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In Mississippi Delta, a Promising Summer Washed Away by the Fall
Lexington :: KY :: USA | 6 days ago
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It was a long day for John Hart, a farmer in the hills just east of the Mississippi Delta. An insurance company had decreed that, though Mr. Hart's crop of soybeans and rice was ruined, he would have to harvest it and haul it to a salvage company for...
Tags: agriculture, farming, harvest, Mississippi Delta, allnews, Mr. Hart, crops, Mr. Clark, black farmers, Lexington, Family farm, Mississippi, Environment, Farms, Agricultural economics
Farmers Take Advantage of Unseasonable Temps to Harvest
Delayed by rain throughout much of October, farmers in the upper Midwest region are feeling the pressure now to finish harvesting corn and soybeans before snow starts falling on the area. Statistics released by the United States Department...
Tags: harvest, agriculture, corn, Midwest, crops, farming, allnews, Monroe, Statistics, Energy crops, Environment, Southern Wisconsin
Obama's pick for Chief Agricultural Negotiator: pesticides for Michelle's garden
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.— Due to his loyalty to the pesticide and biotech industry, the Center for Biological Diversity opposes the nomination of Islam Siddiqui as chief agricultural negotiator in the Office of the United States Trade Representative. Dr....
Tags: Obama, White House, Michelle Obama, Islam Siddiqui, pesticides, pollution, organic, genetically modified food, CropLife America, Clean Water Act, ESA, Children, Center for Biological Diversity, farming, agriculture
Farming of goats and sheeps
Sheep and goat breeds are at higher risk of losing their identity due to indiscriminate breeding and lack of any breeding policy or directive from the government. In fact, no significant development project or programme for improvement or selective...
Tags: farming
The World of Wild Edibles
A few months ago I was reading a book about permaculture called, “Gaia’s Garden”, and came across a section in it covering wild edibles. I’ve been gardening since I was a teenager so I was excited to find out that some wild...
Tags: agriculture, creeping cucumber, farming, Gaias Garden, gardening, Maypop, milkweed vine, organic, permaculture, Purslane, Self-sufficiency, Stinging nettle, wild edibles
Hemp Farmers Protest by Growing on DEA Lawn
Yesterday the Obama administration announced that the national government will stop interfering with states rights to legalize medicinal marijuana. With the government beginning to realize that marijuana is hardly a drug that should be prosecuted, some...
Tags: DEA, Hemp Farming, Protesting, Farming, Hemp, Washington DC, Police, Laws, Arlington
Humans might have triggered climate change with early agriculture
It’s a little scary that we keep making the same mistakes as our ancestors despite our advanced technology and the 20/20 perfection of hindsight. Lest you assume that early humans could not have caused too much damage ‘way back...
Tags: climate change, agriculture, forests, farming, global warming
To Be Or Not To Be Organic? That is the Question.
I hear the question on the news about whether organic is better than other “regular” food, now they are looking into it and that makes me laugh, LOL. Simple common sense, if you have any, will tell you if food or other products we ingest,...
Tags: organic, food, health, chemicals, toxins, children, plastic, earth, planet, farming
We need water
As I sit here in the San Joaquin Valley with no water for farming. I wonder what the idiots in LA and San Fransico are going to eat when the food runs out. WE NEED WATER TO FARM. SAVE A FARMER EAT A DELTA SMELT> ...
Alex James to Make Royal Cheese
Alex James, bassist of Blur, parted ways with the band at its demise in 2003. After days with Blur, James headed a completely different direction- organic cheese.Although the band has reunited for summer festivals in the U.K., James has not left his love...
Tags: blur, royal family, UK, cheese, farming
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