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Scripps News - Washington,DC,USA
After more than 16 years of Latin American countries enjoying a leg up on them, California’s cut flower growers say they have had enough.
Kent Online - United Kingdom
YALDING Organic Gardens have been saved by a company that already runs a farm shop and organic vegetable box scheme.
Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA
Perennial vegetables are an enduring lot. Many are capable of surviving drought, recurring cold, deep shade and short periods of flooding.
Science Daily (press release) - USA
Dutch ecologist Roxina Soler and her colleagues have discovered that subterranean and aboveground herbivorous insects can communicate with each other by using plants as telephones.
Sault Star - Sault Ste-Marie,Ontario,Canada
An Ontario government plan to ban the sale and cosmetic use of pesticides is good news to Algoma West Master Gardeners.
ISNA - Iran
British and Australian tourists are traveling to Iran to visit special and rare kinds of plants and animals.
Connecticut Post - Bridgeport,CT,USA
There isn’t any hard data on how many of us in Connecticut are raising our own vegetables. In fact, it’s not a statistic the state’s Department of Agriculture can even hazard a guess on.
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
Despite a demand for more agricultural land, poverty-stricken Madagascar has managed to reduce deforestation by almost half, environment groups say.
Quad City Times - Davenport,IA,USA
Nonprofit horticulture groups host plant sales as a way to raise money for their activities, including education and beautifying their surroundings. Here is a list of the sales that will be held around the Quad-City region this spring.
Scientific American - USA
You’ve probably heard about mercury contamination in fish. But a new study says the toxin has climbed out of the water.
