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| Articles about Farms |
| Midwest Floods Devastate The Farms Of America's Breadbasket As The Global Food Crisis Deepens | | 2008-06-17 12:17:00 | | The New York Times had an excellent article on the Midwest floods and how they are playing havoc with America's breadbasket at a time when the world food crisis is getting worse by the day.The article contains these stunning statements by one Iowa farmer:“In the lean years, we had beautiful crops but they weren’t worth much,” Mr. Timmerman said, surveying his farm, which his family has tended since his great-great-grandfather. “Now, with commodity prices sky high, mother nature is throwing us all these curve balls. I’m 42 years old and these are by far the poorest crops I’ve ever seen.”These floods seem to be coming at the worst possible time. Food riots have been popping up in the poorest countries of the world, and commodity prices are flying through the roof. One billion people in the world do not have enough food right now.What is going to happen if these floods continue and things get worse?One thought to ponder: Right now as you read this, the strategic reserve of t | | By: Shattered Paradigm | | |
| | The Loss of the Small Family Farms to Build New Houses, Stores, Roads, Power Lines, My Thoughts | | 2008-06-16 10:17:20 | | I grew up on a dairy then beef cattle farm. When I was a young girl so many dairy farms around each mile, now there is not even a farmer within a mile. It is the same story for many others it is a sad moment in many lives with people in my farming community that is no longer a farming community. Why did small farms go out of business is because not making a profit and then larger cooperate farms took over. The bigger farmers have more cows than the smaller farmer then that makes them go out of | | By: My Outlook on Everything Blog | | |
| | Organic Consumers: Small farms more profitable | | 2008-06-01 12:44:13 | | SMALL FARMS ARE MORE PRODUCTIVE AND PROFITABLE A 1,000 acre U.S. corporate farm growing genetically engineered crops nets an average of $39 an acre.In contrast, a four-acre family farm nets, on average, $1,400 per acre.Small organic farms are proving to be even more profitable. With oil prices on the rise, growing food without petroleum-based pesticides/fertilizers, and delivering that food to local markets will quickly prove to be the most affordable food available. Source: New York Times http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_12216.cfmVery hopeful, informative article on the roots of Community Supported Agriculture at Rodale, which is where the photo is from, including mention of Indian Line Farm is South Egremont, MA.Atom
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| Putting wind to work on farms | | 2008-05-28 11:00:37 | | MMA Renewable Ventures is expanding from solar to small-scale wind farms. Its first customer: the PaTu Wind Farm in Oregon.
Source:Putting wind to work on farms
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| | Most Google adsense due to link farms | | 2008-04-09 08:14:42 | | But let’s start with the part that really gets my goat, which is the buying of advertising. As a small software vendor with a number of products I’ve some time ago turned to Web advertising with Google because the magazine market at which I had frequently advertised in the past has simply disappeared. When [...] | | By: SEO Authority | | |
| | Adopted children discover their roots, farms, fishermen and the Great Wall of China this summer. | | 2008-04-03 23:12:04 | | Lotus Travel, Inc. the largest US based Chinese tour operator to specialize in China adoption travel and China heritage tours for adoptive families introduces their first annual Heritage Discovery Tour?, July 01-14, 2002.
On July 01, 2002 a special group of little travelers and their families will begin an exciting journey to China to discover their roots in the land of their birth and take the time to explore some of China?s most spectacular sightseeing highlights along the way.
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| Stonyfield Farms yogurt recall | | 2008-04-02 11:18:21 | | Stonyfield Farms has announced a recall on their 6 oz blueberry nonfat yogurts with the following code dates on the bottom of the containers:Apr 13 08Apr 14 08Apr 15 08April 25 08Apr 26 08Consumers have reported finding bits of glass and plastic in the products.Here is a link to the press release to read more about it:http://www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/st ... 03_08.html | | By: Sue's Healthy News Blog | | |
| | Tom's Farms | | 2008-03-27 23:54:00 | | If you happen to be in the Corona/Lake Elsinore area sometime, make sure to make a pit stop with the family at Tom's Farms. My husband and I lived in Corona for a couple of years and anytime we had friends or family come out and visit we made sure to take them to this little gem. Tom's Farms is nestled in the Temescal Canyon and it first started out as a little produce stand more than 30 years ago. Tom's farms has come a long way from a small produce stand and is now home to a couple of restaurants. My favorite is Senor's Frogs(mmm.. they have the best nachos and breakfast burritos),they are also home to Tom's Olde Fashioned Hamburgers and Patio Pizza.On the weekends you can take the kiddos on a ride on Tom's Farms 1800's steam-propelled train! Tour the property and beautiful countryside, including a trip under an Amish-style covered bridge. The kids will also love the carnival rides, balloon artists, face painting and every one's favorite and old fashi | | By: Daytrippingmom | | |
| | | Cherokee Farms Development | | 2007-09-14 17:45:48 | | The Cherokee Development Authority recently announced Cherokee Farms industrial park.
Cherokee Farms is being developed as (5) five freestanding industrial buildings ranging in size from 10,400 square feet to 14,400 square feet. The project is near the Cherokee County Airport which is undergoing expansion to accommodate corporate jets. The expansion will also increase apron [...] | | By: Maxsell Real Estate | | |
| | Strawberry Picking at Tanaka Farms | | 2007-06-18 21:11:00 | | We visited Tanaka Farms on Saturday to do some strawberry picking. Tanaka is an organic farm located on 30 acres in Irvine, California. It's a beautiful place to tour and has something for kids and adults. During the tour, you take a ride around the farm while learning about and tasting a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables. The strawberry picking tour included samplings of organic green beans, celery, carrots, maui onions, and more. Then, you get to explore the strawberry fields where you can pick and eat as many strawberries as you like. They are incredibly delicious and a lot of fun to pull right from the vine. After the strawberry patch, the tractor ride takes you back to the storefront where they give you a basket of strawberries to take home with you. The Strawberry Tour is less than $15 per person and is a great way to spend an hour with your friends and family. It's also a nice way to teach kids about healthy eating habits and trying a variety of fruits and vegetables. | | By: GoSightsee Travel | | |
| | 400 farms opened on Open Farm Sunday | | 2007-06-14 07:00:00 | | FwiMore than 400 farms opened their gates last Sunday as part of Open Farm Sunday. Attendance figures are still coming in, but Caroline Drummond from organiser LEAF reckons that more than 50,000 members of the public turned out to enjoy a vast range of activities on farms across the nation. And, best of all, the rain held off and the sun shone.
For host farms it was the culmination of weeks of preparation, marking out farm trails, tidying up farmyards, putting up signs, dreaming up imaginative games for children, readying vast barbecues, washing down tractors and preparing to field the odd challenging question... | | By: The Flower Expert - Flowers Encyclopedia | | |
| | Farms and the Upcoming Season | | 2007-04-18 07:00:00 | | East bayriSpring has sprung, and while it may seem a little too chilly just yet to consider digging in the garden, area farms are hard at work getting their crops ready for the spring and summer rush.
In the north end of Seekonk, R&R Farm on Newman Avenue opened earlier this month selling Easter flowers the owners purchased, but now Richard Curzake, who was named for his father, Richard, (hence the "R&R" name) is focused on annuals, perennials, mulches and soils.... | | By: The Flower Expert - Flowers Encyclopedia | | |
| | Lilac farms | | 2007-04-17 07:00:00 | | SlateWhen we drive by farms in the northern tier of the United States and much of rural Canada, and you will see groves of lilac bushes next to outhouses. Or, more probably, next to the places where outhouses used to be. It was a common practice to put lilacs by the privy, though the flowers with the helpful mitigating scents lasted only about two weeks... | | By: The Flower Expert - Flowers Encyclopedia | | |
| | | APEDA recommends large floriculture farms | | 2006-12-27 07:00:00 | | Hindu
Agricultural and Processed Food Products Exports Development Authority (APEDA) of India has recommended the promotion of large floriculture farms for producing substantial volumes to make flower ventures economically viable.While, projects of less than eight hectare were recommended to be promoted in clusters with common post harvest management facilities, it said in its recommendations to the Commerce Ministry.
The state agency, which is entrusted with the task of flower promotion, also said awareness of breeders' rights and intellectual property rights should be focused, while introducing new varieties in the country... | | By: The Flower Expert - Flowers Encyclopedia | | |
| | Pay Rates, Kenya Flower Farms Told | | 2006-12-19 07:00:00 | | All Africa
More than 15 local authorities have petitioned the Government to start levying cess on horticultural crops.The leaders from flower-growing areas threatened to paralyse operations in flower farms if the Government refuses to allow them to start collecting rates from the businesses.
During a meeting at the Naivasha Municipal Council on Saturday, the civic authorities demanded a change in the agricultural order of 1986, which exempted the horticultural sector from paying cess.Naivasha Mayor, Mr Thomas Gitau, said the order is outdated because it was introduced to encourage the growth of the then new industry... | | By: The Flower Expert - Flowers Encyclopedia | | |
| | Flower farms relocate to Ethiopia | | 2006-12-15 07:00:00 | | New Vision
Two flower-exporting farms are in final stages of relocating to Ethiopia because of investment incentives offered there, sources have said.A grower said, SAI and Xpressions flower farms are in advanced stages of relocating to Ethiopia. SAI's is on five hectares, while Xpressions is on 10. The farms export 40-60 million rose stems annually.
The source said mid this year, Xpressions closed their sister farm, African Agro Industries on the Kampala-Masaka highway.Efforts to get comments from the directors of the two farms were futile because they were out of office and their mobile phones off.Jacques Schrier, the chairman of the Uganda Flower Exporters Association... | | By: The Flower Expert - Flowers Encyclopedia | | |
| | Rains cut off flower farms | | 2006-12-03 07:00:00 | | The Standard
Small-scale horticultural farmers have suffered huge losses following ongoing flooding in the country, the chairman of Fresh Produce Exporters Association of Kenya (Fpeak), Mr Tiku Shah has said.
The heavy rains have affected land preparation, harvesting and storage, leading to crop damage and poor prices... | | By: The Flower Expert - Flowers Encyclopedia | | |
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