After two years of exports to Europe, he added, farmers would be entitled to export other vegetables too, provided they maintain similar agricultural practices. Each of these 55 farmers is dedicating 30 acres for export purposes. Potato exports during winter months would definitely fetch the farmers better prices four times higher than they get here. We will produce more than the pegged quantity of 10,000 MT and only the best (crop) would be exported, said Pawanjot Singh, another prominent...

Paired with local groups and sometimes federal funds, LMF has helped buy 197,460 acres outright and bought development rights on another 247,463 acres, like Packard's. It's kept thousands of acres open to public recreation - hunting, boating, fishing, hiking - and kept homes off picturesque, irreplaceable real estate. The Packards, retired Connecticut teachers, grow hay, corn and sunflowers on most of the rest of the longtime family farm. It'll grow to 11 next year when the 20 farmers will...

usDiggRedditYahooMyWebGoogleWhat's this? Colder temperatures, cooler produce Local farmers begin to say farewell to summertime peaches and hello to eccentric fruits and veggies ANNA BLOOM, Of the Record staff Click photo to enlarge The Park City Farmers Market and the Park Silly Sunday Market has new produce on its stands for the new fall season. usDiggRedditYahooMyWebGoogleWhat's this? Colder temperatures, cooler produce Local farmers begin to say farewell to summertime peaches and hello...

A survey at the Gadong market yesterday indicated that the price of vegetables increased up to three times its original, following a wet spell in the recent weeks. Bandar Seri Begawan - The current rainy season has increased the price of vegetables and outpaced the effects following a ban imposed by Brunei on vegetables from Sarawak, due to there allegedly having too many pesticides. Meanwhile, the Malaysian Star newspaper reported yesterday that a ban imposed by Brunei on vegetables from...

But as Vietnam is turning from a mainly agrarian country, where three quarters of people are farmers, into a more industrialised and market-driven economy, food scares blamed on intense agrochemical use have risen sharply. Consumers in Vietnam, a country of 84 million people, have long been proud of their delicious and healthy cuisine, typically high in greens and low in fat and prepared with a wide variety of market-fresh ingredients. Early each morning, thousands of farmers travel by...