Story Headline for display on siteOlive Oil Price Dip Adds to European Woes - CNBC
27 May 2012, 11:40 pm
“The market is in serious crisis,” said Pekka Pesonen, head of the Copa-Cogeca farming union in Brussels. “This crop is vital for the main producing countries in terms of maintaining employment in their rural areas.” Spain, Italy and Greece are by ...

Meet salmon farming's worst enemy: a determined biologist - Seattle Times
27 May 2012, 9:24 pm
BROUGHTON ARCHIPELAGO, B.C. — She's perched in her boat near a fish farm, talking about diseases, the kind that might escape and kill wild salmon. Then she spies a worker peeling toward her in a boat. Alexandra Morton, bane of North America's salmon ...

Mushroom cultivation workshop in Basking Ridge - NJ.com
27 May 2012, 4:09 pm
The Northeast Organic Farming Association of New Jersey (NOFA-NJ) invites gardeners, farmers, and foodies to attend a Shiitake Mushroom Cultivation Workshop at Back-to-Nature Home & Garden Center in Basking Ridge on Saturday, June 9 from 10:30 ...

Farming endangered species to save them – extinction by another means? - theconversation.edu.au
27 May 2012, 3:19 pm
When we talk of conserving an animal species what do we actually mean? We are likely to have in mind a vision of a rhinoceros (or any other species, for that matter) being given the opportunity to pursue its natural way of life in its native environment ...

Agritourism helps NJ farmers cover costs, keep their family farming traditions alive - Republic
27 May 2012, 2:07 pm
MORRISTOWN, N.J. — Sure, Jim and Caroline Etsch farm traditionally, mainly raising hay and field corn on 1,100 acres in five municipalities in Middlesex and Monmouth counties. But for a half-dozen or so years on the 30-acre home farm on Route ...

Think green, smart for rice farming –PhilRice - Balita News
27 May 2012, 12:27 pm
SCIENCE CITY OF MUNOZ, Nueva Ecija, May 27 – The Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) has urged the rice sector to consider green and smart initiatives as a way to attain food security and sufficiency. Dr. Eufemio T. Rasco Jr. highlighted energy ...

Ties break down between B.C. salmon-farming firm, environmental coalition - Globe and Mail
26 May 2012, 8:28 pm
A unique relationship meant to reduce conflict between environmental groups and British Columbia’s largest salmon farming company has fallen apart. The Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform and Marine Harvest Canada confirmed Saturday that the project ...

How EU farming policies led to a collapse in Europe's bird population - The Guardian
26 May 2012, 1:33 pm
They have entranced generations with the beauty of their songs and glimpses of their plumage. But today the sound of the linnet and the vision of a turtle dove are becoming increasingly rare experiences for visitors to the European countryside. Indeed ...

Farming a grim crop - The Australian
25 May 2012, 9:02 am
THE bad news is that popular BBC crime series Waking the Dead is not returning to our screens, but the good news is that a kind of spin-off called The Body Farm arrives this week. And it traffics just as entertainingly in gruesome and grisly stuff.

Farming sector profits rose 25% in 2011, says NFU - BBC News
21 May 2012, 5:46 am
The UK's farming sector saw its overall profit rise by 25% last year, according to the National Farmers Union (NFU). The NFU said farming's overall profit was £8.84bn in 2011, up £1.75bn. Rising prices for meat and grain on the international markets have ...