Athens agriculture teacher earns award
Athens Review Online Sat, 10 Sep 2005 2:12 PM PDT
Barry Choate, an agriculture teacher at Athens High School, was presented with a 15-year Tenure Award from the Vocational Agriculture Teachers Association of Texas last month. |
Nobel laureate Borlaug combats world hunger
The Des Moines Register Sun, 11 Sep 2005 2:23 AM PDT
Norman Borlaug’s scientific mind and hard work have saved millions of people around the world from starvation. Many say that no single person has done as much as he has to alleviate hunger. He won the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts, which continue today. Borlaug, who has described himself as a "corn-fed, country-bred Iowa boy," is often called "the Father of the Green Revolution." He |
Agriculture
The Santa Rosa Press Democrat Sun, 11 Sep 2005 0:19 AM PDT
Christopher and Dawn Lindelof, who own and operate Grey Creek Viticultural Services in Geyserville, are being honored as the outstanding young persons in agribusiness by the Sonoma County Harvest Fair. |
Any port after the storm
The Des Moines Register Sun, 11 Sep 2005 2:14 AM PDT
Experts worry grain barges could be backed up the Mississippi River for hundreds of miles during harvest season. Corn raised in the rich, black soil of east-central Iowa is as likely to be shipped to Asia and other foreign markets as grain grown in western Iowa. |
Search Site/Web enhanced by
The Lufkin Daily News Sat, 10 Sep 2005 9:51 PM PDT
Those with an interest or need in local natural resources are encouraged to attend the Angelina County Soil and Water Conservation District's workshop at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Angelina County Cooperative Extension Office in Lufkin. |
Cretes Culinary Sanctuaries Announces Olive Harvest Tours
PR Web Sun, 11 Sep 2005 0:09 AM PDT
Crete's Culinary Sanctuaries organizes tours in Crete, Greece, that cover culture, nature, organic agriculture and cuisine. CCS now offers winter tours from November to January. [PRWEB Sep 11, 2005] |
Land to be restored as wetlands
Asbury Park Press Sun, 11 Sep 2005 4:12 AM PDT
WOODLAND More than 1,100 acres of cranberry bogs and blueberry fields in the heart of one of the Pinelands' most ecologically pristine areas will be restored as wetlands under a $5.4 million federal project. |
Software profits peanut farmers
Kansas City Star Sun, 11 Sep 2005 3:09 AM PDT
HAWKINSVILLE, Ga. - (KRT) - Sometimes it's hard for John Dawson Jr. to believe it's time to irrigate again when he's just watered his peanut plants - or that parched-looking plants sometimes don't need water. |
Horse power
Missoulian Sat, 10 Sep 2005 11:12 PM PDT
SISTERS, Ore. - If the thought of a farmer patiently working his field behind a plow and horses floods you with pangs of nostalgia, take heart. It's on the rebound. |
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