An AC-LED partnership between Lynk Labs and Thomas Research Products; funding announcements from Ledzworld, EcoSense, and Once Innovations; and new large-diameter patterned sapphire substrates from Rubicon top the recent SSL news space. ...
More and more consumers and corporations are touting the benefits of "local" foods, often described as "sustainable," "healthy," or "natural." According to the trade publication, Sustainable Food News, "local" as a marketing claim, has ...
Tags: local food, organic food, farming
Long the standard used in supposed "science-based" agriculture, chemical fertilizers have largely become the norm in modern farming. But these synthetic and man-made varieties are becoming increasingly more expensive and difficult to ...
Tags: simple manure, toxic chemicals, fertilizer, agriculture
Reckless overuse of synthetic fertilizers is creating an ecological catastrophe, warns a recent feature in Grist magazine. In traditional farming, the nitrogen available in the soil imposes a strict limit on how much food can be grown. ...
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The world is faced with a global fertilizer shortage, experts say, placing even more strain on food prices. In the last few decades, an increasing reliance on industrial fertilizers has led to surging demands for the largely ...
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Pig farmer replays Deliverance with repo men The aging U.S. farmer crisis is overstated and doesn't match the numbers. Sure, farmers are getting older, but so is the rest of the American workforce. As little as 0.5 percent of farmers are ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
An increasing level of confidence in the economic outlook across both Europe and the rest of the world is having a positive impact on wool prices, according to British Wool Marketing Board (BWMB) Chairman Malcolm Corbett. Speaking at ...
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The Philippine Department of Agriculture (DA) has opened Agri-Pinoy Tobacco Farmers Food Processing and Trading Center in Narvacan, Ilocos Sur. The PHP165m ($3.82m) food processing center produces meat products, including bagnet, ...
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Allnex's production facility in Seremban, Malaysia, has been recognized for its environmental performance with the State Chief Minister Yearly Environmental Award 2012. The goal of the State Chief Minister Yearly Environmental ...
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The Indian Ministry of Textiles would provide a financial aid of Rs. 10 billion to the state of Jharkhand for developing sericulture (silk farming) to explore livelihood promotion for the rural poor in the state, said Textile Minister K ...
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Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Chairman Rod Sims has given the regulator's perspective on the debate surrounding the market share held by the two major supermarket chains. Mr Sims was speaking at the Australian Food and ...
Dozens of Congolese farmers began the first vegetable harvest this week at the Kitoko Food Farm, a joint project of the Gertler Family Foundation (GFF) and the Fleurette Group. Advanced farming techniques being used at the pilot project ...
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Polymer technology has advanced tremendously in the past decade and the number of applications of this technology has skyrocketed. One of the many avenues that have benefited from advanced polymer technology is gardening. By the use of high ...
Tags: Polymer, Artificial lawns, turfs, Soil fertilizer, Soil conservation
Preliminary Accounting Results of GDP for the First Three Quarters of 2013 National Bureau of Statistics of China According to the related information, the preliminary accounting results of GDP for the first three quarters of 2013 are as ...
The TM1000 High Power tread design maximizes the tread width and ensures the widest footprint on the market, notes Trelleborg. Trelleborg AB, the global parent company of Trelleborg Wheel Systems Americas Inc., will launch the giant ...
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