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Chocolate connoisseurs were hit by a 10% increase in the price of their favorite sweet this Easter as the world’s largest cocoa producers, Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire, found themselves seriously affected by disease, illegal mining, changes in land use and climate change. The price of cocoa began creeping up in the second half of 2022 reaching an all-time high in January 2024. The ...
The Irrigation Association will be offering both agriculture and landscape versions of its popular Faculty Academy again this year. The two events are free to attend and allow instructors to network with fellow academics and discover irrigation-related curriculum to implement in their classroom. Educators attend Faculty Academy year after year to continue broadening their irrigation knowledge to ...
The Athens-Clarke County (Georgia) Public Utilities was among those recognized today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a 2013 WaterSense Partner of the Year. The Partner of the Year awards program recognizes the commitment of WaterSense partners in promoting water efficiency to the American public. The award winners’ efforts, along with those of more than 2,700 other ...
The Home Depot, headquartered in Atlanta, Ga., was among those recognized today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a 2013 WaterSense Partner of the Year. The Partner of the Year awards program recognizes the commitment of WaterSense partners in promoting water efficiency to the American public. The award winners’ efforts, along with those of more than 2,700 other ...
Lowe’s, Inc., headquartered in Mooresville, N.C., was among those recognized today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a 2013 WaterSense Partner of the Year. Lowe’s was one of just two partners who received the first-ever WaterSense Sustained Excellence awards in recognition of their continuous high level of support. The Partner of the Year awards program recognizes ...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognized John Taylor, the president of Taylor Irrigation Service, Inc., in Houston, Texas for his outstanding contributions to water-efficiency. Mr. Taylor overhauled his company’s business model to focus on promoting water-smart landscaping and efficient irrigation practices, including WaterSense labeled irrigation controllers. ...
EPA Recognizes WaterSense Partners of the Year for their Efforts in Promoting Water Efficiency WASHINGTON, DC The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is recognizing its 2013 WaterSense Partners of the Year, including two partners who received the first-ever WaterSense Sustained Excellence awards in recognition of their continuous high level of support. The Partner of the Year awards ...
IDB finances construction of new infrastructure and systems for sustainably managing scarce water resources. Bolivia will build 33 community irrigation systems covering 9,000 hectares in seven Departments throughout the country under a US$34 million program financed by the Inter-American Development Bank. ...
The first WaterSense label has been issued to the Irrigation Association's (IA) Certified Irrigation Designer program and Certified Irrigation Contractor program. To earn the WaterSense label, IA's certification programs must test for the ability to design, install and maintain water-efficient landscape irrigation ...