usDiggRedditYahooMyWebGoogleWhat's this? Print Email grow Picky peppers take to tending Choose short-season varieties, and water consistently to reap bushels of crunchy flavor By Jodi Torpey Special to the Denver Post Article Last Updated:06/27/2007 08:06:41 PM MDT (Special to The Post) Colorful sweet bell peppers are delicious decorations for any garden. usDiggRedditYahooMyWebGoogleWhat's this? Print Email grow Picky peppers take to tending Choose short-season varieties, and water...

While Merrick Farm has received a hefty chunk of taxpayer dollars -- $600,000 -- to preserve the 60-acre property as farmland in perpetuity, Keymer said she had to pay virtually all of that to Uncle Sam a few years ago as taxes after she inherited the farm from her aunt. While Merrick Farm has received a hefty chunk of taxpayer dollars -- $600,000 -- to preserve the 60-acre property as farmland in perpetuity, Keymer said she had to pay virtually all of that to Uncle Sam a few years ago as...

So, strangely for a country that has lately been shedding its agricultural clothing, it is time for our crops to help out our motors. Imagine that, moving all the goods and people in the country on indigenous oils, not without added benefits such as: generating jobs for millions of workers, creating capital on our farms, pumping up our treasury, retrenching our energy security, and setting up a brighter, greener future for our children. Imagine that, moving all the goods and people in the...

Engineering key crops to be insect or virus resistant has led to a decreased use of agrochemicals, increased yields and higher returns -- for commercial farmers and smallholders alike. African Union leaders took an important step in acknowledging the potential of biotechnology to help agricultural development earlier this year when they endorsed the Freedom to Innovate plan. The plan emphasises the need for Africa to find a unified approach to agricultural biotechnology research and...

There is a colossal gap in the understanding of the safety of thousands of chemicals we live with every day, experts say. She and other parents fear their children's seizures, aching joints and frequent colds could be linked to soil tainted with pesticides at the school. The pesticides found in a pile of soil at the school are so dangerous they were banned by the federal government two decades ago. Chlordane was commonly used as a pesticide on crops and to kill termites. Researchers...