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Shafer's vineyard doesn't use chemical fertilizers. Organic wines are made using grapes grown without using chemicals. There's no government agency, including the FDA, that's looking over sustainability and saying you can or can't label your wine," Isle explained. There are usually some common practices at sustainable vineyards, such as composting, using renewable energy, and conserving water. But while organic wines are certified by the government, there are no standards for sustainable...

Some environmental groups say agriculture, the second-largest industry in Florida, used its political clout to get a break on costly monitoring and record-keeping requirements that other industries have had to deal with for decades. Officials with DEP and state Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services say the program already has been successful in getting hundreds of farmers and container plant growers to use modern farming techniques that keep pollution out of waterways. Florida is...

In the past two years, 1354 samples of these five commodities have been tested for chemicals including herbicides, fumigants, insecticides, acaricides and fungicides. All the indications are that our worries about swallowing chemicals and pesticides are out of proportion. We pick out the best, bag them and take them home, then wash them under the tap, hoping any chemicals we think are on the surface will disappear down the drain. THERE are shiny apples, fresh avocados and glistening crisp...

environmental analysts are questioning the integrity of Turkmen hydrocarbon projects. The two companies will jointly evaluate the coal-gasification potential for the fertilizer industry, Choubey said. He said GAIL would carry out a techno-economic study of a commercial plant to extract gas from coal, while RCF will conduct a similar study on a commercial plant for the use of synthesized gas from coal. Choubey said the proposed project would be located at Talcher district in Orissa, adding...

It takes almost 1/3 of a pound of chemicals (pesticides and fertilizers) to grow enough cotton for just one T-shirt. Recycled paper also takes 60- to 70 percent less energy to produce than paper from virgin pulp. The average American uses 400 gallons per day, 30 percent of which is for outdoor uses and half for watering lawns. Of the 2.7 tons of plastic used to bottle water, 86 percent become garbage or litter. Things to make you smarter and more interesting. Amount spent on bottled water...

Analyses conclude that global warming will affect agriculture disproportionately in lower latitudes. Free Internet Press Uncensored News For Real People. Several recent analyses have concluded that the higher temperatures expected in coming years - along with salt seepage into groundwater as sea levels rise and anticipated increases in flooding and droughts - will disproportionately affect agriculture in the planet's lower latitudes, where most of the world's poor live. Several recent...

In August, Sarasota County adopted a law forbidding chemical fertilizers during the rainy season, along with other restrictions to help cut down water pollution. Paying for the new rules has fallen to industry professionals, who must ante up for certifications geared toward making sure that people who work with fertilizer use it in an environmentally friendly way. The county is also relying on the voluntary diligence of tens of thousands of residents and home gardeners to use the right...

American agriculture directly accounts for 17 percent of our energy use, or the equivalent of 400 gallons of oil consumed by every man, woman and child per year, according to 1994 statistics. What sustainable agriculture advocates call "organic farming practices" was simply the right way to do it for many centuries. He won the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1918 for "improving agriculture" through his invention of nitrate fertilizer. These massive gains in food production can be credited to...