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Facility Adjustments Continue Into New Year VICTORIA, BC and PORTLAND, OR, Dec. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - CRAiLAR Technologies Inc. ("CL" or the "Company") (TSXV: CL) (OTCBB: CRLRF), which produces and markets CRAiLAR®, a natural fiber made from flax and other bast fibers, has revised its estimated production start date at its new Pamplico, S.C. facility from Friday, December 28 to a targeted timeframe of mid January. The delay has been attributed to safety and compliance...
South West China, Myanmar and Northern Vietnam contain one of the oldest exposed outcrops of limestone in the world. Within this area are thousands of caves and gorges. It is only recently that botanists have sought to explore the caves for plants. This exploration is yielding many new species new to science, that are known only from these habitats. The current study was published in the open access journal PhytoKeys. Kew botanist and nettle expert Alex Monro says, "When my Chinese...
Sparkling wine isn't just for toasting the New Year, it’s also the perfect pairing with fresh blueberries from Chile in this elegantly surprising new recipe Fresh Blueberry and Pear Champagne Aperitif. This sweet and tangy cold beverage is the perfect starter to ring in 2013, a sophisticated and colorful complement to the year-end celebratory repast. SONOMA, CA (PRWEB) December 27, 2012 Sparkling wine isn't just for toasting the New Year, it’s also the perfect pairing with...
Consumers needing a way to control inflammation from chronic joint conditions can find relief and balance with cherry fruit extract supplementation. A trusted brand of cherry fruit extract supplementation, Enzymatic Therapy® Cherry Fruit Extract, can be found at EverydayVitamin.com. Brooklyn, NY (PRWEB) December 24, 2012 Everyday Vitamin Nutrition LLC, an online retailer of branded vitamins and dietary supplements, has announced that they carry Enzymatic Therapy’s® Cherry...
Resistance has cut the useful life of nearly every malaria therapy tried so far Malaria brings misery and death to millions in the developing world each year, and fighting it keeps medical researchers up at night because the mosquito-borne parasite Plasmodium falciparum, which causes the deadliest form of the disease, has developed resistance to every drug thrown at it. Resistance has cut short the useful life of nearly every therapy tried so far, experts say. But now molecular...
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Medical Marijuana, Inc. (OTC: MJNA), a leading hemp industry innovator and its portfolio company CanChew Biotechnologies are pleased to announce that packages of its free product trial market survey of CanChew gum shipped to participants yesterday in order to arrive before the Holiday. In anticipation of their product feedback, participating individuals will receive a free 30-day supply of the Functional CBD gum. The Company is focused on...
DALLAS, Dec. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- X-Change Corp (NASDAQ OTC: XCHC), a U.S. boutique company whose niche is cannabis and hemp based extracts targeting Medical Cannabis, Cosmeceutical and Neutroceuticals and Social Usage solutions through multiple Phytiva Brand Product Lines. The Company issues a stronger outlook for 2013 based on new Phytiva Product Lines for the Medical Cannabis Industry as a whole. These new Phytiva Product Lines will be launched with Cannabis based...
DALLAS, Dec. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- X-Change Corp. (NASD OTC: XCHC), a U.S. boutique company in the cosmeceutical, nutraceutical, and cardiovascular health industries, is proud to announce detailed information with respect to its Phytiva(TM) cosmeceutical and nutraceutical product line. Phytiva is a hemp extract based product line, taking advantage of the unique and potent benefits of the hemp plant. Phytiva's developmental formulations target the cause, not just the symptom, as it...
Full production on schedule to commence December 28 VICTORIA and PORTLAND, OR, Dec. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - In line with the announcement last month, CRAiLAR Technologies Inc. ("CL" or the "Company") (TSXV: CL) (OTCBB: CRLRF) commissioned its first full-scale CRAiLAR manufacturing facility in Pamplico, S.C., on Monday, December 17. "This is a milestone event for us as a company and an industry partner, heralding a new era in sustainable natural fibers for multiple market...
DALLAS, Dec. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- X-Change Corp (NASDAQ OTC: XCHC), a U.S. boutique company whose niche is extract-based Cosmeceutical and Neutroceutical solutions through its Phytiva brand product line, is pleased with President Barack Obama's recent statements with regard to the newly-enacted laws in the States of Washington and Colorado, and the company views these statements as highly consequential for the future of its Phytiva line of products. X-Change Corp interprets the...
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Buxus sempervirens or Boxwood is indigenous to western and southern Europe, northwest Africa and southwest Asia. This small slender evergreen tree grows from 3 - 30 feet in height with a narrow trunk reaching less than 8 inches in diameter. Yellowish green oval shaped leaves grow from just over half an inch to just under one and a quarter inches in length and less than half an inch wide. Unremarkable petaless flowers of the same yellowish green color are pollinated by insects and produce...
The Japanese Box (Buxus microphylla) is indigenous to Japan and Taiwan. An evergreen shrub, it only grows 6 -10 feet in height with short bright green oval shaped leaves less than an inch in length. It is grown as an ornamental plant both in its native area and in other temperate regions. Variant cultivars of this species are often used in bonsai. Photo Copyright and Credit
Bursera graveolens or Palo Santo is a tree indigenous to South America in Argetina, Paraguay, Boliva and coastal areas of Ecuador. Palo Santo means "holy wood" in English and belongs in the same family as frankincense and myrrh. Although it has been used in homeopathic medicine for years, most recently it is the extraction of essential oils that has put this plant in the spotlight. Limonene, a-Terpineol, Menthofuran and Carvone are a few of the oils derived from this plant. Native...
Brassica tournefortii is a species of mustard plant that is more commonly known as Asian, African and Sahara mustard. It is very similar to other mustard species blooming annually with long stems reaching just over 3 feet in length, but the flowers are a duller yellow. Indigenous to North Africa and the Middle East, this species was transported accidentally to the United States by humans. It grows abundantly in the Sonoran and Mojave Deserts and in hot valleys of southern California....
Bellis perennis is a well-known European species of Daisy, often deemed the archetypal species of that name. Many similar plants share the "Daisy" name, so to distinguish this species from other daisies it is often referred to as Common Daisy, Lawn Daisy, or occasionally English Daisy. Although the species has been widely naturalized in North and South America, it is native to western, central, and northern Europe. The Common Daisy is an herbaceous, dicot plant that grows close to the...
