Category: Agriculture and Farming
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Oregon Floral Farms Continues to Grow in More Ways than One
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: OREGON CITY, Ore., May 29 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — This year, Oregon Floral Farms celebrates its tenth year of supplying custom and creatively hand-tied organic floral bouquets to customers throughout the region. And, as they continue to grow flowers, so does their business grow. While their hand-tied organic floral bouquets have received much…
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Trees With Meaning Wins USDA Approval for First U.S. Release of Authentic Olive Trees from The Holy Land
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: SAN ANTONIO, Texas, March 17 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — With a hard-earned U.S. Department of Agriculture signoff now in hand, Trees With Meaning Inc. becomes one of the first companies in the U.S. approved to bring living olive trees from Israel to the North American market. For owners-and brothers-Bruno and Jerome Schneider, building…
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Flax Council of Canada Announces GRAS Status Determined for Flax in U.S.
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: WINNIPEG, Manitoba, March 16 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The Flax Council of Canada announced that a panel of experts determined in January 2009 that whole and milled flax seed be given Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS) status. Expected within six months is a letter of ‘no objection,’ finalizing GRAS status for flax by…
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Bokashicycle Delivers Safer and More Effective Alternative to Traditional Composting
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: SEATTLE, Wash. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — To many, the idea of composting sounds like a positive environmental behavior, but according to Lawrence Green, M.D., Ph.D. and founder of Bokashicycle, it may be doing more harm than good. Bokashicycle is the totally natural way to reduce, reuse and recycle organic waste. It heals the…
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Biotronics, Inc., Announces Future Pork Grading Rivaling Beef, Ultrasound Technology Seen as a Major Advance in Online Pork Grading
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: AMES, Iowa, Nov. 24 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Biotronics, Inc., a food animal ultrasound research and development company recently received a $150,000 Demonstration Grant from the Iowa Department of Economic Development. According to Doyle Wilson, President of the Company, these dollars supplement a $350,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture grant they have received to…
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Haywood County Tomatoes Travel the Internet
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: WAYNESVILLE, N.C. – Jan. 31 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Haywood County tomatoes are now traveling worldwide, thanks to a short web-based video recently produced by the Buy Haywood Market Development Project. While the Buy Haywood project often draws parallels with other place-based promotional efforts, like Vidalia Onions, this new marketing effort has more…
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Colorado Machinery Doubles in Size through Mergers
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: COLORADO SPRINGS, CO – Apr. 20 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Colorado Machinery LLC has completed a merger that increases its store total from five to nine and broadens its product mix and geographic reach. On April 8, 2006, the Colorado Springs-based construction equipment company merged with Romer Mercantile, based in Holly and Lamar,…
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Inside the Mega-Dairy: New Study Will Reveal How They Do Business – Huge Dairy Farms Operate Much Differently Than Traditional Dairies
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: MEMPHIS, Tenn. – May 9 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — A new study from Entira (www.entira.net), ‘Inside the Mega Dairy: Management Strategy and Decision-Making Structure,’ will reveal how top managers in this important segment of the agricultural market think and operate.