* Taiwan News Quick Take Oct 30, 2009
SOCIETY Seed baby goes to Shanghai Taipei Deputy Mayor Lee Yong-ping () departed yesterday for Shanghai to promote the Taipei International Garden and Horticulture Exposition that will be held in Taipei between Nov. 6, next year, and April 25, 2011. Lee took the official mascot of the Taipei flora expo, which is expected to be one of the biggest international events the city has organized. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Agriculture Group Finds Targeting Women Improves Food Security, Family Incomes Oct 30, 2009
For certain types of horticulture crops, like potatoes, once you begin to upscale production of potatoes you see the bags are actually too heavy for the women and it's actually the men who come in and take up the marketing, so it's also a scale issue. How do the men respond to household mentoring. (allAfrica.com)
Jobs training gets top marks in TAFE plan Oct 29, 2009
"Students wishing to attend TAFE to complete a course equivalent to year 10 will need to show they have the ability to study in a TAFE environment and an interest in a specific vocational education and training course,'' she said. However, a wider choice of industry-based courses would be made available for some students. Ms Firth said 150 TAFE courses would be available as year 10 equivalents. "For the first time, those courses will be offered as a Certificate II course which will give them... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Rwanda: Habyarimana New Head of NURC Oct 29, 2009
Other appointments that were made included that of Dr Magnifique Ndambe Nzaramba as the head of Rwanda Horticulture Development Authority (RHODA), a position that has been held by Peter Muvara. Appolinaire Mushinzimana was named the coordinator of the National Decentralisation Implementation Secretariat (NDIS) while Edouard Ngirente and Leonard Rugwabiza were appointed to the Ministry of Finance. (allAfrica.com)
News in brief Oct 29, 2009
In addition to poultry, Larson has been involved in the horse, horticulture and food and nutrition project areas and has received Danforth I Dare You, citizenship and leadership awards at the local level. She has attended the Iowa 4-H Youth Conference and served as a county 4-H council member and her club's vice president. (Forest City Summit, IO)
Butte gets new extension agent Oct 28, 2009
Weber replaces former extension agent Toby Day, who left in June to work as the horticulture specialist at MSU.. Weber may be contacted at 723-0217. (Montana Standard, MT)
Lawrence Halprin - landscape architect - dies Oct 28, 2009
In 1940, while a horticulture student at the University of Wisconsin, Mr. Halprin married Anna Schuman, a dancer and fellow student who became his creative as well as marital partner. It was Anna who suggested that they take a weekend trip to see Taliesin, the home of infamous architect Frank Lloyd Wright. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Ala. county's sweet potato yield cut by rains Oct 28, 2009
Arnold Caylor, director of the North Alabama Horticulture Research Center, estimated up to 80 percent of the county's crop will be lost. The county usually ranks second in the state in sweet potato production. (WSJA.com, AL)
Agriculture Deserves a Second Look (19) Oct 27, 2009
Plant Systems: Agronomic, Horticulture, Forestry, Turf, Viticulture, Soils, etc. 7. (Agri-View, WI)
Just for show: Fall decorating relies on veggies Oct 27, 2009
"We don't just decorate for Halloween anymore but for the entire fall season," said Amanda Sears, an extension agent with the University of Kentucky's Department of Horticulture. Many farmers and roadside retailers make financial hay selling multicolored ears of Indian corn, pumpkins, gourds, corn stalks and straw bales for home decorating. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Home & Garden)
Feds back off marijuana busts in some states Oct 25, 2009
Pro Legalaize wrote on Oct 22, 2009 12:36 PM:" 1 pound of a plant is not realistic from one plant, a mature female in an indoor garden may produce an ounce of cured buds if grown by someone who knows indoor horticulture. . ". CindyLou wrote on Oct 22, 2009 10:07 AM:" now would be a good time to open a grow/head shop! ". (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Fall notes (23) Oct 25, 2009
Annette MaCoy is the consumer horticulture extension educator and master gardener coordinator for Penn State Cooperative Extension in Cumberland County. If you have garden questions, contact Annette at 240-6500 or by e-mail at. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
In search of native plants Oct 25, 2009
University of Idaho consumer horticulture specialist Stephen Love collects native plant specimens from the arid mountains of Idaho. University of Idaho, Bill Loftus / AP photo. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Yard and Garden: Poisonous caster bean plant has its good points Oct 24, 2009
If you have any horticulture questions, call the local Extension office Monday through Friday at 345-7034. Volunteer Master Gardeners are not in the office this time of year; they will return your call. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Sally Scalera: Germination best bet for vegetable seeds Oct 24, 2009
Contact Scalera, Brevard County's horticulture extension agent, at 3695 Lake Drive, Cocoa, FL 32926, or 633-1702, or. lect> Add your comment (max {maxchars} characters) You must be logged in to leave a comment. (Florida Today)
Where are the fall colors? Oct 24, 2009
Record low temperatures earlier this month jarred the state's deciduous trees' normal transition between fall and winter, said Toby Day, Montana State University extension horticulture specialist ... Toby Day, Montana State University extension horticulture specialist, said temperatures must drop to between 30 and 40 degrees below zero for 10 straight days to kill the insects. (Montana Standard, MT)
Carbon Nanotubes Make Great Tomatoes Oct 24, 2009
The mechanism by which the nanoparticles cause or support increased water uptake isn't clear, the scientists said, but noted that the "positive effect ... of seed germination could have significant economic importance for agriculture, horticulture, and the energy sector, such as for production of biofuels.". The study appears in the October issue of the Journal ACS Nano. (Fox News)
Greenlee pushes 'The American Meadow Garden' Oct 22, 2009
"It's one of the most exciting new directions in horticulture and design. You couldn't have made the gardens in the book 10 years ago, even five years ago, because no nurseries were growing the plants.". In the book, Greenlee, a pioneering nurseryman and designer who lives in Brisbane, recounts his own fascination with meadow gardening and describes exemplary natural meadows, from coastal grasslands and the Sierra to Midwestern prairies and Southern pine savannahs. (San Francisco Chronicle)
County FFA participates in statewide career event Oct 22, 2009
Mineral County's Agriculture Education program offers diverse course programs including Agriculture Science I and II, Agricultural Mechanics I and II, Animal Science Small Animals, Animal Science Large Animals, Animal Science and Production, Aquaculture I and II, CAD, Equine Science, Forestry I and II, Greenhouse Management, Horticulture, Introduction to Majors, Oxy Acetylene Welding, Small Engines, and Wildlife Management. Chapter FFA advisors include Charlie Bennett, John Ritchie, Julie Sions,... (Keyser Mineral Daily News Tribune, WV)
Nano-Agriculture: Huge Effect On Plant Growth Oct 22, 2009
"This observed positive effect of CNTs on the seed germination could have significant economic importance for agriculture, horticulture, and the energy sector, such as for production of biofuels," they add. Journal reference. (Science Daily)
The blue GM rose on sale in Japan Oct 22, 2009
Helen Bostock, a horticulture advisor at the UK's Royal Horticultural Society, says that while a true-blue rose sounds fabulous, it could stand out like a "sore thumb". "A natural blue rose would signify something that is expensive and rare. It would signify exclusivity. "It has been the Holy Grail to rose breeders, but, personally, I think it would look odd - a bit like a plate of blue chips. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Cold desert of Lahaul & Spiti now home to apples Oct 21, 2009
If the claims of horticulture department are to be believed, the apple produce in Lahaul-Spiti has been over 125 metric tonnes from 450 hectares this year and is likely to double in the next five years ... Enthused by the growing business, the horticulture department has set a target of apple plantation in 50 hectares area per annum ... "Saplings would be planted in minimum 50 hectares of land every year. In the next five or six years, Lahaul is going to be hub of apple production," Lahaul-Spiti... (India Times, India -- Community News)
TIPS ON PICKING THE BEST PUMPKINS Oct 21, 2009
Weather conditions in Arkansas and across the Southeast have created perfect conditions for diseases in pumpkins, said Dr. Obadiah Njue, horticulture specialist with the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Cooperative Extension Program. Rain during flowering resulted in poor pollination that has led to a reduced number of pumpkins in some areas. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
• Viola Butzner Oct 20, 2009
Pete was passionately interested in gardening, horticulture, hiking and travel-- all of which contributed images for her photographs, oil paintings and silk screen prints. The family extends special gratitude to Sadie Dabney and the professional caregivers at Mature Options for the extraordinary care they provided. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
New American Chemical Society podcast: Grow a garden on your roof to battle climate change Oct 20, 2009
D., who is with the Department of Horticulture Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich. Getter explains how her team discovered that that green roofs are multi-functional. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Boris Johnson: Divorce is good for London Oct 20, 2009
Ultimately from the Indo-European root gher- (to enclose or grasp) that is also the source of such words as orchard, kindergarten, French jardin (garden), choir, courteous, Hindi gherna (to surround), yard, and horticulture. Obtaining a licence to step out beyond the curtilage of the site was critical to the feasibility of this concept. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Kohl Secures Funding for Wisconsin Projects in 2009 Agriculture Spending Bill (12) Oct 19, 2009
- 400,000 for Urban Horticulture - These funds will support education and training in urban horticulture though development of community gardens in collaboration with UW Extension and Growing Power, a non-profit organization in Milwaukee. Among the provisions designed to help Wisconsin agriculture and farm communities, the bill includes. (Agri-View, WI)
Letter: Cellar Market a good option for seeking out healthy food Oct 19, 2009
Personally, I have strong belief in this local market as it is run by the Department of Horticulture, and it helps support the university as well as the community. The Cellar Market offers a wide of variety of produce, and more importantly, this small market is a business in our local community. (Daily Collegian, PA)
Composted Dairy Manure In Foliage Plant Production Oct 18, 2009
Scientists Qiansheng Li, Jianjun Chen, Russell D. Caldwell, and Min Deng from the Department of Environmental Horticulture and Mid-Florida Research and Education Center (MREC) at the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, published a research report in HortTechnology that evaluated the potential for using cowpeat, a composted dairy manure, as a component of container substrates for foliage plant propagation. For the study, a commercial formulation (20% perlite and... (Science Daily)
Boktoberfestplant sale kicks off Saturday Oct 18, 2009
Education will be provided by Master Gardeners, plant societies, garden clubs and the UF-IFAS Extension Service including Dr. David Shibles, Polk County s residential horticulture agent and extension agent emeritus Tom MacCubbin ... Nick Baker, director of horticulture, Bok Tower Gardens. (Lake Wales News, FL)
Newsweek: How Oakland is leading pot legalization Oct 17, 2009
The class breaks for lunch around noon and resumes an hour later, with classes on "budtending," horticulture, and cooking, which includes a recipe for "a beautiful pot pesto." There are 50 students in this class, the majority of them Californians, but some have come all the way from Kansas. In between lectures, the university's founder, Richard Lee, 47, rolls in and out on his wheelchair greeting students, looking the part of a pot-school dean in Converse sneakers, aviator glasses, and a green... (MSNBC -- Crime)
Yard and Garden: Tips for harvesting and storing sweet potatoes Oct 17, 2009
Click on Horticulture & Environment ... If you have any horticulture questions, call the U of I Extension office at 345-7034 ... Tony Bratsch is a University of Illinois Extension horticulture educator. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
School board sends council new proposal for police liaison services Oct 17, 2009
Approved a science equivalency credit for horticulture. PLEASE NOTE. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Quilts, marching bands, piano, mayhem Oct 17, 2009
The program will be presented by Donna Cuin, horticulture program associate with the University of Wyoming. The topic of her program will be lawn and ground covers suited for Casper's climate. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
NH getting agricultural funds Oct 17, 2009
Specialty crops are defined as fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, and horticulture and nursery crops. Funding for these projects is provided by the USDA and will go to eight different projects across the state. (Concord Monitor)
Fungus invading, killing trees in laurel family Oct 16, 2009
Mark Warren, an agriculture and horticulture agent for Cooperative Extension Service in Flagler County, also expects it to wipe out avocado trees growing in the yards of many Palm Coast residents. Once the disease took hold in the county, it moved quickly, wiping out redbay trees all along Florida Avenue in Palm Coast. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
Kenya: Food Security at Lowest Ebb in 20 Years Oct 15, 2009
The country's hunger situation is blamed on poor rains coupled with the global financial crises which has affected the tourism and horticulture industries' earnings resulting in layoffs as firms cut cost. Concern Worldwide country director, Anne O'Mahony, says the majority of Kenyans facing hunger are the poor based in rural areas and those living in urban slums. (allAfrica.com)
Rape Alleged at Okla. Governor's Mansion Oct 13, 2009
The allegations have raised questions about security at the mansion and oversight of the horticulture program, which was suspended after the allegations surfaced but has since resumed. The accusation that two mansion employees were involved in rape just outside the building's security perimeter came one month after three state troopers assigned to guard the mansion were disciplined for falsifying hours, saying they were working when they were not. (CBS News)
Grow suburbs, not vegies: developers Oct 13, 2009
However, the chairman of the NSW Farmers' Association horticulture committee, Peter Darley, said that the city needed to retain its farms because they had a more reliable water source than those further west, especially during drought. You must also maintain food security close to your population base,'' he said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Inmates: Govs mansion workers raped us Oct 13, 2009
The allegations have raised questions about security at the mansion and oversight of the horticulture program, which was suspended after the allegations surfaced but has since resumed. Click for related content. (MSNBC -- Crime)
Good rains see spurt in garlic acreage Oct 13, 2009
Also, MP which is the major garlic grower, has received good rains this year, said Hariprasad Sharma, assistant director of National Horticulture Research and Development Foundation (NHRDF). Thus garlic, which is a rabi crop, is expected to sown on more than 68,000 acres in MP. Gujarat, Orissa, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh are the other important garlic growing states. (India Times)
County officials on a floral mission Oct 12, 2009
The Volusia County Department of Economic Development is in Amsterdam this week with a delegation of 30 growers, businesses and industry experts to boost one the county's biggest industries -- horticulture. The department's trade mission includes one-on-one sales meetings with potential importers, site tours and briefings with key Dutch traders and experts, and the 2009 Horti Fair. (Daytona Beach News Journal -- Business)
Horizontal learnings Oct 12, 2009
Really, all you have to do to find examples is to look around you: the world is full of people only too delighted to call a spade a laterally-constructed earth-reassignment implement that delivers key diggable strategies across all domestical gardening operations and excavational green-field sites in important industry streamings to ensure proper holing, careful foilaging induction and subsequent replacementing of surplus dirtings to enable customers and stakeholders in growing the horticulture... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Suburbs will swallow Sydney's market gardens Oct 12, 2009
The overwhelming impression was that the Sydney vegetable industry is shrinking,'' says the report, funded by the department and Horticulture Australia Ltd. It now occupies 2025 hectares, much less than the 5000 hectares documented in two reports six years ago. Anecdotal evidence from many industry observers also suggests that the vegetable industry, not only in Sydney but also in Gosford and the Hunter Valley, has shrunk dramatically over the last 20 years,'' it says. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
U of M Extension continues efforts, help lines for flood victims (2) Oct 11, 2009
The Flood Information Line (800) 232-9077, staffed by Extension personnel Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., is a resource for questions about water, crops, horticulture and climatology issues. Questions at other times of the day and on weekends can be left on voice mail and will be returned during staffed hours. (Minnesota Farm Guide, MN)
Arboretum friends hope to raise funds for facility Oct 11, 2009
Pictured to the right are Dr. Tony Brannon, dean of the School of Agriculture, and Dr. Pat Williams, associate professor of horticulture ... Murray State University officially kicked off its Friends of the Arboretum group Friday afternoon to raise money for the completion of what officials promise will be one of the finest displays of horticulture in western Kentucky ... Dr. Pat Williams, assistant professor of horticulture, said that when he arrived at MSU eight years ago, he looked down the... (Murray Ledger & Times, KY)
FFA students in new agriculture world Oct 11, 2009
In response, Red Mountain educators have built a "land lab," where students learn about landscape management by growing their own crops, learn about horticulture with about 1,700 plants inside several greenhouses, and learn about animal science by raising goats, sheep and other animals. The goal is to make it look like a farm. (AZCentral -- News)
Oxygen content in Ladakh up 50%: Scientists Oct 11, 2009
"Oxygen content in the atmosphere has gone up by 50 percent. Wheat cultivation, horticulture and greenhouses are also adding to the oxygen delivery," W. Selvamurthy, chief controller (Rthe Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), told IANS. ... "We have now 78 varieties of vegetables being produced by locals here. We have given various greenhouses to the army and the locals for horticulture," said DIHAR's director Shashi Bala Singh. (India Times, India)
The 'Best Kept Secret' in Franklin County Oct 10, 2009
" We work with farmers to help them improve soil practices, but we also work with homeowners on their lawns and landscaping. One of the most popular programs Herring runs is the Master Gardener program, which has been offered in Franklin County for 10 years now. The Extension staff trains local gardeners to be volunteers to help answer the public's horticulture questions and to bring the latest horticulture research to the public. "We do that program every other year, and we never have any... (Missourian Publishing, MO)
Sally Scalera: Start preparing for fair contests Oct 10, 2009
I hope many of you will enter one or more of the horticulture competitions that will be at the Brevard County Fair, which will be March 18 through 28 at Wickham Park in Melbourne. The horticulture competitions include container gardens, hanging baskets, oddest-shaped vegetable, largest vegetable, best quality vegetable and best quality fruit ... Here is a summary of the different classes for the horticulture sections. (Florida Today)
Cobb: Cherry trees under stress (and so am I) Oct 10, 2009
Matter of fact, Cobb has an extension agent in the area of home horticulture and I consulted him recently about a dying tree I have. Columns and blogs. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Real Estate Roundup Oct 10, 2009
Sunlight Supply Inc., a wholesale supplier of indoor horticulture, organics and hydrogardening supplies, signed a new lease for 24,466 square feet plus 800 square feet of office space at Westside Business Park, 1800 W. Fourth Plain Blvd., Vancouver. Bill Connelly of Eric Fuller & Associates represented the tenant; Dave Brown of Columbia Commercial Properties represented the property. (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Spotted® The focus is on you! Oct 10, 2009
Another appointed member is needed to represent District 7 (Commissioner Kathy Hoard) for a full six year term and the last appointed member will represent Clarke County's nursery, forestry, construction, or horticulture industry for a full six year term. Applicants must be Athens-Clarke County residents. (Athens Banner-Herald)
No onion shortage: NHRDF Oct 10, 2009
PUNE: Even though onion prices are rising in the country in anticipation of crop damage due to floods in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, the Nashik-based National Horticulture Research and Development Foundation (NHRDF) has said there is no shortage of the commodity in the country. According to the latest NHRDF report on on 00004000 ion availability in the country, there is stock of 10 lakh tonnes left over from the 25 lakh tonnes that was stored after the last rabi crop. (India Times)
Community Bulletin Board: Oct. 8 Oct 9, 2009
Fee is $75 for Wellesley College Friends of Horticulture or Arnold Arboretum members; $90 for nonmembers. Pre-registration required by calling 781-283-3094, e-mailing horticulture@wellesley. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
Pumpkin shortage? Not in Illinois Oct 9, 2009
Part of the confusion about possible shortages is because there are many different pumpkin varieties,; said Bill Shoemaker, researcher at the University of Illinois Horticulture Research Center in St. Charles. Processing pumpkins for canned pumpkin are great big football-shaped squash, a sort of tan color ; not the kind of decorative jack-o-lantern pumpkin that consumers are used to seeing. (Princeton Bureau County Republican, IL)
Laura Riegel Heuser (7) Oct 9, 2009
Laura graduated from Michigan State University, magna cum laude, in 1949 with a bachelor of science in horticulture. She married Wallace E. Heuser on July 16, 1950. (St. Joseph Herald-Pallidium, MI)
Double whammy for rice bowl Oct 9, 2009
Apart from foodgrains, horticulture crops have also suffered extensive damages in the districts like Guntur, Krishna, Mahbubnagar and Kurnool. While Mahbubnagar produces vegetables in large quantities, Kurnool is famous for onions and tomatoes. (India Times)
David Robson: Leave no leaf unraked Oct 8, 2009
State Journal-Register contributor David Robson is a horticulture educator for the University of Illinois Extension. For more gardening information or for your local extension unit office, go to. (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)
Social Scene Oct 8, 2009
Andrew graduated from Ankeny Public High School in 1997 and from Des Moines Area Community College in 2002 with a degree in commercial horticulture. He is currently self-employed with his own lawn care business and rental properties. (Mt. Lake Observer/Advocate, MN)
Tending the soil Oct 7, 2009
Dr. Pat Williams, associate professor of horticulture, will update everyone on the university's vision for the arboretum and its progress ... We're excited about the potential of the benefits it will bring to the region's plant and horticulture industry, he said. (Murray Ledger & Times, KY)
Specialty crop grants go to 15 projects Oct 7, 2009
Fifteen projects, including four in western South Dakota, have been awarded grants adding up to 185,625 for specialty crops such as fruits and vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, horticulture and nursery crops, including floriculture. The Specialty Crop Block Grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture came through the South Dakota Department of Agriculture. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Funds awarded for S.D. specialty crops (38) Oct 7, 2009
The grant program defines specialty crops as fruits and vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, horticulture and nursery crops, including floriculture. SDDA received $185,625. (Sioux Falls Tri-State Neighbor, SD)
State and Local People on the Move for Sunday, October 4, 2009 Oct 6, 2009
He holds a bachelor s degree in landscape horticulture from Rutgers in New Brunswick, N.J.. Plant Coordinator Keith Horton will be leading the Kaua i farm in management and oversight of the production plant facilities. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
Boston Globe writer Carol Stocker to speak in Wellesley Oct. 6 Oct 6, 2009
Stocker s presentation, Confessions of a Garden Writer, will cover how her career took her from writing about crime and murder in Detroit to writing about Boston horticulture ... In 1992, she became the Boston Globe s garden columnist, and continues to cover new horticulture for the Globe while answering reader s questions online at the Globe s Web site. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
