Many roadside stands and farmers markets also have fewer cantaloupes, broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage to offer, as many of those plants suffered a mushy death in sodden fields. Advertisement Buy a link here Local growers, some of whom lost half their crops after an intense amount of precipitation that ended about two weeks ago, are reporting dismal yields for tomatoes, green beans, peppers and squash. Witte said profits haven't been affected much because the pleasant spring allowed...

It can be used as a double crop after early harvested small grains or vegetables, an emergency crop, or in areas with a season too short to produce mature corn for silage. Its imports have steadily increased from 0.3 million tones to two million tones over the last two decades, with domestic production stagnant at about 0.56 million tones. At present, only 30 per cent of the total edible oil demand is being met indigenously while the remaining 70 per cent is being imported at a cost of...

Farmers market will offer fruits and vegetables and homemade jams and jellies. NBopen market: Local and regional artists, along with vintage and antiques dealers, sell their wares, noon-5 p. Features food and entertainment; Tarot card readings; local crafts and merchandise; more. Registration for a display booth is $25 plus one gift for the holiday auction. Any reproduction for other than personal use will be considered a violation of that copyright. Some baked goods also offered. Click...

At the moment, greenhouses rely on their staff to spot such outbreaks -- by checking sticky traps for insects and inspecting plants for signs of trouble. It turns out many vegetables have a kind of built-in distress call -- releasing chemicals into the air when they're in trouble. The warning system is so sensitive, Miresmailli said, that some plants sound the alarm even before an infestation begins -- when insects first begin laying eggs on their leaves. Every year, insects such as aphids...

Getting $2,500 for a Plain Wool Scarf How Peru Markets the Fleece of Inca Royalty LIMA, Peru (BRANDFlash) -- In a grand branding coup, Peru in recent years has successfully established its vicuna wool products as one of the world's most expensive textiles. In this new weekly series of video news features, globetrotting marketing guru Martin Lindstrom spotlights branding practices around the world. Getting $2,500 for a Plain Wool Scarf How Peru Markets the Fleece of Inca Royalty LIMA, Peru...

So until she finds the perfect site for her dream art gallery, the combination of selling vegetables and works of art at the Farmers Market has made the past four months special with a couple of more months to go. She paints so many gourds that she has a "gourd village" with dozens of the natural canvases converted into 'people' of all walks of life and varied costumes. She also loves to raise vegetables and flowers, many of which she paints as well, either on the fruit itself (gourds) or...

Pass through the narrow dining room, and make your way down a hall, and a gorgeous, tree-canopied fenced garden unfolds with an outdoor bar, additional dining tables, and live music. After all, this is one of the liveliest boulevards in the city, with hundreds of pedestrians taking in the myriad shops and restaurants that line the street. Crowds which, in the words of the great Yogi Berra, previously "stayed away in droves" have flocked to the new restaurant, lending it a buzzing...

Indeed, the initiative came from Heinz which over a year ago decided to sell its Zimbabwe operation because, as a manufacturer soaps, vegetable oils and candles, Olivine s business is noncore for the food group. The Heinz sale is the third corporate restructuring in as many weeks that has been linked, rightly or wrongly, to the government s indigenisation programme. Heinz was one of the first foreign companies to invest in Zimbabwe after independence in 1980 when it bought a 49 per cent of...

By Heinz de Boer He tried to help his employee avoid being killed by taxi operators, but instead of being helped by them, police apparently stood by and laughed as he ran for his life. Adding fuel to the fire are claims by Hull that police manning an armoured vehicle in the KwaDukuza taxi rank on Tuesday refused to intervene after armed taxi operators beat his driver senseless and tried to kill him. Landscape company owner Frank Hull is considering emigration after being drawn into the...