The Packer: Jones said he was motivated to create the E-Sorter because he wanted to give growers a better option at a better price. He said there are a of lot high-tech sorting/grading machines with expensive computerized scanners and cameras that were designed with the process in mind, but not the grower. “I started working […]
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The corn farmer might soon become extinct. According to Kahleej Times, Eduardo Rodriguez Hernandez recently created a unique robot that can plow, plant, care for, and harvest corn. The farmer up at five am to begin the day’s chores may finally get to sleep in during planting season. “This kind of parallel robot is made
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Today people care more about where their food comes from and how it is grown than ever before. At one time no one worried about the pesticides and ingredients in the food we ate. However, more people are looking for food that is organic. Backyard Chicken Run helps feed into that trend, reports Lake Zurich
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I don’t know if you know this or not, but I live on a farm. It’s a small farm — a few acres at three thousand feet above sea level, nestled between pines and steep granite cliffs. Maybe I’ll show you more someday. But today, if your New Years resolution is to be like me,
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Mrs. Doe Pee’s Buck Lures sells deer doe urine as a hunting lure. How do you get into that business? And, more importantly, how do you collect the urine? BusinessWeek has the answer: The Collora family business began in 1987, when Mrs. Collora, then an orthopedic nurse, bought a deer for her husband, a plant
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NY Times: Patrick Maignan, a robust gray-haired farmer, lives alone on his farm, surrounded only by the freshly plowed wheat fields of this lonely corner of northern France. The New York Times The lack of love in the countryside is a serious topic. Far from tourist routes and cellphone coverage, he works seven days a
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Hydroponics is a method of growing plants using mineral nutrient solutions, in water, without soil. One Florida in entrepreneur has found a business opportunity in it: No matter what the season, Heather Ulrichsen has fresh herbs, lettuce and peppers. What started as a winter hobby turned into a business opportunity. She and her partner, Richard
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Looks like their might be an opportunity for an entrepreneur willing to buck tradition and transport pumpkins from California to other parts of the country where pumpkins are less plentiful. The LA Times has the scoop: There’s a pumpkin shortage plaguing parts of the country this year, because of drought and storms in the Midwest
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If you don’t want to sell eggs for a living, maybe you should consider raising turkeys for Thanksgiving dinner instead. The opportunity may have passed already for this year, but that doesn’t mean you can’t take a lesson from David Cover and prepare for next year. Ten turkeys enjoyed their last meal in a way
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BBC News: On going into business, Emily said: “We had loads of spare eggs and we just thought we better get rid of them because we couldn’t use them ourselves.” Neighbour Claire Dumbreck was so impressed by the business she nominated Emily for the prize She gave the first batches away with a little note
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