In the village of Schlöben, Thuringia, inhabitants have made it-they live completely energy self-sufficient, without quarrels and without quarrels. But how did the inhabitants manage this? The MDR documentary “Dorf unter Strom – Das Selbstversorger-Dorf” has investigated this question. The mayor Hans-Peter Perschke from Schlöben is both a dairy farmer and an energy farmer. The...
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Turkey Onions: Onion harvest started
A press release made by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry in Turkey, reads as follows: “There is a need to make a press release regarding onion production (in Turkey) and market supply in our country. According to the last ten-year averages, 2 million and 100 thousand tons of dry onions were produced annually in...
Vietnam Strawberry: New strawberry varieties yield over 30 tons/ha
LAM DONG: New strawberry variety in Vietnam PS8.10 is resistant to powdery mildew and anthracnose and has a yield of over 30 tons/ha. Especially, the ripe fruit is very fragrant, delicious, sweet, and popular in the market. Snow white strawberries cost from 700,000 to 900,000 VND/kg ( from US$29.85/kg) but they are not enough to sell. The...
Japan’s largest agriculture and livestock exhibition lands in Kyushu for the first time, with 300 companies expected to participate
The first Agriculture Week Kyushu will be held for three days starting May 24 in Kumamoto, Japan. Japanese exhibitor RX Japan will host the “1st Agriculture Week Kyushu” at Grand Messe Kumamoto for three days, starting May 24. RX Japan is the largest exhibition organizer in Japan, holding 96 exhibitions in 35 sectors annually. Agriculture...
Indonesia’s Lampung Province asks regency/municipality governments to only distribute healthy livestock
The Lampung Provincial Government has asked district and city governments in the area to only distribute healthy livestock for both shipping and public consumption. “Seeing that recently there have been a lot of livestock diseases, districts and cities are expected to distribute healthy livestock,” said Lampung Province Economic and Development Assistant Kusnardi in Bandarlampung, Tuesday....
Italian Foods and Easter: Traditional DIY Sweets in 42% Homes
In more than four out of 10 families (42%), typical Easter sweets are prepared at home this year, also as a result of the expensive prices triggered by the war in Ukraine. This is what emerges from the Coldiretti/Ixe’ survey on the Easter of Italians on the occasion of the parade of sweets of the...