Chia Tai Company Limited, Thailand’s leading innovative agricultural company, launches a new business for agricultural solutions under “FarmInno (Thailand)” brand, paving its way towards becoming a leading agricultural solution provider, while also partnering with major agricultural technology companies to present a wide variety of innovations, including drones for smart farming, smart greenhouses, and agricultural community platform. In addition, the effort includes the development of an all-in-one knowledge and agricultural community platform, with gurus recommending cultivation information, products, and agricultural services.
Mr. Manas Chiaravanond, Chief Executive Officer, Chia Tai Company Limited, said, “Another important step for Chia Tai in this new century is to become a leading agricultural solution provider, developing a comprehensive Agri Eco-System from upstream, midstream, to downstream, while also trying to explore and advance state-of-the-art technology and agricultural solutions in order to bring innovations to solve agricultural complications and issues, as well as to promote and develop farmers’ skills and capabilities in all cultivation processes. This new business brand called “FarmInno (Thailand)” will be a valuable asset for Thai farmers in bolstering efficiency, saving labor, and making farming smarter and more convenient than before. At Chia Tai, we aspire to contribute to the transformation of Thailand’s agricultural industry, to add to farmers’ ability to grow more efficiently, and more notably, to instill a great sense of pride in the farmer’s profession while also advocating for safe, high-quality produce and improving the quality of life for both farmers and consumers in accordance with our strong commitment to sustainability.”
Dr. Wallapat Kaewumpai, Chief Strategy Officer, Chia Tai Company Limited, further added, “With more than a century of expertise in the agricultural industry, Chia Tai has accumulated an extensive and diverse body of agricultural knowledge, which has led to our ambitious goal to establish a new s-curve business like “FarmInno (Thailand)”. Certainly, this endeavor will reiterate our position as the major player in agricultural innovation that provides a comprehensive range of products and services to seamlessly address our customers’ needs. Our mission is to help farmers minimize constraints and boost productivity so that they can consistently produce high-quality crops, despite difficulties brought on by various external factors, such as unpleasant weather or plant diseases. The brand positioning of “FarmInno (Thailand)” is represented by the “Bee” symbol, as this animal is an essential agricultural aid. Generally, bees pollinate plants to expand plant species and thus create a complete natural ecosystem. Without bees, various plants would be adversely affected, and human food security would eventually be compromised. Therefore, “FarmInno (Thailand)” has chosen to use the bee symbol to imply that we will be actively providing our fellow Thai farmers with agricultural solutions in attempt to optimize Thai agriculture’s capacity to compete, create added value for agricultural produce, as well as securing sustainable food security on a sustainable basis.”
As the worker bee that successfully fulfils smart agriculture, FarmInno (Thailand) is one of Chia Tai’s new businesses that adopt appropriate agricultural technology to utilize in accordance with the company’s purpose and vision of enhancing people’s quality of life on a sustainable basis by fostering agricultural innovations through quality products and services. FarmInno (Thailand)’s products and services are as follows:
- High-performance agricultural drones from DJI and XAG, both of which are at the forefront of agricultural technology industry. FarmInno (Thailand) has chosen the most suitable models of drone for use in Thailand which come with a high-performance engine that enhances spraying and sowing efficiency. In order to address all farmers’ needs, there are both automatic and semi-automatic systems that can be controlled and adjusted to suit the actual work site.
- Cultivation equipment and technology, including smart greenhouses, equipment for greenhouses, iOT (Internet of Thing) systems, and various systems within the greenhouse, such as air conditioning system, irrigation system, fertilizer control system, and so on. All these innovations make cultivation more efficient, particularly for cash crops, such as greenhouses for growing medical cannabis plants and for melon production, etc.
- Fertilizer sowing and agricultural liquid spraying services. This is another option for farmers who require precision and expertise from a professional team in each step of fertilizing and controlling liquids based on the lifecycle of each particular plant. This is to produce high quality and standard products that truly meet market demands.
- All-in-one agricultural community platform that will completely meet the needs of farmers by providing useful knowledge on cultivation, having resourceful gurus recommending cultivation information and solutions, including farm gurus, trained engineers and technicians, as well as aftersales teams who will readily offer advice, assistance, as well as close follow-up and monitoring


They like an acidic soil - especially if you want the blue blooms. To supplement the fertilizer and add acid, you can use any of the following: aluminium sulphate (1/4 oz. per gal. of water), eggshells, coffee grounds, or ground up orange or grapefruit peels.
If you want pink blooms, use less acidic fertilizer. Some lime lightly applied may be OK. Be careful not to make the soil too alkaline, as that is not healthy for hydrangeas.
Blooms will start forming around the middle of June with the blooms out in early July. They will last until the end of summer. On a mature plant, the blooms will last some 4-6 weeks. They start greeny white and then turn pink or blue depending on the soil. Some plants and even some blooms may have both pink and blue on them. As the blooms mature, they turn to a more purple/lavender colour, then to lime green, and finally white & brown. Let them stay on the plant until next Spring.


You can marvel at the unique landscape of the lavender fields normally from mid June in the lower areas until mid August in the mountains. It depends also on the different species of lavender and the weather conditions.
Summer in full swing !
July begins with the harvest of bouquets by hand, from mid-July to mid-August you can see the tractors proceeding to the mechanical harvest of lavender and lavandin bringing them to the distilleries.
Discover the distilleries at Sault :
Distillery Aromaplantes open all year 7 days a week, 10 am to 7 pm, from May to September
10-12 am and 2-6 pm, from October to April (Closed on January 1st and December 25th)
Guided visits for free of the distillery.
Free access to plantotheque, discovery paths, gallery, Aromatic’bar, shop.
Distillery of Vallon des Lavandes situated at the departure of the lavender path, open from Monday to Saturday in July and August 10-12 am and 2-6 pm. Free visits.
In April, May, June, Sept. and Oct. on Wednesdays at 11 am, Fridays and Saturdays at 2 pm on reservation by the tourist office of Sault or Montbrun les Bains or at the distillery.
Visits for groups by appointment. Direct selling of our products all year long.
Annually closing the last week in August and during the Christmas holidays.


what makes our meat better?
Because of the attention and care we give to each animal our meat never contains any byproducts, hormones, antibiotics, pesticides, or any other funny business. Because of this our meat contains more protein, vitamins, minerals, amino acids per pound than animals raised in factory farming operations. We don’t just try and fatten up our animals to get the most meat per dollar. Instead we prioritize the health and cleanliness of the animal over its weight. This leads to a higher quality, healthier, safer and cleaner cut of meat for you and us. We believe that once you try our meats you will agree that dollar for dollar, you’re getting a better value than you can find anywhere else.
Why is grass fed so important?
If you’re here then that means you’ve been thinking about the benefits of grass fed beef. That’s great! Most folks don’t consider what the animals they’re eating today were fed yesterday. Now you may have seen a lot of terms thrown around like “open range” or “pasture raised” on packaging in the stores, and you may not know the differences. Today most of the beef you find on the grocery store shelves, labeled “open range” and “pasture raised” has been fed a grain diet consisting mostly of corn and soy but in some instances they’re eating more than just grains. This is to maximize profit, not to maximize the health of the animal.
In 2012 CNN reported that some grain fed cows are actually fed many other foods other than grains to keep costs down and promote unhealthy weight gain. Undercover reporters found farmers were feeding their cows gummy worms, chocolate bars, and even stale candy still in the wrapper! These poor steers are fed whatever is the cheapest source of calories that will fatten them up the quickest. The worst part about all of this? Its been going on for decades! If you’ve lived long enough you probably remember that food, especially meats tasted better 30-40 years ago, and according to CNN you’re right! The quality of meat has decreased as the demand for profits has increased.
According to a study conducted at California State University’s College of Agriculture, grass feed beef contains significantly more Omega-3 fatty acids and more conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) than grain fed beef. The study also found that grass fed beef is one of the best protein foods available. It’s higher in Vitamin A, Vitamin E and cancer fighting antioxidants compared to traditional grain fed beef. What is CLA you ask? CLA is a powerful polyunsaturated fatty acid we all need to get from our diet. CLA’s have been shown to help fight cancer, discourage weight gain and build muscle. High quality grass fed beef from healthy grass fed cows or other animals are the number one sources of CLA!
Knowing all of this, why would you eat anything else other than grass fed beef?
why should you choose s&g farms?
- If you’re tired of spending money on low quality meats that provide little nutritional value to your family.
- If you’re sick of your meat being loaded with growth hormones, antibiotic resistant bacteria, pesticides and other junk.
- If the meat you buy at the store is making you physically sick.
- If you want the best tasting meats you’ve eaten in your life.
- If you want to be sure of where your food is raised and who raised it.
- If you want to be sure you’re eating the highest quality meat available today.
- If you want to be sure your food is being raised ethically using sustainable methods.
- If you want to buy your meat directly from the farmer that raised it.
- If you want the freshest meat money can buy.


Perforated packing Paper
Acorn Paper now offers a full selection of packaging products for the agricultural industry and many of these are stock items for us.
Our packaging for the agricultural industry is essential to produce growers. This packaging helps growers transfer products safely from the field where the product is grown to the retail environment, and all stops along the way; Quality packaging keeps products fresh.
Food safety is a concern for everyone from growers to consumers. Custom printed labels with barcodes let retailers track products back to the original growers.
Some of the most commonly used products in the agricultural industry that we can provide include:
- Pre-cut buckle straps, all colors
- Printed and plain produce rubber bands (Broccoli, Asparagus, Green Onions, Leeks, Radish, etc.)
- Printed tissue wraps (Eggplant, etc.)
- Perforated ice pads (separates ice from lying directly on produce in boxes)
- Produce labels (including UPC and GS-1 Data bar codes)
- Printed twist ties — generic and custom logo print
- Clear and printed produce bags, various product and sizes. We carry generic and also custom print with customer logos. (Lettuce, Green Onion, Grapes, Radish, Cilantro, seal top, sliders, etc.)
- Machine grade stretch wrap
- Tape — clear, colored and printed, all sizes
- Corrugated produce cartons, generic and custom print
- Hardwood and softwood pallets (New, used, all sizes, heat treated)
- Mesh bags (onions, potatoes, cantaloupe, honeydew, etc)
If you need items not featured above, we will happily provide them for you!
Acorn operates a storage facility in the Yuma, Arizona area for convenient same-day delivery or pick up of agricultural packaging products. This allows growers to store their packaging products so they can take products as needed and they will not run out of packaging for perishable produce.
We have experts in agricultural packaging that understand how produce must be packaged for wholesalers, retailers, and to appeal to the consumer. Acorn has partnered with its agricultural customers by providing marketing ideas and can work with graphic designers on new logo designs to better appeal to consumer tastes. The right packaging for any product in a retail environment should help sell the product, and this also holds true for produce.


There is a red bomb called tomato in our kitchen. The onion is also not a mismatch. It is like a tear shell. The vegetable prices are soaring high and we the people are helplessly looking to it as the government has showed its helplessness in bringing down the shooting prices.
“Short supply and likely fall in onion harvest during kharif season due to nearly 30% reduction in cultivation area have pushed up prices of the kitchen staple.” this is what the Union consumer affairs minister Ram Vilas Paswan said a few days back.
He added the government expects a significant fall in prices with fresh arrivals from Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh to mandis across the country and amid reports of wholesale prices falling by 18% on Wednesday at Lasalgaon, Asia’s largest onion mandi. “There is an issue of demand and supply gap. We have taken several measures, such as procurement by agencies from areas such as Nashik in Maharashtra and Alwar in Rajasthan where the cost is lower, as well as import of onions,” he told reporters.
Responding to a specific question on the time-frame by which people can expect prices to decline, Paswan said, “I told you the facts and ground realities. It’s is not in our hands.”
The same question opposition used to ask when Manmohan Singh was PM. Singh used to give the time period that within next 3 months or so prices will come down but it didn’t worked. Things were out of control but now things are worse. Inflation at the wholesale level rose to 6-month high of 3.59 percent in October as the prices of food articles, led by onions and vegetables, rose sharply.
Inflation, based on the Wholesale Price Index (WPI), was 2.60 percent in September. In October last year, it was 1.27 percent.
The government data shows that inflation in food articles more than doubled to 4.30 percent in October.
For vegetables, it soared to 36.61 percent in october as against 15.48 percent in September.
In case of onions, inflation skyrocketed to 127.04 percent, while for the eggs, meat and fish segment the rate of price rise was 5.76 percent.
Onion prices in Delhi are close to Rs 70 and in other major cities it’s in the range of Rs 50-60 per kg.
Paswan clarified that the Centre and states have to work together to deal with the situation and steps are being taken. He said the area under onion cultivation had reduced to 1.9 lakh hectares in 2017-18 from 2.65 lakh hectares in 2016-17. Here it is important to see that agriculture imports have increased six times faster than exports in the last 20 years.
“I have asked the Delhi government to sell onions under PDS. I have also asked Maharashtra and other state governments to sell after purchasing at lower prices,” Paswan said. He added in Nasik, onion is still being sold at Rs 32 per kg. “If you add the transport cost, then too it should not be more than Rs 40 per kg. In Rajasthan’s Alwar, it is still being sold at Rs 28 to Rs 30 a kg,” the minister said.
And there is a good news also.The arrival of onions, which was around 10,000 quintals a day last week, has almost doubled.
Paswan said tomato prices will soon start easing as supplies increase.Tomatoes are retailing at Rs 60-70 a kg.
Limited supply of tomatoes and onions have led to their prices soaring high, forcing consumers to shell out as much as Rs 80 and Rs 60, respectively for purchasing one kg of each.
Rising prices of vegetables is making it necessary for families to cut down on amount of vegetables they usually purchase to keep the budget under control.
But in case of tomatoes there will be no relief for customers in the coming days as Maharashtra received heavy rainfall in August and September that destroyed the tomato crops, which has affected its supply in now. “The other reasons for rising prices of tomatoes are purchase in bulk of tomatoes for marriages as it is marriage season.
Besides, even though winters have arrived, the prices of green vegetables have not dipped yet. One has to shell out Rs100 per kg to buy one kilo of green peas. So is with the other green vegetables.


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Emissions from agricultural production currently account for 11% of global greenhouse gas emissions and have risen 14% since 2000. The most significant drivers for the increased emissions in 2020 were increased fertiliser use (+3.3%) and liming (+16.2%). Agricultural emissions growth will be greatest in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, which will account for two-thirds of the increase in overall food demand over first half of the 21st Century. We calculated GHG emissions from agricultural production of several crops and livestock products in India (Table 1).Items for analysis were chosen from the total list of consumed foods recorded in the Indian Migration Study (IMS), a regional survey that measured dietary intake in 2005-2007 (Bowen et al., 2011).Based on project logistics, we set an objective of analysing a . The combined emissions of the United Kingdom (10.0 %), Spain (8.0 %), Poland (7.5 %) and Italy (7.2 %) accounted for an additional third (32.8 %) of the total. 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Building on more than a decade of analysis of GHG abatement, we have identified the top 25 measures to reduce on-farm emissions and organized them into a marginal abatement cost curve (MACC). Reducing emissions from agriculture poses challenges due to the diffuse nature of farming and the critical role of agriculture in the life (and livelihoods) of billions. It is anticipated that agricultural emissions will continue to rise in response to demand for food and energy, especially in some developing countries. This was the highest contribution from agriculture among any of the EU . 2. New data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows a steady increase in agriculture-related greenhouse gas emissions, much of it linked to industrial systems of crop production and the rise of factory farm systems of animal production. N2O is produced from soil through microbial processes that . This includes emissions from agricultural soils for all agricultural products - including food for direct human consumption, animal feed, biofuels and other non-food crops (such as tobacco and cotton). Agriculture activity trends. May 6, 2022. 2.1. From Business: C &C Auto Repair is a locally owned complete automobile repair and service with over 40 years experience. Nearly half of New Zealand's greenhouse gas emissions come from agriculture. On Thursday, the Supreme Court released one of its final opinions of the term restricting the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) authority to regulate power-plant emissions in West Virginia v. EPA. 45661 Woodland Rd. Greenhouse gas emissions from crop and livestock activities contribute annually some 5 billion metric tonnes of . Reducing agriculture emissions requires action How much does an Agricultural Inspector make in Ashburn, VA? What's agriculture's role in global and national emissions? 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Globally, agricultural CH 4 and N 2 O emissions have increased by nearly 17% from 1990 to 2005, an average annual emis-sion increase of about 60 MtCO 2-eq/yr. The research was . Greenhouse gases have a negative impact on climate change and are methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2). We look at this in detail here. Mitigation in the agriculture sector is part of the solution to climate change. California agriculture, with over 400 commodities, provides high quality food for Californians and people around the nation and the world. Fertilizers increase crop yield production and allows the crops to grow at a faster rate. See reviews, photos, directions, phone numbers and more for the best Agricultural Consultants in Ashburn, VA. supply processes make up the statewide agricultural emissions inventory. 2) equivalent during the same period (WRI, 2015). Agricultural Emission. If someone pulls coal, oil, or gas out of the ground and burns it, then they warm the earth. They reached 2.2 Gt CO 2 eq in 2018, or 24 percent of world total agricultural emissions, up from 18 percent in 2000. For a new paper in the journal Science, Earth system scientists at UCI and other institutions tracked the greenhouse gas emissions embodied in the international trade of agricultural goods. Climate and Environment. In 2007, lands used for crop growing and animal grazing took up 40-50% of Earth's land surface, a 10% increase since 1961. Source for information on Agriculture: Contribution to Climate Change: Climate Change: In Context dictionary. Agricultural soils (4.1%): Nitrous oxide - a strong greenhouse gas - is produced when synthetic nitrogen fertilizers are applied to soils. Fossil fuel emissions are relatively easy to understand. CO. 2-e is a measure of the global warming caused by all types of greenhouse gases, using the equivalent amount of carbon dioxide (CO. 2) as the reference.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) data indicate that only about 3 percent of agricultural GHG emissions in the US are caused by animal agriculture. Deforestation currently accounts for an additional 18 per cent of emissions. emissions in 2016. required emission permits. Agricultural sector GHG emissions and sinks, 2007. Globally, one in four people are farmers. In agriculture the first two are the most important. However, changes in land use can be important: estimates indicate that net global greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture, forestry, and other land use were over 8 billion metric tons of CO 2 equivalent,  or about 24% of total global greenhouse gas emissions. The largest source is agriculture (73 percent), and the majority of agricultural emissions result from nitrogen fertilization of agricultural soils (87 percent of the agriculture total) and management of animal waste (13 percent). View salary, bonus, and benefits information for this job. It makes up almost three quarters of our agriculture emissions. The 6-3 decision held that Congress did not grant the EPA in Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act the authority to devise emission caps based . Together with emissions from fertilizers and drained organic soils, these four components emitted over three-quarters of the total emissions on agricultural land. Agriculture, forestry, and land use change are responsible for about 25% of greenhouse gas emissions. The first-of-its-kind knowledge-guided machine learning model is 1,000 times faster than current systems and could significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture. The agricultural food system is responsible for a significant amount of greenhouse gas emissions. Agriculture emissions of nitrous oxide is 6% of the greenhouse gas emission in the United States and has increased in concentration by 30% since 1980. Rice University. Greenhouse gas emissions and carbon sinks in agricultural activities, 1990-2005 (CO 2 equivalent).  In areas such as the United States and Europe, changes in land use associated . This study explores the effect of renewable energy and agriculture on CO 2 emissions in a sample of 94 middle-income countries for the years 2000-2015. Agriculture: Contribution to Climate ChangeIntroductionAgriculture is the growing of plants (crops) and animals (livestock) for food and other purposes. Food items. Emissions from other agricultural sources have . Between 1990 and 2005, agriculture emissions in developing countries increased by 32% and agriculture and land use change (deforestation) currently represent about a third of global emissions. Agriculture emissions. Brazil and Indonesia had the largest emissions from agriculture in 2019, at 1.2 and 1.1 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide . The worldwide agricultural system emits around 1/3 of total GHG emissions 3, and farmers are at the forefront of the consequences of the climate crisis. Agriculture in Ashburn on YP.com. 1). While 6% may appear to be a small contributor, per pound nitrous . Agricultural Activities GHG Emissions (CH 4 and N 2 O) Agriculture Soil Managementa 366.9 353.4 376.8 365.1 370.9 Enteric Fermentationb 115.7 .
(2022, June 21). While agricultural emissions are largely due to methane production from, e.g., rice cultivation and methane-producing livestock, such as beef cattle and dairy cows, interestingly enough, the primary opportunities for greenhouse gas emissions reductions in the agricultural sector actually involve CO 2. The agricultural food system is responsible for a significant amount of greenhouse gas emissions. Emissions from agriculture in selected countries 2019, by component. France and Germany together contributed just over one third (33.7 %) of the EU-28's greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture in 2012. Fallon Automotive. Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture have increased by 6% since 1990. Getty Images. You searched for: Journal Agriculture, ecosystems & environment Remove constraint Journal: Agriculture, ecosystems & environment Publication year rev 7979-2021 Remove constraint Publication year rev: 7979-2021 Publication Year 2021 Remove constraint Publication Year: 2021 Subject greenhouse gas emissions Remove constraint Subject: greenhouse gas emissions Subject nitrogen Remove constraint . During that period, the five regions composed of Non-Annex I countries showed a 32% increase, and were, by 2005, responsible for about three-quarters of total agricultural emissions. In 2019, deforestation was the largest source of GHG emissions, followed by livestock manure, household . The food system as a whole - including refrigeration, food processing, packaging, and transport - accounts for around one-quarter of greenhouse gas emissions. If they leave it in the ground, then they don't. Agriculture is more complicated because it both absorbs and emits a lot of greenhouse gas. Abstract and Figures. The Emissions Gap Report 2021: The Heat Is On is the 12th edition in an annual series that provides an overview of the difference between where greenhouse emissions are predicted to be in 2030 and where they should be to avert the worst impacts of climate change. The European Green Deal sets out the EU's ambition to make Europe climate neutral by 2050. CO. 2-e= Equivalent carbon dioxide. Agriculture's contribution to the climate crisis is typically underestimated, according to experts, because of numerous emission sources that are routinely overlooked. Every year, crops absorb about 17 gigatons (GT) of carbon from the atmosphere through photosynthesis . GHG Emission Calculation Tool. Agriculture emissions pose risks to health and climate: As other sources subside, study shows nitrogen emissions cause greater share of pollutants.
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Aeroponic tower farms are one of the most efficient and best ways to grow plants. The tower farms use the aeroponics method to grow plants, which involves misting the roots with a nutrient-rich solution, while they are suspended in the air.
The aeroponic tower garden has many advantages over other methods of growing plants, such as hydroponics or soil-based gardening.
These advantages include:
Aeroponic tower farms deliver increased yields over other forms of farming. This is because they use less water and have better control over their environment. The plants grow in a sterile environment, which means there is no need for pesticides or herbicides. This also helps to reduce the amount of dead leaves and debris on the floor of your farm, which can affect your crops’ growth rate if left unchecked.
Pollution & Pests Are Controlled
Aeroponic tower farms also help to control pollution and pests in an area as well as reducing pesticide usage by up to 90%. This means that there will be less pollution in your local water supply or nearby streams and rivers. It also means that fewer animals will be affected by these chemicals when they enter their habitat accidentally through runoff from farms or farmland areas that have been sprayed with these chemicals without proper safety precautions taken into consideration first.
Less Water Used
Aeroponic tower farms use less water than traditional farming methods. In fact, 90% less water than traditional farming methods is used for aeroponic tower farms! This means less energy is needed for pumping water from underground sources and less waste products are produced by plants that need water to grow properly; this results in cleaner air and better living conditions for people who live near these farms.
Good For All Types of Crops
If you grow different types of crops at the same time, then aeroponic tower farms are great because they allow you to do so without any problems. You can grow tomatoes and lettuce side-by-side on one farm without worrying about them competing for nutrients or other issues that come with growing different types of plants together in one garden plot.
Faster Growth Rates for Plants And Crops
The faster growth rates are due to the fact that these systems use less water and fewer nutrients than traditional farming methods do, which means crops can be harvested sooner than they would be otherwise. You can also expect higher yields per acre (or hectare) than you would get from traditional farming methods too!
It Takes Little Space
Aeroponic tower farms take up less space than traditional systems. In fact, they can be built in any size and shape. This makes them perfect for growing on balconies or in small gardens.
Its Easier to Move Around the Plants
If you’re growing on a balcony or rooftop garden, it’s important to move your plants around so that they get maximum exposure to sunlight. With aeroponic towers, this is easy because you don’t need any tools or equipment to move them around!
The use of aeroponic tower farms is becoming one of the ways to help feed the world’s growing population. It provides a stress-free healthy environment to grow plants, herbs and even flowers. There is no need for chemical pesticides or insecticides. With right pricing, this method of farming makes it financially feasible to grow plants in any household for better health and nutrition. However, the market currently lacks awareness about aeroponic tower farming but with increasing population and depletion in water resources, these methods will come into play rather sooner than later.


Welcome to Gwinnett Locally Grown!
We are an online farmer’s market serving Gwinnett County, Georgia, providing you with locally grown, sustainable, and nutrient-dense foods.
As a member, you can order our products online and then pick-up your items once a week at Rancho Alegre Farm.
We are proud to offer our members local products including:
Committed to providing you with the highest quality products, our suppliers practice sustainable methods, without the use of synthetic pesticides chemicals.
Is Gwinnett Locally Grown a CSA?
No. At Community-Supported Agriculture programs, farmers sell ‘shares’ of their harvest. Every CSA member gets the same box of stuff and nobody knows that they’re getting until they get it.
In contrast, Gwinnett Locally Grown allows you to order what you want, in the quantities that you want, and from the farms that you want!
You simply login to your account, browse through the available items, and order only the items you want.
Why Support Locally Grown?
Support your local economy:
By purchasing produce and other items from local growers, you are providing stability to your local economy through the support of local businesses.
Support small farmers:
The number of small farms in the United States has decreased dramatically in the last decade. Please help us preserve an honest and worthy means of making a living. We believe that small, diverse, family-owned farms contribute to society’s overall health.
Provide learning opportunities:
By supporting Gwinnett Locally Grown you provide our growers the means to help educate our community about the importance of sustainable agriculture.
Save natural resources:
Buying locally makes you an invaluable link in the process of saving resources such as fossil fuels and packaging materials. Also, we are right here in your community, so the expense of transportation and delivery is kept to a minimum.
Sign up here. There is a $25 annual membership fee per household, but your first two orders are FREE.
If you like the market, then you will be prompted to pay the annual fee on your third order. Try us out FREE here.
How Do I Place an Order?
This is how the order process works:
1- The market opens on Thursdays around noon and closes on Mondays at 5:00 pm. You can place an order within that time frame by going to The Market. This is the ONLY time frame to place your order!
After Monday at 5:00 pm, the market is CLOSED and online ordering is DISABLED until the following week.
2- Organic Produce Boxes, IF AVAILABLE, must be paid immediately online or sending a check via snail mail. All other products, you can pay online also, or with cash or a check when you pick up your items on Tuesday. We accept all major credit cards if you pay online. however, there is a processing fee to cover the cost the credit card companies charge.
3- Growers will receive the orders as soon as The Market closes, and harvest on Monday and Tuesday for delivery to The Market at Rancho Alegre Farm on Tuesday afternoon.
4- You come pick-up your order items on Tuesday from 4:30-6:30 pm, at Rancho Alegre Farm located at 2255 Givens Road, Dacula, GA 30019. This is the only pickup time!
Here is a map of Rancho Alegre Farm’s location:
Why Are the Rules for the Organic Produce Boxes Different?
This is a separate program outside of Gwinnett Locally Grown. We are currently reviewing this product.
Payment is due on pick-up for ALL other products. Pay online also, or pay with credit card, cash or check when you pick your order.
Pick-up time for market products – Tuesday from 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm
Do you Offer Gift Certificates?
Not at this time.
Can I Sponsor a Membership for Someone?
Yes! If you would like to sponsor a membership for an individual or family, please contact us at 770-383-1284 or fill out this short form.
How Gwinnett Locally Grown Was Born
Pilar Quintero, of Rancho Alegre Farm, started Gwinnett Locally Grown in 2010 with the help of Atlanta Locally Grown and Athens Locally Grown.
Rancho Alegre Farm generously sponsors The Market, allowing us to utilize their Country Store for pickups and assisting in providing resources for the Market.
We are an expansion of the Locally Grown Network. Each grower farms his/her land using strict standards to ensure that everything produced is chemical-free. All Locally Grown member farms are dedicated to supplying their customers with the freshest and highest quality products. Participating farms may vary in size and specialty, but all carry the common thread of dedication to community, environment, health, and education.
Gwinnett Locally Grown’s Mission
While not a true cooperative, Gwinnett Locally Grown will use cooperative efforts to achieve steady and dependable means of supplying the highest quality produce and other products. The Locally Grown Network works to find new and innovative methods to support our local economy, provide meaningful work, preserve green spaces, protect our natural resources, and return to a more self-sufficient community life.
If you recognize the importance of educating the community about the benefits of sustainable agriculture practices to our lives and our land, then become a part of Gwinnett Locally Grown today!
Locally Grown member farms often dedicate a portion of their personal time to building community gardens as well as providing fun and informative educational programs for children and adults, including those with special needs.
What if I Have Questions of Comments?
Have any questions not answered here or any comments? Please fill out this short form or call 770-383-1284.


Our extra virgin olive oil is an edible oil extracted from olives. It is an original product of the agri-food tradition of the Mediterranean.
- The “Coratina” variety, characteristic of the north of Bari, is distinguished from the others by the strong presence of polyphenols, which give the oil the right balance between bitter and spicy.
- The “virgin” type is obtained from the mechanical pressing of the olives, as indicated in our section .
European legislation (EEC Regulation no. 2568/91 and subsequent updates) has set the minimum quality standards that olive oil must present in order to be marketed under the heading “Extra Virgin Olive Oil”. Rule number one is that it must be obtained by extraction with mechanical methods only. The acidity of an extra virgin oil must never exceed 0.8%, in our case the acidity does not exceed 0.3%: synonymous with excellent quality. In fact, acidity, i.e. the concentration of free fatty acids, is one of the fundamental parameters for assessing the quality of the oil.
In Italy an identity card of extra virgin olive oil was created, preserving on it the uniqueness and above all traceability of the MADE IN ITALY product.
COO Riccardo Vallarella: “We are currently the only oil mill in Italy that, through dedicated software, is able to develop product traceability at any time, essential for Made in Italy and for consumer protection”.


We planned the garden during the bitter cold days of winter. I had visions of fresh strawberries, so my mom ordered the plants.
After the last frost we broke ground to expand last year’s garden, so we had plenty of room to grow strawberries. Removing sod, hoeing, and loosening the dirt to accept the plants. Watering every evening.
The sweet fruits would be our reward.
Then May arrived, and the plants began to blossom.
Then my mom broke the bad news to my 12-year-old self.
“We have a choice. If we want strawberries this year, we can let the blossoms open and get pollinated. We will have a crop in June.”
I was nodding my head excitedly.
“But.. if we do that, the plants will never get bigger. We will only have small crops, and that won’t be much fun to split a small number of strawberries among the five people in our household. To get a bigger crop, I have to pinch the blooms off… that will force the plant to send out runners, and starting next year we will have a huge crop throughout June.”
I sadly agreed, and it was hard to watch the strawberries not produce any fruit that first year. My friends asked in June, How many strawberries did you get? And when I told them ‘none,’ they asked me, “Why did you bother planting any in the first place? You can get stawberries at the store for a lot less work.”
But during that second summer… I was glad my mom pinched those buds the year before. We had one of the largest strawberry plots in our neighborhood. And plenty of fruit to pick and eat– twice a day– during June, for nearly a decade.
Sometimes in our businesses we want to enjoy the fast fruit. Spending our initial profits (plus more) on a flashy outfit, tech toy, or costume jewelry. Figuring out how to build one-time bonus income to boost our checks so our income equals or surpasses our job paycheck. Deciding what to do to get promoted faster, at the expense of building a solid residual income.
Where in your business activities do you need to “pinch the buds”?
Certainly it’s fine to enjoy some of the fruits of the labor in the early days. But consistently prioritizing short-term “flash” over long term stability will stunt the growth of the organization. …Or at least create roots that rot, seemingly suddenly.
Enjoy some of the profits, and focus your efforts on long-term growth.
The satisfaction has a sweeter taste when it follows self-chosen, self-disciplined actions.
–LYnn Selwa, “The Rocket Science Coach” ™
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Color and soil chemistry: Near the top of the soil column, organic matter
makes soil colors ______________.
A: darker, due to black humus
B: lighter, due to white humus
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C; redder, due to decaying leaf pigments
D; more yellow, due to decaying leaf pigments


Many of New Zealand’s plantation forests have a nutrient deficiency or imbalance with soil analysis not commonly used to diagnose nutritional problems in forestry. Increasingly though soil will be tested in long-term monitoring of forest sustainability.
Determining and treating an imbalance prior to planting can ensure optimal tree growth is achieved and overseas soil testing is becoming more widely used for predicting late rotation nitrogen and phosphorus response.
Soil analysis can be used to predict and define possible reasons for nutrient deficiencies or imbalances at any stage in the forestry life cycle.
There are a broad range of aspects of soil management and it is important for us to clearly define the purpose of your request.
Veritec offers a range of analytical services on soil samples and is an active member of Australasian Soil and Plant Analysis Council (ASPAC) and has certification through ASPAC for many tests.
pH (distilled water)
Loss on ignition / ash content / organic matter
Particle size (% sand:silt:clay)
Water holding capacity
Total Carbon & Nitrogen
Phosphorus – Bray P; Olsen P; Total P; Inorganic P; Organic P; P-retention
Bray Cations (Mg,K,Ca)
Cation Exchange Capacity and Base saturation
Cation Exchange Capacity
Mehlich 3 (B,Ca,Al,Cu,Fe,K,Mg,Mn,P,Na,Zn)
Hot water soluble boron
Other trace elements available by ICP-MS
Quick test (designed for nursery soils – includes pH, QT-P, QT-Na, Mg, K, Ca & results interpretation and recommendation)
Soils (sands, silts, clays)
Other miscellaneous sample types
For more details or pricing enquiries, please contact Veritec:
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VermiGo is an unique combination of a vermicomposting system and a vertical garden designed for the urban ecologists. Through the process of vermicomposting, your organic kitchen scraps are transformed into a nutrient rich compost and tea for soil supplement to help you grow the healthiest plants and organic food.
- Reuse your organic waste
VermiGo turns your organic waste into nutrient rich compost and tea for boosting the health of everything you grow.
- Create a green oasis in your kitchen or on your balcony
With VermiGo you can transform your kitchen or balcony wall into a beautiful garden oasis full of nourishment
- Grow fresh food
VermiGo allows you to grow a large variety of herbs, salads, vegetables or even fruit
- Quality build
VermiGo is made from high grade stainless steel to deliver a quality product that is built to last.
- Made locally in Europe
VermiGo is manufactured and distributed within Europe to reduce our carbon footprint and support local economies.
- Fast Assembly and Easy Installation
VermiGo’s modular design makes assembly and installation simple and easy.
- Ideal for most households
VermiGo modules can be combined to grow with the organic waste processing needs of most households.
- Optimized for two
A single VermiGo module is large enough to comfortably manage the organic waste produced by two.
- Be green and healthy
VermiGo is a positive way to make a difference. Become part of the the solution and improve your quality of life.
Estimated delivery of the first batch: Mid May 2018
Shipping cost is not included. Within Budapest we would deliver it personally (+ 15EUR / 4500HUF), for other destinations we would figure out the best solution once we know your exact address.
Material: Stainless steel
Dimensions: 600 x 900 x 200mm
Packaging Dimensions: 605 x 905 x 165mm
Weight: approx.18kg *
What is inside the box:
- VermiGo unit
- Worms (Eisenia fetida)
- User Manual
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1 VermiGo sold = 1 tree planted ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We want to make a real difference and help people grow their own food. After every VermiGo we sell, we plant a fruit tree.


“We decided to grow potatoes because potatoes were the staple that fuelled the Alps’ demographic boom”, explains Federico, a hand gesture encircling the tiny field, no longer than half a football field, stretching on front of us.
With hindsight, finding ourselves talking about tubers at 1200 meters of altitude above Fontainemore in the Lys valley sounded a little bit strange. But believe it or not, that was what we had come up there to do.
The Lys valley is the first Aostan valley for visitors arriving from the flatland, and it’s one of the longest: by the time it meets its natural end at the foothills of the formidable spurs of the Rosa glacier, it’d have stretched about 50 kilometers and about three sphere of influences and dialects: Piedmontese, French and, finally, Walser, an offshoot of Swiss German that crossed the mountains sometimes in the 15th century.
We had driven roughly half that far to get to our meeting, with frequent stops to give way to herds of cows heading downhill. It was October and the last few stragglers were busy doing désarpa, transhumance, when cows leave the high pastures and retreat to the more hospitable stables on the flatland for the winter. Parked on the side of the road, a shepherd leaning on our tickling bonnet to prevent the gentle but muscular animals from thrashing our car with their hundreds of kilos of weight, we looked the parading cows passing by, serenanded by the deafening sound of their bells. Crowns of flowers adorned the heads of some of the beasts, marking the cows who had been the pride of the season. We watched them stroll past, almost believing to see them strutting with their heads high, honoured for having been awarded a prize rooted in history.
Past the hamlet of Fontainemore we left the main road, winding up the sunny side of the valley, the one where locals lived and grew their crops. Coumarial, a place too small to be called a village, was our destination. There we found Federico and the rest of the visionaires – four in total – that had decided to bring agricolture back to the Alps, at least half a century after it had left, seemingly foor good.
Paysage à manger, a French name that my sketchy language skills can roughly translate into “Landscape you can eat”, is the name that the four entrepreneurs have given to their business. Powered only by their muscles (and the occasional digger, even though that proved to be a mistake) they set off clearing ancient fields, long since abandoned. On six allotments between 950 and 1500 meters along the valley, they planted 22 varieties of potatoes that, once, were grown on those same fields or that were popular in other valleys of the western Alps.
Potatoes brought a revolution to the Alps. Mountains have historically been an unforgiving environment for growing crops: the steep terrain required the creation of terraces, whose ruins can be seen around every alpine village; productive soil was very thin and a climate prone to the extremes made for scarce harvests. Alpine populations struggled to make a living out of cereals such as rye and barley, sturdy vegetables and roots. Then came the potatoes: easy to grow, thriving in poor soils, used to high altitudes and extreme weathers, potatoes also generated a higher number of calories than an equivalent amount of rye or beet. The fields at Coumarial that we visited all switched to potatoes in the 18-19th centuries and had been dedicated to them until after the war, when urbanisation and a new industrial boom made the inhabitants of the valleys leave the villages in their thousands.
This wealth of knowledge, refined and honed over centuries, then lied forgotten for more than half a century. As people fled the alpine villages and the remaining communities turned to tourism and cattle raising, potatoes became an industrialised staple. Plot ten times the sizes of those we saw at Coumarial became the norm, and potatoes the sizes of hand grenades were what customers wanted. Tiny, coloured tubers with odd shapes didn’t have a place in the modern, industrial agriculture, as well as the use of animal fertilizers or the habit of planting potatoes in hay. The 22 varieties grown in the valleys became virtually extinct, grown only by museums in order to preserve their heritage.
This is what Paysage à Manger wants to try and revert, challenging the assumptions dogmatised by fifty years of industrialised agriculture. It’d be easy to portray them as eco-warriors fighting against a world of Monsantos and genetically modified crops, but it’d be absurd. Their aim, instead, is simpler: it’s about discovering their past and their heritage anew while, at the same time, offering a niche product for those yearning for new tastes.
Setting up a business in a country such as Italy, which seems to be going out of its way to make such things difficult, in a field so “out of fashion” such as agriculture might sound as a recipe for disaster. Let’s add up a colder-than-usual summer and a fall in the number of visitors to the Alps and the outlook would be even bleaker. Despite that, the first year has been good, with about 5 tonnes of potatoes, half of which already sold weeks after the harvest.
Encouraged by this good result the four partners are planning new crops, new harvests and other improvements; whether they’ll succeed remains to be seen. What I know is that Are We There Yet? is soon going to enter the uncharted territory of cuisine blogging: I got some potatoes to cook.
Many thanks to Federico, Rita, Federica and Roberto at Paysage à Manger. Click here to visit their website.


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You may argue that colonialism had no lasting impact on Kenya's economy, but the truth is quite the opposite.
British colonialism left an indelible mark on the country's economic landscape. Through land ownership policies, exploitation of resources, and the introduction of cash crop production, the British reshaped Kenya's economic structure.
Additionally, the development of transportation infrastructure and the imposition of trade policies further solidified their economic influence.
In this article, we will explore the profound impact of British colonialism on Kenya's economy.
- Displacement of indigenous farmers and loss of cultural identity
- Introduction of cash crops for export, leading to food security issues
- Economic imbalance with profits repatriated to Britain
- Decline in local food production and increased dependence on imports
Land Ownership and Agricultural Practices
You need to understand how British colonialism significantly shaped land ownership and agricultural practices in Kenya.
Prior to British colonization, Kenya had a rich history of indigenous farming techniques that were well-suited to the local environment. However, with the arrival of the British, these traditional practices were largely disregarded and replaced with a system that catered to the needs of the colonizers.
Under British rule, large tracts of land were confiscated from local communities and handed over to European settlers. This led to the displacement of many indigenous farmers, who were forced to give up their ancestral lands and livelihoods. The impact on local communities was profound, as they lost not only their main source of sustenance but also their cultural identity tied to the land.
Moreover, the British introduced cash crops such as coffee, tea, and cotton, which were grown for export rather than for local consumption. This shift in agricultural practices had a detrimental effect on food security, as fertile land that could have been used for growing staple crops was instead allocated to cash crops. As a result, local communities became increasingly reliant on imported food, which further disrupted their traditional farming practices.
Exploitation of Natural Resources
The exploitation of natural resources during British colonialism in Kenya had grave consequences for both the environment and the local communities. The extraction and exploitation of Kenya's natural resources, such as minerals, timber, and wildlife, had significant consequences for both the environment and the people living in these areas.
- Environmental degradation: British colonial authorities prioritized the extraction of natural resources for their own economic benefit, often disregarding the long-term environmental consequences. This led to deforestation, soil erosion, and loss of biodiversity. The exploitation of minerals, such as gold and diamonds, also resulted in pollution of rivers and destruction of ecosystems.
- Cultural assimilation: The British colonial administration imposed their own systems and values on the local communities, which included the exploitation of natural resources. This disrupted traditional ways of life, as indigenous people were forced to abandon their sustainable practices and engage in resource extraction for the benefit of the colonial power. This cultural assimilation further eroded the connection between the local communities and their land.
- Economic imbalance: The exploitation of natural resources by the British colonialists created an economic imbalance, with the profits being largely repatriated to Britain. This left the local communities with little economic benefit and further entrenched their dependence on the colonial powers.
The exploitation of natural resources during British colonialism in Kenya had grave consequences for both the environment and the local communities. The environmental degradation caused by resource extraction and the cultural assimilation that accompanied it continue to impact Kenya's economy and society to this day.
Introduction of Cash Crop Production
The introduction of cash crop production under British colonial rule in Kenya resulted in a significant transformation of the economy. This shift towards cash crops had both positive and negative consequences for the country.
One of the major impacts was the creation of economic dependency on the export of cash crops. The British encouraged the production of crops such as coffee, tea, and sugar, which were in high demand in Europe. As a result, Kenya became heavily reliant on these exports, leading to a vulnerability in the economy.
While cash crop production brought in foreign exchange and contributed to economic growth, it also had a detrimental effect on local food production. The land that was traditionally used for subsistence farming was converted into plantations for cash crops. This led to a decrease in the cultivation of staple food crops, causing a decline in local food production. Consequently, the country became increasingly dependent on imported food, which further exacerbated the economic vulnerability.
Moreover, the introduction of cash crops disrupted the traditional agricultural practices of the indigenous communities. The British implemented a system of large-scale commercial farming, displacing small-scale farmers from their land. This not only caused social tensions but also led to the loss of traditional knowledge and cultural practices related to farming.
Development of Transportation Infrastructure
One significant aspect of British colonialism's impact on Kenya's economy was the establishment of an extensive transportation infrastructure. This development had several notable effects on the country, including the improvement of communication networks and the creation of employment opportunities.
- Improvement of communication networks: British colonialists recognized the need for efficient communication systems in order to effectively govern and exploit Kenya's resources. As a result, they invested in building roads, railways, and telegraph lines, connecting different parts of the country. This facilitated the movement of goods, people, and information, allowing for faster and more effective communication across Kenya.
- Creation of employment opportunities: The development of transportation infrastructure also created numerous job opportunities for the local population. The construction of roads, railways, and other transportation networks required a significant workforce, providing employment to many Kenyans. This not only improved their economic conditions but also contributed to the overall development of the country's labor force.
With the establishment of an extensive transportation infrastructure, Kenya witnessed significant advancements in communication networks and experienced a boost in employment opportunities. These developments set the stage for further economic growth and transformation in the country.
Moving on to the next aspect of British colonialism's impact on Kenya's economy, it's important to examine the imposition of trade policies and its effects on the country's economic landscape.
Imposition of Trade Policies
To understand the impact of British colonialism on Kenya's economy, it is crucial to examine the trade policies imposed during this time. These policies had a significant influence on the country's economic development and shaped its relationship with the global market. One of the key effects of British trade policies was the creation of a trade imbalance. Kenya was primarily used as a source of raw materials, such as coffee, tea, and sisal, which were exported to Britain. In return, Kenya imported manufactured goods from Britain, leading to a significant trade deficit.
|Trade Imbalance||Cultural Assimilation|
|Raw material exports||British dominance|
|Import of manufactured goods||Suppression of local industries|
|Trade deficit||Dependency on British economy|
This trade imbalance not only hindered Kenya's economic growth but also strengthened its dependency on the British economy. Moreover, British trade policies aimed at cultural assimilation further disadvantaged Kenya. The suppression of local industries and the dominance of British goods led to the erosion of Kenya's traditional economic practices and cultural identity.
Frequently Asked Questions
How Did British Colonialism Affect the Social Structure and Cultural Practices of the Kenyan People?
British colonialism had a significant impact on the social structure and cultural practices of the Kenyan people. It brought about changes in traditional customs and norms, and created a hierarchical system that favored the colonizers.
What Were the Long-Term Consequences of British Colonialism on Kenya's Education System and Access to Healthcare?
The long-term consequences of British colonialism on Kenya's education system were significant. Access to healthcare also suffered. The impacts of colonial rule on these areas continue to shape Kenya's economy today.
Did British Colonialism Have Any Positive Impacts on Kenya's Economy, Despite the Overall Negative Effects?
Despite the overall negative effects, British colonialism did have some positive impacts on Kenya's economy. It brought economic development through the introduction of infrastructure, industries, and cash crops, albeit at the expense of local communities.
How Did British Colonial Rule Impact the Political Landscape of Kenya, and What Were the Implications for Governance and Independence Movements?
British colonial rule had a significant impact on the political landscape of Kenya. It shaped the governance structure and fueled independence movements, leading to significant implications for the country's future governance and struggle for independence.
To What Extent Did British Colonialism Contribute to the Ethnic Tensions and Conflicts That Persist in Kenya Today?
To what extent did British colonialism contribute to the ethnic tensions and conflicts that persist in Kenya today? British colonial rule played a significant role in shaping the ethnic landscape and exacerbating existing tensions, leaving a lasting colonial legacy.
Overall, British colonialism had a significant impact on Kenya's economy. The land ownership system and agricultural practices were altered, leading to the exploitation of natural resources and the introduction of cash crop production. The development of transportation infrastructure further facilitated the colonial exploitation.
Additionally, the imposition of trade policies favored the British and limited economic growth for Kenya. These colonial strategies shaped the country's current economic landscape by creating a dependence on cash crops and a lack of diversification in the economy. The exploitation of natural resources also led to environmental degradation, which continues to impact Kenya's economic development.


Advanced Sustainable Professionals Landscape Series
members of the Sustainable Landscape Design, Installation, or Maintenance
Professional Program are required to attend one of these classes once per
year to stay in the program.
Water Budgets and Hydrozones - January 31
Advanced training in landscape design using hydrozones based on plant type,
micro-climate and irrigation requirements, plus how to create water budgets for
these landscapes that satisfy state and local water budget requirements.
Soil Microbiology - March 13
An overview of soil microbiological applications (compost and compost tea) for
good soil and plant health. Lessons from an actual case study.
In Field Irrigation Design (taught in Spanish only) - March 27
Meet in the back
Soil Moisture Sensors - May 1
Find out about the latest technology in soil moisture-based irrigation control.
Which device is best for your application and which ones meet local
Plants and Irrigation for Containers and In Structure Planters - May 29
This class covers the special considerations for plant choice, soil mix, drainage, irrigation and fertilization that are required for successful plantings in containers and in-structure planters.
Advanced Drip Applications - September 4
Learn about techniques and equipment for designing and installing drip
irrigation systems in challenging landscape situations. Prerequisite: Thorough
understanding of conventional drip irrigation design and installation
Irrigation Design for Greywater and Cistern Systems - November 6
Learn about irrigation system design considerations and equipment choices for
Auxiliary Water Supply Systems (AWSS) including greywater and cistern systems.
Learn how to meet Santa Monica code requirements for AWSS design. Prerequisite:
Thorough understanding of conventional drip irrigation design and installation


Despite the surge in the new cases of Corona Virus in South Sudan, a young woman in Gangura, a small town bordering Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) South of Yambio, is determined to turn the path of her life, and the lives of women in her community, through Vegetable production. Ever since South Sudan announced the closure of borders with its neighbours, her community has come to a standstill; the South Sudan border at Nabiapai near to Gangura, has been closed and cross-border business, on which most people in Gangura depend, has greatly dwindled leaving the people scared, frustrated and despaired.
However, not for a young woman, who has stood the tests of times; at 15 years old, she was forced into a toxic early marriage by her parents, and compelled to drop out of school due to early pregnancy.
The warms from her smiles will melt your heart, and behind that smile is a heroine, her name is Santina Nangbavungu, a 22 years old, and a single mother of three, who ones begged for food to feed her children, is now producing vegetable to feed her family and the community.
It all started with the decision to walk out and defy her parents to liberate herself from the bondage of the forced marriage in 2019. She moved out with nothing but her three children. With no support, no shelter, and no food, life could not have been any worse “we could not get food to eat with my children, my family, in the beginning, did not support my decision, and I suffered begging people for food. I would help people in their farms in return they could give what to feed my children,” recalls the jolly mother.
From Childhood Santina had been passionate about farming, equipped with traditional farming knowledge, embarked on agriculture, cultivating a half of an acre, of maize and groundnuts as the only way to find food for her and the children. She remained a worried farmer, as the needs of her three children were not meet satisfactorily.
Star Trust Organization (STO), found Santina, vulnerable as she was, got her enrolled among other women to attend the sustainable skills training in vegetable technologies in Gangura. Since then she got, introduced to different nutritious and lucrative vegetable varieties, such as collards, green pepper, cabbage, carrot, eggplants, and onion. She also learned techniques and technologies in vegetable production, organic pest management, and production of organic manure, as well as basic business skills.
Santina is among the over 400 women in Yambio that have benefited from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in South Sudan Supported, Sustainable Livelihood Skills Training (SLST) project with the funding from the Kingdom of Netherlands Embassy in South Sudan.
The right skill at the right time, Santina replicated the skills as she acquired from STO, agronomist on a small piece of land barely quarter of an acre, on which she has been able to grow, collards, Okra, amaranths, eggplant, and cabbages. The yields are giving her already the wings to fly and earning respect in the community, as being the only one, who can readily supply vegetables at any time, the community needs.
Her business skills are paying off, “I cannot run short of money now, I earn on a daily bases. The demands for vegetables is so high. My customers come home whenever they need, and I run to the farm and supply them, or else I collect the vegetable and bring to the roadside, where people buy so fast” Said Santina. She earns on average, 1000-1500 South Sudanese Pounds daily since she started selling from her farm last month.
The nutritional needs of the children are her priority, she can now afford to feed her children three meals a day, with high nutritional valued vegetables and supplemented with meat that she can afford from her vegetable revenues. Besides feeding, she easily affords to take care of her children’s health and clothes as well. “No one takes care of my children; I am the sole provider and God. I want to thank STO for the skills that they have given me”
She is not stopping at attaining her family food security; Santina is a farmer with big dreams. From the money she earns, she is planning to increase her vegetable farm to half an acre, and she is already making savings of 500SSP from any earnings above 1000 SSP intending to buy a bicycle that will help her transport her produces to markets in Gangura and Yambio.
The young mother is a born leader, she is so generous with the knowledge that she has acquired, she is already training her neighbours with the skills that she learned and argues other vulnerable women to come to her farm to learn modern farming skills.
Her generosity does not end with agronomic skills, STO incorporated COVID19 preventive messages into the training, in which the trainees acquire knowledge of preventions, signs, and symptoms and are now promoting the measures in the communities in Gangura. And for Santina, she is leading the way in sensitizing her community intensively. “Being a border town, Gangura is a high-risk area, sensitizing the community is a noble cause. We are afraid for the safety of our children, as a mother I must make sure that everyone gets the message,” said Santina. Every customer who visits Santina’s home and the farm is made to wash hands with soap that she can now afford to buy and she takes time to talk about the COVID19.
She is not alone in the revolution of horticultural entrepreneurship in Gangura; for the 24 years pregnant Maria, she is not worried about the future of her unborn baby. “I have been eating well since I learned these skills, and my unborn child is kicking healthy as well. I am confident that I will be able to take care of him/her since I have the skill to grow cabbage and other vegetables. I am not worried anymore of my livelihood; I am praying that COVID19 ends so I can produce a lot of tomatoes and cabbage for outside markets” Said Maria, one of the women who attended the training with Santina.
“The future is bright for us; my daughter will not have to worry about food or money for her studies. Since I acquired this skill, it has changed my relationship with my husband. He no longer disturbs me nor beat, as we are both becoming equals. I can bring food on the table as much as he does. I choice vegetable production because, everyone needs to eat and they will always buy healthy and nutritious vegetables for their families” said the confident Julie, 20 years old and mother of three.


One of the things that we really enjoyed seeing was the variety of fruits and vegetables being grown. We had a couple of hours when we first got there, and drove out the Ventura Highway to the ocean. Along the way we passed this fruit stand.See those big boxes of oranges? $3 a box!!
Someone from the church has family that owns this orchard. Of course I didn't get the picture until all the fruit was gone, but these people donated boxes and boxes of peaches, nectarines, and plumcots (plum/apricot crosses, also known as pluots) for the attendees of the conference. I looked up their website and was surprised at all the varieties of plumcots that are available now. They are delicious.
All these small boxes were available for people to take with them. The green/yellow fruit in the back is an emerald plumcot (with a natural waxy coating). Delicious!
≈Oranges. The trees were loaded. On a forty-mile trip we went past miles and miles and MILES of orange and lemon trees.
These little fruit stands are everywhere and are loaded with fresh fruits that we either can't grow here or have limited growing seasons. Imagine getting fresh strawberries nine months of the year!
We also saw acres and acres of red pepper plants, tomatoes, squash, and pumpkins. Also some trees that we weren't sure about and thought they were olive or almond trees.
All this in the valleys in between the mountains.


Produce: local, organic, sustainable
We partner with Hudson Valley Harvest for greens and seasonal produce, from farms like Hepworth Organic, Sorbello Greenhouses, MX Morningstar Farm, and Rockhedge Farm for fresh thyme during the winter. We buy from Ironwood Organic Farm in Ghent and Sparrowbush Farm in Hudson during the growing season, supplementing with certified organic produce from our wholesale supplier Baldor as needed throughout the year. Our favorite garlic is from Shoving Leopard farm in Barrytown. We also purchase small quantities of organic produce at Whole Foods, Tops supermarket, Sunflower natural foods market in Rhinebeck, and our local Rhinebeck farmers’ market. The only conventionally-grown items we use regularly are green plantains (we cannot source organic wholesale), and fresh ginger root (the organic varieties are so tiny as to be impossible to peel). When local/organic is not available, we pick local, responsibly grown over organically-certified from far away, but the one exception is with apples which are generally sprayed unless they are certified organic. We also use only organic lemons and limes for zest and juice in recipes. The bay leaves for our broths are currently not organic.
Proteins: local, pastured, grass-fed & finished, beyond organic
We go all the way to Lapp’s Farmette in PA for our soy-free fully-pastured beyond-organic eggs; we even have a wheat-free option for customers from neighboring Clearview Farm where we also get our pastured soy-free turkey, amazing goat cheese, pastured ghee, and 100% grass-fed Jersey cultured cream for quiches. Our other preferred ground turkey is from Koch’s organics. Our pastured chicken is from Greenane Farm in the Catskills, and grass-based Northwind Farm, just a few miles from our kitchen, supplies the chicken feet for our broth, our ground beef, ground lamb, ground pork, and knuckle bones and shanks for beef bone broth. Our raw cow’s milk cheeses for recipes are from 5 Spoke Creamery in Goshen, and for resale we source from grass-based Chaseholm Farm Creamery in Pine Plains. We also source as needed from Finger Lakes Farms cooperative and from the Piggery in Ithaca. Our organic bacon, grass-fed bison, and ground organ meats (beef heart/liver) come from Blackwing Meats in IL. All farms are committed to organic grass-based practices and are free of GMOs, antibiotics, pesticides, and herbicides. The small amount of seafood that we use is 100% wild-caught.
Dry goods: 95% organic
Dry beans & lentils: organic, locally sourced whenever possible, soaked in spring water and simmered in bone broth with Atlantic kombu for improved digestibility. Rustichella d’Abruzzo organic red lentil pasta for a couple of recipes.
Tomato paste, strained & crushed tomatoes: organic, packaged in glass jars (Bionaturae & Jovial brands)
Dry grains including millet, whole buckwheat groats, and quinoa: all organic, soaked and sprouted or fermented
Sweeteners: raw honey from Texas, grade B (less refined) maple syrup from PA, organic coconut sugar
Fats & oils: pastured ghee and butter from Jersey cows, and pastured pork lard from our Amish farmers in PA, grass-fed beef tallow from USWellnessMeats.com, local pastured chicken and goose fat (from Northwind Farm, rendered in-house), expeller-pressed coconut oil from Nutiva (not organic currently, we’ve had issues with sourcing a really good-tasting refined coconut oil that is organic but will keep working at this), organic extra-virgin olive oil (we use Bionaturae Italian), Sir Kensington avocado oil mayo, occasional organic palm shortening, and very occasional organic sesame oil
Nuts & seeds, etc: wild soil almonds for our granola, conventional pecans also for granola (due to the very high pricing of organic), organic sunflower seeds, organic cashews, organic almond butter, organic tahini, Honeyville almond flour (not organic), organic chia seeds, organic poppy seeds, organic sesame seeds, organic pine nuts
Dried fruit: organic raisins and other occasional organic dried fruit, usually from Nuts.com; organic dates from Baldor
Spices/dried herbs and miscellaneous cooking ingredients: all organic spices and dried herbs, organic vanilla extract (from Cook’s Vanilla), Thai Kitchen green curry and red curry pastes, La Preferida organic mild diced chiles, Arm & Hammer baking soda, and Hain’s gluten-free aluminum-free baking powder for one or two recipes when needed (contains potato starch but no corn)
Coconut milk: organic additive-free from Native Forest (their food service 3 qt can is BPA-free and contains no additives). Our cinnamon pinwheels contain coconut milk that has guar gum added, but is the only recipe like this.
Wine, vinegar & soy sauce: organic raw apple cider vinegar, Natura organic red and white wines in stews, soups, etc. Our brandy for pate is gluten-free. We use organic Tamari (wheat-free naturally fermented soy sauce) in a couple of recipes.
Chocolate: organic raw cacao powder, organic raw cacao nibs, organic cacao butter, organic chocolate chips from Nuts.com (these contain organic chocolate liquor, organic cane sugar, organic cocoa butter—this is the only item we use that contains sugar)
Everything else: we are transparent!
The only other ingredients in our food are locally-sourced spring water and Himalayan pink salt. Simply click any image when ordering to view the full list of ingredients.


Sunday, July 13, 2008
CSA week 8
This is the first week since the beginning of May that we did not get any lettuce in our weekly batch of produce. Yay! I'm all for salad but we have had to give some of the lettuce away because it is too much for us. This week we got eggplant (um, that's all Max), fennel, some tomatoes (which are presumably safe), fresh garlic, half a head of cabbage (ick), pickling cucumbers, more green beans, and of course, a dozen eggs.
For dinner I made some tomato and fennel bruchetta (minus the shallots, for Max). The flavor is subtle, first you taste the tomatoes and then this anise flavor follows. It's good. We'll definitely make it again next week if we get more fennel.


Urban Harvest Farmers Market Encourages Homegrown Cooking
Houston’s Urban Harvest Farmers Market offers locally-produced vegetables, fruits and farm products every Saturday and Sunday morning at three Houston area locations, all year long. The market helps to sustain local family farms, promote health and wellness and boost the Houston economy.
In addition, the market features an exceptional program known as the Gardeners' Corner, which allows school groups, community gardeners and backyard gardeners to sell their produce and learn the basics of market gardening.
Their Community Gardens Program provides classes and information on how to start a community garden and provides ongoing support for a network of more than 100 community and school gardens and urban farms. Support includes gardening advice, volunteer recruitment, Web pages in their Web Directory of Gardens, networking events, an annual awards ceremony, and free gardening classes.
Visit the Urban Harvest Farmers Market on Saturday at Eastside on Richmond from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. or on Sundays at the Highland Village from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. or Discovery Green Park from 12 to 4 p.m. For more information on their produce and programs, visit their website at UrbanHarvest.org.


With back-to-school chaos, cloudy skies and crisp mornings, autumn is well and truly on its way. For a few weeks every year, we get to see the colour changing magic of the season, as plants and trees transform into warm reds, oranges and yellows before the leaves drop for one final time before winter.
With the arrival of spooky season comes rustic colours glowing across parks and gardens, leaves falling from trees and bright, brisk sunny days (if we’re lucky, but we’re not holding out much hope).
So, what is the science behind the most photogenic season of the year?
In short, it comes down to one thing – chlorophyll.
What is chlorophyll?
Chlorophyll is a chemical found in plants, algae, and cyanobacteria.
The green photosynthetic pigment is responsible for trapping sunlight, helping plants absorb energy from the sun, making it vital to the growth and survival of a plant.
What happens to leaves as the weather changes?
As the days get colder and darker and the weather deteriorates, there’s less sunlight for plants to snack on. Some plants stop making chlorophyll and break it down into smaller, colourless compounds. With less chlorophyll, they start showing other pigments such as carotenoids, which are yellow and orange.
Carotenoids are always present in leaves, and the absence of chlorophyll allows the glowing warm tones to finally show through, meaning that yellows will look the same year after year and are not dependent on weather conditions.
There are other pigments at play too, such as anthocyanins, which are only produced in the autumn by certain trees under certain conditions, when sugars become trapped in the leaves. Anthocyanins produce vibrant shades of red, purple and pink, and can be found in fruits such as cranberries, cherries and red apples.
What makes the leaves fall?
Every year, abcission (the fancy word for a leaf drop) starts its annual tradition. The name comes from the abcission layer, which is a layer of cells between a leaf stem and stalk. When autumn arrives, hormones in trees begin to change, with auxin slowing in production. Auxin keeps the abcission layer connected, meaning the leaves stay attached to the trees and without it, leaves begin to break away.
Without enough auxin, the leaves begin to shed, falling with the weather or eventually due to its own weight). When a tree sheds its leaves, it uses less energy for survival, keeping itself alive during the colder months.
The colour change also happens before the leaf drop for the same reason. It takes a lot of energy to make chlorophyll and moving it out of the plant before shedding saves energy.
So, if trees change with the weather, how do Christmas trees hold their colour each year? Evergreen trees such as birch, spruces, cedars and firs keep their green colour and needles throughout the year, due to the heavy wax that coats the trees needles, preventing them from freezing.
To see what’s coming up this autumn at Techniquest, please go here.


This project aims at providing a reference test-case with a first quantitative description of relationships between agroecological farming, biodiversity of insect pollinators and pests, and cucurbit crop production in sub-Saharan Africa. We propose to focus on two major functional groups of insects that are of interest in agroecological farming, namely pollinators, particularly bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) and flower flies (Diptera, Syrphidae), but also pests, particularly fruit flies (Diptera, Tephritidae) as targets and proxies for the evaluation of pollinator & pest biodiversity in contrasting agroecosystems. Relationships between agroecological farming landscape and insect diversity (including morpho-species and genetic diversity) will be tested by comparing agroecological and conventional farms in the Morogoro region (East-Central Tanzania). We will focus on three cucurbit crops commonly grown in Tanzania, these are watermelon - Citrullus lanatus, cucumber - Cucumis sativus and pumpkin - Cucurbita sp. Insect species composition and abundance will be estimated following well-established trapping protocols for quantitative analyses. Insects will be preliminarily sorted at the Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA, Tanzania) and identified in collaboration with the reference taxonomists for African bees (Alain Pauly - RBINS), flower flies (Kurt Jordaens – RMCA) and fruit flies (Marc De Meyer - RMCA). Morpho-species diversity will be computed for pollinators and pests. Insect genetic diversity will be quantified via genome skimming. These data will be used for population genetic analyses as well to quantify levels of phylogenetic diversity. Field experiments on the pollination service provided by bees and flower flies to cucurbit crops will be implemented in experimental plots at SUA. Relationships between farming approach (agroecological, conventional), insect morpho-species and genetic diversity of the targeted insect species and functional groups will be tested using a range of statistical tools routinely used by the Agroecology Lab at ULB. We will provide a socio-economic analysis on cucurbit agroecological farming in Tanzania. In this respect, we will on the one hand monitor yields of cucurbits and their economic value at farm gate and at the local markets, and on the other hand we will deploy a Q-Methodology survey to assess the opportunities and “lock-ins” for an agroecological transition in cucurbit production among a range of stakeholders (including farmers, end consumers, local authorities). This project will provide scientific support to policies promoting the protection of biodiversity and ecosystem services and a more sustainable use of natural resources. We believe that the socio-economic analysis produced on cost-benefits, sustainability and productivity of small-scale cucurbit farming will certainly be of interest for the development of a more sustainable agriculture in Africa and will allow exploring alternative ways to traditional food production and consumption. This project will also produce information relevant in a national context, by identifying obstacles and opportunities to the implementation of agroecology as alternative and transition food system.


Moving Your Houseplants: 1 Week Before Moving Day
Moving Advice for Moving Houseplants and Garden Plants Part 2
- Preparing to Move Plants: 2 Weeks Before Moving Day
- Preparing to Move Plants: 1 Week Before Moving Day
- The Day Before Moving Day
- Moving Day Tips for Plants
Preparation the Week before Moving Day
Kill Plant Pests
Check plants and soil for bugs, mildew, and any kind of disease your plant might have. You would want to take steps to rid your plants of these things before moving: you don’t want to contaminate your new place with them.
There are different ways to attack possible problems, best to check with your local nursery or a good plant book for specific plant pests and remedies. Anything that can’t be cured in time, leave behind.
To kill bugs and sterilize soil, you could put all your plants into your garage and set off a bug bomb or you could place your plants in a black plastic bag with bug powder or a pet flea collar. You would not want to set your plants outside afterwards, new insects could climb on while the plants are waiting to be moved.
Insecticides may contain dangerous chemicals, so use them with care, away from pets and children, always following directions on the label.


Imagine lush green rolling hills and breath-taking landscapes, regions rich in history and culture and a strong sense of community and connection to the land where the soil is fertile and the air is crisp and clean. This is where you will find the happiest hens in New Zealand – at Otaika Valley Free Range Egg farms.
With farms situated in the North Island, Otaika Valley’s hens roam freely foraging, scratching, perching and dust bathing across their grassy pastures by day, before returning to the barns at night to be fed wholesome natural grains to help them produce equally wholesome, healthy eggs – which are simply delicious.
Otaika Valley takes pride in offering an idyllic life to their happy hens, which results in the production of the highest quality free-range eggs in all of New Zealand. Their eggs are sold in supermarkets and grocers across the country and can be found on café and restaurant menus, including McDonald’s.
Refreshing the label designs on the cartons across their egg range saw unprecedented growth in sales for this forward thinking, eco-conscious and ethical egg brand – testament to the power of how small changes can have big impacts.


- friday (20.9.) 16.30-16.45
- saturday (21.9.) 16.30-16.45
At the Iris MBM Garden Center, we love all plants and the plants love us back. Plants make our world better and improve our quality of life. If you are passionate about gardening or wish to become so, visit the Iris MBM Garden Center booth where you can plant something like a mix od small house plants like Dieffenbachia, Fittonia, Dracaena, Chamaedorea, Hedera or Peperomia…
You will also be able to learn how to plant these plants by replanting them into other pots and give instructions on how to take care of them.