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Farmer and cheesemaker Lisa Schwartz will offer tastings of her prized cheeses and sign copies of her memoir, “Over the Rainbeau: Living the Dream of Sustainable Farming,” during a book signing from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, December 5, at Elm Street Books.
MRV COMMUNICATIONS, INC., today announced its OptiSwitch 900 demarcation series (OS900) and OptiSwitch 9000 aggregation series (OS9000) have qualified for technical acceptance based upon the standards of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Utilities Service (RUS). MRV is a leading networking company with a full line of packet-optical transport (P-OTS), carrier Ethernet, 40G ...
Former U.S. Sen. Paula Hawkins, the first woman elected to a full Senate term without a family political connection, has died.
By: Yuan Na’in-Tien The Herald will introduce the 120th editorial board and a new slate of leaders in the organization at the annual staff banquet tonight at Cav Restaurant downtown....
A recent report issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture showed that 49 million people in American households - one in six - went hungry or had insufficient food at some point last year.
The face of Iraqi farmer Aid Shamkhi darkens as he looks at his parched, weed-strewn ground in the heart of what was once the country's breadbasket.
In the heart of the Amazon, a group of lumberjacks is pioneering the sustainable exploitation of the world's biggest rainforest doing their part to combat global warming.
MACKAY, Australia, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- A 29-year-old man was stung in the face by a poisonous jellyfish when he jumped into the water off the coast of Australia's South Molle Island, officials said.
China has approved genetically modified strains of rice and corn in a move experts say could dramatically boost crop yields and help the world's most populous nation avoid food shortages.
Agriculture futures were mixed early Friday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for March delivery slid 5.5 cents to $5.66 a bushel, while March corn fell 3.75 cents to $3.97 a bushel and oats for March delivery lost 3.5 cents to $2.595 a bushel.
Thousands of acres of land enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program are set to expire over the next few years. That worries some conservation groups. But a new conservation program established in the 2008 Farm Bill may be able to make up for some of the loss.
Biomass byproducts generated in the process of developing winter barley as an ethanol feedstock can be used to manufacture biomass-derived fuels and coproducts, Biomass Magazine reported. Researchers at the USDA Agricultural Research Service's Eastern Regional Research Center in Pennsylvania found the resulting barley straw, hulls and the coproduct distillers dried grains with solubles can be ...
In a normal year, their fall harvest would have been in the bin nearly a month ago. But in a year f ...
The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services on Thursday began a formal investigation into the America's Polo Cup, the business entity run by Michaele and Tareq Salahi that the couple says raises funds for their charitable organization, as a host of other problems became apparent for...
Maryland plans to dramatically increase the area of the Chesapeake Bay that is closed to oyster harvests, Gov. Martin O'Malley said Thursday, offering an expanded foothold to an iconic species that has dropped to 1 percent of its peak population.
A park in Amsterdam has begun planting 150 saplings from an ancient chestnut tree that once cheered Anne Frank as her family hid from the Nazis.
DES MOINES – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey commented on the Iowa Crops and Weather report released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistical Service. The report is released weekly from April through October.
One local farmer believes the livelihood of some Central Pennsylvania dairy farmers could be in jeopardy.
"Sustainability" is sustained on the backs of cheap, migrant labor.
A group of musicians including Dave Matthews, Neil Young, Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp got together in St. Louis, Missouri recently and held a benefit concert to raise money for small farmers.
Tulare, Calif., (AgPR) - The results are in for the highly anticipated 2010 Top-10 New Products competition, the winners of which will be showcased Feb. 9-11 during the 43rd annual World Ag Expo in Tulare, Calif.
Boston Globe - By Stephanie McCrummen - Nov. 29 (News) - In recent ...
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