A free information seminar will take place later this month to provide organic farming information to horticultural growers. National Organic Training Skillnet (NOTS) has partnered with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) Organic Unit to facilitate the information session on the Ogranic Farming Scheme (OFS) and its related benefits. Minister for State […]
ELKO — The USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service plans to provide benefits to Elko County farmers and ranchers willing to go organic. Their programs bring improvement to a farm itself while also increasing its environmental positives. Signups for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program’s Organic Transition Initiative are open until 4 p.m. on Feb. 29. “The […]
Jammu, Feb 08: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday advised Agricultural scientists and technocrats to chalk out an effective scientific strategy for organic and integrated farming in Jammu and Kashmir. LG, who inaugurated the 6th J&K agricultural science congress on “diversification of agriculture for self-reliant mountain agro-ecology” at Sheri-i-Kashmir University of Science and technology (SKUAST) […]
Welcome to our weekly podcast with longtime Anchorage Daily News garden writer and author Jeff Lowenfels and co-host Jonathan White. Think of it as a companion to Jeff’s weekly ADN gardening columns and his popular series of books. This week, Jeff and Jonathan rekindle last week’s discussion about microplastics in the environment. But this time, […]