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UK Agriculture in Crisis: Severe Weather Threatens Food Security and Prices
18 Apr 2024 02:13 GMT
… given the farming community on many farmlands a chance to plant staple crops like … both farmers and consumers.
Due to a significant decrease in local agricultural production … only adds to the potato, carrot, and parsnip supply problem. High …
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Spring Farmers’ Market Review
17 Apr 2024 16:38 GMT
… with one of the oldest cultivated wheats, topped off my … has a large array of farm products – honey, beeswax candles, garlic … Paul’s Produce, another of the mainstays of Sonoma agriculture, had … for their famous salad mix, carrots, beet greens, kales, cilantro …
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Making crops colorful for easier weeding by robots
17 Apr 2024 15:17 GMT
… agricultural practices," the researchers write.
However, de novo domesticated crops … are already produced by many plants—for example, … hues of various plant parts including carrots, peppers, and … facilitate seed sorting post-harvest, de novo crops could …
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Turning plants blue with gene editing could make robot weeding easier
17 Apr 2024 15:14 GMT
… species are adapted for agriculture to capitalise on their … genes to make them more productive,” says Correia. “If … colour of crops; orange carrots weren’t common until growers selectively bred … pigments that are already produced in other plants. “We are just …
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Gene editing crops to be colourful could aid weeding, say scientists
17 Apr 2024 15:03 GMT
Genetically engineering crops to be colourful could help farmers produce food … or carotenoids, which make carrots orange.
“One example … first be observable after seeds have developed.”
Genetic … crops from their less productive and closely related wild plants …
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Pioneering carrot producer Vito Rugani mourned
17 Apr 2024 14:41 GMT
Leading South African carrot producer Vito Rugani (64) passed … of the attitudes holding back carrot production in South Africa.
Together they … and that the more crops you planted, the more you spread …
Agriculture is in her blood. She grew up on a maize farm …
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CB Therapeutics Revolutionizes Color and Antioxidant Production: Precision Fermentation Sets New Standard for Cost-Efficiency and Sustainability
17 Apr 2024 14:12 GMT
… colors, including striking orange from carrots (β-carotene), deep purple from beets … has significantly advanced its proprietary production platform of microorganisms, enzymes, and … , the CB Therapeutics team can produce a broad range of phytochemicals …
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Carrot soup welcomes lusciousness of cashews, miso, sesame oil
17 Apr 2024 12:38 GMT
… saladlike garnish of grated carrot and sesame seeds dressed in sesame oil … the carrots. Garnished with a saladlike toss of grated carrot and sesame seeds … bowl, stir together the grated carrots, sesame seeds, ½ teaspoon of sesame oil …
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North Cedar's Dollar General now selling produce after recent remodel
17 Apr 2024 12:17 GMT
… lemons and bananas to lettuce, carrots, celery, peppers, avocados, … approximately 80 percent of produce categories most grocery stores … an underrated, cheap product is the chocolate-covered … affordable prices on quality products in a convenient location …
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Urban farm founded to feed neighbors in need at risk for dismantling
17 Apr 2024 09:43 GMT
… Farm manager Chloe Moore is in a season of cultivating … culinary herbs are ready for harvest. Carrots, potatoes, beets, peas, … produce on the farm may not come to fruition in time for harvest … was grown and harvested by the farmers with more gathered …