Harewood Park

Harewood Park is a rural estate of in the civil parish of Harewood in Herefordshire, England, which has been owned by the Duchy of Cornwall since 2000. It is approximately midway between Hereford and Ross-on-Wye.
History.
The land at Harewood Park was part of a royal hunting estate, which was granted by King John to the Knights Templar of the nearby village of Garway in 1215. By 1312 it was recorded as containing a hall, grange and chapel. After the Knights Templar were disbanded, the estate passed to the Knights Hospitaller until the Dissolution of the Monasteries under Henry VIII. The land was then sold, first to the brothers Robert and Hugh Thornhill and then, in 1547, to the Browne family who built a large house on the site. Around 1651–54, the house was bought by Bennet Hoskyns MP, who had the unusual distinction of both being appointed a High Sheriff under Cromwell, and later being made a baronet by Charles II. The estate remained in the ownership of the Hoskyns family for almost 300 years.
In 1781 the Tudor house was demolished and a new house, set in parkland with terraced walks, was built on the site. The house was again substantially rebuilt in 1839 by the 7th Baronet, Sir Hungerford Hoskyns, who had built an 11-bay, three-storey entrance front, featuring a grand porch with Tuscan columns, and two wings. The chapel was rebuilt in 1862.
The declining fortunes of the Hoskyns family resulted in the house being sold in 1892 to Henry Harrison Parry, who also owned a brewery in Leicester. On his death in 1908, he was buried in the graveyard of the estate chapel of St Denis. The estate was then owned for eight years by his brother Joseph, and then by Henry Parry's eldest daughter, Evelyn Foster. She sold it in 1927.
In 1941 Harewood Park was sold to the Trustees of Guy's Hospital. It was used as an auxiliary hospital during World War II, but was deemed surplus to requirements after the war. The building decayed, its fixtures and fittings were sold off in 1959, and the shell of the house was used for demolition practice by the Royal Engineers. A modern bungalow, described as "wildly inappropriate", was built on the site in the 1960s.
Redevelopment.
In May 2000, the estate was purchased by the Duchy of Cornwall as part of its acquisition of property owned by Prudential plc. In 2003, plans were prepared for what the Duchy described as a "rural regeneration project", involving the restoration of three groups of buildings at Home Farm, Grange Farm, and Harewood Park itself, at an estimated cost of £8-9 million. The architect is Craig Hamilton. Home Farm and Grange Farm are intended to be developed as cottages and workshops. Overall, the intention is to undertake restoration on the basis of principles of environmental sustainability, and including the use of local sandstone from a reopened local quarry, and locally sourced timber. New woodland was to be planted, and schemes were included to retain water run-off and filter sewage in reed filtration beds. Prince Charles is reportedly personally involved in details of the scheme.
The Duchy's website states:When complete the project will consist of a replacement principal dwelling as a focal point of the estate, the restoration of a Grade II listed stable block and former chapel together with the sympathetic rebuilding of eight additional dwellings linked with more than of high quality offices offering a combination of residential and workplace facilities for up to 100 people. The new house will be built on the site of the historic house. Three possible designs have been drawn up for the replacement house, for which outline planning consent was granted by Herefordshire Council in 2007. The agreed proposal is for a six-bedroom house, considerably scaled down from the original designs put forward in 2004. The proposed design is intended to echo that of existing stable blocks on the site, with arches influenced by the designs of Sir John Soane. According to Hamilton:Three designs have been prepared for the site and two of these have received planning consent. The first design refers to the work of Schinkel in Potsdam. The second is a synthesis of Greek and Roman references. The third design has developed out of the triumphal arch motif which is repeated in the design of the surviving early 19th century stables on the site. The new house is to be built out of local sandstone quarried on the Estate.
In 2016 the walled garden and former fishing lake were restored.
Media speculation.
The Duchy of Cornwall denied that the new house would be the home of any member of the royal family, although there was local and national speculation that the house will become the main residence of Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge.
This speculation has died after Anmer Hall on the Sandringham estate was named in April 2013 as the official country residence of their royal highnesses when the current lease expired.


Zip Feed Tower

The Zip Feed Tower was a grain elevator and feed mill in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. At 202 feet (62 meters) it was the tallest occupiable structure in South Dakota from its construction in 1956–57 until its demolition in December 2005. The mill closed in 2000 and in 2005 was scheduled for demolition to make way for office and retail space.
Attempted demolition.
On December 3, 2005 workers unsuccessfully attempted to implode the building. The concrete tower fell into its own basement, leaning to one side but still standing. Demolition crews had attempted to drop the structure by cutting reinforcing bars throughout the structure then placing explosive charges in a ring around the base and up between the vertical silos. However, the integrity of the structure was such that, as the base was sheared off, the main structure dropped straight down crashing through the damaged base into the basement.
A review of the demolition project proved that the crew had seriously underestimated the amount of cutting explosive required to "break" the structure's vertical integrity. Over the next two weeks a crane and wrecking ball were used to complete the demolition. The tallest building in Sioux Falls today is the 11-story CenturyLink Tower.


Tomar wine

Tomar is a Portuguese wine region centered on the town of Tomar in the Ribatejo region. The region was initially a separate "Indicação de Proveniencia Regulamentada" (IPR) region, but in 2003, it became one of six subregions of the Ribatejo DOC, which has the higher "Denominação de Origem Controlada" (DOC) status. Its name may still be indicated together with that of Ribatejo, as Ribatejo-Tomar.
Vineyards are planted on the limestone slopes along the right bank of the Tagus river.
Grapes.
The principle grapes of the Tomar region include Arinto, Baga, Castelao Nacional, Fernao Pires, Malvasia, Periquita, Rabo de Ovelha, and Ugni blanc.


Elixir Group

Elixir Group (full legal name: "D.o.o za proizvodnju, promet i usluge Elixir Group Šabac") is a Serbian agribusiness company. It is headquartered in Šabac, Serbia.
History.
Founded on May 16, 1990, Elixir Group has since grew from a family company to one of the biggest Serbian companies in the field of agribusiness, fertilizing and the wholesale of other agriculture products. In the beginning, the company had 3 subsidiaries, Elixir Agrar, Elixir Feed and Elixir Food.
By the end of 2011, Elixir Group bought once a great Yugoslavian fertilizer company, Zorka Šabac, with the plans to rebuild a ruined processing capacities.
On July 16, 2012, the company bought the main part of Negotin-based bankrupt company IHP Prahovo for 4 million euros. The company's main activity is producing phosphor components. In the first year of the company acquisition, Elixir Group invested more than 4.5 million euros, with plans of 25 million euros in the investments until 2015.
In May 2013, Elixir Zorka, a subsidiary of Elixir Group, opened a new fertilization facility, worth 30 million euros.
In June 2017, a French agribusiness company "Le Groupe Roullier" invested in Elixir's factory of monocalcium phosphate.
Social responsibility.
During the 2014 floodings in Serbia, the company donated 100 million dinars.


Edward Swain

Edward Harold Fulcher Swain (1883—1970) was a forester in New South Wales and Queensland, Australia. Swain laid the foundations of modern forestry economics in Queensland.
Early life.
Edward Harold Fulcher Swain was born in Sydney in 1883.
Career.
Swain was the first Cadet Forester in the New South Wales Forestry Branch in 1899. He studied forestry in Montana, USA in 1915 and on his return became a District Forest Inspector in Queensland. Between 1918 and 1924 he was Director of Forests in Queensland. During this time he set aside large tracts of hoop pine forest in the Brisbane Valley and Mary River Valley and planted areas of introduced species. On the abolition of the office of Director in 1924, he became inaugural Chairman of the Queensland Forestry Board until 1932. This Board was responsible for the management and control of the State Forests and National Parks.
Swain laid the foundations of modern forestry economics in Queensland. His new ideas and strong personality frequently brought him into conflict with others and he was often a controversial figure in an industry deeply rooted in traditional practice. Amongst other achievements, he pioneered forest assessment surveys, promoted the permanent reservation of good forests and forest land, improved pricing policies which led to a better use of timber resources and expanded staff training and the activities of his department. He wrote a number of books on forestry, was a founder of the Australian Forestry School at the Australian National University and supported community interest in trees. In 1924, he was instrumental in establishing the Sherwood Arboretum, a heritage-listed park on the Brisbane River, which is dedicated to the growth of indigenous trees.
In 1932, Swain publicly campaigned against the indiscriminate allocation of forested land as land grants, at the time a policy of the incumbent National Party Government. Although the Labor Party won the election, in the controversy and inquiries which followed Swain lost his job. He became a research consultant for Australian Paper Manufacturers in South Australia before becoming Commissioner for Forests in New South Wales until his official retirement in 1948. Between 1951 and 1955 he was United Nations Forestry Consultant in Ethiopia.
House.
Edward Swain purchased the 1.5 acres of riverfront land for Swain House in 1920 when he was Director of Forests in Queensland. He took out a mortgage for £1,300 and constructed a California Bungalow style home in which he was living by 1925. He surrounded the house with extensive plantings of native and exotic trees reflecting his life's work in forestry. Swain House is listed on the Queensland Heritage Register.
His daughter Nancy and her husband occupied the family home from 1946. She shared her father's interest in indigenous species and planted rainforest trees in the grounds.
The house itself reflects Swain's obsession with exploring the potential of Australian timbers. It was constructed of rosewood with the intention of proving that this timber, then not well regarded for the purpose, was suitable for building. The house also displays Queensland timbers to advantage, the joinery including panelling in pine and kauri.
Later life.
Swain died in Brisbane in July 1970.
Legacy.
Most of the trees planted by Swain and his family survive and are now large trees that make a major contribution to the landscape of the area. The Alan Fletcher Research Station of the Department of Primary Industries nearby uses the hoop pine plantation for research into forestry practices.


List of agricultural universities in India

This article lists agricultural universities (AUs) in India, by state or territory. Although a number of Indian universities offer agricultural education, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), the main regulator of agricultural education, recognizes three "Central Agricultural Universities", four Deemed Universities and 63 "State Agricultural Universities", .
Universities by state.
The state with the most agricultural universities in India is Uttar Pradesh with seven universities (one deemed, one central and five state universities). There are no agricultural universities in Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim or Tripura, nor on any of the union territories, except Delhi and Jammu and Kashmir.


Montalcino

Montalcino is a hill town and "comune" in the province of Siena, Tuscany, central Italy.
The town is located to the west of Pienza, close to the Crete Senesi in Val d'Orcia. It is from Siena, from Florence and from Pisa. Monte Amiata is located nearby.
History.
The hill upon which Montalcino sits has probably been settled since Etruscan times. Its first mention in historical documents in 814 AD suggests there was a church here in the 9th century, most likely built by monks associated with the nearby Abbey of Sant'Antimo. The population grew suddenly in the middle of the tenth century, when people fleeing the nearby town of Roselle took up residence in the town.
The town takes its name from a variety of oak tree that once covered the terrain. The very high site of the town offers stunning views over the Asso, Ombrone and Arbia valleys of Tuscany, dotted with silvery olive orchards, vineyards, fields and villages. The lower slopes of the Montalcino hill itself are dominated by highly productive vines and olive orchards.
During medieval times the city was known for its tanneries and for the shoes and other leather goods that were made from the high-quality leathers that were produced there. As time went by, many medieval hill towns, including Montalcino, went into serious economic decline.
Like many of the medieval towns of Tuscany, Montalcino experienced long periods of peace and often enjoyed a measure of prosperity. This peace and prosperity was, however, interrupted by a number of extremely violent episodes.
During the late Middle Ages it was an independent commune with considerable importance owing to its location on the old Via Francigena, the main road between France and Rome, but increasingly Montalcino came under the sway of the larger and more aggressive city of Siena.
As a satellite of Siena since the Battle of Montaperti in 1260, Montalcino was deeply involved and affected by the conflicts in which Siena became embroiled, particularly in those with the city of Florence in the 14th and 15th centuries, and like many other cities in central and northern Italy, the town was also caught up in the internecine wars between the Ghibellines (supporters of the Holy Roman Empire) and the Guelphs (supporters of the Papacy). Factions from each side controlled the town at various times in the late medieval period.
Once Siena had been conquered by Florence under the rule of the Medici family in 1555, Montalcino held out for almost four years, but ultimately fell to the Florentines, under whose control it remained until the Grand Duchy of Tuscany was amalgamated into a united Italy in 1861.
In the case of Montalcino, gradual economic decline has recently been reversed by economic growth due to the increasing popularity of the town's famous wine Brunello di Montalcino, made from the sangiovese grosso grapes grown within the comune. The number of producers of the wine has grown from only 11 in the 1960s to more than 200 today, producing some 330,000 cases of the Brunello wine annually. Brunello was the first wine to be awarded "Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita" (DOCG) status. In addition to Brunello di Montalcino, which must be aged five years prior to release, 6 years for the Riserva, Rosso di Montalcino (DOC), made from sangiovese grosso grapes and aged one year, and a variety of Super Tuscan wines are also produced within the comune, as well as the Moscadello sweet white wines for which it was most famous until the development of the Brunello series.
Main sights.
Medieval structures.
The first walls of the town were built in the 13th century. The fortress, built in 1361 atop the highest point of the town, was designed with a pentagonal layout by the Sienese architects Mino Foresi and Domenico di Feo. The fortress incorporates some of the pre-existing southern walls, the pre-existing structures including the keep of Santo Martini, the San Giovanni tower and an ancient basilica which now serves as the fortress chapel. Though the town itself was eventually conquered, the fortress itself never submitted, an admirable feat, considering the size of the Sienese and Florentine forces that besieged Montalcino at varying intervals.
The narrow, short street leads down from the main gate of the fortress to the "Chiesa di Sant'Agostino" with its simple 13th-century, Romanesque façade. Adjacent to the church is the former convent, now the Musei Riuniti, both a civic and diocesan museum, housing among its collections: a wooden crucifix by an unknown artist of the Sienese school, two 15th century wooden sculptures, including a "Madonna" by an anonymous artist, and several terracotta sculptures attributed to the Della Robbia school. The collection also includes a "St Peter and St Paul" by Ambrogio Lorenzetti and a "Virgin and Child" by Simone Martini. There are also modern works from the early 20th century in the museum.
The "Duomo" (cathedral), dedicated to San Salvatore, was built originally in the 14th Century, but now has a 19th-century Neoclassical façade designed by the Sienese architect Agostino Fantasici.
The "Piazza della Principessa Margherita" is down the hill from the fortress and Duomo on the via Matteotti. The principal building on the piazza is the former "Palazzo dei Priori" or "Palazzo Comunale" (built late 13th, early 14th century), now town hall. The palace is adorned with the coats of arms of the Podesta, once rulers of the city. A tall medieval tower is incorporated into the palazzo. Close by is a Renaissance-style building with six round arches, called "La Loggia", for which construction began at the very end of the 14th century and finished in the early 15th, but which has undergone much restoration work over the subsequent centuries.
Montalcino is divided, like most medieval Tuscan cities, into quarters called "contrade", Borghetto, Travaglio, Pianello and Ruga, each with their own colors, songs and separate drum rhythms to distinguish them. Twice a year they meet together in a breath taking archery contest under the walls of the Fortezza, conducted in Medieval dress, with lords and ladies of each contrada who accompany the proceedings.
The 13th-century church of "San Francesco" in the Castlevecchio "contrada" has undergone several renovations. It contains 16th-century frescoes by Vincenzo Tamagni.
Culture.
In 2010, the Festa Europea Della Musica had its first edition in Montalcino, to promote tourism and the produce, especially wine, of the region. Associated with the Fête de la Musique, created in 1981 in Paris to celebrate music and musicians, the Festa was incorporated into the Italian Minister of Culture's agenda in 1994, and has since spread across Italy.
"Frazioni".
The municipality is formed by the municipal seat of Montalcino and the towns and villages ("frazioni") of Camigliano, Castelnuovo dell'Abate, Montisi, San Giovanni d'Asso, Sant'Angelo in Colle, Sant'Angelo Scalo and Torrenieri. Other notable villages include Argiano, La Croce, Lucignano d'Asso, Monte Amiata Scalo, Montelifré, Monterongriffoli, Pieve a Pava, Pieve a Salti, Poggio alle Mura, Tavernelle, Vergelle and Villa a Tolli.
Honorary citizens.
People awarded the honorary citizenship of Montalcino are:


All India United Kisan Sabha

The All India United Kisan Sabha was a peasants organization in India. The AIUKS was founded around the late 1930s by Swami Sahajanand Saraswati. Sahajanand had broken away from the All India Kisan Sabha in 1945, being opposed to the increasing communist domination of the movement. To form the new AIUKS, Sahajanand gathered Congress Socialist Party members and other Indian National Congress left-wing elements.
AIUKS had similar demands as the "All India Kisan Sabha". The organisation demanded comprehensive agrarian reform, redistribution of lands to poor peasants and the nationalization of waterways, lands and "'all sources of energy and wealth"'. It sought to abolish landlordism and curb the power of moneylenders. Jadunandan Sharma was the general secretary of AIUKS.
AIUKS had a few strongholds in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, but was a marginal force in other parts of India. AIUKS was closely linked to the Congress Party in Bihar, but the party didn't follow the AIUKS space to develop further. Sahajanand died soon after the foundation of AIUKS, which weakened the movement.
AIUKS fielded two candidates in the 1951-1952 Lok Sabha parliamentary election; Shiva Prasad Sinha contested a seat in Gaya East, obtaining 37,351 votes (8.98%) and Chandradeo Sharma contested the Gaya North seat, obtaining 22,903 votes (17.93%). The organization fielded 20 candidates in the 1952 Bihar Legislative Assembly election. Together they obtained 78,695 votes (0.82% of the votes in the state, an average of 11.05% in the seats they contested). AIUKS was the second-most voted party in four constituencies; the Patna City West cum Naubatpur (two seat constituency), Pakribarawan cum Warisaliganj (two seat constituency, AIUKS had Januandan Sharma as one of its candidates), Rajauli cum Wazirganj (two seat constituency, AIUKS fielded only one candidate) and Sahibganj (one seat constituency, AIUKS candidate obtained 32.70% of the vote). The Election Commission of India recognized AIUKS as a state party in Bihar.


Rafael Corpus

Rafael Corpus (October 24, 1880 – July 21, 1960) was a Philippine economist, politician, and statesman who served as both Chairman and President of the Philippine National Bank. Corpus was born in San Antonio, Zambales, Philippines, and finished his Bachelor of Arts degree at the Ateneo de Manila University in 1897. He then studied at the University of Santo Tomas and later studied Law at Escuela de Derecho in 1903. He then went to the United States to take up a post graduate course at George Washington University, Washington D.C. in 1905.
He represented the province of Zambales as an Assemblyman in the Third Philippine Legislature in 1912. He was appointed Solicitor General in 1914, a position he held until 1916. He became Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources in 1922. During the so-called Cabinet Crisis of 1923, he, together with other Cabinet Secretaries, resigned en masse over a dispute with Governor General Leonard Wood. He was the Chairman of the Philippine National Bank from 1923 to 1931 before becoming its President from 1932–1935. He was a member of the first Monetary Board of the Central Bank of the Philippines (Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas) in 1949. He devoted more than thirty years to public service occupying various other important government positions.
A nephew of the philanthropist Teodoro R. Yangco, he successfully managed the latter's various business enterprises and became Administrator of his Estate.
He was married to Eluteria Pablo with whom he had six children, including Sergio P. Corpus, a notable businessman.


Sylvan Wittwer

Sylvan Harold Wittwer (January 17, 1917 – January 20, 2012) was an American agronomist who served as director of the agricultural experiment station at Michigan State University.
Wittwer was born in 1917 in Hurricane, Utah. He received his bachelor's degree at Utah State University and his doctors degree from the University of Missouri. He was inducted into the Alumni Hall of Honor of the College of Agriculture and Applied Science at Utah State University, 2003.
Wittwer developed a chemical known as Gibberellins. He wrote "Feeding a Billion" (1987) and "Food, Climate, and Carbon Dioxide: The Global Environment and World Food Production" (1995). Another book he wrote was "Greenhouse Tomatoes, Lettuce and Cucumber" (1979).
Wittwer served as the first president of the Lansing Michigan Stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) beginning in 1962. Wittwer had also served as the first bishop of the church's Lansing Ward beginning in 1952.
Wittwer was a member of the board of the Greening Earth Society and the Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change.
Wittwer authored "Feeding a Billion" in 1987 published by Michigan State University Press with cover design by Lynne Brown.
Wittwer was on the board of directors of Deseret Valley Academy, an anticipated independent LDS liberal arts college.


Seymour Crawford

Seymour Crawford (1 June 1944 – 21 October 2018) was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cavan–Monaghan constituency from 1992 to 2011.
Crawford was first elected as a TD at the 1992 general election to the 27th Dáil. He was re-elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1997, 2002 and 2007 general elections. He was a member of Monaghan County Council from June 1991 until September 2003. In 2004, he was a Vice-Chairman of the British-Irish Inter-Parliamentary Body and a member from 1993–2007.
He was Vice-President of the Irish Farmers' Association from 1984–88. He was a member of Newbliss Presbyterian Church and was the only Ulster Protestant and Presbyterian member of the Oireachtas during his term in the Dáil. He received the Bastow Memorial Award for service in meat and livestock in 1985.
He retired from politics at the 2011 general election. Crawford's death was announced on 21 October 2018.
References.


Meedo

Meedo Station, commonly referred to as Meedo, is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in Western Australia.
It is situated about east of Denham and south east of Carnarvon in the Gascoyne region. The homestead lies along the Wooramel River and is about from the North West Coastal Highway. Meedo shares a boundary with Wahroonga, Pimbec, Towrana, Yaringa and Wooramel Stations.
Occupying an area of approximately Meedo mostly consists of red sandplain country covered by thin mixed shrublands with denser stands of gidgee on the dunes. The property is capable of carrying a flock of 12,850 sheep but had flocks of up to 18,660 in 1970. During the drought of 1980 Meedo was only carrying 2,684 sheep.
The property was owned by John Henry Thomas Monger and William Felix Monger in 1900, having been established prior to that year.
Approximately 9,000 sheep were shorn at Meedo in 1906; a light clip was produced as rains had come late in the season. The total rainfall for the same year was about .
By 1908 the property was supporting a flock of over 10,000 sheep but had sold off the small herd of cattle that were on the property. Problems with wild dogs were becoming an issue.
William Felix Monger died in 1914, followed by his brother John Henry Thomas in 1920. In 1921 14,881 sheep were shorn, producing an average of of wool per sheep. By 1922 the property had been acquired by J.E. and N.M. Dempster.
A portion of the lease was surrendered in 1951. In 1954 the Dempsters acquired another property, The Grange, for £100,000. The Grange, with an area of , was situated along the Irwin River and was to be run in conjunction with Meedo.
In 2012 the area was threatened by bushfires that burned an area of in total. Meedo and other stations such as Jimba Jimba, Boolathana and Doorawarrah all received bushfire advice warnings.


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Aan de Pegstukken

Aan de Pegstukken (English: "At the Pegstukken") is a windmill located on De Pegstukken 27 in Schijndel, North Brabant, Netherlands. Built in 1845 on an artificial hill, the windmill functioned as a gristmill. The mill was built as a tower mill and its sails have a span of . The mill is a national monument (nr 33574) since 19 September 1973. The name of the mill comes from the street it is located on.
History.
The mill was built in 1845 on order of the family De Backer. During World War II it was part of the frontline and took damage. It was restored after the war. In 1967 the municipality bought the mill from the De Backer family and had it restored. In later days houses were built around the mill, decreasing its visibility and the wind it can catch.
The mill is open to the public once a week on Saturdays.


Pete Briggs

Pete Briggs (born 1904, date of death unknown) was an American jazz bass and tuba player.
Briggs was born in Charleston, South Carolina and was related to bandleader Arthur Briggs. He first played professionally in the early 1920s with the Jim Jam Jazzers, and soon after played with the Lucky Boy Minstrels. In 1926 he moved to Chicago, playing with Carroll Dickerson, Jimmie Noone, and Louis Armstrong, with whom he recorded copiously. Briggs appears on many of the Hot Seven recordings made with Armstrong and his band.
In 1929, Briggs went to New York City, playing there with Armstrong and Dickerson. He joined the Edgar Hayes Orchestra and the Vernon Andrade Orchestra in the 1930s. In the 1940s he played with Herman Autrey in Philadelphia. However, by the latter half of the decade, Briggs had given up music and become a farmer. His date of death is unknown.


Hans Ystgaard

Hans Ystgaard (19 February 1882 – 25 November 1953) was a Norwegian farmer and politician of the Norwegian Labour Party. He served as the Norwegian Minister of Agriculture from 1935–1945, and is to date the longest serving minister in said post. In local politics, he served as mayor of Sparbu from January until his appointment as agriculture minister in March 1935, and again from 1946 to 1947.


Ingleby Company

The Ingleby Company or Ingleby Farms & Forests is a worldwide farming corporation. It is owned by the British-based Swedish Rausing family. It owns significant farming interests in New Zealand, Romania, Argentina, Latvia, Lithuania, the United States and Australia. It is based in Denmark.
Australia.
Ingleby operates under a variety of subsidiaries in Australia. In Tasmania it uses the name Clovelly Tasmania Pty Ltd. Ingleby owns around in Australia, including many historic Tasmanian properties. In 2005 it purchased the 1838 property Bowood for AUD$7.75 million and in 2011 purchased the 1839 Georgian Symmons Plains Estate from the Youl family for AUD$10 million.
New Zealand.
The company operates as Ingleby Company Ltd in New Zealand. It has purchased 17 farming properties, of which it later sold one, merged two and sold part of another. They received heavy criticism for allegedly overpaying for properties to cut locals out of the market, particularly in their NZ$4.2 million purchase of Katoa Station, Gisborne District, in 2007. They own an estimated in New Zealand. It is the largest foreigner owner of pastoral land in New Zealand.
Romania.
Ingleby Agricultura/Ingleby Farms & Forests are the primary subsidiaries of Ingleby in Romania. It owns around in the country, making it the largest single land owner in Romania.


Kasautu Michelo

Kasautu Saiti Michelo (born 7 August 1974) is a Zambian politician. He currently serves as Member of the National Assembly for Bweengwa.
Biography.
Michelo was born in Banakaila in Monze District and attended the Kazungula Settlement School and Rusangu Secondary School. He studied for several agricultural qualifications at the Zambia College of Agriculture and worked as a dairy technician at Golden Valley Agriculture Research Trust between 2001 and 2005. Michelo then attended university in the Netherlands, before returning to Zambia. Working as a farmer, he created the Monze Dairy Farmers' Co-operative Society, and also formed several other local farming co-operatives.
Prior to the 2016 general elections he was selected as the United Party for National Development candidate for Bweengwa ahead of the sitting MP Highvie Hamududu, and was subsequently elected to the National Assembly with a 19,638-vote majority. After becoming an MP, he joined the Committee on Agriculture, Lands and Natural Resources and the Parliamentary Reforms and Modernisation Committee.
Michelo lives on a farm near Monze and is married with four children.


Jean Chastel

Jean Chastel (March 31, 1708 – 1790) was a farmer and inn-keeper from the province of Gévaudan in France, noted for killing the Beast of Gévaudan on June 19, 1767 at Mont Mouchet.
Chastel appeared as a character in the "Brotherhood of the Wolf" film.
Chastel is also a werewolf in Patricia Briggs' novel "Hunting Ground". In this, he is both the Beast of Gévaudan and Jean Chastel. The werewolf known as Jean Chastel, after being threatened by the Marrok, stops hunting humans openly, and takes credit for the death of The Beast. Chastel continues to hunt humans, specifically women and children, but is more subtle.


List of windmills in Loire-Atlantique

A list of windmills in Loire-Atlantique, France,


Patrick Beegan

Patrick Beegan (26 May 1895 – 2 February 1958) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.
He was born in the townland of Oatfield, Cappataggle, County Galway, to John Beegan, a herdsman, and Mary Stephenson.
He was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1932 general election when Fianna Fáil first came to power. He was re-elected for various Galway constituencies a further nine occasions. In 1951 he was appointed to the position of Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance in Éamon de Valera's government. He served in that position until 1954, but was re-appointed in 1957 when Fianna Fáil returned to power.
Beegan served in that post until his sudden death on 2 February 1958.
The subsequent by-election to fill Beegan's seat in the Galway South constituency was won by his nephew, Anthony Millar, whose mother, Mary, was Beegan's sister.
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Vermeer Company

Vermeer Corporation is a manufacturer of industrial and agricultural equipment. The privately held company distributes products globally from seven production facilities and offices in Pella, Iowa, United States and multiple locations worldwide. Founded in 1948 by Gary Vermeer, as Vermeer Manufacturing Company, the company is in its third generation of family management under President and CEO Jason Andringa as well as other members of the third generation. Vermeer serves the construction, landscaping, environmental, excavation, and forage markets domestically and internationally from locations in the Netherlands, Germany, Mainland China, Singapore, Hong Kong(China), Canada, and Brazil, as well as various wholly and partially owned subsidiaries in the United States. Its products are sold and supported by independent dealers in over 60 countries.
History.
In central Iowa in 1943, Gary Vermeer created a mechanical hoist to ease the process of unloading his grain wagon during harvest. Farm neighbors observed his wagon hoist in operation and asked for ones of their own. At his request, a local machine shop fabricated a number of these hoists to meet the demand. Today, Vermeer holds several product and design patents within its line of utility and track trenchers, directional boring systems, tub grinders, tree equipment, excavation machines, and hay-harvesting products. The company markets 100 agricultural and industrial products worldwide, and operates of plant space for manufacturing. On July 19, 2018 the Vermeer campus was hit by a tornado causing significant damage to two plant buildings and minor damage to other buildings


William Bourer

William Bourer (died 1422) was a sheep farmer and the member of the Parliament of England for Salisbury for the parliament of 1410.


Van Hall Larenstein

Van Hall Larenstein, University of Applied Sciences (), often abbreviated as VHL, is a vocational university in the Netherlands. It has locations in Leeuwarden and Velp (near Arnhem).
History.
Since January 2003, there was an administrative merger between the Van Hall Institute (Leeuwarden) and IAH Larenstein (Velp/Deventer). The merger of the educational institutions was completed in October 2005, and got the name "Van Hall Larenstein". In September 2006, the Deventer location moved to Wageningen, as Van Hall Larenstein became part of Wageningen University & Research. Since 2012, Van Hall Larenstein has been independent again. The location in Wageningen moved to Velp in 2015.
Van Hall Larenstein now has locations in Leeuwarden and Velp.
Study programmes.
Van Hall Larenstein provides the following bachelor's programmes and master's programmes. In addition, Van Hall Larenstein offers various associate degree programs and courses.


George Armytage (grazier)

George Armytage (1795–1862) was a farmer and pastoralist, builder of The Hermitage in Geelong, Victoria (Australia).
Early life (1795–1815).
Armytage was born at Ticknall, Derbyshire, England in 1795, and was educated at schools in Yorkshire. He was the son of George Armytage (senior), who died in Australia in 1853, having emigrated at the age of eighty-seven. Armytage junior subsequently studied engineering in London until his twentieth year, when, on 28 February 1815, he sailed for Australia in the "Hebe".
Australian colonialist (1815–1873).
Arrival in Sydney (1815).
Armytage reached Sydney in August 1815.
Van Diemen's Land (1816–1834).
In the following year he landed in Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania), where he was allotted a few acres of land at Bagdad, which were increased to 500 acres in 1817.
Armytage received sizable grants of land at Bagdad, and later obtained larger areas in Western Victoria as a pastoral squatter. As a result of much of this land being forcibly taken from Aboriginals by the Armytages and their colonial property managers, they were involved in several instances of frontier conflict. For example, when taking ownership of an area near Geelong in 1836, Charles Franks (a business partner of the Armytages) was speared to death by Wathaurung. A subsequent punitive expedition against local Aboriginals apparently served as "a warning to the natives not in the future to commit wanton excesses" against the British occupiers.
The advantages of obtaining vast areas of land virtually for free were soon realised and the Armytages became exceedingly wealthy, owning famous mansions such as The Hermitage in Geelong, and Como House in Toorak. They expanded their enterprise into properties in New South Wales and Queensland, and also into the lucrative frozen meat industry.
In 1818 he married Miss Elizabeth Peters.
In 1826 he received a further grant of , and built upon it the first watermill in Tasmania. During this period Armytage was part of the Bagdad division of the Tasmanian police who were heavily involved in the Black War that resulted in the deaths of a possible 900 Indigenous Australians.
Port Phillip District (1835–1862).
In 1835 Port Phillip District (later called Victoria) commenced to attract settlers; and in 1836 his eldest son Thomas visited the district, and camped on the Werribee River.
During 1836 an investigation into the murder of local indigenous people took place in regards to a Charles Franks who had been employed by George Armytage to secure selection of desired parcels of land. Franks was found to have been using lead as a poison. Franks stated that he was using lead to poison "Crows" which at the time was a slang term for Indigenous Australians and possibly a reference to Jim Crow.
In 1847 Mr. Armytage proceeded to Victoria, and settled upon his son George Armytage's station at Ingleby, where his eldest son had died of typhus fever on 12 September 1842. In 1851 he settled at Geelong, and built "The Hermitage".
Death.
Armytage died of erysipelas in 1862, his widow surviving him until 1873.


Bernie Dunn

Bernard Phillip Dunn (19 August 1944 – 15 June 2018) was a former Australian politician.
Dunn was born in Warracknabeal to farmer Donald Panther Dunn and Leila Edna. He attended local state schools, and was a wheat and sheep farmer in the Warracknabeal region. On 20 December 1962, he married Dorothy Eileen Hayes; they had four children. A member of the Country Party, he was state vice-president of the Young Country Party from 1968 to 1969, at which time he was also vice-president of the Lowan district council. In 1969 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council as the member for North Western Province. In 1976, he became deputy leader in the Council of the newly-renamed National Party, and leader in 1979, at which time he also became the shadow minister for education.
He retired from state politics in 1988, but was state president of the National Party from 1990 to 1995. In 1997, he was elected to Horsham Rural City Council, serving until 2005, including periods as mayor from 1998 to 2000, and 2003 to 2004. In 2001, Dunn was awarded life membership of the Victorian National Party. After their first son died of leukaemia in 1972, at the age of 7½, Dunn and his wife founded the Leukaemia Auxiliary of the Royal Children’s Hospital (LARCH). He was made a life member of the hospital for their contribution.
Dunn was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 2007 Queen's Birthday Honours "for service to the Victorian Parliament, local government, the agriculture sector and the community of Horsham". He died of cancer on 15 June 2018. His wife pre-deceased him in 2011. They left three children.


Beto Mansur

Beto Mansur (born 1951) is a Brazilian politician and soybean farmer. He serves in the Congress and owns a soybean farm in Goiás.


Piet Blauw

Pieter Marinus "Piet" Blauw (30 September 1937 – 16 May 2019) was a Dutch politician for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). He was born in Alkmaar, North Holland and was a farmer by profession. Blauw was elected to the House of Representatives in 1981, serving until 1998.
Blauw died on 16 May 2019 in Veendam, Groningen, at the age of 81.


F. A. Jantuah

Franklin Adubobi Jantuah (1929 – 27 January 2020) was a Ghanaian lawyer and politician. He was the Minister of State in the first republic and in the Provisional National Defence Council. He served as the Minister of Agriculture in the Nkrumah government and Minister for Local Government in the PNDC regime.
Early life and education.
Jantuah was born in 1929 in Kumasi, the capital of the Ashanti Region. He had his early education at English Church Mission School in Kumasi and Asante College also in Kumasi from 1943 to 1944. He continued at Adisadel College, Cape Coast from 1945 to 1947. He proceeded to Korle-Bu Dispensing School in 1947 where he obtained a certificate in Pharmacy in 1948. In 1954, he left for England to study at the London Tutorial College and the University of London from 1956 to 1959. He studied law at the Inns of Court School of Law and was called to the bar at the Middle Temple, London.
Career and politics.
He began legal practice in 1960. He entered the parliament in 1965 representing the Ejisu constituency during the first republic. On 13 June that same year, he was appointed Minister for Agriculture; a position he served in until February 1966 when the Nkrumah government was overthrown. During the Acheampong regime, he became a leading member of the People's Movement for Freedom and Justice (PMFJ); a political group that opposed the union government (Unigov) idea that was proposed by Ignatius Kutu Acheampong and his government. In 1974, he became a member of the Kumasi City Council and in 1983 became the chairman of the council equivalent to Mayor of Kumasi. He consequently became the Ashanti Regional secretary (Ashanti Regional minister) in the PNDC regime and in 1984 he was appointed Secretary for Local Government (minister for Local Government). He served in this capacity until 1986 when he was relieved of his duties on health grounds.
Personal life.
He was the brother of Kwame Sanaa-Poku Jantuah; who was also a Ghanaian politician, and the father of the late Kojo Svedstrup Jantuah, a Ghanaian activist and author, and Nana Yaa Jantuah formerly of the Public Utility and Regulatory Commission as Public and Corporate Affairs Director. He died on Monday 27 January 2020 at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital.


Yanco Powerhouse Museum

Yanco Powerhouse Museum is located at Binya Street in Yanco, New South Wales, Australia. Yanco Power Station was built in 1913 to supply power to the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, when power was required for general lightning and for the Leeton Butter Factory. The site on which it was constructed was chosen as it was close to the Yanco railway line for obtaining coal and close to a water source that would be used for condensing water using a secondhand 75 KW generator. of transmission lines were installed on flexible steel poles, the first of their kind in Australia. The station's construction is concrete. In 1937, the five story building was extended. It was decommissioned in 1957 when the Snowy Mountains Scheme was completed and hydro-electric power was supplied to the region.
Collection.
The museums collection focuses on general aspects of local life including dioramas of life in the early-mid 20th century, a gallery of local historical photos, and a collection of local machinery from farming and industry.


Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth

Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth (VNMKV), formerly Marathwada Agricultural University (MAU), is an agricultural university at Parbhani in the Indian state of Maharashtra.The objectives of the university are education in agriculture and allied sciences, research based on regional needs and facilitate technology transfer, etc. It is the only agricultural university in India where all the branches of Agricultural Sciences are taught. It is named after former Chief Minister of Maharashtra Vasantrao Naik.
Funded and regulated by the ICAR, Government of India.
History.
The foundation of agricultural research in Parbhani was laid by the erstwhile Nizam of Hyderabad with the commencement of the Main Experimental Farm in 1918. Though during Nizam's rule agricultural education was available only at Hyderabad but crop research centers for sorghum, cotton, fruits existed in the region. After independence, the first college of Agriculture was established in Parbhani in 1956 by Hyderabad State government just before State reorganization. Lastly on 18 May 1972, university was established.
Academics.
, the university has 12 constituent colleges and 43 affiliated colleges, with a total intake of 4175 students. constituent colleges have undergraduate, postgraduate and Ph.D. courses, while affiliated colleges have only undergraduate studied. The university also has 9 constituent agriculture schools and 53 affiliated ones, with a total intake of 3270 students.
Constituent colleges.
The constituent colleges are:


Canadian Council on Animal Care

The Canadian Council on Animal Care (CCAC) is a Canadian organization that is responsible for "setting and maintaining standards for the care and use of animals in science" within the country. The organization provides ethical standards for the usage of nonhuman animals in laboratories. Its goal is to prevent harmful conduct on animals.
The CCAC was established in 1968 by the National Research Council at the request of the Medical Research Council. Its initial goal was to "investigate the care and use of experimental animals in Canada", with a mandate "to work for the improvement of animal care and use on a Canada-wide basis". The organization is a non-legislated, participatory, peer review system—all experimental care and use of animals in Canada is subject to its rules and regulations.
The organization explains its position on the use of animals in research:
The CCAC uses assessment panels, which meet with personnel from research institutions such as colleges and universities, to evaluate animal care and use within the facilities. While there, the panels interview individual investigators and observe specific techniques. If an institution does not meet the standards set by the CCAC, then the CCAC issues recommendations to the offending institution, typically for housekeeping or facility maintenance concerns.
Research in which vertebrates or cephalopods are used in Canada are subject to the requirements of the CCAC; however, research can be exempt if shown to be necessary. The CCAC was funded entirely by annual grants from the Medical Research Council and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, two of Canada's largest granting agencies, from the organization's inception in 1968 to 1994.


Canterbury Oast Trust

Canterbury Oast Trust (COT) is a registered charity in England which sets up, manages and supports businesses providing work and training for people with learning disabilities in Kent and East Sussex, as well as providing homes, care and educational support.
Its greatest site is the South of England Rare Breeds Centre at Woodchurch, near Ashford, Kent, which is a tourist attraction. It chiefly comprises a farm, animal sanctuary, restaurant, plant nursery and conference facility, all providing occupational opportunities for people with learning difficulties.
Other sites are:
The South of England Rare Breeds Centre has displays of various farm animals, a children's petting barn, children's and toddlers play areas, discovery and wildlife gardens, walk through aviary and butterfly tunnel, falconry displays, woodland walks and the Granary Restaurant. Buildings from a Georgian farm (Yonsea Farm) are being re-located to the site as a preservation project. The Centre offers National Curriculum-based activities for visiting school groups. It is one of sixteen Rare Breeds Survival Trust approved farm parks, and features a variety of rare breeds. Sheep breeds include Manx Loaghtan, Jacobs, Lincoln Longwool, Wensleydales and Portlands; Pig breeds include Berkshires, British Lops, Gloucestershire Old Spots, Middle Whites and Tamworths; cattle include British Whites, Gloucesters and Beef Shorthorns; and there are also Bagot goats. Also located at the Centre is The Falcons Centre conference facility, which as well as providing for corporate meetings, is licensed for civil marriage ceremonies and caters for events such as banquets and dances. From 2008 the Centre will be the home of the annual Bilsington Craft Fair (28/29 June in 2008).
Poulton Wood is a coppiced woodland and Local Nature Reserve renowned for its bluebells. It has free public access. It adjoins Homelands, a listed building dating from the 17th century in Aldington which is used by the Canterbury Oast Trust as a residential building. The wood includes Ash, Hornbeam and Oak trees. Poulton Wood Works is run by the Trust to manage the woodland, and also produces craft products, wooden furniture and offers a local tree felling service.
External links.


Gladstone Ferrie

Gladstone Mansfield Ferrie (21 November 1892 – 4 July 1955) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Denver, Colorado, United States and came to Canada in 1906. He attended Mew Hall School in England at Burton on Trent then became a farmer and livestock dealer by career.
Ferrie served in World War I under the 2nd Engineers as a corporal. For 20 years, he was also a reeve of Rural Municipality of Invermay No. 305.
He was first elected to Parliament at the Mackenzie riding in the 1949 general election by defeating Co-operative Commonwealth Federation incumbent Alexander Malcolm Nicholson. After completing his only term in the House of Commons, he was defeated by Nicholson in the 1953 election.


Kfar Mordechai

Kfar Mordechai () is a moshav in central Israel. Located about 30 kilometers south of Tel Aviv, between Ashdod, Gedera and Yavne, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gederot Regional Council. In it had a population of .
History.
The village was established in 1950 by British and South African Jews and by some ex-kibbutz members, on the lands of the depopulated Palestinian village of Bashshit. It was named after Mordechai Eliash (1892-1950), who was born in the Ukraine, educated at universities in Berlin and Oxford, immigrated to Palestine in 1919, was a lawyer and the first Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom.
When the first residents arrived, they discovered that the houses had not yet been built and they were housed in semi-detached huts (tzrifim) consisting of one large room, one kitchen and one toilet located about a kilometer from their allocated farms. After waiting for a year for Rassco to build their new homes, an agreement was reached with Rassco to supply the materials for residents to build their own homes.


Sula Vineyards

Sula Vineyards (or "Sula") is a winery and vineyard located in the Nashik region of western India,180 km northeast of Mumbai. It was founded by Rajeev Samant in 1999. Sula has grown to be India’s largest and most awarded wine brand. Sula introduced grape varietals such as Chenin blanc, Sauvignon blanc, Riesling and Zinfandel in India and is the leading player in the Indian wine industry.
History.
Sula Vineyards was founded by Mr. Rajeev Samant in the late 1990s. An alumnus of Stanford University, he worked at Oracle in California after his graduation. After quitting his corporate job, Mr. Samant established Sula upon his return to India.
Sula was named after Samant's mother – 'Sulabha'. Samant steadily grew the company over the next few years by introducing newer grape varieties and expanding the company's offerings. Over the last few decades, the Nashik region has transformed and is often referred to as "India’s Napa Valley".
Facilities.
Tasting Room.
Sula’s tasting cellar offers tasting sessions at the vineyards in Nashik and Bengaluru. Visitors can pick from different packages and enjoy the wines available on-site under the expert guidance of the tasting team. Conducted seven days a week, these sessions cost between 200-1000 INR per person.
Vineyard Tours.
Sula offers tours at their Nashik and Karnataka vineyards that includes winery visits where you can learn about the company’s wine production methods. The tour lasts around 20 minutes and is hosted by a wine expert on-site.
Wine Brands.
Rasa
Through artisan winemaking and selective triage, the ambition of Rasa is to produce the best red wines of India. -
Dindori
Sulaʼs Dindori Reserve highlights the winemakers and their endeavors, using their winemaking skills and tools.
The Dindori collection by Sula includes three variants -
The Source
The Source wines are made with craftsmanship in mind, while focusing on select vineyard sites.
Sula Classics
The wines which have made the reputation of Sula, nationally and internationally.
Sula’s wine offering includes over 30 variants -
Dia Wine Sparkler.
India’s first wine in a can - Dia wine sparkler was launched in 2019. The wine is currently available in Goa and Maharashtra.
Kadu.
The first Indian wine for a cause: Sula has partnered with Sanctuary Nature Foundation, a non-profit organization designed to empower and support grassroot conservationists across India.
The Kadu collection by Sula includes four variants -
Sula Selections - Imports.
Sula also imports and distributes leading international wines and spirits such as Le Grand Noir, Torres, Trapiche, Hardy's, Bouchard Aîné et Fils, Louis XIII, Remy Martin VSOP, Beluga Vodka, The Botanist, Bruichladdich, Asahi and many more!
Sula exports many of its wines to over 30 countries and includes countries like Singapore, Australia, China to name a few.
Sustainability.
Over 50% of all of Sula’s energy needs are met by the solar panels installed at the winery in Nashik. The packaging used for Sula’s products are 99% recyclable, and the company has planted over 30,000 trees around Nashik in the last few years.
SulaFest.
India’s biggest vineyard music festival, SulaFest takes place at the Sula vineyards in Nashik every year. Started in 2008, the festival has performances by global artists, gourmet food, and a variety of wine-centric activities like grape stomping, wine tasting, and camping etc.
The Source at Sula.
Established in 2015, The Source at Sula is India’s first heritage vineyard resort, situated in the heart of Sula Vineyards in Nashik. This 51 room boutique hotel offers a variety of accommodation options including ‘treehouses’ and luxurious suites for all types of holiday goers.
Beyond by Sula.
Tucked behind the rolling hills of Gangapur and surrounded by the serenity of its calm waters, Beyond by Sula is a true hidden gem. The luxury vineyard property now consists of a minimalistic 3-bedroom Sky Villa with unparalleled lake views and a feeling of peace and privacy as well as 7 Lakeview rooms that are a little haven of peace.
Milestones.
Sula is considered a pioneer in India winemaking and has achieved many milestones in the last few decades. These are the milestones achieved -
Collaboration with WSET.
The Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET), is a global organization that facilitates courses in the field of wine and spirits. Founded in 1969, WSET is headquartered in London and is regarded as one of the world's leading wine and spirits education providers.
As the number one Approved Programme Provider (APP) for WSET, Sula Vineyards offers globally recognized certificate courses in Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Pune, Nashik, Goa, Bengaluru, Delhi, Nagpur, and Hyderabad for beginners and aficionados alike.


Gerard van den Anker

Gerard P. van den Anker (born 18 March 1972) is a Dutch politician, who served as a member of the House of Representatives between January and March 2021. He is a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).
A fruit grower, Van den Anker became involved in local politics in Maasdriel in 1999, when he was elected to its municipal council. He later also served as alderman and deputy mayor until he retired from Maasdriel politics in 2018. Van den Anker subsequently became chair of the Nederlandse Fruittelers Organisatie (Dutch fruit growers association) and a member of the Rivierenland water board.
Early life and career.
He was born in 1972 in the Gelderland village Hedel as the son of Cor van den Anker, who served as an alderman in that village. Van den Anker went to an agrarian school in Tiel to become a fruit grower, and he has a fruit farm together with his father and uncle in Hedel, where they mainly grow Conference pears. During his political career, he would keep working there.
Local politics.
When a few municipalities were about to merge to form Maasdriel in 1999, a special election was held to determine its nineteen municipal councilors. Van den Anker appeared as the fourteenth candidate on the CDA's party list, and was elected due to his over 300 preferential votes. He was installed in January 1999. He became a member of the social affairs, education, and recreation committee. Van den Anker was appointed part-time alderman of social affairs after the 2002 election and simultaneously left the municipal council. When alderman Kees Leenders departed his position in July 2005, Van den Anker started working full-time as alderman, became deputy mayor, and added spatial planning and housing to his portfolio. Previously, he also worked at a marketing and secondment agency. He remained alderman and deputy mayor after the 2006 election, during which he was his party's .
Van den Anker became chairman of the housing corporation De Goede Woning - Neerijnen next to his job as alderman in 2008. In his municipality, he unsuccessfully proposed widening the A2 motorway to four lanes in both directions, although the council supported the idea. Van den Anker was also involved in plans to redevelop Kerkdriel's town center. After the 2010 election in Maasdriel, the CDA did not become part of the municipal executive. Van den Anker returned to the municipal council, as he was again elected as his party's . He also ran for member of the States of Gelderland in 2011, appearing fifteenth on the party list, but did not manage to win a seat.
Van den Anker was once again re-elected as CDA's in 2014 and returned as alderman of spatial planning and deputy mayor in the new municipal executive. In 2016, he left De Goede Woning - Neerijnen, and he announced in 2017 that he would not run for re-election the following year. When he left as alderman in May 2018, Van den Anker received the first Maasdriel honorary medal for his years in local politics. He became the chair of the Nederlandse Fruittelers Organisatie (Dutch fruit growers association) in June 2018. He also participated in the 2019 water board election in Rivierenland as the second candidate on CDA's party list, thus becoming a member of the board.
House of Representatives (2021).
He ran for member of parliament (MP) in the 2017 general election, but was not elected. He was 25th on the CDA's party list and received 2,815 preferential votes. Van den Anker became a member of the House of Representatives in January 2021, when MP Michel Rog left the House to focus on his new job as alderman in Haarlem. The 24th candidate on the CDA's party list in 2017, Stijn Steenbakkers, had declined to succeed him. Due to his appointment, Van den Anker temporarily left his position at the Dutch fruit growers association, but he remained a member of the water board. In the House, he served on the Committee for Agriculture, Nature, and Food Quality. His term ended at the end of March after the 2021 general election.
Personal life.
Van den Anker lived in Hedel when he was a member of parliament. He has a girlfriend called Kitty, and he has a son.


James Hughes (Irish politician)

James Hughes (1895 – 1 January 1948) was an Irish Fine Gael politician. A farmer, he was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Carlow–Kildare constituency at the 1938 general election. He was re-elected at the 1943 and 1944 general elections. He died in 1948 during the course of the 12th Dáil, but no by-election was held for his seat.


Campina (company)

Campina is a Dutch dairy cooperative. Main brands include Campina, Landliebe and Mona. In 2008, it merged with Royal Frieslands Foods. The name of the new company is FrieslandCampina.
The company history starts with many village cooperatives that gradually merged into each other and thus became big regional companies. Campina in its current form was created in 1989 by the merge of two of such regional cooperatives, Melkunie Holland and DMV Campina. After this merger the company was named Campina Melkunie until it dropped the Melkunie part in 2001.
In 2004, Campina and Arla, a Danish dairy cooperative, announced their plan to merge, however this plan was disbanded in April 2005 for undisclosed reasons although plans for other forms of cooperation would still be considered.
On 19 December 2007, Campina and Friesland Foods announced that the companies are exploring the possibility to merge. The EU approved the merger if the two cooperatives sell certain cheese and dairy drink divisions.
Acquisitions.
In Germany, now Campina GmbH


Indian River Citrus Museum

The Indian River Citrus Museum is located at 2140 14th Avenue, Vero Beach, Florida. It houses an exhibit on the citrus industry in Indian River County.


Ontario Woodlot Association

The Ontario Woodlot Association is a non-profit organization based in Kemptville, Ontario to support woodlot owners with sustainable woodlot management practices. The OWA and its chapters also engage in provincial and municipal governance, both through advocacy on behalf of their membership and contributions to government publications.
As of 2020 the OWA has 20 local chapters, primarily located in Southern Ontario but ranging from Algoma and North Bay in the north to Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry in the east, and Lake Erie in the south. While privately owned woodlots exist throughout the province, the vast majority of woodlands in the southern part of the province are privately owned, totalling over 4,000,000 ha.
Forest management is of particular importance in Southern Ontario, because forests in this part of the province are part of the important Mixedwood Plains Ecozone, which covers only 1.3% of Canada's land area; the rest of the province is covered by the Boreal Shield. Land development, led by the growth of the Golden Horseshoe, has had a major negative impact on forests in Southern Ontario.
History.
The OWA was founded in 1992 as the Ontario Woodlot and Sawmill Operators Association (OWSOA). At the time, the Ontario government was proposing changes to legislation including the Trees Act and wetland policy. The Managed Forest Tax Rebate Program (MFTRP) was also cancelled, which led to increased property taxes on private woodlots. Woodlot owners felt that these changes would diminish their ability to sustainably manage woodlots, leading to the formation of the OWSOA as a grassroots advocacy organization. In 1996, the province established the Managed Forest Tax Incentive Program due in part to OWSOA's lobbying. The organization adopted the name Ontario Woodlot Association around 1997.
Projects.
The OWA publishes a quarterly newsletter, “The Ontario Woodlander” (formerly the S & W Report) and a monthly eLetter to all members and supporters. The organization also offers workshops and courses on best practices in forest management. The OWA operates a Forest Services Directory and a Woodlot Marketplace as well as producing a number of publications. In addition to its activity in Ontario, the OWA is an active member of the Canadian Federation of Woodlot Owners.
After the ice storm of 1998 left forests in Eastern Ontario devastated, the OWA worked on behalf of landowners to get assistance with cleanup and restoration. The OWA joined with several governmental and non-governmental stakeholders to form the Ice Storm Forest Recovery Group. The work of this group included the Forest Recovery Assistance Program, which provided financial assistance to approximately 1000 woodlot owners to assist with assessment and clean-up.
The OWA was commissioned by Environment and Climate Change Canada to produce a report on firewood production in Southern Ontario. Firewood is an important source of fuel for heating, as approximately 7% of homes use firewood for heating, the third most prominent fuel source. The study also found that ash and beech are prominent sources of firewood due to the prevalence of emerald ash borer and Beech bark disease in provincial woodlots.


Albarola

Albarola is a white Italian wine grape variety grown in the northwest Italy. It is most commonly found in the Liguria region where producers in the Cinqueterre "Denominazione di origine controllata" (DOC) use it as a blending component. Wine expert Jancis Robinson describes the wine made from Albarola as fairly "neutral" in profile. Outside of Liguria, the grape was historically grown in Sicily but for most of the 20th century has been declining in plantings along with other ancient Sicilian varieties like Albanello, Damaschino, Minella bianca and Montonico bianco.
Wine regions.
Most of the plantings of Albarola today are found in the Cinqueterre and La Spezia region of Liguria where the grape is commonly blended with other Ligurian varieties such as Bosco and Vermentino.
Under DOC regulations for Cinque Terre, Albarola destined for this wine must be harvested to a yield no greater than 9 tonnes/hectare and along with Vermentino can constitute no more than 40% of the blend with Bosco needing to account for at least 60% of the wine. In the DOC wine of Colline di Levanto, Albarola can be harvested to a maximum yield of 11 tonnes/ha and constitute of anywhere from 20-55% of the blend.
Synonyms.
Among the synonyms that Albarola is known under include Albarola bianca, Albarola di Lavagna, Albarola trebbiana, Bianchetta Genovese, Calcatella, Calcatella di Sarzana, Erbarola, Temosci, Trebbiano di Sarzana and Trebbiano locale.


Bihar Agricultural University

Bihar Agricultural University is an autonomous institute under Bihar state government established on on 5 August, 2010 under Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) situated at Sabour, Bhagalpur district of Bihar. It is located at present at Bihar Agricultural College, Sabour Campus, the oldest and agricultural college of the state.
Agriculture Knowledge Dissemination System.
Bihar Agriculture University is engaged in Research and Extension activities in the field of agriculture. In order to extend the research done in the University to farmers of Bihar, it signed an agreement with World Development Foundation, New Delhi to implement a project of "Agriculture Knowledge Dissemination System". The project basically involved educating the farmers using ICT and video conferencing system for improved agriculture and livestock production.
Colleges.
The university has ten colleges:
References.
https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/three-colleges-to-be-set-up-under-bihar-agriculture-university-118030800212_1.html
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Galician horse

The Galician or Galician Mountain Horse, , , is a breed of small horse from Galicia, in north-western Spain. It is genetically very close to the Garrano breed of northern Portugal. It was in the past used as a war-horse and in agriculture; it is now raised principally for meat. The horses are bay or black.
History.
The most commonly accepted theory of the origin of the Gallego is that it, like other small breeds of the northern part of the Iberian peninsula, descends from small dark-coloured horses introduced by Celtic immigrants in the sixth century BC.
In the Middle Ages these horses were rented or swapped for other horses at the border between Galicia and Castile, since the Galician was more sturdy and suitable for the rugged landscape of the country.
In the 1980s and 90s there was concern that the introduction of stallions of other breeds, with better meat-producing qualities, was placing at risk the original stock of Galician horses. The Xunta de Galicia published a conservation plan for the breed in 1993. A breed association, the , was formed in 1997, and in 1998 the breed was officially recognised and a stud-book established.
The Gallego is regulated and protected by the Galician government, in an attempt to increase the numbers of the feral stock.
Distribution and management.
It is distributed through much of Galicia. It is present in the "concellos" of A Estrada, Cambados, Covelo, Poio, Pontevedra and Santa María de Oia in the province of Pontevedra; of Abegondo, Arzúa, Cambre, Cariño, Cerceda, Curtis, Ferrol, Irixoa, Lousame, Noia, Ortigueira and Porto do Son in the province of A Coruña; of Guitiriz, Muras, Ourol, Mondoñedo, Riotorto, Vilalba and Viveiro in the province of Lugo; and of Castro Caldelas, Coles and Lobios in the province of Ourense. A small number have been exported to Germany. In 2013 the total population was reported as 1623.
Almost all Gallego horses are managed extensively, in semi-feral conditions on the mountains of Galicia.


NSW Land Registry Services

NSW Land Registry Services (NSW LRS) is the business name of Australian Registry Investments (ARI), the operator of land titling and registry services in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is responsible for the state's land titles and property information and operates the registry under a 35-year concession with the Government of New South Wales, which started on 1 July 2017.
Business information.
Australian Registry Investments was granted the right to operate the titling and registry operations of New South Wales in April 2017, under a 35-year concession which commenced on 1 July 2017. ARI is a consortium of First State Super, The Infrastructure Fund, the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) Pension Fund, and Utilities Trust of Australia (UTA) Registry Investments Trust, all of whom are represented on the Board of Directors.
The NSW Government continues to guarantee title under the Torrens Assurance Fund (TAF).
The Office of the Registrar General regulates NSW LRS as the operator of the NSW land titles registry under a regulator operator model. The Registrar General monitors NSW LRS's operation of the land titles registry in respect of defined service levels, KPIs and the security of the data.
NSW LRS was formerly known as New South Wales Land and Property Information (NSW LPI). The LPI was renamed to NSW Land Registry Services in December 2017.
Activities.
NSW LRS operates the NSW land titles registry on behalf of the State Government and the people of New South Wales. The land titles registry underpins the state’s secure, efficient and guaranteed system of land ownership. NSW LRS create and maintain land titles information and sell land information products and services.
The community, business and government rely on this information for a variety of purposes including land management, conveyancing, property development, investment, local planning, state economic and social development and historical research.


John Dickson Wyselaskie

John Dickson Wyselaskie (25 June 1818 – 4 May 1883) was an Australian benefactor and grazier. Wyselaskie was born in Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire, Scotland and died in St Kilda, Victoria. He is buried at the Boroondara Cemetery, where an outstanding memorial was erected in his honour.


Parchman Farm


Sarah Van Hoosen Jones

Sarah Van Hoosen Jones (1892–1972) was the first woman in the United States to earn a Doctorate in Animal Genetics. She later managed a Michigan Centennial Farm in Avon Township (later Rochester Hills), Michigan and served on the elected Board of Trustees of Michigan State University. Jones was inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame in 1994 for her accomplishments in the fields of agriculture and education.
Early life and education.
Jones was born on June 23, 1892 to Alice Van Hoosen and Joseph Jones on the family's farm in Stony Creek, Michigan. At an early age, her parents decided Jones would become a physician, but she longed to become a farmer. The young Jones had spent most of her childhood in Chicago but had visited the Van Hoosen Farm, often attired in overalls and high boots. Jones earned her bachelor's degree in foreign languages from the University of Chicago and a master's degree in Animal Husbandry from the University of Wisconsin. After informing her parents that medical school would not be appropriate for her, she went on to earn her doctorate in genetics from the University of Wisconsin, becoming the first woman in the United States to do so.
Career.
Work on the Van Hoosen farm.
Two years after earning her doctorate, Jones decided to move back to her family's old farm. There, she practiced her skill in genetics on breeds of leghorn hens and various breeds of livestock including Holstein cattle. The farm began to produce certified Vitamin A and Vitamin D milk from these cattle, whose genetics had gained a fair amount of popularity as the Van Hoosen Farm began branching out into retail sales during the Great Depression. The farm was run scientifically, and earned a reputation in being efficient as well as economically progressive which eventually earned her the title of "Master Farmer" by the "Michigan Farmer" in 1933. Her cattle won prizes in breeding and she was awarded the title of "Michigan Premier Breeder" for a total of nine years.
Work in education.
Jones had made significant contributions to civic and educational affairs and served on the Rochester school board from 1924 to 1961, earning her a local nickname as the "first lady of Rochester." She was elected for two six-year terms to the State Board of Agriculture, which was the governing board of Michigan State University. Dr. Jones was also a member and president of the Association of Governing Boards of State Universities and Allied Institutions. She made a generous contribution to Michigan State University, first by donating 350 acres of farm land, and eventually, in her will, the remainder of her property, which included a dozen houses. The MSU residence hall Van Hoosen Hall was named in her honor.


Serpa cheese

Serpa cheese is a type of cheese from Serpa, Alentejo, Portugal. It has a Protected designation of origin (PDO) and is listed on the Ark of Taste.


William Joynson

William Reginald Hamborough Joynson (18 May 1917 – 4 December 2000) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
The son of Lieutenant Colonel William Owen Hamborough Joynson, one-time chairman of Kent County Cricket Club, he was born at Bickley in May 1917. He was educated at Harrow School, before going up to Christ Church, Oxford. While studying at Oxford, Joynson made two appearances in first-class cricket for Oxford University at Oxford in 1939, against Gloucestershire and Yorkshire. However, any further prospect of playing first-class cricket for Oxford was curtailed by the commencement of the Second World War in September 1939. Joynson served in the war, being commissioned into the Royal Artillery as a second lieutenant in October 1940. Following the war, Joynson became a farmer in Kent. He died in December 2000 at Bath, Somerset.


Lester River Fish Hatchery

The Lester River Fish Hatchery was a federal fish hatchery in Duluth, Minnesota, United States. It was built at the mouth of the Lester River in the 1880s to propagate fish for the Lake Superior commercial fishery. The hatchery closed in 1946 and the facility was sold to the University of Minnesota Duluth, which used it as its Limnological Research Station. The surviving four buildings are noted for their Stick and Shingle Style architecture, forming a distinctive landmark to local residents as well as tourists heading to Superior's North Shore.
In 1978 the hatchery complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places under the name US Fisheries Station, Duluth, for its state-level significance in the themes of architecture and education. It was nominated for exemplifying the Stick and Shingle styles popular in Minnesota during the 1880s and for its long association with studies conducted on Lake Superior.


Sparkling Shiraz

Sparkling Shiraz is an Australian wine style. Before the enforcement of appellations d'origine contrôlée, the style was called Sparkling Burgundy.
The wine begins as a Shiraz on its first fermentation. Its secondary fermentation takes place in its bottle, or "méthode champenoise".
The Sparkling Shiraz style has been described as "uniquely Australian".


Falah Hassan al-Zidan

Falah Hassan al-Zidan Al Luhaibi (born in Mosul, 1968) (; ) is an Iraqi politician and Minister of Agriculture.
Academic achievement and the places where he worked.
1 – Worked in the field of specialization in various companies in the private sector from 1998 to 2005 and the last executive director of Eagle General Contracting Co. Ltd.
2 – Member of the House of Representatives in its first session 2006–2010
3 – Member of the Committee of Services in the House of Representatives in 2006–2007
4 – Member of the Security and Defense Committee in the House of Representatives 2008–2010
5. Member of the House of Representatives at its second session 2010–2014
6 – Member of the Security and Defense Committee in the House of Representatives 2010–2014
7 – Member of the House of Representatives in its third session 2014
8 – Minister of Agriculture in the Government of 2014


Liguria wine

Liguria is an Italian wine region located in the northwest region of Italy along the Italian Riviera. It is bordered by the Piedmont wine region to the north, the Alps and French wine region of Provence to the west, the Apennine Mountains and the Emilia-Romagna wine region to the east with a small border shared with Tuscany in the south-east along the Ligurian sea.
Liguria has several "Denominazione di origine controllata" regions with the most notable being the Cinque Terre DOC from cliff side vineyards situated among the five fishing villages of Cinque Terre in the province of La Spezia. The DOC produces light white wines made from grape varieties such as Bosco, Albarola and Vermentino. In the west is the red wine-producing region of Dolceacqua, producing wine from the indigenous Rossese grape.
DOC regions.
The following is a list of DOCs in the Liguria region along with the grapes that may be included in the blend under varying percentages that are regulated under the DOC label.


Feather River Fish Hatchery


John Beirne Snr

John Beirne Snr (1 April 1893 – date of death unknown) was an Irish Clann na Talmhan politician. A shopkeeper and farmer, Beirne was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1943 general election as a Clann na Talmhan Teachta Dála (TD) for the Roscommon constituency and he was re-elected at the 1944 general election.
His son John Beirne Jnr also served as a Clann na Talmhan TD for Roscommon from 1948 to 1961.


Florida Certified Organic Growers

Florida Certified Organic Growers and Consumers, also known as Florida Organic Growers or FOG, is a non-profit organization founded in 1987. It is classified as a 501(c) corporation. One of the main facets of FOG is Quality Certification Services, a program that extends through 30 states and 14 countries. FOG is also concerned with community outreach and education in order to promote healthy organic lifestyles and social equity.
History.
Headquartered in Gainesville, Florida, FOG began as community farmers joining together to promote and ensure quality organic food and farming practices.
In response to the Florida Organic Farming and Food Law of 1990 and the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990, FOG began a quality certification program in order to protect consumers and enforce consistent organic standards. In 2001, FOG received their USDA accreditation, allowing it to certify organic farms. FOG also become involved in policy creation and promotion, including the National Organic Program and Farm Bill.
More recently, FOG has expanded its interests to include teaching and research projects oriented towards sharing knowledge and resources to create a healthy and just food system. These projects span from involvement in local farmers' markets to the implementation of organic community and personal gardens in low-income areas.
Quality Certification Services.
Florida Organic Growers adopted the name Quality Certification Services (QCS) for its organic certification initiative in 1996 to reflect its widespread clientele. QCS is aimed towards economizing organic certification and fostering diversity, as shown by its 400 member farms.
As of 2001, FOG's Quality Certification Services can USDA certify farming, wildcrafting, livestock, processing, packing and handling operations. These products can be deemed as Certified Organic, Certified Transitional, Certified Hormone, Antibiotic Free, or Organic Aquaculture. These categories help farmers differentiate their products and allow consumers to make informed purchases.
Education and Outreach.
Farmers Markets/EBT.
In late 2010, FOG launched its Alachua County Farmers Markets EBT Project. EBT, or Electronic Benefit Transfer, cards are given by the government to members of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for the purpose of purchasing food and non-alcoholic beverages. Before the launch of FOG's EBT Project, there were not many places in Alachua county for people with these federal food benefits to purchase groceries besides standard supermarkets. FOG wanted to implement a method for those with food assistance to purchase fresh, local merchandise at Alachua county farmers' markets. As a result of FOG's EBT program, EBT cards can now be swiped at a FOG vendor booth stationed at various farmers markets for tokens that can be used within the market to purchase meat, produce, and edible plants. This project makes products at the farmers markets available to members of the food assistance program, offering these people more nutritious food options. In addition, the EBT project boosts the local economy by supporting Gainesville farmers and promotes local sustainable agriculture. The FOG booth is also an educational hub, offering resources on gardening, cooking, community events, and more.
From February 2011 through September 2011, the FOG EBT Project offered double value coupons to those using their EBT cards at the Gainesville farmers markets, giving users $2 for every $1 swiped from their card. The funding for this aspect of the project was provided mostly by Alachua county. The double value promotion substantially increased awareness of the program and brought even more money into the local agriculture community.
Gift Gardens.
A project of FOG's main outpost in Alachua County, Florida is the GIFT Gardens. GIFT Gardens—Gainesville's Initiative For Tasty Gardens—have two facets. One entails providing low-income county residents with up to three vegetable garden beds and ample tools and information to maintain them. Allowing families the means to become more self-sufficient and supplement their food supplies upholds FOG's effort towards social justice, as inequity often parallels nutritional disparities. They also provide these services to community centers, such as churches, schools and recreation areas, which can receive up to ten garden beds. There are now over 200 GIFT gardens in Alachua County, all providing nutritious food, education and physical exercise for a healthier community. These gardens are funded by Alachua County and the City of Gainesville, although to supplement FOG offers 1-4-1 gardens, where people purchase personal gardens and the money is used to provide low income areas with a free GIFT garden.
The other component of the GIFT gardens are the community gardens maintained by volunteers. These include the Downtown Farmers Garden, installed in July 2010, and the recent addition of the City Hall garden in May 2011. These gardens provide educational opportunities, and their harvests are donated to local charities and homeless shelters.
Grow Gainesville.
In collaboration with Slow Food Gainesville, Abundant Edible Landscapes, the Edible Plant Project, Santa Fe College and The University of Florida, FOG is seeking an "urban gardening network," in which they supply the means and information for people to grow food for themselves, while enhancing the aesthetics of the city.
Grow Gainesville is a membership based organization, whose annual dues fund the operation of an urban garden network. The membership allows access to seeds, equipment and discounts on plants and supplemental materials.
Neighborhood Nutrition Network.
The Neighborhood Nutrition Network is a nationally acknowledged food program that created gardens with student participation at three low income schools. The harvests were divided among their cafeterias and the students' families, amounting to over 4,000 pounds.
The project was supported by the USDA Community Food Project grant, awarded in 2000 and 2003. The latter grant allowed the formation and proliferation of the Youth Entrepreneurial Farm and Food Preservation Project, employing at risk high school students at a local farm, giving them the experience to establish their own businesses.
Outreach.
FOG also created the Organic Transition Project, an initiative that gives free technical aid to farmers dedicated to switching to organic production. Workshops provide farmers with information on organic farming practices, federal regulation, and farm development. FOG also discusses financial incentives offered to transitioning farmers, as included in the 2008 Farm Bill.
Social Justice.
Since 1999, FOG has worked on the Agricultural Justice Project (AJP) to create a "socially just" food label. Such a certification reflects fair working conditions and economic equity, often ignored by standard organic labels. These labels are awarded to business that exemplify an open relationship between producer and consumer, while maintaining environmental and social integrity. To promote the project, FOG administers technical assistance and certification to qualifying farms and gives training to other certifiers, enabling them to verify deserving businesses.
FOG also contributed to the formation of the Domestic Fair Trade Association, oriented towards "health, justice and sustainability." They promote family-scale farming, direct trade, stable pricing, empowerment and transparency, achieved through education and assistance. They recognize that a method for evaluating the social and environmental implications of a business must be devised, and are working towards a sufficient criterion.
Research.
FOG's main research was a 2009 to 2011 project entitled "Organic Perspectives: Understanding the Views of Florida Consumers, Specialty Crop Farmers and Retailers." The report aimed at unveiling the most pervasive market influences on organic production as opposed to conventional methods, emphasizing attitudes and the consumer component. The research was funded by a grant through the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.


List of Iberian goat breeds

This is a list of the breeds of goat usually considered to originate in Spain and Portugal.


Wye College

The College of St Gregory and St Martin at Wye, more commonly known as Wye College, was an educational institution in the small village of Wye, Kent, England, 60 miles (100 km) east of London in the North Downs area.
Founded in 1447 by John Kempe, the Archbishop of York, as a college for the training of priests, in 1894, the school moved to new premises, and the South Eastern Agricultural College was established in the buildings with Alfred Daniel Hall as principal. In 1898, Wye became a School of Agriculture within the University of London. Until 2005, Wye College was a well-known study and research centre in the fields of rural business and management, biological sciences, and the environment and agriculture. The college was officially closed by its then owner, Imperial College London, in September 2009.
Today, buildings that formerly housed Wye College have been repurposed as the Mind Campus in Withersdane Hall, a substance abuse rehabilitation clinic, and Wye School, a school for children of year seven and up. The main campus and several other buildings have been owned by Telareal Trillium since 2015 who are developing a masterplan involving some new housing.
Academic and learning centre.
The Wye campus developed from 1894 until 2000. It occupies a 3 km² estate, which includes a farm, managed woodland, and ancient grassland for agroecological research. These resources were augmented by glasshouses, climate-controlled growth rooms for plants and insects, and a containment facility for transgenic plants that supported laboratory research. There were dedicated laboratories for plant molecular biology, genomics and gene sequencing, electron microscopy, use of radiochemicals, microbiology, soil analysis, and plant/animal cell culture. Some of these lab facilities were removed by Imperial College. There were student halls and other buildings dotted around the village.
In 2000, Wye had students from 50 countries, 477 undergraduates, 259 MSc and PhD students, 200 on short courses, and an External Programme had 975 mid-career professionals registered from 120 different countries. Its numbers had peaked around 1995 but were sustained; the External Programme was growing Wye College lost its status as a College within the federal University of London and merged with Imperial and was renamed Imperial College at Wye. The reasons stated were a depression in the agricultural industry, affecting this small specialist institution, combined with a failure to grow student numbers sufficiently to support enough income to cover year-on-year cash outflows. Imperial agreed to keep agricultural teaching and research on the campus, although the social scientists and economists were relocated to London
The first Provost of Imperial College at Wye was Professor Tim Clark. Commenting on his new appointment, Professor Clark said: "Wye College has a well-deserved reputation for excellence in teaching and research. I am looking forward to acting as Wye's champion and helping to preserve and build on all that is so special here." The second was Professor Jeff Waage from 2001, who resigned in 2004.
The end of Wye College.
In 2004, the new Rector of Imperial, Richard Sykes, announced that the Department of Agricultural Sciences was closing, and that most teaching and research at Wye would end. In 2005 it was announced that Wye College would be converted into a large research centre for non-food crops and biomass fuels, with the support, under a "concordat", of Kent County Council and Ashford Borough Council. Up to 12,500 jobs were planned if the research hub developed fully. Villagers were not informed of the scale of the proposals, which included housing, until a public meeting organised by Imperial. Opposition quickly began, and leaks of official documents to a local campaigning website, have shown that the principal aim of the plan, particularly once an industry partner fell through, soon became to raise £100 million for Imperial projects in London by building 4,000 homes, most on 250 acres in the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
The plan provoked bitter opposition both locally and nationally, and was seen as a test case for other attempts to build in AONBs. In 2006, Ashford Borough Council withdrew its support, and Imperial College abandoned its plans. This decision was hailed as a key victory to preserve the status of the AONB, and it stopped Wye from becoming a much larger town.
In 2007, the University of Kent agreed to run some undergraduate applied business management courses from the college buildings in 2007 for a short time, before transferring them to its main campus.
The College today.
The Wye College campus was closed in September 2009 and Imperial College sought to develop the estate or to find suitable tenants for it. Most of the college farmland is currently leased to a former student, with other parts to Ripple Farm Organics, The Wooden Spoon, and Michael and Wendy Barnes. An effort by Imperial to sell off Withersdane Hall was first halted with council intervention, but has now been made.
A proposal to restore the agricultural college, with accreditation from the University of Buckingham, was advanced in 2010, but was later withdrawn. A proposal for a Wye Free School, initially with an entry of Year 7 students was received in 2012 by the Council and later approved. The school opened to Year 7 pupils in September 2013 in the Kempe Building.
In 2014, the PROMIS Clinics re-purposed Withersdane Hall as a rehabilitation clinic.
In 2015, the main College campus and village houses were sold to a large property management and development company, Telereal Trillium. Their intentions for the site are being developed with public consultations on a new website. New housing forms part of the proposals.
Agricola Club.
The Wye College Agricola Club is an association of former students and staff of the college. It was founded in 1901 for former students of the South Eastern Agricultural College, and from 1951 to 1995 was named the "Wye College Agricola Club and Swanley Guild". From 2000 to 2009 it formed part of "Imperial Alumni", but it is an independent entity with some 3,000 members. It publishes an annual journal Wye: The Journal of the Wye College Agricola Club.
Hops.
Among Wye College's major contributions were the development of a number of new varieties of hops, such as Wye Challenger, Wye Northdown, Wye Target and Wye Yeoman, used in the brewing of beer.


William Cumming (colonel)

William Clay Cumming (July 27, 1788 – February 18, 1863) was an American planter and soldier from Augusta, Georgia.
Early life.
William Cumming was born in Augusta to Thomas and Ann (Clay) Cumming. He graduated from the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University) and studied law in Litchfield, Connecticut. When he returned to Augusta, he bought land and became a planter.
Military service.
Cumming joined the militia, becoming captain of an independent company called the "Augusta Blues". When the unit was mustered into the regular army for service in the War of 1812 he was commissioned as a major in the 8th Infantry. In February 1814 he was promoted to colonel and named as adjutant general for the Northern Army.
Colonel Cumming fought on the St. Lawrence frontier and in the Niagara campaign. He was cited for gallantry and leadership. He was lightly wounded in November 1813 at the Battle of Crysler's Farm. He was seriously wounded at the Battle of Lundy's Lane in July 1814. An extended period of hospitalization ended his participation in the war, and he resigned his commission in March 1815.
Planter and politician.
When he returned home he resumed his career as a planter.
While active and outspoken in political arguments Cumming declined several offices, including an election by the state legislature to the United States Senate. In 1822 his strong support of state nullification, and his habit of strong criticism, led to an ongoing dispute with South Carolina Congressman George McDuffie, who favored deference to the federal government. He met McDuffie in a duel and wounded him. The bullet lodged in McDuffie's back and was never removed; the wound caused him to limp for the rest of his life.
Later life.
In 1847, President Polk offered Cumming the rank of Major General to participate in the Mexican–American War, but his age and declining health caused him to turn down the offer. Cumming died in Augusta in 1863. The town of Cumming, Georgia is named in his honor.


Scarecrow (wine)

Scarecrow, historically the J.J. Cohn Estate, is a California wine producer. The estate is located in Rutherford, CA, within the Rutherford AVA in the Napa Valley AVA zone.
History.
In 1943, Joseph Judson Cohn, an MGM executive producer of films such as "The Wizard of Oz" acquired the property of Rutherford land adjacent to Inglenook Winery founded by Gustave Niebaum. In 1945 he was persuaded by his neighbor in charge of Inglenook since 1939, John Daniel Jr., to plant grape vines on his estate. were planted with Cabernet Sauvignon, and the fruit from the Cohn estate was sold to Inglenook. In later years, the fruit from the J.J. Cohn Estate was sold to Opus One, Joseph Phelps Vineyards, Robert Mondavi Winery and Beaulieu Vineyard.
Cohn died in 1996 aged 100, and the heirs put the then property up for sale to resolve the inheritance dispute, and a value estimation at $4 million in 1996 rose to $33.6 million by 2002, when Francis Ford Coppola of the Rubicon Estate Winery eventually purchased the property in a package deal with Cohn's grandson Bret Lopez. Coppola got ca. including most of the vineyard with , while Lopez and his partner Mimi DeBlasio received the property buildings, 25 acres of partially planted vineyards and of the original 1945 Cabernet vines.
The wine's name was decided upon by Lopez and DeBlasio in honor of Cohn. Following the engagement of winemaker Celia Welch, the debut vintage of 2003 became successful, while later vintages have rapidly established Scarecrow as a cult wine.
At the April 2009 Premiere Napa Valley auction, a lot of five cases of Scarecrow was sold for $80,000.
At the February 2011 Premiere Napa Valley auction, a lot of five cases of Scarecrow Wine was sold for $125,000, breaking previous PNV records. The lot was purchased by Ichizo Nakagawa, owner of Tokyo-based Nakagawa Wine Company.
Production.
The estate extends under vine, of 100% Cabernet Sauvignon with 5.5 tons of fruit from the "House block", 2 tons from the "Hillside block" and 1.5 tons from the "Old Men block" planted in 1945.
A range of of Scarecrow may be produced annually.