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A succes story in the village Ranidhera with the help of Jatropha Curcas. If you are a Jatropha producing Farmer or network marketeer and you like this video, please put a link on your website. In this way the Jatropha initiative will grow and we will be able to bring power to communities.Be linked to a wonderfull initiative!

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Becoming a member of a community supported farm can be a challenge as well as a joy. Gary Brever of Ploughshare Farm, Kate Stout of North Creek Community Farm, and Margaret Marshall of Featherstone Farm explain the risks and rewards of membership and give some tips for picking a farm that’s right for you.

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According to Farm Aid, 5 million family farms have been lost since the 1930’s. Most farms today are not family farms, and their future is very much in jeopardy. This story is a personal account of one new family farmer on his journey to establishing a farming business.

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The OrganicNation.tv crew visited Purdue University’s Throckmorton Farm in Indiana where we spoke with Professor Fred Whitford about what pesticides are and how they’re used on conventional farms. (Make sure to check out Part 2 of the video in which Professor Whitford shows us organic pest control tactics.)
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Tropical Aquaculture Products, Inc. is a sales, distribution, marketing and accounting operation of a growing cooperative of aquaculture farms. By focusing on quality and continuity of supply, and ensuring world-class customer service, Tropical Aquaculture have consistently met the growing needs of our wholesale customers.

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Renmark has not seen anything like it before as many farm tractors invaded the river township as their owners and concerned people then responded to this news item and then protested against the savage cuts of water that will see the reduction of crop irrigation in the Riverland community of South Australia.
It is feared that under the Murray Darling Basin Authority regional populations can look forward to the following.
Welcome to the world of the Dole, Dustbowls and Disasters and rest of us can look forward to another price hike in our food supply and more imported inferior food of doubtful quality.

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A clip from the film Deep Green, an unprecedented new documentary on how to stop man-made global warming now.
www.deepgreenthemovie.com

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On this three-day working vacation, the five guests were dubbed “the dudes.” They came from all over the U.S. and Europe to see what it’s like to be a cowboy or cowgirl for several days. The dudes rode alongside the Cox and Heaton families, driving 200 cattle from lower elevations to the summer grazing grounds just outside Bryce Canyon National Park. The annual drive continues a longtime family tradition, and gives urban guests a better understanding of life on a working cattle ranch.

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First Lady Michelle Obama takes our Jason Shoultz on a more detailed tour of the White House kitchen garden, and they encounter an amazing array of crops.

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Sheila Bowen spends a lot of time in the saddle. She oversees a large cattle ranch in central California. City folks might think ranching is a strictly male occupation, but all across the heartland women play a significant role in raising cattle and sheep. And, that’s only part of her job.

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