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Dümmen Orange and Avalanche+ Growers Continue Successful Partnership
Dümmen Orange and the Avalanche+ growers cooperative are extending their partnership for at least another four years. This should strengthen the market position of these unique high-quality Avalanche+® roses even further in the coming period. Although Dümmen Orange...
Why Kashmir’s Saffron Fields Are Shrinking
A group of growers sitting together to collect saffron from flowers. Photo: Shahid Mushtaq Pampore, Kashmir: A few years back, saffron growers in the town used large winter blankets to collect the harvested flowers from the fields. During the nights, the precious...
Bushfire-ravaged community embrace blooming wildflowers as symbol of hope
Photo: A Christmas bell wildflower has flourished at bushfire ravaged Lake Cathie. (Supplied: NSW Rural Fire Service – Mid Coast District) As the smell of smoke still lingers amid the blackened earth in New South Wales’ bushfire-ravaged communities, the...
Searching for the Ghost Orchids of the Everglades
Planet Earth Clinging to survival in shrinking swamps, ghost orchids are so elusive that their pollinators have remained unknown—until now. A giant sphinx moth extends its proboscis to drink the nectar from a ghost orchid. (Credit: Mac Stone) Admittedly, there are few...
‘We’re pretty festive,’ greenhouse grower says of 50,000 poinsettias
BROOKFIELD, N.S. — It’s not Christmas season until the poinsettias hit the market. While this flower is native to Mexico, it’s getting festive at Forest Glen– a family-run greenhouse in Brookfield, N.S. Starting Friday — Forest Glen Greenhouses...Latest News
