Hydroponic Farmer Produces Year-Round Harvest Mary Ellen Taylor sells her produce at weekend farmers markets near Washington, D.C. The heads of lettuce, still attached to their roots, are popular and she has many repeat customers. The lettuce just ta...
Tobacco Farmers Harvest Shrimp Its harvest time in Tennessee, but the Corbin family matriarch isnt gearing up to harvest the typical corn, cotton, or soybeans. Jane Corbin and her sons are draining a pond to gather the fresh water shrimp, or prawns,...
Beginners. One of the things I really enjoy is gardening. I have a patch of vegetable garden in one of the corners of our back yard. It has four raised beds. Two of these are wide wooden boxes which my husband put together. In these I put a mixture o...
A new study warns of the potential problems Africa faces from rising temperatures. The Nairobi-based International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) says the continent must learn to adapt to shorter growing seasons. The report was released as the U...
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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Advice on how much fertilizer to use will soon be just a phone call away for rice farmers in the Philippines. The Philippine Department of Agriculture and the International Rice Research Institute p...
Indian agriculture officials say they expect a rich harvest of food grains this year following abundant rains mid-way through the monsoon season. From New Delhi, Anjana Pasricha reports the anticipated increase in food supply could help the country...
By David Byrd Osaka, Japan 01 September 2007 The United States has won the gold medals in the men's and women's relay while an American took the pole vault title at the World Athletics Championships in Osaka, Japan. VOA's David Byrd was trackside and...
Harvest Moon 秋分前后之满月 Right now, as seen from the northern hemisphere, the ecliptic -- or path of the sun, moon and planets -- makes a narrow angle with the evening horizon. Learn more about the ecliptic -- and the Harvest Moon -- today on Ear...
AGRICULTURE REPORT - Big Harvests Expected for Major U.S. Crops; May Add to Pressure on Prices By Mario Ritter Broadcast: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 This is Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Agric...