In 2014, we'll hear precious little about food safety from the federal government that will truly be new. For sure the White House has decisions to make on everything from poultry inspections to whom to nominate as the next Under Secretary ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
After pollination, peanut flowers form a peg that rapidly grows downward and buries itself in the soil. With about 120,000 to 125,000 acres harvested, and about average yields, this year's peanut crop is certainly much better than it has ...
Tags: Texas, average yields, peanut crop, peanut production in Texas
The Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced its third annual "Best of Green Schools" list, which recognizes top educational institutions, individuals and initiatives across the country for environmental ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Green Construction
Drinks Americas Holdings, a US-based broker for Mexican craft beers, has entered into a statewide distribution deal with United-Johnson Brothers of Alabama to distribute its beers in Alabama. United-Johnson is a wine wholesaler in ...
Tags: Drinks Americas, Drinks
EUGENE – Tens of thousands of Eugene and Springfield residents routinely rinse and set aside nondeposit wine, juice and other bottles and jars, then put them out for curbside recycling in specially marked boxes. Recycling crews haul ...
Tags: Recycled Glass, Oregon Landfills
California has revised its controversial Technical Bulletin 117 and adopted a new flammability standard that should allow producers to make furniture and baby products that do not contain flame retardant chemicals beginning Jan. 1. ...
Tags: Light Industry, Daily Use
For those who study stained glass windows, reveling in the parables of faith and sunlight crafted by master artisans, the art form is full of unanswered questions. For example, the information Barbara Johnson could gather listed the ...
Tags: scholar, stained glass, artwork, statewide
Saris Cycling Group's 10th annual gala last Friday attracted a crowd of more than 750 attendees and raised $109,000 for cycling in Wisconsin. Attendees spent more than $35,700 on live auction items.? One lucky winner took home a signed ...
Tags: Transportation, bike
Governors from eight states in the US have signed a cooperative agreement to put 3.3 million zero-emission vehicles on road in their states by 2025. The states under this deal include California, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New ...
ArborMetrix, a provider of real-time healthcare analytics, has announced that the Michigan Value Collaborative (MVC) chose its fully integrated, cloud-based clinical analytics platform to power meaningful analysis and decision support for ...
If there's a case to be made for the potential of smart, statewide political news in the increasingly saturated Web 2.0, VTDigger.org may well be Exhibit A. More than four years after its beta site launched, the Montpelier-based nonprofit ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, google
Speakeasy Ales & Lagers, a US-based brewer, has entered into an exclusive statewide distribution agreement with Beverage Distributors, a division of Summit Beverage, to distribute its products in Colorado. Starting this month, the ...
Tags: Speakeasy Ales, Beverage
Frito-Lay North America, a convenient foods business unit of PepsiCo, is set to add 20 electric vehicles to its fleet in New York, along with enhanced electric vehicle charging stations. With this development, Frito-Lay will have 35 ...
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UC researcher's comments sound serious alarm Parasitic wasp enlisted in fight against ACP Irrigation water blocked by red tape Tests on Asian citrus psyllids (ACP) taken live from infested trees in a neighborhood in Dinuba, Calif. came ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
The first estimate of cotton for the next season in India (October 2013-September 2014) has been released. The Cotton Association of India (CAI) has projected the first estimate for the new season’s cotton to be 37.2 million bales ...
Tags: CAI, Cotton Crop