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Mites Is From Organic Grower Inheriting Puncturevine
Aug 1, 2013Related Media Peaches should not go crunch GMO pickle claim leaves you scratching your head It's worthy to be a good neighbor, whether you live in a subdivision, condo, apartment or farm for a living. Hopefully, it is reciprocal. That ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
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Farmer Guilty of Defending Family with Shotgun
Jul 30, 2013Brad Kelley, the farm boy with 1 million acres Farmer guilty of defending family with shotgun The farmland gold rush may be cooling, but the fields of agriculture remain wide open to investment. Venture capitalists, DIYers, and a new ...
Tags: Silicon Valley Moment, Agriculture
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Revelation as 2 Million People in 436 Cities Rallied Against Monsanto
Jun 5, 2013It was a day of revelation as 2 million people in 436 cities rallied against Monsanto and declared genetically modified crops the beast of the age. Inflated numbers, but regardless, there were a legion of protestors that gathered worldwide ...
Tags: Monsanto, Agriculture&Food
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Cattle Softly Is Killed by Slaughterhouse or Gun?
May 2, 2013Like horses to the slaughterhouse PETA drones a trophy prize for US hunters Biggest wine hoax in history reveals trade secrets A substitute for the slaughterhouse; an alternative to the abattoir? Instead of killing cattle with a stunbolt ...
Tags: Killing Cattle Softly, Food
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Medicine Is Amused by Signs Asking a Penguin
Apr 25, 2013Agricultural technology critical to feed 9 billion people Challenging year ahead for cotton Friant water allocation decreased again While traveling out of state recently, I saw a sign near a business which made me laugh. It read, ...
Tags: Amusing Medicine, Agriculture
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Agriculture Is Faced with Its Ultimate Challenge
Apr 25, 2013Related Media Solutions to hunger in agriculture’s toolbox Whiskey is for drinking; agriculture water is for fighting Paul Harvey still American agriculture’s hero, spokesman Those in the field of agriculture may remember a ...
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You Scratching Your Head Is Due to GMO Pickle Claim
Apr 9, 2013Related Media Defense of biotechnology is personal Biggest wine hoax in history reveals trade secrets Whiskey is for drinking; agriculture water is for fighting Eating lunch while catching up on the news, the headline “Monsanto ...
Tags: drinking, agriculture water
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Wine Market Which Is on Fire Sparks Gold Rush in China
Apr 8, 2013A billion Chinese each drank 1.4 liters of wine in 2011, or at least that’s how the average plays out. On the surface 1.4 liters doesn’t seem of much consequence — outpaced by America’s 11.2 liters of wine per capita ...
Tags: wine, wine market, wine exports
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There Are Some Measures to Solve Hunger in Agriculture's Toolbox
Apr 7, 2013Related Media Whiskey is for drinking; agriculture water is for fighting Paul Harvey still American agriculture's hero, spokesman January freeze: agriculture's worst enemy, best friend We've likely all seen commercials on television ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Toolbox
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Will Agriculture Use Honey Bee Robots?
Mar 20, 2013Related Media Honey laundering trails all lead to China Honey bee toxin may destroy HIV Honey bee losses defy solitary explanations Could a robot honey bee actually pollinate an orchard or crop field? With a carbon fiber body and titanium ...
Tags: Honey Bee Robots, Agriculture, Electrical, Electronics
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We Need to Remember Things Feeding and Clothing Us
Mar 19, 2013Most people in this country, when they sit down to eat one of the several meals they are likely to enjoy tomorrow, will never think about where the protein, vegetables and grains they consume came from. Many will probably pause a few ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
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Golden Rice Battle Is Coming
Mar 14, 2013Rice is king — the food staple of the world. It is also a political lightning rod and the newest battleground in the GM crop war. Golden rice, created in the late 1990s, offers a lifeline to millions of children that die each decade ...
Tags: rice, agriculture, Golden rice
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Honey Laundering Has Gained a Good Deal of Merited Press Coverage The Last Few Years
Mar 12, 2013What sits on the grocery shelf is often not what it seems — especially regarding olive oil, honey, fish and wine. The National Center for Food Protection and Defense estimates that Americans pay $10 billion to $15 billion annually for ...
Tags: Food Protection and Defense, food safety, US
