Publication archives

Mar 30, 2007

Red Currant Tomato

South American species of tomato produces huge branches of tiny fruit. Sweet yet tart with an intense tomato flavor. Vigorous plants yield heavily. (Note - currant tomatoes cross easily with other tomatoes, so don't plant near varieties you are going to save for seed)
Mar 29, 2007

Whole Foods begins fair trade program

AUSTIN, Texas --Natural and organic supermarket chain Whole Foods Market Inc. said Thursday it has created a buying program to source "socially responsible products" from developing countries.
Mar 29, 2007

Pulling power from wood (CT)

Fuel cells, windmills and solar panels are usually considered the way of the future for meeting the ever-growing demand for electricity. Burning wood, on the other hand, seems downright old-fashioned.
Mar 29, 2007

State taxes cause for concern in timber industry (WV)

Wood products industries around the world know about the trees that grow in West Virginia. Appalachian hardwoods that grow here have a reputation for quality that is unsurpassed.
Mar 29, 2007

Positive results seen in participatory forest management (Ethiopia)

Participatory forest management is proving as viable approach in the protection and maintaining of the environment in a country which has experienced continuous deforestation, EFDRE President Girma W. Giorgis said on Monday.
Mar 29, 2007

Force of a horse (NC)

Eustace Conway has had a book written about him, a prize-winning documentary filmed about him, owns two world records, and word is that Ron Howard is working on a movie about him.
Mar 29, 2007

Research findings shed light on new urban pest of pine trees (CA)

Like a celebrity with homes in New York and Los Angeles, the redhaired pine bark beetle is a cosmopolitan pest. The pest, however, has few fans because it may carry blackstain root disease or other pathogens that can be devastating to pines in our urban parks, golf courses and landscapes.
Mar 29, 2007

Alternatives to Genetic Modification in Solving Water Scarcity

by
Shiney Varghese
The theme of the 14th email conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Biotechnology Forum, which took place between March 5 and April 1, 2007, was "Coping with water scarcity in developing countries: What role for agricultural biotechnologies?". The electronic forum on Biotechnology in Food and Agriculture was held on March 29, 2007.