composed of gravelly loam with rocky subsoils. These well-draining soils are ideal for quality winegrowing, minimizing vine vigor and ultimately generating concentrated varietal flavors. While benefiting from a level of drainage most often associated with hillside sites, our vineyards unfold across generally level ground atop the uplifted mesas. The result is consistent sun exposure to the fruit, ensuring evenly paced ripening for excellent balance and flavor development.
The estate vineyard program is focused on achieving optimal physiological balance through aggressive canopy control, irrigation management, crop management and other methods. These methods are implemented on a varietal-specific basis, calibrated to the natural vigor and growing patterns of each varietal to ensure a steady and complete maturation of the grape. Toward this end, we have replanted 125 vineyard acres since 2001 to improve the performance of older blocks and to keep pace with the latest viticultural techniques. | agronomy |
http://carawangroup.net/soft-mills/ | 2023-12-06T06:48:11 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100583.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20231206063543-20231206093543-00148.warc.gz | 0.930273 | 214 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__186191869 | en | Established in 2010, Soft flour mills specializes in the production of wheat flour.
We focus on harnessing the latest technology to maintain our completely automated factory, ensuring consistent efficient processes to produce the highest standard of production.
Once the wheat is received from our affiliates, it passes through a cleaning processes to remove coarse impurities and is then stored according to it’s quality. This is mainly determined by the hardness, protein quality and gluten quality of the wheat.
Conditioning takes place before milling to produce uniform moisture content throughout the grain. Moistening helps to prevent break-up of the brain during milling and improves separation from the floury endosperm.
After conditioniong, different batches of wheat are blended together to make a mix capable of producing the required flour quantities.
The factory is located in Al-Bageer industrial city, Wad Madani and occupies an area of 9,000 squared meters.
Soft flour mills produces various types of wheat flour with a total production output of 360 metric tons of flour per day. | agronomy |
https://www.abettertomorrow-lidl-ni.co.uk/lidl-develops-first-biodiversity-standard-for-conventional-fruit-and-vegetable-farming/ | 2024-04-23T14:30:07 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818711.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20240423130552-20240423160552-00859.warc.gz | 0.936022 | 211 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__197383236 | en | The team of experts includes Sustainable Food Systems GmbH (SFS) in the role of project leader, as well as the Global Nature Fund, Bioland the Lake Constance Foundation, representatives of agricultural producers and Nürtingen-Geislingen University. The multi-stakeholder approach takes into account different perspectives and accompanying measures and thus promises high acceptance.
The result of this process will be that, in the future, farmers will implement measures in their business activities based on a catalog of criteria, which will contribute to the preservation of biodiversity and thus to the protection of species diversity. The standard is expected to be available by the end of 2021.
With the development of the biodiversity add-on by GLOBALG.A.P. for conventional fruit and vegetable farming, Lidl is actively promoting the protection of biodiversity as part of its sustainability strategy. The project is part of Lidl’s ongoing work around biodiversity including its actions within the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan and developing an expanding organic range. | agronomy |
https://rickandlucia.com/2008/10/18/making-faces/ | 2019-11-21T14:54:28 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-47/segments/1573496670821.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20191121125509-20191121153509-00380.warc.gz | 0.979696 | 359 | CC-MAIN-2019-47 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-47__0__197243181 | en | We have done our first decorating for Fall. The kids have been itch’n to use the “volunteer” pumpkins from the garden. Last fall we had several pumpkins that ended up in the compost pile and this spring we were surprised by dozens of plants from the remains. We kept five or so of the best located sprouts and the kids spent the summer watching the vines grow and counting how many pumpkins developed. Haydn, being the grand leader he is, picked out the largest one, Ansa favored the “babies” , and Tristen claimed the rest! The downside to the pumpkins volunteering to grow in the compost pile was that they matured in mid-August; we weren’t sure they wouldn’t rot before October. We ended up loosing five or six but they are in the compost pile and will hopefully surprise us in the spring.
We gathered around the picnic table with our carving utensils, spoons, and stencils. After cutting a hole in the top the kids scooped out the insides. One benefit from the pumpkins being almost two month old is that the insides weren’t slimy. In fact, several had seeds that had sprouted!
Not being even remotely artistic, it seemed best to have a guide for carving. There is a neat stencil tool at Better Homes and Garden. While Rick finished the carving, I took the seeds, rinsed them, and put them in a pan with olive oil and sea salt. After they started “popping” and looked crisp I cooled them on a paper towel. The kids enjoyed their first fried pumpkin seeds and I was thrilled to be sharing a memory from my childhood. | agronomy |
https://www.yalenonprofitalliance.org/ycc-carvergarden-2018-aug-25/ | 2024-02-24T01:45:48 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474482.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20240224012912-20240224042912-00722.warc.gz | 0.942357 | 160 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__48360863 | en | CARVER COMMUNITY GARDEN:
MAKING THE FLOWERS & VEGGIES GROW
August 25 | East Harlem, NY
Carver Community Garden, located in East Harlem, is a large four lot garden that has been growing vegetables for over 11 years. During previous harvest seasons, local Harlem children would pick tomatoes and vegetables while learning about urban gardening. However, the garden is now in need of vital repairs and the space is no longer usable for children in Harlem. During this day of service, volunteers built a variety of unique garden beds and a pathway to make the space accessible and usable for gardening and playing, and assisting with various farm tasks.
Stay tuned for more volunteer opportunities with The Mission Continues!
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http://theclubatkukuiula.com/web/pages/landscape-gardener-i | 2019-04-19T15:18:03 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-18/segments/1555578527839.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20190419141228-20190419163228-00276.warc.gz | 0.902552 | 184 | CC-MAIN-2019-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-18__0__118453447 | en | Landscape Gardener III / Irrigation III - Full Time
About this Job
The Landscape Gardener III position requires intermediate level skills in general landscape tasks, such as mowing, weed eating, edging, blowing, verticutting, fertilizing, irrigation installation and repair, pesticide spraying, pruning, planting and plant nursery work. Operates light equipment, such as sod cutters, line trimmers, edgers, blowers, rollers, walking aerators, walking and intermediate level riding rotary and reel mowers. Operates transportation vehicles such as Pick Up Truck, Cushmans, Carryalls and utility vehicles as directed. Ability to operate electric and fuel powered tools, hand tools, specialized landscape equipment, hoses, planting materials, spreaders, sprayers, chemicals and safety equipment. This position will also assist in maintaining, operating, repairing and installing the landscape irrigation system. | agronomy |
http://www.rodet.com/en/our-wines.r-62/our-range-of-wines.r-172/chateau-de-mercey-bourgogne-hautes-cotes-de-beaune.v-3856.html?id_millesime=19 | 2019-04-20T07:13:23 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-18/segments/1555578528702.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20190420060931-20190420082931-00266.warc.gz | 0.935854 | 505 | CC-MAIN-2019-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-18__0__199258325 | en | CHATEAU DE MERCEY BOURGOGNE HAUTES-COTES DE BEAUNE 2015
Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Beaune parcels are lyre-shaped. This technique allows the sun to shine within the vine rows and ensures quick ripening and prevents diseases.
Vinification and maturing
Harvest dates : from 8th to 16th of September 2015.
The grapes are hand harvested then pressed in a pneumatic press.
After a static cold « débourbage » (settling) lasting 24 hours, our white wines start their alcoholic fermentation in stainless steel vats before being transferred to barrels where the aging takes place for 10 months.
Color : white gold with silver grey reflections.
Nose : fresh almonds followed by white fruits notes.
Palate : notes of minerality, expressing salinity with citrus overtones and fresh finish.
Wine and food pairing
This wine will perfectly accompany all mixed salads, savoury salted tarts, raw or marinated fish, sushi, sashimi or goat cheese.
Already delicious, this wine can age 5 years.
Serve chill but not iced at 13-14°C.
Vintage : 2015
The 2015 vintage was almost perfect; the harvested grapes were very ripe and healthy.
After a fairly mild Winter and Spring, we experienced an exceptional, lengthy heatwave towards the end of June. As such the vineyard work in July was limited. Some vine-leaves in certain early-growth vineyards or vineyards planted on shallow soil experienced some sunburn.
There was a storm in early August which had various effects on the Burgundy vineyard. As it happens, it was very welcome as it allowed the vine to continue its natural maturity process, as excessive heat can block this.
Climatic conditions remained ideal in the build-up to the harvest and allowed the vineyards to retain their impeccable healthy state while gaining full ripeness;
The harvest at the Chateau de Mercey took place under sunshine from the 2nd to the 19th September.
Very little sorting was required as the grapes quality was so good.
The yields were inferior to 2014 but remained fairly average considering the last decade.
Natural degrees are satisfactory; the grapes show a fine sugar / acidity balance.
The 2015 vintage is an undoubted success and will result in wines of great richness. | agronomy |
https://www.sunshinegardens.ca/products/environmental-ph-ec-controls- | 2020-02-26T16:34:41 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-10/segments/1581875146414.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20200226150200-20200226180200-00526.warc.gz | 0.899047 | 163 | CC-MAIN-2020-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-10__0__120503056 | en | Are you ready to take your indoor gardening to a whole new level? Buy PH meters, environmental controllers and more from Sunshine Gardens Greenhouse Superstore to automate and optimize your hydroponics garden to the best possible conditions.
Controlling your enclosed garden's environment is critical to your plants’ growth and yield. We offer a full range of environmental control systems including air conditioning, temperature and humidity control, CO2, odour control and more. Environmental controls systems that we carry:
Sunshine Gardens Greenhouse Superstore offers various meters to monitor every feature of your indoor grow area. Maintaining the PH level and nutrients level of your indoor plants especially cannabis can be a challenging task unless you have the right meters among your indoor gardening supplies. Some of the PH and EC controls and equipment we carry include: | agronomy |
https://totall.info/case-study-my-experience-with-10/ | 2022-09-29T14:49:46 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030335355.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220929131813-20220929161813-00705.warc.gz | 0.954644 | 713 | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__102023154 | en | There are a number of essential factors to take into consideration when it pertains to pest control, consisting of the target organism and also the non-target microorganism. Rats are animals of the order Rodentia. They are infamous for frequently growing teeth. Many prefer grains, fruits, and seeds to meat, yet some are omnivores. Besides damaging crops, residences, as well as vehicles, rats can also transmit condition. If left untreated, these insects can trigger fires and damages electrical cords. When the presence of a pest is foreseeable, it is best to make use of preventative measures before the parasites are visible. This approach will assist control pest numbers as well as harm much less. When there are too many bugs, however, it might be much better to utilize a mix of techniques to remove them totally. This method may cost greater than the pest damages itself, however it will stop the damage to begin with. It is likewise an extra cost-effective option, particularly if the damages to the building is small. Some varieties of plants as well as animals are naturally resistant to certain sorts of insects. Bugs that feed on vegetation can be hand-picked as well as collected in a bucket of soapy water. Likewise, some pests are dislodged by shaking plants. In a similar way, a strong spray of water will certainly dislodge termites as well as aphids. Mechanical methods are likewise available, consisting of fly swatters and also tillage. Study the parasite to determine its behavior and also demands. This information will aid you determine if it is a constant or intermittent bug, and which techniques are most efficient. Frequently, the research will reveal the weaknesses of the bug, enabling you to determine whether to make use of a specific technique to take on the issue. You can also pick to use lures and also traps to eliminate unwanted animals. Eventually, you ought to consider whether pest control is necessary. Biological control is another common technique of bug control. This technique makes use of living microorganisms to manage pest populaces. Insect parasites, such as Colorado potato beetle larvae, as well as bacteria that prey on whiteflies are simply some of the examples of this technique. These bug control approaches work, however not eradicative. Biological control is likewise efficient because the population of the pest is decreased by natural opponents. The use of organic control techniques can consist of breeding sterile males and launching adolescent hormonal agents. Along with using lures, it is necessary to cover food items and also maintain kitchen area benches. You ought to additionally make sure to remove any possible nesting places. If essential, think about using chemical pesticides. Nonetheless, take care not to spray skirting boards and furniture in the area. Likewise, make sure to open up all the home windows in your house to let fresh air flow. To stay clear of poisoning your household, take into consideration making use of other methods of insect control. You can likewise attempt catches if you believe mice are attacking your home. Nevertheless, you should keep in mind to keep the chemicals out of the reach of youngsters. Besides catches, scents are also an effective approach of bug control. The insect-attracting aromas are positioned inside catches that are utilized to keep an eye on the problem. A made duplicate of a scent can puzzle male pests, triggering a reduction in the pest population. Pests that carry transmittable illness need to also be gotten rid of from a building. An insect control specialist need to always be able to supply remedies to one of the most problematic bug invasions. | agronomy |
https://www.coffeebythecasuals.com/products/new-muduku-microlot | 2021-10-20T17:10:59 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323585322.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20211020152307-20211020182307-00170.warc.gz | 0.948298 | 274 | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-43__0__144193561 | en | Tasting Notes: Almond, Vanilla, Cherry (Filter)
Kirsch, Dark Chocolate, Treacle (Espresso)
Suitable for: Espresso and Filter (Light-Medium Roast)
(Psssssst - rest this one for 14 days before making your first coffee. It needs it.)
This is our first coffee from Uganda, and we're really proud that it's drawn from a microlot of just 38 sacks from a project that is striving to increase transparency in the Ugandan coffee trade.
The Coffee Gardens began with a small pilot in 2017 to see if conditions could be improved so that Ugandan arabica coffee could be marketed internationally. The quality of this coffee suggests that the project has been a wild success, and we hope it's reflected in your cup.
The coffee in this micro-lot is produced by the farmers on the mountain above The Coffee Gardens’ washing station. Many farmers transport the coffee cherries down to the processing station and earn additional income. The contributing farmers are enrolled in The Coffee Gardens’ off-season training, covering a range of courses including good agricultural practices, agroforestry and financial management. Farmers also received fruit, shade and fast-growing tree seedlings.
Want to see one of the guys who grew this coffee? Well, here's Fred! | agronomy |
http://www.neilauza.com/2010/07/emerita-de-guzman.html | 2013-12-12T15:06:24 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-48/segments/1386164641332/warc/CC-MAIN-20131204134401-00072-ip-10-33-133-15.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.833371 | 208 | CC-MAIN-2013-48 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-48__0__92465560 | en | Emerita De Guzman. Filipino scientist Emerita De Guzman researched the propagation of pure makapuno trees. In particular, she studied the growth and development, in vitro, of the makapuno coconut embryo. Emerita De Guzman research led to the faster propagation of pure macapuno trees and increased makapuno nut production from 3-5 makapuno nuts to 14-19 nuts. Emerita De Guzman also invented tissue culture techniques for the rapid propagation of abaca and banana plants. Emerita De Guzman - Awards: Rizal Pro Patria award 1976, SEARCA professional Chair in Plant Physiology 1974-1976, Outstanding Scientist Award of the Philippine Association for the Advancement of Science 1976, and Professional Award for agriculture of the UP Alumni Association, 1977. Bachelor's degree in Botany from the University of the Philippines in 1953, MS degree in Plant Physiology from Cornell University in 1956, Ph.D. in Plant Physiology from Cornell University in 1961. | agronomy |
https://thelibertarianrepublic.com/10-surprising-things-didnt-know-organic-foods/6/ | 2022-05-23T11:25:21 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662558015.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220523101705-20220523131705-00158.warc.gz | 0.954532 | 154 | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__182959283 | en | #6. Organic food can still contain pesticides
Just because it’s organic, doesn’t mean it’s pesticide free. Organic farmers are allowed to use things like insecticidal soap, copper sulfate, as well as pheromones that disrupt insect mating. But they’re safer than normal methods used right?
The journal PLos ONE did a study on the environmental impact of conventional and organic pesticides and found that the organic pesticides were actually MORE harmful to the soil. Why? Because they are weaker products, you have to use much more of them to make up for the lessening impact. Still, organic foods do contain less pesticide residue than regular foods. They just don’t come with none. | agronomy |
http://www.powellgrainfarmsinc.com/ | 2023-01-31T20:07:54 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764499890.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20230131190543-20230131220543-00229.warc.gz | 0.956109 | 72 | CC-MAIN-2023-06 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-06__0__170757569 | en | Address: 63 Eich Rd,
Greenville, PA 16125
We take great pride in the work that we do. We appreciate the gift of land and the ability of the American Farmer to produce. Good farmers take their job seriously, contributing to society through land stewardship, conserving soil, wildlife and open space - the way it was intended. | agronomy |
https://rcthi.org/and-pdf/189-highland-pulse-production-and-marketing-in-ethiopia-pdf-409-610.php | 2022-01-23T12:23:36 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320304261.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220123111431-20220123141431-00568.warc.gz | 0.659251 | 1,995 | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-05__0__49599174 | en | File Name: highland pulse production and marketing in ethiopia .zip
Agriculture in Ethiopia is the foundation of the country's economy, accounting for half of gross domestic product GDP , Ethiopia 's agriculture is plagued by periodic drought , soil degradation caused by overgrazing , deforestation , high levels of taxation and poor infrastructure making it difficult and expensive to get goods to market. Yet agriculture is the country's most promising resource. A potential exists for self-sufficiency in grains and for export development in livestock, grains, vegetables, and fruits. As many as 4.
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Received: January 01, Published: ,. Citation: DOI:. Download PDF. Lentil is among the oldest domesticated crop in the world. It is a cool season food legume playing a significant role in human and animal nutrition as well as soil fertility maintenance. It can be grown in rotation to cereal crops which promote sustainable cereal-based production systems with a potential of fixing free nitrogen reached up to kg ha
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Improving the wheat yield of countries along the Belt and Road BR plays a core role in ensuring global food security. Smallholders operating one or more parcels of land, ranging from very small blocks of less than 0. Oilseeds are the third crop according to acreage: 5. Ethiopia proves to be an interesting case study for agricultural productivity, as despite it being one of the fastest growing economies in SSA, most people still live in rural areas and are heavily dependent on agriculture as their main source of livelihood. Price increases became the top contributor, to revenue growth in the second period, with, improvements played a limited role during this, more mixed outcomes.
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Five major cereals teff, wheat, maize, The popularity of these horticultural crops varies from crop to crop and locality to locality, which however, can be enhanced to a greater extent through publicity. The underutilized horticultural crops UUHC have many merits. These are easier to grow and hardy in nature, producing a crop even under adverse soil and climatic. Section seven summarizes the chapter and presents concluding observations. Overview of agricultural crop area and production 2. The purpose of this project is to increase the sales volume of Alabama grown specialty ornamental and floriculture crops, through third phase development and promotion of the PlantSomethingAlabama.
The production and export of cash crops such as coffee were advanced, and import-substituting manufactures such as textiles and footwear were established. Especially after World War II , tourism, banking, insurance, and transport began to contribute more to the national economy. The communist Derg regime, which ruled from to , nationalized all means of production, including land, housing, farms, and industry. Faced with uncertainties on their land rights, the smallholding subsistence farmers who form the backbone of Ethiopian agriculture became reluctant to risk producing surplus foods for market. Although land has remained nationalized, conditions in rural Ethiopia have improved slightly, as the government has given considerable attention to rural development. Still, the question of land ownership has remained contentious and has hindered the development of commercial agriculture.
Дэвид приветливо улыбнулся. Он не знал, как зовут этого человека.
У нас есть кое-какие данные. Танкадо неоднократно публично заявлял, что у него есть партнер. Наверное, этим он надеялся помешать производителям программного обеспечения организовать нападение на него и выкрасть пароль. Он пригрозил, что в случае нечестной игры его партнер обнародует пароль, и тогда все эти фирмы сойдутся в схватке за то, что перестало быть секретом. - Умно, - сказала Сьюзан. Стратмор продолжал: - Несколько раз Танкадо публично называл имя своего партнера. North Dakota.
Хорошо бы их вытянуть. Терпи, - сказал он. - Терпи. Потом закрыл глаза и глубоко вздохнул. Беккер не сразу почувствовал, что его кто-то подталкивает. Подняв глаза, он увидел старика с усыпанным родинками лицом, который стоял перед ним, намереваясь пройти. Беккера охватила паника.
Я просто хотела от него избавиться. - Когда вы отдали ей кольцо. Росио пожала плечами. - Сегодня днем. Примерно через час после того, как его получила. Беккер посмотрел на часы - 11. За восемь часов след остыл. | agronomy |
http://scsfargollc.com/about.html | 2019-03-22T08:02:06 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-13/segments/1552912202640.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20190322074800-20190322100800-00162.warc.gz | 0.945097 | 121 | CC-MAIN-2019-13 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-13__0__27683785 | en | SCS Fargo, LLC. is a group of highly trained professionals that specializes in lawn care maintenance, landscape design & installation, gardening, and preventative weed control maintenance. Our team will lay out all of the basics of lawn care; including exactly what needs to be done to keep your lawn looking healthy, and when you need to do it. Keeping ahead of lawn problems and on top of your lawn’s needs entails just a little diligence and the right knowledge and advice.
Let our team at SCS Fargo, LLC. put our experience to work for you and your residential or commercial property! | agronomy |
http://en.agri.arava.co.il/author/tovia | 2023-12-09T23:48:04 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100989.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20231209233632-20231210023632-00813.warc.gz | 0.903585 | 106 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__19957111 | en | BSc. Agriculture. Field Trials Technician at the Yair Research Station, research assistant for plantations and soil & water experiments. Coordinating practical implementation of vegetable greenhouse and plantation research projects. Conducting the cultivations in collaboration with researchers, advisors and external parties. Responsible for data collection and initial analysis from the experiments. Instructing and managing seasonal workers within the departments during field cultivations (e.g. planting, harvesting, pruning). Assisting and training international agricultural students in the field. Dutch R&D spokesperson. | agronomy |
https://policyinstitute.info/a-snapshot-of-us-farms-from-the-usda-economic-research-service-2021-edition-farm-policy-news/ | 2022-09-25T20:08:57 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030334596.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220925193816-20220925223816-00094.warc.gz | 0.972336 | 559 | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__127109505 | en | Last week, the USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) released its annual report exploring the characteristics of US farms: “Various American Family Farms: 2021 Edition.” Today’s update includes highlights from the report, which was authored by Christine Whitt, Jessica E. Todd and Andrew Keller.
The report noted that “In total, family farms accounted for approximately 98% of total holdings and 87% of total production in 2020.”
“Non-family farms represented the remaining 2% farms and 13% of output“, says the report; adding that “examples of non-family farms include partnerships of unrelated partners, closely held non-family corporations, farms with a hired operator unrelated to the owners, and public corporations.”
Regarding the production of raw materials, ERS explained that “the majority of the values of cotton (62%), dairy (73%) and high value crops (57 percent) was produced on large family farms in 2020. Small family farms produced the majority hay (59%)”.
Taking a closer look at profitability, the report states that “Large family farms were probably have OPMs [operator profit margins] in the low risk zone (green) (OPM>25%) – between 43 and 45% – and less likely be in the Red zone in 2020 — between 26 and 30%. These farms are more likely to have positive results back to the farm.”
Last week’s update also pointed out that “the distribution of farm operating expenses varies according to the specializations of the raw materials, but remains largely unchanged over the 10-year period from 2011 to 2020… A large portion of total field crop farm spending went to fertilizers and other chemical products (26%) in 2020, which was slightly lower than the share spent in 2011 (27%).
Taking a closer look at government payments, the ERS report stated that “Small family farms has received 16 percent of all levels of the farm pandemic aid from the USDA and 22 percent of all other government payments— excluding payments from the Pandemic Relief and Conservation Program — which was compatible with the smallest production scale. Large family farms received 52 percentage of all pandemic aid at farm level and 44 % of all other payments.
With respect to Federal Crop Insurance, ERS stated that “Federal Crop Insurance payouts were roughly proportional to acres of cropland harvested and concentrated in medium-sized and large-scale farms in 2020.”
“Medium and large family farms together accounted for 65 percent of all programs harvested acres and received 77% of allowances federal crop insurance in 2020. These family farms were also the most likely to participate in federal crop insurance. | agronomy |
https://atv.talakitok.com/clever-helpers-by-p-lindberg/ | 2022-12-02T00:37:07 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446710870.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20221201221914-20221202011914-00120.warc.gz | 0.965421 | 443 | CC-MAIN-2022-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__236363436 | en | P.Lindberg GmbH from Grossenwiehe in northern Germany is increasingly becoming a point of contact for users of ATVs and UTVs. The range of accessories is broad and leaves hardly any wishes or requirements unanswered. The spectrum ranges from simple trailers to special equipment such as the flail mower, which we already presented in issue 5-2022.
The flail mower is ideal for maintenance work on roadsides, meadows, pastures, green areas or orchards as well as all areas with high grass or undergrowth. The device was convincing during our test. Our editor was impressed by the ease of use as well as by the countless possible uses. Likewise, these were farmers and landscape gardeners, whom we had asked for their expertise.
The water truck
The galvanized watering trailer with its generous 400 liter water tank is a versatile helper for gardening and landscaping as well as riding stables. The vehicle, which weighs only 72 kilograms when empty, can easily be pulled away even by ATVs with a smaller displacement. The tank is made of polyethylene and is ideal for supplying water to animals that are on their pastures. We have already tried out the compact helper – L x H x W: 210 x 110 x 117 cm – and will present it in more detail in the next issue.
The Mechanical Horse Manure Picker
You can simply hang the horse droppings collector on your ATV or UTV and collect the horse droppings from the pasture quickly and efficiently. You avoid “dead spots” in the grass without regrowth and at the same time reduce the spread of worms and other diseases for the benefit of the horses. The horse manure collector is 100 percent mechanical and easy to use.
In the Issue 6-2022 we had the two devices with us at the riding stables, where we tested the mid-range UTVs. From page 14 you can find out more about it and see both the water truck and the horse dung collector in action.
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https://suestyle.com/2012/08/09/tortilla-time/ | 2019-11-20T06:34:03 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-47/segments/1573496670512.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20191120060344-20191120084344-00171.warc.gz | 0.880379 | 778 | CC-MAIN-2019-47 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-47__0__147866756 | en | One of summer’s most satisfying tasks is digging up new potatoes – especially if (as here), my grandson is there to share in the excitement. Turning over the soil, spotting the smooth yellow ovals and pouncing on them is about as good as fetching warm brown eggs from their nests in the hen house. And new potatoes – with eggs – spells tortilla.
Here’s a recipe from my daughter – it took about 5 years’ instruction from her madrileña mother-in-law before she was declared fit to make a tortilla worthy of the name. I think it’s one of the best. New potatoes work beautifully – use up any that got inadvertently speared in the digging and aren’t quite presentable enough for polite company. If it’s not the season for new potatoes (aka newpers), choose a firm, waxy potato, the kind you’d use for potato salad or Rösti. Around here it would be Charlotte, Nicola, Mona Lisa, Amandine – French potatoes have such deliciously sexy names.
Serve tortilla, glistening and golden, straight from the pan, with a little salad (tomato and basil?). Or let it get cold, then refrigerate it and plan a picnic. Spread yourself (and your tortilla) out on a rug, factor in some vine-ripened tomatoes and a bottle of rosado and you’re all set for summer.
TORTILLA DE PATATAS DE LA SOFIA
700g new potatoes, or firm waxy potatoes
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 medium onion, finely sliced
6 large eggs
salt and pepper
- Peel potatoes (if using new potatoes, no need to peel them), quarter and slice them thickly, or cut in smallish pieces
- Heat 3 tablespoons oil in a 25cm-diameter non-stick frying pan till shimmering
- Tip in potatoes, season with salt and pepper, cover the pan and fry potatoes over gentle heat till tender and lightly golden (15-20 minutes) – stir from time to time to make sure they don’t burn
- Set a metal colander over a metal bowl, tip the potatoes into the colander, reserve the oil
- Spoon about 1 tablespoon reserved oil into the pan and fry the sliced onion till golden, stirring occasionally
- Lift onion out with a slotted spoon and add it to the potatoes
- Crack the eggs into a mixing bowl with salt and pepper and beat well till frothy
- Stir the fried onions and potatoes into the eggs, mixing well
- Put the pan back on the heat and add 1 tablespoon reserved oil – shake the pan to distribute the oil evenly and let it get good and hot again
- Tip in the egg mixture and cook till the underside is done and the edges start to get frilly – about 5 minutes – you can tell when the bottom is ready when the tortilla will move about in the pan if you shake it vigorously
- Place a flat lid or plate on top of the tortilla and invert the tortilla out onto the lid/plate
- Return the pan to the heat, add a little more oil if necessary to film the bottom, then slide/shunt the tortilla back into the pan
- Cook till the second side is done, tucking in the edges of the tortilla so it sits nice and plump in the pan – don’t overdo this second side or the tortilla will be dry; 3-4 minutes should suffice
- When it’s done, slide the tortilla out onto a plate or board and let it cool
- Cut in wedges or squares and serve warm – or refrigerate and serve cold | agronomy |
https://www.sprinklermaster.repair/2017/08/ | 2024-04-15T14:30:04 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817002.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20240415142720-20240415172720-00467.warc.gz | 0.94876 | 379 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__65413629 | en | What a fun DIY! Growing your own herbs has never been easier than it is with this cool trick from www.herbgardendesigns.com. This project combines recycling with decorating and gardening for a beautiful end result. Make one yourself by following these simple steps:
- First, you have to find yourself a wooden pallet that is in a good condition. Once you already have one, you will just fix loose parts and you maybe rub sandpaper to smoothen rough surfaces of your wooden pallet.
- You will need to cover the bottom, back, and both sides of the wooden pallet with landscape fabric. Fold the landscape fabric twice or thrice just according to the size of your wooden pallet plus a few inches more. Once you have done folding the landscape fabric, you can now start stapling the fabric at the back, bottom, and both sides of the wooden pallet. You will have to leave the topportion and the spaces between the slats, since that is where you are going to plant your herbs later on. Make sure that you are going to securely staple the landscape fabric to your wooden pallet.
- Lay the pallet down the floor facing up. Once it is already on the floor, slowly fill your wooden pallet with potting mix. After filling it with potting mix, you can now start planting herbs in between slats.
- Once you have completed planting your herbs on your wooden pallet, you will have to leave it there horizontally for a couple of weeks to give your herbs enough time to form sturdy and strong root systems. After a couple of weeks, you can now set it upright.When you’re finished creating your own vertical herb garden, give Dr. Sprinkler Repair a call. Plants needs water; Dr. Sprinkler Repair can and will deliver! | agronomy |
https://geometrygardensshop.com/products/the-propagation-handbook | 2024-04-19T00:15:05 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817249.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20240418222029-20240419012029-00042.warc.gz | 0.955349 | 176 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__1212521 | en | In The Propagation Handbook, plant stylist Hilton Carter reveals how to grow and increase your own plant family by propagating existing plants.
Not only a plant lover, Hilton is passionate about propagation, the process of growing a brand new healthy and happy plant from part of an existing one. In this, his fifth book, Hilton talks us through the process of propagation and explains all the necessary techniques, from the very simplest to more complex methods, such as air layering and grafting. He describes exactly which method to use for different types of plant, and lists the tools essential for the process. In Hilton's own words: “You hear so much about plant ‘parenthood’, but knowing how to propagate and then watching as your little plant takes shape and develops into a full-grown plant is the very definition of this.” | agronomy |
https://ecofarmsusa.com/newsandrecipes/discover_more_about_organic_citrus | 2019-07-18T10:59:14 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195525627.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20190718104512-20190718130512-00341.warc.gz | 0.912679 | 228 | CC-MAIN-2019-30 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-30__0__126896091 | en | Discover More About Organic Citrus
Did you know there are 3 varieties of blood oranges? Moro, Tarocco, and Sanguinelli blood oranges and they can all be grown right here in Southern California!
Pictured to the left are Eco Farms' organic blood oranges picked just this week from a local grove in Pauma Valley, CA. There are some differences between the varieties.
Moro blood oranges have a deep red flesh with luscious, rich orange flavor with raspberry overtones and deep crimson juice. Moro blood oranges produce the best color in hot interior regions of California.
Tarocco is less productive than Moro. It has deep red flesh as well with good flavor, somewhat sweeter than Moro; their juice is burgundy. Tarocco also produces the best color and sweetest flavor in California’s warm to hot inland valleys.
Both Moro and Tarocco are vigorous, medium-sized spreading trees.
Sanguinelli is sweeter than Moro and is also best adapted to warmer inland areas. They typically ripen in late winter to early spring. | agronomy |
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So why grow when you can buy so cheap from supermarkets etc. The first thing I’d say is freshness, there’s so much tastes that goes from a plant has soon as it is harvested. Next you decide what is put on everything, no poisons or anything that a commercial farmer might need to use. Growing things you’d might not get easily from anywhere else. The achievement of growing something and then being able to cook with it, has to be one of the best feelings. But for me one of my biggest aims was to help Donna bring together different parts of the community that might not normally cross paths. I’ve already met a few new people, Geoff & a local PC Paul. So it has started and I have to admit I’m enjoying it.
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From flower gardens, to greenhouses, water wise patio planters and community gardens where cabbages and cauliflowers are king, South Africans from all walks of life are invited to celebrate their gardens no matter what size, shape or form on Garden Day. Recent research into gardening habits has revealed that people lack opportunities to spend time relaxing in their gardens and want more time to enjoy the fruits of their labour.
That’s why, on Sunday 15 October, we’re celebrating Garden Day with a simple ambition in mind: to encourage people to down tools and spend some quality time with neighbours, family and friends celebrating their gardens
According to the study people traditionally spend much more time (20%) gardening than they do relaxing in their gardens. Some even spend the equivalent of a month each year planting, weeding and watering. It’s no surprise then that almost two thirds (70%) wish they could give more time to relaxing in their gardens.
"Garden Day is the perfect opportunity for us to celebrate the space that we have created with our blood, sweat and tears!" The Gardener television presenter and magazine editor Tanya Visser. "Enjoy time in your garden with friends and family, and simply chill: pull out a blanket, have a braai, or take the celebration to a new level with snacks and champagne. My celebrations will involve my fur kids, a blanket on the lawn, the sizzle of the braai, all in the tranquility of my own garden. I can’t wait!"
The study also uncovered that participants feel happiest in their gardens - more so than going out (18%) or watching television (16%). And a significant nine in ten participants (88%) reported health and wellbeing benefits from spending time outdoors in their gardens.
“In our twenty first century of absolute convenience and consumerism, we have become disconnected from nature - especially living in cities,” says gardening author Jane Griffiths. “My organic vegetable garden is not only my oasis and sanctuary, it provides us with healthy organic vegetables and herbs. I encourage everyone to put down their phones and switch off the TV and go outside - into your garden or a friend's garden and enjoy reconnecting with nature this Garden Day.”
Planting Garden Day Ideas
There’s no denying it, throughout the year an enormous amount of effort goes into keeping and maintaining our gardens, which is why we think this deserves a proper celebration. Garden Day is a chance for South Africans to down tools, enjoy the diverse pleasures of their gardens and acknowledge the hard work that goes into keeping them special.
In the lead up to Garden Day get connected to a library of gardening information, suggestions and direct access to skilled gardeners by downloading the app Gardening with Babylonstoren on your mobile phone. It’s free on the Garden Day website www.gardenday.co.za. You can also visit your nearest nursery or Garden Centre and get inspired. Visit the Life is a Garden website www.lifeisagarden.co.za to locate your nearest Garden Centre or nursery.
What you do in your garden on Garden Day is completely up to you. But we think it’s a great opportunity to get together with friends and family so that as many people as possible can celebrate together, here are some ideas of what you can do …
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GARDEN DAY RECIPES
Nasturtium Pesto - Jessica Shepherd, Table at de Meye
2 tablespoons pumpkin seeds, toasted
2 cups nasturtium leaves and tender stems
1 clove garlic
1 spring onion, ends trimmed and sliced
1/2 cup freshly grated goats pecorino cheese
1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
Sea salt and lemon juice to taste
- Place seeds, nasturtium leaves, garlic, onion and cheese into a blender. Slowly add olive oil whilst blender is running, until smooth paste is formed.
- Season to taste with salt and lemon juice
* pumpkin seeds can be substituted with toasted pine nuts, and goats pecorino with parmesan
Plum Cordial - Jane Griffiths, author
Tart summer plums make a delicious cordial. To serve, mix the cordial with lime juice, soda water and plenty of ice.
Cook the plums in water until very soft. Mash and then place in a cloth lined colander and leave to strain for 12 hours. Measure the drained liquid and add an equal amount of sugar and heat. Simmer until slightly thickened. Pour into sterilised bottles and seal. For a change in flavour try adding lavender sprigs or mint to the plums when they are cooking.
Edible Weed Salad - Pat Featherstone, Soil for Life
You can make a delicious salad from edible weeds you may find growing in your garden. Young, freshly harvested weeds are best. They include: black jacks, lamb’s quarter, chickweed, amaranth, purslane, dandelion, milk thistle, wild sorrel, dune spinach, spekboom and wild garlic.
Take five big bunches of leaves and chop them roughly into a salad bowl. Add a chopped up fruit of your choice e.g. prickly pear, Natal plum, apple, pear, nectarine or grapes. Toss the salad gently.
To make a dressing, blend the following together:
3 lemons – the finely grated zest and juice (should be about 4 tablespoons of juice)
½ teaspoon of mustard powder or 1 teaspoon of prepared mustard
2 teaspoons of honey (you may need to add more, depending on your taste)
8 tablespoons of olive oil
Blend in some wild garlic (leaves and bulbs) and / or nettle leaves for a wild and green flavour.
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Come and join us for community activities focussed on nature and wellbeing. There will be cake! This is an open access event, everyone is welcome. Friday 17 Sept 3.30-5.30pm – clothes swap, nature observation drawings, from natural plants to make product Saturday 18 Sept 10am-midday – clothes swap, mosaic flowers, mini bug habitats Friday 24 Sept 3.30-5.30pm – seeds/plant swap, painted plant pots, growing from cuttings Saturday 25 Sept 10am-midday – seeds/plant swap, garden stone painting, composting Friday 1 Oct 3.30-5.30pm – toys swap, seed and bee bombs, seed harvesting, pruning, cultivating and care Sat 2 Oct 10am-midday – toys swap, seed and bee bombs, seed harvesting, pruning, cultivating and care Funded by The London Community Foundation. | agronomy |
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It is my third year gardening and with our recent garden expansion project, we are going to need all hands on deck! My daughters are 6 & 7 years old now, and it is time to get them engaged in the gardening process.
I feel that my children are old enough to start helping me with the basic elements of gardening, specifically starting seeds. Since one of our goals is to grow a Frugal DIY Garden that provides a substantial amount of food for our family, it is important that we all do our part. I believe that anyone can learn how to garden, it just takes a bit of practice and patience.
When I sit down to teach my children about the seed starting process, I try to teach them 5 key elements for seed starting success. To make it fun, I have created a simple worksheet to help (click the image to download and print).
Help your children fill out the worksheet with the information listed below. Seeds need 5 THINGS to grow into beautiful plants for the garden.
S-Source of Light
There are so many ways to make seed starting fun for the kids. I encourage you to check out our “Seed Starting Hacks” article to learn how to re-purpose items around your home for seed starting.
Make sure that you have all supplies on hand and laid out before you invite your children to join in.
Here is a video tutorial of the process and supplies we use to start seeds. I invited my girls to join in, and we had so much fun starting seeds together.
If you are interested in developing your gardening skills this year, I encourage you to follow my “Vegetable Garden Tips” board on Pinterest:
Are you going to invite your children to start seeds with you this season? Please check back and let us know how it goes!
This article has been shared at many of my favorite linkups. | agronomy |
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According to the most recent Department of Agriculture weekly retail price report, the average Online Cigarettes Store USA national price of a Haas avocado was $2.10 July 5, compared to $1.17 from the July 6, 2018, report.
Liz Garrison, a nurse in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, said she was shocked when the bag of six small avocados she normally buys at Trader Joe's was $6.50 this week. She's paid $2.50 for the same bag on past trips.
“I eat an avocado a day. That’s a lot to spend on something I’m eating Newport Pleasure so frequently,” Garrison said. Magaña outlined three main reasons fueling the increase.
"One is expanding global demands, including U.S. demand – it just continues to grow,” he said. “Avocados are not only consumed now for Super Bowl or during Cinco de Mayo celebrations but year-round consumption.”
California's avocado season is coming to an end and was the smallest crop in more than a decade, he said.
Mexico is the top supplier of fruits and vegetables to the U.S., with $13 billion imported from the country last year. Almost 90% of avocados come from Mexico.
“We’ve had the possibility of (Mexico) tariffs and the border closing and also a few weeks ago the probability of tariffs on all commodities coming from Mexico, and we’ve observed a few price spikes,” Magaña said. “But now is only a supply-and-demand combination.” | agronomy |
https://elizabethprata.wordpress.com/2008/09/16/above-and-below/ | 2018-06-19T16:15:27 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267863100.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20180619154023-20180619174023-00252.warc.gz | 0.927843 | 233 | CC-MAIN-2018-26 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-26__0__27413349 | en | It’s been quiet here in little Comer lately. School has started and I see the orange busses trundling along in the pre-sunrise hours. We’ve had rain, thank the Lord, so the fields are green again and the farmers are busily baling hay.
The Fair is coming and that is always exciting. This year it’s the 60th Annual and it’s a great gathering place for everyone in the now-cooler days and evenings. I’ll be going. Especially fun will be the music. I’ve got my camp chair ready and my ears tuned and can’t wait for the front porch pickin’, boogie woogie, and gospel singers to take the main stage.
It’s autumn so the air is slightly clearer and less humid so photos are sharper. The moon last Wednesday was pretty, above the green fields at Paoli Junction, so I snapped this with the wires crisscrossing the half moon in the purpling sky.
Yet the first frost is a long way off and we still have flowers: | agronomy |
https://ironox.com/web-summit-2021-recap-solving-global-climate-through-food/ | 2022-05-29T05:06:44 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652663039492.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20220529041832-20220529071832-00026.warc.gz | 0.937366 | 483 | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__51179656 | en | Web Summit 2021 Recap: Solving Global Climate Through Food
Web Summit, one of the world’s top tech conferences, resumed in-person this year in Lisbon, Portugal, bringing together 42,000+ attendees and some of the greatest minds redefining the tech industry, including our very own Iron Ox CEO & Co-Founder, Brandon Alexander.
In a time of uncertainty for many industries and, indeed, the world itself, Web Summit aims to gather the founders and CEOs of technology companies, fast-growing startups, policymakers, and heads of state, to ask a simple question: where to next?
Brandon’s talk, “Solving Global Climate Through Food”, focused on the climate impact of agriculture, and the necessary steps we must take to make agriculture carbon negative.
We all know that gas-powered vehicles and coal mining are big contributors to climate change today. But, few of us realize that food, and more importantly, how it is grown and produced is one of the leading contributors to global warming today.
During his presentation, Brandon introduced how at Iron Ox, we are rethinking the entire food production process from the ground up so that every input, every step of the way, can be more sustainable.
I think of food as where electric vehicles were just 10 years ago. And using technologies like AI, plant science, robotics, data science and more, we can make this shift happen sooner. And what I love about this is this is something that we can all participate in by asking, not just where does our food come from, but how is it grown. What sustainable steps were taken for the food that you eat?
Watch Brandon’s presentation at Web Summit here:
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https://xostorewebapp.com/qa/question-how-do-you-store-cucumbers-after-harvesting.html | 2021-05-15T19:37:19 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-21/segments/1620243991378.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20210515192444-20210515222444-00525.warc.gz | 0.924185 | 1,110 | CC-MAIN-2021-21 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-21__0__80615726 | en | - Should freshly picked cucumbers be refrigerated?
- How do you store vegetables after harvesting?
- How do you prolong the shelf life of a cucumber?
- Can you freeze whole cucumbers?
- What can I do with lots of cucumbers?
- Why are my cucumbers turning yellow after I pick them?
- How long do cucumbers last after harvest?
- How do you store cucumbers in the freezer?
- Are frozen cucumbers still good?
- How often should Cucumbers be watered?
- What happens if you eat old cucumber?
- How long do cucumbers last in fridge?
- Why do my cucumbers shrivel up after I pick them?
Should freshly picked cucumbers be refrigerated?
According to a post at Root Simple, cucumbers should be stored at room temperature – not in the refrigerator.
Root Simple cites the University of California, Davis, which determined that cucumbers are sensitive to temperatures below 50°F.
When stored at room temperature, cucumbers thrive and last longer..
How do you store vegetables after harvesting?
Choose only firm, just-ripe fruit and vegetables and freeze them as soon as you can after harvesting. Pack them into an airtight freezer bag or plastic container to ensure they keep well and don’t suffer from ‘freezer burn’ (inedible dry, brown patches caused by lack of moisture).
How do you prolong the shelf life of a cucumber?
Here it is: wrap each cucumber individually in a paper towel, then put all cucumbers wrapped in paper towels inside the plastic bag. Put the plastic bag with the cucumbers in a refrigerator. That’s it! It works like magic – the cucumbers will stay perfectly fresh for the whole week!
Can you freeze whole cucumbers?
You can freeze fresh whole cucumbers right from the garden by directly storing them in the freezer. They will get ice on them, simply put them in air tight container, glass jar or a bag. If you just defrost them, they will turn soggy. You can follow the steps for freezing sliced cucumber in the right manner.
What can I do with lots of cucumbers?
In fact, there are tons of things you can do with a cucumber.Get Souped Up. Cold Cucumber Soup is bliss on hot summer nights. … Make Quick Pickles, Real Quick. Do you have four seconds? … Drink Up. … Cool Down. … Pack a Picnic Salad. … Give Them the Zoodle Treatment. … Pile Them on Pizza. … Make Tzatziki Sauce.More items…•
Why are my cucumbers turning yellow after I pick them?
If you encounter a yellow cucumber, it’s usually over ripe. When cucumbers become over ripe, their green coloring produced from chlorophyll begins to fade, resulting in a yellowing pigment. … A yellow cucumber can also be the result of a virus, too much water, or a nutrient imbalance.
How long do cucumbers last after harvest?
about two weeksFresh cucumbers can last about two weeks if stored properly.
How do you store cucumbers in the freezer?
To freeze cucumbers, just wash, slice, put on a baking sheet and put in the freezer. Line baking sheet with parchment paper to help them come off easier once they are frozen. After they are frozen you can move them to a zippered freezer bag.
Are frozen cucumbers still good?
Frozen cucumbers can be used in all of them without a problem. … You may be skeptical at first about cooked cucumbers, but they’re really good- I assure you! Lettuce can also be cooked! If your lettuce gets wilted in the fridge, don’t worry- it is still usable.
How often should Cucumbers be watered?
Cucumbers are vigorous growers and therefore need between 1 and 2 inches of water per week, depending on the weather and type of soil. The key is to keep the soil slightly moist at all times. Water deeply about once or twice a week — and more often if you’re gardening in sandy soil.
What happens if you eat old cucumber?
Infection from Salmonella typically causes diarrhea, fever, and abdominal cramps within 12-72 hours of ingesting it. People are usually sick for 4-7 days, and most get better on their own. But it can be serious for those who are very young, very old, or have weakened immune systems.
How long do cucumbers last in fridge?
about 2 weeksHow long do cucumbers last in the fridge? Cucumbers can last about 2 weeks at maximum quality before they start to soften. Due to their high water content, the quicker you use a fresh cucumber, the better. Chilling cucumbers in the fridge can make them last, but only if you do so carefully.
Why do my cucumbers shrivel up after I pick them?
Cucumbers begin to rot if they are left on the vines for too long. However, cucumbers that have been harvested and left to rest in less than ideal conditions will begin to rot even more quickly. Cucumbers will begin to soften after harvesting, as the water from the fruit begins to evaporate. | agronomy |
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farmers to new growth markets in WANA region.
I. Background and justification
The rapid growth of the world population presents special challenges for the agricultural sector. Farmers in developing countries are under increasing pressure to fulfill the new market requirements of powerful supermarket chains and agro industries, which demand product quality, volume and continuity of supply. Most small scale farmers are facing low prices and a non stable market. Furthermore, there is a misunderstanding of supply and market chains along with a lack of know-how in targeting products and markets, coupled with a non-efficient production and marketing systems due to lack of information.
The WANA Region countries have gone through decades of centralized economy during which the agriculture extension programs were ineffective as they served governments’ monopolized plans and rarely responded to farmers’ needs or catered for their welfare. This situation resulted in a gap between knowledge, generated or obtained technologies and applications.
Furthermore, organic food is a growing business with good long-term prospects. Despite the heightened attention that organic agriculture has attracted during the last decade, it still only accounts for a mall proportion of overall agricultural land.
Market and supply chains in developing countries are characterized by low-scales of response to market needs, the presence of too many intermediates between the farmers and the consumer, and a lack of early warning systems against market failures. It is then obvious that small scale farmers key concern is not only agricultural productivity but also better market access with a minimum situation of missed opportunities. Given existing or potential business opportunities marketing chains must be modified so that all actors of the marketing chain and supply benefit, particular small-scale farmers.
Currently and due to complexity of constraints, the livelihood of small and medium scale farmers are threatened than ever as they are in a weak position facing the challenges of the new world trends towards privatization, free markets, trade liberalization and globalization. Such constraints include inadequacy in the education system, less qualified experts, farmers’ illiteracy, farming fragmentation and inadequate mechanisms of technology transfer just to name a few.
With the collapse of the centralized economy comes on top of the constraining list the consequential relative vacuum in extension and its weak linkage with farmers causing the obvious failure of effective flow and exchange of information, new technologies, problems and market exposures, real assessment of farmers development needs and activating relevant and practical methodologies.
The certified and policy supported organic production area in general and in particular in the WANA region countries vary widely in relation to growth rate and total area and there were no clear or defined figures about the size of production and total area of production. For many countries it is still difficult to find precise and up-to-date figures on the state of organic farming in individual countries.
Organic agriculture comes as one of the top priorities, specifically with relation to food safety, diversification alternatives in agriculture production, income-generation for small and medium-scale farmers and improves access to regional and international markets, mainly through exports from developing countries. Organic agriculture can also play a role in achieving WANA four network's (Date Palm, cotton, Olives, medicinal Herbs) broad objectives of poverty reduction, food security and sustainable development.
The desired situation is a gain in the efficiently of the marketing chain by lowering costs of production and transaction, and an addition of the value in the marketing chain by increasing consumer prices. There is also an urgent need to establish a new beneficial marketing setting that involve different but collaborative marketing chain actors with a complete trust in their daily business. An important added value will result from the scales’ enhancement of the management of marketing and supply chains with better informed decisions and better marketing and export opportunities. The exact know-how of the market needs, coupled with the transparency in the supply and market chains, will certainly contribute to the adoption of fair prices for the small scale farmers.
Furthermore, the present project aims that in certain sub-sectors (olives, dates, cotton, herbal plants), establish pilot and localized projects of effective extensions and technology transfer systems and mechanism within the WANA region through incorporating successful agricultural practices.
Once implemented, the present project will have a positive impact on the approach of farmers, growers associations and communities to both market and supply chains and will be well equipped to make the appropriate decisions on products and markets. Another important change resulting from this project is that policy markers will be able to take appropriate actions for the development of the sub sectors.
Furthermore, traders, brokers, agents and distributors will have a clear knowledge about the sub-sectors, yielding a better competitiveness and the role of each sub- sector within the respective national economy will consequently be strengthened.
Expected changes and improvements of the project's interventions will also include:
- Qualified extensions and farmers.
- Strengthening linkages and trustworthy channels.
- Changing and improving cultural concepts and attitudes toward extension workers.
- Improved productivity and quality.
Another aim is to activate the role of AARINENA networks and highlight the important role they can play in disseminating information and exchanging of success stories on the regional level.
As a conclusion, the present proposal aims to bring together key stakeholders, in the development of profitable, equitable, and operational market and supply chains that fulfill the consumers demand for fairly traded commodity (dates, olives, cotton and medicinal plants).
II. Project description
To establish a comprehensive data collection, analysis and reporting systems for all stakeholders of the targeted commodities (dates, olives, cotton and medicinal plants), with an aim of building national capacity in the field of market, extension and organic farming orientations.
A better preparation and an action mode for all stakeholders in the market and supply chains of the four sub-sectors is another important goal of the project. This will consequently enhance the livelihood options for the small scale farmers. The development goals are summarized here below:
-Integration of developments efforts among stakeholders of sub-sector commodities.
-Capacity building of human resources (extensionists and farmers).
-Better utilization and management of natural resources.
-Better understanding of market needs.
-Enhance competitiveness capability through quality improvement.
-Involve Farmers in decision making on extension and development.
-Introduction, intensification and optimization of organic production, environmental protection and the promotion and supporting the access of Networks country members organic products to local, regional and international markets.
The main purpose is to assist the sub-sectors (dates, olives, cotton and medicinal plants) to correctly respond to market needs and enhance their competitivenesses. There is an urgent need to identify and evaluate all organizational options that provide effective and equitable linkages between the small-scale sector of developing countries (farmers, processors and traders) and alternative domestic and export oriented markets.
The project has the specific purpose of the increased involvement of AARINENA Countries in promoting Organic Agriculture. The introduction of organic agriculture could offer diverse benefits, such as income generation, natural resource conservation, food self-sufficiency and social development. Other purposes of the project are:
-Activate the role of extensionists to become productive members of the community.
-Melt the accumulated ice in the relationship between farmers and extensionists.
-Train farmers to become semi-extension workers to introduce farmer to farmer extension.
-Improve farmers’ livelihood and alleviate poverty.
As a result of AARINENA networks involvement in this project in selected sub-sectors (olives, dates, cotton, medicinal and herbal plants), through the supporting of certain case studies in the region and organizing the information management approaches, the proposed project will also be a good opportunity for AARINENA countries to develop new production and extension methods and access new markets. Networks and their partners will get the support to the dissemination of phytosanitary rules and regulations needed to access the main northern markets , setting up local or regional certification programmes, initiating new or supporting existing capacity building programmes as well as promoting the exchange of experiences and information between the participated countries.
Outputs and principal activities to achieve each output
The present project is build around the following three main components:
- Market orientation for project's networks;
- Pilot innovation extension and technology transfer; and
- Utilization and enhancement of organic agriculture in the AARINENA region.
Hence the present project's outputs and respective activities will be presented, accordingly:
a. Market orientation for project's networks
a1. Expected outputs
- Real and exact data and knowledge about market and supply chains, as well as other aspects of the sub-sectors, is available for use by research and development institutions.
- Major constraints and opportunities for the sub-sectors are identified along with the corresponding solutions and recommendations yielding to the preparation of respective programme proposals for the decision-makers.
- A methodology of mapping and characterizing market and supply chains as the basis for identifying key points of interventions is to be developed for each of the four sub-sectors (dates, olives, cotton, and medicinal plants).
- The profitability and competitiveness of selected market chains for each commodity (dates, olives, cotton, and medicinal plants).
- A management of these supply and market chains and their respective support services, will be available and periodically updated.
- Lessons learned, good practice and regulatory recommendations have been drawn up based on the analysis of selected crops (dates, olives, cotton, and medicinal plants) and the respective field experiences.
a2. Principal activities and research methodology
- Conduct a study for the selected commodity (i.e: dates) to evaluate and synthesis suitable cases / experiences, methodologies, approaches and tools.
- Identify potential actors / stakeholders / institutions of the different market and supply chains with their activities, interests, ideas and problems.
- Organizing several fora , using a combination of virtual and actual meetings, for bringing together the identified stakeholders with the objective of:
• Documenting and exchanging experiences;
• Developing the conceptional frameworks;
• Prioritizing mechanisms for equitable / sustainable mainstream of products and markets;
• Identifying situations where these mechanisms can be implemented; and
• Methods for monitoring and evaluation of these experiences.
- Implementing of the mechanisms agreed in 3, with adopted outcomes, through the launching of feasibility studies, business plans for new supply and market chains arrangements and the establishment of innovative support systems.
- Analysis of obtained results and development of appropriate extension materials (manuals, guides, CDs, web sites,…) for dissemination.
- Development of an action plan (follow-up project) for each commodity for scaling out of successful experiences and diffusion of recommendations of all stakeholders including policy makers.
The project will focus on market and supply chains of the selected commodity (dates, olives, cotton, and medicinal plants) in the respective growing countries of the AARINENA region. Successful cases / projects per commodity will be selected during the characterization study and initial partner / stakeholder meetings based on agreed criteria, including their potential for mainstreaming in market and supply chains.
b. Pilot innovative extension and technology transfer
-Improved farmers’ quality and representation: for the pilot project to be successful it should have a cultural content to improve farmers’ awareness of the importance of collaborative work. This can be achieved through encouraging the formation of farmers’ organizations in sub-sector commodities and strengthening recent emerging ones which reflect actual farmers’ interests. Such organizations will provide a platform for better interaction with extensionists and thus promote farmers self-esteem and their role as developers of technology and will to some extent resolve the fragmentation pattern through collective purchases of production inputs and introducing economics of scale.
-Build effective and integrated farmers-extensionists relationship: to improve extensionists’ knowledge and foster farmer to farmer extension, in the pilot project selected extensionists from government extension agencies will be reassigned on loan basis to FOs and trained intensively with farmers’ leaders on specific sub-sector commodities. The training will cover areas not exploited by the existing system such as social science, community mobilization, human resources development, problems analysis and solving, organic farming, biological control and IPM, promotion of small scale farmers through value addition, marketing and collective market information, the use of IT as an important channel of securing and disseminating information, natural resources management, socio-economic impacts, integrating environmental considerations into the development equation, training farmers to improve their technical abilities.
-Better and effective production systems, better quality and safe products: the interaction frame of the project will expose actual farmers’ needs which will be effectively addressed by the trained extensionists and farmers’ leaders will exchange information on good practices of low cost technologies which will facilitate appropriate application of acquired knowledge.
-Better procedures and methodology for technology generation, transfer and monitoring: previously discussed creative approaches to identify and resolve the problems of the ineffective current extension systems in the WANA region, recent successful extension systems developed locally or in collaboration with international agencies in the region or other regions of similar conditions such as in central Asia and Africa which can be adopted and cooperative systems in developed countries.
-The provision of utilizing the advanced IT techniques.
-Introduction of incentives for extension personnel from donors at the initiation of the project followed by FOs financing as they will benefit from the new system. Cost recovery might be an option as farmers need to be convinced they are making a profit.
c. Utilization and enhancement of organic agriculture in the AARINENA region:
Output 1: Information about the current situation in the concerned countries regarding market and organic production of olives, dates, cotton, medicinal and herbal plants is collected, and analyzed.
Output 2: Organic Agriculture in selected sub-sectors (olives, date palm, and cotton, medicinal and herbal plants) in the targeted countries is strengthened.
Output 3: Participation and capacity in the structures and membership of AARINENA networks is improved.
Output 4: The potential of organic agriculture in regard of social, environmental, and economic benefits is recognized.
Output 5: Organic marketing is improved at all levels in AARINENA countries (local, regional and export marketing).
Output 6: Advisory strategy, including consultancies and development agencies, for AARINENA countries with an emerging sub-sector (olive, date palm, and cotton, medicinal and herbal plants) organic products is developed and implemented.
Innovative nature of the project
The present project will directly build on already existing networks (dates, olives, cotton, and medicinal plants) as well as on the ongoing national and regional projects. There are also several case studies already implemented of various organizations and agencies.
The innovative approach of the present project will be based on combining both horizontal and vertical analyses for each commodity with the possibility of having a model per network that can be generalized immediately after its successful trial.
Another innovative characteristic of the project is the participatory approach of growers, processors, extension specialists, and traders that are all aware of demand and requirements of the respective markets.
The new and innovative approaches of the project will also use:
-Changing of social and cultural attitudes toward extension activities and extension specialists, semi-privatise the extension system, specialized agencies and specialists rather than general ones.
-Integrate development efforts of farmers and extensionists into a team work pattern is to be considered as an innovative approach.
-The scaling and development of domestic organic food markets which is essential for the sustainable growth of organic agriculture and for sustainable rural development in general.
-There is a need for the development of a balance between growth in organic agriculture and the demand for organic products. This true knows that not all producers in developing countries can export their organic products to a few markets in the North.
-There are a number of successful cases of local market developments on all continents. Experiences need to be exchanged, compiled and evaluated; effective models and tools drawn up and disseminated in order to develop organic markets in AARINENA country members, and lead to growth in organic agriculture.
The present project will be of benefit to all stakeholders involved in the production, processing and marketing levels, namely small and medium sized scale-farmers, extension specialists, processors, traders, packers, food production chains, manufacturers and also indirectly consumers.
Higher incomes will be ensured to the small-scale farmers, who are usually cheated of their effort / real value of their products. Furthermore, there are presently too many traders and only the appropriate ones will remain but with a better off situation. The project will aim at more constant and sustainable supply of merchandise with an improved quality which will consequently affect positively the processors, packers and manufacturers. Affordable prices and greater availability of products will directly benefit to the consumers.
Project partners (collaborating institutions)
Depending on which network(s) will be first selected for the implementation of the present project, it is only then that collaborating institutions (per country from and outside the region) will be identified. However, the liberty was taken to adapt this part to the four sub-sectors.
- Ministries of Agriculture and specialized organic institutions in the AARINENA member countries;
- National Agricultural Research Centers (NARCS and GFAR);
- Farmers Organizations;
- Private sector / factories and associations in AARINENA region;
- Consumer organizations in WANA region;
- National and regional institutions;
- Local community organizations, associations, producers’ organizations and enterprises and their support institutions (public sector and NGOs).
Institutions that might participate in the extension field could be:
-Current extension agencies and specialists: human resources, previous experiences, field contacts.
-Farmers’ organizations, trade unions, NGO's: needs, model systems.
-Ministries of agriculture (MOAs) and NARS: resources, experiences, infrastructure.
-Information technology agencies: tools, techniques, mechanisms, programs.
-AARINENA as a regional organization: exchange of knowledge and experiences.
However, AARINENA Networks (olive, date palm, Medicinal Herb plants and cotton) member countries: Within each country the following institutions will participate:
- Government institutions (GO): Harmonized rules and food control measures.
- Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs): Training, Information dissemination and sustainable agriculture development.
- Farmers Organizations (FOs): Training, Information dissemination and sustainable agriculture development.
- Research centers / National Agriculture Research Centers (NARs): Research and training.
- Associations and rural communities (CSOs): Sustainable agriculture development and information dissemination.
- Organic Agriculture movements and projects: Training and capacity building.
- Existing certified bodies or organizations (CB): Certification, communications and exchange of experiences.
Institutions from outside the region that could participate:
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO);
• Arab Organization for Agricultural Investment and Development (AAAID);
• Deutsche Gesellscha ft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ).
• Successful extension agencies such as USDA.
• International federation of Organic Agriculture Movements – IFOAM.
• German Technical Cooperation Agency (GTZ): Division 45-Rural Development.
• World Health Organization (WHO).
• The International Trade Center UNCTAD/WTO (ITC).
• The Technical Center for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA).
• The World Conservation Union (IUCN)-WESCANA Regional Office / Amman – Jordan.
Project Team & Convener
- Prof. Abdelouahhab Zaid (Team Leader) : General Coordinator of the DPGN; Director of the Date Palm Research and Development Program ; Chief Technical Advisor / UNDP ; P.O.Box. 81908, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. Tel: +971 3 7832334, Mobile: +971 50 6633598, Fax: +971 3 7832472; E-mail: [email protected]
- Mr. Mohamed El Kholy (Head of the team, Farmer, Olive NW Focal Point for Egypt and Chairman of the coordinating board for 2005) [email protected]
- Mr. Nabeel Abu-Shriha :Team Leader, Agronomist, AARINENA NGOs Focal point . [email protected] / [email protected] (Head, Agricultural and Environmental Projects Unit) Amman, Jordan.
There is a need to contact all international donor agencies and bodies that have interest in poverty alleviation, agriculture development and national capacity building. (The following list is not an exhaustive one and additions are welcomed).
- United Nations Development Program (UNDP);
- World Bank;
- United States Agency for International Development (USAID);
- European Community;
- Arab Fund for Social and Economic Development (AFSED);
- International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD);
- Islamic Development Bank (IDB);
- Arab Authority for Agricultural Investment and Development (AAAID); and
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The Washington grant is going to the Washington Borough Green Team in cooperation with the Washington Borough Business Improvement District (BID) to expand the Washington Borough Farmers’ Market. With combined efforts, they hope to attract more people to the downtown and promote local farmers and small businesses.
The farmers’ market, kicking off on June 4 with a Green Festival, offers a wide range of offerings, including certified naturally grown fruits and vegetables, pasture-raised pork, lamb and chicken, fresh eggs, local honey products, fresh cut flowers, baked goods, and hand-crafted jewelry, candles, soaps and gifts.
“We are very excited about this grant,” said Josephine Noone, Borough Councilwoman and a coordinator of the Green Team and the farmers’ market. “The grant will help us promote the farmers’ market more effectively with increased advertising and promotion. It will also allow us to include more musical entertainment and other special attractions during the season.
“We are really looking forward to a terrific farmers’ market this year,” added Noone. “We have an excellent variety of vendors. We welcome back our regular customers and look forward to seeing a lot of new faces. Our market will bring more foot traffic to the downtown area and increase sales for local businesses, which is a big part of why we have the farmers’ market.”
In addition to the Sustainable Jersey grant, the farmers’ market also is supported by Smith Tractor, the Washington Diner, and St. Luke’s Warren Campus.
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My viticultural story began about 15 years ago in Turin.
After having achieved my bachelor’s degree in viticulture and wine-making at the Faculty of Agricultural Science in Turin, I moved to the Langhe in 2001, gaining experience through internships in various local cellars.
I then worked for various wineries and cellars around Alba, where I began to learn about the area’s important wines: Barbera, Nebbiolo, Dolcetto and Moscato d’Asti.
In 2010, having returned to the Langhe after working abroad, I was able to make my life-long dream come true:
We were looking for a house to buy when we saw an advert for a 19th century farmhouse, including vineyards, going for sale in the commune of Neviglie.
We grabbed the opportunity, and with the help of our families, began to establish the winery.
For the first two years (2011-2012), I carried on working as a wine-grower, whilst in 2013, when the cellar was completed, I started producing Moscato d’Asti DOCG, Dolcetto d’Alba DOC, and Alta Langa DOCG.
Our vineyards are situated in the commune of Neviglie, covering a surface of 6.5 hectares, characterized by an average old age of 25 years.
Composed by 2 hectares of Alta Langa, 4 hectares of Moscato and 0.5 of Dolcetto, the vineyards are mostly standing on a sole hillside facing south, towards Treiso and the Monviso, at an altitude of 450 metres a.s.l. The only exception is the Alta Langa which also faces east at an altitude of 550 metres a.s.l. This is the youngest of our vineyard: 1 hectare of Pinot Nero, planted in 2012.
The land is steep, with clayey and in places sandy soil, which enables us to obtain an excellent quality of the grapes and therefore of the resulting wines.
Characterized by rather mild winters, despite the altitude, and cool summers, the vineyards benefit from a cool and dry climate which is particularly suitable for Moscato grapes and spumante made with the classical method. | agronomy |
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Making our food system sustainable takes a commitment from all of us. As health professionals, we can help educate our patients on what farmers are doing – as well as on small changes we can all make – to help preserve our environment and feed our future.
Our dairy farmers are committed to their land. They have a strong interest in the health of their environment for their families, communities and all the millions of people they help feed. Dairy farmers have a long history of responsible care for their animals and dedication to an environmentally sound food system. Their small changes have led to big results. Producing a gallon of milk today generates 60 percent less greenhouse gas than in it did in the 1940s. And our farmers are always focused on continuous improvement. Some of the most interesting innovations include:
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One of the biggest problems we can tackle is food waste. An estimated 30-40 percent of food in the United States is wasted every year. That’s more than 36 million tons of food sitting in landfills producing greenhouse gas emissions. That’s also food that could be going to more than 49 million food-insecure people in the United States. As health professionals, we can help reduce waste by educating our patients on how to shop smarter to continue that sustainability commitment from the farm to the table. Here are my three favorite tips:
- Shop the refrigerator first. Cook and eat what you have at home before you head to the grocery store. It helps with waste and helps save a few dollars too.
- Plan ahead. Meal planning is a great way to make sure you use up everything you buy.
- Donate what you don’t use. Nutritious, safe and untouched food can be donated to local food banks.
There are more great tips out there, and more great ideas to come in the future. As long as all of us make a commitment to improving what we can, a sustainable food system is in our future. Learn more about how our dairy farm families support a healthy planet. | agronomy |
https://www.terinea.co.uk/products/farm-management-software/ | 2024-02-29T19:50:33 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474852.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20240229170737-20240229200737-00480.warc.gz | 0.950928 | 435 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__47886652 | en | Farming has come a long way since the days of manual labor and traditional farming practices. With the advancement of technology, farmers are now able to utilize cutting-edge tools to optimize their farm operations and increase productivity. One such tool is Agri Mark, a mapping and data management system that is helping farmers achieve better yields and healthier crops.
Agri Mark is a powerful software tool that allows farmers to map their farms and all of its features, including fields, stockpiles, and more. With its easy-to-use interface, farmers can quickly and accurately mark out the boundaries of their fields and create detailed maps that show everything from soil type to irrigation systems. This information is critical for precision farming, which involves applying inputs like water and fertilizer only where they are needed, resulting in less waste and better crop yields.
One of the key features of Agri Mark is its soil data management capabilities. The software allows farmers to analyze soil samples and identify any nutritional deficiencies that may be present. This information can be used to create customized fertilizer plans that target specific deficiencies, resulting in healthier and more robust crops. By using Agri Mark, farmers can also track soil moisture levels, which is important for managing irrigation and preventing water wastage.
Agri Mark also provides farmers with the ability to track crop yields and other key performance indicators, allowing them to make informed decisions about their farm operations. By using data-driven insights, farmers can adjust their farming practices in real-time, making them more efficient and productive.
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Most people generally have the preconception that organic food cost is a lot higher than so-called normal foods. This is true to a certain extent.
In general, organic produce and processed organic foods can range anywhere from 10 to 40% more expensive, or even more. Cattle prices have been boosted in recent weeks due to slightly lower production and a higher retail demand. Cattle prices have been boosted in recent weeks due to slightly lower production and a higher retail demand.
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In response to the clamor, Congress took action by passing the McNary-Haugen Bill calling for federal price supports. As proposed in the bill, the government would buy the surplus of key crops at guaranteed higher prices than the going open market rate. It would then.
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The solution seemed simple enough. Some urban farmers started growing food in nutrient-fortified water instead of dirt, and some other folks shrugged agreeably and let it be called organic agriculture. Now, a decade later, the business of “bioponics” is big, really big, and it still depends on the organic seal to appeal to consumers.
The problem is, real organic food is grown in sunlight and soil, in the ground, with the help of compost, minerals and pollinators. Bioponics* are not. Large scale soil-less growing takes place in windowless buildings under massive arrays of electric lights with an IV drip slowly pushed to the roots through long plastic feeding tubes.
The organic farming community is being coerced to accept bioponics as organic. The Organic Foods Product Act (OFPA) clearly states that organic food must be grown within, and be complementary to, a healthy bio-diverse ecosystem. The OFPA also mandated continuous improvement of organic growing methods by automatically eliminating some chemicals used in processing organic food. This “sunset rule” made sure that temporary exceptions to the organic rule never became permanent. Bioponic growing is the Great Exception that needs to be corrected, but the landless water-growers are fighting back.
At the November, 2016, meeting of organic farmers in St. Louis, the National Organic Standards Board considered, again, whether the soil-free growing exception should continue. The board heard two days of public testimony on this and other topics. Not surprisingly, farmers with farms, who created the real organic movement, stood in defense of their principles. Then, a dirty war broke out.
The Big Bioponic lobby called the real organic farmers “affluent anti-science elitists” who are “afraid of new technology” and are “preventing economic growth” by being unwilling to use “all the tools in the toolbox” to “feed the hungry 9 billion people” who will soon live on the planet.
Sound familiar? That’s the same rhetorical kidney punches the biotech lobby throws to denigrate the pro-organic and anti-GMO movement. It’s dirty language. It’s dirty thinking. And it serves mainly to hide the core brokenness of their soil-less demands.
One bioponic lobbyist claimed to speak for consumers. He said he had polled 500 consumers and asked them what’s important to them about organic. Ah hah! Only 20% said “soil”. See? We don’t need soil in organic.
I asked NOSB board members to hold that thought. I asked them to answer a similar question: What makes you happy? Not one of them said “air”. Yet, if I took air away from them for even five seconds, their happiness would end. No one thinks of air as a prerequisite to happiness. We assume air is always with us. Now imagine taking the soil out of an organic farm. Still happy? That’s right, just as we take air for granted, so we take soil in organic as a given.
The biotech-style bullying by the Big Bioponic lobby is very disappointing. I could see how the disreality of the presidential campaign had made dirty language and rhetorical tricks normal. After all, Americans have lived for 20 years hearing the bizarre arguments made by the professional flacks protecting the chemical companies who sell genetically modified crops that depend on their dangerous and profitable pesticides. If biotech’s false premises and bad logic worked against organic farmers to promote GMOs, why not use it against organic farmers to promote bioponics?
It’s hard to imagine two old organic farmers talking in their fields about how to treat an infestation of weeds, and hearing one say to the other “you’re an anti-science elitist if you don’t spray RoundUp”. Just. Wouldn’t. Happen. The frame of reference for organic farmers is improving land, seeds and methods to continuously improve the future — not borrowing against it.
The actual facts that are under discussion (or that should be) is whether soil-less and sun-less growing fits with the Organic Foods Production Act and the principles of the organic movement. It simply doesn’t fit. By introducing accusatory argumentation methods, the bioponic lobbyists are deeply offending and dividing the organic moveent. Their pro-GMO, pro-chemical, pro-get-big-or-get-out mentors would be proud.
Also right out of the biotech lobby playbook is the surreptitious spread of soil-less bioponic food produced by “certified organic” operations. As proud as Big Bioponic claims to feel about their technological feats, you won’t find any disclosure about soil-free and sunlight-free organic growing methods on the labels of their “organic” foods. Like GMO ingredients in the general food supply, bioponic food now pervades the organic produce aisle. And like the GMO lobbyists, Big Bioponic is using this sleight-of-hand as a weapon in debates. It’s too late, they admonish farmers: the bioponic cat is already out of the bag.
Consumers don’t take well to being hoodwinked. Food conglomerates that failed to disclose the presence of GMO ingredients, or have failed to announce concrete plans to remove them, have suffered boycotts, public shaming, and slack demand. In the case of organics, USDA certifiers that approve of and certify bioponic operations have put themselves in a tight spot. Their growth and revenue targets depend on bioponic revenue. They have no choice but to ally with Big Bioponic and force the NOSB to formalize its acceptance by the National Organic Program. I would suggest they proceed carefully with this strategy. If organic activist groups educate consumers about which organic certifiers are in on the bioponic charade, those certifiers themselves may become the target of consumer boycotts. Real organic producers will change their allegiance to certifiers that support real organic farming to signal they are not bioponic producers. In any case, betraying consumer trust never ends well.
The division between Big Bioponic and the organic farmers will be resolved in one of two ways.
The USDA may force organic farmers to accept bioponics, in which case organic farmers will spin out of the USDA organic program and start a new one from scratch. Expensive, long term, divisive, but probably necessary. If it doesn’t happen over night, it has to happen eventually. Why? Big Bioponics is attracting the attention of the global food conglomerates. Who else can afford to lease 250,000 square foot warehouses and outfit them with expensive electrical and water infrastructure? Big Bioponic will scale up so fast and so large that its cost advantage will quash both real organic farmers and the small fry bioponic folks who idealistically think they will have a place at the table. Large scale “organic” bioponics will own the market based on price, control of distribution and economic clout with retailers. The “backward anti-science organic farmer”, mere steward of the soil, will grow only enough for his family and the farm stand. When the USDA says one tomato is the same as the other, but one costs twice as much, real organic farming is done.
Or, Big Bioponic could step up and do the right thing. It should introduce the Bioponic Food Production Act and set up its own rule making structure as appropriate to make its own unique rules. Instead of bullying and brow-beating organic farmers into surrendering their core principles, Big Bioponic should stand on its own two fins. Instead of convoluted arguments that a chemical IV drip is the same as a healthy soil biome, Big Bioponic should say, proudly, we can grow more for less, safely, so we want to be recognized and protected for what we do. If Big Bioponic wants the same stature and protection that real organic has, and it should be willing to earn it.
Just don’t call it Organic.
*BioPonic is the new catch-all term for food production systems that do not grow plants in soil in the ground. It’s a long spectrum that is still being debated. On one end is container gardening/farming where the ground itself is inhospitable so container soil is required. At the other end are plants that grow in nutrient dense water and never see soil or sunlight. What bioponics lacks is a diverse and healthy ecosystem that promotes the livelihood and regeneration of soil, wildlife, human inhabitants, air and water. Those are organic principles. Biponics can possible be part of a health ecosystem, but it does not constitute one on its own. See also hydroponic, aquaponic, aquaculture, hydroculture, etc. | agronomy |
https://www.fbisecurity.com/manufacturer/wooster-products-inc.html | 2022-10-07T06:04:03 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030337971.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20221007045521-20221007075521-00468.warc.gz | 0.97382 | 177 | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__142085258 | en | Wooster Products is located in Wooster Ohio which is in northeastern Ohio approximately 50 miles SSW of Cleveland. It is a town of just over 26,000 people. Wooster Ohio was established in 1808 and named after David Wooster, a general in the American Revolutionary War. The area is rich in agriculture, industry and education. It is not only the location of Wooster Products but also the home of the Wooster Brush Company (not related to Wooster Products); Frito-Lay; Akron Brass; as well as many more wonderful businesses. Also located here are the College of Wooster; the Agricultural Technical Institute (ATI)(subsidiary of the Ohio State University); and the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC)(also a subsidiary of the Ohio State University). Wooster is a beautiful community and we are proud to be part of it. | agronomy |
https://karandaaz.com.pk/stories/wahdat-farms-karandaaz-capital/ | 2024-04-15T15:04:41 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817002.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20240415142720-20240415172720-00441.warc.gz | 0.910168 | 144 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__146816473 | en | Wahdat Farms – Karandaaz Capital
Wahdat Farms is producing premium quality Omega enriched healthy eggs through automated technology for the local and international market. Karandaaz Pakistan, through investing growth capital, has helped Wahdat Farms expand its production capacity. Wahdat Farms is using organic feed and adhering to higher sanitary standards as it expands its production capacity and is now certified to export eggs to more lucrative overseas markets.
Karandaaz investment has enabled Wahdat Farms to evolve into a medium sized business from small. Karandaaz Capital deploys growth capital in SMEs to promote profitable growth and increase employment.
For more information, visit their website: www.wahdatfarms.com | agronomy |
https://secondwavecreations.com/products/earth-day-yoga-and-seed-planting | 2024-04-25T11:09:08 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712297292879.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20240425094819-20240425124819-00274.warc.gz | 0.899836 | 190 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__23392376 | en | What better way to celebrate Earth Day than to connect with Nature and Plant some seeds 🌱
Join Us for an evening of Movement with a Hatha Yoga Flow attuned to the season, meditation, and getting our hands in the dirt while sowing seeds of intention🌻👩🌾🌸
Bring a Mat if you prefer, or use Mother Nature's mat, the grass! 👣 We will meet under the Willow Tree for Yoga and Meditation, then move into intention setting for the new season while planting our seeds and sipping Tea from Hope Homestead. There will be a variety of seeds to choose from. Bring a friend, family, or come solo. ALL are welcome to share this space 🤍
Hope Homestead General Store will be open special Hours (2p-8p) for Earth Day with seeds and gardening goodies, so stop by early and check out all they have to offer! | agronomy |
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