usDiggRedditYahooMyWebGoogleWhat's this? Fruit importer to be leaving Bridgeport By KEN DIXONkdixon@ctpost.com Article Last Updated:06/23/2007 11:04:10 AM EDT Click photo to enlarge The Napier Star carrying holds full of bananas is unloaded at the Turbana Dock in Bridgeport. usDiggRedditYahooMyWebGoogleWhat's this? Fruit importer to be leaving Bridgeport By KEN DIXONkdixon@ctpost.com Article Last Updated:06/23/2007 11:04:10 AM EDT Click photo to enlarge The Napier Star carrying holds full...

agricultural work for at least 100 work days a year for five years in a row after AgJOBS is enacted or work 150 work days a year for three years in a row after the bill is enacted; Pass an English proficiency test; Pay a $400 fine (plus application fee); Show income tax payment for the work done under the temporary visa; and Apply for permanent resident status at a U. agricultural work for at least 100 work days a year for five years in a row after AgJOBS is enacted or work 150 work days a...

How the mass market for 'local' produce sidelined a leading organic farmer and the Prince of Wales Felicity Lawrence Tuesday June 26, 2007 The Guardian They were unfortunate suppliers to sack: Prince Charles's Highgrove farm and the head of the leading organic food and farming charity, but Sainsbury's did it anyway, and without notice. How the mass market for 'local' produce sidelined a leading organic farmer and the Prince of Wales Felicity Lawrence Tuesday June 26, 2007 The Guardian They...

Jun 23, 2007 There has been a call for the brakes to be put on New Zealand apple exports to Australia following fears there may be a reasonable risk of the fire blight disease. An Australian senate inquiry has asked for all apple imports be put on hold until its quarantine watchdog is convinced the risks are low enough. New Zealand apples had been banned from Australia since 1921 on grounds that they could bring with them the destructive bacterial disease fire blight - a ban that many Kiwi...

If you prefer fruit with a warm afterglow, the outfit also makes fortified wines including a strawberry honey mead and a wood-aged blackberry. There are some new products this year, including a sweet and sour lime pickle, blackberry spice vinegar, tomato and basil pasta sauce and a berry vincotta. We tried an "apple frenzy" which was absolutely loaded with brandy the alcohol content is about 7percent. The Stirlings have exotic tayberries a blackberry and raspberry hybrid as well as...

It's the time in Texas when the bounty of the land makes its way into supermarkets and farmers' markets (and the places in between); when the eatin' is juicy and delicious. I picked up a squash with a ridiculously long neck from the farmers' market that the grower told me was grown from some seeds he picked up in Italy. Smaller and less attractive than their cousins from far-off regions nestled symmetrically in tidy boxes, the local versions are a jumbled lot of fragrant jewels. And when...

In the case of my love for good greens, yellows, reds and every color in-between I have found that shopping at the local farmers market can be just the trick to feed my fix. After a long winter of less than satisfactory colorful food, eating the bursts of color and taste are a welcome and refreshing treat. I have often bought my fruits and vegetables at the grocery store sometimes with satisfying results and other times with overwhelming disappointment. They are just as fresh as they could...

Police were tipped off when the electric company responded to a burned out transformer outside the man's home and found he had tapped into the electric line ahead of the meter, apparently to power grow lights for his crop without suspiciously affecting his electrical bill. Police were tipped off when the electric company responded to a burned out transformer outside the man's home and found he had tapped into the electric line ahead of the meter, apparently to power grow lights for his...

Locally grown produce and local vendors of other food products will be featured at the market at the train station parking lot, South Plaza, near Fairmount Avenue, from 8 a. Chatham market to include produce, sweets, music Borough set to introduce seasonal weekly gathering at train station parking lot. There will also be a community table for local organizations to distribute information about and promote their upcoming activities. performance by Kathy Byers, borough resident and...