Tag: Agriculture
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Cornerstone Ranch is Horse’n Around – with Ice Cream!
PRINCETON, Mass. — Cornerstone Ranch, Princeton, MA with land in Rutland, celebrates summer serving up delicious local, premium ice cream, pony rides, horse drawn rides, farm tours, and trail rides. New expansion features ice cream flavors named after horses!
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Ethically-Sourced Vanilla Now Available Online
ORLANDO, Fla. — Bakers everywhere know the importance of using quality ingredients in their products. Take vanilla beans for example — their unique flavor can enhance the worlds of both savory and sweet foods. However, according to Native Vanilla, an Orlando-based vanilla provider, vanilla beans can be challenging to find, purchase and have delivered to…
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Warrington Shaw Says Prolonged Trade War Will Devastate US Farmers
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Warrington Shaw analysts say U.S. farmers will miss out on more earning potential as China hits back at Trump’s punitive import tariffs. U.S. farmers have stood firmly behind Trump and his efforts to broker a better trade deal with China.
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Hudson Valley Cabernet Franc Coalition Hosts Inaugural Barrel and New Release Tasting Event
MARLBORO, N.Y. — The wineries of the Hudson Valley Cabernet Franc Coalition will tap their barrels, uncork new releases, and share some gems from their cellars in their first-ever tasting event. The Barrel & New Release Tasting will take place from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, May 30, 2019, at Nostrano Vineyards.
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Wente Vineyards Announces 2019 Sustainability Report Card for Earth Day
LIVERMORE VALLEY, Calif. — In honor of today’s Earth Day 2019, Wente Vineyards is proud to share an updated series of green initiatives and programming, all of which reflect the winery’s longstanding (136 years and counting!) and ongoing commitment to sustainable wine growing.
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Florida Startup Revolutionizes Honey Industry and Connects Consumers to Beekeepers
PARKLAND, Fla. — A new online platform – the Domestic Beekeepers’ Marketplace – provides U.S. beekeepers the opportunity to market their small batch, nutrient-rich, American-made natural honey to consumers, not just locally, but nationwide. This is great news because many low-cost, imported honey varieties are forcing American beekeepers out of business.
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Stahmanns Pecans Presents a Tip Sheet About Harvesting Natural Pecans
LA LUZ, N.M. — Stahmanns Pecans shares tips to know when pecans are ready to harvest. Pecans are ready to harvest when they begin to drop from the trees, usually around the time when the tree begins losing its leaves for the winter. Mature pecans have green husks which have turned brown and crack open.…
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Gonzalez Byass Announces First Organic Certified Bottling for its Chilean Wine Portfolio
CASABLANCA VALLEY, Chile — Gonzalez Byass has announced the very first ECOCERT(R) certified organic wine for its Casablanca Valley, Chile-based Vinedos Veramonte: the 2018 Sauvignon Blanc. Veramonte is the standard bearer within the Gonzalez Byass umbrella of Chilean labels (which also include Ritual, Primus and Neyen), and this release marks the first of what will…
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Healthy Mobile Markets Launch in Broward County
DANIA BEACH, Fla. — The City of Dania Beach Community Redevelopment Agency is proud to announce that the Dania Beach People’s Access To Community Horticulture (PATCH) is preparing to launch five Mobile Market sites around Broward County. Known as a community market and garden, the Dania Beach PATCH is a resource for locally grown food.…
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Investigation Launched into ‘Sustainability’ of Controversial Logging Plans
PETROLIA, Calif. — The Petrolia-based Lost Coast League (LCL) today announced that the growing controversy over Humboldt Redwood Co.’s (HRC’s) plans to log virgin forests at Rainbow Ridge stepped up a notch when auditors for the highly regarded Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) announced they will be reviewing the “sustainable” certification associated with two of the…