By Patti Nyman, One Green Planet
Grazing has its place in just about every agricultural system that involves livestock. This includes cows bred to produce “organic” dairy products, or those set to become “grass-fed beef,” who will graze for two to three years before slaughter, or cows bred for their flesh or milk in the factory farming system who will graze for up to one year before being transported to feedlots.
However the particular breeding, feeding and killing operation is conducted, humans are introducing large numbers of grazing cattle into areas where cows were not previously found. This has an enormous impact on native ecosystems – so much so that grazing cattle now have the character of an invasive species.
After habitat loss, which is caused by clearing and consuming natural resources for human use, invasive species are listed as the second largest threat to biodiversity in North America. In the continental United States, 41 percent of all land is currently grazed by livestock.
Operations that seek to protect the interests of the cattle industry are responsible for the mass extermination of wolves, the roundup of wild horses, deforestation, and shocking loss of biodiversity, while the act of grazing itself contributes to desertification and erosion of soil and land. Let’s take a look for a moment at the many ways the introduction and proliferation of grazing cattle has earned them the title of “invasive species.” READ FULL ARTICLE. IT's VERY GOOD!
“[T]he human appetite for animal flesh is a driving force behind virtually
every major category of environmental damage now threatening the
human future — deforestation, erosion, fresh water scarcity, air and
water pollution, climate change, biodiversity loss, social injustice, the
destabilization of communities, and the spread of disease.”
- The World Watch Institute


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Jamie gets the call he’s been waiting for. The Naked Chef is a huge fan of Jamiroquai and Jay Kay, the singer, has invited him over to his place in Princes Risborough to cook for the band. Despite the rock ‘n’ roll and Ferrari-fuelled lifestyle, Jay Kay is an organic enthusiast and keen gardener. He has huge vegetable gardens, fruit orchards and a trout lake in the grounds of his mansion. With a dessert of pine nut and honey tart taken care of, Jamie gets busy preparing Jay Kay’s favourite meal – roast beef with all the trimmings. With Jay Kay giving a helping hand, Jamie cooks up huge Yorkshire puds, baked onions and produce fresh from Jay Kay’s garden, including Swiss chard, carrots and beetroot.


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Our lawn is probably the most disease prone and frustrating planting we surround ourselves with. It can be beautiful and invite us to stretch out and relax, but in many cases it’s just the opposite. What you need is proper lawn care. Grumpy’s can get you on your way to this:
Unfortunately, in pursuit of that lush carpet of green, people over treat – too much water or too much fertilizer. The coin flip is only sporadic treatment and inconsistent water. Either way, the lawn is weakened and made susceptible to other diseases and infestations. Some are caused by visible insects, and some diseases are caused by molds, fungus, and other organisms, resulting in fairy ring, powdery mildew, and brown patch. Then there are weather related conditions such as snow mold, and damage caused by pets and unwitting humans.
A weak lawn is an open door to weed invasion as well. Clover, plantain, moss, and the infamous dandelion are very pervasive and can be difficult to control. But keeping your lawn strong and healthy can prevent the problems in the first place. Good lawn care is your first line of defense!
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SoilTech General Manager
Kevin completed a degree in business at the Muresk Campus of Curtin University before returning to the family farm at Cadoux. During that time, he was instrumental in the development of the Duli Farmers Group with the primary objective to researching and implementing sustainable farming systems. After leaving the farm Kevin has gained extensive experience in both the corporate and private business sector. Kevin’s appointment to Precision SoilTech as the General Manager, brings with it both technical and practical farming experience, along with business and systems management. His goal is to continue to improve Precision SoilTech, to ensure that it is the “Best in the West” for Collection, Analysis and Mapping of WA agricultural soils.
B.Bus (Farm Management)
Don has a passion for agriculture as demonstrated through his work with students, while a technical officer at the Morawa Ag school and Muresk Institute for Agriculture. Don has a bachelor of Agribusiness (Farm Management) from Muresk completed after his studies at Cunderdin Agricultural College. Don brings to the Precision SoilTech team extensive agricultural and research knowledge and customer service experience acquired through the time spent with Elders. Don spent 2 seasons running the pH Lab for Precision SoilTech, prior to becoming a permanent employee in June 2018. With a passion for agriculture and a driven desire to get the job done right every time. Don is committed to collecting, analysising and reporting accurately and quickly, so farmers have the tools to make effective management decisions.
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Steve has been involved in agricultural research, development and extension for over 30 years, and has a history of applied and practical achievement. As General Manager of Aglime and the Building Better Soils Group, Steve ensures SoilTech remains a valuable service for growers and agronomists in WA.


State of Florida approves Adams Ranch easement purchase
Nearly 75 years of outstanding land stewardship at the Adams Ranch made the State of Florida's recent approval of the purchase of 782 acres of the Adams Ranch in Osceola County for a conservation easement an easy decision.
Last year, as part of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) Rural and Family Lands Protection (RFLP) Program, the Adams Ranch submitted a total of 8,000 acres of land to be considered for the conservation easement program.
Florida Forever, Florida's premier conservation and recreation lands acquisition program, had recently included some of this same acreage in its "Top Ten" list of agricultural lands at-risk of being lost forever if the state did not approve the purchase.
"The close ties of the Adams Ranch folks to the land and the cattle ranching industry are much appreciated by conservationists all across Florida," said Richard Hilsenbeck, Director of Conservation Projects for The Nature Conservancy. "The conservation ethic exhibited by the Adams Ranch, coupled with the leadership of Agricultural Commissioner Charles Bronson and the Division of Forestry in promoting the Rural and Family Lands Protection Program, is of paramount importance in preserving Florida's ranching heritage, culture and agricultural traditions," Hilsenbeck added.
While Florida Forever served as the initial funding source for RFLP Program in 2008, it has been unable to provide any additional funding since then, causing rigid budgetary constraints on the conservation easements that have been approved.
There has been much interest in the RFLP program, with approximately 35 prospective projects submitted at the same time as the Adams Ranch lands. All of the submittals were reviewed and rated based on a variety of criteria, with the Adams Ranch easement ranking in the top four. The state determined that without the funding to buy the entire 8,000 acres, 782 of the most critical acres of Adams Ranch should be purchased for conservation at this time due to its significant environmental value.
FDACS Commissioner Charles H. Bronson commented that this purchase serves as a model project because the landowners will continue to contribute to the economy by "keeping agriculture lands in production, providing additional environmental safeguards and preserving Florida's open space while keeping the lands on the tax roll."
"The family is pursuing these easements because they want to see the land continue to produce cattle, provide jobs, and pay taxes," Bronson said. "Four generations of Adams have walked this land and cared for this land. They've won numerous agriculture as well as environmental awards for their exemplary operations and best management practices. These folks are truly great stewards of the land," Bronson added.
The Adams Ranch is a fourth-generation cattle ranch that focuses on total ranch management. Alto Adams Sr. purchased a tract of grassland in 1937 and incorporated it nearly 26 years later. Nearly 75 years later, the Adams Ranch now owns 50,000 acres of land in St. Lucie, Okeechobee and Osceola Counties.
"It is not enough for us to just do a good job breeding and caring for cattle. We must have a more holistic approach that keeps man, cattle, wildlife, and the land in a relationship that is profitable, productive and can be continued indefinitely," Alto "Bud" Adams Jr. said. "This is the first easement for land conservation that Adams Ranch has been a part of, and we look forward to the continuation of this program so that all of the land that was submitted will be protected in perpetuity."
For more information about the conservation easement or Adams Ranch, visit http://www.adamsranch.com or contact Lee Ann Adams at (772) 461-6321.
About Adams Ranch
Founded in 1937, Adams Ranch is a fourth-generation cattle business operating in St. Lucie, Okeechobee and Osceola Counties, headquartered in Fort Pierce, Florida. As developers of the Braford breed of cattle, Adams Ranch is today the 15th largest cow-calf ranch in the United States and was named the Ranch of the Century by the National Cattlemen's Beef Association in 1999. Adams Ranch is dedicated to adapting the cattle to fit the land, the climate, the insects and the feed that is produced on it to generate a program of total ranch management.
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The theme of the World Food Day 2014 is family farming with the slogan “feeding the world, caring for the earth”, to draw the attention to the importance of small scale agriculture as a contributor to the overall food security of the world and a sustainable food production. Enough food is a right for all humans in the world. It is food for thought that some of the countries in the world that produce the bulk of the world´s food are still suffering from inadequate food to feed their people. Today still people die from hunger and malnutrition, while others are overfed.
This is an important day which annually draw the attention of the world towards the important themes of eradicating hunger and poverty, providing food security and nutrition, improving livelihoods, managing natural resources, protecting the environment, and achieving sustainable development, in particular in rural areas.
FAO have published a nice infographic about the importance of family farming in the world:
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All the women in our foundation are involved in family farming. However, they are not able to live from farming alone. The northern parts of Ghana are known for harsh weather conditions, with long periods of dry weather and extremely high temperatures. Also, the soil around Bolga is not very fertile for growing crops, so feeding your family from farming alone is difficult. That is why most families have to involve in artistic work and handicraft to supplement their incomes – like the basket weaving. At this right moment Sherigu is green and full of joy after a successful yield this season, and we are ready to enter our festival period.
Let world food day make you become more concious. Be a conscious consumer – at home and while traveling. Be aware about fair trade. Be aware about sustainable food practices. Support small scale farming worldwide.


Alongside the river between Harridge Woods East and West is a steep back at the side of a pasture field. This used to have some of the best local displays of early wildflowers, although it was tending to scrub over as the cattle did not graze it.
Unfortunately it was cleared and sprayed with broad-leaf herbicide about a decade ago and has never really recovered.
I did manage to find some Common Spotted Orchids there today amongst the brambles and thistles that are now taking over.
Common Spotted Orchid growing amongst the Brambles
Common Spotted Orchid on bank of pasture field
The pyramidal flower spike of Common Spotted Orchid
Many of the fields towards Benter are Blazes of Yellow, as sheets of Meadow Buttercup (Ranunculus acris) come into flower. This can been seen in both the “improved” (fertilised) and unimproved (natural) pastures.


What if all the school children and their teachers who went on the recent Climate Strike had spent the day creating organic gardens at their schools? And then gone home to help their parents and neighbors create community gardens, or front yard gardens or back yard gardens? If food availability or food insecurity is a part of climate change, then creating small, sustainable, local, organic gardens is part of climate solutions .
In my opinion, it would have been much more productive than marching with signs. Signs just end up in the landfill as paper waste. A garden ends up feeding the families and neighborhoods. And a good, organic garden helps feed the soil and sequester carbon. Win/win.
Poster by one of my favorite artists, Edward Penfield. Oh how I wish I owned this poster.


AGRISHOW IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST AND MOST COMPREHENSIVE AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY TRADE SHOWS!
Conceived by the main entities directly and indirectly related to Brazilian agribusiness, such as the Brazilian Agribusiness Association (ABAG), the Brazilian Machinery and Equipment Association (ABIMAQ), the National Association for the Promotion of Fertilizers (ANDA), the São Paulo Agriculture and Livestock Farming Federation (FAESP), and the Brazilian Rural Society (SRB), Agrishow is organized by BTS Informa.
Agrishow is one of the three largest agricultural technology trade shows in the world!
It is the only trade show in Brazil that includes small, medium and large manufacturers as exhibiters. At Agrishow you can find a huge variety of products and services that caters to all farmers, no matter the size of their property and their line of business. It is an environment for professional development, new products and services, the promotion of trends in the sector and where technology is demonstrated at the event.
This is where farmers find everything they need!
In 2015, its 440,000 square meters of area, gathered 800 exhibiting brands, and was visited by 160,000 people looking forward to finding out launches and the next agribusiness trends.
Besides the exhibition, the trade show has 100 hectares available for field demonstrations. In this space, visitors have the opportunity to see large agricultural machinery in action, as well as various crops, such as coffee, sugar cane, beans, corn and many others.
The 23rd edition of Agrishow takes place from April 25th - 29th, 2016, in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo state - a city that is considered to be the Brazilian capital of agribusiness.


Science drives Jilin's hi-tech agriculture
In recent years, science and technology innovation is shaping China's agriculture.
Jilin province now aims at developing its science-driven, science-led and science-supported modern agriculture.
The first step in building modern agriculture is to improve the seed quality. The provincial academy of agricultural sciences promotes the breeding of high quality seed.
And its research team has now cultivated high quality seeds of corn, rice and soybean, reaching state-of-the-art level.
Another step is to realize industrialized operation in agriculture.
The provincial academy of agricultural sciences promotes the breeding of high quality seed. [Photo/cnjiwang.com]
The academy has developed customized seeds for different demands. The "Jiyu 69" soybean, "Jiza" sorghum, "Jilv 10" mung bean and "golden millet" cultivated by it are popular among agricultural enterprises and farmers.
These new varieties provide more choices for farmers and help improve Jilin province's agricultural productivity.
The academy of agricultural sciences has also established a service system, including a team of 290 experts, 418 information service bases and some agriculture websites to provide information and guidance for farmers.
The academy encourages enterprises, farmers and experts to develop businesses overseas with its agricultural technologies.
Meanwhile, it introduces many overseas agricultural technologies into China. These efforts help to increase the farmers' income and agricultural development of Jilin province.
Researchers work at the academy of agricultural sciences, which helps provide agricultural information and guidance for farmers.[Photo/cnjiwang.com]


In the world of yarn, cotton is the 25 million ton, prehistorically domesticated elephant in the room. It is the most widely used fiber in the global textile industry, eclipsing all other fibers combined, and its usage dates back to at least the fifth millennium B.C. (by the Indus Valley Civilization).
The popularity of cotton was really cemented after the invention of the cotton gin in 1793 - a machine that transformed it into a commodity that became the economic backbone of the world's wealthiest economies. And while cotton may no longer be the king crop it once was, it is still easily the most important plant based product to the world of fabrics.
Cotton's primary advantage is its install base; while crops like hemp and bamboo can theoretically be produced much more cheaply than cotton, cotton has an established market position and highly developed agricultural practices to support its production and trade. It is also very soft and very versatile, producing clothing for just about any season or occasion.
China and India currently produce the most cotton on Earth (about 6,500,000 tons per year each), while the United States remains the world's largest exporter, selling over $7.6 billion in cotton annually.


The European history of the Winton wetlands tells a story of struggles with the land, water, drought, flood, depression, rebellion, death and disaster – and the formation of a strong and resilient community, thriving on good grazing country and the richness, beauty and diversity of the area.
Pastoral licences in 1840s
The Mokoan Run, occupying part of the area incorporating the original Winton Swamp (7km from Benalla) was one of many pastoral licences granted in and around the Benalla region in the 1840s. By the 1860s, European settlement in the area associated with the Gold Rush to north east Victoria had led to farming and other agricultural practices becoming well-established. Farming has been continuously refined by generations of European farming families between the 1840s and the present day.
Inundation to create Lake Mokoan
In 1971, the Winton Swamp and nearby Green Swamp were inundated to create Lake Mokoan. The significant farming community that had thrived in the area up until that time was dispersed. Sixteen farming families had all of their land compulsorily acquired, with a further 52 families having to give up more than 5,000ha of land to make way for the Lake. The affected farming families’ existence, their family units and their livelihoods were changed forever. This is even more poignant, considering that Lake Mokoan was decommissioned in 2009.
There are a number of sites within the Wetlands that capture some of this European history, providing an insight into the challenges faced and how they were overcome.


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We favor the uncultivated, lighter-colored, wild rice for its toastier, smoky, and more nutty flavor. Many people prefer cultivated (or "paddy" rice) for its deeper brown, more even coloring.
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One of our most favourite things we did as a family last year was plant our new vegetable garden. My husband did quite a bit of research on how to get the most out of our growing season and what he came across was something called a Hugelkultur. There is some reading I found on it here.
Basically, it is a raised garden bed full of rotting wood, tree branches, leaves, grass, all those things you need to dispose of every year in the green bin or compost. It was an amazing use of all the otherwise composted material in our yard and it basically acted as a forest bed holding in all those nutrients, air pockets, rich soil and moisture. Considering it was our first year doing so, we were pleasantly surprised with the results! Just one cherry tomato plant alone produced HUNDREDS of tomatoes. We had beautiful beans, zucchini, cucumbers, and spaghetti squash too! Please check out our little video and stay tuned for our next years video too!


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The agricultural revolution was triggered by the domestication of a single large animal. This domestication took the beast in question from a life of foraging for his food in the outdoors, to unremitting labor, poor nutrition, and living in crowded, filthy conditions rife with disease. Being poorly adapted to his new life of hard labor, we can trace the results in arthritic and other changes in the skeletons that have been preserved. Over all, domestication was a bummer for the species in question, AKA H. sapiens. The domesticator, Triticum spp., fared better. Protected from predators and competitors, watered, and ceaselessly tended, wheat went from an obscure grass with a tiny range to one of the dominant species of the world.
Such, at any rate, is the story told by Professor Yuval Noah Harari. He can hardly be faulted at the literal level. To 'domesticate,' in its root sense, means to cause to live in houses. We do, but wheat doesn't, and the blame for that is the almost constant, backbreaking (literally, again) toil it requires to tend the infernal stuff.
Perhaps whatever adaptation was achieved to domesticated status will be useful to the new masters.


I was privilege to participated in a technical and human resource training dubbed “Engaging Africa: Global Partners for Agricultural Development” which took place last week at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore India in partnership with Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.
The project is supporting Uganda Skills Development Project (USDP), funded by World Bank and Agricultural Transformation through Stronger Vocational Education (ATTSVE) in Ethiopia, which is supported by Global Affairs Canada. The projects focus on transforming existing agricultural colleges into competency-based education and training (CBET) Centres of Excellence as part of the grand strategy to achieving food security. The choice of venue was informed by a lot of similarities in term of development levels and environment between India and Africa.
During the training, relevant information on food security and employment situations in India was shared. While the population of India is currently estimated at 1.37 billion, the country is not only food secured, but also exporting various food stuffs that include rice, sugar, soya bean, corn, dry beans and wheat to over 163 countries all over the world. Presently, the country is the lead exporter of rice and dry beans and third exporter of coconut after Indonesia and the Philippines.
The success of agricultural sector in India is attributed to two critical policy documents namely green revolution and doubling farmers income. At the time of its independence, India was an agricultural dependent economy and yet the state of Indian agricultural sector was dismal. From the lack of investment, a dearth of technology, low yield per acre and many such problems plagued the industry. The Indian government took steps to bring about the Green Revolution using High Yield Variety (HYV) seeds. The first introduction of HYV was done in 1965 coupled with better and efficient irrigation and the correct use of fertilizers to boost the crop with a view of making India food secured country.
The impact of the green revolution saw the production of wheat increased to 55 million tons in 1990 from just 11 million tons in 1960. Similar trends were also witnessed in other crops like rice and other cereals where there was generally increased yield per acreage. Increased agricultural productivity also lead to creation of employment especially in rural areas due to supporting industries like irrigation, transportation, food processing and marketing requiring workforce.
However, the strategy did not explicitly recognize the need to raise farmers’ income and did not mention any direct measure to promote farmers’ welfare. The net result has been that farmers income remained low, which is evident from the incidence of poverty among farm households. The low and highly fluctuating farm income was causing detrimental effect on the interest in farming and farm investments, and forcing more farmers, particularly younger age group, to leave farming. This caused serious adverse effect on the future of agriculture because the income earned by a farmer from agriculture is crucial to address agrarian distress and promote farmers welfare.
With this in mind, the government set a goal to double farmers’ income by 2023 as central to promote farmers’ welfare, reduce agrarian distress and bring parity between income of farmers and those working in non-agricultural professions.
For this to succeed research and training institutions were required to come up with technological breakthroughs for shifting production frontiers and raising efficiency in use of inputs. This included expanding the scope of agronomic practices like precision farming to raise production and income of farmers substantially. Similarly, modern machinery such as laser land leveler, precision seeder and planter, and practices like System of Rice Intensification (SRI), direct seeded rice, zero tillage, raised bed plantation and ridge plantation allow technically highly efficient farming.
However, these technologies developed by the public sector have very poor marketability. They require strong extension for the adoption by farmers. R&D institutions were tasked to include in their packages for grassroots level innovations and traditional practices which are resilient, sustainable and income enhancing. They were also to develop models of farming system for different types of socioeconomic and bio physical settings combining all their technologies in a package with focus on farm income. This would involve combining technology and best practices covering production, protection and post-harvest value addition for each sub systems with other sub systems like crop sequences, crop mix, livestock, horticulture, forestry. This is complemented by better price realisation, efficient post-harvest management, competitive value chains and adoption of allied activities. Such shift requires interdisciplinary approach to develop on knowledge of all disciplines.
Most of the development initiatives and policies for agriculture are implemented by the States and therefore, development of competent workforce at all levels became the key priority area of concern of each State. India currently has a total of 63 agricultural universities and several colleges with at least a university in each of the 33 states. All the agricultural universities and colleges across the country implement a common curriculum developed by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), however each university can make up to 20% changes to customize it to the requirements of each States.
For example, at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University is the state university for Tamil Nadu and currently collaborating with 14 public and 32 private colleges to implement a common CBET programmes in agriculture. The training and assessments of the students are jointly conducted by the university and the colleges, and qualifications offered by the university. The university is working very closely with all stakeholders in the agricultural sector to develop market driven programmes right from certificates to postgraduate. Graduate from the university and the colleges provide services to farmers, agro-processing industries, logistics and distribution, and cooperative societies, while a number of them also go to self-employment.
Each campus has a placement officer to assist students in securing jobs. The university collects information about availability of opportunities and share the same with students and more often organisations are invited to conduct interviews on campus. The university also has a directorate of Agribusiness which provides incubation facilities to nature and commercialise students business ideas. The success of job placement is also attributed to very strong and active alumni linkage.
The university is also involved in various aspects of research in agriculture geared towards supporting the government and farmers. Some of their research outcomes have informed evident driven policies especially land use policy, mapping of the country for crop suitability, market accessibility, agro-processing and reduced cost of production. Other include access to clean planting materials, fertilizers, agro-chemicals, animal feeds and other animal health services.
The university also collaborate with Agricultural Skills Council of India (ASCI) to support capacity building by bridging gaps and upgrading skills of farmers, wage workers, self-employed & extension workers engaged in organized / unorganized segments of Agriculture & Allied Sectors.
The Indian experience of specialist university is a good example that institutions of higher learning in Kenya may need to consider. Specialist institutions will help in establishing national centres of expertise in key areas of the economy as key to economic growth is both research and knowledge transfer. The institutions will also be employer-focused and combine academic knowledge with practical application. This will also provide a perfect opportunity for universities and colleges to collaborate in addressing knowledge and skills requirements for a specific sector as a value chain.
The writer is the Director Genera/CEO, TVET Authority


BioTame is a plant-derived horticultural oil that can be used as a fungicide, insecticide, and miticide on agricultural, ornamental, and landscape plants. Unlike most horticultural oils, BioTame is not derived from petroleum.
BioTame is suitable for use in organic agriculture* and useful as a component of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) programs. This plant-derived oil works on contact to suffocate and smother insect pests and disease spores.
Utilize a general purpose dilution rate of 50:1. Use 100:1 for mild infestations and 33:1 for severe infestations.
Always consult your certifier before using this or any product in a certified organic operation.


Stallion manages an extensive distribution network, selling fertilizers. With West Africa striving to achieve self-sufficiency in food, the timely and adequate availability of fertilizers has become an critical factor.
The group deals with chemicals like soda ash, caustic soda and water treatment chemicals often for onward trading with smaller traders within the markets - as well as to industrial end users whose requirements would not justify direct imports.
Stallion's objectives in fertilizer business align with those of the local governments in aiming to enhance activities in agricultural development.
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With 20 years of experience and 10 years working and now operating Paradigm Gardens, a progressive garden center in Madison, WI, Dennis Anderson has been growing food crops hydroponically indoors with a focus on nutritional density. This indoor marijuana calendar can be started on any day of the year that you choose. Traditional indoor gardens require more equipment, space, and money which might be too much if you're just starting off. Make a garden plan. Example: with a frost date of April 12th the last calendar would be marked in the 12th box and the month April written in the month box at the top of the calendar. There should be less than a 10% chance of a frost after this date. • Start seeds indoors only of those very slowly growing plants, such as parsley, thyme, or certain perennials. Monthly Calendar – Shows only 1 month at a time; Custom Calendar – Make advanced customized calendars; Printable Calendar (PDF) – Calendars especially made for printing; Date Calculators. 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When I was little, I would walk from the back of the house through the grass and between the trees, one eye peeled for the black snake who lived under the shed but loved the warm summer sun.
When I got to the edge of the garden, I'd look down at my bare feet, and than at the red clay and dark loam of the garden. I'd cautiously step out onto the dirt baked dry, and hop and leap my way to the vines of snow peas.
I'd lift up my skirt into a makeshift basket with one hand, and pull off handfuls of snap peas. Then, I would drop some into my skirt, and bend one between my thumb and forefinger until it cracked. I'd wriggle my hand around it, and use my thumb to pry open the curve of the pod.
I'd use my thumb to loosen the peas, digging in deep. I'd spill them down my throat when they were all loosened, and the soft raw summer taste would be so refreshing that I'd have to open another pod, and another.
Eventually, I'd hop and leap out of the garden and sometimes, if it was nearby, I'd find the garden hose, and drench the pods in water. Than I'd plop myself down in some sunny spot, the peas soaking my skirt, and munch away.
Sometimes I'd devein them, letting the two halves fall apart with their shared peas separating in perfect order. Othertimes, I'd eat them like corn, tasting first the crisp shells, than the softness inside. Afterwords, I'd pull the strings from my teeth.


BSPR 2019 Bursaries and Fellowships
MJ Dunn Fellowships
Dr Maruan Hijazi (QMUL)
My name is Dr Maruan Hijazi. I have been awarded with a MJ Dunn Fellowship to attend the annual BSPR meeting 2019 at Southampton. It has been a pleasure to attend this scientific meeting with leaders in the field of proteomics across the UK and Ireland. This year, the open plenary talk was given by Mike Snyder from Stanford University. Previously, there was a training workshop tutored by Luis Mendoza, from Seattle. The programme covers new developments in proteomics, state-of-the-art techniques and emerging advances. There are other talks that complement omics technologies (genomics, transcriptomics, metabolomics, etc) for personalised medicine, disease diagnosis, drug development and novel biomarkers as well as the analysis and integration of proteomic data.
I highly recommend more students and postdocs to join this fantastic society. It is a wonderful opportunity to meet other proteomics groups and stablish a personal networking (e.g. the wine reception and the conference dinner served to engage with colleagues in an informal environment). This annual event provides the perfect forum for the presentation of key achievements in proteomics to date. I was invited to give a talk where I showed our databases that represent a unique resource to investigate the relationships between kinase network topology and cell phenotypes. Finally, I would like to thanks the conference organisers and promoters who made the meeting possible. Their work to organise and coordinate the scientific programme has been excellent. Hope to see you all next year in Oxford (BSPR 2020).
Dr Harvey Johnston (UCL)
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Georgina Charlton (University of Warwick)
Report Abstract: Methyl viologen is the main ingredient in paraquat, a wide spectrum herbicide used for weed control, and kills plants by causing oxidative stress. As a result of methyl viologen action the production of antioxidants decreases, and the production of reactive oxygen species increases, leading to oxidative damage. Oxidative damage causes irreversible damage to proteins, leading to loss or change in function. Carbonylation modifications have been established as a key biomarker of oxidative stress, however, due to their low abundance they have proved difficult to analyse in the past. To analyse carbonyl modifications effectively an enrichment method is needed, however many current methods are focused on the protein level, meaning peptides identified by mass spectrometry aren’t necessarily modified, leading to loss in sensitivity of site-specific information. In this work we aimed to develop an effective enrichment method for carbonylated peptides to identify sites most susceptible to carbonylation. Work began on the single protein BSA to develop an effective method, and then progressed to Arabidopsis, as a more complicated system. In the future we intend to move onto maize and attempt to find a link between drought stress and oxidative damage.
Report: Oxidative damage is caused by reactive oxygen species (ROS) to mediate cell signalling pathways. Cells have antioxidants to keep levels of ROS under control and keep oxidation under control. However, under oxidative stress conditions levels of ROS are too high for antioxidants to control, meaning oxidation happens uncontrollably, leading to protein damage which can cause loss or gain in function. Carbonylation is a relatively stable form of oxidative damage which has been identified as a key biomarker for oxidative stress. Due to the low number of these modifications they have proved difficult to analyse, so an effective enrichment strategy is needed to fully understand these modifications and how they affect proteins.
Methyl viologen (MV) is the main component of paraquat, a wide spectrum herbicide produced by Syngenta, and is known to induce oxidative damage. Methyl viologen attacks plants at photosystem one during photosynthesis, inhibiting the ferredoxin reaction, NADPH regeneration and ATP generation. In this work methyl viologen was used to induce oxidative damage in Arabidopsis thaliana to test a method for tagging and enrichment of carbonyl modifications. Soluble and membrane fractions were isolated for separate analysis.
Proteins were quantified using the Tandem Mass Tag (TMT) 10plex, proteomics was performed on an LC/MS orbitrap fusion and data analysed using MaxQuant. TMT 10plex allows for direct quantification between samples. Samples can be tagged with different TMT 10plex molecules and then combined for analysis. Each tag has the same isobaric mass and chemical structure, however the placing of various heavy isotopes at different positions within the molecule allows for different masses when the fragmentation during MS2 occurs. The mass reporter ion which will be different for each sample is then able to be used to quantitatively measure protein expression during peptide fragmentation.
In total 1336 proteins were identified in the soluble fraction, of which 220 proteins were statistically significantly less abundant and 164 proteins were statistically significantly more abundant in the MV treated compared to the control. Of the less abundant proteins they were mostly chloroplast metabolism proteins, and the more abundant proteins were mostly stress response proteins. In the membrane fraction 879 proteins were identified, of which 386 proteins were statistically significantly less abundant and 231 were statistically significantly more abundant in the MV treated compared to the control. We established that methyl viologen was changing the proteins and causing damage, we could therefore carry on with testing tagging and enrichment for carbonylation.
To enrich for carbonylation we have been using alkoxyamine-peg4-biotin and monomeric avidin beads. An enrichment can be performed at the protein level, with an on-bead digest, this will give information on the proteins which are carbonylated, but also give a lot of background peptides which are not carbonylated. Enrichment at the peptide level, with elution form beads will give information on the sights which are carbonylated, but this is more difficult to achieve due to the strength of the biotin avidin interaction.
We have been able to establish a model sample which is oxidatively damaged and have been testing tagging and enrichment strategies both at the protein level and the peptide level. Once an effective method is established, we intend to move to testing for carbonylation in droughted maize samples, as we believe there is a link between drought stress, carbonylation and yield loss. Maize is the worlds third largest crop for food production, and with a growing global population, the need to feed more people is increasing. An insight into yield loss at the molecular level is vital to our ability to prevent crop loss in the future.
What the conference meant to me: ASMS is the largest mass spectrometry conference in the world. I have never been to a conference this large before. Having several parallel sessions and nearly 800 posters per day was overwhelming, but it was great to see all the work going on in the field of mass spectrometry and new innovations. But there was always something to do weather it was listen tom talks, talk to vendors or look at posters. I was able to talk to people from all over the world who were working on similar things to me and we were able to discuss techniques and ideas for going forward within our work.
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James Waddington (University of Liverpool)
Maximilian Harris (University of Liverpool)
Augustine C. Amakiri (University of Liverpool)
Grigorios Koulouras (Beatson Institute)
Kareena Adair (University of Liverpool)


To kickstart Recruitment Month, Andrew Gibson writes about the YCL’s fight against food poverty in Lanarkshire
In the Young Communist League, we have set out to raise awareness of food poverty, which Charity Sustain says can affect 8.4 million people in the U.K. The YCL already work closely with foodbanks and help collect food from the public in many towns and cities throughout the U.K.. Whilst setting up a stall to collect food, we are also highlighting the severity of the issue to the general public. However, we are now tackling the issue of food poverty in more than one way, and whilst still continuing to collect for foodbanks. This year, Lanarkshire branch started its ‘Red Veg’ initiative. For this, we have acquired an allotment, in which were are growing fresh vegetables to give to either foodbanks or soup kitchens in our local areas.
So far, we have managed to grow a variety of vegetables such as potatoes, courgettes and carrots. Our first year of growing vegetables has been successful and we have learned a lot to improve upon for the following year to increase our harvest. We tried to grow as big of a variety of veg as possible to see what worked out well for us and didn’t, so that for the upcoming years we can be more focused on what to grow and to work out crop rotation to ensure a steady source of meal ingredients. However, we are not just growing vegetables for the sake of growing them. There are blatant issues of food poverty in our society that we as Young Communists aim to expose and fight.
The Scottish Government’s failure to tackle the problem of food precarity in Scotland as well as the wider problem of poverty has led to some shocking statistics.
According to Trussell Trust. Scottish food banks have delivered 221,554 emergency food parcels to people across the nation. These stats still don’t represent the undocumented delivery of food parcels given out by organisations such as the YCL and the hard work done by soup kitchens.
That is why, while the Government continues to fail Scotland’s working class, we will continue to grow produce and distribute it and encourage other workers to do the same. Most importantly, we will forward the struggle towards achieving a society that is fully capable of eliminating poverty in its entirety.
While big business’ gluttony and greed leads to a grotesque waste of fresh produce all year round in its conquest for endless profit, the YCL take a different approach. We act to ensure that food poverty will become a thing of the past – we take action to ensure a future that places human need over the drive for profit and waste that is current within our society.
If you would like to be involved in the fight against food poverty, contact the YCL and see how you can be a part of the solution. This could be from helping in the foodbank drives or growing veg. There are a few ways to grow veg – you could use a bit of your garden, acquire an allotment plot, grow veg on unused land, or even if you have a balcony or a bit of space at your front door. Growing veg can be relatively easy, for instance, you can grow potatoes in 10 gallon grow bags (Or any 10-gallon container with drainage holes).
The only way to achieve a better future for al -, a future in which no belly aches from emptiness, is Socialism.
Source: Trussell Trust
Andrew Gibson, is a member of the YCL’s Lanarkshire branch


The human relationship with mesquite is not quite so benevolent everywhere it grows, however. Many ranchers consider it to be a pest, since it will thrive wherever cattle roam, replacing valuable grasslands. The irony is that cattle feast on mesquite pods, and then deposit the beans in cow pies, a perfect environment for the seeds to germinate and grow. Thus, more cattle on the range is better for mesquites. Paleontologists have deduced that cattle may be replacing the role of other large mammals that once roamed the southwest, such as camels, giant sloths and mastodons. After the Pleistocene extinctions about 10,000 years ago, mesquite bosques contracted to waterways and washes, where year round moisture and seasonal flooding ensured their success. But without passage through the guts of large mammals that travel long distances between waterways, the seeds were no longer distributed onto uplands.
Even though a healthy bosque provides shade and fodder for cattle, an aggressive campaign to eradicate mesquite in favor of grasslands ensued through the 1900’s. Combined with habitat destruction for agricultural, industrial and urban development, plus harvesting of trees for firewood and lumber, wild mesquite bosques are now considered somewhat rare.
Fortunately, the versatile bean tree has become a popular landscaping species over the past few decades, and is now grown and planted widely through the arboriculture trade. Velvet mesquite (Prosopis juliflora) is the most common in the Phoenix area, shading many parking lots and suburban tracts with their graceful, contorted stems. The return of mesquite to urban areas is also a boon to wildlife. Rabbits, coyotes, quails, javelina and deer also feed on the bean pods. Dozens of bird species nest and forage for insects in mesquite limbs. Mesquite leaf letter enriches soils with nitrogen, which, combined with shade, makes them excellent “nurse trees” for many kinds of plants. Plus, over sixty species of insects have been documented as visitors to mesquite flowers, gathering the abundant pollen and nectar to propagate their own offspring. In the spring, when long tassels of flowers dangle from the branches, a bean tree literally hums with life.
According to the locavore food movement, which promotes the use of regionally adapted and native foods, mesquite could be the key to a more abundant and nutritive future for desert dwellers. If you are lucky to have a mesquite in your yard, you can rake up the pods to use as an alternative to mesquite wood for grilling and grind them into flour to use in baking. Here's how:
Prepare bean pods: Collect and rinse pods with clean water and dry in the sun. You can accelerate drying by putting them in the oven at the lowest temperature (~150F) for 2-4 hours. The more crispy the pods, the easier it is to grind them into flour.
Make the flour: If you want to be very traditional, get out the mano and metate or a mortar and pestel! However, you can also grind the bean pods in a blender. Just put about 15 pods in at a time for about 30 seconds. Sift with a fine sieve and store the flour in the freezer until ready to use. Make sure you are sifting out the hard, bitter seeds.
Bake: The traditional cake or cookie was a simple mixture of flour and water, made into round flat patties and dried in the sun. To use mesquite in baking, just replace ¼ of the amount of flour called for in your recipe with finely ground mesquite meal.
Steep Tea: A sweet tea can be made by soaking some of the flour in water and then straining off the pulp….perfect to serve with cookies!
To learn more about the history and ethnobotany of mesquite, look for these books:
Gathering the Desert by Gary Paul Nabhan
Medicinal Plants of the American Southwest by Charles W. Kane
And check out this website: Desert Harvesters (www.desertharvesters.com) in Tucson hosts mesquite pod milling events every year, as well as being a resource for numerous workshops and publications on native plant foods.


The Valdosta Daily Times
If you’ve done much traveling across Georgia in the last few years, you may have noticed a rise in agri-tourism.
Long the domain of the Midwest and West Coast United States, recent years have seen many states, including Georgia, begin to develop their own state-wide agri-tourism industry.
It’s a broad category, including almost any activity that brings visitors out to an agricultural operation. It can be something as simple as running a produce stand on a farm or something more hands on, like a winery, letting guests pick their own produce, or having a corn maze for guests to work their way through. It’s a way for farms to connect with their customers, bridging that gap between the kitchen table and the field.
It’s something Jessica Bolesta has given a lot of time and thought.
A year ago, Bolesta, part of the sixth generation of Corbett farmers in Lowndes and Echols counties, and her family decided to stop kicking around the idea of opening an agri-tourism spot and start getting serious about it.
“It’s kind of me finding my place on the farm. My older brother manages the farm; my younger brother manages the shed. I was in the office, but that’s not me. I’m more hands on.”
She knew they wanted a fresh market — at the time they were planning to make it open air — but she wasn’t sure what else to incorporate.
So, she talked with Beth Meeks of Georgia Grown and became an agri-tourist herself, visiting agri-tourism places throughout the state: Lane Southern Orchards in Fort Valley, The Rock Ranch just south of Atlanta, Jaemor Farms in north Georgia, Calhoun Produce in Ashburn.
“You're going to see more like this,” said Meeks. “Whether it’s jams, jellies, wines, olives. ... Everybody has different ideas, different dream projects.”
At each location, Bolesta found the owners eager to discuss her ideas.
“Everyone has been extremely helpful,” said Bolesta. “It’s not like a competition. Everyone shares ideas and feeds off of each other. I kind of took a little bit from everybody, and we added some stuff of our own, too.”
Construction started on Raisin’ Cane this past March, on the corner of Highway 41 and Newsome Road. Along with deciding to turn the market into an indoor market, she added more activities. Visitors can go on a hayride tour and go through a corn maze. They can visit with some of the animals on the farm: cows, chickens, pigs, lambs, ducks, etc.
“Just visiting the other places, that’s where we got the idea of actually bringing people on the farm and showing them the educational side of it. We wanted to do a place where people could visit an actual farm … see things, touch things, see how we do it. We want to show how farming is happening now.”
The educational aspect of the whole thing is something they emphasize especially during field trips. The corn maze has 18 stops along the way, educating maze runners on various aspects of Georgia agriculture.
They hosted their first field trip — 88 pre-K students from Pearson Elementary — on opening day, Oct. 3. Bolesta was a little nervous with the first one, but it went off without a hitch, becoming the first of 20 field trips hosted so far.
“I’ve had a lot of people say it’s the best field trip they’ve been on. I take that as the highest compliment. When people leave and say they’ve had a good time, that’s what it’s about. Seeing people have fun makes it worth the hours we’ve put into it.”
This past week, Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black visited Raisin’ Cane for a ribbon cutting. Black also recognized the Lowndes County Commission as being the first local government to be recognized as Georgia Grown, meaning county officials are supportive of area farmers. Black also said the Corbetts are an example of how farming families pass along their knowledge and techniques from generation to generation for success from the land.
Appropriately enough, Raisin’ Cane changes with the seasons. Starting on Oct. 23, the corn maze becomes a haunted corn maze from 7-10 p.m.
With different seasons will come other changes, such as harvesting the corn maze. Of course, the storefront, with fresh produce from her family’s farm, Ken Corbett Farms, and other local suppliers will be a year-around staple. Eventually, Bolesta would like to grow everything in the produce store at Corbett Farms, but concedes there are limitations.
“Obviously, we can’t grow bananas down here,” chuckled Bolesta. “Bell pepper, squash, egg plant, corn and cucumbers are our main crops, but we’ve always grown little patches of everything.”
While the produce market is open Monday through Saturday, the rest of Raisin’ Cane — corn mazes, hay rides, etc. — is limited to Thursday and Friday afternoons and all-day Saturday. Pre-scheduled field trip groups are taken through everything regardless of the day.
She’s come a long way in a year, and she won’t be the last farmer who opens a tourism spot in Georgia, or even Lowndes County.
“You can’t get more local than right off the farm, not even having to pass a highway.
“Just the fact of knowing where it comes from. In Walmart, it will say ‘Product of the USA’ but this is a product of right here, product of 200 yards that way.”