2010-03-30 Scientists Document Effects of Market Policy Changes on Three West African Countries
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Today we continue telling about a report by three geography experts from…
2010-03-23 West Africans, Free Markets and the ’08 Food Crisis
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Suppose you eat rice every day. But one day you go to…
2010-03-16 Rise in Food Gardens in US Brings Crop of Questions for Experts
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Call it “recession gardening” or a product of the local foods movement.…
2010-03-09 Broccoli and Cauliflower – Their Tops Make Good Eating
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Some people say broccoli looks like small trees, and cauliflower like gathered…
2010-03-02 Want to Grow a Root? Beets Are Hard to Beat
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. People might think that beets are always dark red. But this tasty…
2010-02-23 Winter Gives a Hard Chop to Washington’s Cherry Trees
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Official snowfall records for Washington date back to eighteen eighty-four. By early…
2010-02-16 Burros Can Do More Than Work Just as Pack Animals
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. A burro is a small donkey. Another way that people say it…
2010-02-09 Some Crops Can Help Farmers Prepare for Disasters
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Farmers may not be able to prevent natural disasters, but they can…
2010-02-02 Mapping the Way to a Better Soybean
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Soybeans are eaten by people and fed to animals. Some farmers grow…
2010-01-26 New Understanding of How Plants Use Water
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Scientists have discovered more details about how plants use water. Their findings…
2010-01-19 Giving Grasslands a Rest
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Grasslands need time to rest when cattle and other animals feed on…
2010-01-12 Keeping Plants and Trees Warm When Temperatures Drop
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Florida, in the southeastern United States, is called the Sunshine State. It…
2010-01-05 New Alliance to Study Greenhouse Gases in Agriculture
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Experts say that agriculture provides fourteen percent of the world’s greenhouse gas…
2009-12-29 Circular Thinking: Round Barns on US Farms
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. American farmers traditionally keep their animals and equipment in barns that are…
2009-12-22 How a Hoop House Can Extend the Growing Season
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Today we discuss the greenhouse effect. Farmers and gardeners have long used…