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To provide our customers with the highest quality, safest, sustainably produced seafood (shrimp prawn, fish) and marine-based products (phytoplankton). To be a customer driven, quality conscious business enterprise providing value added seafood (shrimp prawn, fish) and marine based products (phytoplankton) in a socially and environmentally responsible manner. Covering an area of approximately 250sq km on the Red Sea Coast in Saudi Arabia the privately owned, National Prawn Company is among the largest, fully integrated shrimp prawn farms in the world The ten farms are fed directly from the pristine, crystal clear waters of the Red Sea. Sustainability is an integral part of NPCs commitment to its customers, employees and shareholders. Every aspect of production from hatchery to pond to plate is monitored and traceable.

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Guillermo Perez-Iturbe Regional Manager at Trimble talks about the FMX a new product.

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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/03/18/Are_Pesticides_Poisoning_Our_Children_s_Future

UC-Berkeley Professor of Biology Tyrone Hayes describes how health effects from pesticide toxins can persist among subsequent generations.

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Are Pesticides Poisoning Our Children’s Future? Discussants include Gina Solomon, Susan Kegley, Tyrone Hayes, and Donique Brumley. William Grant chairs the panel.

There is mounting evidence that man-made chemicals, notably pesticides, are accumulating in our environment, and that these chemicals may be far from benign. Hear from a distinguished panel of experts about the nature and magnitude of the potential harm and what we can do about it – The Commonwealth Club of California

Tyrone Hayes is a professor in the Department of Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley. His research focuses on the role of steroid hormones in amphibian development and he conducts both laboratory and field studies in the U.S. and Africa. The two main areas of interest are metamorphosis and sex differentiation.

His work addresses problems on several levels including ecological, organismal, and molecular questions. Studies examine the effects of temperature on developmental rates, interactions between the thyroid hormones and steroids, and hormonal regulation of skin gland development.

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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/08/28/Dairies_and_Feedlots_Whats_the_Good_News

Albert Straus, proprietor of the Straus Family Creamery, details the process by which his farm converts cow manure into electricity.

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Recent press coverage of the dairy industry has been less than positive: lack of access to pasture, use of antibiotics and genetically modified feed have all made headlines.

Albert Straus, the creator and owner of the first organic dairy west of the Mississippi, will present his holistic and sustainable approach to dairy farming.

He will share his views and successes on how he is making his business more sustainable – The Commonwealth Club of California

Albert Straus is the president and owner of Straus Family Creamery, the first certified organic dairy west of the Mississippi, in Marin County, California.Straus has been close to dairy farming throughout his life. He grew up on the farm in Marshall, California that his father, William Straus, started in 1941 with 23 cows. After going to college at California Polytechnic in San Luis Obispo, where he wrote his senior thesis on creamery operations, he returned to the family farm. He currently has a herd of 300 cows — most are Holstein, some are cross-breeds of Holstein and Jersey.

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Fred Kirschenmann, a long-time leader in the sustainable agriculture movement, Distinguished Fellow at the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, and a third-generation farmer (an organic farmer himself), completes his thoughtful reflections upon the future of agriculture from his talk at the Organicology conference in Portland, Oregon.

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SCOD Green Organic Gardens, Agriculture, & Horticulture

A new series of short clips to show some basics of traditional and alternative gardening; do-it-yourself techniques on a small scale for outdoor growers who want to focus on sustainable, self-sufficient crops.

List of SCOD tended Gardens & Farms:
1. SG Circle Garden (Herb & Veggie)
2. SG Rock Garden (Japanese)
3. SG 4-Square Garden (Perennial & Annual flowers)
4. Various small, temporary yard gardens
5. IOOF Mint & Veggie garden
6. Sand-Box Garden (wild-flowers)
7. Bolivar Nature Trail (indigenous plants)
8. MainStreet sidewalk/shoulder gardens
9. Appalachian Trail wilderness gardens
10. Neighborhood Permanent Yard Gardens
11. The Bower’s Organic Farm
12. The Erhardt’s Organic Farm
13. Maryland Community Farm
14. Green House Gardens Inc.
15. Claymont Community Agriculture & Gardens
music by: Clannad
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“Spring Soil Tilling”
Ground-breaking land preparation

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Visit us on the web for more video stories, and information: Cooking Up a Story (http://cookingupastory.com). Fred Kirschenmann steadfastly warns us, conventional agriculture, and its heavy dependence upon fossil fuels, and irrigated water, simply will not continue to offer a viable means for feeding the world. We have been drawing upon natures reserves of stored energy (hydrocarbons) and water resources at unsustainable rates, and those finite resources are diminishing rapidly; technology alone, will not provide substitute solutions. The argument that conventional agriculture (modern industrial farming) is necessary in order to meet the needs of a growing global population, simply ignores the realities of the elephants in the room. Sustainability, with an emphasis upon the concept of resiliency, and a renewed respect for maintaining the fertility (quality) of the soil, is to Kirschenmann now, the foundation of a new food system toward creating a food revolution.

Duration : 0:11:20

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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/03/18/Are_Pesticides_Poisoning_Our_Children_s_Future

Dr. Susan Kegley, founder of the Pesticide Research Institute, discusses how susceptible various foods are to contamination by pesticide toxins.

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Are Pesticides Poisoning Our Children’s Future? Discussants include Gina Solomon, Susan Kegley, Tyrone Hayes, and Donique Brumley. William Grant chairs the panel.

There is mounting evidence that man-made chemicals, notably pesticides, are accumulating in our environment, and that these chemicals may be far from benign. Hear from a distinguished panel of experts about the nature and magnitude of the potential harm and what we can do about it – The Commonwealth Club of California

Dr. Susan Kegley is an organic chemist with expertise in pesticide toxicology, pollutant fate and transport; environmental monitoring and analytical chemistry; and experience with pesticide regulation, pesticide data sources and the pesticide toxicology and epidemiology literature.

After 14 years of teaching, research and curriculum development in academia, Dr. Kegley worked as a Senior Scientist for nine years at Pesticide Action Network North America, a non-governmental, non-profit organization that works to promote sustainable alternatives to toxic pesticides.

Dr. Kegley started Pesticide Research Institute in 2006.

Duration : 0:3:50

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A simple idea led two women into a thriving new farming enterprise. Build backyard mini-farms for homeowners who want to start growing their own fresh herbs and vegetables lasting throughout most of the year. Recipes from this episode: Kale Philo Bake and Crookneck Squash and Tomato Slices. Links to these recipes are below.

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For the Kale Philo Bake recipe:

http://cookingupastory.com/recipes/kale-philo-bake/

For Crookneck Squash and Tomato Slices recipe: http://cookingupastory.com/recipes/crookneck-squash-and-tomato-slices/

Duration : 0:5:33

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