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In eco news, a South African woman helps transform neighborhoods through organic gardening. Sixty-three-year-old grandmother and farmer Ms. Christina Kaba, with the support of local women, has established 28 community gardens in Khayelitsha, one of Cape Town’s largest townships. Organically-grown vegetables from these and other neighborhood gardens are combined to create individual boxes for the Harvest of Hope Program. Since 2008, the market in Cape Town for the produce has grown from 80 to 600 orders weekly. This in turn has led to an increase in job opportunities. A big green salute, Ms. Christina Kaba and Harvest of Hope, for your Earth-loving efforts. May your organic offerings provide nourishing sustenance to many beautiful children of God.
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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report, from voaspecialenglish.com Today we continue telling about a report by three geography experts from American colleges. They studied food security in Gambia, Ivory Coast and Mali over thirty years. In the nineteen eighties, governments and lenders like the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund changed market policies. They launched free markets designed to improve agriculture. The report, however, suggests that the changes caused loss of important support systems for farmers. Private investment in agriculture largely replaced government help. In some places, roads and mills built to help farmers fell into ruin. Protectionist import taxes and farm supports were cut. Farmers planted more of their best crops, or cash crops, for export. They planted fewer food crops for local use. Less costly rice came into the ports of Gambia and Ivory Coast. Many city people in those countries liked the cheap rice more than rice grown locally. Researcher Judith Carney works at the University of California at Los Angeles. She said buying the cheaper imported rice worked well until the worldwide food crisis of two thousand eight. Then, many people could not pay for an important part of their diet. Researcher Laurence Becker of Oregon State University said some local farmers stopped farming. Food production fell and unemployment rose. The researchers said people in Mali were able to deal better with the food crisis. Malis farmers …

Please ignore the algae; this is a breeding tank, not necessarily a show-tank. Taken: 2:59 PM Camera: Canon PowerShot SD1400 IS Digital ELPH —————————————- Fish Species List —————————————- • (?) I can’t remember right now. • (?) See above. • (2) Plecostomus

I tried a few different DIY live Rock recipes, this seems the most realistic and stable recipe I have come up with, this is a combination of several You Tube videos I watched and some experimentation on my part, I hope it works for you…. good luck! Any questions email me at TV2@Suddenlink.net
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African daisies, or osteospermum, grow in temperate climates and can be started indoors, so that they will bloom through the warmer months of the year. Avoid trying to grow African daisies in colder climates during the winter with advice from a sustainable gardener in this free video gardening. Expert: Yolanda Vanveen Contact: www.vanveenbulbs.com Bio: Yolanda Vanveen is sustainable gardener who lives in Kalama, Wash. Filmmaker: Daron Stetner

Daisies are gorgeous plants that will grow in almost any conditions, but growing them requires knowing where the daisies are native. Start growing daisies in the spring with instructions from a sustainable gardener in this free video on gardening and plant care. Expert: Yolanda Vanveen Contact: www.vanveenbulbs.com Bio: Yolanda Vanveen is sustainable gardener who lives in Kalama, Wash. Filmmaker: Daron Stetner

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