Many deliver the shares in boxes of produce to shareholders' doorsteps, or to central delivery points like farmers markets. They pay their farmer up front for a summer's worth of fresh vegetables, fruits and other produce typically delivered weekly. While subscription farming provides some much-needed financial stability, Finger said, some farmers find it too predictable. Finger said he and his wife don't mind sharing recipes for the vegetables they grow - but it shows how shareholder...

The tiny, thread-like broccoli sprouts sold at stores next to alfalfa sprouts have more than 50 times the amount of sulforaphane than found in mature broccoli. Emily Ho, a researcher with the Linus Pauling Institute and an assistant professor in the Department of Nutrition and Exercise Sciences at OSU, will describe these dietary inhibitors for cancer prevention at the conference on Diet and Optimum Health, organized by the Linus Pauling Institute. But what Mom may not have known is why...

He has produced honey for decades, but is beginning to breed and lease the Russian bees to farmers, who rely on bees spreading pollen for a successful crop, to combat the disorder. Scientists have intensely studied CCD since late 2006 when an alarming number of colonies suddenly began dying, putting a scare in honey producers and farmers who rely on pollination. While CCD will be responsible for many honey production shortfalls, Benware expects his honey production will be down this...

Workshops during the shows centred on six agriculture sub sectors - orchard crops, pig and sheep production, vegetable production using hydroponics, bee keeping and pepper production. The Ministry of Agriculture's five road shows, held over the final quarter last year to encourage stakeholders in agriculture, have resulted in approximately $55 million in new investment to the sector. The ASSP was set up in 2001 to assist potential investors in agriculture to access low interest funding and...

In its latest report on farm development, the USDA said North Carolina topped a national list in 2005 with 1,000 farms lost to development, while South Carolina gained 100 farms in the same period, although the state's actual acreage lost to development and other ventures continues to increase. Department of Agriculture said surveys since 1997 have shown annual decreases in the land used for farming in Horry and Brunswick counties. In recent years, and since a federally approved tobacco...