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Tai Na International Fruits (Beijing) Co. Ltd. To Build a 'Pinggu Peach' Base (Popularity:  )
Tai Na International Fruits (Beijing) Co. Ltd. ("Tai Na International") recently signed an agreement with Beijing Lvgu Qingyuan Fruit Production & Marketing Cooperative (Beijing Lvgu) regarding the use of a 668-mu peach garden at Xiongerying Village, Pinggu District as Tai Na's Pinggu Peach Base. This act, as a new supplement to Tai Na's fruit business, help achieve direct supply and distribution of Pinggu Peach from Tai Na's Pinggu Peach Base ...
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Dow Supports National “6 Degrees of Energy Efficiency Challenge” (Popularity: )
http://www.dow.com
To demonstrate the important connections between our individual energy use and the world’s environment, economy, and security, The Dow Chemical Company this month joins the Alliance to Save Energy and 30 additional organizations in launching the 6° of Energy Efficiency Challenge. The Challenge, launched as part of the Alliance’s The Power is in Your Hands national energy efficiency campaign, is designed to increase consumer awareness of simple steps that all ...
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SBA Economic Injury Loans Still Available for Businesses Impacted by Last Year's Crop Losses (Popularity: )
http://www.sba.gov
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is reminding businesses that were economically impacted due to damages and losses to crops caused by excessive rain, hail and high winds May 11, 2006 and continuing, that there is still time to apply for assistance. "SBA's disaster declaration was issued as a result of a similar action taken by the Secretary of Agriculture to help farmers recover from," said Frank Skaggs, Director of ...
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Research Consortium to Sequence Turkey Genome (Popularity: )
http://www.vt.edu
An international consortium(*) of researchers has begun an effort to sequence the genome of the domesticated turkey, Meleagris gallopavo. The genome sequence will be obtained using the Roche GS-FLX(tm) sequencing platform and the recently launched Roche GS FLX Titanium PicoTiterPlate device and reagents.The new upgrade to the Roche GS-FLX(tm) sequencing system permits more than 1 million individual sequencing reads to be generated for each sequencing run with an average read ...
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SBA Disaster Loans Available in Illinois Following Secretary of Agriculture Disaster Declaration (Popularity: )
http://www.sba.gov
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announces today that federal disaster loans are available to small businesses located in the counties of Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian, Clay, Clinton, Edwards, Effingham, Fayette, Franklin, Fulton, Greene, Hancock, Hamilton, Henderson, Jackson, Jefferson, Jersey, Knox, Macoupin, Madison, Marion, Mason, McDonough, Menard, Mercer, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Perry, Pike, Randolph, Richland, Sangamon, Saint Clair, Schuyler, Scott, Shelby, Warren, Washington, Wayne and White in the ...
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Farmers, Engineers, Contractors, Educators and Activists Call for FTC Stop to Big Oil Bid for Alcohol Fuel Market Control (Popularity: )
http://www.alcoholcanbeagas.com
International Institute for Ecological Agriculture (IIEA) announced today that its members have launched a campaign to communicate public outrage and opposition to the Valero bid to acquire the assets of bankrupted independent Ethanol producer VeraSun. IIEA executive director and renewable biofuel expert, David Blume noted that Valero's offer clearly demonstrates the end-game strategy for last year's aggressive Food vs. Fuel propaganda and price war manipulation campaign implemented by the International ...
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America's Fastest-Growing Farm Animal Welfare Label - American Humane Certified(TM) - to Exhibit at Natural Products Expo East in Boston (Popularity: )
http://www.americanhumane.org
American Humane Certified(TM) will exhibit at the Natural Products Expo East in Boston, Oct. 16 -18, to showcase the fastest-growing animal welfare label for food producers. The program provides independent certification of the humane treatment and care of farm animals. Natural Products Expo East, held at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, is the largest trade show of its kind on the East Coast, featuring more than 25,000 natural, organic ...
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New Partnership to Ensure South Asia's Food Security in the Face of Climate Change (Popularity: )
http://www.usaid.gov
The U.S. Agency for International Development is working with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to support the Cereals Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA), a program that will help more than six million small farmers in South Asia achieve significant cereal yield increases over the next ten years.The initiative will work through public and private sector partners in local hubs in South Asia to accelerate the development and uptake ...
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USDA and Agribusiness Conspire To Mislead Consumers: 'Raw' Almonds Must Soon Be Steam-Heated or Treated With Toxic Chemical (Popularity: )
http://www.cornucopia.org
Small-scale farmers, retailers, and consumers are outraged over a new federal regulation that will require all almonds grown in California to be sterilized with various "pasteurization" techniques. The rule, which the USDA quietly developed in response to outbreaks of Salmonella in 2001 and 2004, traced to raw almonds, mandates that all almonds undergo a sterilization process that includes chemical and/or high-temperature treatments. Although the final rule was just published in ...
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Free Training to Help Ag Industry, First Responders Prepare for, Respond to Agroterrorism (Popularity: )
http://www.agriculture.state.pa.us
Three courses designed to help Pennsylvania's agricultural industry, emergency responders and public health officials better manage the threat of agroterrorism are now open for enrollment, said Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff today."Our modern food system is complex," said Wolff. "Everyone plays a role in assuring the safety of our food supply, from farmers and processors to emergency responders and public health officials. It is imperative that these groups work together to ...
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