Beef production in the United States is expected to decrease 4.8 percent in 2013, the second largest year-over-year decrease in 35 years. Many analysts expect the 2013 numbers to be followed by a 2014 decrease of 4.5 percent or more.
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Nevada is trying to grow more food locally, using hydroponics, greenhouses, and other indoor-farming techniques Via Rick Passo 
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Fort Collins considers ways to feed and nurture urban agriculture The Coloradoan The city of Fort Collins is considering changes to its land-use code that would allow for more urban agriculture, including community gardens, small farm operations... Delete the scoop?
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Dear American Consumers: Please don t start eating healthfully. Sincerely, the Food Industry: Dear American Co... http://t.co/xA2ql28YTE Delete the scoop?
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Capital Press Agriculture Newspaper is the most comprehensive online source of daily, farm and ranch news and classified ads for California, Idaho Oregon and Washington. Delete the scoop?
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Urban Farming Projects - These urban farming projects have been created to subsidize farmers feeding cities. The demand for fresh ... High-Rise Parks. Vertical City in Mexico City Designed to Help Reduce Smog (GALLERY) ... Delete the scoop?
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Will Allen is a farmer, but not in the conventional sense of the word: he doesn't live on multiple acres outside of his hometown of Milwaukee, he doesn't driv (RT @JosephRanseth: Urban farm reduces gang violence http://t.co/oLHmeU4TNr)... 
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Wow ... 3 days out and almost 100% germination ... they must like it up here. Fine roots are appearing on most plants and heights approaching 1" seems common. Tomorrow will be the day we open...
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Using LED lighting instead of traditional high pressure sodium lights to grow tomatoes in greenhouses during the winter could cut costs and boost local food production. Delete the scoop?
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With incredible advances in space exploration, the idea of harvesting crops and planting gardens in space is leaving the realm of science fiction and becoming a reality. Research in astrobiology, a.k.a. Delete the scoop?
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Using technology to transform food production in the urban environment ...
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Vertical growing system allows sustainable hydroponic or organic agriculture and Urban Farming. Vertical growing systems allow food to be grown sustainably anywhere using a fraction of the water energy used in traditional farming. Via Ceci Ramirez Delete the scoop?
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"In Short Supply" is an official selection of the 2012 United Nations Association Film Festival and will screen in the San Francisco Bay Area in October 2012... (RT @COSAGHouse: Plight of the #smallfarm #rualamerica We need options!
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Hydroponics gardening & high density vertical growing systems open doors to a sustainable & prosperous future!... http://t.co/PHMAwum2Zp Delete the scoop?
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Austin, Texas Redefines Urban Farming http://t.co/UJU8cYOzhQ #toronto Delete the scoop?
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