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Fracking Our Farms: A Tale of Five Farming Families
2013-02-21 18:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: [Authors note: On Sunday, Feb. 17, I marched with the Organic Consumers Association (OCA) at the Forward on Climate rally in Washington, DC. At one point, our banner, Cook Organic Not the Planet, caught the eye of a dairy farmer. He approached. I handed him a flyer and launched into my pitch about how organic agriculture has the power to bring dangerous carbon dioxide levels back down to the safe level of 350 parts-per-million. He nodded politely, then stopped me short with this If they frack...
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No-till Farming Holds the Key to Food Security
2013-02-20 01:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: No-till farming is a response to climate change that fits well with the needs of the Caribbean: it increases the ability to capture water, while withstanding both drought and excessive rains, says expert Theodor Friedrich, representative of the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Cuba. The Caribbean islands are in dire need of new techniques that can ensure food security amid the threats of climate change. "I do not see why these islands cannot produce enough for their...
Attention for the Individual Pig in the Entire Farming Sector
2013-02-15 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
NETHERLANDS - For decades, Nedap has enabled individual attention for pregnant sows in group housing with pig feeding stations (ESF). In 2010, Nedap Sorting was added to the portfolio, which means that finishers are housed in large social groups, whilst their weight development is determined daily and the animals are guided to the most suitable type of feed. At the end of 2012, the company launched two new Nedap products, which will make individual attention for animals possible in even more locations on the pig farm besides the gestation area.
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Mechanising cane farming
2013-02-14 07:30:47| Sugar Industry News
THE sugar industry will begin taking steps towards mechanising cane farming and harvesting as the sugar action plan is implemented this year.
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Extreme weather creating challenges for UK farming region
2013-02-12 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EADT24: The wildly contrasting weather of 2012 made it a dismal year for food production. And the Norfolk Farming Conference later this month will hear that our changing climate could bring yet more challenges for the region`s farmers in future -- but also some opportunities. From drought to deluge, and from snowfalls to floods even by its own fickle standards, the British weather set a new benchmark for unpredictably during 2012, making life extremely difficult for East Anglias farmers. Prayers...
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