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April Flowers Bring May Birds – Protect Seeds Early
The springtime is full of new life and regrowth, especially in the form of garden planting and crop harvesting. Unfortunately, spring garden planting is extremely enticing to pest birds and other animals that are in search of a reliable food source after a long winter. Read on to learn how you can protect seeds and buds from birds this spring! Use Bird Netting to Keep Pest Birds Out One of the ...
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Update: EPA administrator continues New Orleans visit commemorating Hurricane Katrina anniversary
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson continues her visit to New Orleans today with a series of events commemorating the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the continued rebuilding of neighborhoods and areas devastated by the hurricane. She will remain in the region until Sunday. Administrator Jackson, a native of New Orleans, who grew up in Pontchartrain ...
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The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company offers grants for community gardens and green spaces
The goal: to plant 1,000 gardens and green spaces across the U.S., Canada and Europe by 2018. The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company wants to make that happen and today launched a new program called GRO1000, offering $1,500 grants to deserving communities and organizations in the hopes it will get people involved in creating more community gardens and green spaces where they call home. "Something ...
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Walden University`s global day of service positively impacts 455 cities around the world
On Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010, Walden University hosted its fifth annual Global Day of Service. Thousands of students, alumni, faculty, staff, family and friends gathered in more than 455 cities around the world to demonstrate the international impact that social change agents can make in just 24 hours. Volunteers from the Walden community participated in more than 90 service projects around the ...
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More than 20,000 kraft foods employees volunteer, make a delicious difference during global week of service
Employees Mobilized in more than 50 Countries Largest Volunteer Event in Company History From the Middle East to the Midwest - and in hundreds of local communities in between - Kraft Foods employees volunteered in record numbers during this month's Delicious Difference Week, the company's annual week of community service. In partnership with hundreds of nonprofit partners, more than 20,000 ...
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New Yorkers recycle Christmas trees into wood chip mulch
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Department of Parks and Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe today fed branches from the giant Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center into a chipper, converting them to mulch. The officials crafted the occasion to announce the 12th annual MulchFest, a citywide event where New Yorkers can recycle their Christmas trees by converting them into wood chips. This ...
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Anuvia Plant Nutrients CEO Amy Yoder Named One of Orlando Business Journal’s “2022 Women Who Mean Business”
Anuvia Plant Nutrients today announces that CEO Amy Yoder has been named to Orlando Business Journal’s prestigious list “2022 Women Who Mean Business.” The honor distinguishes leaders who have “gone above and beyond in their respective roles, driving business success, workforce development, and community advancement.” Developed in Central Florida, Anuvia’s ...
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Lifeasible Enlarged Its Offerings for Plant Breeding Services
Lifeasible, a biotechnology company specialized in agricultural science, recently enlarged its offers for plant breeding services which now cover a wide range of plant species including major food crops, economic plants, and bio-energy feedstock plants. Plant breeding is the science of creating new varieties by modifying plant genomes, which can accelerate the production of plants with desired ...
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Alfa Chemistry: Epoxy-functionalized Pheromones Enjoy Popularity in Pest Control
As a leading expert in the supply of pheromones, Alfa Chemistry has a thorough understanding of the essential role that insect pheromones play in pest control. Earlier this month, the company announced the decision to further enrich its offering range by introducing a dozen of epoxy-functionalized pheromones. Now a wide range of pheromones is readily available at Alfa Chemistry. Though having a ...
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Blackbaud receives Green Business Pioneer Award
Blackbaud, Inc (Nasdaq: BLKB), the leading global provider of nonprofit software and services, is rounding out the third quarter with a continued focus on its core value of 'making the world a better place.' As a result of its many employee-led initiatives, Blackbaud was named a Green Business Pioneer by the City of Charleston and the Charleston County Council. The Pioneer Award was presented to ...
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Don’t let summer go to “waste”
School will soon be out and summer is a great time for families to reduce waste in fun and new ways! First, remember to keep practicing the basics—reduce, reuse, and recycle. Find new ways to reduce your waste—eat more fruits and vegetables with compostable scraps and use fewer packaged snacks. Reuse what you already have—pack lunches for work or summer camp in washable ...
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Hemp homecoming: Rebirth sprouts in Kentucky
Call it a homecoming for hemp: Marijuana's non-intoxicating cousin is undergoing a rebirth in a state at the forefront of efforts to reclaim it as a mainstream crop. Researchers and farmers are producing the first legal hemp crop in generations in Kentucky, where hemp has turned into a political cause decades after it was banned by the federal government. Republican U.S. Sens. Mitch McConnell ...
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Black & Veatch to host Kansas City youth for rain garden and water engineering learn-in
Company to Award $500 Scholarships to Visiting Students Kansas City, Mo. – Black & Veatch is hosting a “Learn-in Day” for the Kansas City Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) crew on June 19 that includes interactive sessions on rain gardens and water engineering. The company will award $500 scholarships to each of the six 16- to 18-year-olds taking part in the “Learn-in Day” who complete the YCC ...
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33RD IPM ESSEN has started
Today (Jan 27, 2015), IPM ESSEN began at Messe Essen. It was opened by Dr. Robert Kloos, State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture. The world's premier horticultural fair is regarded as the leading meeting place of the international green sector. Until Friday, over 1,600 exhibitors from around 50 countries will still present their innovative products and services from the ...
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Proper Irrigation of the Garden Using Intelligent Measurement Technology
In addition to the factors of light, temperature and nutrient availability, water is one of the most important prerequisites for healthy plant growth. If a plant lacks water, this not only inhibits growth, but in the worst case even leads to death of the plant. Since dry periods in summer are not uncommon, irrigation is of particular importance in practice. Water: The basic criterion for a ...
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Composting plant Lobau awarded with European Quality Label
At the SusGro 2015 in Vienna the composting plant Lobau was awarded with the European Quality Label by the Austrian Compost Quality Organisation (KGVÖ). The certificate was handed over by ECN Quality Manager Stefanie Siebert and Horst Müller, General Manager of KGVÖ, in the town hall of Vienna. The Austrian Compost Quality Assurance Organisation ‘KGVÖ’ has ...
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Anuvia Secures $65.5 Million from Piva Capital and Riverstone To Scale U.S. Production of Sustainable Fertilizer
WINTER GARDEN, Fla. Anuvia™ Plant Nutrients today announced it has raised $65.5 million in Series D funding co-led by Riverstone Holdings LLC and Piva Capital. Anuvia will use the financing to increase production capacity at its U.S.-based eco-friendly manufacturing facility and expand commercialization of its SymTRX™ XP line of field-ready bio-based fertilizers for large-scale ...
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The Timberland company brings volunteers together to revitalize communities around the globe
Carrying on a unique tradition of commitment to local community service, The Timberland Company's (NYSE: TBL) 13th annual Serv-a-palooza gets underway today. This popular service event continues to unite volunteers in 24 countries around the world in the common goal of improving local communities. As part of this initiative, more than 4,800 volunteers working at 160 Serv-a-palooza project sites ...
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Bees in the city: urban environments could help support pollinators
Urban areas may support higher levels of bee diversity than expected, new research has shown. The UK-wide study compared three different habitat types — nature reserves, farmland, and urban areas — and found a higher number of different bee species in urban areas than farmland. However, the overall pollinator diversity, which included species of bees, flies, hoverflies and ...
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Alfa Chemistry Starts to Provide Alcohol-functionalized Pheromone for Pest Management
The management of Alfa Chemistry announces that the company is now also committed to becoming a leading manufacturer and supplier in the field of insect pheromones. Earlier this month, alcohol-functionalized pheromones were released, which is another step to further enrich its offering of various specialty chemicals. Pheromones serve as messengers that affect the behavior of insects and thus have ...
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