Forgione, whose restaurants include An American Place, has been honored nationally as a leader in the effort to support local farmers, farmers markets and regional products and specialties. The regional restaurant chain serves blueberries, asparagus, apples and other produce grown by Hoosiers. Debbie Apple calls books like Fast Food Nation and The Omnivor'es Dilemma "great advertising" for her organic farm, which sells locally produced syrup, honey, popcorn, cheese, milk, eggs, beef, lamb,...

The trade-off is that dry weather can produce smaller fruit. For orchard crops, like peaches, below-normal rain can prove beneficial which is good news in a summer in which parched conditions have reigned and rain, aside from last week s deluges, has been scarce. Throughout the spring and early summer, the evaporation rate has been higher than average, Gresniak said, citing not a lot of real high humidity and a lot of wind. Seyfert said it s been a good year so far for other fruit as well....

Deciduous tree fruit, nuts and grapes: Hot weather has fruit and nut growers nervously watching for heat damage to crops. Irrigation is ongoing in all fruit and nut orchards in preparation for the heat of summer. Spraying for thrip in orchards is finished as the fruit sizes out of harm's way. Thompson seedless grape harvest should begin in one or two weeks. Dairy production is dropping due to hotter weather although prices are better than last summer. Sulfur and fungicide applications...

A team of two Chinese scientists from the Taiyuan University of Technology (Shanxi) have, using two distinct software a search agent and a meta search engine built a new search engine that intelligently searches through other search engines to give a result most closely suited to the query. A team of two Chinese scientists from the Taiyuan University of Technology (Shanxi) have, using two distinct software a search agent and a meta search engine built a new search engine that intelligently...

Speaking to the SIBC, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Edward Kingmele, stated that the move is part of Government's initiative to stimulate and encourage rural participation in agriculture to help boost economic development in the country. Speaking to the SIBC, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Edward Kingmele, stated that the move is part of Government's initiative to stimulate and encourage rural participation in agriculture to help boost economic...