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Seen that? - Harvest Moon for Revolution?
in House of Nintendo, on November 9, 2009
...he Revolution's controller would be utilized in the game. Digging, hoeing, and other aspects of farming could be [...] Read More Interview with Harvest Moon Creator Yasuhiro Wada ...
Al Gore, climate change profits and civil disobedience
in Sox First, on November 9, 2009
...s in smart electricity grids. That's on top of his companies focused on bio-fuels, sustainable fish farming, electric vehicles and solar power. And then there is London-based Generation Investment Ma...
Oil industry plans grass roots lobbying campaign on climate change
in Sox First, on August 16, 2009
...erail Barack Obama's climate change strategy, organizing rallies by companies in manufacturing, farming and oil. They would send out employees to protest against any laws to control climate change...
Can manufacturing be saved?
in Sox First, on July 23, 2009
...hods of fertilizing, better systems of crop rotation, and efficiencies of large scale have all made farming much more productive. "Manufacturing is analogous. In America and elsewhere around the...
Install OS X On SD Card
in Wangtam, on 2009-07-01
...uot;
• China Bans Gold Farming
• Firefox 3.5 vs. Chrome 3 Showdown, Round 1: How private is private browsing?
• Copywriting Tips for Online Marketing Success From Copyblogger | Copyblogger
• D...
How Big is Your Farm?
in BootStrapMe, on June 21, 2009
Seth Godin asked that question recently, as a metaphor. If you own a lot of acres but just have a few bags of seed, you might be tempted to spread out what you've got and cover as much territory as you can. Farmers tell me that this is wasteful and time consuming. You end up with less yield an...
H.R.875 Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009
in Do you like to cook?, on March 12, 2009
...d in the bill.
They're finding things in the bill that:
* Effectively criminalizes organic farming but doesn't actually use the word organic.
* Effects anyone growing food even if they ar...
Global warming a last priority
in Sox First, on January 25, 2009
...ent gasoline. Other industries likely to be affected would include insurance, real estate, tourism, farming, food and beverages , utilities and construction. I looked at this issue two nearly years...
Flood Tolerant Rice Varieties Passes Field Trials
in The Biotech Weblog, on November 23, 2008
...tial impact of these new flood-resistant varieties is expected to be enormous, considering the rice farming regions that suffer major floods each year. These new Sub1 varieties are NOT genetically m...
New Pepper Cultivars Developed for the American Market
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 31, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Elena Schweitzer Agricultural researchers have developed several new pepper cultivars that were more well adapted to climatic conditions and plant diseases of the Southwest and to U.S. consumer preferences. To date they have new cultivars of jalapeno, serran...
Europe catches the US car industry disease
in Sox First, on October 24, 2008
...l 65%. The only reason its third quarter earnings were anywhere near respectable was on the back of farming machinery sales. Then Daimler cuts its full year earnings forecast on the back of slowing ...
Dulce Designs Spring Line
in Busy with Style, on October 15, 2008
... in her native country of Brazil, from self-sustaining communities whose livelihood revolves around farming and craft-production. Brazil is not known for anything that fades into the background, so ...
Giant Knotwood Extract Regalia Biopesticide
in The Biotech Weblog, on September 26, 2008
Marrone Organic Innovations, Inc. has launched Regalia® SC , a new biopesticide for controlling both fungal and bacterial disease in a wide range of fruit, ornamental and vegetable crops.
The EPA-registered product is an extract of giant knotweed, Reynoutria sachalinensis, which effectively
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Farmer CIO
in The CIO Weblog, on June 2, 2008
...tly, with a combination of good market prices for their goods and cheaper technology, have smaller farming operations had an opportunity to buy in to the technology.
I wonder if it will continue to h...
Marraccini Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on May 30, 2008
...ack on the East coast. In the Allegheny Mountains in Paw Paw, West Virginia, they eked out a living farming organic vegetables, while Lee put all his energy into making jewelry. He started Moondance S...
Vertical Farming: Getreidefeld im Hochhaus?
in Daily Innovation, on 29.05.08
Die Weltbevölkerung wächst immer weiter. Das stellt Agrarexperten vor das Problem, wie all diese Menschen mit Nahrungsmitteln versorgt werden können. Sie suchen nach neuen Wegen platzsparend Nahrungsmittel anzubauen. Dickson Despommier hat ein neues Konzept vorgelegt, nach dem leerstehende Bürohoc...
Growing Your Own Food Makes Little Economic Sense, But If It Makes You Happy...
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on May 23, 2008
...ity these days: it's not profitable to grow food in small quantities. That's why corporate farming has taken over: it produces food at a lower price (although I'd question whether that foo...
The global food crisis
in Sox First, on May 23, 2008
... any other commodities. The only way forward, says the report, is to encourage fresh investment in farming, encouraging farmers to produce more and, by offering them micro-credits, to produce food mo...
Babies of Farm Moms, Better Protected from Allergies
in Allergies, on May 22, 2008
...her newborn from allergies and other childhood atopic diseases.
In a study of the children of 18 farming mothers and 59 non-farming mothers, the researchers believe they have proved their hypothesis...
The First Weekend in May
in Do you like to cook?, on May 1, 2008
...e of the Dales in Leyburn, England offers a weekend of local food vendors, cooking demonstrations, farming advice, events for the kids and " food and drink galore! "
From the fresh and l...
Using Age Of A Domain To Calculate Relevance
in The Search Engine Weblog, on April 28, 2008
...as a post on a patent filing by Microsoft in using the age of a domain to reduce the impact of link farming on search engine results. The concept uses the information obtained from the domain hosting ...
End of March Food and Wine Events
in Do you like to cook?, on March 27, 2008
...fine Big Island chefs, chocolatiers, ice cream and candy makers; provide a means to highlight cacao farming and support the chocolate industry in Hawai'i; and raise funds to support education oppo...
Las Vegas History
in Play Las Vegas, on February 24, 2008
..., water, a commodity that is now in short supply.
Early attempts to turn the area into a religious farming community didn't work out very well but did establish the area as a viable place to live...
SEO Basics : Organic Link Farming - Advantages and disadvantages
in The Search Engine Weblog, on February 12, 2008
...Link farming is the technique of having a network of sites link to each other in an effort to boost the over all rankings for the site.
While Webopedia gives a flat definition of link farming with ...
California Wants Emissions Limits on "Non-Road" Engines
in Under My Helmet, on February 1, 2008
...ts and off road vehicles. Dozens of non-road vehicles and engines, including equipment used in farming, mining and construction are being targeted for inclusion. That will clearly drive up the al...
CSA's
in Do you like to cook?, on January 28, 2008
...9;s.
Some additional sources:
Local Harvest
The usda 's information on alternative farming
Green People's list
Food Connect (in Australia)
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Indian IT Outsourcing market continues to grow
in The CIO Weblog, on January 25, 2008
...n fact, most of the outsourcing growth is forecast to come from other Indian outsourcing companies, farming out their own operations and development work.
The New York Times is reporting that the I...
Losing My Appetite for Food Regulation, Part 2
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on December 21, 2007
... most of the water in China is now rated so low, it is not recommended for any use - much less fish farming.
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Interview with Harvest Moon Creator Yasuhiro Wada
in House of Nintendo, on December 3, 2007
...use heavy violence in its expression. For those not in the know, the Harvest Moon series deals with farming. Sounds ho-hum, but the series has slowly gained a real fanbase over the years, despite bein...
Bonny Doon To List Ingredients On Wine Labels
in Celebrate Wine, on December 1, 2007
...ised Bonny Doon has made the decision to do this. Since 2003, the vineyard has employed biodynamic farming practices and this year received demeter certification for the production of wine from...
Bodegas Pucho Mencia 2005
in Celebrate Wine, on November 27, 2007
...e than four shoots per vine. This keeps the yield quite low. In this video, the owner discusses his farming techniques:
Bodegas Pucho has whet my appetite for Mencia, and I look forward to try...
Fox vs. Hedgehog Analogy Works Down on the Farm
in Bizinformer, on November 17, 2007
...nciples used in manufacturing, marketing and service can be used in one of the oldest professions - farming.
I come from a farming family - well, indirectly. All my cousins lived on farms all in the ...
Gene Linked to E. carotovora Virulence Identified
in The Biotech Weblog, on November 8, 2007
In a study published in the Journal of Bacteriology , scientists have identfieid a gene in the bacterium Erwinia carotovora , that influences its ability to infect and damage crops.
E. carotovora causes blackleg and soft rot in potatoes, but may also infect other crops such as carrots, ...
New Laws for ATVs and Hunting in Oregon
in Under My Helmet, on November 5, 2007
...ese days have it so easy.
These days, ATVs are everywhere and they're used for everything from farming and ranching tools to emergency service and military applications, and especially rec...
Don't have a cow, but that milk isn't organic
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on October 25, 2007
I've said it before, and I'll say it again - in business, it's all about the money eventually.
Time warp to 2003, Aurora Dairy gets a big $18 million investment to help finalize the company's transition from conventional milk to organic milk production (why chemical infested ...
Rune Factory 2 Trailer & Screens
in House of Nintendo, on October 17, 2007
...ere are also some nice character graphics , in-game screenshots of both cut scenes and hardcore farming action , and some of the monsters you'll meet on your fantasy and farming adventures. ...
US Reconsiders H2A Visa Rules for Agricultural Workers
in Global Mobility Report, on October 10, 2007
...or are reviewing federal regulations for the H2A seasonal agricultural workers visa to help the farming sector meet labor needs, especially at harvest time.
Comprehensive immigration reform pr...
Adopt-A-Grape
in Celebrate Wine, on September 28, 2007
...grow and produce grapes. However, this soil creates extraordinary fruit and is worth the trouble of farming such inhospitable soil.
I've always heard that you have to make the vines suffer to pro...
Whole Foods Launches Organic Wine
in Celebrate Wine, on September 13, 2007
..., both of which are made from certified organic grapes. The Australian winery practices sustainable farming and the wines are packaged in Tetra Pak Tetra Prisma packaging which environmentally-friendl...
Canadian Vineyards Going Organic
in Celebrate Wine, on September 3, 2007
...st year. The year before, they rose 3 percent. But it seems to be more of a concern for sustainable farming rather than profit that is driving wineries to go organic. Not all are aiming for certficati...
Bt Maize More Susceptible to Aphids
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 30, 2007
According to a study published in PLOS ONE , genetically modified Bt maize are more susceptible to aphids .
Within five out of six pairs that were evaluated, transgenic maize lines were significantly more susceptible to aphids than their near-isogenic equivalents, with the remaining pair...
Genetically Modified Aluminum-Tolerant Sorghum
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 29, 2007
Cornell researchers have cloned a novel aluminum-tolerant gene in sorghum and expect to have new genetically-engineered aluminum-tolerant sorghum lines by next year. This is a significant development considering there are extensive areas (see photo) that are highly acidic, with pH of 5 or below,...
Wallet-Friendly Organic Wines
in Celebrate Wine, on August 8, 2007
...l-balanced acidity.
The article also has a very brief tutorial on terminology related to organic farming ....
Yee-haw for Texas Wines
in Celebrate Wine, on July 10, 2007
...t; he said. "Anyone getting into this business needs to realize it's the ultimate hands-on farming operation. There's a lot of work to do in the field, plus you have to be aware of weathe...
Did you turn off the toilet?
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on July 10, 2007
...mote locations a bit more bearable. Not only that, but your own excrement can be used to feed your farming soil (video), or even fuel your car .
These composting systems come in many differ...
Grgich Hills Releases Biodynamic Sauv Blanc
in Celebrate Wine, on July 7, 2007
...ern Napa Valley, which limits vigor, producing fewer grapes with more intense flavor.
Biodynamic farming is a specific type of organic farming that goes a step further and employs certain agricultu...
Soller Has It All
in Hidden Travel Gems, on July 2, 2007
...'s main airport by road. Though the town's main industry is tourism, olive and citrus fruit farming are still practiced. A stroll around Soller will also reveal the old, but well-kept early 20...
Fords in Aurora. Umm... Aurora?
in Classical Drives, on June 27, 2007
...gers. Aurora is located close to Interstate 5 in Oregon's Willamette Valley and though once a farming community is now known for its antique shops. The auction is at the Aurora airport, about 1....
Slavery in India, of the most despicable kind
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on June 18, 2007
...and the only path for women is marriage and child birth . This would be a great system if the farming industry wasn't in so much trouble, and every family gave birth to a boy.
Even though t...
Adventure Cycling Introduces Northern California Bike Tour
in The Outdoor Weblog, on June 11, 2007
...entral Sierra Nevada. After looping back through the Capay Valley (a little-known hotbed of organic farming) and Sonoma, the ride follows a little known road through Coleman Valley, high above the Pac...
USA and EU: I'm right, you're wrong, end of story
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on May 19, 2007
Modern day agriculture in developed countries is really flourishing - but only because the small farms are being oppressed and put out of business. Nowadays it seems farmers can only get along if they use special self-destructing single use seeds and industrial chemical fertilizers and pes...
ATV Types: Four Wheeled Quads
in Under My Helmet, on May 8, 2007
...ich featured four-wheel-drive and were much heavier than the sport quads. They are largely used for farming/ranching, or other work-related activities. Four-wheel-drive ATVs have been the most popular...
Rapeseed-Derived Biodiesel Emits More Potent Greenhouse Gases
in The Biotech Weblog, on April 23, 2007
...gases when burnt by the engine, most of the emissions from rapeseed-derived biodiesel occurs during farming of the crop. The fields emit Nitrous oxide (also known as laughing gas) which is 200-...
Ethiscore: Noten für Unternehmen
in Bio Channel, on 27.03.07
...Policy, Irresponsible Marketing, Armaments
Animals: animal Testing, Factory Farming, Other Animal Rights
Politics: Genetic Engineering, Boycott Call, Political Activities, Anti-Social Finance...
Rome and Wine
in Celebrate Wine, on March 19, 2007
...how important vine cultivation had become in an agrarian economy that traditionally was subsistence farming.
Indeed, by 154 BC, says Pliny, wine production in Italy was unsurpassed. That same year, t...
Quads On The Farm
in Under My Helmet, on March 11, 2007
... quads.
The farmer had set aside one of his fields for them to ride in, and even used some of his farming equipment to carve out a very nice and very technical track. It was definitely an experience...
Organic Wine Tasting Tonight
in Celebrate Wine, on January 12, 2007
...l be on hand to provide diners with the history of the winery and its unique approach to biodynamic farming.
Wine dinner packages with a five-course meal are available on January 12th from 5 p.m. to...
Wi-Fi Fever in Salamanca, Chile
in The Wireless Weblog, on January 10, 2007
...een the large and small cities."
"Amid the dry, brown hills surrounding this unassuming farming town, 10 telecommunications antennae have been erected, providing Internet coverage for 88 p...
Bikes, Wine, and New Zealand
in Celebrate Wine, on January 8, 2007
... by the time you've negotiated the hazardous, twisting mountain pass you're deep into sheep-farming country. The town's vineyards date back only to 1980, making it one of the newer wine-gr...
Optimizing Your Website the RIGHT Way
in The Search Engine Weblog, on December 30, 2006
...et a boost on major search engines. Be cautious about unethical SEO techniques. Stay away from link farming, cloaking, spamming, keyword stuffing, doorways, and mirror sites. To be sure about the tech...
Audeamus Great Reads
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on November 30, 2006
...helsea Green comes Ethical Markets: Growing the Green Economy .
At the Wild Farm Alliance is Farming and the Fate of Nature: Essays in Conservation-Based Agriculture .
From Fieldstone Allian...
Benchmarking Website for Dairy Farmers Biz Development
in Home Based Business, on November 8, 2006
... to be on the countryside and would like to try the milk industry or knows anyone who is into dairy farming, this benchmarking website from the Milk Development Council might help improve his farm...
Fruity Buderim Ginger Bears
in Do you like to cook?, on October 31, 2006
I've had Buderim candied ginger bites in Australia and someone brought me ginger bears once. Come again you say? Ginger bears have the flavour of ginger beer in a gummy bear. Now here come Fruit & Ginger Bears!
Featuring a range of fabulously fruity flavours blended with unmis...
More on Organic Wines
in Celebrate Wine, on October 27, 2006
...ip of Peter Mondavi, Jr., Charles Krug is among the first well known wineries to convert to organic farming practices, a transition that began in 2003 and, with this new certification, now includes so...
EXCLUSIVE: Nascar Fuel Expert Claims Invention of "Pigoline" Gas
in Philoneist, on October 5, 2006
...problems at once: addiction to foreign oil and biological pollution from commercial hog and poultry farming. Says Frank Bell, the president of the Waste Elimination Biostill Systems (WEBS), Gokel'...
Vineyards Get Sheepish
in Celebrate Wine, on October 2, 2006
...ire a lot of up keep and manual labor. Now, some grape growers are learning a thing or two from old farming techniques when it comes to keeping down the weeds.
From The Chicago Tribune : Grape grow...
Remote Islands, Pop. 717, Seek Wireless Network
in The Wireless Weblog, on October 1, 2006
...wireless broadband for the islands, McLaren says, include telemedicine, support for the fishing and farming industries, and communication between parents and their children attending school on the mai...
The Amazon is Where it is at: Terra Preta Soils
in IfEnergy, on September 19, 2006
...they could not support intensive agriculture, as described by the Conquistador. Soil tests and even farming trials have been done in the Amazon to support this claim and even modern chemicals and trea...
Terra Preta Soils
in IfEnergy, on September 18, 2006
I would like to thank Erich J. Knight for sending me his opinion on Terra Preta soils which has led me to do my own readings on the subject. I confess that anything related to the soil and agronomy is very exciting for me. In college my best subjects included soil sciences and chemistry ...
Vineyards Go High Tech
in Celebrate Wine, on August 29, 2006
... Just like any form of farming, it takes a lot of work to manage a vineyard. If you've ever tried to grow even a small garden yourself, then you have a little idea of how involved this sort of w...
