Aaaah spring! How delightful the plants are as they burst forth with the warmer longer days. It is easy to see why Greek mythology describes the spring season through the harvest goddess Demeter. Upon the return of her daughter Persephone from the deep underworld of winter, Demeter breathes life into the seeds lying dormant: flowers, trees, and plants become her joy reflected through the bouquet of life around us.
Garlic mustard is a perennial weed found in woody forested areas near rivers in the Mid-Atlantic area of the East Coast of the United States. They have a circular stem, serrated triangular leaves that grow in alternating fashion. They grow to about 3 feet high with little white 4 petal flowers appearing in the middle spring.
To harvest, I pick 3-4 leaves per plant. The leaves closest to the top are tenderest, the farther down the stem, the stronger the garlic taste but also the more bitter.
* 1/3 cup packed wild garlic mustard greens
* Handful of basil leaves (optional)
* 1/3-1/2 cup organic black walnuts – the fresher the walnuts are the better the taste. If you are allergic to nuts, just leave out. You can use Parmesan cheese as well.
* 4-5 cloves garlic (also optional if unable to eat aromatics bc of GAPs diet)
* 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
* 1 tsp salt (pink Himalayan or Kosher is nice)
* 1-2 teaspoons lemon juice
Blend all the ingredients in a food processor. While not necessary, let the ingredients settle for an hour in the fridge before using.
Use with pasta…or see my recipe for Quinoa and Kale with Wild Garlic Mustard Pesto
Let me know how it works for you!


Application of Spice Drying Technology with Internet of Things (IoT) Based Solar Dome in Samigaluh
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Innovation of drying agricultural products used by several horticultural products such as chili, ginger, seaweed, banana, or tomato. Solar dryer as an alternative method of agricultural production is more energy efficient. The solar dryer dome itself has a dome-like shape with a closed incubator like a green house. The temperature inside the Solar Dryer Dome is maintained at 40 °C – 45°C. The drying process in the Solar Dryer Dome shows a slightly higher antioxidant capacity than solar drying.
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A new research project conducted by the Sapienza Department of Environmental Biology and coordinated by Prof Alessandra Celant has uncovered the most ancient remains of lemon ever found in the Mediterranean. The discovery was made in the heart of Rome, in a small votive deposit uncovered inside the Carcer-Tullianum archaeological excavation.
The find consists of "a small fragment of peel and a few seeds of Citrus Limon, which were conserved via mummification and partial mineralization," explains the Professor who made the discovery. These remains date back to the Augustan Age. The dating has been confirmed both by archaeological and radiocarbon tests carried out at the CEDAD Facility (Dating and Diagnostics Centre of the University of Salerno, supervised by Lucio Calcagnile).
Other finds include a plant of Asian origin and other native Mediterranean seeds and fruits, including: grapevine (Vitis vinifera L. subsp. sativa Hegi), fig (Ficus carica L.), olive (Olea europaea L.), hazelnut (Corylus avellana L.) and cornelian cherry (Cornus mas L.).
Moreover, other offerings were found in the votive grave, including a pig (Sus domesticus Erx.) and goat bones (Ovis vel Capra), both of which were analysed by Claudia Minniti, from the Departiment of Cultural Heritage at the University of Salento, and two seabass vertebra (Dicentrarchus labrax L.) identified by Patrice Méniel from the French CNRS.
Based on the seasonal nature of the animal and vegetable finds - September to November - it has been possible to determine that the ritual offerings were presented in the Autumn.


Desert Locust situation update.
Widespread rains to cause further deterioration in the situation. Widespread rains that fell in late March could allow a dramatic increase in locust numbers in East Africa, eastern Yemen and southern Iran during the coming months. The current situation in East Africa remains extremely alarming as hopper bands and an increasing number of new swarms are forming in Kenya, southern Ethiopia and Somalia. This represents an unprecedented threat to food security and livelihoods because it coincides with the beginning of the long rains and the planting season.
Although ground and aerial control operations are in progress, widespread rains that fell in late March will allow the new swarms to mostly remain, mature and lay eggs while a few swarms could move from Kenya to Uganda, South Sudan and Ethiopia. During May, the eggs will hatch into hopper bands that will form new swarms in late June and July, which coincides with the start of the harvest.
Several swarms appeared in the past few days in Amudat district of northeast Uganda. The situation in Iran and Yemen is becoming increasingly worrisome. Swarms laid eggs along 900 km of coast in southwest Iran that are hatching and hopper bands are forming. The widespread heavy rains that fell in late March will allow another generation of breeding and a further increase in locusts during May, which will extend to Baluchistan, Pakistan.
Several swarms were reported in the past few days, including today, along both sides of the Oman/Yemen border in the interior and on the coast. The March rains will allow swarm breeding in eastern Yemen that will cause hopper bands to form and a further increase in locust numbers. fao
East Africa locust swarms gather as coronavirus curbs delay pesticides.
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Coronavirus-linked flight restrictions are hampering efforts to wipe out locust swarms on the verge of devastating crops in eastern Africa, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said. The curbs have delayed deliveries of pesticides and, at the current rate of spraying, stocks in Kenya will run out within four days, Cyril Ferrand, FAO’s head of resilience for Eastern Africa, told Reuters on Thursday. “If we fail in the current (regional) control operations, because of lack of pesticides, then we could see 4 million more people struggle to feed their families,” Ferrand said.
Locust numbers exploded late last year, encouraged by unusual weather patterns amplified by climate change, and swarms disbursed eastwards from Yemen, with Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia the hardest-hit countries. The first invasion that terrorized farmers in a region where 20 million people struggle for food has given birth to a second wave of insects just as new-season crops are being planted. “They are very active, very voracious, and very mobile,” Ferrand said. “
If we don’t have pesticides, our planes cannot fly and people cannot spray and if we are not able to control these swarms, we will have big damage to crops.” In Kenya, the FAO was now looking to secure pesticides from local sources, Ferrand said, should the delays continue. The spreading of the new coronavirus has forced governments to close their borders, reducing cargo flights and disrupting global supply chains, including the production of pesticides in Europe and Asia. Reuters
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Sounds like time for a technical & cultural shift. Why couldn't these oppressed people's change to new mrhods of agriculture with direction from science & engineering. Indoor agriculture using hydroponics & aquaculture might solve the problem & deny access to the insect invasion. Growing crops under cover of various unique design...giant greenhouses, perhaps inflated or geodesic...even growing algae & similar crops in long tube farms, might work. What is needed is a resolution in growing methods & nourishing crop types. This might take some time to introduce to traditional people, but it would work to sustain them & prevent a people across many countries from perishing.
seems like end time prophecy to me
Signs of the time. Matthew 24 in Kjv
These swarms are nothing like in the movies or anything anyone can imagine. In the rift valley ( kenyan food basket) these insects are eating a whole mango tree in less than 2 hrs. From the stem to the leaves. N worse the ministry of agriculture has been chained due to corona. We may survive corona but with no food; i doubt
Come quickly Lord Jesus
Does anyone ever feel like these locusts swarms are man made at an attempt to close off food supply/but up african land?
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Blueberry Importers, Growers Argue Against Safeguards, Form Coalition
Blueberry growers, importers and distributors have formed a trade group called The Blueberry Coalition for Progress & Health to argue that there should not be tariffs or quotas on imported blueberries. In a Jan. 6 press release, the group said that 80% of imported fresh blueberries enter either before U.S. production begins in earnest in late April or after it peters out in early September. They said that even though there is some U.S. production competing with imports, even Georgia only sells 10% of its crop before that peak period. But Florida competes most directly with Mexican imports, and Florida representatives had pushed for trade remedies to protect them (see 2009020016). The International Trade Commission will hear from those for and against trade restrictions on blueberries on Jan. 12.
“The domestic industry has earned double-digit operating margins in every year of the time period included within the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) investigation, which compares favorably to broader farm industry benchmarks,” said Joe Barsi, president of California Giant Farms of Watsonville, California, and a leading member of the new coalition.
Dave Jackson, co-owner of Family Tree Farms and another key member of the coalition, said: “Our family has been farming in America for over 10 generations, and we are headquartered in the San Joaquin Valley in California. Our decision to farm in Mexico and Peru, in addition to the U.S., was in direct response from our retail customers to produce and deliver quality blueberries throughout the entire year.”


Denitrification is the anaerobic respiration by which mainly NO3- and NO2- are reduced to nitric oxide (NO), nitrous oxide (N2O) and dinitrogen gas (N2). The different steps require different enzymes: nitrate reductase, nitrite reductase, nitric oxide reductase and nitrous oxide reductase, respectively. When nitrate and nitrite are converted to dinitrogen it means that nitrogen is lost from the soil ecosystem to the atmosphere. Denitrification occurs only when oxygen is depleted. Anaerobic conditions trigger the bacteria to use nitrate as an alternative to oxygen as the terminal electron acceptor in their respiration. Denitrification is carried out by a large variety of heterotrophic bacteria, the most common ones thought to be Clostridium, Pseudomonas and Bacillus.
Figure 1. The denitrifiction pathway.


POLSAD Ltd, Szczecin is a new Polish Forwarding Company, established in December 1992.
Today POLSAD is one of the best known forwarding companies in Szczecin. Annual turnover reaches 600 - 1000 thousand tons - mainly grain, seed, animal feed pellets and ground grain, molasses, vegetable oils as POLSAD is offering their service in export / import of agricultural products.
For this service we use grain silo called "EWA" with a total capacity of 73000 cubic meters and few small silos which allowed to handle ships up to 3000 tons.
The second field of our activities is liquid materials as molasses, vegetable oils. For collecting oil we use in Szczecin 6 land tanks of ca 6700 tons capacity, for collecting molasses - 3 tanks of ca 6000 tons, in Gdynia: 2 tanks of 15.000 tons molasses, and 1 tank of 7.000 tons for collecting oil.
The third field of our activities is other bulk cargo as zinc concentrates, coal, coke.
The main directions are West European harbours - as Rotterdam, Hamburg and small ports in Denmark, Sweden. For ocean vessels - harbours of South and North America.


Plant-able seed bombs are in season all year round. They can be made in the middle of winter and stored until planting time. Kids of all ages enjoy making the seed bombs, planting them, and giving them as gifts.
Gather these supplies:
- Junk mail and scrap paper
- Small molds
- Fine sieve or strainer
Let’s make seed bombs:
- Gather your molds. You want the seed bombs to be on the small side so condiment containers, ice cube trays, and muffin tins make great molds.
Make the slurry
- Tear paper scraps into small pieces—about the size of two postage stamps. Glossy papers don’t work too well, but newsprint and envelopes are great. Discard any see-through windows from envelopes. Newspaper, even if it is printed in color, produces a dull purple-grey slurry. Not the liveliest color, but remember—we’re making seed bombs; they’re going to get planted in the ground.
- Put enough torn paper in the blender container to fill it about one-third full. Just drop the piece in the blender—don’t try to pack them down. Add enough water to cover the paper.
- Blend, gradually increase to a high speed. You want a thickish slurry.
- Use the strainer to scoop out a portion of the slurry.
- With your fingers or the back of a spoon press as much of the water out of the slurry as you can.
- Sprinkle a few seeds on your lump of pressed slurry and knead them into the pulp.
Press into molds
- Press the pulp into a mold. Let rest for a few minutes. As an alternative to molds, you can roll the pulp into a small ball about ¾” in diameter or sculpt it into shape.
- Unmold the seed bomb and set it aside to dry thoroughly.
- Wait for spring and plant your seed bombs!!
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Cypriot Potatoes And Recipes.
Yesterday I got sent some Cypriot Potatoes sent to me from Tesco’s to try out.
As I’ve planned the meals over the next few day’s that don’t involve potatoes.
I decided to make some mini jackets with the potatoes as a little side dish to go with our dinner.
We were having chicken tikka and rice last night and these made a fun and interesting addition, that went down well with everyone.
Cypriot Potatoes And Recipes.
Mini Jacket Cypriot Potatoes:
2 lb Cypriot Potatoes
Virgin olive oil
1.) Preheat the oven to fan 200c
2.) Scrub the potatoes clean leaving their skins on.
3.) Make some little holes in the potatoes with a fork.
4.) Place some olive oil in a dish and roll the potatoes into the oil.
5.) Place in an oven tray and sprinkle with sea salt.
6.) Cook for around 1 hour, until nice and soft.
7.) Serve warm with butter.
About These Cypriot Potatoes:
Cypriot Potatoes And Recipes.
Cyprus has long been revered for the quality of its potato crop.
Grown in mineral rich, red alluvial soil under bright blue skies and drenched in sunshine,
Cypriot Potatoes have a distinctive red toned skin, soft yellow flesh and delicious creamy but earthy taste.
They are hand-harvested on the family-run farms in Cyprus to ensure each potato is blemish free and of the highest quality.
Freshly dug every day, Cypriot Potatoes are truly ‘new’ potatoes which are not stored but shipped straight to the UK so they also have a low carbon footprint.
Most importantly Cypriot Potatoes certainly do not disappoint on taste – with a rich, creamy, earthy flavour and perfectly firm texture they are extremely versatile.
From fresh potato salads and crispy potatoes with a spicy tomato sauce to simply served with a handful of fresh mint and knob of butter, their quality will ensure they are the star of any dish.
Supplied to Tesco by Greenvale AP, the UK’s leading potato supplier, Cypriot potatoes are also a firm favourite among the culinary elite including Michelin star chef and Saturday Cookbook presenter Mark Sargeant and top food blogger, author and supper club host Kerstin Rodgers aka Ms Marmite Lover who have both devised some tasty recipes to showcase these very special potatoes.
Below are some recipes by Mark Sargeant using the Cypriot Potatoes.
Mark Sargeant comments:
“Cyprus potatoes are a really beautiful product. As a chef I strive to use British produce as much as possible but when British new potatoes aren’t in season Cyprus potatoes fill that gap and have exceptional flavour and a wonderful texture. They are very versatile and a really top quality product.”
“Mark Sargeant’s Warm Cyprus Potato And Tomato Salad With Feta And Oregano:
4 large Cypriot potatoes, scrubbed and diced
1 large onion, halved and thinly sliced
2 cloves garlic, sliced
1½ tsp ground cumin
1 tsp ground cinnamon
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
400 g can of chopped tomatoes
Sea salt and black pepper
1 bunch fresh oregano
2 tbsp red wine vinegar
1 bag of baby spinach
1 small block of feta cheese
1.) Place the potatoes in a pan and cover with salted water then bring to the boil and simmer for four minutes until just tender then drain and cool.
2.) Heat the olive oil in a large sauté pan and fry the potatoes until golden. Remove from the pan and set aside then add the onions, garlic and spices and fry until lightly golden. Place the potatoes back in the pan with the onions and add the tomatoes.
3.) Cook on a high heat to reduce the tomatoes slightly for about 3 minutes then add the spinach. Remove from the heat straight away and gently toss the spinach so that it just wilts then add the vinegar and some of the chopped oregano.
4.) Pour into a serving dish then crumble the feta cheese on top, sprinkle some olive oil, black pepper and more fresh oregano over and serve with some crusty bread.
Mark Sargeant’s Cyprus Potato, Olive and Goat’s Cheese Pie:
3 leeks cut into chunks
1 sprig fresh thyme
1 sprig of marjoram or oregano
500g Cyprus potatoes, peeled and chopped into thick slices
140g Goats cheese, cut into small chunks
500g pack shortcrust pastry
10 pitted green olives, halved
1 egg, beaten
1.) Put the leeks, butter and thyme in a pan, cover and cook over a low heat for about 20 minutes until very soft, stirring occasionally.
2.) While the leeks are cooking, put the potatoes in a pan of cold water, bring to the boil and simmer for 4-5 minutes until just cooked.
3.) Drain the potatoes and stir into the cooked leeks then add the olives. Leave to cool, stir in the goat’s cheese and season with sea salt and plenty of black pepper. Pick the marjoram leaves into the mix also.
4.) Heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Divide the pastry in two and roll one of the pieces to the size of a dinner plate. Transfer this to a baking sheet and roll the remaining pastry and any trimmings to a round about 5cm bigger than the first.
5.) Pile the filling into the middle of the round on the baking sheet, leaving a 4cm border. Brush the border with the beaten egg, then drape over the larger piece of pastry. Trim the edges to neaten, then press the sides together with your thumb. Brush the pie all over with egg.
6.) Bake for 35-40 mins until golden. Leave to rest for 10 mins before cutting into wedges. Serve with a salad of lightly dressed Cos lettuce.
What I Thought Of The Potatoes:
The potatoes looked felt and tasted high quality, they baked perfectly in the oven and tasted so yummy.
These Cypriot Potatoes will be available in Tesco loose from December and pack as part of their finest range from January.
About this post –
I was sent some Cypriot Potatoes to try out and was not paid for this post.
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Twice-Baked Potatoes With Comté And Spring Onions.
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Blueberry Bonanza Time!
Posted on June 18 2018
When the kids are driving you crazy and the beach is too far away, it’s time to break out some picking buckets and visit the local blueberry farms.
Pros: you’ll benefit from tired-out kids, delicious blueberries, a great (farmer’s) tan, and tons of delicious blueberries!
Local blueberry prices generally vary anywhere from $2 to $3.50 per pound. According to staff at one of our favorite places, the Ridemore Blueberry Farm, the blueberry crop is still plentiful, so be sure to take advantage of a family trip to the farms!
Here’s some general rules of thumb for blueberry picking:
Be sure to call the locations before heading over. Most farms start operations fairly early, but they have select times for self-picking opportunities. We’ve included hours and contact information for Berry Sweet Orchards and Ridemore Blueberry Farm below, so be sure to check those out!
How to Dress
You’ll want to wear blue jeans or full-length pants along with closed toe shoes in order to avoid any bug-or other pest related perils. , in orde
What to Bring
Always be sure to pack sunscreen, bug spray, and plenty of bottled water and electrolyte-packed drinks.
What to Pick
Make sure to pick berries when they are dry, so they have less of a chance of spoiling quickly. The perfect berries will be dark and dusty in appearance, and will have tight- looking skin (from all the delicious juice). Avoid green or red colored berries, as they are bitter and not ready to be eaten.
When picking them, make sure to drop them into your bucket or bag carefully; they can bruise or get crushed easily. Make sure you don’t fill your containers all the way, because the combined weight of the berries can crush the ones at the very bottom.
Once You’re Home
Keep the berries cool and out of the sun until you’re back home. Place newspaper on your dining room table, and pour the berries on it with enough space to sort through them. Sor out all the inedible parts such as twigs, leaves, and such. If you wash the berries, make sure they have enough time to dry or pat them dry with paper towels.
You can either store your blue bounty in the refrigerator in a short container (to keep them from being crushed) or you can freeze them in gallon freezer bags. If freezing them, be sure to dry them and not over pack the bag; pack them to where the bag is full but lies fairly flat on its side. Now just slide into a freezer shelf laying flat to the berries freeze easily and retain their shape - and now you’ll be able to enjoy them for 10 months to a full year! Refrigerated berries last about two weeks.
Our Favorite Blueberry Locations:
Berry Sweet Orchards (Certified Organic)
5110 Brown Road, Ethel, LA
Weekly hours are scheduled and posted via the organizations Facebook page. So be sure to check this first!
Ridemore Blueberry Farm
22154 John T Prats Rd, Covington, Louisiana 70435
Weekly hours are Saturday/Tuesday, 8 a.m. - 2 p.m.
*Photo credits (in order of viewing):
- Ridemore Blueberry Farm
- Ridemore Blueberry Farm
- Berry Sweet Orchards
- Featured (cover) image: Ridemore Blueberry Farm


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THE country’s rice imports in the first quarter surged by almost 70 percent year-on-year to 985,139.995 metric tons (MT) as importers brought in more staple food in anticipation of tighter world supply coupled with lower domestic staple output.
Latest Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) data showed rice imports during the January-to-March period were 404,057.065 MT higher than the 581,082.93 MT recorded in the same period of last year.
In March alone, about 414,243.005 MT of rice entered the country, based on BPI data released to the public.
Historical BPI data showed that the 985,139.995 MT of rice imports from January to March is the highest first-quarter import volume recorded by the country since the implementation of rice trade liberalization (RTL) law in 2019.
Agriculture Undersecretary for Policy, Planning and Research Fermin D. Adriano cited two possible reasons for the imports’ rise: the importers’ expectation of tighter global staple supply and the projected lower domestic rice output.
Adriano explained that some wheat-eating countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and Middle East are projected to shift to rice due to global supply problems of wheat caused by the Ukraine-Russia war.
Importers also brought in more rice from abroad to replace the projected decline in local palay production due to lower yield, as Filipino farmers reduced fertilizer application, added Adriano.
The DA, Adriano disclosed, estimated the second quarter rice output to decline by 800,000 MT as farmers reduce fertilizer application amid soaring fertilizer prices in recent months.
Adriano explained that the projection was made by the DA’s Philippine Rice Research Institute even before the Ukraine conflict, which impacted global supply chains.
Confluence of events
Monetary Board member V. Bruce J. Tolentino said the rising rice imports may have been a result of a confluence of events — importers’ consideration for the country’s current stock level, trade conditions, as well as factors affecting domestic consumer demand.
“They all need to make money and NFA is no longer a major factor in the determination of market prices. The importers need to decide what kinds and quality of rice they want to bring in, and to find the most competitive supplier from various rice exporting countries,” Tolentino told the BusinessMirror.
“Given the above, currently wheat prices are high, and there is some substitution between wheat and rice, especially in flour and feed. Low-quality rice can also substitute for corn in feed production,” Tolentino added.
Philippine Chamber of Agriculture and Food Inc. President Danilo V. Fausto told the BusinessMirror that rice importers are already stockpiling to ensure sufficient supply amid market uncertainties caused by the Ukraine-Russia war.
“They are perhaps preparing already for the rainy season,” Fausto said.
However, Fausto criticized the nearly 1 million metric ton (MMT) of rice imports in the first quarter alone, arguing that it was against the agreement between the DA and the rice industry to manage imports during harvest season.
Total rice imports could easily reach 3 MMT this year if the rate of volume entering the country continues in the succeeding months, he warned. However, Adriano expects the volume of rice imports to slow down by the second half due to higher prices in the global market.
January 1 to April 14
BPI data also showed that rice imports from January 1 until April 14 breached the 1-MMT level, having reached 1.043 MMT, with Vietnam accounting for 75 percent (780,772.190 MT) of the total volume.
BPI data also showed rice imports from countries outside Asean, like Pakistan increased during the reference period. Pakistan exported 70,957.5 MT of rice to the Philippines from January 1 to April 14, more than double the 25,286 MT it shipped for the whole year of 2021, based on BPI data.
The top rice importer from January 1 to April 14 was Bestow Industries Inc. at 80,115 MT, followed by Lucky Buy and Sell at 42,497 MT.
BPI data also showed the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) imported 3,909 MT of rice in the reference period. The volume is 43.25 percent more than the 2,602.912 MT total rice imported by the DSWD for the whole year of 2021, BPI data showed.


Protests Against Farm Laws are an Insult for Farmers: Narendra ModiSeptember 29, 2020 13:46
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Protests Against Farm Laws are an Insult for Farmers: Narendra Modi:- A bunch of Congress youth leaders lit fire to a tractor in Delhi in the name of protests against the new farm laws that are introduced by the Indian government led by BJP. All these three farm laws are passed in the Parliament and Congress leaders across the country staged protests. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a dig calling the attack an insult for farmers. "For years, the farmers were promised of implementing Minimum Support Price (MSP) but this never happened. This is done by BJP as per the report from the Swaminathan Commission" told Narendra Modi.
"These reforms will turn as a strength for youth, women and the farmers of the country. They can sell the products to anyone. All those who are protesting wants the middlemen to earn the profits and not the farmers. The opposition parties are just opposing the freedom of the farmers in the country. The new farm laws will provide MSP for their efforts and the products. They will also bring a lot of freedom for the farmers to sell their products in any part of the country. The opposition parties kept opposing Yoga in the country when everyone was celebrating International Yoga Day" told Narendra Modi.


Shriya Naheta: At the Forefront of 'Buy Local, Eat Local' Movement
“After studying international relations and business at the University of Southern California in LA, I returned to India in 2015. Around the same time, my sister, Aditi Dugar and her business partner Prateek Sadhu were travelling around the country to source foraged products for their upcoming ingredient-driven restaurant, Masque. I joined them on their trips in India. What I saw was phenomenal; villagers were eating black rice, pink rice and chia seeds. Each journey was an eye-opener. Why were we desperate for imported produce when we could have seasonal, local, and organic instead?’ says Shriya Naheta, Founder and CEO, Zama Organics. “There’s a lot of fancy imported stuff in the market, but there was little or no access to local homegrown stuff from different parts of the country. Zama Organics was born with the thought of bridging this void.”
"Our objective is to source things that are native to different climatic belts and geographies and bring them to a common platform. All of our fresh produce comes directly from farmers and mainly sources organic produce from Nasik, Pune, Maharashtra, and also Uttrakhand," informs Shriya. "Our staples, cereals, and spices come from across the country. Whether it’s our Assamese black rice or our turmeric from the Konkan region, we are committed to delivering only the best products our country has to offer."
The objective behind Zama Organics was to offer healthier lifestyle choices by creating a one-stop-shop for native and indigenous food items of different climatic belts and geographies. This also meant encouraging more and more farmers to make their food-growing process completely organic. Freshness is of paramount importance at Zama Organics, and the organisation follows a strict harvesting calendar schedule. A list of spices, condiments, vegetables, and fruits is prepared in collaboration with the farmers, and based on their harvesting cycles, they are listed on the portal.
Emphasising on the need to go organic, she says. "The term ‘organic’ refers to anything that is grown as nature intended, without any chemicals, pesticides, or toxins. By choosing to go organic, you are making a conscious decision to adopt a healthier lifestyle - limiting your exposure to toxins that are commonly found in conventionally grown produce. Organic crops are grown in biologically active soils in the absence of pesticides, resulting in healthy produce with high levels of essential nutrients, minerals and antioxidants. Additionally, organic farming practices are far more gentle on the environment. Organic farmers have spent decades developing natural farming techniques like tilling and crop rotation that respects nature, consciously taking strides to build healthy soil, conserve water, and even combat the effects of global warming."


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How to Use:
1. Place the jointing tape on the lawn, the non-woven fabrics downward, the white release paper upward.
2. Tear the white release paper, then paste two lawn together.
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Material: Non-woven Fabrics + Adhesive Tape + PVC Film
Color: Dark Green
Peel Strength: >4kg/inc
Size(L x W): Approx. 500 x 15 cm / 196.85 x 5.91 inch
Weight: Approx. 335g
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I live in San Francisco. This summer, I wanted a garden very badly. So I picked up my copy of “You Grow Girl” by Gayla Trail, and read the sections on urban and container gardening obsessively.
On my fire escape, I had baby popping corn, strawberries, bell peppers, and tomatoes. They were all doing marvelously, until they all died.
The corn grew and grew until it came down with some kind of nasty fungi.
The strawberries never flowered, and thus never bore fruit, and eventually just kind of gave up and dried out.
The bell peppers were infected with aphids, and NOTHING I did cured them of this affliction. I eventually just threw them away.
But the tomatoes, oh the tomatoes.
They survived, somehow, and even managed to bear some fruit. One fruit, to be exact. This fruit.
It’s looking much more red now, but you get the idea. I am very protective of my little tomato. I put him on the balcony during the day so he can get some sun, and I bring the whole pot in at night when it is cold.
It’s a little ridiculous, actually, but I refuse to let the damn thing die. I’m becoming a little attached, actually. I’m not sure I’ll be able to bring myself to eat it!
In other news, I bought a christmas tree this year. It’s not a real christmas tree, it’s a rosemary bush trimmed to look like one.
See the tag?
I made the cranberry and popcorn garland myself. My boyfriend and I are having a foodie-themed christmas.
The rosemary has already come in quite handy (rosemary potatoes, anyone? Yum!) and I figure if I can keep it alive, I can just trim it back into a tree shape and use it again next year.
The problem with that logic is that I’ve never managed to keep rosemary alive for longer than a few weeks, so wish me luck!


2 edition of Agricultural typology found in the catalog.
International Geographical Union. Commission for Agricultural Typology. Meeting
|Other titles||Proceedings of the eighth meeting of the Commission on Agricultural Typology, International Geographical Union, Odessa, USSR, 20-26 July 1976|
|Statement||edited by Jerzy Kostrowicki and Wiesława Tyszkiewicz.|
|Series||Geographia Polonica -- 40, Geographia Polonica -- 40.|
|Contributions||Kostrowicki, Jerzy., Tyszkiewicz, Wiesława., Instytut Geografii i Przestrzennego Zagospodarowania (Polska Akademia Nauk)|
|The Physical Object|
|Pagination||260 p.,  folded leaves of plates :|
|Number of Pages||260|
The Census of Agriculture is a complete count of U.S. farms and ranches and the people who operate them. Even small plots of land - whether rural or urban - growing fruit, vegetables or some food animals count if $1, or more of such products were raised and sold, or normally would have been sold, during the Census year. The Census of Agriculture, taken only once every . This book presents a comprehensive typology of the projectile points that were made by the earliest farmers in the Greater Southwest during the last two millennia B.C. Textual descriptions are accompanied by photographs and diagrams showing how key attributes are discerned and combined into diagnostic sets that are used for type identifications.
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Abstract The main objective of the paper is to do a critic study of the use of typology methodologies within pasture-based farming systems (PBFS), especially those situated in less favoured areas. OCLC Number: Notes: Contains 20 papers read at the meeting of the Commission for Agricultural Typology of the International Geographical Union, held in New Delhi in December,during the 21st International Geographical Congress.
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Before planting, the site should be free of weeds and ongoing weed control will be required as for any other fruit crop. Commercial finger limes are affected by the same pests that affect other citrus varieties though to a lesser extent.
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The largest importers of Vietnamese tra fish were the EU, ASEAN, the US, Japan, Mexico, Brazil, China and Hong Kong.
In the five-month period, tra exports saw reductions in price and volume in many traditional markets.
The regional provinces zoned off 5,700 hectares of water surface for tra fish breeding and supplied 390,000 tonnes of material tra fish for processing factories.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, local breeders still face difficulties as production costs are higher than selling prices and they find it hard to access bank loans.
To help the farmers, the provinces have sent technical staffs to guide them how to produce tra fish meeting standards for export. They have also encouraged the breeders to apply new farming measures in order to raise the fish quality.-VNA


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Organophosphate compounds are frequently used to control flies, lice, and insects of ornamental plants as well as food crops and soil insects. It has anticholinesterase activity, thus, its accumulation in the soil and then in the food crops may cause organophosphate toxicity most commonly through the production of reactive oxygen species and causes severe physiological changes. One of the most important insecticides of organophosphate is the diazinon. It is widely used in agriculture and in industries.
The present study carried out by Fatma M. El-Demerdash from Alexandrin University, Egypt and Hoda M. Nasr from Damanhour University, Egypt reveals that selenium can alleviate the negative effect of the diazinon in the rats that caused different physiological changes.
For this study, researchers took four groups of seven rats in each. The first group (group 1) was designated as control while groups 2, 3, and 4 were treated with selenium, diazinon, and diazinon in combination with selenium respectively. After 30 days of an experiment, during which these rats were administered the respective doses continuously, they found the following results.
In the group, treated with diazinon, the activity of Catalase, Superoxide Dismutase (SOD), Glutathione Peroxidase (GP), Glutathione-S-Transferase (GST), and Glutathione Reductase (GR) was decreased. While the serum level of the enzymes likes Aminotransferases (ALAT, and ASAT), Phosphatases and Lactase Dehydrogenase (LD) were found to be decreased.
However, in the group of rats treated with selenium, it was found that the level of Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances was low. The serum level of total lipids, cholesterol, urea, and creatinine was also decreased while the activities of the antioxidant enzymes, as well as the content of the glutathione, were found to be increased. The group of rats treated with selenium plus diazinon, there was partial or complete alleviation of the toxic effect of the diazinon.
Selenium is an essential trace of a dietary element having the ability to scavenge free radicals and protects the cellular environment from the oxidative damage. It protects the structure and function of the proteins, DNA, and chromosomes from oxidative injury. However, it also causes or stimulates the expression of other biologically active compounds like Glutathione Peroxidase (GP) and Glutathione-S-Transferase (GST), etc.
In conclusion, selenium has many beneficial effects. It is an antioxidant and can alleviate the toxicity of the organophosphates like diazinon by itself as well as by expressing some of the most common antioxidant enzymes.
Reference: Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology
Article doi: 10.1016/j.jtemb.2013.10.001


Some folks find gardening a really peaceful thing, it helps them to calm their mind and get involved in a process that acts as a stress buster and is also rewarding at the same time. A lot of effort goes into the whole process but the end result is always soothing and great.
Over the years, with the various changes in the traditional form of gardening, it has become a lot easier. One of the tools that is great for gardening is the best soil moisture meter. Soil moisture meters are devices which enable one to get a reading of the moisture content of the soil and one can easily carry them anywhere because of their compact size.
There are a lot of varieties to choose from. While some can get some extra task done, others will only do the least required.
Here is a list of the 5 best soil moisture meters review that is trending in the market right now.
Table of the Soil Moisture Meter
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1. Luster Leaf 1820 Rapitest Soil Moisture Meter
This moisture meter is very simple and easy to use. It gives the readings instantaneously and that’s the best thing about this device. It also comes in with a plant list that gives recommendations for proper moisture content readings.
The batteries are included with the set and they have quite a long life. The digital output is displayed in an easy to read format. There is also a mini version of this but that is not a recommended buy for its inconsistent results.
Our Verdict: This device comes in with a set of recommendations which comes in really handy.
2. Etekcity Indoor/Outdoor Soil Moisture Sensor Meter
This moisture meter is really flexible when it comes to taking readings. There are a total of ten scales in this sensor which provides you with a range of readings. The reading system is colour coded making it easier to operate.
Another plus point of this one is that you do not need any power source to operate this piece. The probe is deep enough to probe to the level of the roots and thus can provide quite an accurate reading.
Our Verdict: Quite good and easy to use for beginners. The deep probe and colour coded scales enables proper consistent readings.
3. Soil pH Meter, 3-in-1 Soil Test Kit For Moisture
This version offers one to take three measurements- moisture content, light intensity and pH level. However, unlike the MoonCity it does not allow you to measure the soil temperature. To take the readings, you will need to leave the device in the soil for some time, say about 10 minutes.
To ensure that each time you get a correct reading, the probes need to be cleaned thoroughly after every use. This device can be used both for indoor and outdoor purposes, it works great for gardening allowing you to get a correct measurement of the moisture and pH content thereby enabling proper gardening techniques.
Our Verdict: With its ease of use and its ability to provide 3 different readings it is simply an amazing tool for measuring the moisture content. The only downside is that one has to wait to get the readings.
4. REOTEMP Garden and Compost Moisture Meter (17 Inch Stem)
This one is bit different than the ones listed above. For the most obvious difference, the probe is quite longer than the others styles generally available.
With its 17 inch long probe, you can easily poke it in far deeper to take the moisture content of the soil. However this does not allow you to take other readings such as the pH levels or the amount of sunlight that the soil is receiving.
This simple robust model is quite good at its task, giving accurate readings and making gardening an enjoyable activity. It measure the electrical conductivity that is relative the content of salt in the soil. It even comes in with one AAA calibrated battery.
Our Verdict: Go for this only if you want a simple device to begin with. It is quite nice with a longer probe and easy to calibrate feature.
5. MoonCity 4-in-1 Soil Tester Moisture Meter
This one is an all-rounder. From one single probe, it is capable of providing four different readings. So, you need to stick the eight inch long probe deep into the soil whose moisture content you want to measure. And this will give you the following readings.
- soil moisture content
- pH value
- Intensity of sunlight in that particular spot
The results are displayed on the LCD screen making it easy for you to read. And the results are displayed within some seconds. Even in the sunlit conditions one need not worry for not being able to read the results. The backlighting of the screen of the device solves this problem easily. The MoonCity is powered by one 9 volt battery unlike the other soil moisture meters.
Our Verdict: The MoonCity 4-in-1 Soil Moisture Meter is currently the best in the market. With its ability to take 4 different readings simultaneously it is a good choice. If you can shed some extra bucks, then this is the ideal moisture meter to go for as it multitasks and saves you the trouble from getting other devices to get the different readings.
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Potato Day 2014 was a great success
BBC Radio 4 Gardener's Question Time comes to Shrewsbury
SOGS hosted an edition of Gardeners' Question Time in November and the panel consisted of
Chairman Peter Gibbs, Bob Flowerdew, Anne Swithinbank and Chris Beardshaw.
Two programmes were recorded. The first was broadcast on November 22nd and the second will be broadcast on January 3rd 2014. Listen on Radio 4 iplayer.
Potato Day 2014 will be on February 8th at Montford Village Hall.
We are a group of enthusiastic organic gardeners and small holders who meet once a month for talks, visits and outings. We are affiliated to Garden Organic.
Find us on twitter @ShropsG
Question Time Panel with Peter Anderson
Members wait to ask their questions
The group also has a stall at the Shrewsbury Flower Show, where you can come along and learn about organic gardening and meet existing members.
Membership is £8.00 single or £10.00 couple per year. Visitors are very welcome to come to an individual meeting at £1.00.


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Our Resolute Blend is made up of coffee from two origins, Brazil and Ethiopia. It is roasted to highlight Chocolate up front, and balanced with an Almond and Dried Cherry finish. This blend is for our coffee and milk drinkers, but also has a nice full flavor when drinking it black.
Paubrasil delivers the best of a classic Natural processed coffee from the Cerrado and is Ally’s Core Coffee from Brazil. Paubrasil is named for Brazil’s national tree and exemplifies the consistent quality created by Brazil’s seasoned farmers, who use all available technologies to advance production by growing coffees that offer balanced, smooth profiles, despite changing environmental conditions.
Each container of Paubrasil is traceable back to the farm(s) where it was grown through a QR code linking to an online profile compiled prior to shipping the coffee. Paubrasil coffee is transparently certified as part of the Regiao Cerrado Mineiro Designation of Origin program. Coffees certified with the Designation of Origin are grown on farms in an area encompassing 55 municipalities that produce coffees with a unique identity, resulting from the combination of climate, soil, terrain, elevation, and the “know-how” of producers.
Paubrasil’s contributing producers belong to one of nine cooperatives or six associations affiliated with the Cerrado Coffee Growers Federation, have signed a statement of good practices in accordance with Brazilian labor laws, and store coffee in accredited warehouses post-harvest.
Named for Ethiopia’s national tree, Ally’s Acacia Core Coffee comes from smallholder farmers in the Guji region of Ethiopia. The sweet, fruity profile of Ethiopia Acacia Natural is selected to represent the classic flavors of some of Ethiopia’s best recognized coffee producing regions. Our Core Coffees reflect the work of whole communities, and the Ethiopia Acacia Natural is produced by the smallholder farmers who characterize the coffee production landscape of Ethiopia.
In these southern regions of Ethiopia farmers pick coffee selectively, harvesting only ripe cherries individually by hand. Pickers rotate among the trees every eight to ten days, choosing only the cherries which are at peak ripeness. Natural processed coffee is transferred directly to raised drying beds. The ripe cherries are turned constantly as they dry in the sun.


I was hired by the Lea Valley Growers Association to make a corporate documentary about the fresh vegetable and produce growing industry, the challenges it faces and the way it works. The film was very successful and BBC Countryfile requested to use the content in the episode broadcast on BBC One on 3rd May 2020.
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The Lake County Department of Agriculture protects our local agricultural industry and the environment from invasion by exotic pests by maintaining an extensive Pest Exclusion Program as the first line of defense. Despite rigorous regulations and best practices, non-native insects, weeds, and plant pathogens are regularly transported into California. Exotic pests may flourish in new environments if imported without their natural enemies. Pest Exclusion operates under the belief that it is more cost-effective and better for native plants and animals to keep exotic pests out of Lake County than to attempt to control or eradicate them after they are introduced.
Incoming commercial and private shipments of agricultural products and plant materials are inspected for compliance with quarantine regulations. Investigators routinely intercept exotic pests during daily inspections at shipping facilities such as the United States Post Office, Federal Express, and United Parcel Service (UPS). Inspections and surveys of material coming into local nurseries, aquatic plant stores, and specialty markets prevent exotic pests from escaping into the environment and save taxpayers the burden of eradication costs, quarantine sanctions, and wildland rehabilitation.
Additionally, our Federally licensed inspectors write the paperwork and inspect shipments of fruit and other host material being exported to foreign countries. Each country has its own restrictions on shipments crossing its borders, and the certificates certify that inspectors have shown the produce or host material meets those requirements.
Any plant and most unprocessed plant products from outside of California are required to be inspected upon arrival for proper certification against quarantined pests and for freedom from live pests. Please contact our office prior to transport.


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How it is Used: The chestnut tree was once an important economic species due to its strong and rot-resistant lumber.
Mar 20, 2022 · Planting and growing chestnut trees is a rewarding challenge. The results were all the same, the trees died.
A generous amount of top soil will result in better growth; however, chestnuts can generally tolerate relatively poor sites. One thing I keep seeing is to avoid clay soils.
5cm (3in) between the stems and the mulch to decrease the chance of rots developing at the base. In addition, they will grow well in sandy soils, which tend to be more acidic than other types of soils because of their high level of carbonate ions (CaCO 3 ) and their ability to hold water.
Jan 4, 2018 · As it gets closer to being able to start habitat work on the family 40, I am getting more and more in depth with my research.
Often puddles form on clay or silt soils, and they easily become compacted. . If you are wondering how to grow chestnut trees, the most important consideration is soil.
May 11, 2022 · Backfill with soil and firm gently, water in well and mulch the soil with compost. There are 2 soil types on the family farm according to the NRCS soil survey maps. Your planting site selection should be in full sun and in well-drained, sandy loam soils with a pH between 5 and 6. Add a 2-inch layer of. European shothole borer (Xyleborus dispar Fabricius), also known as the pear blight borer, is the main chestnut borer pest in the Pacific Northwest.
Cabbage comes in many varieties and is versatile. .
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The olive trees need maintenance, just like everything else. This is the time of the year we have to prune all those trees. Their silvery leaves that are billowing in the wind need some trimming. Sometimes, it is a little difficult to find people to do the running since this is also the season to prune for the vines. The climate in this are is perfect for Mediterranean food and faire. It is warm and dry during the day in the summer, and then up to 50 degrees cooler in the evening. Our overall temperatures are very close to southern France. When the averages are compared with the cool nights, our area is a little cooler.
Now, we have had so much rain, and it will impact the flavors of the olives and the grapes. The water from all the rain hasn’t yet soaked into the earth, it’s like a sponge that can’t pick up any more water. The water is just running off, and not being absorbed. This week, we are going to have warm, sunny days, which will allow the some drying before more rains come back to our area. No one is complaining about all the rain, since we really need it to completely recover from our four years of drought. I am so excited to taste the differences in the fruits this year! I’m sure they are ripe with possibilities!
So, what does our olive grove look like now? Here is a photo before the trimming of our Italian variety olive trees.


I love when people ask me about GMO and Pesticides. They open a whole can of worms. Debate time!!! Ok. So first, you have to understand there are many different "personal" definitions of GMO. If you want to get really technical from dictionary.com:
GMO definition. The abbreviation for genetically modified organism. A GMO is an organism whose genome has been altered by the techniques of genetic engineering so that its DNA contains one or more genes not normally found there.
So what does that mean in simple terms? Well, it means that there is something different about that plant or animal. Lets take the Standard Rex rabbit as an example. A rare (not normally found) DNA trait was found in two rabbits. Ironically, re breeding those same rabbits never reproduced this genetic trait. So, two rabbits exhibited this rare trait. Those two were the basis of the Rex rabbit breed. The trait is a recessive genetic trait causing the guard hairs to be very short. So why isnt the Rex rabbit GMO? Because it wasnt done in a lab. It was naturally occurring. Sweet corn (heirloom varieties) have been selectively bred for years to create the sweet long ears of corn we have now. It was tasteless with very small ears and used as a grain for flour or animal feed until a few were found with a genetic difference and were bred together. They werent done in a lab.
So, under current definition (I recall it used to say genetically altered, but didnt say engineered), GMO is classified as changing of DNA by genetic engineering. So what is that? Webster.com says:
Full Definition of genetic engineering
: the group of applied techniques of genetics and biotechnology used to cut up and join together genetic material and especially DNA from one or more species of organism and to introduce the result into an organism in order to change one or more of its characteristics
Here it gets to be only my opinions:
Now, here is where it gets tricky. Having had a child with a birth defect I do like the science of genetic engineering. I believe it has a place in our medical society. I believe it could benefit our lives. I also think that if there was a major disease wiping out the worlds veggies or fruits (like the banana crops of the last few years) that genetic engineering would be useful in helping to protect from the crop disease if it was not preventable through other methods. I do not think that genetic modification should be done for convenience. If you want to spray a certain herbicide to kill weeds and that spray is cheap, then lets modify the genetic make up of that crop to withstand the spray. No, I do not agree with that. We have worked hard for 6 years to get all of the GMO canola off our land. Mostly because it interfered with other crops as it could not be sprayed out. As a farmer, there are many many many things at our disposal. I believe they all have their place. There are mechanical means: mowing, pulling up weeds, discing a field, basically mechanical methods of solving your problem. There are chemical methods: herbicides, pesticides, and fire. There are planning methods: rotational grazing, crop rotations, allowing them to become overgrown to smother weeds, heavy seeding to prevent weeds or resting the fields. Science plays a part as the health of the crop depends heavily on the health of the soil. The science wouldnt have been created to help produce better food if it wasnt needed. However, there is a point (and it will be different for everyone) when it goes beyond what is needed to convenience. When you reach that point you risk damaging the whole eco system. For instance. That canola I was talking about. It has cause massive issues in our ditches. Smothering out the natural plant species that could withstand our local environment, causing less food for the wildlife, contamination of heirloom varieties of canola, contamination of farmers fields, this canola honey is solidifying in honey bee hives and causing them to starve, and you can not retain your seed as it is patented. So you spend more money buying new seed every year rather then growing what you already produced. Now, they are bringing in gmo alfalfa, with the same concept as that canola. We have already stopped growing canola all together here. Having dairy animals, I would prefer to not stop growing alfalfa, but it may come to that. For me personally, the risks out weight any possible benefits.
So what about the sprays? There are herbicides, insecticides, and fungicides that are commonly used around here. I have not used fungicides and do not use fungicide treated seeds. Insecticides I have not used in the crops. I have used it in my greenhouse when no matter how many times I washed the leaves or used tape to remove the aphides or used DE on the plants and I still have enough of them they are damaging my plants. I believe that their is a use for each spray, but using them only when needed and using them only where needed I think has been lost. I have mowed down and disced up a field due to weeds rather then spray it. It is not something I can afford to do every year. If the costs of spraying the field outweigh the money I would make harvesting that field, then I will disc it. Your choice of spraying or not should not be taken lightly. I am not going to get into the different sprays and everything that they cause to the human body. I am only going to say, I rather not do it if I do not absolutely have to. I rather mow an area then spray a field. Or better yet, burn it to return all that nutrients to the soil faster.
In short, everything has it's place. It is when we do things because it is easier, not better, that it becomes a problem.


Soil planning is one of the most important measures in grow a wholesome and effective crop of any variety. Soil is the key to natural and organic gardening, and the crops you develop will only be as wholesome as the soil they are grown in.
The very first phase in making ready any soil is to know what you are operating with – clay, loam, sand, silt, or a blend of a single or much more of these types of soil. Performing a easy jar take a look at at property or getting your soil examined by a local Cooperative Extension is the only way you will know what you are dealing with. Cooperative Extension Companies normally will suggest you on how to improve your soil as soon as they test it.
Once the floor can be labored in the early spring, loosen a tiny area of your backyard garden to a depth of about eight – ten inches to check the dampness content of the soil – this can just be completed with a shovel or spading fork. best garden hose nozzle If the soil is saturated with dampness from either snow melt or rain, it is way too wet for doing work. A simple test is to just take a handful of soil and squeeze it into a ball. If the ball of soil can be simply be broken by a gentle poke of your index finger, it is dry sufficient to be labored. As soon as you have totally labored the soil, it ought to be free and free of clumps.
If you are starting a backyard garden in an area that formerly was a garden or turf places, take away any clumps of sod and place them in your compost region, or turn them over and expose their root program toward the solar to dry out. This will support avoid any grass areas from getting more than your backyard garden.
Plant existence and seeds the two want oxygen to survive, and the only way they can get this is with a soil that has a healthy framework. A good soil framework is one that will retain moisture and nutrients, and drain well at the identical time. Amending soil with natural make a difference will tremendously increase the structure, and produce an setting that will drastically advantage the microorganisms that live below the area of your backyard. This all demands to be attended to before you start any type of planting as soon as seeds or any type of plant lifestyle has been planted in your backyard garden, there is minor you can do to improve the soil structure.
If your garden soil is like most gardens, considerably less than perfect, you need to boost it. The healthier the soil is in your yard, the much healthier the crops will be that you are growing. Organic issue is the crucial to enhancing an organic gardens soil construction, compost being the ideal decision. When natural and organic make a difference is extra to a sandy soil, it acts like a glue to hold the soil particles jointly, and when added to a clay soil, it works just the reverse. With clay soil, natural make a difference will get amongst soil particles and loosens the soil to allow air and drinking water to attain the root techniques of vegetation. Any time there are no crops expanding in your backyard is the perfect time to amend the soil with organic and natural make a difference, it does not subject what time of the year or period it is.
One particular of the most overlooked parts of a soil is the pH stage. This is the diploma of acidity or alkalinity of the soil. This is a simple test that can be carried out yourself with a test kit that can be bought at most backyard garden centre. As soon as you have the final results of the examination, it will indicate the present stage of pH. If the final results display stages that are out of an acceptable selection for the crops you are developing, the addition of lime or sulfur will deliver the soil into the proper assortment for expanding your crops. Lime will neutralize the soils pH, and sulfur will make it a lot more acidic.


Many cattle farmers are abandoning the conventional method, and embracing the new way forward: regenerative farming. These farmers choose to feed their cows only grass, which is what cows are biologically designed to consume, rather than grains. Feeding the cows grass significantly increases the nutrients in the meat. One can determine the diet of a cow for example, by testing its milk or meat, for specific nutrients.
Regenerative farming restores the pastures and reverses desertification, increasing organic matter and water infiltration, which ultimately ends flooding and decreases the climate temperature locally. You can learn more about this by exploring the resources below.
It is critical that we support these farmers by buying meat from them directly. This allows many farmers who are in transition to meet their financial needs until they stabilize their operations.
Find Farmers Near You
Many farmers make weekly or bi-weekly deliveries to various locations through the Twin Cities metro and surrounding areas. Find one that works for you.
- Farmers who have graduated from the Soil Health Academy and are using the most cutting edge adaptive practices, and have the most nutrient density foods
- Find a farmer near you through Farm Match
- your local Weston A. Price chapter
- MN Grown directory https://minnesotagrown.com/
- Farm Direct Minnesota Facebook group – where you can connect with farmers for food sourcing
- you local farmer’s market. SNAP benefit cards can be used at farmers markets.
Resources for Regenerative Farming
Farmers who have graduated from the Soil Health Academy and are using the most cutting edge adaptive practices, and have the most nutrient density foods. Many of these farmers happen to be in Minnesota!
Minnesota Soil Health Coalition – a group of Minnesota farmers teaching other farmers how to implement regenerative principles on their ranches.
Organic beef scorecard – The Cornucopia Institute
www.CarbonCowboys.org – videos explaining how regenerative cattle operations reverse climate change (or more accurately, the destruction of the water cycle).
Worried about climate change? Stop worrying about carbon, and start worrying about water and trees. “…of the heat dynamics on earth, only ~4-10% re regulated by carbon, 70-95% are regulated by water.” – Zach Weiss. Video: Healing Ecosystems and Communities with Water Restoration: Webinar with Zach Weiss
You can find more great videos about hydrology and regenerative farming by watching videos with Mark Shephard of New Forest Farm in Viola, WI.
Holistic Planned Grazing – holistic planned grazing is not rotational grazing. Holistic planned grazing involves reducing paddock size, increasing ‘mob’ size, or herd size per the area grazed upon, and moving the animals quickly. Both of these aspects result in longer recovery times for each area of vegetation.
You will find innovation in the most unexpected places — even at the USDA. Ray Archuleta, Soil Health Spokesperson for the NRCS is a dynamic and amazing advocate for truly healthy soil.
Stefan Sobkowiak is one of the leading innovators in growing orchards and fruit-focused food forests.
Sepp Holzer’s techniques, including but not limited to connected ponds, hugelkultur beds, unique planting methods, creating microclimates, underground animal housing, and the use of terraces and perennial wheat, are widely loved, copied and adapted throughout the world.
HUGE 9,000-acre farm in Dakota adopts regenerative agriculture:


Innovative sorting system for strawberry plants designed
Strawberry plant propagators face quite some challenges nowadays. Reducing labour is one, and our systems help with that. Together with Mazzoni Group, we designed a future proof and secure strawberry plant sorting system including Industry 4.0.
So how does our system work? During harvesting the strawberry bare root plants are brought in bulk to the packing hall. The plants are all in a tangle and contain sand and stones from the field. We first separate the plants from the sand and the stones, and thereafter make a thin layer of plants. The sorting of these plants is still a manual job, but we make it an easy task for the workers. Every worker has a safe and pleasant ergonomic working space increasing the speed of sorting and packing.


In spite of the nasty pollen counts that make my eyes itch and my nose swell, I ventured out into the backyard yesterday to give my badly neglected garden some TLC. Between last summer’s drought and last autumn’s miscarriage, I just didn’t do any of the things I’d planned out. The general apathy has now mostly worn off, and I was able to approach our weird little yard with something like interest. Too late to put in blackberries this year. But I got out there and weeded and clawed up the soil around the surviving plants and generally worked myself till I was a little wobbly in the knees.
My mongrel irises are getting ready to bloom. I don’t think they’ll make it to Easter. Oh well. One year, the irises and Easter will coincide. Then again, my irises bloom purple, so maybe it’s more appropriate for them to bloom during Lent?
My Texas honeysuckle didn’t die during last summer’s drought! It didn’t die when a mound of fire ants moved in over it’s roots! It is, incredibly, blooming.
The other honeysuckle isn’t thriving quite as vigorously, and it hasn’t put out buds yet, but it’s still doing quite well. It was a little smaller, and was hit harder by the drought. We’re going to mount trellises to the fence this spring for them to climb, and maybe next year we’ll be able to rig some sort of arch between the two to make a full arbor.


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Then come the Colombard, representing the largest part of our wineyard. After that, we move to our red varieties (Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Tannat) to make our Rosé and red wines. It is now time to harvest our Ugni-Blanc, Baco and Folle-Blanche for our distillation wines. The season ends with the harvest of our Gros Manseng and the Petit Manseng for our sweet wines .
The grapes are picked up at night to ensure the freshness and quality of the fruits. The juice is obtained thanks to pneumatic powered winepress, ideal to keep the best aromatic potential of the fruit. The wort is then transferred to thermos-regulated vats to start the alcoholic fermentation.
The distillation at Les Hauts de Montrouge starts mid-November and ends late December. It is realized with the wines from the Ugni-Blanc, Baco and Folle-Blanche grape variety. Out 3 alambics called ATHOS, PORTHOS and ARAMIS, in the typical Armagnac style, operate 24 hours a day. They give us a pure EAU DE VIE for us to create all our products of the Armagnac range. (Blanche, Floc, Armagnac and liquors)


July 01, 2017
The Egyptian government is exerting great efforts to establish horizontal agricultural expansion projects in addition to creating new urban communities in the desert areas to fill the food gap resulting from population increase, relieve population pressure from the valley and the Delta, create wide investment opportunities, increase national income and create new job opportunities. The practical purpose of this study was to assess the current situation of the Damietta area for the possibility of agricultural expansion and to identify priorities for the optimal use of integrated development in the region using remote sensing and GIS techniques.
Division : Agriculture Applications, Soils, and Marine
Prof : Prof.Dr.Abdel-Aziz Belal


Great Ways to Plant and Care for Succulent Plants
Succulent plants can be described as those that grow while storing water whereby they can be flowers or vegetables. Water and space are hugely conserved when you choose to pot plant the succulent plants. When looking to plant them, it is essential for you to have the right way or method for you to plant the succulents in a pot without necessarily having the holes. This article goes a long way in making sure that you understand how to go about the planting of succulent plants.
When looking at the different pots with drilled holes, you find that it is a great option as the information is readily available on the web. Prior to starting the methods, it is important for you to make sure that you think of the cost of the services so that they are in line with your affordability. You need not be in a hurry to purchase the pots and have them drilled so that it in delivers quality services. Look at the final results with the drilling of the pots and get to gauge whether they are suitable for you or not.
For those that decide to plant them in hole-less pots, you need to know that it is irreversible after planting. It is also essential for you to know that the survival of the plants are solely dependent on how you take care of them and water them. Since there is no drainage, you realize that it is easy to damage them especially based on over-watering part. There are different ways for you to manage the watering aspect and you have to choose the one that suits you best.
As the client in this case, you can choose to use rock layers so that the water is manageable so that the water settles to the rocks below. With the rocks, you are sure that the plants will not take in too much water thus reducing the rotting of the roots. As you embark on selecting the types of rocks, you will get to see that they differ in the sizes and will be different from one pot to another. There is the need for you to also think of using activated charcoal so that it absorbs the excessive water.
Lastly, it is essential for you to think of using a sprayer or syringe to water the plants so that you reduce wastage. When spraying the water, concentrate on the soil and where the roots are instead of the leaves so that the plant can absorb it. When looking at the watering, you will get to see that it is necessary for you to work round the seasons and the plant types. It is only when you are equipped with such information that you can have an easy time caring for the succulent plants.
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Burning Season in Thailand
Worse Than Too Much Rain - Northern Thailand
Most travelers concerned about weather in Thailand ask about the rainy season. Those who are planning to travel to islands in the Gulf of Thailand or the Andaman Sea wonder about the monsoons
Unless you have visited Northern Thailand during the burning season you may not think that burning a little rice-straw is a big problem.But is certainly can ruin a holiday!
Burning in Northern Thailand, Burma, Laos, Cambodia and Southern China is an annual problem and seems to be getting worse.
What to Expect
Air quality in the burning season is among the worst in Thailand. On bad days, visibility is severely limited. On really bad days, it is common to experience eye irritation and breathing discomfort.
Who Burns & Why?
- Rice farmers often burn straw & stubble after a harvest
- Wild mushrooms are stimulated by burning
- Some hill tribes burn to clear farm land
- Many rural Thais burn to clear rainy season overgrowth
When is Burning Season?
- Generally, November to April
- Burning of rice stubble usually starts in with the first harvest in November.
- When slash-and-burn farm land clearing starts the air quality gets worse.
- Then the second rice harvest stubble burning starts.
- Worst months are late February & March
Why is Northern Thailand So Bad?
- Topography and terrain are factors, i.e., Chiang Mai was built in a basin surrounded by mountains.
- Some of the problems are exacerbated by regional and seasonal wind patterns.
- The area and areas of surrounding countries are rice growing areas
- Northern Thailand, Burma and Laos have many hill tribes who practice slash and burn farming