2005-11-22 China Says It Will Vaccinate All Farm Birds Against Bird Flu
I’m Faith Lapidus with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. China says it will give all of its farm birds…
2005-11-15 Protecting the Nation’s Forests
I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. The Forest Service is responsible for the forests on public…
2005-11-08 Sweet Deal: How Plants Invite Helpful Insects to Dine on Harmful Ones
I’m Shep O’Neal with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Students are taught at an early age about how insects…
2005-11-01 Pumpkins: Not Just for Halloween
I’m Faith Lapidus with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Many Americans celebrated Halloween on Monday by placing pumpkins outside…
2005-10-25 It’s Apple Season in America
I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Apples are the second most valuable fruit crop in the…
2005-10-18 Growing ‘Love Apples,’ Better Known These Days as Tomatoes
I’m Shep O’Neal with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Plant scientists consider them fruit. Most other people think of…
2005-10-11 Making a Dairy Farm Work with Grass-fed Cows
I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Raising cows for milk is not an easy way to…
2005-10-04 Making Cheese the Traditional Way, Part Two
I’m Jim Tedder with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Last week, we heard how cheese maker Jonathan White in…
2005-09-27 Making Cheese the Traditional Way, Part One
I’m Doug Johnson with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. The ancient way to store milk for long periods of…
2005-09-20 Risk to a Popular Banana Shows Need to Grow Other Kinds
I’m Doug Johnson with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. In recent years, some concerns have been raised about the…
2005-09-13 Katrina: Counting the Damage to Agriculture
I’m Barbara Klein with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. New Orleans has always been a busy center for ships…
2005-09-06 Non-Profit Group Helps Farmers and Gardners Exchange Seeds
I’m Faith Lapidus with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. In nineteen seventy-five, a young husband and wife in the…
2005-08-30 Improving on an Ancient Way to Harvest Rainwater
I’m Faith Lapidus with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. A few months ago, we talked about a system to…
2005-08-23 Food for Crops: How to Get the Most From Organic Fertilizer
I’m Shep O’Neal with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. There are many different products that farmers can use to…
2005-08-16 Scientists Complete a Genetic Map of Rice
I’m Faith Lapidus with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Scientists now know a lot more about a grain that…