Urban Barns Foods Canada has announced a collaborative research with McGill University over Cubic Agriculture growing practices. Urban Barns' Cubic Agriculture employs patent pending proprietary equipment to grow affordable vegetables in ...
The Li population comes to 1,110,900. Most of the Lis now live in Dongfang, Baisha, Lingshui, Changjiang Li Autonomous Counties, and Ledong, Qiongzhong, and Baoting Li-Miao Autonomous Counties in the middle south of Hainan Province. The ...
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The idea of buying farm produce locally has spawned a number of far out ideas over the years.But one I read recently–moving agriculture into abandoned big city buildings,and allow much of our nation's farmland to return to its natural ...
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Fresh food network FoodLink has acquired Truetrac,a mobile traceability solution provider for growers,harvesters,packers and shippers of fresh-packed products to provide online traceability data to customers. The group will be an ...
Since the Qin Dynasty, China's has been to spring as the beginning of spring. From the astronomical beginning of spring are divided up, and in nature, in people's minds, the spring is warm, flowers; the spring are the growth, cultivation ...
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The people of Shui ethnic group mainly inhabit in compact communities in Sandu Shui Autonomous County of Guizhou Province. Duan Festival is Shui people's most grand traditional festival, which is equivalent to the Spring Festival of the Han ...
US-based dairy firm Fair Oaks Farms has launched its artisan cheese gift collection in several varieties, just in time for the holiday season. The Champion Collection includes a full pound of Aged Gouda, Emmentaler and Sweet Swiss, packed ...
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The different branches of the Achang people have religious beliefs with many common elements, as well as evident differences. The Achang from Husa The Achang from Husa are Buddhist. They follow the Theravada school of ...
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Enjoying a longstanding peace in politics and economic prosperity, the Chinese Song Dynasty (960AD-1279AD) was a marvelous period during which many cultural traditions flourished. Tea-drinking, for example, became very popular at that time. ...
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Two Rivers Water, a US-based developer of irrigated farmlands, has completed the second and final phase of the purchase of assets of Dionisio Produce & Farms, a producer of fruit and vegetable crops based in Colorado, US. The company has ...
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Although cotton harvesting campaign is still in progress, over one million tons of raw cotton has already reached Turkmen procurement centres by now, Turkmen Dovlet Khabarlary, the state news service reported Turkmen Agricultural Ministry ...
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The number of people of the Tibetan ancestry is placed at 4,593,330. They mainly live in Tibet Autonomous Region and the neighboring provinces such as Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan and Yunnan. Tibet, the roof of the world, is a land of ...
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China - Robert Juliat's Hong Kong distributor, Pacific Lighting (HK) reports an extremely healthy market across the region with a bumper crop of Robert Juliat sales over the last quarter. "The increased appetite for Robert Juliat profiles ...
China Property & Casualty Reinsurance (CPCR) has licensed AIR Worldwide’s (AIR) suite of catastrophe models for China. CPCR deputy general manager Yuanyuan Li said, "AIR offers a full suite of models for China, including a ...
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As the Chinese New Year begins, homes blossom with traditional flowers and fruits. In addition to the decorative and festive effect, the fruits and flowers convey a rich and symbolic message. Each one has a long tradition of being a part of ...
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