The goal of TECNALIA in the project is the development of a new portable device based on photonicsthat will allow the early detection of mildew in the grape leaves foliar tissue.
The mildew is a disease caused by the Plasmopara vitícola pathogen, endemic in wet and warm climate cultivation areas. When the environmental conditions are favourable for the development of the disease, the vineyards are always treated with fungicides, although the presence of the disease is the plans in not known with certainty. Apart from the economic impact for the winery, this practice becomes a risk for the farmer, since fungicide residues remain in the soils and berries, affecting the global quality of the grape juice and wine.
The 2009/108/CE directive, has as objective achieving a sustainable use of insecticides, reducing the risks and effects of insecticides in the human health and the environment and promoting the integrated management of plagues and alternative solutions, such as non-chemical techniques alternatives to insecticides.
With respect to the magnitude of the wine sector, there are around 7.000 wineries in Spain and around 20.000 al around the world (www.oiv.org).
The advantages of using a portable device in the sector would be:
- Early detection of the pathogen, before the symptoms are visible to the human eye.
- Reduction of the sources of inoculation responsible of the dissemination of the disease spores.
- Increasing efficacy and efficiency in the use of fungicides/insecticides.
- Additional knowledge for the selection of the fungicide, depending on the detected life-cycle stage of the fungus.
- Reduction of the damages caused by the fungus in vegetal tissues.
- Reduction of the total number of treatments and doses applied in the wine fields. Avoid the increasing resistance of the pathogen to phytosanitary products in the wine fields.
- Wine field technicians in charge of the management of the vineyard.
- Companies dedicated to the advisory on pathogens and plague control management.
- Companies providing machinery for the application of phytosanitary products.
Tests and Results by May 2015
The execution of the test with photonics-based technologies has required the preparation of different tissues samples tests. These has been inoculated in different times (considered as classes), and generated under controlled and repetitive conditions so the results are comparable.
The test sets contain samples of the grape leaves in different stages of evolution of the disease, managed controlling the number of days since the inoculation (dpi – days post inoculation): high presence of the fungus in the leaf surface (5-6 dpi), medium infection (2-3 dpi) and early infection (1dpi). Additionally, there are also healthy samples of each dpi to be utilized as a reference.
During the project time executed so far, several techniques base on spectrometry and hyperspectral imaging have been under study. The goal of this study was to analyse the viability of identifying and classifying the fungus with the various ranges of the light electromagnetic spectrum using different optical configurations. Diverse algorithms have been developed with the goal of discriminating infected from healthy leaves using the captured spectra. The tests have been repeated with different samples tests with the aim of validating and corroborating the results of the analysis.
Taking into consideration the obtained results, a new portable device based on spectrometry is currently under development in the project. The goal in the following months of the project is evaluating the device capacities in real field conditions, analyse the different possible scenarios and environments and make the necessary adjustments in the technology, ensuring a high quality of the results.


February 23, 2012
I think maybe I've logged 5 hours into this baby already! Familiarizing myself with heirloom vegetables. Reading all the mouthwatering descriptions of what they'll taste like. Tonight I was on their online catalogue so I could see what everything looked like too!
some of the tomatoes were just astounding. crazy lookin things...
There's 20 pages of tomatoes... but somehow it managed to keep my interest!!
Heritage Harvest Seed company, out of Carman, Manitoba.
The Seeds of Diversity claims they "One of the best selections of rare heirloom seed in North America! Over 600 hard to find heirloom vegetables, flowers and herbs. "
After looking at other seed companies, I think their close to right! These guys have it all covered.
The Seeds of Diversity is a Canadian organization all about seed conservation and documentation. There are 1400 members who save seeds and pay a small membership. In turn, having access to samples of over 2900 seed and plant varieties from other members! I think I'll join up. Sounds kinda up my alley!
I am hosting a Seed Talk and Swap at the Radville Library on March 6th, If you live anywhere near, be sure to come out!
I'm going to plant some wild and wierd heirlooms this summer!
What a world. Saving seeds is where its at.
Where do you get your seeds from??
Have you found some favorite, special heirloom varieties?


PROUD TO BE THE WORLDS LARGEST PROVIDER OF
In 1997, we became the world’s largest Wild Blueberry provider.
This was made possible with the purchase of the Maine Wild Blueberry Company, adding additional IQF processing and cold storage capacity to our operations.
Maine Wild is the premier supplier of Wild Blueberries to many countries including the United States and manufactures our value added Wild Blueberry products, infused dried Wild Blueberries, and Wild Blueberry puree.
The US leader in Wild Blueberry harvesting and processing since 1866.
Prior to the purchase of Cherryfield Foods, Inc. in 1982 by Oxford Frozen Foods, Cherryfield had a long and storied history dating back to 1866. The company was originally founded as a blueberry canning operation, since colonial days, the area of Washington county, in and around Beddington, Deblois, Cherryfield, and Columbia and in the adjacent townships north of Columbia Falls, has been famous as the source of most of the Wild Blueberries packed in Maine.
Cherryfield is an early innovator in freezing technology.
In 1962 the company led the industry with the construction of the first freezing plant in Washington County. It was the largest plant in the United States, devoted exclusively to freezing Wild Blueberries.. Since that time the company has grown tremendously and continues its long and proud history of being the leader in the cultivation, harvesting, freezing, canning and marketing the Wild Blueberry of Maine, with markets in the United States, Europe and Asia.


The Wisconsin Farm Technology Days is the largest agricultural show in Wisconsin and one of the largest in the nation. The three-day outdoor event showcases the latest improvements in production agriculture, including many practical applications of recent research findings and technological developments. Each year, it is held in a different Wisconsin county – on a different host family farm.
Wisconsin Farm Technology Days provides visitors the opportunity to see and talk with more than 600 commercial and educational exhibitors in Tent City who are eager to visit with them about their machinery, equipment, facilities, products, and services needs. A wide variety of agricultural products and services used in today’s dairy, livestock, and crop production systems in Wisconsin will be on display. In addition, specialists and county extension agents from the University of Wisconsin and state and federal agencies are on hand to answer questions. Educational exhibits, special interest displays, and field machinery demonstrations provide something of interest for everyone.
Since the first show held in Waupaca County in 1954, the Board of Directors of the Wisconsin Farm Technology Days, Inc. – a tax-exempt, educational organization- has guided the annual show. The Board is comprised of representatives of state and federal agencies involved in agriculture and natural resources, the University of Wisconsin, and the agribusiness/industry and farming sectors.
Virtually all activity at the host county level is coordinated and managed by the county’s University of Wisconsin-Extension Office in cooperation with the county’s Farm Technology Days committee and 700-1000 volunteers.
For more information on Wisconsin Farm Technology Days, visit www.wifarmtechnologydays.com.


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(AP) LEonard Berry, the father of Kentucky’s signature citrus, has died.
He was 85.
Berry was born in Chattanooga in 1920, where his father built a peach and pear business and later expanded it into citrus fruit.
He spent his early years growing, buying and selling, and then became the owner of his own family citrus farm in the 1960s.
In the 1980s, Berry moved to Tennessee to start his own citrus farm, Berry Farms.
His son, James Berry, said in a statement Saturday, Berry was a devoted father, husband, father of three children and grandfather.
“Leons’ passion for the world of citrus began with the fruit, which he loved and worked so hard to develop and produce for the betterment of our community,” Berry said.
He said his father worked tirelessly to raise the standards of the industry.
His wife, Barbara, said Berry was “always the best man for his family, and he had the best of intentions to do that for all of us.”
She said her husband had been diagnosed with cancer in the early 1990s.
She called Berry a “true American patriot.”
“We will miss his wonderful spirit, love, and kindness,” she said.
He is survived by his wife of 32 years, Barbara Berry, his daughters, Jessica and Leann, and his son, Eric.


Broadsheet: "The Sweet Potato as a Flour Substitute"
np: ca. 1916-1917.
First edition of one of only 2 publications of the author during his lifetime. 1 vols. 10-1/2 x 6-1/4 inches. Typical breakage folds, cracks and chipping to this fragile item Item #234364
George Washington Carver, who was known for experiments in crop diversification, offers advice and recipes on how to use the year's unusually large sweet potato crop to make flour, bread, and even biscuits.
Price: $750.00 Free International Delivery


A hidden gem!
Farming and city living don’t usually go hand in hand, but just off the beaten path of Connecticut Avenue you’ll find a flourishing garden full of beautiful colors and fresh fruits and veggies. The Melvin Hazen Community Garden, located on Sedgewick St in Northwest DC, is a great option for urbanites interested in getting their hands dirty and putting their gardening skills to the test.
Where it all began…
During World War II, the government asked citizens to pitch in and start growing their own food in private gardens and public parks to help ease the pressure on the already strained domestic food supply. These gardens came to be known as “victory gardens” and were treasured not only for the food they produce but for the morale boost they provided for those “serving” on the home front.
To help establish a dedicated space, the National Park Service designated part of Rock Creek Park for this purpose. The garden is named after former D.C. commissioner Melvin Hazen (fun fact: Melvin Hazen also chose the design for the D.C. flag).
Little has changed since then and a host of enthusiastic gardeners continue to tend their plots. Much of the garden is still reserved strictly for growing fruits and vegetables and, adhering to its original mission, at least 90 percent of the garden space must be used for vegetables though flowers are permitted on the remaining 10 percent of the land. The garden is separated into more than 100 individual 8’x15’ plots, though sizes do vary, allowing gardeners the freedom to grow fruits and vegetables of all shapes and sizes. The garden is strictly organic and the use of many common herbicides, pesticides and fertilizer is prohibited.
How can I get involved?
Plots in the Melvin Hazen Community Garden are available to anyone for just $25 per year. In addition to overseeing and allocating plots, the Melvin Hazen Community Garden Association also provides tools, wheelbarrows, sheds, and water for those without the requisite equipment as well as helpful advice for those that may not have the greenest thumb. The association also has a dedicated group of garden patrons, aka the “weed police,” who inspect plots monthly to make sure gardeners are doing their part to maintain their space.
Though the current wait time for a plot is four years, there may be other ways to get involved. To place your name on the wait list, send an e-mail to Melvin.Hazen.Garden@verizon.net with the following information:
If you’re anxious to get started, add your name to the volunteer list on the garden’s Google site. If a gardener needs assistance, or wants to share their plot, that’s your shot to get in!
Still serving a true community purpose…
The garden is again participating in the “Grow-a-Row” program through the Capital Area Food Bank to donate excess produce. Gardeners can leave extra garden goodies weekly to be delivered to So Others May Eat (better known as SOME).
Additionally, the University of the District of Columbia CAUSES (College of Agriculture, Urban Sustainability & Environmental Sciences) has extended their service to Melvin Hazen gardeners.
So, slip away from city life for just a moment and visit us!


There is a common misconception that certain plants are always weeds. By definition, that is not the case, because weeds are nothing more than undesirable plants. If you desire it, it is not a weed. A weed is nothing more than a plant growing where it is not wanted. A dandelion, How to buy weed dc for example, might be a weed if it is found in your lawn, whereas if you are planting a garden of dandelions, and grass starts growing there, the grass is the weed. There is a common misconception that certain plants are defined as weeds. By definition, however, that is not the case, because weeds are nothing more than undesirable plants. If you desire it, it is not a weed. Weeds ruin the aesthetic value of your garden, Septic tank cleaning because they do not look nice in your garden, lawn, etc. However, the real problem with weeds is that they will compete with your flowers, grass, or plants for water and nutrients, further detracting from the beauty of whatever you are growing. In this article, I will primarily be talking about lawn weeds, how to identify, how to prevent them, and how to get rid of them.
Lawn weeds can be placed into two categories. The difference between these two categories is the way they physically grow form seeds. The categories are monocots and dicots. As the names might suggest, monocots emerge from the seed sprouting one leaf, whereas dicots emerge from the seed sprouting two leaves. Monocot weeds are usually referred to as weedy grasses; and dicots are usually referred to as broadleaf weeds. Monocots include crabgrass and quackgrass, to name a couple. Dicots include dandelions and clover, to name a couple.
There are three more main categories to split weeds up even further, one of which is split up into another two categories. Perennial weeds live for longer than two years and may produce new seeds every year. Biennial weeds have a two-year life-span and usually do not produce seeds until the second year. Biennial weeds and perennial weeds are often grouped together since they require the same action to get rid of them. Annual weeds germinate from seeds, grow fully and produce more seeds in less than one year. Summer annual weeds germinate in the spring and grow in the fall. Winter annual weeds germinate in the fall or winter and grow in the spring.
In many instances there is an easy solution to get rid of unwanted weeds. One way to prevent weeds from even becoming a problem is to maintain a dense turf cover. For example, if the weeds are growing due to a problem with how compacted the soil is, killing the weeds without fixing up the topsoil is a waste of time, since new weeds will replace the dead weeds in just a matter of time. Many times the problem can be fixed simply by changing how you care for your lawn. For example, psilo gummies it may be as simple as watering your lawn more often or less often than you currently do. The problem may be fixed by simply mowing a little higher or a little lower, or perhaps mowing a greater number of times or a fewer number of times. The problem may be fixed by fertilizing more or fertilizing less. Each case is different depending upon your practices and depending on the weeds and the climate.
There are a number of products you can buy to kill weeds. They can basically be broken into two main categories: pre-emergence herbicides and post-emergence herbicides. As their names suggest, pre-emergence herbicides are used to control weeds before the weeds emerge, and post-emergence herbicides are used to kill the weeds after they had already emerged. Therefore, pre-emergence herbicides are most effective against annual weeds. To be effective, pre-emergence herbicides must be applied a couple weeks before the weeds germinate. If they are applied too far in advance, or after the weeds had already germinated, they will usually be powerless to control the weeds. That is where post-emergence herbicides come into play.
Post-emergence herbicides can be split up into two categories: selective post-emergence herbicides, and non-selective post-emergence herbicides. Selective post-emergence herbicides are most commonly used on lawns, since they kill many broadleaf weeds without adversely effecting grass. However, this being the nature of post-emergence herbicides, they will often kill trees, bushes, or flowers. It is extremely important to be very careful when using post-emergence herbicides in the near vicinity of flowers, shrubs, trees, bushes, etc. Non-selective post-emergence herbicides kill everything they touch indiscriminately. Therefore, non-selective post-emergence herbicides should only be used to spot treat weeds, such as perennial grassy weeds that are unaffected by selective post-emergence herbicides. For more info visit here:-https://wprozni.pl/ https://www.finduslawyers.org/ https://www.findattorneys.org/


Andhra Paper’s initiative has grown to nearly 646,300 acres and now provides a means of economic survival for many rural farmers and their communities. As of the end of 2019, nearly 1.8 billion saplings have been planted.
In the early 1980s, Andhra Paper recognized that the pulp and paper industry would face challenges in the sourcing of fibrous raw materials due to the Forest Conservation Act and the Land Ceiling Act, which restricted the usage of available land for captive plantations. Consequently, Andhra Paper embarked on an ambitious plan to generate the raw material by coordinating with farmers to utilize their barren marginal and degraded lands.
This pioneering step marked the commencement of the farm forestry plantation activities, and was a turning point in the history of the company. Started in 1989, the social forestry initiative gradually spread to Visakhapatnam, Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, East Godavari, West Godavari, Krishna, Guntur, Prakasam and Nellore districts of Andhra Pradesh. The program provides a means of survival for the small farmers, and improves the socio-economic status of their communities. In return, Andhra Paper has achieved total self-sufficiency in the sourcing of raw material.
To date, around 1791 million seedlings of fast-growing Subabul, Casaurina and Eucalyptus have been distributed to cover 2,58,519 hectares of coastal land, and aided more than 71,000 beneficiaries. The beneficiaries are provided planting material at extremely subsidized rates. The scheme has been widely accepted and adopted by the rural people and is now held as the benchmark in plantation activities.
Andhra Paper is developing high yielding, genetically superior clones of Casuarina to maximize plantation productivity and revenue generation for the farmers. The ‘wastelands’ of yore have become the means to employment and asset creation for the farmers. The perception of paper mills as destroyers of natural resources has been struck down. Instead, they are leading development efforts with the goal of improving forest and ecological systems. The mills follow the principle of planting two trees for each tree felled.
The productivity of degraded lands has improved tremendously since the inception of the social farm forestry program, and soil erosion has been controlled. There has also been an observable improvement in moisture conservation.
Research and Development
Our research and development projects have helped in ensuring higher survival percentage of saplings, higher productivity per unit area and reduction in the rotation cycle. In order to be environmentally friendly, we have eliminated the traditional practices of poly bag nursery techniques, and other low cost planting techniques have been introduced. Andhra Paper have also introduced high yielding, disease resistant Casuarina clonal saplings, which ensures additional silvicultural gains for the farmers. The clonal research activities have been extended to the mill catchment areas of Andhra Pradesh in order to meet the growing demand of the beneficiaries.


Senator Helps to Protect Our Food
Washington, D.C. – Senate Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) stripped a controversial rider that would have given Monsanto and other agrichemical companies a backdoor approval for genetically engineered (GE) crops, Environmental Working Group said in a statement.
Ken Cook, EWG’s president, said:
The Monsanto rider would have set a dangerous precedent by stripping federal courts of their authority to approve GE crops. In other words, big agrichemical companies would be allowed to continue to grow food without proper government reviews.
Thankfully, Sen. Mikulski understands how outrageous it would be if we allowed this to happen and has excluded it from the continuing resolution spending bill. EWG thanks the senator for fighting to protect our food and for closing this backdoor approval for GE crops.


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Skura company is located in the southern coast of Albania, in the town of Himara. Skura specialises in olive oil production from native olive varieties.
The company started producing olive oil in 2009, when a new production plant was implemented.
For the production of our olive oil, only centuries-old olive trees variety are used.
The variety used is the small wild olive of Himara named “Nisjot”. This variety produces oil in small quantities but with higher nutritional value.
Respecting our roots and our beautiful nature, we use the local cultivar, the Nisjot olives, guaranteeing a flavourful olive oil, rich in nutrients and benefits.
The production method we use is very simple and genuine. We want our olive oil to have the same flavour and the same values in batch, hence the entire process is performed manually.
After the collection and the selection, the olives are cold-pressed immediately to preserve their nutritional properties.
The extracted oil is stored in a cool chamber until the bottling process where our oil is packaged and prepared for sale.
Being a family business, we truly value the importance of tradition. We live by it everyday, and want to continue to grow while staying true to what we are and what our ancestors taught us.
Still today our method of production is the traditional manual one. We collect, select and process manually the olives until the cold press, to have the most rich and flavourful jaded olive oil.
The olive trees are not only enriching the beautiful Albanian landscape but they also support the ecosystem. Since we only use traditional non-invasive methods to collect and to process our olives we are helping maintain a balanced and natural ecosystem.
Currently our efforts are put into using the natural by-products by the crushed olive pits as fuel. This alternative to wood, will minimise waste and deforestation.


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The feeding stands are ideal to deliver roughage or fodder concentrate in group keeping.
Each feeding stand is equipped with chest bars which may be adjusted in width. Due to the shape of the chest bars, horses feed in a natural grazing position and do not touch with their heads in the feeding section.
The Douglas-fir panelling provides openings at the top to allow horses a vast view.
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Corey S Lesk
Research Associate and Lecturer of Geography
Corey is a postdoctoral researcher in the Climate Modeling & Impacts Group and studies climate change and its impacts on people and nature. His PhD research examined how weather has affected food crops historically, drawing lessons to help adapt agriculture to a more extreme climate. He also assessed the greenhouse gas emissions likely to result from the climate transition. Corey is investigating how rising atmospheric carbon dioxide may change how crops and natural vegetation interact with climate extremes. He is also an enthusiastic environmental and climate educator.
- B.Sc. McGill University
- PhD Columbia University
Lesk C, Coffel ED, Winter JM, Ray DK, Zscheischler J, Seneviratne SI, Horton RM. Stronger temperature–moisture couplings exacerbate the impact of climate warming on global crop yields. Nature Food, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-021-00341-6
Lesk C, Coffel E, Horton RM. 2020. Net benefits to US soy and maize yields from intensifying hourly rainfall. Nature Climate Change, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-020-0830-0
Lesk C, Kornhuber K. An effective clean energy transition must anticipate growing climate disruptions. Environmental Research: Climate (2022). https://doi.org/10.1088/2752-5295/ac76db


The Prince’s Countryside Fund
Supporting the people who take care of the countryside
The Prince’s Countryside Fund gives grants to projects that support the people who care for the countryside. Their mission is to secure a sustainable future for our countryside by supporting the UK’s rural communities, British agriculture and the wider rural economy. Projects range from apprenticeships for budding hill farmers, training for pig farmers to create value added products, community transport schemes and services in isolated rural areas and initiatives to educate school children about where their food comes from and why the countryside matters.
Pennies donations are helping projects large and small across the UK that support the charity’s core objectives. These include providing education and training opportunities for farmers of the future; supporting rural livelihoods including business and enterprise; creating thriving communities with improved service provisions; providing countryside education to children and young people. Your donations really do make a huge difference in supporting the people that live and work in rural communities and work tirelessly to make it tick.


12th July 2016
Recent research shows that Plants produce stress signals in response to threatening changes in its environment.
The research that was published in the science journal “Nature Communications”, discovered that plants exhibit stress in a similar way to animals and humans.
Even though plants don’t have a nervous system, it was discovered that they use many of the same chemical & electrical signals that humans & animals use. The animal neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is released by plants even in low stress situations, such as an insect crawling over its leaves.
One of the researchers, associate professor Matthew Gilliham of the University of Adelaide found that, plants bind GABA in a way that results in electrical signals that can regulate plant growth.
Working with wheat, rice, grape vine and barley, the team discovered that a range of plants appear to respond similarly to stresses such as extreme heat, acidic soil or flooding. "Plants seem to have recruited GABA to regulate electrical signals that can then control their growth," he said. "It's a parallel between animals and plants that we didn't know existed."
Unlike humans who can run and hide, plants just have to sit there and take anything nature throws at them — they have to adapt or die. "They've developed these response systems that allow them to change how they live for a period of time. For example, change growth rate or metabolism," Gilliham said.
The team are now working on modifying the responses of plants to GABA, and testing how they can help them cope with unfriendly conditions. "By understanding GABA, we could start to understand the factors that impinge on the yield of plants like wheat or barley," he said.
The pharmaceutical industry already uses GABA for depression, anxiety, and sleep disorder medications. Now that we know plants respond to GABA in a similar way to animals, it could also explain why plant-derived drugs work so well in humans. "The parallels means there is the potential for new discoveries," he added.
"Both plants and animals have recruited the same messenger," Gilliham said. "Plants may look different, but they still use some of the same messengers, and that's fascinating."


While it is not
difficult to grow a garden in the desert, it can be challenging. If we don't
get an early summer and the nights warm up enough then, with enough water,
anything can be grown. These photos are from 2007 which was also the year of
the rats and mice. We had a bumper crop of cucumbers and argonaut squash. We
were giving away two plastic bags of cucumbers every two days and one of the
squash weighed in at 40 lbs.
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The 2008 garden was a disaster, I decided to build a Geodesic Dome over the garden area. We had friends over to help build the dome after I had cut and bent the 3/4" conduit to proper size and angles. I found a calculator on a website where you put in the diameter of the dome you want to build and it gives you the length, angles, and number of pieces of whatever material you use to build the dome. http://www.desertdomes.com/domecalc.html-select the type of dome you wish to build and go to the calculator. Anyway, we got it built over three days time (mornings only) and we covered the bottom 2/3 with white plant cover material and planted many plants. Before I was able to stake it down, we had a weekend of very high winds (70 MPH on Saturday) which moved the whole dome about 2 1/2 feet. We pulled it back into place and everything was fine until Sunday when the northerly winds reached 75 MPH and the dome took off like a frisbee and scraped across the garden, flattening everything in its' path except some tomatoes and beans. I spent the rest of the summer dismantling the dome and cutting and bending replacement parts that were damaged. But this spring I rebuilt it in a new location and we found dog stakes at Walmart that had chain links welded to them and were about 2 1/2 feet long. We also put plant shade material around the base about 9' up.
The angled conduit had to be drilled on each end and were bolted together to make the final dome. The clips we used to hold the cloth on wouldn't stay on when the wind blew, so we went to the 70% shade green material and used cable ties to hold it to the conduit.
This year we expanded the main garden and moved the dome to virgin soil which has proved to be very fertile, see the large radish below. The main garden produced a 9.4 lb cantaloupe
and a 498 gm tomato. The corn was the sweetest Iíve ever tasted. The main garden tomatoes are really coming in now (Oct 17) and the dome tomatoes are turning red now.


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For the organic farmer, the welfare of the animals comes first. The animals are outside in our Dutch landscape for as long as possible. Walking outside is good for animals. They then have plenty of room for their natural behaviour, such as grazing, chewing the cud and resting while lying in the grass. A wide variety of meadow flowers, herbs and clovers can be found in the pasture of the organic farmer, because the farmer does not use chemical-synthetic pesticides and fertilizers. All these elements make an organic cheese so special and you can taste it in the taste of the cheese.
We select the very best organic cheeses, made by small-scale producers where craftsmanship and involvement are the key to a superior product. The Holland Bio Organic cheeses are available in the variants:


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Ammonium nitrate, (NH4NO3), a salt of ammonia and nitric acid, used widely in fertilizers and explosives. The commercial grade contains about 33.5 percent nitrogen, all of which is in forms utilizable by plants; it is the most common nitrogenous component of artificial fertilizers. Ammonium nitrate also is employed to modify the detonation rate of other explosives, such as nitroglycerin in the so-called ammonia dynamites, or as an oxidizing agent in the ammonals, which are mixtures of ammonium nitrate and powdered aluminum.
Ammonium nitrate is a popular fertilizer since it provides half of the N in the nitrate form and half in the ammonium form. The nitrate form moves readily with soil water to the roots, where it’s immediately available for plant uptake. The ammonium fraction is taken up by roots or gradually converted to nitrate by soil microorganisms. Many vegetable growers prefer an immediately available nitrate source of plant nutrition and use ammonium nitrate. Animal farmers like it for pasture and hay fertilization since it’s less susceptible to volatilization losses than urea-based fertilizers when left on the soil surface.
Ammonium nitrate is commonly mixed with other fertilizers, but these mixtures can’t be stored for long periods because of a tendency to absorb moisture from the air. The very high solubility of ammonium nitrate makes it well suited for making solutions for fertigation or foliar sprays.
Concerns over illegal use of this fertilizer for explosives have caused strict government regulation in many parts of the world. Restrictions on sales and transportation have caused some fertilizer dealers to discontinue handling this material.
A low-density form of prilled ammonium nitrate is widely used as an explosive in the mining industry and on construction sites. Manufacturers intentionally make it porous to allow rapid adsorption of fuel oil (termed “ANFO”).
Instant cold packs are made with two bags—one containing dry ammonium nitrate and the second containing water. When the barrier separating the bags is ruptured, the ammonium nitrate rapidly dissolves in an endothermic reaction, lowering the pack’s temperature to 2 to 3 degrees Celsius within a very short time.
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Nitrogen fertilizer with 46% urea nitrogen that must undergo the nitrification process to be assimilable by the crop, and this process greatly depends on the soil and environmental conditions. Depending on these factors, it can be used both during sowing and as a top dressing.
It is applied mostly as a top dressing for any type of crop, preferably in warm areas to ensure a faster transformation process.
During sowing, the application must be carried out as far in advance as possible so that the nitrogen is available as soon as the crop requires it.
The agricultural industry widely uses urea, a white crystalline solid containing 46 percent nitrogen as an animal feed additive and fertilizer.
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Farming is big business, with some estimating that the global food and agriculture market be worth over $6 trillion. While the sector is massive it also faces increasing regulatory pressure from governments and demands from customers as to a farm’s sustainability and the impact it has on climate change. These pressures are encouraging farmers to rely more and more on technology and thus become digitised by using Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, cloud storage, drones, tractors powered by GPS navigation, Internet of Things, Machine Learning, robotics and sensors. The use of these technologies is revolutionising farmers across the world so improving crop yields, helping to improve the efficiency of water use, reducing the use of harmful chemical pollutants (such as pesticides) and offering consumers the ability to track and trace produce from field to fork.
Interestingly, as part of the EU’s landmark €750 billion ($885 billion) COVID-19 recovery package it was agreed €15 billion ($17.7 billion) was to be allocated for the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development so as to help in the digitisation of agriculture across European farms. This funding was also designed to help meet the EU’s agriculture sector plans in order to achieve its ‘Green Deal’ targets.
A list of some of the Blockchain-based agricultural systems and their implementation platforms
Source: Victoria Wang
The drive for digitisation on farms has encouraged a number of companies (see above for examples) to offer services to the agriculture sector helping them to digitise operations and often at the same time become more environmentally friendly in their farming techniques. The above chart gives examples of the various types of applications of how Blockchain technology is being used and that, notably, various Blockchains are being used already. Nori is an example of a US-based start-up which uses Blockchain-powered to incentivise farmers to reduce carbon and earlier this year attracted $1.3million of funding. Nori is to issue a cryptocurrency and intends to pay farmers who ‘lock up’ carbon in the soil by using sustainable farming techniques which promote the growth of microbes and bacteria in topsoil. The logic behind Nori’s cryptocurrency is that, while governments set the price for capturing carbon (sometimes referred to as carbon credits), its CEO, Paul Gambill, believes that “if we want people to do something that is going to pull carbon out of the air, the simplest way to get them to do it is to pay them”. One of the first farmers in the US to use Nori is Terry Hill, from Maryland, who received $115,000 to capture and store 8,000 tons of carbon in his farm’s topsoil and who now could potentially earn up to $150,000 a year demonstrating how Nori is able to offer an additional income for those farmers its company works with.
Meanwhile, the agriculture sector is fast becoming digitised, driven by government legislation and customer demand in order to be able to track and trace the provenance of the food we consume. Blockchain technology, with its ability to offer greater transparency and therefore trust in what can sometimes be complex supply chains spanning across different continents, is a great tool to help farmers assure their consumers. As is often the case, Blockchain technology is even more effective when it is used in conjunction with other technologies such as AI, IoT, QR codes, RFID tags, etc. Although it is still early days as governments, processors of foods, farmers, retailers and consumers gain access to more structured data which, in turn, can be interrogated and used by each of these parties for their specific needs, we will no doubt discover additional new ways in which digitisation can help the agriculture industry.


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Even if you planted your own vegetables this year, it’s a great time to check out your local farmers market. We’re into the heat of the summer, when the produce is abundant and everyone is looking to enjoy fresh foods and being outdoors. The local markets carry so much more than just your average fruits and vegetables! You can find various types of nuts, honey, fish, eggs and so much more. There are fresh flowers and plants as well as home made goods. You can find a local market practically every day of the week. Here’s just a sample of the locals markets and their schedules.
Encino: Sundays 8am-1pm | 17400 Victory Blvd.
Northridge: Wednesdays 5pm-9pm | 9301 Tampa Ave
Simi Valley: Fridays 11am-3:30pm | 2757 Tapo Canyon Rd
Studio City: Sunday 8am-1pm | 2052 Ventura Place
Saturday 9am-2pm | 5650 Shoup Ave.
Wednesday 10am-2pm | 21255 Burbank Blvd. (Warner Center)


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Vitax Q4 Fertiliser. The UK's premier extended release, general purpose fertiliser. Originally developed for use as a base fertiliser in John Innes composts, and still approved for use in JI formulations, Q4 has proved an extremely versatile fertiliser suitable for use on a wide variety of crops. Q4 is the trusted garden fertiliser used by commercial growers and gardeners to produce outstanding flowers, fruit and vegetables. Originally developped for the commercial grower, VITAX Q4 has proved to be an outstanding general purpose fertiliesr for use on a wide range of crops. Vitax Q4. Vitax Q4. GO BACK. The UK's premier extended release, general purpose fertiliser. Originally developed for use as a base fertiliser in John Innes composts, and still approved for use in JI formulations, Q4 has proved an extremely versatile fertiliser suitable for use on a wide variety of crops. Notes on Vitax Q4 fertiliser "After winter the rain-washed soil may be short of nutrients. You can add nutrients as well as improve the soil's structure by adding composted manure. Alternatively Vitax Q4 can be used to feed your roses, peonies and fruit.
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We met several farmers who partner with the councils to restore habitat on their land. Though each farmer had different reasons for getting involved, one common thread ran through their stories: restoring habitat can benefit landowners, too. Sometimes, the work eliminates non-native plants that, if left unchecked, invade cropland. Sometimes it involves building fences to help farmers keep cattle out of creeks and away from sensitive habitat. And sometimes, as one farmer pointed it out, it just looks a whole lot better.
For me, the tour underscored that there is no better way to understand the challenges of living and farming in the Willamette Basin than standing by the river with a farmer. At one site, the river was cutting a jagged line into the stream bank and resulting in a loss of valuable cropland. This is a common situation in the Willamette, where over 40% of the valley floor is used for agriculture. While the dynamic force of erosion is natural and can be beneficial to rivers in an ecosystem sense, it is an ongoing challenge for riverside property owners. Since the 1800s, the prevailing solution has been to reinforce eroding banks with piled-up rock, or ‘riprap,’ in an attempt to keep the river in place.
But water is mighty. Stabilizing the riverbank at one site often causes erosion to accelerate downstream; as the water deflects off riprap, it gains velocity. Watershed councils encourage landowners to choose plants over riprap. The ‘fuzzy edge’ provided by native trees and shrubs helps slow the river down, and the plants help stabilize the stream bank with their roots once established. On top of that, native vegetation along the stream provides a better habitat for fish and wildlife.
Later in the day, we walked through a field where a multi-generational farming family grazes livestock to find Bradshaw’s lomatium, a Willamette Valley plant that was once thought to be extinct. Bradshaw’s lomatium is still very rare, with most of its ideal habitat (seasonally flooding prairies) converted to farmland or overtaken by woodland trees and shrubs. Sarah Dyrdahl, regional projects coordinator for the councils and our tour leader, recounted her surprise and delight in finding it growing in this field in such numbers. It’s a perennial herb with tiny yellow flowers, and as a non-botantist I might have never noticed it. But there it was, all around us. How was an endangered plant thriving among cattle and sheep?
The answer was a perfect highlight to a day that was, in the end, all about relationships, adaptation and balance. By keeping the herds small and rotating them with intention, the farmer is able to achieve a sustainable, healthy field. In turn, the controlled grazing by cattle and sheep helps keep other plants from encroaching, maintaining the wet prairie environment that allows lomatium to thrive.


New Portal Connects Filipino Farmers with Consumers
In the Philippines, farmers can now sell directly to consumers through a digital platform that has moved over 260 tons of fresh fruits and vegetables and recorded more than 7.15 million pesos ($148,841.55) worth of transactions since its soft launch in April 2020.
The Philippines’ Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), one of the proponents of the portal, said DELIVER-e has helped around 600 farmers in Luzon and Mindanao by doubling their income and reducing food waste from 50% to only 5%. The platform continues to add more players with DTI committing to further improve the system.
Other e-commerce initiatives in Mindanao were also launched last year to help small producers, many of whom were badly hit by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis. The Mindanao Development Authority opened the MinDATienda Portal to help market and trade farm products. A software company in Davao City created Buylocal.ph in partnership with DTI and the Davao Chamber of Commerce and Industry to promote homegrown enterprises and help them shift to e-commerce quickly.
COVID-19 crisis and beyond
Officially launched on 14 December 2020, DELIVER-e addresses the difficulties faced by farmers in selling their produce because of community quarantines that were imposed to stop the spread of the disease. The project also aims to improve the agriculture value chain and the country’s food security even beyond the COVID-19 crisis.
Other project proponents are the Department of Agriculture (DA), private sector partners, farmer cooperatives, and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
“This initiative is all about bringing farm produce closer to consumers and cutting layers of traders. Through technology and innovation, it will be game-changing not only for our farmers but also for our consumers,” said Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez in a news release. “Our main goal is to increase production and ensure supply stability for basic necessities and prime commodities through new business models.”
He said DTI and DA are working together to boost farmers’ income, improve their access to processors and markets, and deliver fresher products to consumers.
DELIVER-e is an end-to-end market-based system developed by Filipino tech startup, Insight Supply Chain Solutions. The platform integrates e-commerce and logistics application services from consolidation point to central warehousing facility, and then to last-mile delivery services to reach end-clients through e-marketplaces Gulay Ng Bayan and Curaytive Farm and its affiliate City Farms Philippines.
In a news release issued in April, USAID said it supports the Philippine government’s efforts to help Filipino farmers transport their produce to the market and address food security issues. DELIVER-e is part of a ₱900-million USAID initiative to advance the country's competitiveness and boost trade and investment, especially for micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises.
“We are proud to work with the Philippine government and private sector to open new distribution channels for agricultural produce, which will restore farmers’ incomes and support food security,” said U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim.
“Deliver-e has given us hope. Even if the COVID-19 pandemic persists, we now have the means to sell our produce and have a steady income. We don’t need to worry about our vegetables and fruits going to waste," Mylene Rafer, a 38-year-old pineapple farmer from Camarines Norte in Luzon, said in the USAID news release.


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Our Australian First Sourcing Policy means that in FY20, 96% of fresh produce, by volume, was sourced from our supply partners from all over Australia (excluding floral, nuts, dried fruit, sauces, dressings and packaged salads). In FY20, 100% of fresh lamb, pork, chicken, beef, milk and eggs and 100% of Own Brand frozen vegetables were Australian grown.
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For 1836 owner and producer Kerry Thornhill, building an olive orchard meant more than just starting another business. Kerry wanted to pay homage to her grandparents and do her part to support the Asherton, Texas community.
The First Orchard
After getting advice from other olive growers, Kerry purchased 100 acres in Dimmitt County, and in 2012 she installed her first orchard using a medium density planting. The olive varietals, Arbequina, Mission, Picual and Tosca, were chosen for the climate and for the flavor profile they create. Fast forward to many years later and the land not only supplies orchards, but it’s also home to amazing wildlife living and traveling throughout the property.
The orchard’s first commercial production of extra virgin olive oil was harvested in 2016 and bottled as 1836: A TEXAS OLIVE COMPANY. One year later, 1836 made its debut on the shelves of Bering’s in Houston, and since then has grown to include a retail presence at gourmet shops throughout the Houston, Austin, and Central Texas areas.
Recently, 1836 signed a contract with Williams Sonoma to be the official Texas olive oil vendor to their Texas stores.
1836 believes in the Texas olive industry, and in supporting local agriculture and women farmers everywhere. Kerry specifically works for Texas olive growers and organizations to support and educate growers in Texas.


Pest Identification Chart Around the Plant
Around the Plant
Pest Description & Damage Caused Slug
Slugs are molluscs - snails without the shell - and are particularly fond of young seedlings.
Slugs can be hunted out and killed individually, or you can take preventative measures. You can use slug pellets based on formalin, but use these with care as they are poisonous. Aluminium sulphate crystals kill the slugs by dehydrating them. You can make a beer slug trap and drown them.
Snails are the same as slugs, but more decorative and easier to pick up. You are more likely to get snails in places with limestone or chalk soils, as they need the calcium to build their shells. As well as demolishing small seedlings, they also munch holes in leaves.
Snails are dealt with in the same way as slugs.
Millipedes are round, black, heavy-looking insect-like animals about an inch long that you find under pots curled up like a spiral of wire. They have two pairs of legs on each segment, unlike centipedes, which only have one pair.
Millipedes feed on decaying or soft vegetation, so can attack young seedlings, but they are not usually a problem.
Centipedes are brown, flat animals about an inch long with one pair of longish legs on each segment, and usually run away when you discover them hiding under pots.
They are mostly carnivorous, and eat other pests such as slugs, so they are generally beneficial in the garden.
Earwigs are small thin brown animals with long antennae at the front and two long pincers at the back. They can damage plant buds and flowers, especially multi-petalled flowers like Chrysanthemum and Dahlia. They also eat small insects like aphids, so can be beneficial.
Earwigs can be trapped in upturned pots filled with straw, or plants may be sprayed with systemic insecticide.
The Woodlouse is a crustacean, with a greyish or brownish body about half an inch long divided into segments. Some species roll into a ball when disturbed.
Woodlice live in damp places and feed mainly on decaying vegetation, so are generally beneficial to the gardener, although they sometimes attack seedlings. They can be caught and removed, or chemical control can be used if really necessary.
Caterpillars are the larvae of butterflies, moths and other winged insects. Their sole function is to eat plants until they are big enough to turn into adults. Caterpillars eat holes around the edges of leaves, but are not usually interested in small seedlings.
Caterpillars usually occur singly or in small numbers, so can be removed individually (and put in another part of the garden to complete their life-cycle if you like).
Vine Weevil Larva
Vine Weevils are flightless beetles with long noses which lay their eggs in soil, particularly in pots of plants and seedlings. The larvae are about half an inch long, fat and white with brown heads but no legs. They eat the roots of plants, and often the first you know about it is when your plants are dead. The grubs are resistant to many insecticides, but you can use a soil drench, or biological control (nematodes which transmit a fatal bacteria), or you can pick them out of your pots by hand.
Craneflies are rather elegant, long-legged insects that emerge in late summer from eggs laid the previous year. The female can lay up to 300 eggs, usually just below the surface, often in lawns but also in garden soil. The Craneflies themselves cause no damage to plants, except when they emerge and leave their larval cases embedded in lawns. Damage may also be caused by birds looking for the larvae.
These are the larvae of the Cranefly, and are dark brown tough-skinned grubs around an inch long, living just below the soil surface. They can cause damage to the roots and other underground parts of plants, particularly grasses in lawns.
Leatherjackets can be encouraged to come to the surface by watering the area and covering it with dark polythene. They can then be collected and disposed of.
Fungus Gnat, Sciarid Fly
One of the most troublesome pests in greenhouses, although it is mainly a nuisance to gardeners rather than a danger to plants. The Fungus Gnat is a small fly, breeding rapidly in warm conditions in leafmould, compost heaps and peat compost. The small larvae may damage plant roots.
Fungus gnats can be dealt with by using sticky traps or an insecticide.
Springtails are tiny insects that are often present in large numbers in pots, but may not be noticed until the plants are watered, when they jump all over the surface using their forked tails. They can damage the leaves, stems and roots of seedlings.
Springtails can be dealt with by using an appropriate insecticide on the soil surface.
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Almost all of the grapes for Domaine Carnerosâ€™ wines come from our own estate vineyards. This is important for two reasons. First it allows the winery to control and direct the production from the vineyard to the bottle, and secondly it allows for continuity in our product resulting in a consistency in our wines. Our vineyards are farmed with the point of view that quality and not tonnage is the primary goal. All of our clones have small-to-medium sized clusters, allowing greater flavor concentration. We also prune each block, during the spring, to remove weak shoots that would add tonnage but would bring down the quality of the fruit because of lack of maturity.
At Domaine Carneros, we know that to maintain the longevity of our vineyards and to protect the surrounding wildlife, we need to farm responsibly in a way that preserves the soils, eliminates erosion and preserves the local ecology. We have made several changes with these efforts in mind. We have moved to the use of mechanical weed removers to reduce herbicides and use chemicals that are either organic or environmentally safe. We have been able to do this by understanding life cycles of diseases and pests by careful observation in the vineyards. We are also introducing more cover crops, which are planted between the vine rows to stabilize the soils in the wet seasons and provide nutrients and organic matter to our soils. In addition, we work with the Napa Resource Conservation District (NRCD), an organization put together by the growers along Huichica Creek a sensitive water and wildlife area.
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Richard Franseen was sentenced to Alcatraz from 1937 to 1946 for counterfeiting. He had been raised on a farm in Minnesota and had some experience growing plants. By 1940, he was assigned to yard duties, tending to a greenhouse and a little garden.
Franseen proved to be a capable plant propagator and raised many seedlings that he shared with his friend and fellow incarcerated gardener Elliott Michener. The officer in charge noted that Franseen was "diligent…having a deep interest in his work." Franseen's correspondence from July 1945 confirmed the positive effect gardening had on him: “I have a good job in the garden and greenhouse and have done so much hard work on them that I've grown a bit attached to the place.”
Franseen was paroled to a dairy farm in Wisconsin, where Elliott Michener eventually joined him. The farm's site supervisor reported that Franseen "became an expert in the science of horticulture."


Come winters and its Citrus boom. Limes, Lemons, Oranges, Kinnows, Pomelos and all the local varieties of Citrus flood the market. And this is the best time to make Marmalade. Nothing beats homemade marmalade that is chunky and bittersweet. And even when the citrus season is over, you can savour the citrusy deliciousness from the bottle!
In North, our very own local citrus Malta reaches the market in early winters. Malta (Citrus sinesis) is the most commonly grown tree in the Kumaon hills. It fruits during winter season. Malta is called sweet orange. It is a hybrid between Pomelo (Citrus maxima) and Mandarin (Citrus reticulate). Malta is highly medicinal and has an intense citrusy flavour too. Local varieties are the best for marmalade as the skin is not sprayed with pesticides unlike the commercial varieties that are sprayed and waxed for an attractive look and longer shelf life.
Classic Malta Marmalade
8 Maltas (oranges or any citrus)
4 cups water
You will also need
A hand juicer, a sharp knife, kitchen scissors, muslin cloth, a plate kept in freezer and jars.
Wash and wipe the fruits.
Slice all the fruits into half. Juice the Maltas and lemons. Separate flesh and seeds.
Collect all the seeds.
With a sharp knife, scrape out the white membranes and keep them aside.
Scrape out as much pith as you can from the juiced fruit. Discard pith.
Cut peels (Malta and Lemon) into fine shreds with scissors. Collect all the seeds and membranes and tie them in a muslin cloth.
In a large steel wok/container, take juice, flesh, peels and water. Place muslin bag in the side. Bring the mixture to a boil. Cook till the shreds become tender. Keep pressing muslin bag from time to time. Seeds and membranes are rich in pectin. Whitish gel from muslin bag is pectin. It will help the marmalade set well.
Turn off the heat. Discard the muslin bag. Cool the mixture and refrigerate overnight.
Next morning, measure the mixture. For every one cup, add ¾ cup sugar. Boil.
Keep boiling till it becomes thick. To test for doneness, drop a spoonful on frozen plate. Push with a finger. If it has slight a film and collects, then it is done. If it spreads out thin, it needs to be cooked more. Repeat the frozen plate test.
To sterilize the bottles, Place the washed and dried bottles with the lids in the oven. Set the temperature to 100 degrees and set the timer to 10 minutes. Remove the bottles and their lids from the oven.
Ladle Marmalade into warm sterilized jars, leaving ½ inch space.


Travelers in Iceland are met with unusual variability in landscape and land condition. Within only a short distance they will experience anything from lush vegetation, fertile agricultural areas, sparse vegetation and desert.
The visitor will soon discover that the lack of trees and the extensive barren areas are some of the most striking features of Iceland. Possibly seeming quite natural in a country of volcanic origin with a chilling name. But, the reality is very different.
Most of the deserts and areas with broken soil cover were once covered with lush vegetation. The history of the soil- and vegetation resources of Iceland is a tragic example of long term consequences of the human battle for survial in a sensitive environment.
At the same time, with the oldest soil conservation services in the world, Iceland is also an encouraging example of what can be done to halt the destructive forces.
The first settlers who ventured to Iceland over 1100 years ago (874) came to a fertile land. Vegetation may have covered 60% of the country, and woodlands, mainly Birch (Betula pubescens), covered at least 25% of the land area. The trees sheltered loose soils of volcanic origin. But the woods were cut, burned and grazed and soon declined rapidly. ENSK_sagnagardur 018The initial loss of tree cover marked the beginning of catastrophic soil erosion processes that have devastated the Icelandic ecosystems.
The climatic deterioration in the 16. – 19. centuries and volcanic eruptions speed up the processes. Wind and water removes the soil leaving nothing but rocks and gravel. About 60% of the original vegetation may have been lost. The remaining vegetation is extensively degenerated.
About 96% of the tree cover has been lost, and trees now cover only 1% of Iceland. Poor land condition and continued soil erosion are considered to be the most severe environmental problems in Iceland. More than 37,000 km2 of the country (103,000 km2) are barren deserts and in addition large damaged areas have limited ENSK_sagnagardur 015productivity.
The rate of soil erosion was highest around the turn of the last century, threatening many districts of Iceland. However, it was not until the Soil Conservation Service of Iceland (SCSI) was established in 1907 that an organized battle began against the destructive forces.
The first 50 years were mostly devoted to fighting catastrophic soil erosion and fast moving sand dunes. Fences were erected to protect areas from grazing, and Beach Wildrye (Leymus arenarius) was seeded extensively as it is the only plant capable of immobilizing drifting sand in Iceland. Stone or timber walls were also ENSK_sagnagardur 028erected for the same purpose. Today, inhabited areas are no longer directly threatened by soil erosion. Therefore, in recent decades, the emphasis has shifted towards restoration of damaged ecosystems and soil resources. Much has been achieved and in many areas vegetation cover has been established. Despite the 100 years of active soil conservation and restoration, soil erosion is still widespread and land condition is far from adequate.
The role of the SCSI has increasingly been aimed at providing guidance and leadership to all who can provide landcare. About 20% of the nation’s sheep farmers, and a number of other land users are participating in the soil conservation work ENSK_sagnagardur 050under the theme, “Farmers Heal the Land”. Numerous organizations and volunteers also participate with the SCSI in co-operative tasks.
Strategies for sustainable land use are being developed, following the path marked by other nations. The SCSI aims for increased land-user responsibilities and an ethic of land stewardship
Soil conservation and restoration activities have an important role in meeting the goals of the Climate Convention. Carbon dioxide (CO2), one of the main atmospheric greenhouse gases, is converted to organic matter by plants, which in turn is the foundation of land fertility and food production. Thus, CO2, being an environmental threat in the atmosphere, once converted to organic material it is a valuable resource. CO2 can in fact be regarded as a misplaced resource!
As a result of the massive land degradation, vast amounts of carbon have been lost from Icelandic ecosystems. It is estimated that an equivalent of up to 1.8 billion tons (1.8 x 106) CO2 has been lost from soil and vegetation since settlement. For comparison, annual CO2 emissions from human activities in Iceland are about 3 million tons CO2. The Kyoto protocol to the Climate Convention includes options that allow nations to use conversion of CO2 to organic matter as one of the tools in ENSK_sagnagardur 104meeting national emissions targets.
The headquarters of the SCSI are located at Gunnarsholt, 100 km east of Reykjavík, close to the town of Hella. The visitor will find it hard to believe that this green spot was a drifting sand dune and an abandoned farm in 1927.
Gæðastýring í sauðsfjárrækt
Bændur græða landið
Varnir gegn landbroti


I’ve been excited to garden in my space this summer at the ISU Community Garden despite the extreme drought and hot, hot, hot conditions. The amount of produce has been greatly diminished in these conditions but has given us a bounty to enjoy. It is a challenge to work with that bounty, both to prepare and to preserve. It takes time and skills, some of which I’ve had to learn like canning. My mom canned amazing amounts of food every year but I wasn’t “present” enough in the process to fully remember it so the internet was my guide. And now I have lovely marinara and salsa lined up on shelves in my basement ready to provide that boost of summer when the cold winter winds blow.
My sister lives on a farm in southern Clay County and grew zucchini from the plants I started from seed. She doesn’t have a lot of experience with zucchini, however, and soon had fruits the size of baseball bats and no clue what to do with them. So I offered to take them to the Catholic Charities Foodbank and did. Some 45 pounds of zucchini. And some time later, I had a discussion with folks involved in the food distribution to the poor who lamented that fresh produce is often not the first choice when clients are selecting food from their shelves and often goes to waste. Seems a big problem is the lack of food preparation skills among many folks. I certainly understand that. Time, convenience, and the fact that the cheapest foods are generally prepared or fast foods has created a whole generation of folks who just don’t know what to do with a zucchini. Or a green bean. Or 4 pounds of tomatoes.
Then came news of a couple of soup kitchens in the area closing due to a lack of staff and/or volunteers.
And then I learned that people receiving Temporary Aid for Needy Families (TANF) sometimes have a difficult time finding suitable work to fulfill the work requirement to receive aid and I thought: is there a way to connect these dots? What if we could have knowledgeable cooks in our soup kitchens teaching TANF recipients how to cook using produce from our food banks and giving gardens to feed the needy in soup kitchens? Hmmm. I’d be delighted to talk with anyone who has thoughts on this.
Why is this important to Terre Foods? Well, having a community who knows how to prepare and preserve nature’s bounty is essential to its long-term survival and the ability of the local food economy to grow and prosper. Let’s get reconnected to our food!


Publish Date: 19/06/2022
The fresh and live food supplied to Macao arrived in Macao via the Border Gate checkpoint, underwent inspection and tests and was supplied to the market as usual today (19 June). As Macao has now entered a state of immediate prevention, both Nam Yue (Group) Co. Ltd. and Nam Kwong (Group) Company Limited have increased the amount of fresh and live food supplied to Macao. IAM stresses that the pandemic prevention work does not affect the supply of fresh and live food supplied to Macao and the food supply is abundant.
Currently, about 242 tonnes of vegetables, about 130 tonnes of fruit, about 632,000 eggs, about 340 live pigs are supplied to Macao every day, and the amount of food supplied to Macao is normal and is not affected by the pandemic.
IAM has continuously coordinated and maintained close communication with the suppliers of food imported into Macao to safeguard the quality, safety and stable supply of agricultural products such as vegetables and meat and fresh and live food. IAM has also contacted both Nam Yue (Group) Co. Ltd. and Nam Kwong (Group) Company Limited to ensure the transportation of the fresh and live food supplied to Macao is not affected, the supply is stable and the amount is abundant, so as to maintain a stable life for the public of Macao.


I love how God’s creativity is displayed in nature, especially through all of the beautiful plants he created. This is my newest experiment: attempting to root a ZZ plant from a leaf. Apparently, it takes a long time. A very long time.
I started this leaf and another almost three months ago, and there’s no sign of anything happening yet. But I’m holding out hope that one of these days, I’ll see a little sign of life–the tiniest new leaf, poking up out of the soil, or maybe the white, hairy curl of a new little root, feeling its way down to where the water is.
It’s kind of hard to be a gardener (even a houseplant gardener) without hope, you know? We plant seeds, and then we wait. We hope for spring. We hope for more blooms, or fewer bugs, or cooler temperatures. We pray for rain.
Last night at Bible study, we talked about this very thing…holding out hope when we don’t see any change. When the ground is dry or the branch is dead. When you’ve prayed the same prayer a thousand times. Don’t give up. He who called you is faithful. And one of these days, you’re going to see the tiniest sprout of green and know that your hope was not in vain.
That is what I miss on from seeing it every day on my mail run the trees plus the four seasons we have here. God’s hand on everything. Plus the farm animals like the cattle i use to stop and talk to them.


Green Power to Your Small Space: How to Garden with Ease and Grace
So, you want to add a little greenery to your home but don’t have much outdoor space? The good news is, you don’t need a lot of room to do this. Whether you are looking to get closer to nature, or like the idea of growing food, nowadays there are various gardening options to help you make your gardening project a reality.
When it comes to gardening small spaces are particularly challenging. But thanks to the variety of new gardening techniques, today people are able to grow fresh, delicious food in limited outdoor spaces, be it small yards, shared courtyards and even balconies. If you don’t live on a farm, nor have a large outdoor space, but would like to grow your own produce, it is not all bad news; here are a few tips from the experts to help you succeed in your gardening project.
Choose the Seeds Well
For some types of gardening small spaces need to have proper sunlight. So before you decide which seeds to plant it is essential to take a look at your garden’s layout carefully. Know that vegetables usually need lots of sun to grow big and plentiful. Therefore, have this in mind to make sure the seed you choose will receive the right amount of sun it needs to grow. When purchasing seeds online or at your local store, pay close attention to what each plant needs and make sure it will be able to thrive in your garden space.
If you are planting on a balcony, patio, or in a yard, it is crucial that you create a habitat that is inviting for pollinators. For that, you will need to plant flowers together with your vegetables or herbs to attract them. Keep in mind that pollinators are one of the key elements for your gardening to succeed.
When gardening in very small spaces such as raised beds and garden boxes, you need to pay attention to the soil’s nutritional needs. That is because plants in containers deplete the nutrients at a quicker rate than large-scale gardening. So, make sure you add organic compost, top-dress soil and spray with compost tea often.
Increase the Harvest
Choose plant varieties that will help you get the most out of your space. So, if you have a limited gardening space available, avoid planting broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, etc in there.
Plant in the Space You Have
Consider every space that you have available as the right one to grow produce. The balcony, the porch, the roof and even your fence are great spots for you to plant your seeds. All you need in this case are self-watering planters which will help you make gardening possible in every corner of your home, helping your plants thrive even when you’re not able to take care of their watering needs.


This site is delivered by the Abundance team, to promote the groups activities and allow the residents of Keyworth to contact us to request or offer help.
We pick your 'abundant' or excess fruit once or twice a week during season.
In the last few years we have picked Apples, Pears, Plums, Damsons, Cherries, Grapes.
If you would like our picking team to help you, please use the "Contact us" page.
Most Saturday mornings during the peak harvesting times at Keyworth village square
usually 10 am until 12 pm
At least once a year we have an apple pressing day where we will press fruit we have picked, and encourage anyone to bring their own produce to press for juice, wine or cider making.


Well we FINALLY had some amazing and MARVELOUS weather here this weekend and we really took advantage of it. Nothing makes me happier then sunshine, warmth, and time together.
We did it all this weekend. We grilled, planted the garden, played in the sprinkler, and just enjoyed!
The Hubs did an awesome job with our vegetable garden!
I had to remember that less is MORE with our garden as we have learned over the years that too much planting leads to over growth and a poor end result. This year we did tomatoes, kale and green beans. I’ve never done beans before but Sara loves them so I figured why not. We also did herbs in our planters. I wanted to plant zucchini but they didn’t have them in at the garden store!
Have you planted your garden yet? We always aim to get it in the ground by Mother’s Day. I’m so glad the weather cooperated.
The weather also cooperated for a fantastic run this weekend!
Oh, and as I mentioned on Saturday I stepped it up with my sprializer and check out my new toy!!
Hello zoodles galore and boy did it make doing some lunch prep yesterday a whole lot easier!! So excited!!
So it’s a full week of work for me. My first full week since before B came and hopefully all will go well. I did extra dinner prep last night and extra cooking to make dinners a little easier and my lunches are prepped for the next few days!
How was your weekend? Did you get outside and enjoy the nice weather? What’s your favorite thing to do when it’s warm out?