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Tobacco is the primary income producing crop grown on about 6,600 farms in Virginia. Over the past seven years, many of these farmers have invested in greenhouse structures to produce their tobacco transplants. Today, these greenhouses cost on ... [... more]
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Organic Production and Use of Alternative Crops
 Author: Franc Bavec Author: Martina Bavec Binding: Kindle Edition Dewey Decimal Number: 631.584 Edition: 1 Format: Kindle Book Number Of Pages: 241 Publication Date: 2006-07-20 [... more]
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Spice Crops
Many plants have been used for centuries as sources of spices for culinary use. Recently there has been an upsurge of interest in diversifying the range of such spices and in their agronomy, as alternative crops, in both temperate and tropical countries. [... more]
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Petroglyph
Set in the Andean highlands of modern-day Peru, the book follows Paul Hemming, an American physicist and poet, as he grapples with a failing marriage and a failed career. Hemming is traveling with his wife, Sally, a successful botanist, who is working [... more]
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Organic Production and Use of Alternative Crops
Considering more than 30 disregarded, neglected, and new crops, this volume explores their production in environmental-friendly cropping systems. It includes alternative cereals such as spelt and triticale; pseudocereals such as buckwheat and millet; oil [... more]
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Organic Production and Use of Alternative Crops
Merging coverage of two increasingly popular and quickly growing food trends, "Organic Production and Use of Alternative Crops" provides an overview of the basic principles of organic agriculture and highlights its multi functionality with [... more]
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Potassium Fertilization of Cotton
Author: A. Ozzie Abaye; Extension Agronomist, Alternative Crops, Virginia Tech Potassium (K) is an essential nutrient for normal plant growth and development, which plays a particularly important role in fiber development. Potassium deficiency ... [... more]
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Northern Plains Family Farmer
From the Publisher: This newsletter (also available in online format)is focused on the positive aspects of small to medium sized family farming operations. Our editorial slant is geared toward sustainable farmers who are concerned about protecting their [... more]
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Colombia and the United States : War, Unrest, and ...
Hard-hitting facts: Colombia is a complex nation and is often misunderstood, according to Professor Mario A. Murillo. Moreover, "the nature of Colombia's internal conflict has been completly distorted by the prism of drug-war politics," he adds [... more]
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Genetic Glass Ceilings: Transgenics for Crop Biodiversity
As the world's population rises to an expected ten billion in the next few generations, the challenges of feeding humanity and maintaining an ecological balance will dramatically increase. Today we rely on just four crops for 80 percent of all consumed [... more]
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