Apr 28, 2015 | Trade Show
It was a busy few days for 600 exhibitors and an eager crowd of 20,000 plus attendees filling the Shanghai New International Exhibition Centre April 24 through 26th. 24 countries were represented by exhibitors. FibreDust LLC had their entire China team on site along...
Apr 17, 2015 | Department of Agriculture
WASHINGTON, April 17, 2015 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has declared April National Garden Month. Throughout the month, USDA will celebrate the contributions of home, school and community gardens in providing healthy food for the table; pleasant...
Apr 16, 2015 | Agro Innovations
But they’re farmers…. Says Johnny Of course that didn’t matter to Mr. Wonderful. He couldn’t see a way to make enough money with it and was “out” immediately. It’s touching to see someone with a great farm idea motivated to...
Apr 15, 2015 | Department of Agriculture, Uncategorized
WASHINGTON, April 15, 2015 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today that the organic industry continues to show remarkable growth domestically and globally, with 19,474 certified organic operations in the United States and a total of 27,814...
Apr 15, 2015 | Department of Agriculture
KINGSPORT, Tenn., April 15, 2015 – Agriculture Under Secretary Lisa Mensah today announced the selection of 31 community-based organizations in 17 states and the District of Columbia for grants to help small rural communities create jobs and boost economic...
Apr 6, 2015 | Agro Innovations, Growing With Coir, The Greenhouse
In 2005 when citrus greening was discovered in orange trees in south Florida, the insidious little carrier bug, the Asian citrus psyllid, was already making its way through the state infecting and killing thousands of acres (127,000+) of citrus trees. Growers,...
Mar 10, 2015 | Urban Farming
Urban agriculture, the cultivating, distributing and processing food, in or close to a city, is a huge part of the “Green Revolution” and many feel, vital to feed the world. Innovations in urban growing allow almost any space to be a farm: Rooftops,...
Mar 5, 2015 | FibreDust Press
Fibredust LLC, global leader in coconut coir production, with home office located in Connecticut US, is pleased to announce the appointment of Geerten Van Eldik as Marketing and Product Development Manager for FibreDust Europe BV and Fibredust Spain SL. He will also...
Feb 27, 2015 | Growing With Coir
Maria Slavik from the gardening blog site Sweet Domesticity, has made the switch to coco coir peat for seed starting. Her original motivation to give it try came through her desire to use a sustainable product. For many years sphagnum peat was the common choice by...
