Pig Blood Safer than Fresh Milk?
• Farm WarsEvidently, drinking fresh milk straight from the mom is supposed to be unhealthy for calves because it is unpasteurized, but pig blood is good?
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Agriculture
Different recipes for success in the world of plants
• http://www.bio-medicine.org, Tilo ArnholdIn order to prevail against native plants, non-native plant species develop special strategies.
Gardening with Epsom Salt
• http://wakeup-world.com, By saltworks.usEpsom salt has become a popular and well-reputed supplement in organic gardening.
Shade in Agriculture
• arcleinIn a paper published April 15 in Genes and Development, the researchers report that a protein known as phytochrome interacting factor 7 (PIF7) serves as the key messenger between a plant's cellular light sensors and the production of auxins, hormone
JIM ROGERS: The One Thing Investors Need To Consider Before Diving Into Commodities
• www.businessinsider.com...become a Chinese farmer. He stopped by the Business Insider office to tell us why agricultural commodities are his top picks and what investors need to consider before diving into commodities.
New GM Crops Could Make Superweeds Even Stronger
• http://www.wired.com, By Brandon KeimHerbicide-resistant superweeds threaten to overgrow U.S. fields, so agriculture companies have genetically engineered a new generation of plants to withstand heavy doses of multiple, extra-toxic weed-killing chemicals.
Ancient DNA sheds light on spread of European farming
• http://articles.latimes.com, By Eryn BrownAgriculture probably initially expanded because farmers pressed north through the continent, not because hunter-gatherers adopted the practice on their own, Scandinavian scientists say.
Kiwi Dairy Lessons
• arcleinIn the ensuing years, New Zealand’s government moved decisively to protect the country’s farmers from marketplace risks – supply fluctuations, declines in prices, foreign competition. It didn’t hurt that, as Mr. Lambie put it, almost every cabinet mi
Fresh Food Advocate Links Farmers, Doctors, Low-Income Families
• http://www.npr.org,It must take a boatload of energy to be Michel Nischan. He owns a restaurant, writes cookbooks and lead the fast-growing non-profit Wholesome Wave, which connects low-income neighborhoods with local, farm fresh foods.
Happy Arbor Day!
• My Videocam and YouTube Channel: psychictaxiMy Grandson Joe and I plant a tree for Arbor Day.
Labor Dept. withdraws farm child labor rule after Daily Caller report goes viral
• www.prisonplanet.com, Paul ConnerUnder pressure from farming advocates in rural communities, and following a report by The Daily Caller, the Obama administration withdrew a proposed rule Thursday that would have applied child labor laws to family farms.
Another way to kill US farmers: Seize their bank accounts on phony charges
• Rady Ananda Food Freedom NewsMonsanto’s Food and Drug Administration can’t close down small dairies and private food clubs fast enough, bursting on the scene with guns drawn as if the criminalized right to contract for natural foods we’ve consumed for millennia deserves SWAT att
Mad cow reemergence may hamper California's beef, dairy industries
• http://www.latimes.com, By Tiffany HsuThe reemergence of mad cow disease, discovered in a California dairy cow, could have major implications for the state’s meat industry, even though officials have said that the human food supply is unaffected.
Welcome to the Jungle: States demand secrecy over meat filth and cruelty practices
• http://rt.comIf you're concerned with how some factory farms might be handling their livestock, two US states have made it illegal to conduct undercover investigations — and now animal rights activists and whistleblowers alike have a bone to pick with lawmakers.
Thousands of Peasant Farmers 'Reclaim' the Land with Honduras Occupations
• http://www.commondreams.org, Common Dreams staff'Small farmer demands are simple: they need access to land and freedom to grow food for their communities'
Fertilizer Usage and Atmospheric Nitrous Oxide
• arcleinTracking the origin of nitrous oxide in the atmosphere, however, is difficult because a molecule from a fertilized field looks identical to one from a natural forest or the ocean if you only measure total concentration. But a quirk of microbial metab
EPA Upholds 2-4-D
• arcleinIn its most recent decision, the EPA stated: “After considering public comment received on the petition and all the available studies, including a state-of-the-science one-generation reproduction study, EPA is denying the request to revoke all tolera
800 Year Old Farming Technique Key to Amazon
• arcleinh involved constructing small agricultural mounds with wooden tools. These raised fields provided better drainage, soil aeration and moisture retention: ideal for an environment that experiences both drought and flooding. The fields also benefited fr
Bamboo Booms
• arclein"In the last decade, bamboo has become a major economic crop," Abadie continues. New technologies and ways of industrially processing bamboo have made a big difference, enabling it to begin to compete effectively with wood products for Western m
Hyperdeflation In Orange Juice!
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Joe WeisenthalOrange juice futures just hit a 17-month low, as they've collapsed by over 30% since late January.
Grow a Garden.
• http://www.dailypaul.com, by YouwerewarnedLet me rephrase that. GROW A GARDEN.
EPA-approved GMO insecticide responsible for killing off bees
• http://www.naturalnews.com, by: Jonathan BensonEarly last year, leaked documents obtained by a Colorado beekeeper exposed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) illegitimate approval of clothianidin
Bacterial Shock to Recapture Essential Phosphate
• arcleine work at QUB has focused on microorganisms that capture and store phosphate from wastewater, and how this process varies under different nutritional and environmental conditions.
Dutch Elm Disease Resistant American Elms Been Cloned
• arcleinThe imported fungal infection interferes with water transport and stops nutrients from circulating in the tree. Only about one in 100,000 elms may be naturally resistant to the pathogen.
Bug hunters fan across LA to stop citrus disease
• By REED SAXON and TRACIE CONE Associated PressThe ubiquitous backyard citrus tree, symbolic of California's agricultural abundance, is front and center in the battle now under way to save the state's nearly $2 billion citrus industry.
Bee research details harm from insecticides
• Washington PostNew research has begun to unravel the mystery of why bees are disappearing in alarming numbers worldwide: Some of the pesticides most commonly used by farmers appear to be changing bee behavior in small but fatal ways. Two new studies found that h
U.S. trial program would spy on Internet users to prevent animal abuse
• RawstoryIn other words, the U.S. government is preparing to spend taxpayer money to spy on Americans’ Internet use, so that it can better protect animals and ensure their handlers have paid for all the proper licenses.
New Study Links Honeybee Die - offs to Insecticide
• arcleinSpringtime die-offs of honeybees coincided with the introduction in Europe in the late 1990s of neonicotinoids as coatings of the corn seeds, according to a report by UPI, citing researchers.
Wetlands Best Left to Mother Nature
• arcleinFifteen years of studying two experimental wetlands has convinced Bill Mitsch that turning the reins over to Mother Nature makes the most sense when it comes to this area of ecological restoration.
Salt Tolerant Wheat Developed in Australia
• arcleinThe research is the first of its kind in the world to fully describe the improvement in salt tolerance of an agricultural crop - from understanding the function of the salt-tolerant genes in the lab, to demonstrating increased grain yields in the fie
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