Category: Agriculture Report (农业报道)

I’m Jim Tedder with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Last week, we heard how cheese maker Jonathan White in New Jersey uses traditional methods to make his products. An…

I’m Doug Johnson with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. The ancient way to store milk for long periods of time is to make it into cheese. Industrial methods create…

I’m Doug Johnson with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. In recent years, some concerns have been raised about the health of the world’s banana plants. A number of media…

I’m Barbara Klein with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. New Orleans has always been a busy center for ships and trains. The city is close to the mouth of…

I’m Faith Lapidus with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. In nineteen seventy-five, a young husband and wife in the United States began an organization to save seeds from rare…

I’m Faith Lapidus with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. A few months ago, we talked about a system to harvest rainwater. The water travels from the roofs of buildings…

I’m Shep O’Neal with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. There are many different products that farmers can use to add nutrients to soil. Organic fertilizers usually come from animal…

I’m Faith Lapidus with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Scientists now know a lot more about a grain that people have eaten for ten thousand years. Research teams around…

I’m Faith Lapidus with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. We often think of agriculture as planting seeds and harvesting crops. But many crops do not come from seeds. Many…

I’m Barbara Klein with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. To call something “marginal” means it is not very good. Farmers have their own way to define marginal land: It…

I’m Barbara Klein with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Farmers are the biggest users of freshwater resources. The Food and Agriculture Organization says agriculture uses seventy percent of all…

I’m Jim Tedder with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. From the beginning of human history, people have used oils from seeds and nuts. Most of the time these oils…

I’m Faith Lapidus with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. The United States has its second confirmed case of mad cow disease. The first case was found in December of…

I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Many farmers improve their soil, and their crops, with compost. Composting is the mixing of plant or animal wastes so…

I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. At one time, the United States was a nation of farmers. In nineteen hundred, about thirty-nine percent of Americans or…