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Chinese company offers lifetime of booze for $1,700 on Alibaba

Nov 10, 2017 (AFP)

Jiangxiaobai Liquor Company is making its offer Saturday during China's biggest shopping festival -- held every November 11, or 11/11 -- with an equally numeric...

Cover crops shield soil from extreme temps

Nov 10, 2017 (SPX)

"Most plants are sensitive to extreme changes in soil temperature," said Samuel Haruna, a researcher at Middle Tennessee State University. "You don't want it to...

Together for more food safety in Europe and its neighboring countries

Nov 09, 2017 (SPX)

"We are aiming to expand international cooperation with the EU Food Safety Almanac and the ENP (European Neighbourhood Policy) Food Safety Almanac". But who is ...

Fresh EU bid fails to renew controversial weedkiller

Nov 09, 2017 (AFP)

The European Commission said it fell short of the majority needed to renew the license when it expires December 15 as only half of the 28 member states voted fo...

France to oppose EU's 5-year renewal for weedkiller glyphosate

Nov 08, 2017 (AFP)

"France's position is three years," Environment Minister Nicolas Hulot, a celebrity green activist, told French media ahead of a vote by the 28 EU member states...

Swapping where crops are grown could feed an extra 825 million people

Nov 08, 2017 (SPX)

The results show that "there are a lot of places where there are inefficiencies in water use and nutrient production," says lead author Kyle Davis, a postdoctor...

Black leaders who urged farmers to dump coca on run from Colombia gangs

Nov 07, 2017 (AFP)

"We started receiving death threats and left our area on September 26," said Francisco Jacome, who heads the group of community leaders working to halt coca pro...

First luxury Perigord truffle is cultivated in Britain

Nov 06, 2017 (AFP)

The 16-gramme (0.6-ounce) specimen was cultivated in Wales in the roots of a Mediterranean oak tree that had been treated with truffle spores. Scientists from C...

Extreme dining in Shanghai: French chef's twist on haute cuisine

Nov 06, 2017 (AFP)

Inside is avant-garde restaurant Ultraviolet, the city's newest three-star Michelin eatery, where adventurous gourmands happily pay up to 6,000 yuan ($900) per ...

RUDN University researcher found out what happens to organic matter on rice fields

Nov 03, 2017 (SPX)

Soil fertility depends very much on the quantity and quality of carbon - the organic matter in soil. Both quantity and quality are regulated by plants growing o...

Flour power to boost food security

Nov 03, 2017 (SPX)

University of Queensland researchers believe the discovery could increase the amount of flour produced from wheat by as much as 10 per cent. Wheat - the leading...

The advent of 'green' cattle

Nov 02, 2017 (SPX)

The new method, developed by a team from the University of Bristol and Rothamsted Research, records the environmental impact of each animal separately before ca...

Pumpkin genomes sequenced, revealing uncommon evolutionary history

Nov 02, 2017 (SPX)

The finished genomes appear in the October issue of Molecular Plant, which highlights the work on its cover. "Pumpkins are used as a staple food in many develop...

In Portugal, corks still top screwcaps

Nov 01, 2017 (AFP)

"Look at them, it's as if they were human, each one is different," forestry engineer Conceicao Silva says as she inspects tree branches. This forest in the cent...

Mammoth projects to make Norway's fish farms eco-friendly

Nov 01, 2017 (AFP)

The "potential" for salmon and other farmed fish has been calculated by researchers, Norwegian Seafood Federation spokesman Oyvind Andre Haram tells AFP, noting...

Marijuana farming is harming the environment, study shows

Nov 01, 2017 (UPI)

When researchers analyzed the ecological consequences of marijuana farming in Northern California, they were surprised by the outsized impact of small farms. "C...

Cowpea protected from a devastating pest, free for smallholder African farmers

Oct 31, 2017 (SPX)

Scientists report in Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture that they have engineered cowpea - one of the most important sources of vegetable protein for rural fam...

Rainy summer puts Germans off their beer

Oct 30, 2017 (AFP)

Breweries reported sales of the national thirst-quencher down 3.1 percent year-on-year between January and September, at 72 million hectolitres (one hectolitre ...

EU member states to vote on five-year weedkiller renewal next month

Oct 27, 2017 (AFP)

The Commission, the bloc's executive arm, had originally recommended approving the herbicide's use for another decade from December 15 but experts balked this w...

Study exposes the dark side of coffee cultivation in Uganda

Oct 26, 2017 (SPX)

In Bududa, Uganda - Africa's second largest coffee exporter following Ethiopia - the harvest typically runs from July through October. The season can extend bey...