Will Turning Vegetarian Save The Planet?
Feb 24, 2010 Agriculture, Fruits & Vegetables
The numbers look pretty unarguable. So much so that – as a senitive meat-eating, trying-hard green – I have to ask if Safran Foer is being too soft: can any meat-eater at all call themselves an environmentalist? Livestock agriculture produces more greenhouse gas emissions than every trai
Forgetful? Eat Memory-Boosting Foods
Feb 20, 2010 Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Fitness
Every cell in your body needs a steady supply of oxygen and nutrients in order to stay alive and work properly, including brain cells. Because oxygen and nutrients are carried in the blood stream, anything that impedes blood flow will starve those all-important brain cells. The plain truth is that a
UWI notebook: Jamaican Raspberry Fruit With Health-Beneficial Properties
Feb 7, 2010 Fruits & Vegetables, Health, Research & Study
USING PLANTS TO TACKLE DISEASE Scientific studies clearly demonstrate the relationship between diet and health. Inflammatory diseases such as diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular disease are leading causes of death in Jamaica. With the high occurrence of these diseases locally, as well as worldwide,
The GM Tomato That Stays Fresh For SIX WEEKS – But Would You Want To Eat It?
Feb 4, 2010 Agriculture, Crop Protection, Fruits & Vegetables
Tomatoes could stay fresh for an extra month thanks to a genetic breakthrough The curse of the soggy tomato could soon be a thing of the past … or so scientists say. They have created a fruit which is said to stay fresh for 45 days – three times longer than the conventional version. But
Kids To Put Best Fruit Forward
Jan 18, 2010 Fruits & Vegetables, Home
A healthy living campaign has gone online in a bid to get students to eat more fruit. A survey by health chiefs in 2006 and 2008 found that only slightly more than half of primary pupils eat fruit twice daily. In an attempt to change the picture found by the EatSmart@school.hk campaign, the Departme
Orange Juice Prices To Rise By A Third As Crisis Hits Crop
Jan 3, 2010 Crop Protection, Fruits & Vegetables
The price of orange juice is set to rise by up to a third after cold weather and disease hit citrus groves in Florida. The American state is one of the world’s main producers – and the problems it has experienced have already led to the price of concentrated juice doubling in a year. Supermarket
Grape Diseases Worry Growers
Nov 28, 2009 Disease, Fruits & Vegetables
Grape growers in Bijapur district are battling grapevine diseases anthracnose and downy mildew that have struck the grape plants. Many cultivators of grapes attribute the grape diseases to inclement weather conditions and untimely heavy rainfall in the last week of October and the second week of Nov
September Gardens: Much To Do As Summer Ends
Sep 14, 2009 Fresh Flowers, Fruits & Vegetables
Labor Day, the last of the summer holidays, marks the transition into fall, as do the return of football games and Halloween decorations in the stores. Before summer ends, mark these garden chores off your checklist: Shrubs and trees Fertilize roses one last time and prune rambler roses. Prune to re
Watermelons Seen As Source Of Fuel
Sep 9, 2009 Fruits & Vegetables, News
An Oklahoma-based chemist for the Department of Agriculture said his research suggests that sugars in the juice of watermelons can be used to make ethanol. Wayne Fish works with the department’s research service laboratory in Lane. He said his research began two years ago during a study on how to
