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Star fruit: Bursting with vitamins
Mumbai :: India | 1 day ago
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Off the tree and into the blender for a great-tasting, healthy smoothie. Photo: Ranjini Kamath The locally available golden star fruit makes for a great summer cooler Childhood memories for most Bangaloreans would include the luscious star fruit (
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An A for Amaranth
Mexico City :: Mexico | 1 day ago
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You can't go online without stumbling on goji berries from Mongolia...All bristling with whopping price tags, inflated by shipping, marketing and packaging. Look beyond the slick jargon and you'll notice that super foods are actually the most
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Anticipation grows for farm market corn
Fresno :: TX :: USA | 1 day ago
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tool goes here Fresh from the fields, the much-anticipated Fresno State corn is expected to arrive Friday at the Gibson Farm Market. Bins of sweet-tasting corn will be ready when the campus store opens at 7 a.m. Fans of the locally grown corn have
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Could African Crops Be Improved With Private Biotech Data?
Washington :: DC :: USA | 2 days ago
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I'm shocked by the optimism here," Howard Yana-Shapiro, the chief agricultural officer for Mars Inc. said Tuesday to the audience of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs' Global Food Security Symposium in Washington, D.C. Seated there before him
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Farmers count losses as maize bug hits again
Narok :: Kenya | 2 days ago
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The maize viral disease that led to huge losses last year has been reported again in Narok. The stalks and leaves of maize crops have started turning brown, an indication of the presence of the lethal Necrosis disease. On Wednesday, farmers from
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Sydney :: Australia | 2 days ago
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Agricultural Marketing Authority sales and marketing manager Alifereti Yaya said farmers were not taking advantage of the two processing plants in the division. He urged them to plant cassava for commercial purposes given the potential for an
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Beetle infestation threatening date palms
Tel Aviv :: Israel | 3 days ago
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Date palms in cities throughout Israel have fallen prey to a beetle that eats away at the tree trunk and could cause them to fall over this summer, endangering pedestrians, the Agriculture Ministry has warned. The ministry called on the public to
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Byron business supplies East County yards and beyond with palm trees
Alameda :: CA :: USA | 3 days ago
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Their 13.5-acre property on Hoffman Lane includes a 6,250-square foot home, chicken coop, farm animals, vegetable garden, fruit trees and more than 3,500 palm trees for sale in a dozen different varieties. The Hogge's backyard oasis is as lush as
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Fresh viral maize disease worries farmers
Nairobi :: Kenya | 3 days ago
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Rating In Summary The disease has spread across many fields and distraught farmers have uprooted the affected stalks. Farmers are a worried lot after the resurgence of a maize virus in Kakamega. The disease, which ruined crops in the North Rift last
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Sour power: The invention that sprays lemons and limes straight onto your food
New York City :: NY :: USA | 3 days ago
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21 May 2013 A spray gun that spikes straight into citrus fruits and instantly extracts fresh juice to be squirted onto food and drinks has been launched. The plastic Stem' gadget plugs directly into lemons, limes and oranges and sprays out a fine
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