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Seeds of Life: Chia, Flax, Hemp and Pumpkin
Andrea Donsky and Randy Boyer

Seeds are quite high in calories because of their natural oils but don't let that dissuade you from enjoying them. Their nutritional value is worth every calorie. A few interesting edible seeds that top the nutrient charts are chia, flax, hemp and pumpkin seeds.

Microgreens Become Macro Trend to Follow
Sharon Palmer, R.D.

A relative newcomer to the produce scene, microgreens have sprouted into quite the culinary trend. Like many young stars, microgreens got their start in Southern California in the mid 1990s. What began as a few basic microgreen varieties like arugula, basil, beets, and cilantro, has burgeoned into dozens of varieties.

The War on Weeds
Robert C. Koehler

Today's big news stories -- the wars, the eco-disasters -- all seem to have the same gaping hole in them. This hole is lack of awareness, and its thrum, once you begin to hear it, soon becomes deafening: We can't go on like this.

Reforestation projects capture more carbon than industrial plantations, reveals new research
(Wiley-Blackwell) Australian scientists researching environmental restoration projects have found that the reforestation of damaged rainforests is more efficient at capturing carbon than controversial softwood monoculture plantations. The research, published in Ecological Management & Restoration, challenges traditional views on the efficiency of industrial monoculture plantations.

Mechanism uncovered behind Salmonella virulence and drug susceptibility
(University of Washington) Researchers have discovered a novel mechanism in Salmonella that affects is virulence and its susceptibility to antibiotics. The mechanism changes the bacteria's production of proteins in a previously unheard of manner. It allows Salmonella to selectively change its levels of certain proteins to respond to inhospital conditions. Although the mechanism had not been recognized before, scientists found evidence of a similar mechanism in all five kingdoms of life. The mechanism appears to have been conserved throughout the course of evolution.

Some trees 'farm' bacteria to help supply nutrients
(American Society for Microbiology) Some trees growing in nutrient-poor forest soil may get what they need by cultivating specific root microbes to create compounds they require. These microbes are exceptionally efficient at turning inorganic minerals into nutrients that the trees can use. Researchers from France report their findings in the July 2010 issue of the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

Ear bones reveal spawning secrets of Lake Erie walleye
(Ohio State University) Ecologists have long believed that fish tend to return to the same river where they hatched in order to spawn. But researchers at Ohio State University have determined that the old rule doesn't always apply -- not for Lake Erie walleye, at least. Using a statistical analysis of chemicals found in walleye ear bones, the researchers were able to calculate the percentage of walleye hatched in the Sandusky and Maumee rivers that returned home to spawn, and the percentage that strayed elsewhere.

New $1.5 million NSF grant to track bee declines and pollination
(Cornell University) A $1.5 million National Science Foundation multi-institutional grant -- co-led by Cornell entomologist Bryan Danforth -- will consolidate data from 10 natural history bee collections across the United States.

CAKE offers way forward for climate change adaptation
(Island Press) The new website Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange (CAKE) is a joint project of Island Press and EcoAdapt. CAKE is aimed at building a shared knowledge base for managing natural systems in the face of rapid climate change and an innovative community of practice. CAKE will support the changes that conservation has to make with the changing planet.

Gender-bending fish on the rise in southern Alberta
(University of Calgary) Chemicals present in two rivers in southern Alberta are likely the cause of the feminization of fish say researchers at the University of Calgary who have published results of their study in the journal Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.

Highlight of the Polarstern expedition
(Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres) The Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association for the first time sent its autonomous underwater vehicle on an under-ice mission at about 79 degrees North.

Researchers study benefits of white button mushrooms
(United States Department of Agriculture-Research, Education, and Economics) Agricultural Research Service-funded scientists have conducted an animal-model and cell-culture study showing that white button mushrooms enhanced the activity of critical cells in the body's immune system.

Signs of reversal of Arctic cooling in some areas
(Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres) Parts of the Arctic have cooled clearly over the past century, but temperatures have been rising steeply since 1990 also there. This is the finding of a summer temperature reconstruction for the past 400 years produced by tree rings from regions beyond the Arctic Circle. German and Russian researchers analysed tree growth using ring width of pine from Russia's Kola Peninsula and compared their findings with similar studies from other parts of the Arctic.

Super-rare 'elkhorn' coral found in Pacific
(ARC Centre of Excellence in Coral Reef Studies) An Australian scientist has discovered what could be the world's rarest coral in the remote North Pacific Ocean. The unique Pacific elkhorn coral was found while conducting underwater surveys of Arno atoll in the Marshall Islands, by coral researcher Dr. Zoe Richards of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies.

UC Riverside faculty member joins elite group of entomologists
(University of California - Riverside) For his outstanding contributions to entomology, Thomas Miller, a professor of entomology at the University of California, Riverside, has been elected a fellow of the prestigious Entomological Society of America, the largest organization in the world serving the professional and scientific needs of entomologists and people in related disciplines. This summer Miller is taking a one-year appointment as a Jefferson Science Fellow at the US State Department.

Ancient DNA identifies donkey ancestors, people who domesticated them
(University of Florida) In a finding that says much about the people who lived in northern Africa 5,000 years ago, scientists believe domestication of the donkey was achieved by nomadic people responding to the growing borders of the Sahara. Scientists also determined the endangered African wild ass is the living ancestor of the modern donkey and found hints that one strain of African wild ass thought to be extinct may still be alive.

Cow-a-bella -- making eco-friendly diesel fuel from butter
(American Chemical Society) The search for new raw materials for making biodiesel fuel has led scientists to an unlikely farm product -- butter. In a new study in ACS' biweekly Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, they report that butter could be used as an eco-friendly feedstock, or raw material, for making diesel fuel.

GM crop produces massive gains for women's employment in India
(University of Warwick) Research at the UK's University of Warwick, and the University of Goettingen in Germany, has found that the use of a particular GM crop in India produced massive benefits in the earnings and employment opportunities for rural Indian women.

AWARD Fellowship highlights critical role of African women in agricultural research
(Burness Communications) A passion fruit pathologist, a catfish breeder, and a pigeon pea researcher are among the 60 outstanding women agricultural scientists from 10 African countries who received a fellowship today from African Women in Agricultural Research and Development. The fellowship will help these top researchers strengthen their research and leadership skills, and enhance their contributions to poverty alleviation and food security across the continent.

Scientists uncover global distribution of marine biodiversity
(Dalhousie University) A team of scientists have mapped and analyzed global biodiversity patterns for over 11,000 marine species ranging from tiny zooplankton to sharks and whales.

New study reveals decline of marine phytoplankton over the past century
(Dalhousie University) A new article published in the July 29 issue of the international journal Nature reveals for the first time that microscopic marine algae known as "phytoplankton" have been declining globally over the 20th century.

When flowers turn up the heat
(American Journal of Botany) Could a "hot" flower attract pollinators by serving as a reward in a plant-pollinator mutualism? Many flowering plants produce nectar and pollen as rewards in exchange for pollination services by insects and other animals. Interestingly, however, a few plants have flowers that also produce heat metabolically -- so what is the adaptive function of this flower heating?

A future with or without trees
(Marine Biological Laboratory) In a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Gillian Galford and her colleagues at the MBL Ecosystems Center, Brown University and Universidade de São Paulo estimate future emissions of carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and methane in the Brazilian Amazon state of Mato Grosso. The estimates were made by combining 105 years of historical data on land-use changes with possible scenarios for future deforestation and land use in the region.

A new tool for improving switchgrass
(United States Department of Agriculture-Research, Education, and Economics) Agricultural Research Service scientists have developed a new tool for deciphering the genetics of a native prairie grass being widely studied for its potential as a biofuel. The genetic map of switchgrass, published by Christian Tobias, a molecular biologist at the ARS Western Regional Research Center in Albany, Calif., and his colleagues, is expected to speed up the search for genes that will make the perennial plant a more viable source of bioenergy.

Academy scientist honored with top fish award
(The Academy of Natural Sciences) The Academy of Natural Sciences' top fish scientist has received the Robert H. Gibbs Jr. Memorial Award for his lifetime achievement in advancing fundamental knowledge of fish diversity. The honor to Dr. John Lundberg, the academy's curator and chaplin chair of the Ichthyology Department, was announced earlier this month in Rhode Island.

Trainee publication highlights success of US-China agricultural injury research training project
(Nationwide Children's Hospital) As a collaboration of the Colorado Injury Control Research Center, the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children's Hospital and the School of Public Heath, Tongji Medical College at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, the US-China Agricultural Injury Research Training Project was created in 2004. The project aims to provide training to Chinese scholars, expand collaborative research activities between the injury control research centers and researchers in China and provide training and continue development of human subjects research ethics.

Engineered coral pigment helps scientists to observe protein movement
(National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (UK)) Scientists in Southampton, UK, and Ulm and Karlsruhe in Germany have shown that a variant form of a fluorescent protein originally isolated from a reef coral has excellent properties as a marker protein for super-resolution microscopy in live cells. Their findings have been published online by Nature Methods and will appear in print in the upcoming August issue of that journal.

Can you ask a pig if his glass is half full?
(Newcastle University) Experts from Newcastle University have shown for the first time that a pig's mood mirrors how content he is, highlighting that pigs are capable of complex emotions which are directly influenced by their living conditions.

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EU clears six types of GM maize for animal feed
Yahoo! News Jul 30 2010 12:44PM GMT

Space Farms Could Mine Minerals From Moon Dirt (SPACE.com)
Yahoo! News Jul 30 2010 12:41PM GMT

J.R. Simplot Company - Strategic Analysis Review - new company profile and analysis released
PR inside Jul 30 2010 12:35PM GMT

More African Swine Fever in Russia
The Pig Site Jul 30 2010 12:34PM GMT

Wheat sets new highs as Black Sea crop withers
Sharenet Jul 30 2010 12:33PM GMT

BRIEF-Diana Shipping enters time charter agreement with Cargill
FinanzNachrichten.de Jul 30 2010 12:33PM GMT

2010 Farmers' Day Celebration Launched
Peace FM Jul 30 2010 12:28PM GMT

Diana Shipping Inc. Announces Direct Continuation of Time Charter Agreement for M/V Calipso With Cargill
DMN Newswire Jul 30 2010 12:27PM GMT

Become a Farmer for a Day
Time Out London Jul 30 2010 12:20PM GMT

Kazakhstan is major exporter of grain and flour - Executive Secretary of Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan Yevgeniy Aman
Kazinform Jul 30 2010 12:18PM GMT

Rachel's sold to French dairy giant
Dairy Reporter Jul 30 2010 12:16PM GMT

Nigeria: Ondo Provides N3 Billion for Farmers, Small Scale Industialists
AllAfrica.com Jul 30 2010 12:12PM GMT

Rwanda: Nation to Participate in Global Agriculture Forum
AllAfrica.com Jul 30 2010 12:12PM GMT

6 rice farmers win $940,000
Arkansas Online Jul 30 2010 12:08PM GMT

Diana Shipping Inc. Announces Direct Continuation of Time Charter Agreement for M/V Calipso With Cargill
Quote.com France Jul 30 2010 12:07PM GMT

UK: Squirrel Meat On Sale At Budgens!
Kamcity Jul 30 2010 12:00PM GMT

Farmers victimised by wrong ideas about ecodamage
The Nation - Thailand Jul 30 2010 12:02PM GMT

Diana Shipping Inc. Announces Direct Continuation of Time Charter Agreement for M/V Calipso With Cargill
StockHouse USA Jul 30 2010 11:57AM GMT

Diana Shipping Inc. Announces Direct Continuation of Time Charter Agreement for M/V Calipso With Cargill
StockHouse USA Jul 30 2010 11:57AM GMT

Diana Shipping Inc. Announces Direct Continuation of Time Charter Agreement for M/V Calipso With Cargill
Stockwatch Jul 30 2010 11:57AM GMT

Wheat prices rise with fears for Black Sea exports
Agrimoney.com Jul 30 2010 11:53AM GMT

GrainCorp buys AWB to form wheat export giant
Agrimoney.com Jul 30 2010 11:53AM GMT

Fired USDA official sees fresh chance to discuss race: Shirley Sherrod tells black journalists that the 'suffering' she's endured is only a start to the conversation. 'It's not about me. It's about us and all we have to accomplish.'
TMC Net Jul 30 2010 11:52AM GMT

Farmers need not fear river comanagement authority
Waatea 603AM Jul 30 2010 11:47AM GMT

Youtube Marketing Is Simply The Meat Of Dreams With New Service
OfficialWire Jul 30 2010 11:46AM GMT

EC approves six GM corn varieties for food and feed
Food Navigator Jul 30 2010 11:43AM GMT

Small Farmer Sunflower Supply Chain Program
Inter-American Development Bank Jul 30 2010 11:39AM GMT

Farmers in Gamogoffa Earn 636 Million Income From Sale of Banana
EthiopianNewsAgency Jul 30 2010 11:39AM GMT

Farmers collect over 636 mln birr from banana dev?t
EthiopianNewsAgency Jul 30 2010 11:38AM GMT

Zone harvests more than 2.7 mln quintals of agricultural outputs
EthiopianNewsAgency Jul 30 2010 11:38AM GMT

Success reported against invasive moth

Kiwifruit crop matures on schedule

Cotton crop develops slowly

Families own most farms, report says

Walnuts withstand heat

Farm exports rebound

Overseas wine sales improve

Pomegranate harvest nears

Fig crop delayed, but delicious

Bumper almond crop forecast

It's time to celebrate ice cream

Honeybee database may help solve mystery

Apple crop looks good

Don't pack a pest this summer

Farmers seek estate tax reform

Growers plant less wild rice

Pear growers await the start of harvest

New apricot variety becomes available

Wheat harvest behind schedule

More olive oil health benefits

Water shortages persist

Cheese production increases

Asparagus growers finish a good season

Fewer invasive moths being found

Plums begin to reach stores

Central Valley melon harvest approaches

Rice planting completed

Farm milk price to increase

Asian citrus psyllid fight going well

Forces combine to hurt nurseries

Winegrape crop develops slowly

Lighter prune crop predicted