Update On NRCS High Tunnel Pilot Program

February 3, 2010 Farming & Agriculture

Martha Noble writes on the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition web site,
The date for states to opt into the NRCS Seasonal High Tunnel Pilot Program closed on January 29 with 42 states, including Hawaii and the Pacific Islands, choosing to participate.  States not signed up by January 29 include Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, New Jersey, [...]

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Hunger In America

February 3, 2010 Farming & Agriculture

I have always believed and still do, it is not that U.S. farmers aren’t producing enough food; it is a problem of the “free market” denying access and distribution to the people who need it most… Feeding America’s Hunger Report 2010 says,
Hunger in America 2010 is the largest study of domestic hunger, providing comprehensive and [...]

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City Wide Composting Coming To Montreal Area

February 3, 2010 Compost

CBC News is reporting,
In the next five years, 585,000 households and businesses in the greater Montreal area will stop sending their table scraps and grass clippings to landfills, city officials said Monday.
Federal, provincial and municipal governments came together to announce $559 million in organic-waste recycling projects for Montreal, Laval, Longueuil and communities on Montreal’s south [...]

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GMO Tomato Stays “Fresh” For Six Weeks

February 3, 2010 Farm/Garden Politics

Genetic research scientists in India found by “turning off” genes linked to the production of enzymes that ripened tomatoes they could lengthen the life of tomatoes by up to 45 days. They did no research data on if any human would want to eat them…
Fiona Macrae writes in the Daily Mail,
The curse of the soggy [...]

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The Secrets Of Grandpa’s Garden

February 3, 2010 Compost

In Kuala Lumpur, a sixty year old man has secrets that he uses to grow 16 different kinds of vegetables in his yard. Mysinchew.com reports,

The majority of people today are only interested in making money. However, there is one man who cares only about the secrets of making the soil softer so that he can [...]

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