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MOM`s organic market founder calls on whole foods to act more quickly on sustainable seafood program
MOM's Organic Market founder, Scott Nash, is calling on Whole Foods to act more quickly on their new sustainable seafood labeling program. "Whole Foods has set a goal to stop selling all red-labeled endangered seafood species by 2013. These species are in immediate danger of collapse. Whole Foods' color label system shows consumers that they mostly offer red and yellow species of seafood - and ...
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Cornell Pump Company exhibiting at the 2013 World Ag Show
Cornell Pump Company is exhibiting at North America’s largest outdoor agriculture show, 2013 World Ag Expo. In our booth and at Cornell dealers at the show, we have our new Edge end gun booster, 2012 Innovative Product Award winning Cutter Pump, 5RB irrigation pumps, and much more. Stop by our display to see the latest in quality and reliability from an agricultural pump leader. ...
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1-2-3 for Valtra tractors at European Championships
Valtra tractors claimed the top 3 positions at the European Tractor Pulling Championships in Zele, Belgium, on Sunday. Matti Herlevi driving Caesar was crowned European Champion in the Pro Stock category, while Jurian Duijn from the Netherlands took silver with Next Sensation and Johanna Herlevi third with Gangnam Style. This is the fifth time that Valtra tractors have made a clean sweep of the ...
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True facts: Sustainable Seafood Week Germany
Launched on 4 November, MSC Germany’s sustainable seafood week campaign for 2013 is called “In black and white – True facts from the world of sustainable fishing”. From 4 to 8 November 2013, 500 MSC-certified foodservice sites throughout Germany will be raising awareness of their MSC-labelled seafood products and telling diners what the blue ecolabel stands for. Save the ...
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First Estonian prawn fishery certified sustainable
After a year-long scientific assessment, the Estonian prawn fishery has achieved certification to the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) standard. Prawns from the Barents Sea fishery, sold in Scandinavia, throughout Europe, Russia, Japan and China, will now be eligible to bear the MSC ecolabel. “This is the first Estonian fishery to achieve MSC certification and we look forward to welcoming ...
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Breeding poultry with improved natural resistance
Is it possible to improve the natural immunity of poultry through breeding? Selection of poultry with high levels of natural antibodies, will increase animal welfare , reduce antibiotic usage and increase profit. Wageningen UR researcher Tom Berghof stands on the threshold of this process. “Thanks to DNA markers we will in future be capable of selecting animals with high levels of natural ...
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HAL Project to Eradicate Fruit Fly in Western Australia
Western Australia could one day be fruit fly free with a new pilot program aiming to eradicate Mediterranean fruit fly (Medfly) in the state's southwest horticulture precinct. Regarded as one of the major fruit and vegetable pests in the world, Medfly is worth more than $200 million per annum in damages caused to susceptible crops in Western Australia and market access restriction. The outcome ...
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Ministers meet at FAO to discuss role of agricultural commodity markets
Governments ought to review the way international agricultural commodity markets are governed, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva told ministers from around the world gathered for a meeting on the subject Monday. Commodity markets caught global attention due to volatile food prices in the past five years. While prices are currently declining, Graziano da Silva noted that ...
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What is your favourite water idea? Nominate in our online campaign!
You turn on the tap to fill a glass with water. What is that tap to you? A good idea? You go the toilet, and afterwards you pull the flush. Is the toilet a good idea? What about dams? The aqueducts of ancient Rome? Pumps? Irrigaton? Lawn sprinklers? Hydration packs for runners? The list of inventions related to water is miles long. We now want you to let us know what YOU think is the Best Water ...
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Paddock cleaner is `dung deal` for Wessex
Grazed paddocks need regular cleaning and if they are large a great deal of time and effort is expended picking up droppings. It all adds up throughout the year when time could be better spent on more productive tasks. There is an ideal solution in the Wessex Dung Beetle, a self-powered paddock cleaner which is versatile and quick and easy to hook onto a 50mm tow hitch on a quad, UTV, tractor or ...
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Food Chain Integrity & Traceability Project
International Food Chain Integrity and Traceability Project Moving to next phase All 24 nodes of the dairy and beef supply chains from Victoria to final consumer in the USA have been assessed for integrated risks associated with supply chain security. The steering committee has reviewed the supply chain summaries and is confident that the hypothesis proposed by the project has been demonstrated. ...
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USDA Report States that Brexit will not change Policies Affecting GE Plants
On April 9, 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) published a report titled “Agricultural Biotechnology Annual,” which argues that under any scenario, the United Kingdom’s (U.K.) separation from the EU (Brexit) is unlikely to change policy or trade in genetically engineered (GE) industries. According to the report prepared by USDA’s Jennifer Wilson, given the ...
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Roberts, Stabenow Applaud House Passage of Grain Standards Reauthorization
U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., today applauded the House of Representatives for passing the U.S. Grain Standards Reauthorization Act of 2020. The legislation is now ready to be signed into law. The U.S. Grain Standards Reauthorization Act of 2020 passed out of The Senate Agriculture ...
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First stone laid of office building for Adifo NV in Maldegem
On Tuesday 8 June, the first stone of the new office buildings for software company Adifo NV was laid on the Industrielaan in Maldegem. A milestone in the project that did not go unnoticed. In the presence of a large delegation of all the parties involved, Adifo CEO Gerard Marneth laid the foundation stone. Construction company Vandenbussche, based in Aalter, is responsible for the ...
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Second big harvest with the Heimbach bees!
After a first, already very abundant harvest of spring honey at the end of May, there was a good follow-up! A wonderful summer honey is harvested and spun! A big praise to our beekeeper team and an even bigger praise to the busy Heimbach bees, who can now build up their stock for the coming winter without any disturbance. Our 100 sqm large bee pasture does not only delight our diligent ...
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Where To Find A Qualified Pulp Molding Machine Manufacturer
Once you have a current business that may be producing 1000s of eggs daily, you need some method of automating the procedure of putting them in containers. These are typically known as egg cartons, and they must be made in specific sizes to allow for the many sizes of eggs that may emerge. To create these, you will need a qualified pulp molding machine. These will certainly do everything to suit ...
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Why Using Egg Tray Manufacturing Project Reports It Is Vital In Your Success
There are numerous project reports that could be created by within a tray manufacturing plant. The principle purpose of these reports is to detail the details regarding the everyday continuity of those plants and the way much production they are able to achieve. By monitoring what is happening, you are able to evaluate which areas could require work and if parts should be replaced. The reports ...
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Choosing the Most Effective Egg Tray Machines on the Market
Considering the amount of different egg tray machines are offered, it’s tough to pick which ones possess the best investment prospects. Lots of executives around the country are facing a great deal of difficulties differentiating between egg machines, resulting in delays in proposed acquisitions. In order to make the right choices regarding these machines, there are a number of important traits ...
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Three Sets of Yeast Dryers Successfully Loaded and Shipped
Three sets of large-scale yeast dryer production lines were successfully loaded and shipped. The waste yeast mixture produced in the brewery can be converted into high-quality feed additives through drying equipment, which not only solves the environmental pollution caused by the random discharge of traditional yeast mixture, but also realizes economic benefits and income generation, and solves ...
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Bloomberg - California Blackout Risk Prompts Produce Plant to Build Its Own Grid
California’s repeated brushes with blackouts proved too much for Taylor Farms. The produce supplier, based in the farm country John Steinbeck made famous, can’t afford to lose refrigeration at its facilities where lettuce and vegetables are trimmed, mixed into salads and packaged for sale. So working with Bloom Energy Corp., Taylor Farms is installing a microgrid at its 450,000 ...
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