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Hundreds hospitalised in mass Vietnam food poisoning
Dec 29, 2015 (AFP)
Hundreds of workers at a Hong Kong-owned garment factory in Vietnam which makes lingerie for labels like Victoria's Secret and Wacoal have been hospitalised wit...
Belgian chocolatier goes 'bean-to-bar' for best taste
Dec 24, 2015 (AFP)
Chuao, Baracoa, Hacienda Rio Peripa: when it comes to cocoa beans, it turns out there are vintages just like there are for fine wines, says Belgian chocolate ma...
Wild bee decline threatens US crop production
Dec 24, 2015 (SPX)
The first national study to map U.S. wild bees suggests they're disappearing in many of the country's most important farmlands - including California's Central ...
How LED lighting treatments affect greenhouse tomato quality
Dec 24, 2015 (SPX)
To satisfy increasing consumer demand for locally grown, fresh tomatoes during off-seasons, greenhouse tomato growers often need to rely on supplemental lightin...
China's COFCO to buy agri-arm of top Asian trader
Dec 23, 2015 (AFP)
China's largest food company COFCO is to buy 100 percent of the agricultural arm of embattled trader Noble Group, the companies said Wednesday, in the latest mo...
Composting food waste remains your best option
Dec 23, 2015 (SPX)
Many people compost their food scraps and yard waste because they think it's the right thing to do. A new University of Washington study confirms that sentiment...
Will grassland soil weather a change?
Dec 22, 2015 (SPX)
There's more to an ecosystem than the visible plants and animals. The soil underneath is alive with vital microbes. They make sure nutrients from dead plant and...
Scientists peg Anthropocene to first farmers
Dec 22, 2015 (SPX)
A new analysis of the fossil record shows that a deep pattern in nature remained the same for 300 million years. Then, 6,000 years ago, the pattern was disrupte...
Greywater reuse for irrigation is safe
Dec 22, 2015 (SPX)
Researchers at the Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have determined that treated greywater is safe for irrigation a...
Red palm weevils can fly 50 kilometers in 24 hours
Dec 19, 2015 (SPX)
The red palm weevil (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus) has been a pest of coconut palms in Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, and the Philippines for a long time....
Growing crops on organic soils increases greenhouse gas emissions
Dec 18, 2015 (SPX)
Growing agricultural crops on organic (peat) soils is not good for the climate. When organic soils are drained and cultivated the organic matter in the soil wil...
Plants use a molecular clock to predict when they'll be infected
Dec 17, 2015 (SPX)
Plants are able to predict when infections are more likely to occur and regulate their immune response accordingly, new research has found. Led by the Universit...
Plasticulture system offers alternative for cabbage producers
Dec 16, 2015 (SPX)
In Florida, a major fresh-market cabbage producing state, cabbage production currently relies on bare ground and subirrigation systems. Because of the large vol...
Millet: The missing link in transition from hunter-gatherer to farmer
Dec 16, 2015 (SPX)
New research shows a cereal familiar today as birdseed was carried across Eurasia by ancient shepherds and herders laying the foundation, in combination with th...
Biochar suitable substrate for soilless hydroponic tomatoes
Dec 16, 2015 (SPX)
As the use of soilless, hydroponic growing methods becomes more prevalent among crop producers, researchers are looking for new materials that can help growers ...
Scientists create first map of the wheat epigenome
Dec 15, 2015 (SPX)
Scientists at the University of Liverpool have carried out the first ever genome-wide survey of heritable molecular changes that regulate gene activity in wheat...
Chinese wineries seek inspiration in foreign cups
Dec 15, 2015 (AFP)
In a country renowned for forgery, winemaker Jose Hernandez worries China's burgeoning viniculture industry will suffer from blatant copying of Bordeaux's outpu...
Plant growth enhanced by increased CO2 with significant variations
Dec 14, 2015 (SPX)
Elevated concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide enhance photosynthesis and plant growth. Although these growth effects can be sustained in the long term, ...
Feeding food waste to pigs could save vast swathes of threatened forest and savannah
Dec 12, 2015 (SPX)
A new study shows that if the European Union lifted the pigswill ban imposed following 2001's foot-and-mouth disease epidemic, and harnessed technologies develo...
QUT scientists unlock secrets of Aussie 'resurrection' grass
Dec 10, 2015 (SPX)
A native Australian grass that 'plays dead' during droughts and selectively culls its own cells to survive could provide genetic keys to help world food crops l...
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