We believe Jefferson County has a lot to offer not only in terms of ability to produce the bio-feedstock, but also the transportation infrastructure needed for distribution. Among the issues and technologies discussed or displayed at the field days will be bioenergy-based agricultural production, production management of new varieties, and rice agronomic and pest management. Rice growers are invited to attend and see firsthand the new and developing technologies that can help reduce...

Producers use certified organic sugar, essential oils, fruits, and nuts in accordance with USDA organic regulations. Jay Jacobowitz, president of Retail Insights, a consulting service for natural products retailers, said the trajectory for organic chocolate will likely track that of the organic food market, which is on a double-digit growth spurt. Russell Stover, known for selling boxes of chocolate in drugstores, has even entered the game, with its new organic Belgian milk and 60 percent...

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The lanes have been rotated slightly to the northeast and narrowed to avoid waters where there are high concentrations of North Atlantic right whales, a critically endangered species with only about 300 animals left alive. WASHINGTON, DC, July 3, 2007 (ENS) - The East Kentucky Power Cooperative, a coal-fired electric utility based in Winchester, Kentucky, will spend $650 million on pollution controls and pay a $750,000 penalty to resolve violations of the Clean Air Act at its three plants,...

It was a three-inch, hissing, six-legged giant harlequin beetle that could have wreaked havoc on the mango trees of Florida. The bugs are herded into long, thin specimen tubes and driven to a USDA lab on Biscayne Boulevard, where entomologist Willie Tang inspects them using a $15,000 high-powered Nikon microscope and digital camera. Agriculture Department's 50 entomologists are stationed here - one at the port and nine at the airport. Inspectors also come across pharmaceuticals with...