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TEL AVIV, Israel, February 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Makhteshim Agan Group ("MAI" or the "Company") - The Makhteshim Agan Group ("MAI"), the world leader in branded off-patent crop protection solutions, took an active role in the leading Economist forum on global food security and sustainable agriculture. Alongside influential decision-makers including Princess Maxima of the Netherlands, who is the UN Secretary-General's Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for...
Colle Farmers Market responds to an article published by Wisconsin State Farmer that discusses Wisconsin’s two-day agribusiness event. Bohemia, NY (PRWEB) February 01, 2013 On February 1, Colle Farmers Market responds to this year’s 51st annual Wisconsin Crop Management Conference and Trade Show, a two-day event that had over 1,500 attendees. The event attendees were comprised of various sects of Wisconsin’s “agribusiness manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors and dealers of...
Easy Gardener Products, Inc., after a successful spring 2012 soft launch, is expanding its US rollout this spring of its new innovative microbial enhanced product, Jobe’s Organics Water Soluble Plant Food developed with microbial technology partner Pathway BioLogic, to select Home Depot and other Lawn and Garden retailers. PLANT CITY, FL (PRWEB) January 30, 2013 Florida based microbial technology company, Pathway BioLogic, has developed the U.S. market’s first microbial based organic...
Sustainable Farming with Hybrid Aquaponics Boulder, Colorado (PRWEB) January 24, 2013 Farming methods have changed many times since man planted the first seed in the ground 10,000 years ago. Most recently, the Green Revolution has transformed farming and dramatically increased farm productivity by using genetically engineered seeds and by applying chemical fertilizers and pesticides. But we are now seeing a backlash to these techniques due to the adverse environmental and health effects...
Pinnacle Prime, a nitrate-free, liquid organic fertilizer from Daniels Agrosciences, is now available for licensing after being granted a patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. East Greenwich, RI (PRWEB) January 17, 2013 Daniels Agrosciences, LLC, announced today that it has been granted a patent for Pinnacle Prime, a liquid organic fertilizer that is nitrate-free. Pinnacle Prime, which has an analysis of 3-2-2 and 200 ppm Calcium, provides an easy nitrate-free...
Birdfeeders.com would like to welcome the No/No Wild Bird Feeders™ brand to it’s online family of leading bird feeder brands including Perky-Pet®. Lititz, PA (PRWEB) January 12, 2013 Bird enthusiasts are always searching for durable, long-lasting feeders that are worth the money, allowing them to enjoy their favorite hobby year after year. Now that Birdfeeders.com offers No/No Wild Bird Feeders™ enthusiasts don’t have to look as hard. No/No feeders can now be purchased by...
The Nourishmat, a product created by Earth Starter, LLC, is a home gardening tool designed to take the guesswork out of food growing. The product is manufactured in Frederick, Maryland and uses proven effective gardening techniques for crop placement, weed and pest control. Frederick, MD (PRWEB) January 09, 2013 Earth Starter is proud to announce the release of its product called Nourishmat, a tool designed to take the guess-work out of gardening. The product was officially launched to...
Pest Management Sales Expert Enriches Executive Team Vancouver, BC (PRWEB) January 03, 2013 Terramera, a pioneer in developing effective biopesticide products for pest management, announced another key addition to its Executive Team, Dave Buzzelli as VP of Sales. Mr. Buzzelli brings over three decades of rolling out sales of innovative products in pest management. He’s held senior sales roles with key industry players like BASF, DuPont, Residex, Agrevo, and Bayer. Dave was responsible...
Founder of GJM Online Ventures, LLC, Gloria McCoun is excited to announce the launch of her new website, BirdAttracting.com; the website features bird houses, bird feeders, and bird baths in all different types and sizes and other products intended to attract birds to one’s yard. For more information, visit the website’s blog at BirdAttractingBlog.com. Wood River, Nebraska (PRWEB) January 03, 2013 Gloria McCoun is pleased to announce the creation and launch of her new website venture,...
Founder of Scout Girl, LLC, Joy Nagel, is enthused to announce the launch of her new website, JoyToTheWorms.com; the website carries composting worms, composting worm bins, and other useful composting supplies, particularly those related to vermicomposting. For more information, please visit the website’s blog at JoyToTheWormsBlog.com. Salem, Oregon (PRWEB) January 03, 2013 Joy Nagel is pleased to announce the creation and launch of her new website venture, http://www.JoyToTheWorms.com....
Latest Organic gardening Reference Libraries
Three Sisters crop is a technique of gardening used primarily by Native Americans, but gardeners of any kind may also use this technique. These crops use three types of plants; in the Tewa tribe, they use four. The traditional seeds used are corn, beans, and squash. There are many benefits from this method, the first being the use of the corn stalks for the beans to grow on. The beans themselves then provide nitrogen for the corn and squash, while giving the corn amino acids, lysine, and...
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....
The term plasticulture is in reference to the practice of utilizing plastic materials in agricultural applications. The plastic materials themselves are frequently and broadly referred to as “ag plastics.” Plasticulture ag plastics can include soil fumigation film, nursery pots and silage bags, irrigation drip tape or tubing, but the term is most frequently used to describe all kinds of plastic plant and soil coverings. Such coverings range from plastic mulch film, high and low...
Vermicompost is composting with the use of special earthworms. Red wigglers and white worms are the more common worms used, although European night crawlers can be used as well. Red wigglers can be found living in manure piles and in rotting vegetation and adapt the best in covered worm bins. Common earthworms burrow deeply and are not recommended for use in compost bins. Blue worms are commonly used in the tropics. Worms are used to decompose vegetable and food waste along with bedding...
Image Caption: A field in Randers, Denmark. A pile of manure is in the foreground. Credit: Malene Thyssen/Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 2.5) Manure is organic matter that comes from farmyard animal waste as well as from crop cover. Manure from cows, pigs, horses, chickens, rabbits, etc. is broken down into organic matter and used as organic fertilizer. “Green” manure is derived from planting a cover crop, such as clover, to be plowed directly back into the soil. Bacteria traps nitrogen and other...
