Thomas Barnes worked as a cook at a logging camp in northern Minnesota in 1867-68, seasoning beans with salt pork and burying a covered kettle under hot coals overnight. He used reflectors around an open fire to bake pies, cookies, cookies, and even apple jelly pies. “The men of theRead More →
A 23-year-old Island farmer who was still recovering from a serious harvesting accident in October has died following a road accident in Quebec. Ben Van Ginkel’s van hit the back of a semi-trailer truck as it climbed a steep hill in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region on Sunday evening. “The pickup truckRead More →
There are free agricultural machinery and timber management training courses for farmers in Devon and Cornwall. Bridgwater and Taunton College is working with a government-funded program called Train4Tomorrow to offer an Agritech Machinery and Tractor Technology course. The course is open to adults who wish to retrain and acquire practicalRead More →
Express news service THOOTHUKUDI: Never in his strange dreams A Varadharajan from Ayan Vadamalapuram would have imagined that a goodwill gesture from his family would put him in a place. All was well in the early days after his father Alagirisamy and grandmother Kondammal donated 13 cents of land eachRead More →
The Chronicle Mashudu Netsianda, senior reporterLIKE the famous King Midas, remembered in Greek mythology for his ability to turn anything he touched into gold, Bulawayo farmer Mr. Tatenda Kunzekweguta (28) of Montgomery believes that whatever it touches turns green. The young farmer, with a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture andRead More →
Dried mealworms provide protein for poultry, pigs and commercially farmed fish (all photos by D. Cahill) The mealworm was once known only as a pest that destroyed stored grain, but the modest mealworm is now in the spotlight as a sustainable high protein food source. Mealworms are not only fedRead More →
Image: Vanapere Farm Find out how Vanapere Farm is contributing to the EU’s transition to carbon neutrality in agriculture. Agriculture contributes to greenhouse gas emissions (10% of total emissions due to human activities). At the same time, however, it holds great potential for sequestering and storing carbon in plants, treesRead More →
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COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) – The planting season is alive and well in the Midlands this winter. According to Sal Sharpe, owner of Sal’s Ol ‘Timey Feed & Seed in Colombia, even when temperatures drop below freezing your garden is safe. Sharpe said one of the most common misconceptions is thatRead More →
Bijaya Jhankar grows nine traditional varieties of paddy that have a longer harvest time of 130-150 days Bijaya Jhankar’s eyes twinkle as he approaches his 1.2 hectare (ha) farm for harvesting rice. They are unlike any other variety grown in his village of Sanbaheli, located on the vast Sunabeda Plateau,Read More →
Hiddenfjord has been recognized by SEAL (which stands for Sustainability, Environmental Achievement, and Leadership) in the category Environmental initiatives for the spectacular reduction of CO linked to transport by the company2 emissions, which fell 94% when they switched from air freight to ocean freight last year. “Our core value isRead More →