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Heifer grants keep it green
[ Brattleboro Reformer ]
May 06, 2008 Tuesday, May 6 BRATTLEBORO -- In keeping with this year's Strolling of the Heifers theme -- 'Live Green' -- the Heifers Educational Fund awarded $25,000 in grants to local schools for projects that focus on sustainable agriculture and raising environmental awareness.
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Knox Nursery, an Orlando-area agribusine
[ Orlando Sentinel ]
May 05, 2008 It's the spring gardening season, and workers at Knox Nursery Inc. in west Orange County are busy growing, packing and shipping millions of colorful plants to big commercial buyers across Florida and the nation.
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Top Headlines
[ The Sun Chronicle ]
May 06, 2008 WRENTHAM - Residents are urged to attend a public forum Thursday to help the town and consultants plan for development and traffic improvements along the South Street corridor.
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Moths menacing east side
[ The Record Searchlight ]
May 06, 2008 They know what they are not -- gypsy moths or Pacific tent caterpillars -- but local agriculture and forestry experts haven't yet identified the brown moths swarming east Redding.
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Producing happy customers
[ Baltimore Sun ]
May 07, 2008 With spring comes the return of the farmers' market outside the Glenwood Branch Library in Cooksville Alison Lindahl of West Friendship and her children, Alex , 6, D.J., 4, and Romy, 7, pick out fresh herbs on the first day of the farmers' market outside the Glenwood Branch Library in Cooksville.
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Has Orange County's farm tap run dry? Ta
[ Orlando Sentinel ]
May 05, 2008 You might not think much of Orange County's role in farming. Perhaps it's time to re-evaluate. Orange trees bloomed recently along Orange Avenue in downtown Orlando. But the fragrant blossoms were on small trees in concrete planters, placed there for decoration.
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Hagerman High plant sale opens Saturday
[ The Times-News ]
May 06, 2008 At the annual Hagerman High School Mother's Day plant sale, beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday, expect lines to form as many as 30 minutes before the doors open, organizers say. That's because of bargain prices - such as $23.81 for a hanging basket of flowers grown by students in the agriculture class.
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Pacifica joins moth spraying opposition
[ Contra Costa Times ]
May 07, 2008 City joins others in demanding state prove pheromones are safe
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Farm and Ranch Tour set for May 13
[ Athens Review ]
May 05, 2008 A train of chartered buses will roll through Henderson County on Tuesday morning, May 13.
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Western Morris farm grows tropical parad
[ The Warren Reporter ]
May 01, 2008 WASHINGTON TWP. -- At Tucked Away Farm & Nursery, Joe Gorda is proving such a thing as a year-round tropical paradise exists in New Jersey.
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Market and agricultural directory availa
[ Niles Daily Star ]
May 05, 2008 LANSING - Just in time for spring bedding plants, hanging flowering baskets, nursery stock, and fresh Michigan asparagus, the 2008 Michigan Farm Market and Agricultural Tourism directory is now available.
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Tennessee nursery tries bonsai technique
[ The Tennessean ]
May 06, 2008 KNOXVILLE — For his 13th birthday, Bjorn Bjorholm received a dwarf Japanese juniper, his first bonsai.
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Has Orange County's farm tap run dry? Ta
[ Orlando Sentinel ]
May 05, 2008 You might not think much of Orange County's role in farming. Perhaps it's time to re-evaluate. Orange trees bloomed recently along Orange Avenue in downtown Orlando. But the fragrant blossoms were on small trees in concrete planters, placed there for decoration.
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Neal Newsom's grapes are coveted by the
[ Dallas Morning News ]
May 06, 2008 PLAINS, Texas - On May 10, 2006, a hailstorm hit Yoakum County, on the state line southwest of Lubbock, pelting Neal and Janice Newsom's place outside Plains with hailstones the size of tennis balls. 'They broke the skylights out. They broke the windows out of the car.
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Swampscott Scout cleans up pond at Brook
[ The Salem News ]
May 06, 2008 PEABODY and mdash; As part of his Eagle Scout project, Swampscott resident Felix Gorovodsky and fellow Scouts from Troop 53 cleaned up brush around a small pond at Brooksby Farm. Gorovodsky said he and his team also 'worked to replace a drainage pipe that was broken over the past winters.' Gorovodsky has been in charge of planning his Eagle Scout project during the past six months.
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Recipe ideas blossom at market
[ The Sacramento Bee ]
May 07, 2008 Spring brings us many treats to eat at the farmers markets: hollyhocks, pansies, bachelor's buttons, borage and nasturtiums. Dianthus blooms can perk up a salad. Squash blossoms are popular fried.
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The flavor of flowers
[ The Tuscaloosa News ]
May 07, 2008 sss FRESNO, Calif.Spring brings us many treats to eat at the farmers markets hollyhocks, pansies, bachelor's buttons, borage and nasturtiums.Not exactly what you were thinking of, right
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Cleaning the creek
[ Lake Geneva Regional News ]
May 07, 2008 Fontana — Jill Wegner and her husband, Wes Milner, are on a mission. The avid fly-fishers plan to clean up the debris from Van Slyke Creek, which slows down water flow and makes it difficult for trout and other fish to spawn in the fall.
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