Category Archives: Focus on Agriculture
The Fiber/Wool Festival in Flagstaff June 7-8, 2013
The Fiber/Wool Festival in Flagstaff will be held June 7 & 8, 2013 at the Arizona Historical Society Pioneer Museum in Flagstaff, Arizona. Sponsors will be entitled to: be named in advertising, radio, brochures, website, etc., and receive a discount for any … Continue reading
Study: The New Eating Culture and Its Business Implications
Daymon Worldwide and the Hartman Group revealed this week the results of a comprehensive research study into food culture shifts, suggesting that we have become an “eating culture” that requires retailers and manufacturers to reconsider traditional approaches to how they … Continue reading
USDA Releases New Maps Identifying Major Crop Producing Areas: Apples
A total of 40 new maps have been prepared, showing major crop-producing areas in the United States, China, India, Pakistan, and South Africa. Earlier versions of these maps appeared in the Major World Crop Areas and Climatic Profiles (MWCACP) handbook that contains … Continue reading
Why Popcorn is Popping Up in All the Best Places
There is no question that Americans love popcorn. On average, we each consume more than 65 quarts of it each year in movie theaters, at country fairs, and in our own living rooms. We make it in specially made air … Continue reading