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05-01-2016
FYI: New scented cut rose combines ‘nostalgia, durability’
"Beautiful roses reminiscent of the old fragrant roses of grandma's garden or the roses painted in old paintings – the roses that we probably all dream of. Finally, we have succeeded in combining this beauty with durability," says rose breeder, Rosa Eskelund of Viking Roses.
05-01-2016
FYI: Organic veg preferred by older, urban, wealthy customers
An analysis of the shopping habits of Swiss households from September 2014 to September 2015 (size of the survey: about 3000 households) shows that older, urban and rich consumers, as well as singles and large households, are responsible for the highest proportion of sales of organic vegetables in local supermarkets.
05-01-2016
S.A. maize prices scale new peaks as drought bites
JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) - South African maize prices maintained their record run into 2016, scaling historic highs on Monday amid growing drought concerns and rand weakness.
24-12-2015
FYI: Mite could control Florida cucumber pest
A predatory mite might feed on a pest of cucumbers, a $125 million-a-year crop in Florida, newly published University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences research shows.
24-12-2015
First direct cherry imports from Australia arrive in China
The first batch of imported goods from Australia smoothly cleared customs in Shanghai. It was the first batch since the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement became effective.
24-12-2015
FYI: New orchid species found in Vietnam's Central Highlands
Eight species of orchids that are at risk of extinction have been found in Vietnam’s Central Highlands.
23-12-2015
Colombia diversifies flower exports
With flower exports worth USD $1,473 million and sales of foliage worth USD $8.7 million in 2014, Colombia is the second largest flower exporter in the world, just after the Netherlands.
23-12-2015
Top 16 food trends for 2016
Food safety, healthy eating, food waste and big flavors are on the menu for 2016, as Oklahoma State University’s Robert M. Kerr Food & Agricultural Products Center picks the hottest food trends for the upcoming year.
23-12-2015
Going from holiday job to co-owner
As holiday workers, Omer and Jerry once worked for Harry Koene. Today, the three of them operate Opstal Nursery’s two gardens in Naaldwijk, the Netherlands, in a three-hectare field where the Rosa polyantha grow on bushes that could be ten years old.
23-12-2015
Can the Paris agreement protect poor farmers from climate change?
BARCELONA, Thomson Reuters Foundation - Purity Gachanga is one small-scale farmer who is beating climate change. On her several acres of land in Embu North district in central Kenya, she keeps cows and goats that produce milk, grows trees for fodder, and collects water to irrigate her food crops in a pond filled with tilapia fish.
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