Mugabe said: "The strategic importance of this bio-diesel programme is its symbiotic integration with Government's thrust in agricultural productive activity. The bio-diesel plant, according to the paper, has the capacity to produce 100 million litres of diesel annually if fully operational according to the government mouthpiece. Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, who officiated the plant heaped praises on the central bank and commended the two partners for coming up with such a genius...

A poster signing event will be scheduled during Farmers' Market to promote the artist, the design and promotional items for the market. The Fayetteville Farmers' Market, a shopping and gather spot since 1974, is a popular source of locally grown and produced fruits, vegetables, flowers, meats, processed products, crafts and artwork. Each submission must include a brief background of the artist's work experience as well as name, address and phone number or email. Submissions must include...

For instance even though the country is the second largest producer of fruits and vegetables, hardly two per cent of the production is processed. November 15, 200712:41 IST While India is one of the largest food producers of the world with the organised sector accounting for food output worth $34827 million, only a small percentage of its farm produce is processed into value-added products. This underlines the enormous scope for investing in the processed food sector in the areas of...

The advances in the pomegranate trade are a sliver of good news from a region of Afghanistan known more for its Taliban attacks and thriving opium trade. The advances in the pomegranate trade are a sliver of good news from a region of Afghanistan known more for its Taliban attacks and thriving opium trade. Ubaidullah Jan, a 50-year-old farmer from the Arghandab area just north of Kandahar, said the price his pomegranates command has doubled this year to about 54 cents a pound, due to the...

The advances in the pomegranate trade are a sliver of good news from a region of Afghanistan known more for Taliban attacks and a thriving opium trade. The price and quality of the sweet fruit are up, and the farmers are happy that a new storage facility has extended their selling season. Ubaidullah Jan, a 50-year-old farmer from the Arghandab area just north of Kandahar, said the price his pomegranates command has doubled this year to about 54 cents a pound, due to the new cold storage...

Keener addressed family farmers who produce asparagus, cheese, melons, free-range chickens and other products throughout the state at Purdue's Food Science Building last week. The trend to buy healthy, local, natural, organic, environmentally friendly and worker friendly food creates opportunities for producers to sell on their farms, at farmers markets, in grocery stores and in restaurants. Foodies are consumers who take a serious interest in knowing where their food comes from, how it...

The turnip, a cruciferous vegetable, is a cousin of the rutabaga (also called a yellow turnip and maybe even more disliked than its relative) and has been part of European, Asian, and Middle Eastern diets for centuries. They can be blanched and then glazed with butter and honey - and in this form are a great accompaniment to roast pork, sausages, or fowl - or pureed into silky soups, roasted, stuffed, pickled, or thinly sliced and eaten raw. He sells hundreds of pounds of the root...

Her immaculate fridge contains two kinds of fruit juice, several varieties of cheese, sliced ham from the deli counter, lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, leeks, eggs, cream, milk, fillet steak, steak mince, a pack of puff pastry, chicken breasts and various condiments. and support her local suppliers Comment YOU MIGHT expect the kitchen of a farmer's wife to be stocked with fresh-laid eggs, milk from local cows, breads and jams crafted from home-grown crops. Her immaculate fridge contains two...

WASHINGTON . A rewrite of the farm bill fell victim Friday to a Republican filibuster in the Senate, threatening enactment of expanded subsidies promised to farmers by lawmakers seeking re-election. Immediately after supporters fell five votes short of breaking a Republican filibuster, key lawmakers huddled on how to revive it. Kent Conrad, a North Dakota Democrat, said negotiations between Democrats and Republicans continued, after four Republican senators John Thune of South Dakota,...