Onions and green onions are widely used for dishes in Hong Kong. It is almost essential to put onions or green onions when cooking to give the dish a flavor. But how do they come to our plates? Usually, green onions and onions will go through three main stages, namely production, distribution and consumption. During each stage, there will also be a production of waste and it can be used for generating energy.
Onion, despite the cheap price, is imported from various places. Unlike most crops, the major import of onion is not from China, but India. New Zealand is the main importer of onion to Hong Kong. Indian onion takes up of 34% in Hong Kong onion market while 28% of Hong Kong onions are from New Zealand. Onions from mainland China only take up 21% while a small percentage of the onions are imported from the US, Malaysia and Japan respectively. This is very interesting as the transport fee would be quite high. So why do India and New Zealand onions have a market in Hong Kong?
India is the highest onion producing country (APEDA, 2013). Onion from India is famous for its strong scent and is available all year round. Besides there is a huge global demand for Indian onion, the country has exported 1,666,872.63 MT of fresh onion to the world from 2012-13 (APEDA, 2013), proving the popularity of Indian onion. New Zealand onions, on the other hand, have long been exported a long way to Japan, besides they put a lot of resources to improve the storage characteristic of onion (Onions New Zealand Inc., 2009). This allows the New Zealand onions to have long shelf life and are sea freight, letting them to arrive Hong Kong in a perfect state (Onions New Zealand Inc., 2009).
Green onions are mainly from the mainland China since green onions are originated from China (Vegetable Marketing Organization, 2008) The major original sources that produce green onions are Heilongjiang, Neimeng, Jilin, Fujian, Yunnan, Sichuan and Gansu.
At a production stage, onion is usually produced by seeding directly or transplanting. They will mature in 100 to 140 days. It is best for them to grow in a mild climate, without extreme temperature nor excessive rainfall. As for green onions, many people would grow them at home as they can be transplanted into a small container and mature in 35-45 days. Green onions also grow best in mild climate. After they are fully matured, they can be harvested.
Onion can be harvested manually or by using mechanics (Opara, 2003). Workers would first lever the bulbs of the onion with a fork to loosen them, then they will pull the onion out by grasping the top of the plant. On the other hand, mechanic method is usually applied in developed countries. It can be done in two ways, a one-phase method and a two-method. For one-phase method, leaves of the crop will be mowed and then immediately harvested and sieved to remove debris. The crops will then be dried using machines and then loaded. For two-phase method, leaves will also be mowed. Then onions will be harvested and sieved to remove debris. It is different from one-phase method because the bulb will be left to dry naturally for 8-10 days instead of being dried in machines. This stage is called as windrowing. After that, they will be loaded into a trailer or crates and being transported. One-phase method can save some labor cost, but would increase energy usage as drying is done by using machines (Opara, 2003).
Green onion harvesting is much more simple, just pull them out from the soil then it is done. Note that green onion cannot be pulled from the leaves as it will damage the tissue (National Agricultural Research Institution, 2004).
To ensure the onions and green onions are intact when they reach the customers, they must be properly packaged. For green onions, they will be brunched before packing and then contained in a well-ventilated durable plastic container (Gesamtverband , 2014). As for onions, they will be cure before packing and put into a refrigerated container if they are chilled onion, or just put into well-ventilated containers (National Agricultural Research Institution, 2004).
The second stage is distribution. Onions from overseas are mainly transported by aircrafts; from mainland China are transported by aircrafts or trains; from local farms are transported by vehicles. For onions which are imported from mainland China, before they get further distributed for consumption, they need to go through a quality control. All the imported vegetables have to have a Pesticide Declaration Certificate, Monitoring Card etc. for inspection and there is a Food Control Office at Man Kam To near the border for testing samples. In addition, a Food Surveillance Program operated by the Centre for Food Safety of Food and Environmental Hygiene Department will take random samples of vegetables at import, wholesale and retail level for testing regularly to ensure they do not exceed the Maximum Residue Limits recommended by Codex Alimentarius Commission (CFS, 2013). After this process, green onions and onions can be transported to the wholesalers such as Western Wholesale Food Market by vehicles which are then sold to different retailers like supermarkets and food stores as well as catering services like hotels and restaurants. Finally, they go to consumers.
The collective consumption of onions products are usually conducted by the wholesalers inside the wholesale market. To compose a trading network, there are primary and secondary wholesalers which are depending on their trading size. The purchase varies from several piculs to a large amount. It is different from purchasing onions at the supermarkets and wet markets. The trading hours of the vegetable products start at the mid-night from 3 a.m. and the peak hours are only few hours at 5:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. (Wholesale Markets Management Division, 2014). In later stages, those products are further traded to smaller wholesalers within the wholesale food markets and even to the local wet markets nearby our home.
During each process from farm to plate, there is certainly a generation of waste. Since appearance and packaging are relatively important when they are being sold, there might be some green onions and onions being dumped, some wrappings being disposed etc. According to Gill Onion Processed Factory, in 217.8 million pounds of processed onion, only 46% of them becomes finished product and the rest will be dumped into landfills and according to a survey conducted by Oxfam, the main reason why vegetables are being wasted is due to their “unattractive appearance”. Moreover, during the transportation process, there is greenhouse gases emission, contributing to 4350 mt CO2 which equals to the carbon dioxide emission from 397 homes’ energy use. As for the materials used, out of 566 tons of waste, only 25% are being recycled, the rest goes to the landfill.
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Harvest Date: 27th March - 20th April 2016
Vineyard: 50% Seaview 50% Wairau
Total Acidity: 7.2
Residual Sugar: 4.2 g/l
The 2016 growing season started out incredibly dry, with some predicting a severe drought. Fortunately some unseasonal rains in February set the vines up for a great final ripening period. March and April were very consistent, with warm and dry weather experienced throughout Marlborough allowing a harvest that wasn’t dictated by the weather. All varieties were able to be picked at optimal ripeness and in good time. Conditions over the flowering period were reasonably stable creating nice even crop levels in the vineyards, which has transferred into wines of great concentration and texture.
Individual parcels of Sauvignon Blanc were selected for this wine from our vineyards in the Awatere Valley and our vineyards in the Wairau Valley. The parcels were harvested and fermented separately, using selected yeast strains for Sauvignon Blanc to enhance varietal character. A long, cool fermentation took place over four weeks, with the parcels then being blended and stabilised, prior to bottling.
Winemaker Tasting Notes
Parcels from the Awatere Valley and Wairau Valley together combine to create a wine brimming with varietal character, balance and elegance. The nose is lifted and fresh with notes of passionfruit and grapefruit. The sweet fruit characters on the palate and fresh acidity combine to create an expressive, classy Sauvignon Blanc. Beautiful with barbequed fresh seafood.
Sydney International Wine Competition 2013
China Wine & Spirits Awards 2015
China Wine & Spirit Award 2013
Air New Zealands Wine Awards 2016
Royal Easter Show Wine Awards 2013
Air New Zealand Wine Awards 2013
Cool Climate Wine Show 2014
Marlborough Wine Show 2013
Cool Climate Wine Show 2011


The first Saturday in April was still opening day for Tehuti Ma’at Community Garden in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, even with the stay-at-home order from Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo.
Working under a sky the color of blue cotton candy, Travis Basora, Amos Amorin and Adeija Jones were cleaning up around the wooden beds filled with flowering winter greens and the apple tree, its branches tipped with pale pink flower buds.
“Yes, there’s a pandemic, but we’re still here, we’re still working,” said Mr. Basora, 22, the acting manager of the garden, planted on an empty corner lot in the historic African-American neighborhood community once known as Weeksville.
“It’s our first day, we’re still figuring it out,” he said, putting a gloved hand on his hip. “We’re keeping people active.”
Tehuti Ma’at Community Garden is one of 553 gardens under the NYC Parks program called GreenThumb, all of which the city closed on March 21 to anyone but members working on necessary maintenance. “We need to do it responsibly, I understand that,” Mr. Basora said, adding that their garden model relied on walk-in volunteer labor in order to distribute produce to the community. That’s why he wanted to keep the garden “come as you wish.”
“If all the stores close, we need food — we have a lot of conversations about being self-sustaining here,” he said, adding that people in this part of Brooklyn also just need a place to hang out in the sun.
Across the country, community gardeners like Mr. Basora are figuring out how to do their work during a pandemic: How do you run a place where strangers share gloves and hand tools, then tote home soil-stained spinach to feed raw to their loved ones? How do you sow seeds when you can’t easily buy them, or have a vulnerable immune system and have been advised not to leave your home?
Ms. Jones, 22, was visiting Mr. Basora from the Phoenix Community Garden about a mile away in Ocean Hill, where members were already harvesting chickweed and chocolate fennel fronds. One of the bigger, more professionally run gardens in New York City — with a compost toilet, an apprenticing program and a summer farm stand where the gardeners sell their own crops — it came up with its own extensive Covid-19 gardening procedures nearly a month ago.
The group now hosts meetings on Zoom, uses spreadsheets to ensure that no more than five gardeners at a time show up to work and wipes down wheelbarrow handles with a bleach solution. They have shifted from teaching to growing as much as possible. One longtime member, Bernadette Mitchell, 56, has even changed her role from weekend tour guide to “social distancing director.”
These were also among the issues Hannah Traggis, a member of Wareham Community Garden, in southeastern Massachusetts, was mulling over in early March, even before her state closed nonessential businesses. As a plant physiologist with laboratory training, Ms. Traggis, 48, said, “my gut instinct was to close it for a few weeks until we knew what was going on.”
But when she posted that plan to a couple of listservs that focus on food and farming, she was inundated with emails arguing against it, listing everything from the importance of fresh food access for lower-income populations to the restorative properties of putting hands in soil.
So instead of closing the garden — on land donated by one of region’s largest Ocean Spray cranberry growers — Ms. Traggis decided to start compiling pandemic advice for community gardeners into publicly shared documents she updates almost daily. (It includes science-based updates on the virus and tips on how to harvest, share tools, swap seeds and manage work flow — information also available on Wareham Community Garden’s blog.)
Gardens, Ms. Traggis said, are “so crucially important to people, and if they can also raise some food that saves at least one trip to the grocery store? I love to think it can be a reality.”
Marguerite Green, the executive director of a New Orleans nonprofit group called Sprout Nola, is preparing for the day gardens have to replace grocery stores altogether. “I’m worried we won’t be able to get fresh food other than locally,” said Ms. Green, 31, who has seen food scarcity before.
She was a senior in high school when Hurricane Katrina shut down her city in 2005, and recalls weeks of eating nothing but M.R.E.s, the instant meals prepared for the military. Ms. Green went on to get a degree in vegetable production before joining Sprout Nola, which runs its own community garden and helps support several others.
“I didn’t want to be in that position again,” said Ms. Green, who put together a series of plans within days of Louisiana’s shelter-in-place rule on March 12, which also shuttered farmers’ markets.
In addition to adding safety and sanitation rules and digital potlucks at their own garden — where eggplant, tomatoes, okra and peppers are already in season — her organization is distributing boxes of food to members who can’t leave their homes, or gardening for them. It is also working to grow more food, by putting in plants at two abandoned city gardens and tapping skilled gardeners to raise seedlings at home to be sent to a spreadsheet of people who have requested them.
“This is actually why we build community,” Ms. Green said. “It’s to take care of each other in times of need.”
The executive director of Denver Urban Gardens had similar instincts after her city enacted its stay-at-home order.
“Initially our first staff meeting was, ‘What do we do? Do we feed people today? Do we pivot completely to become a food pantry?’ ” said Violeta García, 39, whose organization supports 188 gardens around the region, including several on public-school property that they had to fight to reopen.
They decided to work on a 10-step safety list and a public online education platform, and to distribute 1,000 “to grow” boxes filled with gardening supplies to new growers, in addition to the seeds and seedlings they were already providing to 1,400 garden groups and families. They will give them out again in the fall, Ms. García said, and if the recipients don’t have a place to plant, they’ll match them with an empty plot in one of their gardens.
“This is not just for fun, this is because it’s essential for people’s lives,” said Ms. García, who added that most of their gardens were in “underserved” neighborhoods hit hardest by the pandemic by several measures, including health, access to enough food and job losses.
At Our Neighbors Farm & Pantry in the small desert city of Safford, Ariz., a one-acre community-run garden already grows for the organization’s food pantry year-round, said Stacey Scarce, the executive director. In the past week, visits to the farm for its harvest-your-own program are up — though part-time staff now has to do the harvesting — and trips to the pantry have increased by 20 or more people a day, she said.
Abby Bell has noticed a similar trend in San Francisco, where she manages Alemany Farm, a vast, serene community garden on city parkland. More people, Ms. Bell said, are stopping in to pick-their-own — they just have to stay six feet apart and follow other posted safety rules — and she sees increased need from the food pantry in the neighboring Alemany Public Housing community.
The garden produced 25,000 pounds of produce last year, said Ms. Bell, 38, who when reached on the garden’s phone line was harvesting cabbage as birds called in the background.
Though she hopes a silver lining is more awareness of the need for gardens like hers, she worries about keeping up with increased demand now that the garden is closed to the public on volunteer days. It used to get 60 people working per weekend, Ms. Bell said, and the city has also cut park staff members’ hours.
Worry and hope are also the two emotions shared by Karen Washington, who in 1988 helped found the Garden of Happiness, in the Tremont neighborhood of the Bronx, which now keeps chickens and helps run a seasonal farmers’ market with four nearby gardens.
“At the end of the day who’s going to suffer the most?” she said. Ms. Washington, 66, was referring to poorer neighborhoods like her own, where her fellow gardeners are both scared and still busy working overtime at jobs delivering food or serving as home health aides.
Like Ms. Bell, she hopes the pandemic exposes the larger needs that led to building her garden in the first place. In the meantime, Ms. Washington is preparing seedlings for neighbors so they’ll be there when they need them.
“We’re going to have to take care of ourselves,” Ms. Washington said, “so we are going to get ready.”


Institute of Technology of Agricultural Products
The Institute of Technology of Agricultural Products established in 1933 by the Ministry of Agriculture as «Station of Agricultural Technology». Since 1952 is operating as Research Institute in its current premises in Lycovrissi Attiki.
Nowadays it belongs to the National Agricultural Research Foundation (NAGREF) that established by the law Ν.1845/1989 under the auspecies of the Ministry of Agricultural Development and Food.
In the Institute of Technology of Agricultural Products there are 4 sections: Biotechnology of Agricultural Products, Department of Fresh Product Preservation, Food Processing department, Food Quality and Safety Department
There are also 6 laboratories. Three of them are accredited by the 3: Microbiological Analysis, Physical Analysis and Genetic Identification.
A great number of research projects funded by the EU, GSRT and other bodies has been implemented in the Institute or is in progress.
Through these projects, the Institute has developed close collaboration with many research and education bodies in Greece and abroad.
The results of the research projects are published in Greek and international scientific journals and announced in scientific conferences.


Chapter 21: Bees
This week’s news story: Human race could perish without bees
changed to the alternative: Bee disappearances a growing threat to Human Race
A debate in the Scottish Parliament has raised concerns about the rapidly declining bee population in the UK and beyond. A number of reasons, including the increase in the population of the Varroa mite ongoing use of pesticides in farming and even the prevalence of mobile phone masts, have been attributed to the fall in numbers, but scientists have yet to identify a means of reversing the trend. Agricultural experts have highlighted the impact on crops that is already being seen, due to the lack of cross-pollination by bees.
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Coffee , Oil & Pulse Seeds Export
Green Coffee Export
Annam Marketing is considered as one of the largest exporters of green coffee beans from Ethiopia. It is a company from the Addis Ababa, and thus relies on one of the largest infrastructure of the country, in storage, processing and transport of coffee. The company buys natural coffee produced in certified farms, whether they are washed or natural and of high quality.
Roasted Coffee Export
We export grade one processed Sidamo, Yirgacheffe and Guji Coffee.
Ethiopian oilseeds and pulses are known for their flavor and nutritional value as they are mostly produced organically. For instance, the Ethiopian white oil seeds. Ethiopia is one of the centers of biodiversity for several oilseeds which can be considered as specialty high value seeds on the international market.
The variety of seeds that we grow and supply include sesame, groundnut, sunflower, soya, and nuts. Both at home and overseas, there is a high demand for the Ethiopian oilseeds.Most oilseeds are crushed to produce value-added protein meals and vegetable oils.
In Ethiopia a large number of sesame seed varieties exist. The varieties that are well known are Humera Gonder and Wellega. The Humera variety is appreciated worldwide for its aroma and sweet taste. It is suitable for various bakery products. The Gonder type is also suitable for the bakery market. The major competitive advantage of the Wellega type is its high oil content.
Niger seed (Noug)
Niger seed exports have since 2002 passed coffee exports to the US and accounts for a third of Ethiopia’s exports to America. Ethiopia uses the Niger seed for the oil extraction for human consumption as cooking oil.


A farm in Wayne County is going solar.
The Willow Wisp Organic Farm in Damascus Township had the panels installed this week.
The 168 solar panels will power the various greenhouses, buildings, and family home on the 90 acres of property.
It cost 90-thousand dollars to convert the organic farm to solar energy. Greg Swartz and his wife Tannis Kowalchuk took out a loan from the clean energy co-opt to cover the hefty price tag.
Swartz says he realizes that its a big investment to make, but points out the amount of money he will be saving down the road.
"Its a long-term investment, so the pay-back period is nine years and then we will be getting free electricity." said Swartz.
His wife, Tannis hopes to see more farms making the transition to solar.
She believes with the ban on fracking closing one door for farmers, renewable energy provides limitless opportunities for farmers to profit off their land.
" You get to make money off your land, its progressive and its just a great idea. "


Research project by Rainforest Foundation Norway (RFN)
Terms of reference: Rainforest loss and impact on agricultural outputs in Brazil
Research project supervisor at RFN: Anders Krogh, Senior Significance of Rainforests Adviser.
About Rainforest Foundation Norway
RFN is a Norwegian NGO established in 1989 with a mission to secure the long-term conservation of the world’s large contiguous tropical rainforests and protect the human rights of the people who live in and of these forests directly.
The world loses between 3 and 4 million hectares of tropical rainforest every year, of which approximately one-third is lost in Brazil alone. Most is due to agricultural expansion, with beef production being the by far largest contributor in the Brazilian Amazon.
The loss of tropical rainforest has well-known global consequences: Contribution to global warming, disruption of large-scale weather patterns, and loss of diversity of life and genetic pools. However, a growing body of evidence shows there are also significant changes to the local and regional climate and weather patterns of the Brazilian Amazon and that this can to a large degree be directly attributed to the massive loss of rainforest in the region over the past few decades. The dry season in southern Amazon has been prolonged by about 1 month since the 1970s. Evapotranspiration has been reduced by 15 % - 40 % in the dry season, and humidity levels in the atmosphere above the Amazon have consistently decreased over the past 20 years. Consequently, the Amazon is also getting warmer. One study estimates that by the year 2100 the average temperature increases in the Amazon due to deforestation alone is comparable to that which is predicted under the worst global warming scenario.
Studies show this is already affecting the forest ecosystem in parts of the Amazon, with dry-affiliate tree species increasingly dominating. The renowned scientists Thomas Lovejoy and Carlos Nobre argue the southern Amazon has already reached environmental tipping points. So, the direct effect of deforestation on local and regional climates and weather patterns is real and present. It can only get worse if deforestation continues, and restoring large areas of the forest on previously deforested lands seems crucial for securing the biome and restore the local and regional climate and weather patterns.
Still, the scientific literature on how deforestation-induced drying and warming of the local and regional climate and disruption of weather patterns in the Brazilian Amazon already have affected agricultural outputs and how large-scale reforestation of the Amazon in turn can benefit future agricultural production seems sparse. One study suggests there is on average a 0,5 % reduced yield productivity for every 1 percentage point of deforestation in the tropics. Another study points out that “widespread deforestation results in a hydrological and economic negative-sum game (in the Amazon)”, because lower rainfall and agricultural productivity at larger scales outdo local gains. The same study estimates that curbing deforestation in southern Brazilian Amazon would prevent agricultural losses in the region of 1 billion USD annually.
The objective of this research is to investigate how the local and regional deforestation-induced climate changes and weather disruptions have already affected agricultural outputs in Brazil over the past few decades and how this has spilled over to the local, regional, and national economy. Also, the study should evaluate how large-scale reforestation of the Amazon could benefit agricultural production in the future through restoring the local and regional climate and weather patterns.
The purpose of this research project is to produce reliable scientific grounds for effective advocacy arguments for urgent introductions of policies and actions in the Brazilian agricultural sector that could lead to both stopping the deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon and restoring the forest on large areas that today are either barren land or under some kind of agricultural use.
Use of the research
The findings and outcomes of this research project will serve various purposes and stakeholders, contributing to a better understanding of the relationship between deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon and its impacts on agricultural production and revenues.
Public policy: One important application of this research is to inform policy development and decision-making at local, regional, and national levels. The research findings will provide policymakers with valuable insights into the consequences of Amazon deforestation on agricultural production in Brazil and on the benefits of stopping deforestation and reforest sufficient land to restore the climate.
Inform Investment Decisions: Guide investors and businesses to make informed decisions about investments in the agriculture sector, accounting for both the short-term and long-term risks associated with deforestation and on the opportunities that lies in restoring the local and regional climate through reforestation.
Advocacy: RFN and other advocacy organizations and environmental groups will use this research to raise awareness and advocate for the adoption of conservation policies and practices that will both stop and significantly reverse the deforestation caused by the agricultural sector in Brazil. Conservation policies and practices should consequently stabilize the valuable Amazon ecosystem and the climate it produces and relies on and thus ensure the environmental conditions that are necessary for sustained agricultural activity.
Highlight Ecosystem Services: The research will emphasize the value of intact forest ecosystems in the Amazon region in providing essential services to the agricultural sector through the production of precipitation and cooling of the local/regional climate, and by minimizing events of extreme flooding, plagues, and droughts.
Support Sustainable Practices: The research will encourage the adoption of agricultural practices that are compatible with both halting the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest and restoring large areas previously occupied by agriculture. This would both eliminate the short and long-term negative impacts of further deforestation on agricultural production and restoring the local and regional climate so that it is more favorable for agricultural productivity.
The following questions form the foundation for the research project, guiding the collection of data, analysis, and the development of recommendations to demonstrate the critical link between deforestation-induced local/regional climate changes and weather disruption and agricultural outputs in the Brazilian Amazon and beyond.
- How has deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon:
- Impacted the local and regional climate and weather patterns over the past few decades (exact period to be defined in the inception phase)?
- Induced hazardous environmental changes, like increased and more severe flooding, droughts and plagues over the past few decades?
- How have the changes described in question 1 impacted:
- Agricultural productivity in the Brazilian Amazon and beyond over the past few decades?
- The local, regional and national economy in Brazil over the past few decades?
- What are the potential future benefits of stopping deforestation and large-scale reforestation (scale of reforestation to be identified in inception phase) of the Brazilian Amazon for agricultural outputs and the local, regional, and national economies?
This research will adopt a mixed-methods approach, combining quantitative and qualitative techniques to provide a holistic understanding of the issue.
Climate data, including temperature, precipitation, and weather patterns, will be collected from reliable sources such as meteorological stations and databases. Historical weather data for the study region will be analyzed to identify trends and variations in climate variables.
Data on agricultural production, including crop yields and livestock statistics, will be obtained from government agencies, agricultural cooperatives, and local farmers' associations. Crop-specific data will be collected to assess the impact of climate change on different agricultural activities.
The research team will coordinate with small-scale and industrial farmers, livestock and agricultural associations, environmental organizations, and government bodies to ensure the project's success.
As the agricultural stakeholders can counteract unfavorable climatic changes to maintain and increase productivity by expanding their land on which they crow crops or livestock (e.g. more deforestation), it is the per hectare productivity that would have been affected by now more than the overall productivity.
Method components can include:
- Review of relevant existing reports and scientific literature.
- On-site field visits and surveys in selected regions of the Brazilian Amazon and other affected agricultural farms/areas.
- Stakeholder interviews, including farmers, meat-packers, local and regional authorities etc. Qualitative data from these interviews and surveys will be analyzed thematically to understand the perceptions, attitudes, and coping mechanisms of local communities and stakeholders in response to deforestation-induced climate change.
- Review historical data on annual livestock (beef) and yield production.
- Statistical analysis and modeling to establish relationships between deforestation-induced climate changes and agricultural productivity over the past decades and future predictions. Regression models and time series analysis will be employed to quantify the impact of deforestation on livestock and crop yields.
- Comparative Analysis: Compare areas with varying levels of deforestation and climate change impacts to identify differences in agricultural productivity.
- Explore how altered weather patterns and increased climate variability has impacted pasture quality, crop yields, soil quality, and agricultural practices in the Brazilian Amazon.
- Inception report, which should include:
- Outline of study (potentially with modifications of review questions).
- Methodology, including data sources, sampling, data collection tools and analyses, and list of people and organizations to be interviewed.
- Establish criteria for selection and identify the type of crops and livestock that shall be investigated under this research, including the geographical locations of the farms.
- Timeline, scope and delimitations.
- Detailed work plan, including composition of and distribution of responsibilities within the team.
- Identify which external expert/researcher to calibrate draft report with.
- Detailed budget.
- Draft report, which should present the initial findings for the review by and feedback from RFN. The draft report should be submitted shortly after the completion of data collection and initial analysis, with some time left for adjustments to the analysis.
- Expert calibration: The consultant shall share the draft report with at least one relevant expert/researcher for calibrating the methods used and main findings of the report. The consultant shall discuss the inputs from this calibration with RFN and make changes to the draft report if deemed necessary.
- A final report shall be presented to RFN after feedback has been received and integrated into the draft report. The report shall be in English and constitute a maximum of 40 pages, excluding annexes. It should contain at least the following sections (not exhaustive):
- Executive summary (max 4 pages).
- Introduction and context background.
- Description of the evaluation questions and methodology for data collection and analysis including scope, constraints, and limitations.
- Findings and conclusions.
- Maps, charts, and graphs illustrating deforestation-induced climate change trends and their impact on agricultural productivity.
- Presentations and workshops to disseminate research findings.
The research project is expected to be conducted over a period of 6 working months (including inception phase), with regular progress reports/updates and milestones. The frequency of progress reports will be determined in the inception phase.
Total: 70 k USD
A detailed budget plan shall be developed in the inception phase, covering expenses related to data collection, travel and fieldwork, research staff, equipment, and workshops.
Ethical considerations will be upheld throughout the research process, ensuring informed consent, confidentiality, and respect for the rights and privacy of participants. The assignment should be conducted in accordance with the highest professional standards. As such, the work will ensure sensitive, safe, non-discriminatory participation, confidentiality and anonymity of respondents. Specific consideration must be given to ethical issues of design, data collection, reporting and storage. The consultancy is obliged to maintain appropriate measures to protect personal data according to the EU General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). Info on GDPR can be found here: https://gdpr.eu


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About 150 plants with the distinctive frond leaf, previously relegated to roadside ditches, are nestled in warm and slightly humid greenhouses on UNL’s East Campus. Lee, who is opposed to recreational marijuana, said this is the “right time” for the measure. Under the bill, first-year licenses include a nonrefundable fee of $50,000 plus $5,000 for each production facility. Hamilton formed the Hempleton portfolio in December of 2015, which involved a year of talking to attorneys. A lot of the early involvements of the company were in lobbying and being an active participant during the development of the state’s rules.
As with the rest of the country, the cannabis industry is lived differently based on the intersectionalities of race, class, gender, orientation, ability, and veteran status. For example, already wealthy, white, male individuals have amassed fortunes in cannabis with roughly 74% of U.S. cannabis businesses owned by men and 81% by whites, according to a 2017 Marijuana Business Daily survey. The Global Food Safety Initiative is a private organization that oversees and approves different auditing platforms as meeting their criteria for safe food processing.
Huckleberry also processes the plant in its lab and creates products including CBD oil, lotion, bath bombs, capsules and pet treats. Hemp is one of the fastest growing plants on Earth; it can be commercially refined to make a host of products, including paper, textiles, paints, biofuels, beauty creams and oils and even milk. In California, commercial hemp is currently grown on 13,000 acres in 32 counties. The cultivation of industrial hemp was legalized by the federal government in 2018. As of this Jan. 1, the State of California is running its own hemp cultivation program, certified by the U.S.
Lower prices within the hemp industry are helping to make hemp supplements much more accessible than they have been previously. A side benefit to the new rule are the new farmers which might gravitate to the industry. Start-up costs are are already significant, and the changes could help alleviate that by bringing in more profits for the yields.
“There was a cloud hanging over the industry — some of that was from green rush farmers who didn’t get paid. We want to bring a corporate environment to the industry,” he said. But that’s when a group of Texas oil and gas businessmen launched its hemp business, Delta AG.
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“Challenging the state’s ban was a Dallas-based manufacturer of smokable hemp products, Wild Hempettes LLC, the lead plaintiff in the Crown Distributing LLC, et al. v. Texas Department of State Health Services, et al. lawsuit,” HG reported. Some hemp farmers in the US have had to let huge crops rot on the ground after their industry experienced a boom in growers that wasn’t met by demand, according to James Vosper, president of the Australian Industrial Hemp Alliance. Can now be grown domestically after the legalization of commercial hemp production in 2018, and so far 40-plus states that have established hemp cultivation. When farmers feed their plants with carefully balanced nutrient baths instead of soil and fertilizer, they harvest a cannabis crop with higher CBD content, making their plants more valuable.
That’s why there are only a handful of outdoor growers left, he added. Fiber separated from the stalks can be used for clothing, bags, rope, beauty products, building materials, paper and bioplastics. The woody inner stalks, known as hurds, can be formed into building materials, mulch and animal bedding. Hemp belongs to the same plant species as marijuana but is legally defined as having less than 0.3 percent THC. That’s a trace amount compared to cannabis, whose THC content can be more than 15 percent. The main reason for the disappointing sales was recent public attention on the U.S. opioid epidemic, which likely made doctors reluctant to prescribe opioids, including Subsys.
Companion planting has a history of some 10,000 years; it was implemented by Native American tribes who planted corn, beans and squash together, as they found when planted together these particular plants thrived. Keep in mind that the absorption of water increases each day until flowering begins. After this, absorption of water significantly decreases, then increases again during the late flowering and seed formation period. Clones are taken from the healthiest lower branches of the mother plant. Once they are cut from the plant, they are then rooted in water, cloning solution or rockwool. These clippings then grow their own root systems and become plants that are genetically identical to the original plant, which can grow year after year. https://www.youtube.com/embed/jVdUpVq0vog
In part, that’s because many field workers fell ill with COVID-19, he said. New Mexico is a good place to grow hemp, but new markets must be developed, Anderson said. The CBD market is now saturated, so entrepreneurs should look at making other kinds of products and ensure they have buyers lined up, he said. Those who run indoor operations tend to be knowledgeable about growing, versus many who went into outdoor farming, Anderson said.
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It was easy for industrial hemp to become confused with the high-inducing version of marijuana. While hemp can be smoked, because it has such low levels of THC, it’s impossible buy delta 8 thc distillate to get high from it – even by inhaling it. The human body would process such minuscule amounts of THC faster than it would be possible to build up and cause a high.
Producers, however, need to abide with state agricultural laws along with the 2014 U.S. Agricultural Act and the aforementioned 2018 law, and obtain permits issued by local departments of agriculture, said Emiliano Aloi, the president of Exactus Inc., which just acquired a majority interest in a 200-acre industrial hemp farm in Oregon. Hemp production has been federally legal since the passage of the Agricultural Improvement Act in 2018, though some states are slow to adopt output of the plant that’s used to make fiber, paper, and even food. They also don’t need to keep the THC levels under the legal limit of 0.03% because they are not harvesting for sale. Growers will monitor THC levels when the seed produces actual products in the next field. On October 31, 2019, the USDA released its Final Interim Rule governing the domestic production of hemp within the United States.
To get to that point, Wang says the industry needs hemp classification standards so that manufacturers, processors and growers can all be on the same page. Quarles, also president of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture, pushed for changes to the U.S. Many say that is the spirit needed for farmers to succeed in an ever-changing industry as it looks to mature out of its infancy and find stable footing after experiencing some growing pains. He and other hemp farmers have had to break new ground, literally and figuratively, in their efforts to bring back an age-old plant in a new generation.
“The long term okay has got to be something more commercialized ,something more mechanized that fits in with your more standard we grower operation like a long stalk fiber type hemp that they can then use for industrial operations.” This is despite our very best efforts, and legal advice, to follow every request of the Home Office. The application process is complicated, lengthy, judged on a case by case basis, meaning the goal posts can be moved at any moment. The pathway for gaining a hemp licencing is unclear and unsupportive. UK farmers can now only access a hemp licence for industrial seed and fibre production.
Hempseed can replace fossil fuels to make biodegradable biofuel, plastics, solvents, and paints. Its seed is also highly nutritious containing, protein, Omega 3, 6, and 9, and Gamma Linoleic Acid , as well as essential amino acids that we need for a balanced diet. The BHA believe that these 3 policy changes would enable the UK to become the hemp hub of Europe. The UK is a world leader in research and design, but hemp has barely featured, which is a significant missed opportunity. Due to the removal of the processing subsidy as part of the EU CAP in 2013, and the above political barriers to growth, hemp has received little to no industrial interest or funding.
New content loads weekly, addressing the most common topics around the entire hemp industry. The solution to this problem, according to Tarun, is that the cultivation of hemp must be made easy and the THC content must be relaxed to make it easier for farmers to cultivate it at a large scale. Another startup that launched right before the pandemic in February 2020 is India Hemp Organics founded by Rohit Kamath and Loveena Sirohi. They manufacture and retail ayurvedic proprietary medicines using hemp seeds and leaves, particularly in categories like medicine, nutrition, and personal care.
The A$13.10 cash offer values Crown below its share price in 2019, before COVID-19 restrictions and damaging regulatory inquiries in the three states it operates, but Chief Executive Steve McCann said it provides much-needed certainty for shareholders. That’s because hemp is classified as a schedule one drug, just like its cannabis cousin, marijuana, because it contains trace amounts of THC, the chemical that gets people high. Yes, all products are available for white label and we offer 1-liter bottles which would save users 50% or give people a low-cost starting point to enter the industry. I was in the industry close to 3 years before the bill was passed in December of 2018 and had it not been for that bill passing, I would not have this opportunity.
The Town of Niagara has opted out of the state law allowing marijuana dispensaries to sell the drug, but there’s a chance it could change its mind later. As champion of the just-passed landmark bill that legalizes adult marijuana use, the Assembly majority leader may have made her most important impression yet – not only among Albany insiders, but on the way New Yorkers lead their lives. It was just one example of the high level of regulation in New York’s hemp business. “The market price needs to be a price point that competes with the illicit market. The goal is to eventually wipe out the illicit market, because the illicit market is not paying taxes and a lot of the products are dangerous,” Gandelman said. “It needs to be competitive.
Four of the company’s flagship products containing this blend were specifically submitted for Certified for Sport certification. The company’s 30-count 1500 mgCBD oil softgels, 60-count 3000 mg CBD oil softgels, 30-count 500 mg PM softgels, and 60-count 1000 mg PM softgels earned certification from NSF International’s Certified for Sport program. The company intends to submit additional products soon and is confident that the rest of its dietary supplement portfolio will achieve approval.
Throughout the growing season the farmers will submit samples to a laboratory in Wisconsin, which will be published onto a database. Southern Illinois University weed scientist Karla Gage stands next to a hemp plant while discussing the agronomic aspects of the crop at a field day in Belleville last year. Clariant has delayed the release of its 2021 results as investigators probe whistleblowers’ allegations that some staff manipulated accounts in 2020 and 2021 to help meet financial targets, the Swiss speciality chemicals group said on Monday. Salgado said he’s already got his foot in the cannabis world as the vice president for business development for the medical marijuana dispensary, Pecos Valley Production. — A few years ago, New Mexico farmers got the green light to grow hemp — a plant that is the same species as cannabis, it just doesn’t have enough THC to get you high.
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The political, economic and environmental incentives for companies to adopt bioplastics are legion. Consumers and agribusinesses are following suit, making the choice to be environmentally-conscious. By 2030, it is estimated that 40% of the plastics industry will be bioplastics. We have already generated several bioplastics entirely from natural plant substances like hemp.
Safety of cannabis facilities, equipment and oil extraction operations. Own standards limiting marketing to youth, and NCIA committees frequently release standards that are best practices for the industry. Hypothesized to be a leading cause for the recent boom in Delta 8 THC production. Part of the assumption of giving gifts here is that people will be excited to use what they receive, and the exact same principle applies to promotional items.
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With oversight from the Environmental Protection Agency, this program certifies the energy usage and energy efficiency of products, homes, buildings, and industrial plants. By using a common set of metrics objectively applied across categories, companies and end-users can make comparative decisions based on energy efficiency. This position is likely to create serious problems for the CBD industry. Without allowing CBD products to be regulated as dietary supplements or food additives, the FDA will be forcing producers to get federal approval for their products under the Investigational New Drug program. This process can often take years and cost applicants millions of dollars. Medical cannabis, which can be over the counter or pharma-grade, has various medical applications, some still yet to be discovered.
Hemp, Inc. began shipping its King of Hemp ® product line to stores across the country in late 2020. Another legislation that would have reversed the smokable hemp ban in the state is House Bill 1224, but the legislative session ended before the Senate could vote on it, leaving smokable hemp at a standstill in the state. It reflects a national trend, Quarles said, with a decline in license applications in states across the country, part of what he sees as a market correction. Initial excitement and early success brought on a short-lived boom – what some now describe as a hemp bubble that burst with a number of companies going under. Experts say the market is correcting and maturing after an initial – and short-lived – industry boom.
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The difference in their chemical properties is down to the nature of the polymer chains and the extent of crystallization. Manufacturers incorporate these ingredients into existing manufacturing processes for regular plastics, such as injection molding. Thus, we can apply bioplastic ingredients to similar plastics applications, such as packaging, paneling, medical equipment and more. New technologies aren’t necessarily needed, so companies and manufacturers do not have any reservations about its viability as an industry. IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 27, 2021 – PRESS RELEASE – Medterra, one of America’s most trusted CBD brands, which grew to $50 million in annual revenue over four years, announced that Gregory Reeder will step in as its new CEO.
To combat this, sometimes stand-alone dehumidifiers are added into the grow room. As more and more states legalize cannabis for medical and adult-use, and descheduling is contemplated at the federal level, lawmakers and regulators are working with the cannabis industry to craft rules and regulations around such things as marketing. Terpenes are currently being introduced into a variety of adult-use and medical cannabis preparations across the U.S. and hemp-CBD markets around the world for both flavor and functional purposes. Much research has been and still is being conducted on the therapeutic effects of terpenes and their synergistic effects when used in conjunction with cannabinoids. Therefore, almost every manufactured cannabis product contains a percentage of terpenes.
He has said he would “probably” support the STATES Act, which would ensure protections to state marijuana industries. With support for legalization at a record high, there is a collective push to reform cannabis policy nationwide. There are more marijuana reform bills in the 116th Congress than ever before, and the movement toward legalization looks promising.
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There are roughly 500 licensed adult-use cannabis cultivation operations in Jackson and Josephine Counties, Evan said, and in their travels, regulators saw many illicit grow operations that were outside of the scope of their investigation. Walker said “there is some nuance” to Operation Table Rock and that some of the hemp fields that tested positive for high-THC cannabis may not have had malicious intent. It can take up to 10 days to serve an administrative warrant, Evan said. As of Sept. 16, regulators had served 10 of these warrants, and plants at all those operations tested above the 5% THC limit. The highest level of THC revealed during the hemp field inspections was 32.9%, Evan said, adding that the statistics announced during the OLCC’s Sept. 23 meeting were accurate as of Sept. 16. During a Sept. 23 OLCC meeting, Rich Evan, senior director of licensing and compliance, said regulators had visited a total of 316 of the 335 locations to date.
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Once these terpenes have evaporated they will not be replaced by the living plant after cutting. The curing stage allows for the terpene profile to mature but, even during this process terpene potency will continue to weaken. We made up small binders with recent news pieces supporting medical marijuana and sent them out to all our local media contacts. The soon-to-be iconic red cross with overlayed green leaf image was printed for the covers of the binders. CBD Oracle is a consumer research company working to improve the safety and transparency of cannabis products, producing in-depth statistics on CBD and cannabis, detailed research pieces and analysis of social and legal issues.
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Last year Sugarmade announced the creation of the industry’s largest publicly traded cannabis and hydroponics supply company. Consumer demand for hemp extracts continues to grow with little letup in sight. Fossil fuel-based plastic polymers are non-renewable, highly pollutive and dangerous to ecosystems, due to their lifespans. They are some of the most destructive inventions of man, but thankfully could be held back by this crop. Industrial hemp upheld countless industries through human history and now is making a comeback.
Many cannabis companies have yet to work through these concerns, but they should be front and center for any firm with a strong growth trajectory. If you’re in the cannabis industry, you’re already aware of just how diverse and conflicting federal, state, county, and city cannabis regulations can be. Sifting through these rules requires either a legal expert or someone will to invest the many hours needed to understand every applicable law and prior legal actions that establish precedence in various situations.
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Also, unlike growing other row crops such as cotton and soybeans, there aren’t as many resources on how to grow hemp for oil or fiber. Hemp Harvest Works is a design, engineering, research, and sales firm that offers large, medium, and smaller scale machines designed to reduce the overall cost of production. In addition to offering machines, we work to connect growers with custom harvesters capable of delivering above average results and provide consulting services for growers and harvesters seeking quality information. She is the creator and host of the podcast Food Slain that digs deep into the food supply chain and its impacts on our health and wellbeing, our economy and our environment. Department of Agriculture, says industrial hemp production can help rural areas in the state as well as grow South Carolina’s “agribusiness” economic impact by $8 billion by 2020.
With India’s large population and the vast potential for hemp to reshape the Indian economy, India is certainly a country for hopeful hemp industry investors to watch in the near future. After a more than 50-year ban on all forms of cannabis cultivation, the Indian government may be turning a corner when it comes to the potential of the hemp industry for the country’s economic growth. In 2017, the Indian Ministry of Textiles decided to revisit CBD Cartridges the country’s stance on hemp cultivation, and the Indian Council of Scientific and Industrial Research announced plans to study more than 20 different strains of the cannabis sativa plant. Africa could hold incredible potential for global investors interested in the hemp market. In 2018, hemp sales generated roughly $15 million through only about half a dozen companies. A government grant was given to develop new markets for natural fibers.
The Federal Reserve released guidance allowing banks to work with the hemp industry. Financial institutions are no longer required to file suspicious activity reports on customers operating a hemp business. what cbd oil should i buy These economic barriers to entry entrench the lack of representation in cannabis. For most entrepreneurs, the main obstacle to starting a cannabis business is the lack of access to traditional banking.
We derive them from various renewable agricultural crops, of which hemp is among the chief examples. “Recent years have also brought proven benefits of marijuana for health purposes, which has opened the door for legalization of adult-use marijuana,” he said. “In 2016, as a member of the House of Representatives, I was one of the architects of our medical marijuana program, and since its inception, we have seen over 500,000 residents enroll in the program. The lives of so many have changed with the safe use of medical marijuana. Further supporting the idea of malicious intent are reports of growers harvesting crops before regulators could test them.
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However, the gummies are free of the stem or branches of the Hemp plant. Each jar of Penguin gummies contains 30 gummies that are THC-free and individually weigh a total of 10 mg. Similarly, the Hemp used is organically farmed in Oregon and not contaminated with fertilizers. They are soft, colorful, and tasty gummies that melt in your mouth with a sweet and sour taste while tingling your tastebuds in all the right places.
IIHA has done hemp cultivation in bilkhate near by satpuli in the Pauri Garhwal region through this organization has also provided employment to local people. July 2018, the Uttarakhand state government has declared the first license of hemp farming. “It’s time as a farmer to stand up and grow a productive crop and make some money,” Munsee said. The commission looked at both marijuana decriminalization and the cultivation of industrial hemp in its research. Colorado entomologists have found that the insect that is potentially the most damaging to hemp is the corn earworm .
Cannabis programs and providers have been approved by Congress every year since 2014. With public support for medical cannabis at roughly 90%, these protections have become mostly a non-issue in Congress and have been included in the original base language of the relevant House appropriations bills since 2019. Much like our dried oranges example above, cannabis and hemp stored in suboptimal conditions are more susceptible to “rot” and can lose everything that makes them special. Light and temperature can contribute to the degradation of these natural features, but the biggest factor in terpene degradation is moisture content – or the lack of it.
Most hemp products produce very few natural cannabinoids, between 4% and 6%. Randy’s Club uses hemp that produces double the amount of naturally occurring cannabinoids containing both CBD and CBC, a minor cannabinoid that enhances the overall benefits of the final formulation. Most of the natural cannabinoids are found in the trichome, where all cannabinoids and terpenes reside. Those cannabinoids are transferred to the parts of the plant exempt from the controlled substances act during manufacturing, which is where we derive them for Randy’s Remedy products. Trichomes are little frosty hairs with bulbous heads on mature flowers and leaves. For example, the “Healers” heal the traumatized veterans and women & children; the women support orphaned children, and orphaned children want to see people living in homes and not homeless.
Here we review how addressing these limitations will help advance our knowledge of plant biology and enable us to fully domesticate and maximize the agronomic potential of this promising crop. In addition to the more than 60 new farms and businesses permitted to grow hemp, another 18 companies have registered to process the crops into CBD oils, food, beverages, fiber, and heating and building materials. State policymakers are trying to help more industrial hemp products catch on. Last year, for instance, the Colorado governor’s office, agriculture department, Colorado State University, local growers and outdoor clothing company Patagonia launched a hemp fiber pilot project that’ll continue this year. China has a zero tolerance approach to marijuana , yet surprisingly it is the world’s largest producer of hemp, and also the world’s largest exporter of this increasingly lucrative plant.
Greg holds degrees in business and computer science from SUNY Geneseo and an MBA from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The Securities and Exchange Commission requires issuers to provide“adequate current information”. More information can also be found out the Hemp, Inc. website by visiting . Live streaming video can be accessed on by clicking the“Livestream Video” tab. Ferris was founded and began operations in 2005 and has been the manufacturer of the King of Hemp ® smokable product line for Hemp, Inc.
The Penn State researchers point out that the plants will still be green at this point, about 70% of the seeds will be ripe, and the seed moisture will be 22% to 30%. Shattering, bird damage, and decreased grain quality may result if harvesting is delayed past this point (Roth, et al., 2018, p. 3). Another problematic borer is the Eurasian hemp borer or hemp moth .
Trulieve currently operates 33 medical cannabis dispensaries in Florida. The company already has its first legal hemp cultivating license and continues to advance its hemp operations. Compare that to some of the growth estimates for marijuana, which call for a CAGR of around 25%, and you can see why CBD could be the new darling on Wall Street.
Soybeans are one of the top cash crops grown in South Carolina, but high temperatures during the growing season limit yields and cut into profits. Anyone who wishes to farm hemp in South Carolina in 2022 must apply online between Jan. 1 and Feb. 28. There is no paper or printable application; all applicants must apply online at agriculture.sc.gov/hemp. Permits expire each year, so current permit holders who wish to continue growing must reapply. Delta AG planted its first crop of over 5,000 acres of hemp across Colorado, Kentucky and West Texas in May 2020 and harvested its second crop of over 10,000 acres in October.
The interior of the stalk has short woody fibers called hurds; the outer portion has long bast fibers. Hemp seed/grains are smooth and about one-eighth to one-fourth of an inch long. 22nd Century said that proprietary plants will be developed under its direction with optimum levels of cannabinoids that meet high-quality standards when grown at commercial scale. Hemp, a strain of marijuana that does not contain high levels of the psychoactive chemical THC, is generally grown for its fiber or for the extraction of cannabidiol, or CBD, a key component in marijuana-based medicines and treatments. The product category is now taking off in Italy, especially Switzerland, where 200 companies have applied to the government to sell hemp flowers and where it’s already in supermarket chains. Randy’s Remedy has plans to launch a smoke-free vape product in 2018, so stay tuned.
Get 20% off premium weed and discover the latest products, news, and deals in cannabis. “Our goal, long term, is to have enough infrastructure for processing that we are close to the producer and also close enough to water, rail, highway, and air so that we are able to distribute outside of the state,” Forbes said. For fiber use, the process is very similar to harvesting a specialty hay crop. He noted some use a sickle bar to put the crop down — with some even using crimpers to crack open the stalk. “As we progress in the industry and we start focusing a lot more on hemp’s ability to replenish the soil, we might even suggest no-till agronomy strategies,” Forbes said. Discing, tilling the soil is currently recommended as with other crops.
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Then there are the Food and Drug Administration hemp/CBD product issues. Domestic Hemp Program will approve cultivation plans issued by states and Indian Tribes and can approve plans submitted by producers that live in a state or Tribe where plans are not already submitted and where hemp production is not forbidden. What is surprising is that some of the biggest hemp growing states, such as Montana , Colorado and Kentucky do not yet have their plans approved by the USDA. Montana is choosing to operate under the 2014 Hemp Pilot Program, Colorado is resubmitting their plan to USDA and Kentucky’s plan is still under review. You’ll remember that the SAFE Banking Act addresses urgent public safety concerns by allowing tightly regulated marijuana businesses the ability to access the banking system and make our communities safer. The bill also provides protections from money laundering laws for any proceeds derived from these state-legal marijuana businesses.
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He has been the Dean of Hemp, Inc.’s Hemp University for the past few years. Content Specialist and EDGY OG with a healthy obsession with video games. She covers Industry buzz including VR/AR, content marketing, cybersecurity, AI, and many more. While hemp paper doesn’t need to replace tree paper, it could present a solution to the harvesting of so many trees for paper product annually. Due to this feature, a new crop can be planted immediately after hemp harvest. Thanks to its aforementioned growing capabilities and economic impact, hemp is also a natural fit for Industry 4.0.
This allows it to cut down on costs and provide a consistent supply, the team said. Currently represents Tatham equipment, an industrial scale decortication line. Michelle Klieger is the founder of Stratagerm Consulting, an agricultural and business consulting firm. She has worked in the food and agriculture sector for over a decade. As an economist and a business consultant, she works with specialty meat companies, the global seed industry, vertical farmers, and organic livestock and grain companies. Her work has taken her around the world, helping industry leaders manage and grow their global businesses.
CBD consumer demographics show us that the European CBD market is expected to grow by 400%. Before the beginning of the pandemic, there were over 3,500 brands of CBD products in the US market in 2020. Due to the global pandemic, 45% of consumers started purchasing CBD products via online shops, CBD statistics reveal. The CBD market is witnessing substantial growth, in both the US and Europe. Whether the THC level is higher than the federally legal amount of 0.3% is not always important for the overall effect. CBD health statistics about the entourage effect confirm CBD has a better effect when it is combined with other cannabis or hemp substances.
In the spring of 2019, before proposed pilot rules went into effect, that fledgling industry was amended by state lawmakers. The bill updated the language in Missouri statute to be consistent with the standards laid out in the federal 2018 Farm Bill. Intelligence and analysis from leaders and influencers in the hemp industry. Scoop has been a champion of independent journalism and open publishing for over 20 years. It stands for informing New Zealanders through straight-talking independent journalism, and publishing news from politics and a huge range of sectors.
Aside from everything you need to set up your hemp farm and keep it running, there are likely going to be special permits that will need to be obtained through your state’s department of agriculture. Some states require a criminal background check for would-be hemp farmers. It permits for broad hemp cultivation in all 50 states, which is something that has sparked the interest of several would-be hemp farmers. Tommy Chong sells only full-spectrum CBD gummies that are available in 300 mg and 700 mg packages. The CBD used is extracted from US-based Hemp plants, and at the same time, the Hemp processing facility is also a certified GMP facility.
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Our Sunflower oil is the compressed from sunflower seeds. Refined sunflower oil is commonly used in food as a frying oil, Refined Sunflower oil was first industrially produced in 1835 in the Russian Empire. The worlds largest oil producers now are Ukraine, Russia and Argentina.
We also have corn oil we also order our oil from Kernel. Kernel – the world’s leading and the largest in Ukraine producer and exporter of sunflower oil, and major supplier of agricultural products from the Black Sea region to world markets. Kernel exports its products into more than 60 countries of the world.
Goldsun Limited-Ukraine, was founded in 2007 with the vision of supplying healthy, local, certified organic cooking oil.
MORE ABOUT USToday the company is the leading manufacturer and exporter of sunflower oil in Ukraine. We entered the top ten largest exporters of refined sunflower oil 2015\2016. All our products comply with European quality standards. Also
Having big experience in international trade and export, we are constantly looking to expand our business by fostering good relationships with our partners. We are also glad to get new business contracts and we value those, who are already work with us. We are flexible and open in our work. Flexible pricing system, individual approach to each customer.
Consumers and caterers in many markets across the globe knows our brand of refined sunflower oil,our brand is also well know to represent a stable quality in the market.
Our oil extraction plant is equipped with modern machines,this has lead to a high rate of productivity in the quantity of oil we produces each year.
Specifications of oil press department:
Quality and Certification:
Our excellent company results point out that we have been succeeding in maintaining the quality standards and in adding value to many world-wide business partners. We use our raw material to deliver high-quality vegetable oils and fats. We are also ISO22000 certified and the ISO22000 integrates the food safety program “HACCP” .
High Volume Capacity:
Goldsun Limited was founded in 2007 to combine the knowledge of the people,who were working in this branch for many years, with the opportunities of new markets.
This gave new impulses to the export of edible oil products and seeds and further more investments in production and technology have made it possible to meet large demands.
The Production capacity of sunflower seeds processing equipment and produces 1200 tons/day
Our production capacity of soybeans and soybeans oil processing equipment and produces 700 tons/day
The production capacity of rapeseed and rapeseed oil processing equipment and produces 1000 tons/day
Also our production capacity of sunflower meal processing equipment and produces 650 tons/day
The fundamentals of our company have been laid down accordingly and we are looking forward to expand more in future. In the beginning the focus of the company was on the eastern part of Europe.
But today we expanded it further, and gave it its global presence.
QUALITY, FLEXIBILITY and KNOWLEDGE as well as excellent CUSTOMER SERVICE and COMPETITIVENESS have enabled us to find new customers.
We have a large market in Europe, Africa, and also Asia:
These are the keys to building successful business,further more we are looking to expand our company to other part of the world.
Fast and Flexible deliveries:


1930s Original French Fertilizer Poster, Engrais Manon - Viano
Date: c. 1930s
Size: 31.5 x 47 inches
Notes: Poster, Linen Backed
Information: For more details, please call 514 656 3301
About The Poster:
This original French poster advertises a brand of fertilizer called Engrais Manon. The ad features a robust woman holding a basket of fresh vegetables and explains that if you want to have a successful harvest, you must use Manon fertilizer. Signed in the lithographic plate by Viano, this poster is linen backed and in excellent condition.


More than just photos...
Yes, that's right.
As with most business plans, mine grows and changes with time.
I offer much more than just photographs or sweet little note cards.
Along with my creative side I am also a passionate Ag-vocate for Australian Agriculture and have had lengthy work experience within agriculture from the on-farm, to the office and extending to agricultural extension and the facilitation of workshops for producers. Engaging with producers and bringing them together to share and learn is what drives my passion for Australian Agriculture. I strongly believe we all have something to learn everyday and I have been lucky to have worked with some amazing farmers and service providers throughout my lifetime so far.


In 2011 a 6000 square meters plot of land was purchased by Roberto Lembo on the hill of Montagliato in the small town of Monforte d’Alba, among the splendid hills of Langhe, recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage site.
The enchanting landscape and the energy that the land transmitted to him, contributed to Roberto’s discovery of a desire for a life in contact with nature.
Soon an issue arose: the plot was too large to be a vegetable garden and too small for agricultural use typical to the Langhe area.
A few months later, on a journey, he was intrigued by the stories recounted by a Frenchman who cultivated the crocus sativus. Just one year later, along with Furio Dutto, the adventure began. Together they decided to produce saffron, with a promise to persevere on the condition that the final product would be only of the best quality.
The Brand “SAFRANUM” was born in 2013, under the company AZIENDA AGRICOLA MONTAGLIATO, after 2 years of study of the product and its territory.
With ongoing enthusiasm and humbleness, facilitated by a favourable localized microclimate, the company currently produces saffron that ranks within the best standards required by the market.
The production is carried out with the traditional land rotation method and a tireless research for balance between man and nature.


By Morgan McSmith and Elise Van Dorssen
As winter arrives, the cold months bring a sweet taste to the Coast.
The start of June brings a fresh strawberry season which is expected to be even better than the last.
The average season lasts from June until November, however, business partner of Strawberry Fields David Carmichael said if they have a good season the fields can be expected to stay open to the public until late December.
“Compared to last season we’re doing much better,” he said.
He said they could thank the wet season for the strong crop.
“The strawberries themselves don’t like water, the fruit does get damaged with rain,” he said.
“But the plants love the rain so it’s a kind of a catch-22 situation.
“If we get bits of slow steady rainfall we seem to see better results.”
The Sunshine Coast falls into one of the major strawberry producers, with Queensland supplying nearly 50 per cent of strawberries in all of Australia.
Covering over 600 hectares, there are approximately 150 strawberry growers throughout Queensland who produce between 6,000 and 15,000 tonnes of fruit per season.
The $269 million industry focuses primarily on the domestic sales as only about 5 per cent of produce is exported.
Fortunately for the Sunshine Coast, finding locally farmed berries will not be a problem this season.
Mr Carmichael said the opening weekend at Strawberry Fields went very well.
“We were a little bit slow to start but had a very busy Sunday,” he said.
“Everyone loved their strawberries and everyone had a good time.”


Lammas - Lugnasadh - The First Harvest
Lammas, (LA-mas) or "Loaf Mass", also known as Lughnasadh in the Celtic tradition, is a time of profound connection with nature, celebrated at the midpoint between the summer solstice and autumn equinox. We honor the first harvest of the year, particularly grains like wheat and barley, which sustain us physically and spiritually. Baking bread from these grains symbolizes the transformative power of nature's cycles and fosters a sense of community and abundance.
Crafting corn dollies is a common tradition during Lammas, representing the harvest goddess and the spirit of the grain, acknowledging the magic inherent in the natural world. Lammas is a season of reflection on the ever-changing Wheel of the Year, embracing the cyclical nature of life, birth, growth, death, and rebirth.
Magic thrives during Lammas, as we set intentions related to abundance, prosperity, and healing, acknowledging our co-creative role in the universe. Lammas deepens our bond with the land and its spirits, inviting us to be present and attuned to the transition and transformation of the coming autumn season. As we harvest the lessons of our lives, we release what no longer serves us and embrace new opportunities and growth.
The Wheel of the Year continues to turn, and daylight is now visibly waning as the mature Lord of the Forest and Field becomes more the Wise Sage and his power and awareness begins to pass from without to within. The Pregnant Mother Goddess rules beside Him as they both bask in the bounty of Nature in this, the beginning of the harvest season.
Supplies for your Lammas


Atamisque, is a bush of local origin, which grows naturally in the surrounding area of the winery. It is the iconic brand of the winery.
The wines come from our own vineyards (125 hectares planted), located at 1,300 metres above sea level, and from small wine growers (vineyards of 90 years of age) to whom we buy their harvest. We have worked to elevate the original virtues of those vineyards, reaching reduced outputs in order to achieve a high varietal typicity.
Points of Distinction:
- Sommelier Wine Awards 2015 UK, New World Wine Producer of the Year
John Du Monceau from France
Bodega Atamisque Wines
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Week commencing the 6th of December
Combining the best of both worlds, there’s a large amount of fruit and veg in this box. Changing contents each week, you’ll never be short of a juicy fruit or hearty vegetable.
This week’s box contains:
- Norfolk grown cabbage
- Norfolk grown bunch of carrots
- Norfolk grown purple sprouting broccoli x 250g
- Norfolk grown leeks x 500g
- Norfolk grown parsnips x 500g
- Bag of spinach
- Baking potatoes x 4
- Apples x 1kg
- Green grapes x 500g
- Bananas x 1kg
- Honeydew melon
Please note that our photos do not show the exact box of that week, sometimes we have to substitute items – especially when the weather goes wrong!


EGC Agri Capital
Egeli & Co. Agriculture Investment Trust (EGC Agri Capital) is the Turkey’s first and only agriculture oriented venture capital company in Turkey.
Founded in 1994, the Company joined Egeli & Co. Financial Services Group in 2004. The shares of EGC Agri Capital are traded at Istanbul Stock Exchange with the ticker EGCYO.
Following the increase in interest for agriculture, institutionalization works in agriculture and agricultural products industries as well as practices applied by companies to enhance their added values started to gain importance.
EGC Agri Capital aims to contribute to national economy as well as to create added value for its stakeholders by making investments in fields of agriculture promising sustainable return. Additionally, EGC Agri Capital aims to transparently and safely disseminate its works while focusing on growth.
For more information please visit www.egcyo.com


Keeping a well-maintained garden isn’t as difficult as most people thing. Once you get your plant or flowers going, you can employ the following simple garden tips to effectively maintain your garden and keep it productive.
- Know Your Dirt
The first step to planting anything is to know your soil. There are essentially three different types of soil; clay, sand and silt. A little research will help you determine the ideal soil type for the plants you want to grow. If you are unsure, ask your local nursery.
Mulching is not necessarily only done in the spring, but all year round. Mulching keeps the soil temperature stable, keeping the weeds at bay. There are so many varieties of much available that it can come down to a matter of preference.
You don’t want to put off pruning for too long. The best time to prune your plants is when they are young, before their branches get too thick. Plants are not the same and you may way want to conduct just a little research to find the best time to prune the kind of plants you are growing.
- Choosing Plants
Choose plants that are adaptable to the soul and climate. They should also be able to survive the amount of sunlight your garden gets. Choosing plants that are easily manageable reduces the time it takes to tend them.
- Watering Your Plants
If you start your plants from seeds, you may want to frequently water the plants. You should never leave the garden for too long without hydrating. Different plants require different amounts of hydration, but a few decent watering sessions a week should be adequate. The best time to water plants is the mornings or before the peak of sunshine.
- Fertilizing Your Plants
Fertilizing your plants is also very important. But it is also just as crucial to read the label to avoid putting too much fertilizer at once. When fertilizing your plants, don’t forget to add water since fertilizer tends to dry out the soil which is not good for the plants. Increase the amount of water you add to the soil during the fertilization stage to help the plants absorb the nutrients easily.
- Prevent Dirty Fingernails
One of the most annoying downsides of gardening is dirty fingernails. Yet, it can be very easily avoided. Before you start your gardening session, draw your fingernails across a bar of soap to seal the dirt underneath. Once you are done with your gardening tasks for the day, you can simply use a nailbrush to remove the soil. You’ll find it at least 10 times easier with this trick than you ordinarily would.


Ok Ok, we have been telling you all about our product’s main ingredient `Coffee Berry.'
With so much information and new ingredient and supplement trends coming at you each and every day, it can be overwhelming to keep up with and even harder to know what exactly is right for you. We feel you.
We like our ingredients simple. We like to know where things came from- preferably the Earth!
Makes me think of that old saying, “if you can’t pronounce it…it’s probably not good for you”. Since we are getting to know each other, we want you to understand our values and ideals, because our products are created with that in mind. We love being in Nature. We love eating nutrient rich, whole foods. We like living with intention and purpose. We like feeling good about what we put in and on our bodies. And we care about our community and want the same for them (you)! We want to feel good and we want to look good too! Basically we just want to live our best life.
So, let me get back to the coffee berry. Perhaps you’ve heard of it before- or maybe you’ve heard it called by another name- coffee cherry, or coffee fruit. It’s all the same thing. It comes from the coffee plant- yes the same coffee plant that produces the coffee beans you drink every morning. They look literally like berries. And guess what, the coffee beans are inside the berries! The berries are picked from the coffee plant, dried out and the voila, there is your coffee bean! The berries actually do taste good and are good for you. And their flavor can affect the taste of your morning cup of Joe.
We could go on and on about the process, but let’s be real. You want to know what this little coffee berry can do for you right? They aren’t readily available so unless you are on the coffee farm picking the berries, they may be hard to find.
A little (or big) something you didn’t know about us- we have coffee farms in Togo, West Africa. Nope, not just a connect to one, but it’s actually ours! It is a family farm that has been passed down for generations. We are so thankful to our ancestors for seeing the importance of owning land and keeping it in the family. Thats kind of how this whole thing started really. Honoring our father and grandparents was really important to us. What better way to honor your family? Start a company and name it after your dad. Make that two companies! If you want to taste these coffee beans that come from the coffee berries that come from the coffee plants from our farm, you can order a bag! It’s the most direct farm to table coffee you can get here in the US.
We ship directly from our farm in Togo to Los Angeles where it is roasted in small batches. (itadicoffee.com)
Well, as I mentioned earlier, we love good things from nature so why stop at just a cup of coffee? How about not wasting that coffee berry we got the bean from? We learned how amazing and beneficial the coffee berry is for our skin and realized we needed to do something about that. Share it with the world! So we did. Instead of letting that sweet little berry go to waste, we have developed a skin care line based around it. And we feel pretty good about it. Because not only does it sound great, but the products actually ARE great. (And we aren’t just saying that). Like I mentioned earlier, we are picky about what we eat and put on our skin. So it was one thing to make a product, but a whole other thing to actually love the product and use it daily.
And here we are.. and here you are. Maybe you’ve already tried our products and know exactly what I’m talking about. Maybe you’re just finding out about us and curious. Check out the reviews from our customers personal experiences. Don’t just take my word for it.
But what does the coffee berry do? Great question..
It’s actually the most potent of ALL natural antioxidants due to its high levels of polyphenols and phenolic acids. It smooths skin, neutralizes free radicals and prevents cellular damage. It’s anti-inflammatory effect is very helpful for those with eczema, dermatitis and rosacea. You’ve heard of the high antioxidants in green tea right? How about Blueberries?
Well the antioxidants in coffee berry is thought to be 3x greater!
A test on women ages 35 – 60 found that over three weeks, application of cream containing coffee berry reduced wrinkles, dry skin, and discoloration by 46% and improved skin softness by 64%. Yes, in just 3 weeks!
Coffee berry contains five of eight rare essential monosaccharides, or essential sugars, which are essential for all around health and well-being. I know, crazy right?!
To sum up some of the benefits of coffee berry for your skin, it:
And this is just the coffee berry! Have you heard of the other amazing ingredients in our skin care line? Make sure to sign up to our email list to learn more. If you’ve already tried our products we would love it if you left a quick review on our site. We look forward to getting to know each other a little better.
Stay tuned for more!


Welcome to our last #PersonalityOfTheMonth of the 2018-2019 academic year! We are thrilled to end our successful campaign with Marc-Alexandre Emond-Boisjoly, an inspiring business leader from Montreal and activist for gender equality.
After finishing his master’s degree in Pharmacology, Marc-Alexandre directed his focus towards actively helping the community through his passion for food. This led him to start 94 Celcius; a coffee roasting company that aims to help small producers strive.
Marc-Alexandre realized that one of the major problems women face in certain coffee harvesting countries is the lack of resources for them to start their own company. Wanting to shed light on women producers and empower other young women to start a career in the coffee industry, he developed an initiative called “Femmes Productrices”. Every few months, he collaborates with a female farmer and helps her farming business become financially sustainable. In their first 18 months of business, 94 Celcius has worked with six women from different countries and this is just the beginning, according to Marc-Alexandre!
Recently, 94 Celcius had the pleasure of working with a woman from Costa Rica, Francisca Chacon, who runs the Las Lajas farm. Francisca’s husband, Oscar, inherited the farm from his father at the age of eighteen. After Francisca finished her studies in agronomy, she decided to quit her job working for the government to focus on their coffee production business. Unfortunately, in 2008, Costa Rica was struck by a devastating earthquake and the farm lost access to water and electricity - crucial elements for fermentation and washing in coffee production.
This obstacle did not stop Francisca and she worked extremely hard to find ways to save her harvest. She studied a production technique used in Africa to dry the coffee beans inside their fruits without using water. Using this technique, she successfully made amazing coffee despite the circumstances. Her coffee production is not only delicious, but also certified organic. Francisca’s dedication, meticulous work, and passion for coffee has allowed her to shine and become an inspiration for women in her community.
Enjoy Francisca’s delicious and unique coffee here: https://94celcius.com/collections/frontpage/products/costa-rica-francisca-chacon-x-th3rd-wave?variant=21863784513615
Thank you, Marc-Alexandre, for creating a business that actively empowers women across the world! Your company’s mission and values are inspiring and are truly making a difference.
Learn more about 94 Celcius here and explore their tasty products: https://94celcius.com


Heber RV Resort is announcing we have a Garden for all of your Vegetable Growing needs!!!
We have a Greenhouse for all residents and it is required that you use Pots only!
In addition, to the land surrounding the Greenhouse, you are able to purchase Raised Garden Beds, ONLY from Vegogarden.com. Please email us at email@example.com for prior approval of Garden Beds.
This picture is a sample of what is approved for the Garden (“special shapes” that are outlined at the website will not be approved).
You are responsible for the upkeep of your Garden and the watering.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
Thank You and Happy Gardening!!!


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Mulching Rochester NY
The Benefits of Mulching
Mulching is great for your garden. Mulch provides nutrients for your garden by slowly decomposing over time and releasing those nutrients into the soil. It also helps deter weeds from growing, as it prevents the sunlight from reaching the soil where weeds are trying to take root.
Mulching also makes your gardens appear clean and beautiful.
Quality Mulch That Will Make You Say - Thank You So Mulch!!
We buy all of our mulch in bulk, which provides our clients with a fresher, higher quality mulch than the bagged mulch typically found at the big box stores. Buying in bulk also means we are able to pass along savings to our customers. Our variety of mulch colors include black, brown, red, and cedar.
Schedule Mulch Installation in Rochester NY and surrounding areas!
Save time this growing season and call Conte Lawn Care at (585) 497-5111 and we’ll take care of it for you!
We Offer Mulching in Rochester, Greece, Webster NY and surrounding areas.
Check out some before and after pictures below.