John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Organic, Vegetables, Fruit, Sustainability, Urban Farming, Coronavirus/COVID,

Lockdown gardeners see months of hard work bear fruit - and veg

Melburnians who got the gardening bug during the first wave of stay-at-home orders back in March are reaping the rewards in fresh homegrown produce.

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Precision AG , Young Farmers, Economics, Food/Nutrition, Sustainability, Ag Australia/NZ,

'Seismic' shift on the way as next-generation farmers take the reins

Young farmers say the next 10 years will see a major transfer of land ownership to a new, educated, and business-savvy generation focused on sustainable, organic opportunities.

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Agriculture US, Forestry, Economics, Government / Policies,

Montana Wildfire Update For September 02, 2020

Update: 09/02/20, 10:30 p.m. Fast moving wildfires prompted evacuations in several areas of central and eastern Montana Wednesday.

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Topics: Agriculture US, Trade (Commodities),

Headline says the obvious

Trump accused of trying to buy agricultural vote

Farmers in the US are in line for record handouts from Washington this year, and the payments are forecast to hit $60 billion.

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TOPIC(S): Agriculture US, Sustainability, Research, Ag Innovation, Biotech, World Population, Regenerative Agriculture, Ag Podcast Global, Renewable Energy (Solar/Wind),

09/03/2020 SOURCE: biomarketinsights.com

5 Minutes With…Phil Cruver from RegenBiomass - Bio Market Insights

RegenBiomass exists to the develop regenerative biomass crops as natural solutions for com...

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TOPIC(S): Economics, Government / Policies, Ag Middle East,

09/03/2020 SOURCE: www.theguardian.com

Israel moots plan to buy solar power from former enemy Jordan

Exclusive: Israel aims to increase renewables from 5% to 30% by 2030, but domestic production held back by lack of land

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TOPIC(S): Irrigation, Agriculture US, Organic, Food/Nutrition, Sustainability, Urban Farming,

09/03/2020 SOURCE: www.duluthnewstribune.com

Farming the Saltless Sea: Duluth woman launches urban farm in Lincoln Park | Duluth News Tribune

Saltless Sea farm is about a half acre in a dense residential neighborhood below Lincoln Park Middle School. “This was almost entirely wasteland when I moved here,” Starr Brainard said.

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TOPIC(S): Livestock/Meat, World Population, Ag Australia/NZ,

09/03/2020 SOURCE: www.perthnow.com.au

Aussies missing in ship disaster

Japan’s coastguard has rescued one person in the search for a livestock ship with dozens of crew aboard, including two Australians, missing and feared capsized during Typhoon Maysak.

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TOPIC(S): Livestock/Meat, Economics, Research, Ag India, World Hunger, World Population,

09/03/2020 SOURCE: timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Researchers find new potential treatment for prion diseases | News - Times of India Videos

A possible effective treatment strategy for patients suffering from prion disease has been...

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TOPIC(S): Dairy, Economics, Ag United Kingdom, Government / Policies,

09/03/2020 SOURCE: www.dailymaverick.co.za

DAYS OF ZONDO: No questions asked as millions flowed to Estina dairy project

Political pressure within the Free State provincial government to pay millions toward the disastrous Estina dairy project in Vrede, and a seeming unwillingness to look past the papers placed on her desk, suffused the testimony of the former chief financial officer in the Free State Department of Agriculture who appeared at the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into State Capture on Wednesday.