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Nancy Kavazanjian Nancy Kavazanjian
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Topics: Vegetables, Food/Nutrition, Ag Innovation, Urban Farming,

MIT Scientists Got Spinach to Send them an Email

You wouldn’t know it, but plants are constantly taking in information.  

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John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Vegetables, Fruit, Economics, Sustainability, Ag Australia/NZ, Weather,

Millions of dollars worth of crops destroyed in 'absolutely terrifying' freak storm

Millions of dollars worth of fruit and vegetable crops are destroyed in several parts of Victoria as a freak hailstorm sweeps through, leaving stunned farmers to count the cost.

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John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Vegetables, Agriculture Global, World Hunger, Government / Policies, World Population, Regenerative Agriculture,

Integrated approach to increase agricultural production, fishing - Saba News

The Caribbean islands Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba have good possibilities to im­prove domestic agricultural production and fishing, and to reduce the dependence on imported food, it appeared from a study conducted by Wageningen University and Research (WUR). A report was presented to the Dutch Parliament’s Committee for Kingdom Relations on Wednesday, January 13. As part …

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John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Vegetables, Water, Sustainability, Aquaculture/Fish Farming, Vertical Farming, World Hunger, World Population,

Qatar biggest aquaculture farming project begins producing vegetables - Doha News

Qatar's national agricultural project began producing on Tuesday, marking another milestone in the country's self-sustainability plan.

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John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Vegetables, Agriculture Global, Economics, Sustainability, World Hunger, Ag Middle East,

Broccoli lifts Palestinian women out of poverty

Two women in Gaza have taken to agriculture to harvest broccoli for sale in the local market in an effort to overcome the besieged enclave's rising poverty levels...

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TOPIC(S): Vegetables, Fruit, Gardening, Stone Fruit,

01/09/2021 SOURCE: www.gainesville.com

Jack Frost nipping at our plants

With a little bit of patience and love, we can help many of our plants recover from cold damage.

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John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Vegetables, Fruit, Economics, Ag Global Specialty Food, World Population, Ag Australia/NZ, Coronavirus/COVID, Ag Labor,

$38m worth of fruit and veg rotting

More than 50 Aussie farmers have been unable to get local and overseas workers to pick their produce due to coronavirus travel restrictions.

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John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Markets/Pricing, Vegetables, Economics, Transportation, World Hunger, Ag Africa, World Population,

Garlic farmers urged to increase exports

LOCAL garlic farmers have been urged to increase exports riding on the growth of the global market which has expanded to US$2,48 billion in the past two decades, from US$500 million, according to ZimTrade.

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TOPIC(S): Vegetables, Fruit, USDA,

01/07/2021 SOURCE: www.freshplaza.com

USDA sanctions California company for PACA violations

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has imposed sanctions on Poblano Fresh Produce Corp., Los Angeles, Calif., for violating the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act. These sanctions…

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John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Corn/Maize, Vegetables, Economics, World Hunger, Ag Africa, World Population, Coronavirus/COVID,

Farmers turning out to be among pandemic heroes - FarmKenya Initiative

The country is currently food sufficient, according to the Ministry of Agriculture

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