Sarmento's a wise steward of resources
Salinas Californian Mon, 03 Oct 2005 5:06 AM PDT
Ralph "Bud" Sarmento, owner and manager of Old Oak Ranch in Soledad, cares about water issues and soil erosion, seeing himself as steward of the land, he said. |
Agriculture inspectors keep eyes peeled for contraband
Honolulu Advertiser Sun, 02 Oct 2005 8:23 AM PDT
Departing passengers Barbara and Chuck Curry of Corvallis, Ore., surrendered a container of cut bananas from Kaua'i while Nancy and Jim Riley of San Diego gave up a baggie containing watermelon. |
Cut the lights, cut the crickets;
Brownwood Bulletin Sun, 02 Oct 2005 12:15 PM PDT
early fall. Field cricket eggs are laid in the fall. A single female cricket may lay from 150-400 eggs. Eggs remain in the soil throughout the winter and hatch the following spring. Field crickets are primarily outdoor insects but can be a considerable household pest when abundant. |
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The Age Mon, 03 Oct 2005 7:11 AM PDT
To Richard Flanagan, bread is the very stuff of life, salted with simplicity and leavened with love. HAVE no words, my darling, to write this letter that you may never read. |
Louisiana Ecological Harm Called Unprecedented
Environmental News Network Mon, 03 Oct 2005 3:56 AM PDT
The environmental damage from hurricanes Katrina and Rita is unparalleled in its scope and variety, scientists say, with massive oil spills blanketing marshes, sediment smothering vast fishing grounds, and millions of gallons of raw sewage scattered in New Orleans and along the 400-mile Louisiana coast. |
N.C.'s Burgeoning Wine Industry Facing Challenges
WRAL-TV 5 Raleigh Mon, 03 Oct 2005 4:09 AM PDT
Like many North Carolinians who've ventured into growing wine grapes, Van and Kathy Coe came from farming families but didn't consider themselves farmers. |
Grower Drops Suspect Pesticides
RedNova Mon, 03 Oct 2005 2:05 AM PDT
By CHRISTINE STAPLETON; CHRISTINE EVANS Palm Beach Post Staff Writers Ag-Mart Produce, the giant Florida tomato grower at the center of an investigation involving three deformed babies born to fieldworkers, announced Friday it will no longer use pesticides that have been linked to birth defects. |
Spuds are big business for New Hartford farmer
Republican American Mon, 03 Oct 2005 2:05 AM PDT
NEW HARTFORD -- It's not a crop the state is known for, but designer potatoes have become big business for roadside stands. Farmer Bruce Gresczyk is now counted as the second largest of a half-dozen growers in the state (an Enfield grower is the largest). |
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