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Protection for trees from pests and disease held back by 'skills gap'
Disease   Health   Photos   Protection   Wikipedia: Environmental science  
 The Guardian 
Protection for trees from pests and disease held back by 'skills gap'
Government taskforce calls for plant health to be put on a par with animal health and for the creation of a plant officer | A young ash tree infected with Chalara dieback on a Woodland Trust site near... (photo: WN / Marzena J.)
Water flowing in the farm field - irrigation - agriculture
Agriculture   Photos   Technology   Water   Wikipedia: Irrigation  
 Lexington Herald-Leader 
Irrigation goes high tech with pump monitor
Watering the farm is about to get very high-tech. | Retired Lexington entrepreneur Bob Farinelli has gotten back into the electronic saddle with a way to take the techniques of environmental control h... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Mango tree - mango farming - agriculture  Deccan Chronicle 
Mango farming no longer fruitful
Vijayawada: The Krishna district farmers, producers of world famous mango varieties —Banginapalli and Chinna-rasaalu — are facing bitter experience every year. The district, the country’s... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Andhra Pradesh   Farming   Fruit   Photos   Wikipedia: Mango  
Red flowers on the tree - beauty  Detroit news 
Eastern Market Flower Day kicks off planting season
Mike Wilkinson The Detroit News Comments | Detroit — Tens of thousands of area residents weaved among hundreds of colorful stalls in Eastern Market on Sunday to take advantage of wonderful weath... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Detroit   Life   Nature   Photos   Wikipedia: Flower  
Top Stories
Poverty -economy -philippines The Daily Tribune
Good deeds
Promoting healthcare for Palawan’s poor | Palawan is home to more than half a million Filipinos living in poverty and malnutrition. The island has the highest fertility... (photo: WN / Jelly Clam)
Economy   Home   Philippines   Photos   Poverty   Wikipedia: Philippines  
Agents from the FBI and other law enforcement agencies work at a 24-hour operations in a coordinated investigation of the Times Square attempted bombing, Monday May 3, 2010. Huffington Post
FBI Executes Search Warrant In Ricin Letters Case
SPOKANE, Wash. -- The FBI and other law enforcement agencies are executing a search warrant Saturday in the case of two letters containing the deadly poison ricin that we... (photo: AP / Louis Lanzano)
FBI   Photos   Ricin Letter   United States   Wikipedia: 2013 ricin letters  
leatherback turtle (sl1) Denver Post
Sea turtle comeback in a corner of the Caribbean
GRANDE RIVIERE, Trinidad—Giant leatherback turtles, some weighing half as much as a small car, drag themselves out of the ocean and up the sloping shore on the nort... (photo: creative commons / )
Animal   Caribbean   Photos   Science   Wikipedia: Leatherback sea turtle  
Fresh tomatoes on the plant in a backyard garden of home Canberra Times
From backyard to food bowl
Simon Gemmell can walk into his backyard and catch a silver perch big enough to eat. The father-of-one does not live on the edge of a lake or river, rather a standard 850... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Food   Garden   Photos   Vegetable   Wikipedia: Backyard  
A Palestinian man inspects a truck loaded with cherry tomatoes at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip on March 02, 2011. Israel has granted special approval for the export of a small amount of Palestinian tomatoes from the Gaza Strip to the European market. One truck loaded with tomatoes will be able to leave the impoverished territory over the next two weeks with European coordination. (Photo by Ahmed Deeb/wn) Khaleej Times
About Dubai:Culture of fish, cherry tomatoes
Golf resort uses aquaponic gardening that uses 90% less water than other gardens | dubai — What do cherry fish and cherry tomatoes have in common? Nothing, you&rsqu... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
Culture   Dubai   Fish   Photos   Water   Wikipedia: Dubai  
Control tower and a Boeing 717-200 of Hawaiian Airlines at Kona International Airport (KOA) in December 2009 Business Journal
Kona airport has twice as many passengers than Hilo airport on Hawaii’s Big Island
Stephanie Silverstein Reporter- Pacific Business News Email  | Twitter | The Big Island’s two major airports in Kona and Hilo are the main gateways for visito... (photo: Creative Commons / FRED)
Airport   Hawaii   Island   Passengers   Photos   Wikipedia: Kona International Airport  
Small domestic flower shrub in a home garden Austin American Statesman
Gardening calendar, week of May 18
Book signing. 8 a.m. Saturday. Deborah Madison signs “Vegetable Literacy.” Boggy Creek Farm, 3414 Lyons Road. Free. 926-4650, www.boggycreekfarm.com. | “Why Organic... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Book   Farm   Photos   Vegetable   Wikipedia: Gardening  
Bumper crop of apples because of cold spring The Daily Telegraph
Bumper crop of apples because of cold spring
There could be a bright side to the cold spring: a bumper crop of apples. | The cold spring should mean a bumper crop of apples this year. Photo: ALAMY | By Louise G... (photo: WN / Marzena J.)
Climate   Environment   Photos   Spring  
Middle class people in India watching the cultural activity The New York Times
Why Indian Elites Like to Call Themselves ‘Middle Class’
India’s Middle Class | What Does the Future Hold? | If you are an Indian reading this, you are very likely among the top 10 percent in the country, since you have I... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
India   Lifestyle   People   Photos   Wikipedia: Middle class  
Bird Flu Mad Cow Disease
- Impossible to predict outcome in Chinas bird flu outbreak:
- DPRK strives to prevent spread of bird flu virus
- Bird Flu Outbreak Costs China £100m Each Day
- Bird Flu Cost To China Reaches £100m Daily
A woman with a mask shops at a poultry market in Beijing, China, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009.
Bird flu costs China industry US$65b: state media
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- Bipolar sufferer in legal battle over abortion
- Judge to rule if man can refuse help for cancer
- Antibiotic-resistant superbugs pose "catastrophic"
- Alberta's beef industry: 10 years after mad cow crisis
Obesity - Women
Gene that makes women gain weight found by scientists
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Farm Subsidy Farmers
- White House says more farm subsidy cuts needed
- White House says more farm subsidy cuts needed
- White House says more farm subsidy cuts needed
- White House says more farm subsidy cuts needed
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- Farmer steals Catechist's timber boards worth GHC24.00
- Farmers face 'hectic' calving with new app
- Credit crunch hits farmers with sowing season looming
- Farmers hope immigration bill yields more foreign ag workers
Farmers Market
The Pittsburgh Farmers Market season begins
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Market Organic Farming
- Pot-eating pigs get the munchies, fatten up for market in Wa
- Students carve out market with Meat Mail
- S. Africa to build wind farm in search for clean energy
- Chicago agricultural commodity futures market closes mixed
Red flowers on the tree - beauty
Eastern Market Flower Day kicks off planting season
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- Organic farming model pulls crowd - 10000 visit fruit festiv
- Negros shows potential for drive, organic tourism
- More scholarship slots to organic farming students
- Pirates showing organization is on the rise
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Livestock Crops and Soil
- Gas, beef prices spike before holiday weekend
- Gas, beef prices spike before holiday weekend
- Seven held for cattle theft from Simhachalam temple goshala
- Green Meadows Beef Shows Commitment to NZ Food Traceability
A cow is grazing a grass - cattle - agricultural animal
Award for scientists who developed cattle TB test
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- Bucs QB controversy keeps cropping up
- Khloe Kardashian faces lawsuit for plagiarizing the ‘Pride
- Cool, dry spring delays spring crops on LI
- Top news: Oil-price rigging in UK, US promotes Monsanto'
The Union Minister of Steel, Shri Virbhadra Singh - India- Politics
Himachal to launch crop diversification programme
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