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Benin bets on turning its cotton crop into clothes at home
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (949+ words) PARAKOU – The “Made in Benin” tags on Fatoumata Dosso’s fabrics represent an ambition much bigger than her fashion business: keeping more of the value of Africa’s largest cotton producer at home. The founder of DAF Collection said that the tag…...
In North Carolina, a race is on to restore critical peatland before it dries up or is destroyed
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (1185+ words) It's an idyllic setting in North Carolina's Inner Banks, where fields of cotton, soybeans and corn stretch for miles, country roads wend through stands of pines and thousands of bird watchers converge to witness the spring migration. But it's what’s…...
Takeaways from AP story on a major effort to restore peatland in North Carolina
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (429+ words) Fifty miles (80 kilometers) of ditches dug decades ago for an abandoned farming venture drained much of the water from thousands of years of accumulated peat — partially decayed organic matter up to 15 feet (4.6 meters) deep — leaving the site vulnerable to drought…...
San Antonio to house nation's first pest biosecurity platform
5+ day, 22+ hour ago (297+ words) Flyttr announced plans on Sept. 8 to build a large-scale biosecurity research, development and countermeasures platform in San Antonio, Texas. The facility will focus on developing and manufacturing responses to major pest threats affecting livestock, agriculture and public health. With concerns…...
San Antonio Chosen To Be New World Screwworm Research Site
1+ week, 1+ day ago (104+ words) 710 KURV Texas Biomedical Research Institute in San Antonio is the chosen site of major research to stop the spread of the New World screwworm. Research company Flyttr plans to use Texas Biomed’s Biosafety Level 3 containment lab to conduct the research,…...
A Kentucky man with a meat allergy was craving a burger. So he got into ostrich farming
1+ week, 1+ day ago (837+ words) DANVILLE, Ky. – When a friend approached Brent Williams four years ago with a business proposition to start an ostrich farm, he was more than intrigued — he had a personal motivation as someone who developed a life-threatening allergy to red meat,…...
Farmers turn to perennial grains as one solution to extreme weather
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1300+ words) Joshua A. Bickel And Alexa St. John BELOIT, Kan. – Bryce Black kneels in a wheat field battered by intense drought. He holds two strands, remarking on how small the seed head is compared with what's normal. After a late October rain…...
San Antonio chosen as site for crucial New World screwworm research as infection spreads in Texas
1+ week, 3+ day ago (449+ words) SAN ANTONIO – A company working to stop the spread of the New World screwworm has chosen Texas Biomedical Research Institute in San Antonio as the site for major new research, a project expected to bring 40 jobs and support efforts to…...
We spoke with Leah Flores about how you can get a delicious loose leaf tea at La Tea Da
2+ week, 2+ day ago (141+ words) WOAI Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses. There is a big difference between the tiny tea bags you buy at the grocery store and the loose-leaf tea you can get at local…...
This luxury ranch for sale in the Texas Hill Country comes with 34 wild acres and own private creek
2+ week, 3+ day ago (30+ words) A luxury ranch in the New Braunfels area has hit the market for nearly $3.5 million, and the property is the outdoorsman's dream. Sitting on 34 acres deep...