• Climate Legislation; Ag Economy; Crop Insurance; and Animal Agriculture

    Updated: 2009-09-30 11:01:57
    Climate Legislation John M. Broder reported in today’s New York Times that, “A draft of a climate bill that Senate Democrats will formally introduce on Wednesday suggests that the legislation will include a more ambitious greenhouse gas emissions target than one passed by the House. “The measure, sponsored by Senators Barbara Boxer of California and John [...]

  • Organic Bananas Taste Better

    Updated: 2009-09-30 04:10:53

  • New fruit fly threatens Oregon’s fruit and berry crops | Oregon Environmental News – – OregonLive.com

    Updated: 2009-09-29 20:56:45
    Skip to content Hawaii Agriculture Hawaii Agriculture Blog Hawaii Agriculture and Related Stocks ETFs ETNs Annual Charts Faces of Agriculture Contact Us 22 Hawaii Jobs Saved By Alternate Funding’ : De-Listed Inspectors To Search Guam Cargo For Brown Tree Snakes New fruit fly threatens Oregon’s fruit and berry crops Oregon Environmental News OregonLive.com Published on September 29, 2009 in General Ag News and Notes 0 Comments : Tags berry crops fruit flies A tiny fruit fly with a vicious nickname may threaten Oregon’s bountiful fruit and berry crops , state agriculture officials say . The Spotted Wing Drosophila , sometimes called the dragon fruit fly , quot has been found in Oregon from Portland south to Douglas County . Unlike more common fruit flies , which feed on overripe or rotten fruit , the Drosophila attacks ripe , healthy fruit . Just a couple larvae can damage fruit to the point that it can’t be sold . The fly’s presence may cause other states and countries to ban fruit and berry shipments that are coming from Oregon . Infestation shows up as small scars or indented soft spots on fruit , left by the female fly’s stinger . Eggs hatch in one to three days , and the maggots

  • Federal judge rejects GMO sugar beets

    Updated: 2009-09-29 18:35:35
    The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Federal Judge Jeffrey White has ruled that the USDA illegally approved Monsanto’s “Roundup-Ready” GMO sugar beets in 2005. Today’s ruling in the U.S. District Court in San Francisco does not ban sale of the crops currently being harvested in Oregon’s Wilmette Valley, but plaintiffs in the case expect to [...]

  • Weekly Update – September 28, 2009

    Updated: 2009-09-29 17:13:39
    TAKE ACTION Support the Next Generation of Sustainable and Organic Farmers and Ranchers!  Sign the Petition.  Share the link. In the last Farm Bill, the sustainable agriculture community successfully created the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Transition Option.  The option offers incentives to CRP land owners who do not intend to extend or re-enroll [...]

  • Hoophouse Update: Fall planting decisions

    Updated: 2009-09-29 15:50:14
    One of the bigger challenges I have faced with the new hoophouse is organizing the fall planting. The first decision is what to plant. Then when to plant. And whether to plant seeds directly or start seedlings indoors for transplanting. And what do you do with the summer plantings that are still producing? That patty pan [...]

  • Need Lexis and Westlaw Training?

    Updated: 2009-09-29 12:20:54
    Did it ever occur to you that improving your legal research skills could save you hours of research time in the future?  Take action now by signing up in a Lexis/Westalw training this coming October 2 and October 9.  In the training sessions, you will be able to meet the specialist trainers from Lexis and [...]

  • Climate Legislation; Ag Economy- Animal Agriculture; Food Security; Trade; and Crop Insurance

    Updated: 2009-09-29 10:56:05
    Climate Legislation Darren Samuelsohn of ClimateWire reported yesterday at The New York Times Online that, “Ending some nine months of closed-door deliberations, Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and John Kerry (D-Mass.) will release global warming legislation Wednesday that they hope will be the vehicle for broader Senate negotiations and an eventual conference with the House. “The bill’s authors [...]

  • Seeds Of Change For DuPont – Forbes.com

    Updated: 2009-09-28 21:05:17
    Skip to content Hawaii Agriculture Hawaii Agriculture Blog Hawaii Agriculture and Related Stocks ETFs ETNs Annual Charts Faces of Agriculture Contact Us Calavo Growers , Inc . Declares 50 Cent Per Share Annual Cash Dividend Yahoo Finance 22 Hawaii Jobs Saved By Alternate Funding’ : De-Listed Inspectors To Search Guam Cargo For Brown Tree Snakes Seeds Of Change For DuPont Forbes.com Published on September 28, 2009 in General Ag News and Notes 0 Comments : Tags DuPont forbes MON Monsanto seed companies Syngenta syt The science-based products and services company is set for a record year , thanks to increased seeds . business E.I . du Pont de Nemours or DuPont DD is one of the company’s most profitable while being the least cyclical and requiring the lowest amount of capital , according to Soleil analyst Mark Gulley . With earnings growth of 15 annually and its percentage of total earnings projected to be in the 40 to 45 range in 2011, Gulley wouldn’t be surprised if the company elected to divest underperforming businesses to further concentrate on seeds where it competes with Monsanto MON and Syngenta SYT DuPont takes a different approach to the business than Monsanto , which Gulley

  • Calavo Growers, Inc. Declares 50 Cent Per Share Annual Cash Dividend – Yahoo! Finance

    Updated: 2009-09-28 21:00:32
    , . Skip to content Hawaii Agriculture Hawaii Agriculture Blog Hawaii Agriculture and Related Stocks ETFs ETNs Annual Charts Faces of Agriculture Contact Us Ilocos farmers to grow Hawaiian macadamia nuts Seeds Of Change For DuPont Forbes.com Calavo Growers , Inc . Declares 50 Cent Per Share Annual Cash Dividend Yahoo Finance Published on September 28, 2009 in General Ag News and Notes 0 Comments SANTA PAULA , Calif . 8211 BUSINESS WIRE Calavo Growers , Inc . Nasdaq-GS:CVGW a global leader in avocado marketing and an expanding provider of other fresh perishable produce items , today announced that its board of directors declared a 0.50 per share annual cash dividend on its common stock . The annual payout represents a 43 percent increase from 0.35 per share issued last . year The board set Dec . 11, 2009 as the payment date to all stockholders of record as of Dec . 1, 2009. Chairman , President and Chief Executive Officer Lee E . Cole stated : Calavo’s sharply higher annual cash dividend reflects both the sustained strength of our operating results and considerable confidence in the company’s prospects longer term as we successfully execute our strategic agenda . Moreover , the

  • Ilocos farmers to grow Hawaiian macadamia nuts

    Updated: 2009-09-28 20:52:28
    Skip to content Hawaii Agriculture Hawaii Agriculture Blog Hawaii Agriculture and Related Stocks ETFs ETNs Annual Charts Faces of Agriculture Contact Us Hawaii subsidies cut for livestock feed HonoluluAdvertiser.com The Honolulu Advertiser Calavo Growers , Inc . Declares 50 Cent Per Share Annual Cash Dividend Yahoo Finance Ilocos farmers to grow Hawaiian macadamia nuts Published on September 28, 2009 in General Ag News and Notes and Macadamia Nuts 0 Comments : Tags ilocos norte Macadamia Nuts macadamia products Written by Leilani Adriano Correspondent Monday , 28 September 2009 18:23 LAOAG CITY—Who says that macadamia nuts can only be grown in the state of Hawaii Not anymore , as interested Ilocos Norte farmers are now ready to cultivate a variety of macadamia nuts ideally grown in a tropical climate like in this . province This was announced by Ilocos Norte Gov . Michael Keon on September 23 after company investors from Hawaii manifested interest in growing macadamia nuts in the . province Based on scientific study , experts say Ilocos Norte’s rich soil and weather condition have been tested and proven feasible” to cultivate macadamia nuts , a multimillion-dollar industry in

  • Fruity Food News--Baby-Shaped Pears in China

    Updated: 2009-09-28 16:53:43
    Clever entrepreneurial farmer Gao Xianzhang in Hexia, northern China, is making a bundle selling 10,000 pears molded into baby form--selling them for 5 pounds UK each, according to this report in the Daily Mail. ( Take a look at the mold at the link above.)

  • Climate Legislation; Food Security; Food Prices; Ag Economy; and Trade Issues

    Updated: 2009-09-28 11:02:07
    Climate Legislation Philip Brasher noted in yesterday’s Des Moines Register that, “Farmers believe they can play a part in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but they want money for what they do. That demand is proving to be tough for Congress to do. “A House-passed climate bill would allow farmers and landowners to earn credits for measures that [...]

  • Hawaii subsidies cut for livestock feed | HonoluluAdvertiser.com | The Honolulu Advertiser

    Updated: 2009-09-27 20:47:22
    Skip to content Hawaii Agriculture Hawaii Agriculture Blog Hawaii Agriculture and Related Stocks ETFs ETNs Annual Charts Faces of Agriculture Contact Us Hawaii and Related Agriculture Daily Charts for the week ending 09-25-09 Ilocos farmers to grow Hawaiian macadamia nuts Hawaii subsidies cut for livestock feed HonoluluAdvertiser.com The Honolulu Advertiser Published on September 27, 2009 in General Ag News and Notes and Livestock 0 Comments : Tags cattle dairy state department of agriculture stock Loss of assistance from state deals another blow to shrinking industry By Sean Hao Advertiser Staff Writer The state has spent about 3.8 million since November 2007 on a program aimed at revitalizing Hawai’i’s struggling livestock industry and improving the state’s . self-sufficiency Despite the cash infusion , Hawai’i’s livestock industry has continued to . shrink Now those subsidies , which were scheduled to run through 2010, have been canceled because of the state’s budget . shortfall That doesn’t bode well for livestock . producers The subsidies stopped some of the decline , quot said David Buddy Nobriga , president of Nobriga’s Ranch , which is a cattle feedlot in Waikapu Town on .

  • Natural pesticide raises questions about wisest model

    Updated: 2009-09-27 17:04:41
    The Christian Science Monitor recently ran a short article on a new breakthrough in using the natural pesticide jasmonic acid. Jasmonic acid is a natural pesticide that plants release when attacked, but spraying plants with the substance never caught on with farmers because doing so slowed plant growth. Research in England suggests that dipping the [...]

  • Global priority regions for carnivore conservation

    Updated: 2009-09-27 15:51:27
    Finding economical and practical solutions for conserving endangered carnivores is a continuous challenge for conservationists. As per a research findings published by the peer evaluated open access journal, PLoS ONE, on August 27th, a team of Brazilian scientists define global conservation priorities that encompass socioeconomic and life-history factors for endangered carnivores........

  • Hawaii and Related Agriculture Daily Charts for the week ending 09-25-09

    Updated: 2009-09-26 17:47:24
    Skip to content Hawaii Agriculture Hawaii Agriculture Blog Hawaii Agriculture and Related Stocks ETFs ETNs Annual Charts Faces of Agriculture Contact Us The End of Sugar on Kauai Is This the Beginning of the End for Hawaii’s Iconic Agricultural Products Hawaii subsidies cut for livestock feed HonoluluAdvertiser.com The Honolulu Advertiser Hawaii and Related Agriculture Daily Charts for the week ending 09-25-09 Published on September 26, 2009 in General Ag News and Notes 0 Comments : Tags ADM agriculture ALEX Alexander and Baldwin Archer Daniels Midland calavo growers cvgw dag DBA EOD hawaii INDXPowerShares DB Agriculture Dble Long ETN iPath DJ AIG Sugar TR Sub-Idx ETN Market Vectors Agribusiness ETF Maui Land and Pineapple mlp MON Monsanto MOO PowerShares DB Agriculture sgg Syngenta syt us dollar index The annual charts have been updated also . CLICK HERE to . view Maui Land and Pineapple MLP 09-25-09 Calavo Growers CVGW 09-25-09 Alexander and Baldwin ALEX 09-25-09 iPath DJ AIG Sugar TR Sub-Idx ETN SGG 09-25-09 Monsanto MON 09-25-09 Syngenta SYT 09-25-09 Archer Daniels Midland ADM 09-25-09 PowerShares DB Agriculture DBA 09-25-09 US Dollar Index EOD INDX 09-25-09 PowerShares DB

  • URGENT: Sign for Stewardship Program ends Sept. 30

    Updated: 2009-09-26 12:21:42
    Download the PDF of the Farmer’s Guide to the Conservation Stewardship Program Because of the short timetable between announcement of the program in August and the end of the federal fiscal year September 30, farmers who want to sign up for the program face a short turnaround time to apply. Eligible applicants who apply now can [...]

  • Penn State's 2010 Manure Expo to balance conservation, production

    Updated: 2009-09-25 14:09:05
    Manure management is a critical issue for livestock operations and has become a priority of conservation and nutrient-management activities. To help manure handlers adopt new technologies and best-management practices, Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences will host the 2010 Manure Expo, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on July 15, 2010, at Russell E. ...

  • Humanitas Journal of European Studies (HJES)

    Updated: 2009-09-25 10:15:55
    The Journal covers the interdisciplinary field of comparative European Politics and European Legal Studies, focusing on law, politics, economy and society. Examples of subject matters are: Politics and Policy of the EU, European Economy, European Society, European Union External Policies and International Relations. The journal’s profile is purposely broadly defined and will evolve alongside the focus [...]

  • Ctrl+P: Journal of Contemporary Art

    Updated: 2009-09-25 10:05:32
    Ctrl+P was founded as a response to the dearth of critical art publications in the Philippines. It is produced in Manila and published on the Web with zero funding. It is circulated as a PDF file via email, it is a downloadable and printable publication that takes advantage of the digital medium’s fluidity, immediacy, ease and [...]

  • Iranian EFL Journal

    Updated: 2009-09-25 09:47:22
    The Iranian EFL Journal is a unique and major forum devoted to discussions on English as an International Language research and development especially as it relates to Iran and its teaching and learning of English. Their global readership includes linguists, teachers, students of language acquisition and others with a professional interest in English second language acquisition. [...]

  • Ufahamu: A Journal of African Studies

    Updated: 2009-09-25 09:36:08
    Ufahamu: A Journal of African Studies is an interdisciplinary journal of African Studies. Named after the Swahili word for comprehension, understanding or being, Ufahamu: A Journal of African Studies is committed to views about social issues, addressing both the general reader and the scholar. Since its establishment in 1970, Ufahamu: A Journal of African Studies continues [...]

  • DARIAH Newsletter

    Updated: 2009-09-25 09:31:24
    Just like astronomers require a virtual observatory to study the stars and other distant objects in the galaxy, researchers in the arts and humanities need a digital infrastructure to get access to and join together the information and the knowledge that is embedded in digital content. The Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities [...]

  • Tip for submitting your proposal for publishing with Policy Press

    Updated: 2009-09-25 09:10:10
    ‘Guidance for authors’ pages for more information: http://www.policypress.co.uk/info_for_authors_guide.asp addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fobelix.lib.hku.hk%2Fcdblog%2F%3Fp%3D3551'; addthis_title = 'Tip+for+submitting+your+proposal+for+publishing+with+Policy+Press'; addthis_pub = '';

  • G-18 Spouses Dine Down on the Farm

    Updated: 2009-09-25 05:59:56

  • JISC - Libraries of the Future

    Updated: 2009-09-25 05:08:43
    It attempts to explore the issues around the enormous impact of ICT (Information and communication technologies) on the academic library.  It also shows how researchers achieve faster, better and different research through virtual research environments. [Source: Video from Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC)] addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fobelix.lib.hku.hk%2Fcdblog%2F%3Fp%3D3549'; addthis_title = 'JISC+-+Libraries+of+the+Future'; [...]

  • Getting started with Second Life

    Updated: 2009-09-25 05:05:22
    It is a free 3D multi-user virtual world developed by Linden Labs in 2003, and is inhabited by millions of residents across the world.  JISC’s new guide to Second Life is written by lecturers for lecturers, to help others to use virtual worlds for teaching. [Source: Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC)]       addthis_url = [...]

  • Hathi Trust digital library

    Updated: 2009-09-25 05:00:29
    The HathiTrust is a collaboration of a number of leading American university research libraries, including the University of Michigan and the University of California, who are working to provide an online digital archive/ library of their major research materials. This includes the full text of books, monographs and pamphlets out of copyright. All subject areas [...]

  • The End of Sugar on Kauai – Is This the Beginning of the End for Hawaii’s Iconic Agricultural Products?

    Updated: 2009-09-24 20:38:46
    Skip to content Hawaii Agriculture Hawaii Agriculture Blog Hawaii Agriculture and Related Stocks ETFs ETNs Annual Charts Faces of Agriculture Contact Us Drought , maintenance extend shutdown The Maui News Hawaii and Related Agriculture Daily Charts for the week ending 09-25-09 The End of Sugar on Kauai Is This the Beginning of the End for Hawaii’s Iconic Agricultural Products Published on September 24, 2009 in General Ag News and Notes Pineapple and Sugar Cane 0 Comments : Tags agricultural products ALEX kauai maui land Pineapple Sugar Cane Thursday September 24, 2009 Yesterday , Gay Robinson announced that they would cease sugar operations on Kauai this fall , a year earlier than they had previously announced . This will mark the end of sugar production on . Kauai When Gay Robinson first announced its intentions in July 2007, there was anticipation that a partnership with Pacific West Energy LLC would merely shift the sugar cane business from consumable sugar to the production of ethanol . Those plans never met . fruition With the end of sugar production on Kauai , only Maui’s Alexander Baldwin’s Hawaiian Commercial Sugar Co . remains as the only producers of sugar cane in Hawaii

  • Seventy Percent More Food By 2050; Ag Economy; Biofuels; Trade; and Climate Change (EPA Regulation)

    Updated: 2009-09-24 11:02:32
    Seventy Percent More Food By 2050 Reuters writer Svetlana Kovalyova reported yesterday that, “The world will have to produce 70 percent more food by 2050 to feed a projected extra 2.3 billion people and as incomes rise, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization said Wednesday. “Global cereals demand for food and animal feed is expected to [...]

  • How Could We Forget?

    Updated: 2009-09-23 22:27:25
    Earlier this week, we published a fall weather outlook here on the site, providing a summary of the Farmers’ Almanac long range forecast for the next couple of months. Since then, a few readers have rightfully pointed out that, while we provided predictions for most regions of the United States, we neglected to mention the Northwestern region [...]

  • Drought, maintenance extend shutdown – The Maui News

    Updated: 2009-09-23 01:40:58
    , Skip to content Hawaii Agriculture Hawaii Agriculture Blog Hawaii Agriculture and Related Stocks ETFs ETNs Annual Charts Faces of Agriculture Contact Us Economic Strength of Hawaii Seed Crop Industry Confirmed by Recent Reports The End of Sugar on Kauai Is This the Beginning of the End for Hawaii’s Iconic Agricultural Products Drought , maintenance extend shutdown The Maui News Published on September 22, 2009 in General Ag News and Notes 0 Comments : Tags A B ALEX maui SUGAR sugar co sugar prices Hookipa Maui Harvest Click for Larger Image PUUNENE Sugar prices are through the roof this year , but that will be of little help to Hawaiian Commercial Sugar Co . which will have its sugar output reduced by drought to an estimated 125,000 to 130,000 tons this . year But even if HC S had more to sell , it still wouldn’t benefit , because it sold its production on forward contracts at what now seem like low . prices The Alexander Baldwin subsidiary does not participate in the government loan price support program , which is irrelevant this year , since world and American prices are far higher than the 18 cents per pound support . rate HC S will soon complete its harvest and shut down the

  • Economic Strength of Hawaii Seed Crop Industry Confirmed by Recent Reports

    Updated: 2009-09-22 22:09:55
    Skip to content Hawaii Agriculture Hawaii Agriculture Blog Hawaii Agriculture and Related Stocks ETFs ETNs Annual Charts Faces of Agriculture Contact Us Reseachers say varroa mite spread on Big Island is inevitable The Honolulu Advertiser Drought , maintenance extend shutdown The Maui News Economic Strength of Hawaii Seed Crop Industry Confirmed by Recent Reports Published on September 22, 2009 in General Ag News and Notes 0 Comments : Tags agricultural statistics service laney Molokai seed corn Seed Crops seed industry Economic Strength of Hawaii Seed Crop Industry Confirmed by Recent Reports The seed industry’s significant contributions to the state’s economy were confirmed by two recent economic reports issued by the Hawaii Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service NASS and well-known Hawaii economist Dr . Leroy Laney . When I think about an industry that is providing stable jobs for state residents and continuing to grow during this recession , the only one that comes to mind is the seed crop industry Seed companies are weathering the recession well and contributing real value to Hawaii’s economy Economic Forecast Kauai Edition 2009-2010 Honolulu , HI Vocus

  • Weekly Update – September 21, 2009

    Updated: 2009-09-22 18:49:40
    TAKE ACTION NSAC’s new Farmers’ Guide to the Conservation Stewardship Program is here! The farmer-friendly guide to the new Conservation Stewardship Program is now available!  Download a copy and share widely.  The guide is also available on the homepage of the NSAC website. First Conservation Stewardship Program Sign up Ends September 30th: Time is running [...]

  • Deja Spud on Letterman

    Updated: 2009-09-22 16:43:32
    : food museum blog Eclectic reporting on all things food--- exploring news food history growing marketing , cooking book reviews issues such as food safety , school lunch reform , GMO foods diet nutrition and wacky food fun . Visit The FOOD Museum , a 501c3, at . www.foodmuseum.com About Visit The FOOD Museum But First , Read About Our New Book The FOOD Museum What's New So Buy Books Feed This Blog Food blogs Cooking With Ideas Veggie Way Saute Wednesday KIPlog Food Blog Chef's Blogs The Old Foodie My Book of Rai Accidental Hedonist Too Many Chefs Chowhound Blog buttons Food Websites of Uncommon Value The Food Timeline Food Reference Other-Themed Blogs With Foodie Elements What Do I Know Clustr map Buy Our Book Newsvine Food News Lovely and Useful Tags StumbleUpon Stumble It Search Engine Optimization and SEO Tools Translate More or Less . Subscribe in a reader Healthy Eating IS Health Care Main G-18 Spouses Dine Down on the Farm September 22, 2009 Deja Spud on Letterman So this heart-shaped hot potato walks into a bar . No , wait , it's David Letterman , a potato , and Barack Obama . And , for those not in the know , about 27 years ago , the founder of The Potato Museum , the

  • Feed co-product in ethanol production often overlooked

    Updated: 2009-09-22 14:42:53

  • Healthy Eating IS Health Care

    Updated: 2009-09-21 17:00:23

  • Michigan debates “cottage law” for homemade food sales

    Updated: 2009-09-20 15:56:48
    If I offered you a slice of this Health Kick tomato at a farmstand in Michigan today, I would bebreaking the law At a farm marketing meeting in Michigan two years ago, a participant talked movingly about how his mother supported the family during the Depression by selling homemade pies to area restaurants. “If it [...]

  • Hawaii and Related Agriculture Daily Charts for the week ending 09-18-09

    Updated: 2009-09-19 22:08:15
    Skip to content Hawaii Agriculture Hawaii Agriculture Blog Hawaii Agriculture and Related Stocks ETFs ETNs Annual Charts Faces of Agriculture Contact Us UH News : UH Mānoa CTAHR invites public to 2009 Waimanalo Research Station Field Reseachers say varroa mite spread on Big Island is inevitable The Honolulu Advertiser Hawaii and Related Agriculture Daily Charts for the week ending 09-18-09 Published on September 19, 2009 in General Ag News and Notes 0 Comments : Tags ADM agriculture ALEX Alexander and Baldwin Archer Daniels Midland calavo growers cvgw dag DBA EOD hawaii INDXPowerShares DB Agriculture Dble Long ETN iPath DJ AIG Sugar TR Sub-Idx ETN Market Vectors Agribusiness ETF Maui Land and Pineapple mlp MON Monsanto MOO PowerShares DB Agriculture sgg Syngenta syt us dollar index The annual charts have been updated also . CLICK HERE to . view Maui Land and Pineapple MLP 09-18-09 Calavo Growers CVGW 09-18-09 Alexander and Baldwin ALEX 09-18-09 iPath DJ AIG Sugar TR Sub-Idx ETN SGG 09-18-09 Monsanto MON 09-18-09 Syngenta SYT 09-18-09 Archer Daniels Midland ADM 09-18-09 PowerShares DB Agriculture DBA 09-18-09 US Dollar Index EOD INDX 09-18-09 PowerShares DB Agriculture Dble Long ETN

  • UH News: UH Mānoa CTAHR invites public to 2009 Waimanalo Research Station Field

    Updated: 2009-09-19 02:20:29
    : Skip to content Hawaii Agriculture Hawaii Agriculture Blog Hawaii Agriculture and Related Stocks ETFs ETNs Annual Charts Faces of Agriculture Contact Us Introduced Japanese white-eyes pose major threat to Hawaii’s native and endangered birds Science Codex Hawaii and Related Agriculture Daily Charts for the week ending 09-18-09 UH News : UH Mānoa CTAHR invites public to 2009 Waimanalo Research Station Field Published on September 18, 2009 in General Ag News and Notes 0 Comments : Tags biotechnology outreach corn field corn hybrids CTAHR erosion control project mosaic virus organic pepper seed corn taro tropical agriculture vegetable breeding University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa : Contact Miles Hakoda , 808 956-3093 Posted : Sep . 18, 2009 The public is invited to take an up-close look at some exciting research and outreach activities in Hawai‘i . agriculture Who : UH Mānoa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources CTAHR What : Will host its 20th Waimanalo Research Station Field Day When : Saturday , September 26, 9 a.m . to noon Where : Waimānalo Research Station , 41-698 Ahiki Street Visitors will have the opportunity to : see corn field . trials Kapi‘olani Community

  • Moving a mountain of woodchips

    Updated: 2009-09-18 20:51:58

  • UH News: Andrew Hashimoto to step down as dean of UH Mānoa CTAHR

    Updated: 2009-09-18 06:08:14
    : Skip to content Hawaii Agriculture Hawaii Agriculture Blog Hawaii Agriculture and Related Stocks ETFs ETNs Annual Charts Faces of Agriculture Contact Us Ag development plan sessions scheduled Hawaii247.org Introduced Japanese white-eyes pose major threat to Hawaii’s native and endangered birds Science Codex UH News : Andrew Hashimoto to step down as dean of UH Mānoa CTAHR Published on September 17, 2009 in General Ag News and Notes 0 Comments : Tags agriculture industry Andrew Hashimoto CTAHR dean hashimoto Advisory committee launches nationwide search for CTAHR leader Andrew Andy” Hashimoto , who has served as dean of the UH Mānoa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources CTAHR since 2000, will step down from his administrative position , and will return to the faculty on or before June 30, 2010. Hashimoto cited his original plan , on taking the post nine years ago , to serve up to a decade as CTAHR dean . I am not sure if there ever is the perfect time to change positions , he said , but increasing family needs require that I have more flexibility and control over my time and schedule than I currently have as dean . He will remain as dean during the nationwide

  • Ag development plan sessions scheduled | Hawaii247.org

    Updated: 2009-09-18 06:04:31
    Skip to content Hawaii Agriculture Hawaii Agriculture Blog Hawaii Agriculture and Related Stocks ETFs ETNs Annual Charts Faces of Agriculture Contact Us Farmers outraged Honolulu Weekly UH News : Andrew Hashimoto to step down as dean of UH Mānoa CTAHR Ag development plan sessions scheduled Hawaii247.org Published on September 17, 2009 in General Ag News and Notes 0 Comments : Tags ag development agricultural development county of hawaii economic development hilo kona paauilo pahala pahoa waimea MEDIA RELEASE The public will have a final opportunity in late October and November to provide input into the 2009 County of Hawaii Agricultural Development Plan , being prepared for the Department of Research and Development by Agricon Hawaii LLC and The Kohala . Center The Kohala Center is conducting islandwide listening sessions prior to finalizing the plan , which is intended to guide the revitalization of agriculture as a basis for the island’s economic development by focusing  on measures designed  to increase the production of food for local consumption and support the growth of export . products The preliminary draft of the plan will be available for review by Oct . 10 at

  • (Super)market Plunges Et Al

    Updated: 2009-09-17 15:31:23

  • Homage to Norman Borlaug

    Updated: 2009-09-15 14:57:46

  • Weekly Update – September 14, 2009

    Updated: 2009-09-14 15:20:38
    TAKE ACTION First Conservation Stewardship Program Sign up Ends September 30th: Time is running out to be a part of the first sign up for the new Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP).  Farmers must take the first step in the application process by submitting a basic application with their local Natural Resources Conservation District [...]

  • Swedish study shows human urine as good as chemical fertilizer on tomatoes

    Updated: 2009-09-11 17:58:48
    Swedish researchers have found that applying human urine is as effective as chemical fertilizers in producing tomatoes - both methods produced four times as many tomatoes as the plants that were not fertilized at all. The study also looked at applying wood ash as a means of reducing the acidity of the soils and adding [...]

  • Pollan Writes of the Elephant in the Room--Fat Americans

    Updated: 2009-09-11 14:47:14

  • The Legend of Goldenrod

    Updated: 2009-09-10 21:26:35
    Goldenrod, long blamed for causing everyone’s hay fever, has an interesting legend associated with it. Supposedly, an old woman was walking in the woods when she came to a river. Realizing her balance wasn’t what it used to be, she decided to find a cane or branch to help her wade across the stream. She [...]

  • Oldest Pubs in (Northern) Ireland?

    Updated: 2009-09-09 21:24:33

  • Shouting down young scholars who question GMOs

    Updated: 2009-09-09 12:21:46
    In a recent article called GMO crops: Battlefield in “Nature” magazine, reporter Emily Waltz looks at the reaction - some would say overreaction - to research published by Loyola University crop scientist Emma Rosi-Marshall in 2007 in the “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.” Rosi-Marshall’s two-year laboratory study showed that caddis flies “fed only [...]

  • Time to break the logjam over GMOs

    Updated: 2009-09-09 10:33:16
    On Monday I sounded the alarm over the situation on the European feed market at the monthly meeting with EU agriculture ministers in Brussels. I did so because I am truly worried that we may be heading for a dangerous situation. On several occasions over the summer, very small traces of one genetically modified (GM) maize [...]

  • Farmers’ Almanac’s Peter Geiger on NECN

    Updated: 2009-09-08 20:45:48
    Farmers’ Almanac Editor Peter Geiger recently appeared on NECN to discuss the Almanac’s 2010 winter weather outlook and more.

  • Novella Carpenter’s Farm City - growing hope

    Updated: 2009-09-08 19:02:45
    Novella Carpenter’s startling new book Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer is often unsettling but always inspiring. A second-generation serious-back-to-the-lander, Novella did not follow her mother’s footsteps into the country but instead decided to grow her own food on an abandoned lot next door to her apartment in the ghetto called GhostTown in [...]

  • Cornucopia Institute files suit against “organic” Aurora Dairy

    Updated: 2009-09-08 01:27:51
    One of the bigger ongoing scandals in ag circles is the continuing failure of the federal government to force Aurora Dairy to comply with organic requirements. The Cornucopia Institute has now filed suit against Aurora’ High Plains dairy near Kersey, Colorado. Part of the problem is Aurora’s failure to pasture its cattle, as required by [...]

  • Seed packet business cards - when fall comes

    Updated: 2009-09-06 20:59:45
    Whenever I find something cool that I do not have the time to pursue, I find myself saying, “When fall comes. The latest item on that to-do list is making my own business cards that are also seed packets. Blogger Autumn Wiggins offers a downloadable template you can use to print cards on leftover grocery sacks [...]

  • Cuba shows that planet Earth can be saved with the help from environmentally sustainable socialism

    Updated: 2009-09-03 15:15:49
    Photo credit: Deivis During a recent visit to Cuba, we stopped by an agricultural cooperative on the outskirts of Havana. Its farmers and cooperatives across the country are part of what’s widely acknowledged as the world’s largest organic farming experiment. Hundreds of thousands of farmers at the grassroots proudly proclaim themselves part of Cuba’s “environmental [...]

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