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.

U.S. growers fighting back against foreign flowers

Kent Online - United Kingdom

YALDING Organic Gardens have been saved by a company that already runs a farm shop and organic vegetable box scheme.

Organic garden is set to thrive again

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.

Some edible plants have a dark side

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.

Insects Use Plants Like A Telephone

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.

Algoma West Gardeners applaud new provincial pesticide laws; McGuinty gov’t will turf present municipal bylaws

ISNA - Iran

British and Australian tourists are traveling to Iran to visit special and rare kinds of plants and animals.

Iranian rare flowers attract British tourists

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.

Vegetable gardening popular again

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.

Madagascar: Despite Odds, Country Saves More Trees

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.

Nonprofit groups in Q-C host plant sales

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.

Mercury Rising–Up the Food Web