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		<title>Online Urban Farming Course Crosses Continents, Seeks to Boost Number of Farmers Producing Food Locally</title>
		<link>http://seedstock.com/2012/02/21/online-urban-farming-course-crosses-continents-seeks-to-boost-number-of-farmers-producing-food-locally/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:03:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Vernabe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[agricultural entrepreneurship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agriculture startup]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A three-quarter acre parcel of land in the city can be transformed into a successful urban farming business when combined with the right training. Or at least that’s the opinion of startup company GroAction, which offers an online class on the topic. About 470 people from around the world are now testing this theory. They are doing so through the <a class="more-link" href="http://seedstock.com/2012/02/21/online-urban-farming-course-crosses-continents-seeks-to-boost-number-of-farmers-producing-food-locally/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sustainable Agriculture Tech Co. Uses Shrimp Heads and Microbiological Components to Increase Yields</title>
		<link>http://seedstock.com/2012/02/21/sustainable-agriculture-tech-co-uses-shrimp-heads-and-microbiological-components-to-increase-yields/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:43:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>seedstock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[News Release &#8211; (TULARE, CA, Feb 14, 2012) &#8211; Among the many head-turning products at last week&#8217;s 45th World Ag Expo was an innovative biotechnology formula for soil sustainability that uses discarded shrimp heads and microbiological components to fortify crop plants and cost-efficiently improve yield, quality and profit. Field proven in more than 1,500 trials around the world, the patented <a class="more-link" href="http://seedstock.com/2012/02/21/sustainable-agriculture-tech-co-uses-shrimp-heads-and-microbiological-components-to-increase-yields/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Out of Ostrich Boom Comes Advanced Livestock Monitoring Technology to Improve Feed Efficiency and Reduce Waste</title>
		<link>http://seedstock.com/2012/02/17/advanced-livestock-monitoring-technology-helps-farmers-improve-feed-efficiency-and-reduce-animal-waste/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:52:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noelle Swan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ag Technology]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alison Sunstrum already had her own business when she first met the three engineers behind Alberta, Canada-based GrowSafe Systems. They had hit a wall in their research and could not see their way to a commercial product. She offered solutions as a consultant. They ignored all of them, but still Sunstrum says that she was so impressed by what they were <a class="more-link" href="http://seedstock.com/2012/02/17/advanced-livestock-monitoring-technology-helps-farmers-improve-feed-efficiency-and-reduce-animal-waste/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Branding and Marketing Advice for Sustainable Food Entrepreneurs: DIY Press Savvy, Part Three</title>
		<link>http://seedstock.com/2012/02/16/branding-marketing-advice-4-sustainable-food-entrepreneurs-diy-press-savvy-part-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:35:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alisha Lumea and Polly Legendre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thus far, in our three-part series on DIY press savvy for sustainability-minded food entrepreneurs, we’ve covered how to put together your story to resonate with the media, and how to tell it to the right people. In the final part of this series, we look at how to leverage the press you get for maximum benefit.  Use What You Have <a class="more-link" href="http://seedstock.com/2012/02/16/branding-marketing-advice-4-sustainable-food-entrepreneurs-diy-press-savvy-part-3/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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		<title>USDA Announces New Online Portal to Provide Assistance for Beginning Farmers and Ranchers</title>
		<link>http://seedstock.com/2012/02/16/usda-announces-new-online-portal-to-provide-assistance-for-beginning-farmers-and-ranchers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:22:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>USDA</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[News Release &#8211; WASHINGTON, Feb. 16, 2012 – Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and USDA&#8217;s National Agricultural Library, in partnership with the American Farm Bureau Federation, announced Start2farm.gov, a new online portal that helps provide assistance for beginning farmers and ranchers. The portal includes links to training, financing, technical assistance and other support services specifically for beginning farmers and ranchers <a class="more-link" href="http://seedstock.com/2012/02/16/usda-announces-new-online-portal-to-provide-assistance-for-beginning-farmers-and-ranchers/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Integrated Weed Management Best Response to Herbicide Resistance, Says PSU Research Report</title>
		<link>http://seedstock.com/2012/02/16/integrated-weed-management-best-response-to-herbicide-resistance-says-psu-research-report/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:47:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Penn State University</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Release &#8211; UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. &#8212; Over-reliance on glyphosate-type herbicides for weed control on U.S. farms has created a dramatic increase in the number of genetically-resistant weeds, according to a team of agricultural researchers, who say the solution lies in an integrated weed management program. &#8220;I&#8217;m deeply concerned when I see figures that herbicide use could double in the <a class="more-link" href="http://seedstock.com/2012/02/16/integrated-weed-management-best-response-to-herbicide-resistance-says-psu-research-report/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Vertical Greenhouse Co. Seeks to Bring Fresh, Affordable, Low Carbon-footprint Produce to Urban Areas</title>
		<link>http://seedstock.com/2012/02/15/vertical-greenhouse-co-seeks-to-bring-fresh-affordable-low-carbon-footprint-produce-to-urban-areas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:12:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melinda Clark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ag Technology]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plantagon is a Stockholm-based urban agriculture company that strives to balance commercial and values-based forces to simultaneously achieve profitability and ‘do good.’ To do this, it has introduced the Plantagon Greenhouse, a vertical greenhouse designed to bring fresh, affordable, low-carbon-footprint produce to urban areas. According to the company, the greenhouses’ efficiency and high productivity make them economically viable – it’s <a class="more-link" href="http://seedstock.com/2012/02/15/vertical-greenhouse-co-seeks-to-bring-fresh-affordable-low-carbon-footprint-produce-to-urban-areas/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. and European Union, World&#8217;s Largest Organic Producers, Agree to Landmark Partnership on Organic Trade</title>
		<link>http://seedstock.com/2012/02/15/u-s-and-european-union-worlds-largest-organic-producers-agree-to-landmark-partnership-on-organic-trade/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:11:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>USDA</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[USDA Release &#8211; NUREMBERG, Germany, Feb. 15, 2012-The European Union and the United States announced today that beginning June 1, 2012, organic products certified in Europe or in the United States may be sold as organic in either region. This partnership between the two largest organic-producers in the world will establish a strong foundation from which to promote organic agriculture, <a class="more-link" href="http://seedstock.com/2012/02/15/u-s-and-european-union-worlds-largest-organic-producers-agree-to-landmark-partnership-on-organic-trade/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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		<title>ECO Farming Saves Growers Money, Improves Soil and Benefits Environment, Researchers Say</title>
		<link>http://seedstock.com/2012/02/15/eco-farming-saves-growers-money-improves-soil-and-benefits-environment-researchers-say/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:08:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>OSU Extension</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[News Release &#8211; ADA, Ohio – Ohio crop growers looking to increase the organic matter content in their soil to the tune of $900 per unit increase in organic matter, may want to consider a move to ECO Farming, advises an Ohio State University Extension educator, who says that switching to the technique could result in raising soil organic matter <a class="more-link" href="http://seedstock.com/2012/02/15/eco-farming-saves-growers-money-improves-soil-and-benefits-environment-researchers-say/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sustainable Ag Startup Sees Aeroponic Technology as Key to Re-integrating Agriculture into Urban Environs</title>
		<link>http://seedstock.com/2012/02/14/sustainable-ag-startup-sees-aeroponic-technology-as-key-to-re-integrating-agriculture-into-urban-environs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:47:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danny Jensen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[aeroponics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eating locally within a hundred mile radius is certainly an impressive feat. But imagine the convenience of picking fresh produce from a farm that’s only a hundred feet away, or even ten, while still living in a crowded city. The Waters Wheel, a Los Angeles-based company, aims to do just that by bringing the farm to your doorstep or rooftop <a class="more-link" href="http://seedstock.com/2012/02/14/sustainable-ag-startup-sees-aeroponic-technology-as-key-to-re-integrating-agriculture-into-urban-environs/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Management of World&#8217;s Soil Key to Food, Water and Climate Security Says UNEP Year Book</title>
		<link>http://seedstock.com/2012/02/14/management-of-worlds-soil-key-to-food-water-and-climate-security-says-unep-year-book/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:33:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>seedstock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Press Release &#8211; (Nairobi, February 13, 2012) - Dramatic improvements in the way the world manages its precious soils will be key to food, water and climate security in the 21st century. According to the United Nations Environment Programme&#8217;s (UNEP) Year Book 2012, 24 per cent of the global land area has already suffered declines in health and productivity over the <a class="more-link" href="http://seedstock.com/2012/02/14/management-of-worlds-soil-key-to-food-water-and-climate-security-says-unep-year-book/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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		<title>In Creating Fleet of Sustainable, Urban Farmers, Milwaukee-based Growing Power Seeks to End World Hunger</title>
		<link>http://seedstock.com/2012/02/13/in-creating-fleet-of-sustainable-urban-farmers-milwaukee-organization-founder-seeks-to-end-world-hunger/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:45:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Vernabe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Will Allen, CEO and founder of Growing Power, Inc., has a straightforward goal &#8211; to end world hunger. “It’s a lofty goal, but that’s how things should be,” said Allen, a sharecropper’s son who was a professional basketball player when he rediscovered his love for agriculture. “The only way to end world hunger is the local food system that we <a class="more-link" href="http://seedstock.com/2012/02/13/in-creating-fleet-of-sustainable-urban-farmers-milwaukee-organization-founder-seeks-to-end-world-hunger/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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		<title>PASA Sustainable Ag Conference Draws Record Attendance, Focus on Access to Land and Supporting New Farmers</title>
		<link>http://seedstock.com/2012/02/13/pasa-sustainable-ag-conference-draws-record-attendance-focus-on-access-to-land-and-supporting-new-farmers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:47:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Hatton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA) hosted its 21st annual Farming for the Future Conference February 1-4 in State College, PA. This year, 2,150 attendees representing 28 states and 5 countries crowded into the Penn State Conference Center to attend workshops, listen to keynote addresses and choose from a host of other activities, including live music, a silent auction, <a class="more-link" href="http://seedstock.com/2012/02/13/pasa-sustainable-ag-conference-draws-record-attendance-focus-on-access-to-land-and-supporting-new-farmers/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Against Tide of Antiquated City Ag Laws, Sustainable Urban Flower Farm Flourishes In Los Angeles</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:21:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danny Jensen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Valentine’s Day finds most romantics dashing to the neighborhood florist for a fresh bouquet of flowers for their sweetheart. But roses that have been doused with toxic pesticides and shipped half way across the globe, hardly inspire romance, especially for the environmentally conscious consumer. Thankfully, Tara Kolla of Silver Lake Farms in Los Angeles, dedicates herself to growing and selling <a class="more-link" href="http://seedstock.com/2012/02/10/sustainable-urban-flower-farm-flourishes-in-los-angeles/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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		<title>University of Florida Researcher Stumbles Upon New “Green” Pesticide with Potential to Protect State&#8217;s Citrus</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:27:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noelle Swan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What if agricultural pests could be managed by an essential nutrient, found in all proteins, that poses no environmental threat, naturally biodegrades, and potentially could be beneficial to plants? Physiology and genomics professor, Bruce Stevens from the University of Florida thinks he just may have stumbled onto the future of green pesticides. It turns out when applied to the leaves <a class="more-link" href="http://seedstock.com/2012/02/09/university-of-florida-researcher-new-green-pesticide-to-protect-states-citrus/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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		<title>AMPS Builds New Orleans&#8217; First &#8220;Aeroponic&#8221; Recirculating Farm, Demonstrates Sustainable Urban Agriculture</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:08:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Press Release &#8211; NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 9, 2012 &#8211; Today, urban agriculture development company Aquaponic Modular Production Systems (AMPS) debuted its new project &#8211; the very first aeroponic farm in New Orleans. Hollygrove Farm and Market is hosting the AMPS design to showcase an innovative way to grow fresh produce for the community sustainably &#8211; recirculating farming. Recirculating farms use <a class="more-link" href="http://seedstock.com/2012/02/09/amps-builds-new-orleans-first-aeroponic-recirculating-farm-demonstrates-sustainable-urban-agriculture/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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