…iOS devices. Visit the Pl@ntNet Project website for more information about this plant identification app. Don’t have much of a green thumb? If identifying dogs is more your thing, there’s…
Garden on a Budget
…Craigslist.com for plant sales as well. Avoiding nurseries often results in cheaper gardening. 6. Don’t get too fancy with your gardening tools Unless you’re a full-time gardener, you probably don’t…
AFBF Joins Initiative To Give Farmers Control of Data They Collect
…data gathered and transmitted by high-tech farm machinery. Tractors, tilling equipment, planters, sprayers, harvesters and agricultural drones are increasingly connected to the Internet. Even so, farmers don’t always have the…
Getting Garden Ready
…it’s good to get your garden started early. He’ll show you how he plants potatoes, and don’t miss farm manager Chris doing his “Go Organic” dance. Learn more at http://www.pallensmith.com….
The Western View: What’s In a Name?
…our heritage in the Golden State; they do deserve protection. We don’t want them stolen by some two-bit opportunist. I’m Len Wilcox and that’s the Western View from AgNet West….
Increasing Organic Matter in Orchards
…tissue in our next generation tree. We also saw sodium levels decrease.” Holtz says the sodium help alone could make this an extremely beneficial practice in California. “We don’t know…
Agri View: Food Protection
…vegetables (such as sprouts) Contaminated water, including drinking untreated water and swimming in contaminated water Animals and their environment: particularly cows, sheep, and goats. If you don’t wash your hands…
Leap Year and Ag
…as the batter used to make regular cakes. The pancake batter is just a little thinner. Pancakes have become so popular, that people don’t just eat them for breakfast anymore….
National FFA Week – Inspiration from our Future Farmers
…every day. As for my hands, well, I don’t use them much unless I’m operating a keyboard or gesturing while talking, which is ironic given the multitude of hands necessary…
Agri View: GMO Production
…and non-GM corn and soybeans. (We don’t actually use the term “GM” or “GMO” since all domesticated crops have been genetically modified, but am using the acronym for the sake…
Monsanto Searches for Next “Farm Mom of the Year”
…adversities they may be facing,” says Donnell Scott, Vice President of Education for American Agri-Women. “They don’t do it to get credit or attention. These women have a ‘get it…
Salt Out of Our Diet
…If You Don’t Add Salt to Your Meals, You Need to Keep Tabs on Your Intake Sodium acts as a flavor enhancer, and many canned, frozen, and other processed foods…
Agri View: Food Consumption
…a program director at the NCI, remains optimistic that ongoing research will bring better news: “Part of the difficulty is that we don’t have good tools to study diet and…
Agri View: GMO Foods Ruling
…derived from genetically engineered plants, as a class, differ from other foods in any meaningful or uniform way. These foods also don’t present different or greater safety concerns than their…