• Climate Legislation; Food Security; Biofuels and the Ag Economy

    Updated: 2009-10-19 11:06:10
    Climate Legislation Angie Pointer reported today at Barron’s Online that, “Trying to decipher the impact of U.S. climate-change legislation on the agriculture sector is like staring into a cloudy crystal ball. “As a weather phenomenon, climate change affects when or where crops are grown. As a political force, it may have even more transformative power. ‘Climate-change legislation [...]

  • Lexis Student Representatives

    Updated: 2009-10-19 07:35:01
    Want to get research help from your fellow students?  LexisNexis will launch its Student Representative programme this week with three student representatives who have been trained to help you with the use of LexisNexis.  Your student representatives will hold a tutorial in Discussion Room C, Law Library, on:   October 22 (Thursday): 5:00 pm - 5:30 [...]

  • The Textile Museum

    Updated: 2009-10-19 06:02:11
    The Textile Museum in Washington, D.C. and its website offer a great look into an oft-ignored medium.  Historic textiles, functional textiles, and art textiles can all be found on this museum’s website, thanks to the collecting savvy of George Hewitt Myers, who founded the museum in 1925. Visitors will enjoy learning about the Textile of [...]

  • Provenance in the World War II Era, 1933-1945

    Updated: 2009-10-19 06:00:00
    “Provenance is the history of ownership of an artwork or other artifact and provides important information about the attribution (determination of authorship) of the object.”  The Smithsonian Institution is doing time-consuming detective work to determine if certain objects in their collections were wrongfully taken during World War II by Nazis.  Clicking on “What is Provenance [...]

  • U.S. Department of State: Office of the Historian

    Updated: 2009-10-19 05:55:09
    The Office of the Historian website was recently launched by the U.S. Department of State in order to provide better access to the official historical documentary records of U.S. foreign policy. The Office is responsible for writing and researching historical studies on various aspects of U.S. diplomacy for use by policymakers, and for the public [...]

  • UCLA: The Globalization Research Center-Africa

    Updated: 2009-10-19 05:51:58
    In April 2001, the Globalization Research Center on Africa was established at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The Center was part of the Globalization Research Network, which included similar initiatives at the University of South Florida, George Washington University, and the University of Hawaii-Manoa. Today the Center continues to conduct “research on the [...]

  • Leigh Hunt Online: The Letters

    Updated: 2009-10-19 05:31:12
    Not familiar with British Romantic writer Leigh Hunt?  After going through the University of Iowa Library’s collection of his letters online, visitors will know Hunt intimately.  For those visitors who don’t have the stamina to pore over the more than 1600 letters that have been digitized thus far, an excellent history of him can be [...]

  • The Art and Technology Program, 1967-1971

    Updated: 2009-10-19 05:29:14
    LACMA, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, has raided its archives to create this website, which presents an experiment LACMA conducted over forty years ago. Beginning in 1967, the museum paired artists with high-tech companies to see what would happen. The results of the experiment were the exhibit “Art and Technology” in March 1970 [...]

  • Hawaii and Related Agriculture Daily Charts for the week ending 10-16-09

    Updated: 2009-10-16 18:30:44
    Skip to content Hawaii Agriculture Hawaii Agriculture Blog Hawaii Agriculture and Related Stocks ETFs ETNs Indexs Annual Charts Faces of Agriculture Contact Us Ruling awaited in water dispute The Maui News Restoring East Maui waterways considered The Maui News Hawaii and Related Agriculture Daily Charts for the week ending 10-16-09 Published on October 16, 2009 in General Ag News and Notes 0 Comments : Tags ADM ALEX Alexander and Baldwin Archer Daniels Midland calavo growers cvgw dag DBA DD DuPont DUPONT E I DE NEM E I DE NEM EOD iPath DJ AIG Sugar TR Sub-Idx ETN Market Vectors Agribusiness ETF Maui Land and Pineapple mlp MON Monsanto MOO PowerShares DB Agriculture PowerShares DB Agriculture Dble Long ETN sgg Sugar ETN Sugar Index Sugar Index ETN Syngenta syt us dollar index The annual charts have bee updated . CLICK HERE to view . The 200 day comparative price , line and histogram charts , page has been updated also . CLICK HERE to . view Maui Land and Pineapple MLP 10-16-09 Calavo Growers CVGW 10-16-09 Alexander and Baldwin ALEX 10-16-09 Monsanto MON 10-16-09 Syngenta SYT 10-16-09 DUPONT E I DE NEM DD 10-16-09 iPath DJ AIG Sugar TR Sub-Idx ETN SGG 10-16-09 Archer Daniels Midland

  • Food Security; and Climate Issues

    Updated: 2009-10-16 11:02:01
    Food Security DTN Ag Policy Editor Chris Clayton reported yesterday that, “Stepping into the debate over how wealthy countries should support agricultural development in places such as Africa, billionaire and philanthropist Bill Gates cautioned aid leaders not to let battles over biotechnology versus sustainability create an ‘ideological wedge’ that hinders the need to solve world hunger. [...]

  • Migration Information Sources

    Updated: 2009-10-16 08:24:13
    Emigration, Immigration, and Diaspora Relations in India Immigration Controversy Lands in the Middle of Health-Care Reform Debate The Basics of E-Verify, the US Employer Verification System Guatemala: Economic Migrants Replace Political Refugees Transnational Migrants: When “Home” Means More Than One Country addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fobelix.lib.hku.hk%2Fcdblog%2F%3Fp%3D3833'; addthis_title = 'Migration+Information+Sources'; addthis_pub = [...]

  • Psychology Headlines from PSYCHNEWS

    Updated: 2009-10-16 08:24:03
    You are not a self! Bodies, brains and the nature of consciousness A Loved One’s Photo Helps Reduce Your Pain How Culture Shapes Our Mind and Brain Emotions and Sensitivity: An Interview with Michael Jawer Personality Disorders and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Hospital Ethics Panels Help Families Make Difficult Decisions Exercise Improves Body Image For Fit And Unfit Alike, UF Study Finds Long-Held [...]

  • Blog Action Day: Making biobased alternatives to petroleum products

    Updated: 2009-10-15 21:12:50

  • The scientist behind Inviz

    Updated: 2009-10-15 13:45:08

  • Climate Legislation; Food Security; Ag Committee Regulatory Issues; and Biofuels

    Updated: 2009-10-15 10:53:25
    Climate Legislation Juliet Eilperin reported in today’s Washington Post that, “A House-passed bill that targets climate change through a cap-and-trade system of pollution credits would slow the nation’s economic growth slightly over the next few decades and would create ‘significant’ job losses from fossil fuel industries as the country shifts to renewable energy, the head of [...]

  • UNICEF and WHO Launch Strategy to Prevent and Treat Diarrhoea – the Second Biggest Killer of Children

    Updated: 2009-10-15 06:27:30
    News Release WHO/29   14 OCTOBER 2009 | NEW YORK / GENEVA – Global campaigns to fight diarrhoea - the second deadliest illness for children – must be re-energized to prevent the deaths of millions in the developing world, UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) said today as they released a new report on the disease.   “It [...]

  • Deliver Me From Bland!

    Updated: 2009-10-14 23:32:22

  • Climate Legislation; Secretary Vilsack in Des Moines; and the Ag Economy

    Updated: 2009-10-14 11:04:28
    Climate Legislation Lisa Lerer reported yesterday at Politico.com that, “A major Senate climate change bill is written and ready to be debated before the Environment and Public Works committee, the chairwoman of the panel said Tuesday. “Sen. Barbara Boxer’s legislation would distribution of tens of billions of dollars of pollution allowances to power plants, manufacturing, and other [...]

  • Local growers benefit from farm-to-table concept – Pacific Business News

    Updated: 2009-10-13 19:27:03
    Skip to content Hawaii Agriculture Hawaii Agriculture Blog Hawaii Agriculture and Related Stocks ETFs ETNs Indexs Annual Charts Faces of Agriculture Contact Us Cumberland Times-News Ethnobiology at FSU grows with federal grant Opinion : Plan Bee Hawaii Government Stings Honey Bees Hawaii 24 7 Local growers benefit from farm-to-table concept Pacific Business News Published on October 13, 2009 in General Ag News and Notes 0 Comments : Tags ag cooperatives department of agriculture farm bureau living walls Kai Market’s living wall” of herbs and spices is so popular that chefs at other Sheraton Waikiki restaurants have been known to pinch from it when in . need The living wall is a vertical grid of mint , basil , rosemary and other plants growing under warm lights and hydrated by a hidden watering system . Kai Market has three living walls one by the restaurant’s entrance and two by the buffet . line The walls , created by Greg and Terry Lee of First Look Exteriors in Waipio Gentry , have helped make Kai Market a popular draw since it opened Aug . 7. The breakfasts are attracting 600 patrons a day , while dinners bring in about 100. Sheraton General Manager Kelly Sanders got the idea

  • Climate Legislation; Food Security; Ag Economy; ACRE- Crop Insurance; C.O.O.L.; Animal Agriculture; USDA Issues; and Sen. Lincoln

    Updated: 2009-10-13 10:36:33
    Climate Legislation Reuters writers Louis Charbonneau and Gerard Wynn reported yesterday that, “Official Washington sounded more upbeat on Monday than it has for weeks in sizing up U.S. President Barack Obama’s chances of progress on a climate-change bill in Congress this year. “U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer predicted the committee she leads would approve a bill before [...]

  • Cumberland Times-News – Ethnobiology at FSU grows with federal grant

    Updated: 2009-10-13 02:17:32
    Skip to content Hawaii Agriculture Hawaii Agriculture Blog Hawaii Agriculture and Related Stocks ETFs ETNs Indexs Annual Charts Faces of Agriculture Contact Us FAO Media Centre : Agriculture to 2050 the challenges ahead Local growers benefit from farm-to-table concept Pacific Business News Cumberland Times-News Ethnobiology at FSU grows with federal grant Published on October 12, 2009 in General Ag News and Notes 0 Comments : Tags ethnobiology ethnobotany medicinal purposes native plants university of hawaii FSU is the only institution offering the undergraduate major and minor in ethnobotany , and is the only university in the contiguous 48 states to do so . A similar program is available at the University of . Hawaii Ethnobiology at FSU grows with federal grant Michael A . Sawyers Cumberland Times-News FROSTBURG The 550,000 in federal funds will go a long way toward helping Frostburg State University’s ethnobotanists find patches of wild-growing black cohosh , which then could be used for medicinal purposes such as a replacement for hormone therapy . U.S . Sen . Benjamin Cardin announced recently that the money will be coming from the Agricultural Appropriations Committee and is

  • FAO Media Centre: Agriculture to 2050 – the challenges ahead

    Updated: 2009-10-13 01:36:34
    : Skip to content Hawaii Agriculture Hawaii Agriculture Blog Hawaii Agriculture and Related Stocks ETFs ETNs Indexs Annual Charts Faces of Agriculture Contact Us Rising rent worries Hawaii Kai farmers Starbulletin.com Cumberland Times-News Ethnobiology at FSU grows with federal grant FAO Media Centre : Agriculture to 2050 the challenges ahead Published on October 12, 2009 in General Ag News and Notes 0 Comments : Tags animal pests effect of population effects of climate change extreme weather events floods and droughts global agriculture jacques diouf rainfall variability scarcity of natural resources world population Diouf opens High-Level Forum on food’s future 12 October 2009 Rome Agriculture must become more productive if it is to feed a much larger world population while responding to the daunting environmental challenges ahead , FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf said here today . Opening a two-day High-Level Expert Forum on How to Feed the World in 2050 Diouf told the 300 delegates that over the next 40 years : The combined effect of population growth , strong income growth and urbanization is expected to result in almost the doubling of demand for food , feed and fibre .

  • Weekly Update – October 12, 2009

    Updated: 2009-10-12 22:22:08
    TAKE ACTION CRP Transition Option Sign On Ends October 13th! Last Chance to add your organization’s name to our sign on letter urging USDA to implement the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Transition Option NOW. The option will offer incentives to land owners not intending to renew their CRP contracts to sell or lease the land [...]

  • Veganism Lives, in Keene, NH

    Updated: 2009-10-12 19:14:08

  • Climate Legislation; Ag Economy; CFTC Issues; and Food Safety

    Updated: 2009-10-12 10:57:57
    Climate Legislation Juliet Eilperin and Michael D. Shear reported in today’s Washington Post that, “President Obama is coming under renewed pressure internationally and in the United States to throw his weight behind climate-change legislation, which advocates fear has suffered in light of the president’s sweeping domestic agenda.” The Post writers noted that, “And in Washington, advocates are [...]

  • Rising rent worries Hawaii Kai farmers – Starbulletin.com

    Updated: 2009-10-12 00:03:24
    Skip to content Hawaii Agriculture Hawaii Agriculture Blog Hawaii Agriculture and Related Stocks ETFs ETNs Indexs Annual Charts Faces of Agriculture Contact Us KIA I MOKU : ASAP quick to inspect air cargo for stowaways The Maui News FAO Media Centre : Agriculture to 2050 the challenges ahead Rising rent worries Hawaii Kai farmers Starbulletin.com Published on October 11, 2009 in General Ag News and Notes 0 Comments A rally appeals to Kamehameha Schools for reasonable rates By Richard Borreca POSTED : 01:30 a.m . HST , Oct 11, 2009 A dozen farmers on 87 acres of leased land in the back of Hawaii Kai fear they will soon be displaced by soaring lease rents from Kamehameha . Schools To call attention to their situation , the farmers and political leaders staged a rally yesterday in the undeveloped Kamilonui . Valley Tom Yamabe , 87, a founder of the Hawaii Farm Bureau who operates a small farm in the valley , says the farmers worry that if Kamehameha increases their rents too much the farmers will be priced out of the . market Some of them don’t make 2,000 a month how can they pay a big increase Yamabe . said Gov . Linda Lingle and Sandra Kunimoto , state agriculture department

  • Plant researcher to speak to group – The Maui News

    Updated: 2009-10-11 07:06:28
    Skip to content Hawaii Agriculture Hawaii Agriculture Blog Hawaii Agriculture and Related Stocks ETFs ETNs Indexs Annual Charts Faces of Agriculture Contact Us Hawaii Agriculture Blog adds Chart KIA I MOKU : ASAP quick to inspect air cargo for stowaways The Maui News Plant researcher to speak to group The Maui News Published on October 10, 2009 in General Ag News and Notes 0 Comments KAHULUI John Cho , a researcher in tomato and taro breeding , will speak to the Maui Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce at a general meeting Tuesday at the Coconut Grill at the Maui Seaside . Hotel The event starts with networking at 5:30 p.m . with the program beginning at 6 . p.m Cho , a professor of plant pathology at the University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources , has spent the past five years focusing on the development of useful commercial products from his 35 years of breeding research as well as developing pest-tolerant commercial plant products suitable for commercial production in . Hawaii The cost of the meeting and dinner is 20. Make reservations by calling 808 594-1899 in Honolulu or by sending e-mail to melissab oha.org Plant researcher to speak to group

  • Hawaii Agriculture Blog adds Chart

    Updated: 2009-10-10 19:40:33
    Skip to content Hawaii Agriculture Hawaii Agriculture Blog Hawaii Agriculture and Related Stocks ETFs ETNs Indexs Annual Charts Faces of Agriculture Contact Us East Oahu farmers face big decision about the fate of their existence KHNL Plant researcher to speak to group The Maui News Hawaii Agriculture Blog adds Chart Published on October 10, 2009 in General Ag News and Notes 0 Comments : Tags ADM ALEX Alexander and Baldwin Archer Daniels Midland calavo growers cvgw dag DBA DD DuPont DUPONT E I DE NEM E I DE NEM EOD iPath DJ AIG Sugar TR Sub-Idx ETN Market Vectors Agribusiness ETF Maui Land and Pineapple mlp MON Monsanto MOO PowerShares DB Agriculture PowerShares DB Agriculture Dble Long ETN sgg Sugar ETN Sugar Index Sugar Index ETN Syngenta syt us dollar index A Histogram has been added to the 200 Day Comparative Price Performance Charts of Hawaii Agriculture Related Stocks ETFs ETNs and Indexes page . CLICK HERE to view the new chart . This page is published weekly and also includes a Price Performance Line . Chart Related : Posts Hawaii Agriculture Blog now tracking DuPont DD SUGAR NYSEArca : SGG chart added Hawaii and Related Agriculture Daily Charts for the week ending 10-09-09

  • East Oahu farmers face big decision about the fate of their existence – KHNL

    Updated: 2009-10-10 18:34:52
    Skip to content Hawaii Agriculture Hawaii Agriculture Blog Hawaii Agriculture and Related Stocks ETFs ETNs Indexs Annual Charts Faces of Agriculture Contact Us Na Wai Eha : HC S speaks The Maui News Hawaii Agriculture Blog adds Chart East Oahu farmers face big decision about the fate of their existence KHNL Published on October 10, 2009 in General Ag News and Notes 0 Comments : Tags farmers governor linda lingle hawaii kai kamehameha schools lease rent Posted : Oct 10, 2009 By Duane Shimogawa Click to View Video HAWAII KAI KHNL It’s the last large piece of undeveloped land in East Oahu and farmers have been working to prevent its development for the last five . years The farmers face a big decision come next year involving the fate of their existence there . In just seven months , the farmer’s lease rent will be re-negotiated and the outcome will likely determine the future of this lush , productive . region Glenn Nii is the president of the Kamilo Nui Farmers Cooperative . He’s also one of 12 farmers here . From truck farming to nurseries , the nearly 90 acres of ag land is tucked away , behind a residential . subdivision On Saturday , about 500 people got their first peek of this

  • Hawaii and Related Agriculture Daily Charts for the week ending 10-09-09

    Updated: 2009-10-09 19:29:06
    Skip to content Hawaii Agriculture Hawaii Agriculture Blog Hawaii Agriculture and Related Stocks ETFs ETNs Indexs Annual Charts Faces of Agriculture Contact Us Senate Approves 34 million for Hawaii Agriculture Projects Na Wai Eha : HC S speaks The Maui News Hawaii and Related Agriculture Daily Charts for the week ending 10-09-09 Published on October 9, 2009 in General Ag News and Notes 0 Comments : Tags ADM ALEX Alexander and Baldwin Archer Daniels Midland calavo growers cvgw dag DBA DD DuPont DUPONT E I DE NEM E I DE NEM EOD iPath DJ AIG Sugar TR Sub-Idx ETN Market Vectors Agribusiness ETF Maui Land and Pineapple mlp MON Monsanto MOO PowerShares DB Agriculture PowerShares DB Agriculture Dble Long ETN sgg Sugar ETN Sugar Index Sugar Index ETN Syngenta syt us dollar index The annual charts have bee updated . CLICK HERE to view . The 200 day comparative price , line and histogram charts , page has been updated also . CLICK HERE to . view Maui Land and Pineapple MLP 10-09-09 Calavo Growers CVGW 10-09-09 Alexander and Baldwin ALEX 10-09-09 Monsanto MON 10-09-09 Syngenta SYT 10-09-09 DUPONT E I DE NEM DD 10-09-09 iPath DJ AIG Sugar TR Sub-Idx ETN SGG 10-09-09 Archer Daniels Midland ADM

  • Food Security; Ag Spending Bill (Dairy, Nutrition); Climate Issues; Crop Insurance; and Soybeans

    Updated: 2009-10-09 11:33:10
    Food Security Bloomberg writer Rudy Ruitenberg reported yesterday that, “Farming in developing countries needs $83 billion of investment a year if there is to be enough food to feed the world in 2050, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization said. “Agricultural investment needs to rise by about 50 percent as the global population increases to 9.1 [...]

  • Senate Approves 34 million for Hawaii Agriculture Projects

    Updated: 2009-10-08 22:42:30
    Skip to content Hawaii Agriculture Hawaii Agriculture Blog Hawaii Agriculture and Related Stocks ETFs ETNs Indexs Annual Charts Faces of Agriculture Contact Us Crop Science Society of America Award Hawaii and Related Agriculture Daily Charts for the week ending 10-09-09 Senate Approves 34 million for Hawaii Agriculture Projects Published on October 8, 2009 in General Ag News and Notes 0 Comments Contact : Peter Boylan Lori Hamamoto Inouye 202-224-3934 Jesse Broder Van Dyke Akaka 202-224-6361 THURSDAY , OCTOBER 8, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON Hawaii will receive 34,010,000 for agriculture initiatives this fiscal year including funds to eradicate fruit flies , improve the plight of geographically disadvantaged farmers and expand research , Senate Appropriations Chairman Daniel K . Inouye and Senator Daniel K . Akaka announced . today The Senate approved the Conference Report for the Fiscal Year 2010 Agriculture Appropriations bill by a vote of 76 to 22. It will now go to the President for his expected signature . Our farmers need all the support the federal government can provide to ensure that our food production and native species are protected , said Chairman Inouye .

  • Fiesta Movement reaches POET ethanol plant in Hudson

    Updated: 2009-10-08 20:10:31

  • Norway takes the lead on climate change, announces commitment to reduce emissions with 40% by 2020

    Updated: 2009-10-08 17:14:54
    Big and exciting news are coming today from the UNFCCC climate talks currently being held in Bangkok, Thailand. Norway has announced a commitment to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions with 40% by 2020 – based on 1990 levels. This emission reduction promise from the Norwegian government is now the biggest commitment announced by any industrialized country. [...]

  • Climate change: the good and the astoundingly awful bad news

    Updated: 2009-10-07 22:19:34
    Photo credit: azrainman When discussing climate change, the old saying needs to be amended to “What do you want first, the somewhat good news, or the astoundingly awful bad news?” The bad news is piling up fast: * The ice sheets in the Artic, Antarctic and Greenland are melting twice as fast as earlier projections from just [...]

  • Risky business

    Updated: 2009-10-07 16:47:20
    We often hear that successful businessmen are those who are able to predict how the market will change and who have the strength and determination to act on it. Such traits, however, are not enough to guarantee success in farming.  It is common knowledge amongst people who enjoy outdoor activities that the gods simply can’t be [...]

  • Weekly Update – October 5, 2009

    Updated: 2009-10-05 20:59:00
    TAKE ACTION One Week Left to add your organization’s name to our sign on letter urging USDA to implement the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Transition Option NOW.  The option will offer incentives to land owners not intending to renew their CRP contracts to sell or lease the land to beginning or minority farmers using [...]

  • Ancient Relation Wooed by Food!

    Updated: 2009-10-01 16:04:16

  • Northern Thailand turns to organic farming for sustainability

    Updated: 2009-10-01 15:30:10
    A charming blog by university student Suttira Kaewthep talks about her experiences living with an organic farming family in northern Thailand. Supported by the Institute for Sustainable Agricultural Communities, farm families in the province of Mae Tha are moving away from chemical agriculture to organic agriculture, selling their wares through an Organic Market. Suttira quotes a [...]

  • Tell USDA not to delay new program for small growers

    Updated: 2009-10-01 15:28:57
    The most recent Farm Bill provided funding for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Transition Option - a new initiative to help beginning and minority farmers access the 4.2 million acres of farmland that is about to come out of the CRP, by offering incentives to farmers to sell or lease to them. Current is reporting [...]

  • State Dept urges small-scale food production worldwide

    Updated: 2009-10-01 15:28:41
    This powerful U.S. State Department film reminds us we will need to feed an additional 1.8 billion people by 2030. Narrator Matt Damon also warns us that for each 1 degree of global warming, we face a 10% reduction in food production. Though vague on details, the film does come down squarely in favor of [...]

  • Nero's Rotating Dining Room? Trump That!

    Updated: 2009-10-01 01:18:58

  • Organic Bananas Taste Better

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

  • 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 [...]

  • 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.)

  • 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 [...]

  • 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 [...]

  • G-18 Spouses Dine Down on the Farm

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

  • 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

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