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Grow Lights used in Hydroponics

hydroponics5 wrote 16 hours ago: Grow Lights used in Hydroponics A very important part of Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA), a … more »

Tags: Grow Lights used in Hydroponics, Hydroponic Culture has Advanced Our Food Supply, hydroponics, Hydroponic Gardening, Peas

Nassau County, Florida Garden for July and August

swampie wrote 4 days ago: July:  Vegetables: It’s too hot to be planting anything but lima beans, eggplant, okra, South … more »

Tags: Agriculture, life in Florida

Let them eat bugs!

lindym wrote 5 days ago: Eating insects does far less damage [than eating meat which uses up a lot of resources to produce]. … more »

Tags: Food, New Idea

Fannie, Freddie, bank failures, and CPI oh my

ptohos wrote 1 week ago: To help us understand the magnitude of Fannie and Freddie’s problems: Emac states that Fannie … more »

Tags: Economics, Food, bank failures, Banking, fannie-freddie, federal reserve, great depression part 2, Inflation

World Food Crisis and Politics

compmed wrote 1 week ago: FarmPolicy.com July 15, 2008 Keith Bradsher and Andrew Martin reported in today’s New York Times … more »

Tags: Environment, Add new tag

Staph a. resistant strains of MRSA in pork-new crisis?

compmed wrote 2 weeks ago: Is there antibiotic-resistant staph bacteria is in the 762 million pounds of Canadian pork that … more »

Tags: Alerts, Add new tag, Food Contamination

Opinion - the upper middle class doesn't see it.

postalheaven wrote 3 weeks ago: Asking customers and acquaintances if they were seeing the slowdown in the economy affecting them, I … more »

Tags: 27401, , 336-456-3723, Anton Bell, billionaires, Blog, Class, Downtown, downtown Greensboro

Total amount of planted acres of corn down 7% nationally due in part to Midwest flooding.

Lawyer Sanders wrote 3 weeks ago: According to a report issued by the USDA, American farmers will harvest nearly 9 percent fewer acres … more »

Tags: Food Products, Corn, corn producing states, midwest flooding

Another Salmonella-Tomato Post

flyingtomato wrote 4 weeks ago: I am still getting a lot of hits on my last post on this subject, but I am concerned that there is s … more »

Tags: local foods, sustainability, CSA, Food, local food, Farmer's Markets, Tomatoes, Salmonella, food borne illness

USDA to release 2008 Acreage Report assessing impact of Midwest floods on June 30.

Lawyer Sanders wrote 1 month ago: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is assess … more »

Tags: USDA, 2008 crop acreage, flood events, Midwest Flood, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Farmers

You. Will. Not. Be. Able. To. Get. Food. - report on trends2 comments

sakerfa wrote 1 month ago: Need this be spelled out any more plainly? It is time to consider that the stage has been set for pe … more »

Tags: Economy, Energy, nwo, climate change, Famine, Food, petroleum, topsoil loss

Venezuela's Cooperatives Revitalize Idle Farms

VenWorld wrote 1 month ago: Now here is something that is good for the economy and the environment. Idle estates in rural Venez … more »

Tags: Society / Politics, Nature environment, Venezuela, Food, Food crisis, Food Security, Agriculture, Cooperatives, farming

Despite Calamities, China's Summer Harvest Mostly Complete

swampie wrote 1 month ago: JINAN, June 15 (Xinhua) — China’s agricultural authority has expressed confidence in the … more »

Tags: Climate crap

Venezuela: Putting Money Where the Mouths Are

VenWorld wrote 1 month ago: Venezuela is upping investments in agriculture in response to concerns about food supplies that are … more »

Tags: Society / Politics, the region, Environment, Venezuela, venezuelan government, Food, Politics, Food crisis, Food Security

Asian Scramble for Reliable Rice Supplies Continues

johnibii wrote 1 month ago: By John E. Carey Peace and Freedom . We haven’t heard much about the “Global Food Crisis … more »

Tags: Bahrain, basamati, China, Exports, Fertile, Food, Food Security, Imports, India

Question 10: Food supply vs. petrol

Relm wrote 1 month ago: What is more important, a sustining food supply for those human beings left on earth or the price of … more »

Tags: Questions, Oil, Petrol, Prices, reality, starving, TV Show

Harvest worries mean little reason to be festive2 comments

adamsmith1922 wrote 1 month ago: Peter Newcomb for The New York Times Randy Kron, a farmer in Griffin, Ind., on land that was a co … more »

Tags: farming & agriculture, Biofuels, Food Security, Food Prices, food-issues, Commodities, Natural Disasters, Resources, China

First tomatoes, now roadside chicken2 comments

Robert Johnson wrote 1 month ago: Tue Jun 10, 3:35 PM ET SIMSBURY, Conn. - Authorities in Connecticut are wondering who stuffed a raw … more »

Tags: Community, Culture, Public, Robert Johnson, terrorist chicken

Tomato fever, or, birds pee on them, too3 comments

Robert Johnson wrote 1 month ago: Looks like some folks who didn’t make like good little raccoons and wash their produce, which … more »

Tags: Commerce, Robert Johnson, Public, Pandemic, Panic


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