The Challenge: Clean Farming
Our goal is to have the areas of Sonoma and Napa be known as wine regions that are both recognized among the finest of the world not just for there quality of wine but also for setting an example on how to farm at the highest level. We would like to build a platform other wine regions can adopt. With the momentum, we would also like to find away to help bring this higher level of farming to corn and soy.
Every year as farmers we are faced with challenges we have to deal with. In this modern era, these challenges can be met with a wide array of options and products to help us get through the growing season the best we can. Some products are more needed and good, and some are less needed and bad. The goal here is to align our farming community with the best options that are effective and allow our wine region to be recognized not only for its world-class wines but also our conscious alignment with nature and our community.
Right now, the biggest issue is also the easiest to fix and that is the unneeded, overused use of herbicides. Not just Roundup and glyphosate, but all herbicides. They are bad for the environment, ruin the soil structure, which is so important in farming, bad for our health, and end up in your products, your neighbor’s products, our rivers, our air space and our backyards. It's time we as a community elevate our farms to a higher standard and set a global example. Our goal here is to teach our community – from the weekend farmers to the big corporate farmers – why we should walk away from certain paths and follow and others. We want Napa and Sonoma to set an example that other wine regions and farming communities can follow.
The name 'The Monarch Challenge' comes from the fact that since Roundup's introduction into the market in 1974, the Monarch butterfly population has declined by 90% and is currently under the threat of extinction. The environmental impact goes beyond the Monarch to frogs, bees, other pollinators not to mention our human health.
Wine has been cultivated, made and enjoyed since the beginning of human civilization. This modern chemical farming movement began post-World War I and rose in success alongside the marketing and rise of the smoking era... And we all know what has happened to prescribing cigarettes “recommended by your doctor” or even simply smoking in public places. Needless to say, it is time we also reevaluated what we put in our farms and go back to our roots.
Currently, there are several ways to have beautiful under-the-vine weed management with tractors and weed-whackers without the use of herbicides. The cost at the moment is a bit more than spraying glyphosate at roughly $500 to $1,500 dollars per acre, which is $0.02 to $0.18 per bottle based on 3 tons to the acre (Roundup or glyphosate is about $90 to $160). We are putting together books on how this can be done with the best technology we have today.
At the moment, we are asking Napa and Sonoma to elevate the farming as a cost. With that said, we are also looking into technology that can make farming without herbicides equal to if not less costly than with.
Through wine sales, we plan to fund The Monarch Challenge and build our team. Rather than a gala, dinner, event or party – which are more fun but cost much more – we have aligned a few wineries that are producing special bottlings to sell and help fund the team that will be dedicated to this cause. 100% of the proceeds of this wine will be going to making this happen. 100% of this bottling was donated by RAEN winery (Find out how your winery can bottle, sell and donate your wine sales to this cause). Corks were donated by Amerim, Labels by Euro Stampa and thank you to our team of activists who have donated so much time.
Glyphosate Effects On Glyphosate Resistant Soybeans (Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry)
Monarch Butterflies: The problem with herbicides (Science Daily)


L'ÉTOILE - Agricultural land - 12 000 m²
This agricultural land is accessible from the Bel Air road by a road in the sugar cane. From the land you have a view of the lagoon of Trou d'eau Douce.Behind the land you find the tracks for the old railway that were once used to transport sugar cane from Beauchamp to Port Louis. The area is fertile, and the climate is similar to Moka area. Water and electricity are available within 350 meters.


We’re so excited to welcome our friends the Fillmores for a pop-up farm stand on Saturday, June 26th. Nell has been a friend of the Curry family since she started nannying for our kids when she was in high school. Her family is a trusted and important part of the Blaze community and we can’t wait to share their passion for health and stewardship of the land with you all.
The K-Farm was originally built in 1758. Since 2016, owners Andy and Nell have worked to restore it to its original beauty with three goals in mind:
• Raise the highest quality of products
• Allow animals to live in their natural state, ensuring their happiness and health
• Enrich the health of the farm and guarantee sustainability
They are dedicated to land stewardship and committed regenerative farm practices that build the health of the farm while providing food for the table. On K-Farm, the cows are free to graze the fresh pastures, the pigs roam in the woods allowed to root up and eat all the nuts and berries that they please, and the broiler chickens live in a “chicken tractor” so they can graze pasture freely and rotate to new land daily. Layer hens are free-range and have their pick of all of the greens and grubs and bugs the farm has to offer.
Not only do regenerative agriculture practices allow the animals to live their lives in their natural state but it also increases the health on the farm by protecting the watershed, enriching the soil, and increasing organic matter and improving the soil's capacity to sequester carbon from the air.
Join them for a special farm pop up where you can purchase eggs and meats in cuts or bundles. Looking to stock up? Email K-Farm to preorder and have your cuts waiting for you when you walk out of class!


We take pride in the quality of produce that we grow!
As we plan for each growing season, we look for exceptional flavor from varieties like your Grandma grew.
As we plan our CSA vegetable boxes, we plan for each box to hold staples used by every household while also introducing new varieties and fun vegetables with our home-grown flavor that you wouldn't find at your average grocery store.
Vegetables are freshly picked by our employees who are excited to share with you what they have grown.
Our vegetables are processed and grown without the use of harmful chemicals, always keeping in mind the safety and health of our employees and customers, using MN Food Safety protocols.
Whether you join us for the season with a CSA share or visit us at the farmer's market, we love to get open feedback and ideas for varieties to grow, recipes to share, and ways to meet the needs of our area.
What to expect in your CSA boxes:
- Box 1-green onions, purple pac choy, leaf lettuce with argula, easter egg radishes, kohlrabi, swiss chard, and beet greens
- Box 2-green onions, prize choy, snow peas, purple radishes, kohlrabi, chard, beet greens, leaf lettuce
- Box 3-kholrabi, chard, patty pan squash, zucchini, butterhead lettuce, carrots, red beets
- Box 4-patty pan squash, zucchini, butterhead lettuce, carrots, strawberries, red beets, basil, tomatoes
- Box 5-rainbow chard, patty pan squash, zucchini, lettuce, rainbow carrots, golden beets, basil, tomatoes, cucumber, kale
- Box 6-summer squash, zucchini, rainbow carrots, golden beets, basil, tomatoes, basil, cucumbers, kale, broccoli, beans
- Box 7-rainbow chard, zucchini, rainbow carrots, tomatoes, basil, cucumbers, kale, broccoli, beans
- Box 8-patty pan squash, zucchini, tomatoes, cucumber, kale, beans, lunchbox peppers, eggplant, basil
- Box 9-summer squash, zucchini, tomatoes, cucumber, green beans, bell peppers, eggplant, sweet corn
- Box 10-patty pan squash, zucchini, tomatoes, cucumbers, kale, green beans, bell peppers, eggplant, sweet corn, onions
- Box 11-summer squash, zucchini, tomatoes, cucumbers, dill, bell peppers, eggplant, ruby perfection cabbage, potatoes, cauliflower, sweet potatoes
- Box 12-patty pan squash, zucchini, heirloom tomato, cucumbers, dill, kale, bell peppers, sweet corn eggplant, potatoes, onions, celery, celeriac, cauliflower, sweet potatoes
- Box 13-zucchini, tomatoes, kale, bell peppers, winter squash, potatoes, onions, sweet corn, celery, celeriac
- Box 14-winter squash, tomatoes, kale, bell peppers, potatoes, onions, celery, specialty squash, heirloom pumpkin
- Box 15-shareholders will be invited to a one day event to help clean out the garden, first come, first serve!
*This is not a guarantee of what will be in your boxes. Weather and other factors may affect our plans. You can expect a minimum of 12 weeks of produce. This list is printed to give you an idea of the progression of produce that comes from our garden. More may be included in your box, based on what is available in our garden. We plant multiple varieties to provide you with a variety of produce in your boxes.*


We had our third full Zoom Members’ meeting on Tuesday 18th of May, and happily saw lots of smiling members join us.
Our speaker for the month was Chris Hickey a very knowledgeable plant and vegetable grower, having worked for Frosts Garden Centre for some 16 years. Chris told us she got her love of gardening from her Father, he had “green fingers” and specialised in growing Dahlias and Geraniums. Chris herself has a compact and very colourful garden along with an allotment for growing vegetables. We were given lots of tips on which type of composts to use, growing and storing bulbs, types of Clematis and one of her favourites, the Alstroemeria flowers/plants.
Regarding vegetables Chris suggested members could put some compost into a container, set some lettuce and spring onion seeds, then when they grow the leaves can be freshly picked as and when required.
Chris was a very entertaining speaker and considering she was suffering from a bad back she still kindly joined us from her granddaughters bed, for which we were very grateful.
Still on the subject of gardening, here are some lovely words from Daphne with supporting pictures from her garden.
‘Having experienced exceptionally hot weather after so much rain over previous weeks it inspired me to take a few photos of the wonderful blooms just showing their colourful faces to bring us joy and a smile on our faces. We live in a great area with lots of places and gardens to enjoy; so enjoy the outdoor life and explore our surroundings.
OUR NEXT ZOOM MEETING IS ON TUESDAY 15TH JUNE AT 7.30PM WHEN WE HAVE SPEAKER KATE KIRK TALKING ON THE SUBJECT OF:
CICILY SAUNDERS THE CAMBRIDGE PHENOMENEN
Kate Kirk is a writer and communications consultant . She currently focuses on management and entrepreneurship, and is co-author of The Cambridge Phenomenon: 50 Years of Innovation and Enterprise. A niece of Dame Cicely, Kate volunteered at St Christopher’s Hospice in her youth. She is also a trustee of the Arthur Rank Hospice Charity in Cambridge and volunteers for the hospice in a variety of roles.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL FOR ANOTHER GREAT EVENING


We care about of lot of things. But a good starting point is the way we make our chocolates.
We started in a little London house, tinkering away with whatever ingredients were to hand in the kitchen, and to some extent we’re still doing that. None of our chocolates contain anything that you wouldn’t find in a normal but adventurous cook’s kitchen.
The only difference now is that we have explored and learnt more about the ingredients that we use, it’s become sort of an obsession. We go to great lengths to find the best quality, fairly traded and responsibly grown produce. We do this because we care about the impact this supply chain has on the planet and also how it affects the people who work in it.
Wherever we can, we also grow our very own ingredients. We’ve been doing this since the early days when our orange tree produced the orange blossoms that went into the first batches of our Orange Blossom chocolates. Now that we have our professional kitchen and a bit of green space down in Wiltshire, we are growing our own mint, rosemary, bay leaves and thyme. We hope to add some more ingredients to this list in the summer and grow as much as the British climate will allow!


|Type||Black Mustard Seeds|
|Shelf Life||2 Years|
|Packaging Type||Jute Bag, Plastic Bag|
|Packaging Size||15-20kg, 20-25kg|
Black Mustard Seeds are the small round seeds of various mustard plants. The seeds are usually about 1 or 2 mm in diameter. Mustard seeds may be colored from yellowish white to black. They are important spices in many regional foods. The seeds can come from three different plants: black mustard (Brassica nigra), brown Indian mustard (B. juncea), and white mustard.


If you’re concerned about what you eat, there’s a good chance you’ve looked at the food in the supermarket, or in your fridge, and wondered where it actually comes from. Now urban farming incubator Square Roots is introducing a new way for you to check full history of the produce that you’re about to purchase.
To do so, you just scan the QR code or type in the lot number that the company says will be included in the packaging of all its produce moving forward. Either way, you’ll be taken to to what Square Roots calls a Transparency Timeline. You can actually try this out on the QR codes included in the announcement — the timelines show where and when the produce was planted, grown and harvested, and when it were delivered to the store.


To keep the lawn looking perfectly, you have to mow the grass periodically. For this task, you should use a great and efficient push lawn mower that can provide with the best results while offering comfort in use. On bestlawnmowers.reviews, we found some very helpful reviews of the best-rated lawn mowers, which helped us narrow down our options to three of the best units. For even more models to choose from, the Bestlawnmowers.reviews comparison is at your service with detailed reviews of various lawn mowers from various categories . If you want to find out which are the most efficient push mowers that you can use for your lawn, read the following lines. No matter the model that you choose, you will surely end up with a quality machine that will last you for years.
The Husqvarna HU725AWD push gas lawn mower can be yours for the price of $450. The all-wheel drive of this model makes it efficient even when it’s faced with handling a hilly terrain. It’s ideal for large lawns. The cutting swath of the HU725AWD measures 22 inches. It uses a 160cc 4 HP Honda GCV160 motor to offer great power. The cutting deck is durable due to the fact that it’s made from steel. The cutting methods provided by this model are collect, mulch, and side ejection. The collection bag can handle 2.2 cubic feet of grass. The cutting height can be adjusted between 1.25 inches and 3.42 inches. It comes with 5 height increments that you can choose from. It features a soft grip for comfort in use. The front wheel measures 8 inches and the rear wheel measures 12 inches. It weighs only 66 pounds, which makes it easily maneuverable. Also, it comes with a useful 3-year warranty.
Cub Cadet SC 500 HW
The Cub Cadet SC 500 HW push gas lawn mower can be purchased for the price of $430. It’s one of the most mobile lawn mowers on the market due to the adjustable self-propulsion drive. It can perfectly handle large lawns that are filled with obstacles. It uses a 159cc Cub Cadet OHV motor to provide with amazing power. It has a 21-inch cutting deck. The cutting height can be adjusted by choosing one of the 6 positions that the model offers and that range between 1.25 inches and 3.75 inches. It weighs approximately 90 pounds. It comes with a 3-year warranty. It offers the useful deck wash feature due to its SmartJet high-pressure deck washing system. In addition, it offers 3 cutting options that include bag, mulch, and side discharge.
Honda HRX 217VKA
For the price of $600 you can ride behind the Honda HRX 217VKA gas lawn mower the next time you have to mow your lawn. This amazing model uses a powerful Honda GCV190 motor to operate. It provides with a generous cutting width of 21 inches. The material from which the desk is made is NeXite. The mowing height ranges between 3/4 inches and 4 inches and it offers 7000 mowing height adjustments. It can reach the maximum speed of 3.6 MPH. It uses 9-inch plastic wheels. It comes with a standard bag that has the capacity of 2500 bushels. It backed up by an impressive 5-year warranty. Also, it weighs around 90 pounds.


Please bookmark this page as events will be added as they are finalised
|Skye Gardening Society Events 2020|
|August 29th||Flower and Produce Summer Show|
Due to Covid-19 and current uncertainty, we regret that this year's Flower and Produce Show is cancelled.
|September 26th||Lunch, Quiz and Plant Exchange - £10.50 per person||Viewfield House Hotel, Portree at 12:30pm|
|November 7th||Talk by Jonathan MacDonald entitled "Science behind the garden - how science shapes our garden." With practical tips and advice.||Breakish Hall at 2.00 p.m.|
**For full details of show classes and eligibility please dowload the 2020 Flower & Produce Show Schedule in PDF format by clicking here.


Welcome to Michigan Urban Greens
We specialize in healthy, nutritious Microgreens and Wheatgrass. All our products are grown using organic methods and are never sprayed with any kind of pesticide or chemicals. If you would like to receive microgreens on a weekly basis, you can sign up for a Delivery Subscription. There is no additional cost to sign up! If you are new to microgreens check out our best-selling Sunshine Sampler!
What are Microgreens?
Microgreens are the tender immature seedlings of edible vegetables and herbs. They have two developed embryonic leaves called cotyledon leaves. When the cotyledon leaves have fully developed, and the first true leaves have emerged, usually between 7 to 14 days, these immature seedlings become microgreens and are harvested. They measure between 1 to 3 inches in height, pea shoots usually grow to be 8 inches tall. Microgreens are small, but come in a variety of strong flavors, bright colors, and crunchy tastes, and are packed with nutrients.
There are hundreds of options for microgreens. Almost any vegetable or herb you can eat can be enjoyed as a microgreen. Our farm grows Sunflower, Broccoli, Radish, Zesty or Mild mixes, and Sweet Pea.
Microgreens are packed with nutrients
In a study published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, it was discovered that microgreens contained between 4 to 40 times more nutrients by weight than their fully grown counterparts. In addition, broccoli, kale, and red cabbage Microgreens, shows remarkably high concentrations of sulforaphane, scientifically shown to have anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory effects.


Feedstock Transportation to Conversion Plant
Impact of Biofuel Industry Expansion on Grain Utilization and Distribution: Preliminary Results of Iowa Grain and Biofuel Survey
This paper examines the impact of biofuel expansion on grain utilization and distribution at the state and cropping district level as most of grain producers and handlers are directly influenced by the local changes. We conducted a survey to understand the utilization and flows of corn, ethanol and its co-products, such as dried distillers grains (DDG) in Iowa. Results suggest that the rapidly expanding ethanol industry has a significant impact on corn utilization in Iowa.
Agricultural markets often feature significant transport costs and spatially distributed production and processing which causes spatial imperfect competition. Spatial economics considers the firms’ decisions regarding location and spatial price strategy separately, usually on the demand side, and under restrictive assumptions. Therefore, alternative approaches are needed to explain, e.g., the location of new ethanol plants in the U.S. at peripheral as well as at central locations and the observation of different spatial price strategies in the market.
Optimal Biorefinery Locations and Transportation Network for the Future Biofuels Industry in Illinois
This article addresses development of the Illinois ethanol industry through the period 2007-2022, responding to the ethanol production mandates of the Renewable Fuel Standard by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The planning for corn-based and cellulosic ethanol production requires integrated decisions on transportation, plant location, and capacity.
Choice of optimum feedstock portfolio for a cellulosic ethanol plant – A dynamic linear programming solution
When the lignocellulosic biofuels industry reaches maturity and many types of biomass sources become economically viable, management of multiple feedstock supplies – that vary in their yields, density (tons per unit area), harvest window, storage and seasonal costs, storage losses, transport distance to the production plant – will become increasingly important for the success of individual enterprises. The manager’s feedstock procurement problem is modeled as a multi-period sequence problem to account for dynamic management over time.
Supply chain management involves all of the activities in industrial organizations from raw material procurement to final product delivery to customers. The main aim in supply chain management is to satisfy production requirements, while optimizing the economic objectives. In traditional fossil fuel supply chains, huge amounts of fossil fuels are transported via pipelines or tankers with very small costs. These fuels can be transformed into other sources of energy or transportation fuels at their destination points.
A Geographic Information System-based modeling system for evaluating the cost of delivered energy crop feedstock
The use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for understanding the geographic context of bioenergy supplies is discussed and a regional-scale, GIS-based modeling system for estimating potential biomass supplies from energy crops is described. While GIS models can capture geographic variation that may in?uence biomass costs and supplies, GIS models are not likely to handle uncertainty well and are often limited by the lack of spatially explicit data.
The Targets IMage Energy Regional simulation model, TIMER, is described in detail. This model was developed and used in close connection with the Integrated Model to Assess the Global Environment (IMAGE) 2.2. The system-dynamics TIMER model simulates the global energy system at an intermediate level of aggregation. The model can be used on a stand-alone basis or integrated within the framework of the integrated assessment model IMAGE 2.2. The model simulates the world on the basis of 17 regions.
The Emissions Prediction and Policy Analysis (EPPA) model is the part of the MIT Integrated Global Systems Model (IGSM) that represents the human systems. EPPA is a recursive-dynamic multi-regional general equilibrium model of the world economy, which is built on the GTAP dataset and additional data for the greenhouse gas and urban gas emissions. It is designed to develop projections of economic growth and anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse related gases and aerosols. The main purpose of this report is to provide documentation of a new version of EPPA, EPPA version 4.


A Spanish Olive tree that bears small, flavorful olives that are great for oil. They are slow-growing trees and easy to manage, and they are early-fruiting.
When planted, these trees will be 10'-11' tall, 8'-9' wide with a 4" caliper.
Our Tuscan trees are a mixture of Frantoio, Leccino, Pendolino and Coratina. When the fruit is harvested of these 4 varieties it produces a balanced blend of premium oil.
When planted, these trees will be 11'-12' tall, 10'-11' wide with a 4"-5" caliper.


MCC/Senegal: Reducing Poverty through Country Led Growth
The $540 million Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact, signed by the Governments of the United States and Senegal, aimed to reduce poverty and increase economic growth by unlocking the country’s agricultural productivity and expanding access to markets and services. The Government of Senegal implemented the five-year MCC Compact via the Millennium Challenge Account-Senegal, and was completed on September 23, 2015.
The Senegal Compact
The two primary Compact projects, Roads Rehabilitation and Irrigation and Water Resource Management, made strategic investments in the road network and essential irrigation schemes focused in the Senegal River Valley and the Casamance region. The Compact priorities were identified to align to the country’s comprehensive long-term objectives of enhancing national growth and food security.
Roads Rehabilitation Project
The Roads Rehabilitation project invested in two of Senegal’s critical transport corridors that connect major population centers and agricultural production areas: National Road #2 (RN2) and National Road #6 (RN6).
The RN2 is the northernmost road of Senegal and a strategic connector corridor from Dakar Harbor to Mauritania and Mali and to the other larger cities in Senegal. The RN2 road investment funded the rehabilitation and widening of 121 kilometers of road from Richard Toll to Ndioum that borders the irrigation areas along the Senegal River Valley, and constructed the Ndioum Bridge, which traverses an estuary of the Senegal River and links the fertile land on the Island of Morphile with the RN2 and the national road network.
The southern road improvements in the Casamance region focused on upgrading and widening 252 kilometers of the RN6 from Ziguinchor to Kounkané and rehabilitating the Kolda Bridge. The RN6 is the single primary road available for transportation of local agricultural products from Casamance to the rest of Senegal without having to travel via The Gambia and serves as an essential connector with Guinea Bissau, Guinea (Conakry), and Mali. At compact completion, 64 kilometers of the RN6 and the Kolda Bridge had been rehabilitated and the Government of Senegal has committed to completing the remaining segments, expected in 2016.
The Roads Rehabilitation Project adhered to standards of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). MCC standards also require specific environmental and social measures during the implementation of road works. Specifically, the roads project included: developing plans for community reforestation, supporting the recovery of wood from past community deforestation activities, implementing an HIV/AIDS awareness program, resettling or compensating families affected by the rehabilitation works, implementing a community-level environmental awareness program, constructing or relocating weekly markets, and constructing safety walls at schools located within 50 meters of the road.
The MCC investments in Senegal’s road network are anticipated to provide reliable, cost-effective, safe, and time-saving means of transporting local agricultural products to domestic and international markets year-round. In addition to increasing access to markets, the rehabilitated roads expect to increase access to vital community services, such as schools and hospitals.
Irrigation and Water Resource Management Project
The Irrigation and Water Resources Management aimed to improve agricultural productivity in the Senegal River Valley, Senegal’s rice production heartland, by improving the performance of the irrigation systems and securing land tenure rights in the Delta Zone and the Department of Podor (Ngalenka). The Delta investments upgraded and rehabilitated the main canal and drainage systems across 35,480 hectares in order to increase the volume of irrigable water, expand cropping intensity, and secure use of land currently at risk of abandonment due to soil salinization and insufficient flows. The Ngalenka activity aimed to increase agricultural production through the construction of a 450-hectare irrigated perimeter. MCC’s rehabilitation or construction of over 245 kilometers of canals is expected to allow farmers to expand their rice, tomato, onion and other market vegetable cultivation in the Senegal River Valley.
The accompanying land tenure activity focused on strengthening local governments’ capacity to formalize and manage land rights in the project zones, and ensuring that land allocation in these zones harmonized existing land rights and increased access to land for groups who have traditionally had limited access to land, such as women and youth. Over 10,000 plots of land, covering 15,000 hectares were incorporated into the municipal land management system.
MCC is strategically reinforcing the economic potential of Senegal through the MCC Compact investments. These investments are expected to increase household incomes for over 1.55 million Senegalese across approximately 138,000 households improving the quality of life for their families and future generations.


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Located in Sudbury, Ontario, Verdicchio is a 75-seat fine dining Italian restaurant boasting its own outdoor garden, rooftop apiary, and woodburning oven. Owner and Operations Manager, Mark Gregorini, started out behind the bar at his family’s restaurant in 1996, mixing cocktails and pouring wine. He took the helm a few years later, enhancing the restaurant’s focus on progressive Italian cuisine while expanding its wine selection. Under his direction, the restaurant has gone on to be recognized for its dedication and support of local growers and farmers.
"Though we do import products from other countries, we believe it is important to get connected to food sources and understand how it makes it to your plate. We try to utilize our surroundings as much as possible. Our herbs are grown on premises – chives, rosemary, parsley, bay leaves, sage, mint, basil. In the spring, our gardens are planted with cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers and many other summer vegetables. Seasonal produce is brought in from local farms to ensure the freshest of ingredients on your plates. As Northern Ontarians, we tend to forget that the freshest product is right in our backyard – Manitoulin pickerel, rainbow trout, farm raised pork, chicken, quail and rabbit – to name a few. These are all found locally, and in our menus. At Verdicchio Ristorante | Enoteca, we create every dish was a sense of purpose. We have stayed true to our mission for 25 years by building relationships with our local growers and farmers, including Ontario Dairy Farmers.”
MILK & HONEY MENU AT VERDICCHIO RISTORANTE | ENOTECA
Fonduta Tradizionale Con Polenta
~ a traditional Italian fondu with melted Temiskaming cheese from Thornloe Cheese and crispy polenta cubes ~
Thornloe Cheese | Temiskaming Shores, Ontario
Feast On certified venue | all-Italian wine cellar | catering for weddings and special events | private seating for up to 30 people available


With a lengthy history that is second to few other products, the growth, spread and use of tobacco throughout the world has been a major factor in trade since its first being observed by Europeans in the Americas. As was the case among the native tribes, the tobacco plant was soon used in a broad range of applications from patent medicines that claimed miraculous cures for virtually any ailment to the more familiar methods of ingestion including chewing, inhalation as snuff and in smoking. Both in Europe and America the methods of
taking tobacco that were reserved for society’s aristocrats quickly became often a source of ridicule. Even then, many thought tobacco, like the potato, to be the work of the devil.
However used, the earlier tobaccos all sprang from American stock. Initially, there was one variety that was grown by the North American Indians that was the first to be transported to England and Portugal and another that was grown by those from Mexico to South America that was taken to Spain and France. Later, John Rolfe used the second variety from the seed juul pods dubai obtained from the larger leaved “Spanish” variety to serve as the foundation for Virginia tobacco growing.
Since that time the spread of tobacco’s influence and ease of propagation drove the development of many varieties around the world, each suited to unique climates and the local preferences for curing, processing and ingestion. As tobacco crossed the Atlantic from the Americas and was popularized in Spain, England and France, its spread reached to Germany, Russia and then the Baltic countries as each region and nationality introduced their own preferences as well as requirements for cultivation such as those driven by the climate, the local soil characteristics and terrain.
Today, most tobaccos may be categorized as either Virginia, Burley, or Turkish, but all have roots tracing back to the original Nicoteana Tabacam of Mexico and South America. In fact, the world’s most popular tobacco which is generally known as Virginia Bright Leaf was the result of an accident in curing during 1839 White Burley of today didn’t arrive on the scene until 1864.
While tobacco was introduced into Turkey and Poland around 1585, its use was sufficient to result in torture and execution throughout Russia, Turkey, Persia, India and the east. Though cigarettes were making themselves known in Europe by 1915, it was not until the Crimean War in 1856 that Turkish, English, French and Italian soldiers took the popular Turkish tobacco cigarettes home with them.
In truth, the name “Turkish” tobacco is something of a misnomer as many of the seed stocks of Turkish Tobacco actually originated in towns in Greece. However, the name was popularized as referring to those countries that were within the Ottoman Turkish empire, many of which were long a part of the Soviet Union. Today, much of the region is referred to as Balkan.
By any name, Turkish tobaccos have long been regarded as among the world’s finest, adding a richness, spice, and smoothness that, when properly blended, transports a great Virginia into a blend in the realm of the sublime. Sadly, the great Turkish/Balkan tobaccos had virtually disappeared in the western world, leaving mediocre, lesser grades and varieties that for decades left smokers associating Turkish blends with tobaccos that were hot, heavy, harsh, pungent and loaded with nicotine, all attributes of an inferior product.


Dear Valued Customer,
Trent Hulett a Midwest native with several years of experience in the lawn industry, is finally bringing what everyone has been looking for. Personable relationships giving everyone the best customer service experience you have been waiting for. Trent has always believed in giving the people what they want regarding a healthy green weed free lawn. Trent has taking his passion for the outdoors and giving families and pets the lush green picture perfect lawn they always wanted. There’s not a doubt in his mind when it comes to choosing high quality products and bringing the greatest lawn care practices to life that you will undoubtedly have the best looking lawn in town.
“All I ever wanted is to give my customers the lawn they always wanted, because that’s where family memories are made.”


Strawberries, delicious. Round, red and sweet. Very desirable to thieves
The bible mentions fruit and thieves in several places. Thieves not only steal, they damage and spoil.
“Catch the foxes for us,
Yes the little foxes!
They are ruining the vineyards
When our vineyards are in bloom”
The Bride – Song of Songs 2. 12
Foxes, even little ones are renowned for their artfulness and for the damage they wreak in the attempt to obtain what they want. In connection with red, ripe strawberries 🍓 the usual suspects are of the feathered and beaked kind.
Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed!
As he sowed, some seed fell alongside the path and the birds came and ate it up. Other seed fell on rocky patches where there was not much soil. It sprouted quickly because the soil was shallow; but when the sun…
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Each seed you plant contains a huge amount of universal information.
Nothing man made can compare to it for size and accuracy. This information allows the seeds to know precisely, down to the millisecond, when it needs to come to life and grow, what juices to take from the earth and how to use the emanation from the sun, the moon and the starts. It knows what to grow into and what fruits to bear.
Fruits are intended to give man sustenance. These fruits can effectively fight and resist any illness of the human organism more powerfully than any man made medicines that exist today or will in the future. But to do this, the seed has to know about the persons condition. In order for it to be saturated during the ripening process, the fruit needs the correlation of substances for healing a specific person and his illness, if he has one or a predisposition toward one.
In order for the seed of a cucumber , tomato or any other plant grown in a garden to have information about a persons health, the following is essential.
Before planting, put the seed or seeds into your mouth and hold them under your tongue for at least nine minutes.
Next, put the seeds between your palms and hold them like that for about 30 seconds.
While holding the seeds between your palms, you must be standing barefooted on the ground where you are going to plant the seeds.
Then open the palms, take the seed close to your mouth and breathe on it the air from your lungs. Warm the seed with your breath and it will learn whatâ€™s inside you. Keep the palm open for another 30 seconds for the seed to see the heavenâ€™s bodies and it will determine when to sprout.
After that you may put the seed into the soil, but do not water it for three days, so that your saliva remains on the seed or you will wash your saliva and information off the whole seed, and the seed needs to take that in. Three days after planting you may water.
The planting must be done on each vegetables favorable days. Planting early without watering is not as terrible as planting late.
You shouldn’t remove all the weeds next to the shoot coming from your seed. You have at least one of each kind. The weeds can be cut down.
The seed takes information about the person, and while its fruit is growing, it will take from the cosmos and earth the maximum energy essential for this specific person.
You shouldn’t remove all weeds because they have their own purpose. Some protect the plants from disease, others provide additional information. During its growth, you must communicate with the plant. At least once during its growing period, preferably on the full moon, go up to it and touch it.
Anastastia said that fruits grown from a seed in this way and used by a person who grew them are capable of curing him of absolutely any disease of the flesh, significantly slowing the organism’s aging, riding him of harmful habits, increasing his intellectual abilities multifold, and giving him emotional peace. The fruits will be most effective if they are used no more than three days after harvest.
The above actions must be done with various types of crops planted in the garden.
You do not have to sowe the entire plot of cucumbers, tomatoes, and so on in this way. A few plants are sufficient.
Fruits raised by the methos indicated will not only taste different from others. If they are subjected to analysis, the correlation of substances they contain will differ as well.
When planting seedlings in scooped out indentation, you absolutely must work the earth with your own hands and bare toes and spit in the indentation. Why the feet? Anastsia explained that substances (toxibs probably) containing information about the organisms illness are sweated out through the feet. The seedlings take in this information and convey it to the fruits, which will be capable of fighting ailments. Anastasia advised walking through the garden barefoot from time to time.
The main doctor is your organism. From the very beginning, it was given the knowledge of which herb you should use and when, as well as how in general to feed yourself and breathe. It can aver illness even before its outward manifestation. And no one else can replace your organism, for this is the doctor God personally gave you and only you. I’m telling you how to give it the chance to act for the good.
When you have established relationships with the plants in your garden they will heal and take care of you. They will independently give an exact diagnosis and manufacture the special medicine that is most effective for you specifically.
Excerpt from book : Anastasia- I Exist For Those I Exist For
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Eric C. from the great state of New York sent me a sample to review. It will need some rest but I thought you would like to read the following about this rare blend. Thank you, Eric.
From Cigar Aficionado:
“General Cigar Co. has gone into its archival seed banks and regenerated an heirloom tobacco varietal for its upcoming release: Macanudo Mao. According to the company, Macanudo Mao contains filler tobacco derived from the same seed type used for original Macanudos when they were sold in the 1960s.
“Macanudo Mao is the result of General’s extensive seed regeneration program. For this project, the company planted many different seed varietals in both the Connecticut River Valley and in the Mao region of the Dominican Republic. By planting in different regions simultaneously, General was better able to ascertain the qualities of the different tobacco types, its adaptability to climate and its disease resistance.”
“We started the experiment with 21 seed [types],” said Ernest Gocaj, General’s director of tobacco procurement. “It’s important to note that while we were able to recondition the seeds over four years, we had started this experiment years earlier and were unfortunately not successful. At this moment, we have two successful seed types that bear the desired characteristics of the original seeds. Normally, reconditioning seeds takes eight years.”
“Here’s the approach General took: First, the company found the heirloom Dominican seed from the 1960s, which it dubbed seed M. Then, it crossed the M seed with another seed called D3, which is a strain that resists black shank disease. After that, General continued to backcross the resulting seeds in order to create a seed type that inherited the disease resistance of D3 yet still retained the desired flavor and aroma characteristics of the original M seed.”
“Backcrossing preserves the most desirable attributes while crossing gives the original seed new characteristics such as disease resistance,” Gocaj explained. “Through crossing and backcrossing, we achieved the original characteristics of the M seed with the added resistance to black shank from the D3 seed. We named our new, improved seed M02.”
“Once the M02 seed was established, Gocaj said that General planted nearly three acres in Mao, which was just enough to supply a limited edition run of cigars.
“Macanudo Mao cigars are draped in a Cuban-seed wrapper grown in Connecticut while the binder is from Mexico. In addition to the Dominican M02 tobacco, the filler is fortified with leaves from Nicaragua and Colombia.
“It will come in three sizes, but only 1,800 boxes per size are scheduled for production, or a total of 5,400, 10-count boxes. No. 10 measures 5 inches by 50 ring and has a suggested retail price of $16; No. 11, 7 by 50 at $17; and No. 12, 6 by 57 at $18. Each cigar comes individually coffined.
“Macanudo Mao will be introduced at the IPCPR trade show in July, but will not ship until the last quarter of this year.
“This article first appeared in the June 21, 2016 issue of Cigar Insider.”
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US AG TRADE, NO BULL
Sorting through some agriculture trade data today for work and stumbled across one of the many perversities of the globalized food chain.
The United States is a major exporter of bull semen, enjoying a healthy trade surplus of some $30.4 billion ($46.1 X -$15.7 M). Bull semen, of course (I'm hoping), is used to produce more baby cows in order to expand capacity for producing things like meat, hides, and--you guessed it--more bull semen.
While American farmers may be comparatively advantaged at artificially stimulating bull cows, farmers in other countries are comparatively advantaged at raising cows. In 2002, the United States ran a substantial trade deficit in cattle. After buying our bull semen and producing more cows, foreign countries sold us over 2.5 million head of cattle while we exported a mere 243,394 head (for an overall deficit of 2.26 million head of cattle).
This is somewhat puzzling given that the US is also the world's largest producer of most cattle feed (primarily corn and soybeans). In other words, the US is producing all the inputs of cattle, but outsourcing the rearing of cattle.
Meanwhile, once the cattle get back here, we are quite skilled at turning them into the end product: meat. (See the post below). In 2002, the United States ran a $143.5 billion surplus in beef and veal.


The Gifts of Plenty
This is a time of year, in the northern hemisphere, when a lot of people are seeing the fruits of their labors... literally. Starting near the beginning of the year, people gave the gifts of tilling and loosening to the soil, the gifts of warm cozy homes rich in nutrients to tiny seeds, and the gift of continued safety and care as those plants grew. The sun gave the gift of warmth and energy, rain gave moist plumpness and flexibility, and the soil gave it's nutrients, all to foster the growth of the fruits and vegetables in gardens and fields everywhere. And now, toward the end of the year, the plants are offering gifts in return. Pumpkins and beans and apples and wheat and thousands of other life-supporting foods are gifted to us. This perpetual cycle of gifting happens all around us, in every aspect of life, when we allow it to.
Within this perpetual cycle of gifts, all beings are provided for and all live in abundance. When we forget that we have gifts to give, when we choose not to share them, and when we forget to graciously accept the gifts of others - that's when this cycle of common wealth is thrown off kilter and breaks down; we create extremes of need and overabundance and and no one is truly happy. Remember your gifts. Give of them freely. When it's naturally time, joyously receive the gifts you are offered by others and the world. This is the cycle that, when allowed to run it's natural course, allows all things to live in a state of plenty. All beings are interdependent and only when we live in a way that honors that do we truly live in balance.


Early Detection of Red Palm Weevil
PalmAcou detects the infestation in its earliest stages, saving your palm trunk & avoiding damage to your palm tissues.
Effects of the Weevil
Posing severe threat to date palm cultivation
$8 million is lost each year through removal of severely-infested trees alone
Penetrates the palm trunks creating cavities and tunnels that weaken the tree structure
The combined cost of pest management, eradication and replacement of infested palms, and loss of benefits was around €100 million by 2013.
Based on IoT technology, a network of nodes will be connected to a palm tree which in turn will linked to a master node. The master node is used to transfer the data to a cloud server. Further deep learning techniques is integrated on a cloud server for accurate detection. As well as a web application that enables the farmer to manage and control the system to identify the infected palm tree in real time.
For early detection we propose an acoustic device to record the sound from the field and compare it with a previously recorded larvae sound under lab conditions to determine if there is an infestation.
This comparison is made by comparing signal features of the two audio signals.
The Feeding sound is the most frequently occurring sound in an infected tree.
Why are we different?
The methods that are currently implemented to detect the infestation are:
Advantages of to using the acoustic method:
Utilizing Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence
- Installed separately in palm trees.
- No need to connect it to a PC.
More practical and easier to use than traditional methods.


Community Food Systems Program
This program was kicked off in 2020 with our support of 2 community gardens at the YMCA and Big Brothers, Big Sisters. With the high rate of food insecurity on Maui, we decided to name the program to encompass more… to stick with our mission to cultivate a healthy community by strengthening local agriculture and improving access to nutritious, affordable food.
Community Food Systems Focus Areas
We grow and distribute plants to people who want to learn to grow their own food. We share information on care, growing, use and storage of many types of plants that grow well in our tropical climates.
We stick with what we do best! Build gardens and educate people (families and keiki) on growing food! We hope to integrate some kitchen programs to demonstrate how to prepare food that grows in our gardens.
Community Food Systems Articles
Grow Some Good is hiring a Bookkeeper! Read our post to learn more about this position and to apply.
Grow Some Good is hiring a Fundraising and Marketing Manager! Read our post to learn more about this position and to apply.
Grow Some Good is hiring a Social Media Coordinator! Read our post to learn more about this position and to apply.


Our family is passionate about working together to provide nutritious, healthy food for a growing world population.
Nichols Farms has made a home in Hanford, the heart of central California’s fertile San Joaquin Valley. Planting our first almond tree in 1981 and being among the first of early adopters of pistachio farming, planting our first orchard in 1983. Today our three-generation tree nut farming and processing operation is committed to delivering natural and healthy products from our trees to your table. We continue to teach each member of our family the gold standard in farming and production processes.


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Your yard is an important extension of your home and with today’s busy schedules, low maintenance care is key. Let Ace Hardware Titusville help with Garden Center essentials so you can get your weekend back.
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Titusville Ace Garden Center offers locally grown herbs, fruits and vegetables, trees. Shrubs, annuals, perennials and houseplants. While offering “tried and true” plants, ACE garden center also carries different and unique plants for the avid gardener! We can also suggest the right plant for your location. Just bring us a picture and measurements and we’ll help you with an “on the spot” landscape design!
In addition, the garden center can diagnose your plant issues. Simply bring in your fresh sample in a “sealed” bag or container, with the symptoms of the problem. We can help you with your lawn and garden issues.
ACE Garden Center is open Mon – Sat 7:00am to 8pm and Sunday 9:00am to 6:00pm. ACE Garden Center carries a complete line of both organic and synthetic pesticides that will get you the best results with the least amount of time and effort.
At Titusville Ace, we can help you with the right advice and the right products to ensure you get the results you are looking for. Keeping your lawn lush, green and weed free is high on everyone’s to-do list and can be accomplished with the right lawn equipment. You’ll find everything you need to cultivate a healthy lawn from the roots up at Ace.
Considering starting a garden? Having a garden can help beautify your yard with colorful flowers and plants. You can also save on the grocery bill by growing your own fruits and vegetables. Having the right supplies can make planting, pruning and weeding easier and more efficient. Come in to see Megan today!
Florida Native Plants!
We are going Native! We are reintroducing a selection of native Florida plants, as we try to find unique and unusual plants you won’t find anywhere else! We invite you to meander through the garden center where you can find inspiration, butterflies, maybe a jewel you’ve been looking for tucked in a display…
- Native and drought tolerant plants
- Shade and flowering trees, tropical’s and exotics
- Annuals and perennials
- Cacti and succulents
- Herbs and vegetables (locally grown!)
- Seeds and bulbs (seasonal)
- Butterfly and hummingbird plants
- House and patio plants
- Cold hardy trees, palms, and shrubs
People eat food. Plants make food. To do this, plants need light, air, water, and FERTILIZER. Some plants get everything they need from the earth, but most need supplements. Even one deficient nutrient can appear as a symptom on the plant.
We carry a complete line of fertilizers and supplements. Whether you use organic fertilizers, liquid or water-soluble or slow release granules, ACE has what you need!
We can also help you set up a fertilization schedule depending on your needs. If you want a low maintenance lawn or garden, we can keep it healthy with slow release fertilizers a couple times a year. If you want “yard of the month”, we can show you the best way to keep it blooming!
Isn’t it great to live in an area with an extensive growing season? Unfortunately, many pests enjoy our climate as well. When we think about plant pests we usually think bugs! Did you know that most insects are beneficial to plants and people? In fact, only a handful of the millions of insects are PESTS. That handful can still be a problem.
Sometimes the problem isn’t bugs. Bacteria and fungi also thrive in our wonderful weather. Again, most are beneficial, but a few can cause disease. Good cultural practices are the best defense, but there are suppressive and curative controls.
Even fertilizer deficiencies can cause plant “disease”. At ACE, we can help you diagnose the plant, identify the problem and get you the best treatment for your plants.
Simply bring in a sample in a sealed sandwich bag. If you see any insects, try to catch them too!
Visit our Garden Center and ask for Cindy! Or you can email Cindy at email@example.com.
Soils and Mulch
From potting plants to mulching and landscaping, Ace has any soil or mulch you’re looking for! Now we carry exclusively to our area, Landscaping Seashells in both large and small size shells for your special projects! Of course we have Red mulch, Black mulch or Cypress that we carry year around.
Special potting mixes, manure (chicken or cow) or just plain top soil, Ace has your answer! Stop in and ask any of our staff experts for free advice!


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Australia’s first dedicated robotics centre has opened at the University of Sydney Article by Gabrielle Easter he Horticulture Innovation Centre …
10/06/2016 / By roboticsnews
Article by Gabrielle Easter
he Horticulture Innovation Centre for Robotics and Intelligent Systems (Hicris) was officially opened at the University of Sydney on 6 October.
The first dedicated horticultural robotics centre in Australia is positioned within Sydney University’s Australia Centre for Field Robotics, and will initially have six research fellows, five PhD students and six technical staff working on projects in robotics and technology to improve on-farm efficiency.
“[Hicris] will attract Australia’s brightest minds in engineering and science. It will also act as a training facility for Australian growers and the future generations of students who are passionate about creating innovative solutions to make farming more efficient,” said Salah Sukkarieh, director of research and innovation at the Australian Centre for Field Robotics.
“Never before have we seen this level of innovation in the horticulture industry. Through working with the University of Sydney, we have been able to develop technology that can detect foreign matter, robots with that can map tree-crop architecture, and ground-breaking autonomous weed identification and eradication capabilities,” said John Lloyd, CEO of grower-owned body Horticulture Innovation Australia.
“Through the Horticulture Innovation Centre for Robotics and Intelligent Systems, this research will be further expanded to investigate capabilities such as automated crop forecasting to predict the best time to harvest, and ground penetrating radar sensors to measure things like soil water content.
“This centre will give current and emerging generations of growers and agri-scientists the resources they need to develop their ideas for the benefit of the industry, and all Australians.”
Hicris is funded by Horticulture Innovation Australia, using the vegetable levy and Australian government funding.
Read more at: fruitnet.com
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We offered a cookie called Mr. Carver's Favorite in our Black History Month 2021 Box. A surprise hit, the cookie was our sweet potato dough with honey roasted spiced peanuts, an homage to George Washington Carver's innovation with both crops.
Honestly, the peanuts were so good that we had to make extra every single time (to account for the number we were "sampling" from the drying rack). They're sweet and spicy with a kick. Worthy of snacking or sharing. So, we're bringing them back. So that we, we mean you, can snack on them.
Oh! You will probably be excited to know that, though it is exceedingly hard to buy small quantities of raw peanuts from an exclusively Black owned farm, you can buy peanuts (AND PECANS) from an amazing EIGHTY year old multiracial Christian farming community in Georgia. Koinonia Farm has been doing the work of racial healing and sustainable farming since long before either concept was popular or celebrated. When we reached out to Black owned farms about purchasing for our small operation, they referred us to this community. We couldn't be more grateful.
Note: This product is gluten-sensitive.
Ingredients: Peanuts, Cane Sugar, Butter, Honey, Salt, Spices.


With the Qatar World Cup now just over a month away, the participating teams are making final preparations for the bonanza.
It’ll be one month of intense, thrilling matches between the world’s best footballing nations for arguably the biggest prize in the beautiful game.
Not only are the players preparing well by trying to reach an optimum performance standard on the pitch, but they also ideally want to look good while performing as well.
That is why some teams are still slowly introducing their specialized kits for the upcoming World Cup that can help attract all kinds of supporters.
An early contender for the best kit of the World Cup has come up from one of the relative ‘minnows’ of the competition. Tunisia and Kappa have released their new third kit that pays an inspiring tribute to the historical culture of the country.
The Eagles of Carthage finished in the 24th position in the 2018 FIFA World Cup after a disappointing showing. They’re hoping for better results this time but have already won the hearts of many fans by unveiling their gorgeous new kit.
It’s an olive dark green coloured shirt that pays tribute to the country’s rich history when it comes to olive trees and the cultivation of the fruit (yes it’s not a vegetable).
The kit doesn’t really have that much of an over-the-top design, as they’ve kept it simple with a single colour along with a golden touch in the colour of their crest and sponsor’s sign.
There are also some drawings that are inscribed into the shirt as well, which seem to pay tribute to the cultures of the country. When it comes to olives, Tunisia has a historical significance – as the country is also known as the Land of the Olive Tree.
It’s estimated that there are about 1.8 million hectares of olive groves across the country, with 82 million trees planted which grow the elusive fruit. This apparently covers 30% of the country’s cultivated land, only proving how dedicated they are to growing and cultivating olives.
Not just that, but Tunisia is also the world’s third-biggest producer of olive oil – only behind Spain and Italy.
It’s a major source of revenue for the country and olive itself has a huge sense of significance for the residing people as well – which is why the national team has probably made the smart decision to come up with this unique kit.
The Eagles of Carthage head into the World Cup in some decent form. They got to the quarter-finals of the African Cup of Nations earlier this year and have won 4 out of their last 5 competitive matches.
They’ve been placed in a tricky group that contains Denmark, Colombia as well as Australia.
While not impossible, it’ll take something pretty significant for them to make it to the knockout stages. For them, finishing higher than the 24th place can itself be an upgrade from the last edition.
Irrespective of whatever happens, Tunisia will definitely look really good wearing this gorgeous jersey. It’s also won over the hearts of many fans already and should be a sure shit when it comes to sales.


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March 18, 2019 Young Sprouts: Starting Seeds – Germination Station Visit our Young Sprouts Germination Station! Are you curious about seeds? What is a seed, anyway? What do seeds need to grow into healthy plants? Investigate the many colors, shapes, and sizes of seeds and listen to the story, A Seed is Sleepy. We will also be giving away seeds saved from our garden! This program is drop-in, so feel free to come and go as you please! This program is designed for our youngest learners (0-5) but suitable for all ages. Program location is weather dependent: we will be in the Garden if the weather allows; find us in the Nursery if weather is less than ideal.


Abia state is rich in Organic foods and a tremendous list of mouth watering receipts have been created. Food is part of Abia state Culture. There are studies that examined the role of cassava in improving food security and income among farmers in Abia State, Nigeria. The study was conducted in Umuahia South Local Government Area (LGA) of Abia State, Nigeria. Multi-stage random sampling procedure was used in selecting a total of one hundred and forty four (144) cassava farmers, which constituted the sample size for the study.


In an economy where jobs hard to come by, Florida’s agriculture sector employment is still growing. A new UF/IFAS report shows the number Florida residents working in agriculture, natural resources and food industries reached 1.52 million people in 2013, which is an 8.7 percent increase from 2012.
This increase is part of almost 15-year industry trend. Employment in Florida agriculture has seen 19.7 percent growth since 2001, making it the biggest employer in the state.
To read the full report, click here: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fe969
The report reflects data from 2013, the most recent year in which figures were available.
The University of Florida is offering its first ever bilingual course to horticulture students this semester. The four-week course, called Nutrient Management in Container Crops, is offered in English and Spanish. This class was designed for farmers and the horticulture industry, but it can be taken online by graduate and undergraduate students.
Read more details about the course here: http://www.alligator.org/news/campus/article_9a87fde4-51f9-11e5-8464-a3704deed92b.html
“Horticultural Careers” is a series of mini-videos featuring interviews with professionals in the horticulture industry. This effort, supported by a College of Agriculture and Life Sciences teaching mini-grant to Dr. Bala “Saba” Rathinasabapathi and Dr. Steven Sargent, Professors of Horticultural Sciences at the University of Florida, is aimed to inspire the next generation of successful professionals in Horticulture!
Horticultural Sciences major Kiona Elliot shares her experience as undergraduate student at UF’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.
With help from several departments in UF’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, UF has released a series of “smart irrigation apps” to help manage urban and agricultural irrigation.
The apps are designed to help commercial farmers and small-time gardeners calculate their plant’s precise water demand to save money and water resources.
There are currently apps available for citrus, strawberries, cotton, avocado, vegetables and urban lawn. Check them out here: http://smartirrigationapps.org/
Read more about these and other UF/IFAS apps here: http://news.ifas.ufl.edu/2015/08/ufifas-apps-give-irrigation-growing-tips-and-more/#more-9025
Horticulture Department Chair Dr. Kevin Folta and students Chris Barbey and Alejandra Abril Guevara spoke about genetic engineering at a bipartisan roundtable in the House Science Committee this past June. This discussion was led by Congressional Representative Frank Lucas of Oklahoma. Citing the disparatity between scientific consensus and pubic opinion, Rep. Lucas wanted our department to address some of the unscientific misconceptions surrounding GM crops.
Read Rep. Lucas describe the meeting in his own words: http://www.stwnewspress.com/opinion/columns/rep-frank-lucas-perception-of-gmo-foods-underserved/article_1f33e538-2dc6-11e5-bb29-6b2137526872.html


I’ve been plucking my butterfly pea flowers…
…and sending them over to my friends at Payung for their nasi kerabu.
I read somewhere that the flowers must be plucked or once they wither, they will produce seeds and the leaves will not grow luxuriantly anymore. No wonder I saw dried leafless vines with lots of seeds dangling from them. I am supposed to take the seeds, remove the “dead” vines and plant afresh. Well, the good news is ever since I started plucking the flowers and the seeds and removing those unwanted vines, new leaves have appeared and it is starting to look good again…and yes, I do pluck the pods and take out the seeds so if anyone would like to plant their own, they can always get them from me too…anytime.
One thing about the flowers, they seem to come back with a vengeance. I pluck all of them one day, more will bloom the very next day, even more than the day before. Of course, those people at Payung will not need so much so if anyone would like them to use for the natural colour in their nasi kerabu or nyonya kuihs…or their drinks or whatever, they can drop by my place to get them, free of charge.
The wife of an ex-student of mine saw my Facebook posts on the leaves and asked for some so I told her to come over to my house and I gave her the ones I plucked that day plus the seeds. The following evening, she PM-ed to tell me that she was on the way to my house and she gave me these…
the rice tinted with the natural colouring from the flowers (her second attempt at making the kuih, she said) and she also gave me these chicken quiches…
…that she made. Thank you so much, Fong & Henry.
In the meantime, my Brazilian spinach…
…is growing very well too, so well that I’ve been harvesting it ever so often and giving bags and bags of it to my neighbour (they shrink badly in the process of cooking) – she says her grandchildren love it! If I am not wrong, they use it at Payung for their herbs salad so perhaps one of these days, I can give them some too. For one thing, I do not use pesticides, 100% organic, so some of the leaves would be quite badly eaten by whatever and would have holes all over. I would just cut and throw those away even though my missus said that I should not do that. Since the pests will eat it, she said, it should be good for us too – what’s good for the goose is good for the gander. LOL!!!
I planted some sweet potato leaves sometime ago and they grew rampantly and went completely out of control. We ate and ate till we got quite tired of it so I got rid of all of it. After all this while, I felt like eating it again and that day, I bought a bundle from my neighbourhood shop. We ate the leaves and I planted the stalks/stems. They seem to be growing pretty well…
Hopefully, we can harvest and eat our own-grown sweet potato leaves soon.
I saw that FINALLY my cangkok manis…
…is thriving not too badly so I decided to harvest the leaves to cook and eat. At the same time, I selected the bigger, sturdier stems/stalks and pushed them into the ground in the hope that they will sprout leaves so we shall have even more to enjoy the next time around.
I thought there was not enough for a dish so I went to buy some baby corn and sweet potatoes to cook sayur masak lemak (vegetables cooked with santan/coconut milk). It turned out that there was enough to cook on its own so we just fried it with egg…
…but we did throw in a packet of the baby corn.
Not too bad, don’t you think? At least I am getting something back from all those things growing in my garden after all my effort day in and day out.
7 thoughts on “Growing in my garden…”
Good to plant ones’ own vegetables. I do plant cangkuk manis and sweet potatoes leaves in my mini garden too. So very easy to plant. Your sweet potatoes leaves looks different from mine. Guess there are different species. The leaves of mine looks like heart shape. Last time I do plant moringa tree but have to chop off due to extension of my kitchen.
Yes, I thought the sweet potato leaves look different. Much finer, softer than what I was used to and I thought those were too old. My neighbour at the back had a moringa tree but he got rid of it, dunno why. Now planting guava, lots and lots of fruit. Their calamansi lime too – I would love to plant that!
Everything grows well in your garden. My man been asking me to plant cangkuk manis. Need to find old stems first.
Save the ones from the bundle you buy, the bigger ones. There are organic ones these days – the stems are thin and they do not grow well, will just wither away.
I’ve got two of the three pictures above in my garden too, except for cangkok manis
You can bring some home, if ever you come over – the stems and stick in the ground. As easy to grow as the Brazilian spinach!
Nice you have a green thumb too! nothing beats a garden fresh vegetables
I wish I could do better. I have a big compound. At a time like this, it would be good to plant one’s own, no need to go out.
Gosh you certainly have quite the crop!
The fruits of my labour. I’ve a HUGE compound, so much space but I’m too old now, not that much energy to do a lot.


Planting a Promising Future
Food, family, and community are motivating forces for Trisha Pérez Kennealy, the founder and owner of The Inn at Hastings Park in Lexington, Massachusetts, and chair of the Friedman School’s Board of Advisors.
A commitment to sustainable small-scale agriculture has long been a guiding principle of the inn’s restaurant, which features fresh vegetables, fruits, and meats from nearby farms on its menu.
Those same values also inspired a recent gift Pérez Kennealy made with her husband, Mike, to create the Trisha Pérez Kennealy and Mike Kennealy Directorship at the New Entry Sustainable Farming Project. A program of the Friedman School, New Entry helps small-scale beginning farmers establish and grow their businesses.
The Kennealys’ generous funding will support leaders such as Jennifer Hashley, AG05, the current director of New Entry, to ensure that they have the time and resources to build creative and sustainable programming to increase the project’s local and national impact.
“The beauty of New Entry,” said Pérez Kennealy, “is that it’s not just conceptual. This is a working farm, training a new generation of farmers—including many recent immigrants—right here in our region.”
New Entry also embraces goals that matter deeply to Pérez Kennealy and her family: expanding access to nutritious food, supporting local agriculture, “and helping all of us grow a deeper appreciation for the food on our tables and the farmers who put it there,” she said.
Pérez Kennealy, who spent her early childhood in Puerto Rico before moving to Lexington, left a successful career as an investment banker to train at Le Cordon Bleu culinary school in London. As a chef and mother of three, she is committed to helping local farmers thrive. “I support New Entry because it helps people develop the agricultural skills that are so needed in our community,” she said.
New Entry, based in Beverly, Massachusetts, strengthens regional food systems by training a new generation of farmers to produce food that is nutritious, culturally connected, and accessible. The program started in 1988 to help immigrants and refugees find farming opportunities on three farms in Dracut, Massachusetts.
In 2005, the program grew to include World PEAS (People Enhancing Agricultural Sustainability) Food Hub, a community-supported agriculture (CSA) program that provides a reliable market for New Entry farmers as well as offers fresh food to underserved communities. In 2007, its mission expanded to meet a rapidly growing interest in small-scale food production among beginning farmers of all backgrounds.
New Entry programs have continued to evolve and now serve local, statewide, and national audiences through training and technical assistance in both vegetable and livestock farming.


Srikakulam: On the occasion of National Farmers Day, the Pulsus Group, under the visionary leadership of CEO Gedela Srinubabu, orchestrated a groundbreaking event in Srikakulam, underscoring a transformative journey for North Andhra’s agricultural landscape.
With a relentless commitment to steer the region’s economy towards prosperity, the event focused on catalyzing employment generation, reshaping the economic contours, and fostering sustainable growth. CEO Gedela Srinubabu, in his keynote address, outlined a pivotal shift urging local farmers to venture into cultivating commercial crops. He stressed the importance of equipping the younger generation with digital marketing and AI skills to enable them to market produce across national online platforms effectively.
“Empowering our farmers and their progeny with the tools of tomorrow is crucial to not only revitalize the agricultural sector but also to ensure its integration into the global marketplace,” emphasized Gedela Srinubabu.
One of the prominent announcements during the event was the proposal for establishing a European Business Technology Centre. This initiative aims to imbibe European farming techniques and facilitate the export of agricultural goods. In a collaborative effort involving a local university, a research center, and an organization, this center envisages a gateway for Andhra Pradesh farmers to augment their agricultural practices through technology transfer.
The Pulsus Group reported the enthusiastic participation of more than 50,000 farmers and their children in this pioneering event, indicative of the collective determination to embrace innovation and modernization in agriculture. Similar efforts were echoed in Rajam, further amplifying the momentum for agricultural metamorphosis in the region.
The event’s overarching objective was to encourage commercial crop cultivation and forge pathways for technological advancement in farming practices, ensuring increased productivity and access to wider markets.
The Pulsus Group’s initiatives underscore a promising trajectory for North Andhra’s agricultural landscape, heralding a future where innovation converges with tradition, ensuring sustainable growth and prosperity for the farming community.
This momentous occasion marks a pivotal step towards revitalizing North Andhra’s economy, offering hope and opportunities for a thriving rural future.


This nice citrus orchard can be income property or a location to build a custom home within the grove. Located on Road 272 just south of Ave 96 with views of the mountains, this grove contains Lisbon lemons and Powell oranges, both planted in 2013. Terra Bella Irrigation District water.
Owner may carry with 50% down.
6.5 acres (17 rows) Lisbon lemons
7.5 acres (20 rows) Powell oranges
Both planted in Spring 2013
Terra Bella Irrigation District water
Irrigation filter system
Located on Road 272 about 1/4 mile south of Avenue 96
Disclaimer: Lot size has not been verified by agent.


End of summer’s approach is inevitable, it makes itself known by the end of July as the sunshine slips away noticeably earlier each day. There is a bit of chill in the air in the evenings throughout some of the valleys of Pennsylvania that whispers gently in our ears, “the first frost is coming sooner or later…”
Backyard garden tomato plants so loving tended and nurtured throughout the scorching summer heat struggle valiantly to give us what they can before they meet their demise in the not-to-distant future.
I always feel a pang of sorrow realizing the garden will soon be no more for another long, dreary stretch until next spring; the frugal Dutchie in me hates to see anything go to waste. I got that trait from my Nana (grandmother).
My grandmother used to pick the green tomatoes remaining on the vines at the end of every growing season from the wilted, past-their-prime tomato plants my Pop planted every year. She would gather them in the pockets of her rick-rack-trimmed cotton and bring them in to see if she could use up these precious gems rather than see the fruits fall hopelessly into the soil only to become compost for next year’s crop.
Some green tomatoes were sliced, dredged in seasoned flour and fried. Some were wrapped in newspaper and set on the back corner of the counter in hopes they would ripen and we would be able to enjoy Nana’s fried red tomatoes one more time (and we often did!). And some green tomatoes found themselves in this Sweet Green Tomato Pie
Tossed with spices and tucked between two layers of pie crust, the green tomatoes take on characteristics reminiscent of Granny Smith apples or rhubarb. Some people consider this among the many “mock apple pies” (like this Mock Apple Pie). You might find it does or does not mimic apple or rhubarb, but is delicious in its own right.
To make this pie even easier, use refrigerated crust. Of course, there’s nothing stopping you from making crust from scratch, but don’t sweat the details in recipes like this and be willing to embrace shortcuts! If you prefer, you can make lattice strips to top this pie rather than a solid top crust. Make it your own and enjoy the last of tomato season in a unique way.
Sweet Green Tomato PieCourse: Sides, DessertsCuisine: Pa. Dutch, Coal RegionDifficulty: Intermediate
5 to 6 medium size green tomatoes, cored, cut into quarters lengthwise then thinly sliced
1 1/2 cups white sugar
2 tablespoons cider vinegar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
Pastry for a 9 inch double crust pie
- Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
- Place sliced green tomatoes and vinegar in a large bowl.
- In a medium bowl, mix together sugar, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, salt and flour. Sprinkle over tomatoes and toss to coat evenly.
- Pour into pie crust and cover with top crust. Crimp as desired. Make a few slits in the crust for ventilation with a sharp knife.
- Bake at 350F degrees for 30 to 35 minutes, or until bubbly and crust is brown.
- For a pretty glazed top crust, brush top crust with milk or cream and sprinkle with sugar before baking.


Throughout the warmer Summer months some Landlords and Tenants may experience their beautiful lawn falling victim to Lawn Grub. The good news is- your lawn can be revived and look as good as new with very little effort, here is some Astute Realty pointers to help detect and treat lawn grub……
Signs of Lawn Grub
– If you notice patches of lawn suddenly dying, this could be evidence of armyworm activity. You may also notice small, grey moths flying around your lawn. (These moths are armyworms in their adult stage, looking for a place to lay their eggs.)
– You may see wasps hovering over your lawn. Certain species of wasp are a predator of lawn grubs and use them as hosts to feed their young.
– Soft small cotton like cocoons may appear in the ceiling of your awning, window sills, or plants
– There are many Grub treatments for lawns, available at your local Hardware store which can be easily watered in as granules or sprays connected directly to your hose. It is also also a good idea to broom and hose the cocoons to limit the moth activity.
If you are worried about the condition of your Lawn call your property manager at Astute Realty so it can be assessed.


Healthy veggies? But, aren’t all veggies healthy?
Well, unfortunately, many fresh produces available in the market are usually grown using harmful chemical pesticides and fertilizer, making its consumption unhealthy. But don’t worry, Semai Indonesia is here to provide you with all natural, 100% pesticides-free fresh vegetables, local fruits and herbs.
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Just before we can get into making an attempt to recognize regardless of whether biological pest management is the answer to the pest-handle associated environmental concerns, it would be suitable to give ourselves a little track record information on this whole pest management organization for the reward of these who might be encountering it for the quite very first time.
Now, pests are organisms (typically insects) that are injurious to the interests of the individuals who refer to them as these kinds of. As a result to farmers, the bugs that invade and eat up their crops (no matter whether in the fields or for the duration of storage), would be termed as pests. On the other hand, the ‘domestic insects’ that tend to mess up with issues in domestic configurations (like moths, that can mess up with cloths in storage), are seen as pests by housekeepers. Really Wasp nest removal keeping in thoughts is that although most pests are bugs, there are also really are quantity that are non-bugs: with the likes of rodents (that can mess up with crops in farms of factors saved in domestic options) getting seen as pests as well, the fact that they are not bugs notwithstanding.
Obtaining witnessed that pests are injurious, it would be all-natural that the individuals who take place to ‘fall victim’ to them would want to get rid of them. In the meantime, folks who have not however fallen sufferer to pests would be eager to keep away from these kinds of a ‘fate.’ Hosting pests, by the way, can be a significant fate: hundreds of hectares of farmland have been identified to be wasted by pests in a single working day, leading to losses that often operate into hundreds of thousands of dollars. It is the actions taken to stay away from pest invasion then, or to resolve pest invasion if it has currently taken place, that are referred to as constituting pest handle.
Now pest management takes different forms, based on the pests 1 is making an attempt to get rid of (or to avert the invasion of). And whilst larger pests like rodents could be managed by means of mechanical signifies like trapping, for a long period of time of time, it is chemical handle that has labored for the large bulk of pests, which are likely to be insects as prior described. The chemical substances used in this endeavor are what are termed as pesticides. And although pesticides are normally really efficient in pest-handle, the downside to them tends to occur up when we contemplate the truth that they are inclined to be extremely environmentally unfriendly. Well worth keeping in mind, at this level, is the fact that the substances referred to as pesticides are inclined to be really potent types. So it typically takes place that traces of them continue being exactly where they have been utilized, even right after the pests are gone. Those traces are eventually washed down to the water bodies exactly where they wreck wonderful havoc to the (non pest) vegetation and animals resident in the h2o bodies.
It is concern about this environmental influence of chemical pest-handle that led to concerns as to no matter whether a much more environmentally good friend strategy for controlling pests couldn’t be designed. The end outcome was the exploration of alternate options like the organic pest management, which we are striving to see whether or not it is really the solution to worries lifted about (chemical- based mostly) pest management.
In biological pest-control, it is other organisms that are known to be predators to the kinds seen as pest that are unleashed on the said pests consuming them up and therefore resolving the pest problem. Hence if the troublesome pests are aphids, the other organisms that are recognized to feed on aphids are introduced into the field the place the dilemma is, to feed on the aphids, instead than spraying an environmentally unfriendly chemical.
The problem with organic pest-control, even though, is that it tends to be of questionable performance. Although chemical pest management tends to be complete, leaving no pests or even traces of them, in organic pest manage, that can not very be assured. Implementing biological pest manage on a massive scale foundation (for instance on a thousand hectare plantation) can also prove to be a herculean task. Ultimately, it is issues like these that make us keep on contemplating of a lot more environmentally friendly pest control techniques. This is because biological pest management, while definitely becoming an approach that addresses the environmental concerns lifted about chemical pest management, it doesn’t look to be effective (or scalable) enough, in most individuals people’s see.


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Last Saturday we planted a vegetable garden. We started with this dirt patch. It's the perfect spot for a few reasons:
1. It gets full sun.
2. It's right next to the spigot.
3. It's in a totally enclosed area of my backyard (there was a hot tub in that spot before I moved in here), meaning it keeps the plants sheltered from the wind, the dogs, and any kids who might want to investigate.
Here's what it looked like early in the day. At this point I had raked off all the pine needles (that's the mess on the bricks) and hosed it all down for a couple hours to soften it up.
Next I got started on churning up all the dirt with a gigantic garden fork. Meanwhile, Lily and Chris were keeping busy with batting practice.
They took a break from baseball to come help me do some digging.
We were left with this.
Then we put some topsoil on top.
After churning that up a little and smoothing it all out, it was time to set up the seeping hoses.
And here it is after we set up the hoses and planted everything. There's zucchini, cucumbers, watermelon, tomato, cantaloupe, peppers, basil, rosemary, and cilantro.
I have absolutely no gardening ability, so my fondest wish is to generate at least one piece of edible produce. Anything beyond that would just be gravy.


Continued Product Use In Fertilizers & Pesticides To Bolster Demand For Kraft Lignin; Shift Of Focus Towards Carbon Fiber And Activated Carbon Products To Provide Opportunities Of Market Growth
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Kraft Lignin Market is expected to reach USD 98.7 million by the end of 2026.
Bizlytik analysts forecast the global Kraft Lignin market to grow at a CAGR of 6.4% during the forecast period, according to their latest market research report.
Kraft lignin is derived from the Kraft pulp in the form of industrially viable lignin ideal for energy use applications. The production of kraft lignin is primarily done in kraft mills, which allow for partial precipitation of kraft lignin from the black liquor by addition of carbon dioxide or mineral acid.
The rapid shift in preference towards bio-based products and rising product demand for fertilizers and pesticides applications are the influential primary factors that would bolster the prospects of market growth during the forecast period. The rapid development of chemical procedures for the use of kraft lignin as a naturally-sourced binding agent or dispersant in the manufacturing of fertilizers and pesticides have improved the market growth prospects. The integration of kraft lignin in the soil as chemically modified compounds that mimic the properties of organic humic substances would also invariably increase product demand, ensuring the growth of the market. The increasing product adoption for use as carbon fiber and activated carbon would offer crucial market vendors with new opportunities for the product application and business expansion over the forecast period.
Softwood Kraft Lignin and Hardwood Kraft Lignin are covered in the Type segment of the market scope. In contrast, the Application segment is categorized into Fertilizers & Pesticides, Polymers/Plastics, Binders & Resins, Phenol & Derivatives, Activated Carbon, Carbon Fibers, and Others. The report covers Consumption volume of the global market by Application, with the volume expressed in K MT. The Type segment is calculated in terms of Production value and volume.
The volume of the Fertilizers & Pesticides consumption by Application is estimated to garner 78.3 K MT by 2026, growing at a CAGR of 7.1% from 2020 to 2026. The use of kraft lignin as additives in the manufacturing processes of fertilizers & pesticides have increased in recent times, which would influence the prospects of segment growth towards positive outcomes.
North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, South America, and Middle East & Africa are taken into consideration while arriving at the global volume and value figures. While North America is further categorized into the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Europe is split into the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Russia, and Rest of Europe. Asia-Pacific covers India, China, Japan, South Korea, and Rest of Asia Pacific in its scope. South America is bifurcated into Brazil, Argentina, and Rest of South America, with Middle East & Africa involving GCC Countries, Egypt, South Africa, and Rest of Middle East & Africa.
Asia Pacific is a prominent region and holds a considerable share in terms of overall consumption volume. The continued demand for kraft lignin to be incorporated in herbicides and pesticides in demand-rich agricultural countries and a gradual shift towards the use of carbon fiber products would generate sufficient product interest for further regional growth of the market.
The Kraft Lignin market is highly consolidated, with globally expansive companies operating with extensive manufacturing capabilities and distribution networks. The extension in business opportunities through strategic partnerships and collaborations and increase in manufacturing capabilities through facility expansions are the primary business strategies of top players.
Stora Enso Oyj is one of the most significant companies of the global Kraft Lignin Market in terms of production volume, with Domtar Corporation and Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. among many other vendors to hold substantial market share by value and volume.


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