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LAS VEGAS, March 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Spread Peace Radio featured renowned philanthropist and leader in the industrial hemp industry, Bruce Perlowin, CEO of Hemp, Inc. (OTC: HEMP), on his plans to fund and build a 500-acre Kins Domain in Arizona. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121107/LA08133LOGO) During the talk radio interview, broadcasted last week, Perlowin enlightened listeners on what initially inspired him to create self-sustainable communities and the...
WASHINGTON, March 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Researchers at To Soil Less may have found that gravel gardening enables vegetables and other plants to grow in drought-like conditions. To Soil Less will showcase these drought resistant properties at the 2013 Home and Garden Show in Washington, DC, held at the Walter Washington Convention Center from March 22 to 24. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130321/NE81605-a ) (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130321/NE81605-b...
DUBLIN, March 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Research and Markets [http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/8wpbw3/global_water ] has announced the addition of the "Global Water Soluble Fertilizers Market, by Types (Nitrogenous, Phosphatic, Potassic, Micronutrients), Applications (Fertigation, Foliar Application), Crop Types (Field, Horticultural, Turf & Ornamentals) & Geography - Trends & Forecasts to 2017"...
RnRMarketResearch.com offers "Global Water Soluble Fertilizers Market, By Types (Nitrogenous, Phosphatic, Potassic, Micronutrients), Applications (Fertigation, Foliar Application), Crop Types (Field, Horticultural, Turf & Ornamentals) & Geography - Trends & Forecasts to 2017" in its store. DALLAS, March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Water soluble fertilizers are fertilizers that can be dissolved in water and added or leached out of the soil easily. It is easy to control the precise...
WASHINGTON, March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On National Agriculture Day, the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History is unveiling a new website where the public can upload stories about technologies and innovation that have changed their work lives in agriculture--stories about precision farming, food-borne illness tracking, environmental concerns, government practices, irrigation, biotechnology and hybrid seeds. This spring, the museum is launching the...
Strengthened cost control, optimized products mix HONG KONG, March 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Financial Summary Revenue was approximately RMB15,248 million, about the same level as in 2011 Gross profit was approximately RMB1,037 million, an increase of approximately 273.0% Net Profit attributable to owners of the parent was approximately RMB482 million, an increase of approximately 95.9% Earnings per share were RMB0.40, an increase of approximately 90.5% Proposed final...
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports – Your Universe Online European Union (EU) nations have failed to agree on proposals that would have banned three pesticides reportedly linked to the decline of the global bee population. According to the BBC, a recent report from the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) has concluded the substances in question posed a “high acute risk” to the pollinating insects. The EU’s executive body, the European Commission, had been seeking a two-year...
Department of Transportation Highlights its Surveyors' Importance HARRISBURG, Pa., March 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Governor Tom Corbett has proclaimed March 17-23 as Land Surveyors Week in Pennsylvania, noting that surveyors' specialized skill sets provide exceptional service to communities through their work to develop transportation routes, utility projects and more. Corbett's proclamation coincides with National Surveyors Week. PennDOT employs more than 100 surveyors,...
New research on household pesticide contamination emphasizes the need for less reliance on pesticides and more emphasis on neatness, blocking cracks where insects can enter and other so-called "integrated pest management" (IPM) measures, scientists have concluded. Their study appears in the ACS' journal Environmental Science & Technology. Chensheng Lu and colleagues cite previous studies showing that urban, low-income, multifamily, public housing dwellings are prone to severe pest...
It’s possible to create a beautiful landscape and be kind to the environment even with a busy schedule and while staying within budget. Milwaukee, WI (PRWEB) March 12, 2013 It’s possible to create a beautiful landscape and be kind to the environment even with a busy schedule and while staying within budget. “All it takes is a bit of planning and a few low maintenance strategies,” says gardening expert and author Melinda Myers. Myers recommends these five strategies to create a...
Latest Land management Reference Libraries
Seed drilling is a method used by farmers in order to have a more unified, crop-yielding season. The first known use of seed drilling was in 1500 BC by the Sumerian. At this time, they were using a single tube. Later, in the 2nd Century BC, the Chinese developed a multi-tube iron drill. This facilitated in a larger crop planting allowing them to feed their large population. The first recorded patent of a sowing machine was in 1566 by the Venetian Senate, attributing Camillo Torello. In the...
Clearcutting, otherwise known as clearfelling, is a controversial forestry/logging practice in which the majority or all of the trees in an area are uniformly cut down. Clearcutting, in addition to shelterwood and seed tree harvests, is utilized by foresters to construct certain types of forest ecosystems and to encourage select species that require plentiful sunlight or grow in large, even-age stands. Logging companies and forest-worker unions in certain countries support the practice for...
Naturescaping is a term that is in reference to a method of landscape design and landscaping that allows people, as well as nature, to exist. By including certain plants, particularly the native ones, into ones yard, one can attract beneficial insects, birds, and other creatures, and aid in keeping our rivers and streams in a healthy state. Widespread urban growth and urban sprawl over the last century has had an important impact on habitat that birds and other wildlife once called home....
Land degradation is a process in which the value of the biophysical environment is affected by one or more combination of human-induced processes acting on the land. It is also the gradual destruction or reduction of the quality and quantity of human activities, animal activities or natural means. It is viewed as any change or disturbance to the land perceived to be deleterious or unwanted. Natural hazards are not included in the causes; however, human activities can indirectly affect...
Erosion is the process by which rock and soil are taken from the surface of the Earth by exogenetic processes like wind or the flow of water, and then transported and deposited in another location. While erosion is a natural process, human activities have increased by 10 to 40 times the rate at which erosion is happening globally. Excessive erosion results in problems such as desertification, decreases in agricultural productivity because of land degradation, sedimentation of waterways,...
