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New Brunswick, Canada (SPX) Jan 04, 2009Americans love pumpkins. The growing popularity of rural fall festivals, grade school farm tours, and "u-pick" pumpkin farms has resulted in an increase in consumer demand for pumpkins throughout the country. A critical challenge for pumpkin farmers promoting entertainment agriculture, or "agritourism", is maintaining fields that are weed-free, attractive, and safe for consumers. ... more Put kangaroos, camels on Australian eco-menu: scientists 
Sydney (AFP) Jan 4, 2009Saving the planet by eating kangaroos and wild camels may seem like pie in the sky, but the offbeat menu comes with a scientific stamp of approval in Australia. The aim in both cases is to reduce damage to the environment, but the reasoning behind the push to put the animals on the menu is sharply different. In the case of kangaroos, environmentalists say the national animal should beco ... more Organic Plant Waste Proves Effective Weed Control For Citrus Trees 
Giza, Egypt (SPX) Jan 05, 2009Interest in organic crop production is increasing around the world. Organics are healthy for consumers while adding environmental benefits and decreasing the amount of synthetic herbicides in foods, soil, and water. While organics gain popularity with consumers, organic farmers are faced with new production challenges, especially managing and reducing invasive weeds. Synthetic mulches, man ... more New Use For Human Hair 
Verona MS (SPX) Jan 05, 2009Agricultural crop production relies on composted waste materials and byproducts, such as animal manure, municipal solid waste composts, and sewage sludge, as a necessary nutrient source. Studies have shown that human hair, a readily available waste generated from barbershops and hair salons, combined with additional compost, is an additional nutrient source for crops. Although human hair h ... more Honeybees Also Serve As Plant Bodyguards 
Wurzburg, Germany (SPX) Jan 04, 2009Honeybees are important to plants for reasons that go beyond pollination, according to a new study published in the December 23rd issue of Current Biology, a Cell Press publication. The insects' buzz also defends plants against the caterpillars that would otherwise munch on them undisturbed. The researchers, led by Jurgen Tautz of Biozentrum Universitat Wurzburg, Germany, earlier found tha ... more |
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Adrian MI (SPX) Jan 05, 2009GreenShift has announced that it has executed agreements to receive a $38 million investment to produce 20 million gallons per year of biodiesel from corn oil extracted from ethanol plants. Under the terms of the agreements, GreenShift will receive an investment of $38 million in a new GreenShift joint venture subsidiary that will use the proceeds to build twelve corn oil extraction facili ... more First Seed Sales Of Dedicated Energy Crops Begin 
Thousand Oaks CA (SPX) Jan 05, 2009Ceres has announced that it has begun booking switchgrass and high-biomass sorghum seed under its Blade Energy Crops label. The highly anticipated launch marks the first seed sales of non-food, low-carbon crops developed specifically as raw materials for biofuels and biopower. The company simultaneously launched a Blade website to support direct-to-farm sales. The company reported th ... more Camelina-Based Aviation Fuel Cleared For Takeoff 
Bozeman MT (SPX) Jan 05, 2009Sustainable Oils will participate in an historic flight by Japan Airlines (JAL) planned for January 30, 2009. The demonstration flight will make JAL the first Asian carrier to fly on fuel derived from sustainable feedstocks and the first airline to use camelina-based bio-jet fuel. "We're proud to have been selected to participate in this historic event," said Tom Todaro, CEO of Sustainable ... more Chinese melamine victims call for help in hastily-arranged briefing 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 2, 2009A group of scared parents whose babies suffered from melamine-tainted milk called Friday for urgent research into the long-term effects of the chemical, as five others said they were detained by police here. "The issue of adding melamine into food is a new problem, no one has scientific information or evidence," Jiang Yalin, the 33-year-old mother of a baby who drunk milk made from powder ta ... more Global Warming Aided By Drought, Deforestation Link 
Irvine CA (SPX) Jan 02, 2009In the rainforests of equatorial Asia, a link between drought and deforestation is fueling global warming, finds an international study that includes a UC Irvine scientist. The study, analyzing six years of climate and fire observations from satellites, shows that in dry years, the practice of using fire to clear forests and remove organic soil increases substantially, releasing huge amoun ... more |
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Wellington (AFP) Jan 2, 2009New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra has rejected claims the former head of its Chinese joint venture pleaded guilty to charges related to the tainted milk scandal, reports here said Friday. Tian Wenhua, former general manager of Sanlu Group, had "absolutely and unequivocally" pleaded not guilty in a Chinese court to the charges, a Fonterra spokesman told the New Zealand Herald. According to ... more Former dairy boss tried over China tainted milk scandal 
Shijiazhuang, China (AFP) Jan 1, 2009The former boss of the dairy firm at the heart of China's tainted milk scandal stood trial here Wednesday over a trail of death and sickness that pushed Chinese products off shelves worldwide. A small but vocal group of protesters gathered outside the court in this northern Chinese city, calling for justice after milk laced with an industrial chemical killed six babies and left 294,000 with ... more Two more stand trial in China milk scandal 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 30, 2008Two more suspects in China's tainted milk scandal went on trial Tuesday, bringing to 17 the number who have faced court in high-profile proceedings over the nation's worst food safety case in years. Brothers Geng Jinping and Geng Jinzhu are accused of making and selling milk tainted with melamine, state-run television CCTV said, broadcasting images of the two standing in court with their hea ... more India To Launch Own Online Earth Browser Dubbed Bhuvan 
New Delhi, India (PTI) Dec 30, 2008Bhuvan, India's response to Google Earth, will be launched in March 2009 and will provide high resolution imagery data of the order of five metre which would be of great relevance for real-time exercises, including disaster management and military operations. "The Google Earth is providing high resolution data in the order of less than a metre. But the data is two to three years old. It ca ... more Answers To Huge Wind-Farm Problems Are Blowin' In The Wind 
Champaign IL (SPX) Dec 30, 2008While harnessing more energy from the wind could help satisfy growing demands for electricity and reduce emissions of global-warming gases, turbulence from proposed wind farms could adversely affect the growth of crops in the surrounding countryside. Solutions to this, and other problems presented by wind farms - containing huge wind turbines, each standing taller than a 60-story building ... more
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