William John Finley Warren

William John Finley Warren (December 14, 1873 – 1963) was a farmer, rancher and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Thunder Creek in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1921 to 1925 as a Progressive Party member.
He was born in Balderson near Perth, Ontario, the son of Richard Warren and Margaret James, and was educated at the Saskatchewan Agricultural College. He settled in Balbeck, Saskatchewan in 1906. In 1911, Warren married Annie M. James. He was president of the Moose Jaw Agricultural Society, of the Saskatchewan Registered Seed Grower's Association and of the Saskatchewan Agricultural Societies' Association. Warren was defeated by Robert Scott Donaldson when he ran for reelection to the provincial assembly in 1925.


Corbans

Corbans Wines is one of New Zealand's oldest wineries. It was established in 1902 by Assid Abraham Corban, a Lebanese immigrant who had arrived in New Zealand ten years earlier. Corbans Wines grew to become the second largest producer of wine in New Zealand until they were purchased by Montana Wines in 2000. Following several takeovers of Montana by Allied Domecq and then Pernod Ricard, Corbans was spun off in 2011 and is now owned by Lion.
History.
Assid Abraham Corban purchased a block of rural land for £320 in Henderson. Although Henderson is now suburban Auckland, at the time the block was in a rural area quite some distance away, which he named Mt Lebanon Vineyards. The original plantings were Black Hamburgh, Chasselas, Hermitage, and Cabernet Sauvignon.
The first vintage was in 1908, coinciding with the local electorate voting in prohibition, which meant he was unable to sell wine from the property. Assid's son Wadier took over wine-making in 1916, and by the 1920s the Corban family were the largest winemakers in New Zealand. Development of different vineyards by the five sons of Assid Corban continued until 1963 when the partnership of the five brothers was converted into Corban Wines Ltd.
By the 1960s, Corbans produced New Zealand's first commercial Müller-Thurgau, Pinotage, and Chardonnay wines, and were pioneering many new developments in winemaking such as using cultured yeast and temperature-control during fermentation, and the use of stainless steel tanks and press machinery. At the same time however, the family struggled to finance increasing competition with Montana Wines. New Zealand food wholesaler Rothman Industries (later Magnum Corporation) took a shareholding, and by 1979 had taken full control.
In the 1980s Corbans was also producing wines under the Stoneleigh and Robard and Butler labels. Today, the Corban family are no longer associated with Corbans wines; Alwyn Corban set out in 1981 to establish Ngatarawa Wines in what is now the Bridge Pa Triangle zone of the Hawke's Bay wine region, now owned by Mission Estate.
The original estate homestead and winery buildings in Henderson were sold in 1992 to the Waitakere City Council, which repurposed the historic buildings as art studios and galleries, establishing the Corban Estate Arts Centre in 2001.


William Missingham

William Thomas Missingham (15 May 18681 February 1933) was an Australian politician.
He was born at Jamberoo to farmer David Missingham and Priscilla, "née" Noble. Educated at Jamberoo and Kiama, he moved to the Richmond River area in 1890 to manage the Pearce Creek butter factory and, in 1898, became a dairy farmer. On 25 November 1891, he married Margaret Elizabeth Dorrough, with whom he had four children. He served on Terania Shire Council from 1906 to 1922 and as president from 1909 to 1922; he was also vice-president (1914–17) and president (1918–22) of the Shires Association of New South Wales. In 1922, he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as a Progressive member for Byron; he was the party's deputy leader from 1925 to 1932 (it had become the Country Party in 1927). With the re-introduction of single-member districts in 1927, he became member for Lismore. Missingham held his seat until his death at Croydon in 1933.


Trevor Flugge

Trevor James Flugge ( ; born 1 February 1947) is an Australian farmer and businessman. He is best known as a former official of the Australian Wheat Board (AWB). He joined the board in 1984, was chair of AWB in 1995–2002, and was present at meetings in Iraq which were linked to the Oil-for-Food scandal, and an inquiry by the United Nations.
Background.
Flugge was educated at Aquinas College, Perth, and became a farmer in the Katanning area.
In 1987, he was an unsuccessful National Party candidate for the seat of O'Connor (against Wilson Tuckey) at the Australian election that year.
Flugge has also served as chair of the Australian Wheat Growers Association, and as a board member of the major diversified company Wesfarmers
Oil-for-Food scandal & the Cole Inquiry.
Trevor Flugge was chair of AWB until March 2002, when he was voted off the board by A-class shareholders (wheat growers). He was appointed a consultant to AWB after the vote and travelled to Baghdad later that year, with AWB chairman Andrew Lindberg, to rescue an AWB wheat export deal with Saddam Hussein's regime.
There were later accusations that AWB had paid bribes to secure the export contract. AWB officials agreed to pay $2 million to the Iraqi regime, which would then allow wheat exports to resume. This payment was made by inflating the price of wheat contracts administered by the United Nations Oil-for-Food Program.
Following the 2003 invasion and overthrow of the Hussein regime, Flugge was made a senior adviser to the Iraqi agriculture department.
After the bribery became public in 2005, Flugge denied to the UN's Volker inquiry that he knew about AWB's payments to the Hussein regime. Flugge was also called before an Australian government investigation in 2005, the Cole inquiry. When giving evidence to the latter inquiry, Flugge frequently claimed to have no knowledge of matters discussed at meetings he attended, due to hearing loss.


Brindisi Rosso

Brindisi Rosso is a red DOC (Denominazione di Origine Controllata) wine from the Southern Italian province of Brindisi, in the region of Apulia. The official appellation was granted on November 22, 1979, when a presidential decree was published in the "Gazzetta Ufficiale" dated April 23, 1980, after lobbying by the firm of Pasquale Medico & Sons and other producers. In recent years the production of this variety of wine has declined considerably (up to 50%), due to the uprooting of vines as a result of incentives from the EU, which has favoured other products. The province of Brindisi has a very long tradition of wine making, largely because Brindisi was the Roman gateway to the East and sold its wine to Rome along with salt and olive oil imported from the empire's Mediterranean provinces.
Production.
The production zone is limited to the areas of Brindisi and Mesagne, both being communes within the province of Brindisi. Brindisi Rosso is produced in small quantities and exported all over the world. Brindisi Rosso is made mainly from dark Negroamaro grapes (at least 70%) and Malvasia nera di Brindisi; it can also contain smaller quantities of Sussumaniello, Montepulciano and Sangiovese.
Characteristics.
Brindisi Rosso wine appears intense ruby red, with light orange tones when aged; the taste is intense, dry, harmonious, with a lightly bitter aftertaste, velvety and appropriately tannic. Minimum alcohol percentage by volume to qualify for the appellation is 12%. The best vintages, however, contain between 13 and 14% ABV. The best recent vintages are 2000 and 2003. Wines classed as Brindisi Rosso Riserva must have a minimum alcohol content of 12.5% ABV, and must have been aged for at least 24 months.
Rosato.
Brindisi Rosato is a rosé Denominazione di Origine Controllata (DOC) wine from the Southern Italian province of Brindisi, in the region of Apulia. The official DOC appellation was granted on November 22, 1979 by a presidential decree published in the "Gazzetta Ufficiale" of April 23, 1980. The Brindisi region has a very old tradition of wine making, because Brindisi was the Roman gateway to the East and thus provided its own wine to Rome, along with salt and olive oil imported from the empire's Mediterranean provinces, especially Hispania.
Production.
The production zone is limited to the areas of Brindisi and Mesagne, both being communes within the province of Brindisi. Brindisi Rosso is made mainly from Negroamaro grapes (at least 70%) and Malvasia nera di Brindisi; it can also contain smaller quantities of Sussumaniello, Montepulciano and Sangiovese.
Characteristics.
Brindisi Rosato wine is coral-pink in colour, tending towards pale cherry-red; the smell is delicately fruity; the flavour is dry, harmonious, with a mild and agreeable bitterness. Minimum alcohol percentage by volume to qualify for the appellation is 12%. The minimum dry extract is 18%: by comparison, the red Brindisi Rosso must have a minimum dry extract of 24%.


Jan Huitema

Jan Huitema (born 5 July 1984) is a Dutch politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from the Netherlands since July 2014. He is a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy, part of Renew Europe. He was reelected in 2019.
Early life and education.
Huitema was born as the son of a farmer in Heerenveen. He went to high school in Sneek. Huitema obtained a Bachelor's degree in Animal Sciences at Wageningen University and followed this up with a Master's degree in Animal Production Systems at the same university in 2008.
Career.
Huitema started working as a policy employee for Dutch member of the European Parliament (MEP) Jan Mulder in 2008 and worked for him until 2009. He worked a further three years in the same position for Holger Krahmer, a German Free Democratic Party MEP. In 2012 he decided to return to the family farm.
Together with his father Huitema owns a dairy farm with 130 cows based in Makkinga. He was placed sixth on the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy's list of candidates for the 2014 European Parliament elections. Huitema stated that while working for MEPs he saw numerous reports, opinions and proposals which looked great in theory but were in practice infeasible, specifically targeting new parts of the Common Agricultural Policy. He campaigned the country by touring with a 1954 Fordson Dexta tractor. His slogan for entering the European Parliament was: "Brussels could use some farmers wisdom".
Member of the European Parliament, 2014–present.
Huitema received 25,798 votes and on the basis of those preferential votes he managed to obtain the third place among the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy candidates and was thereby elected. After his election he stated it was his intention to return to the family farm every weekend to see what is going on in the Netherlands as not to lose touch with the country.
During his first term from 2014 until 2019, Huitema was a member of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI) and the Delegation for relations with Canada. He was the first Dutch MEP in five years on the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development; on the committee, he served as rapporteur on fertiliser products and water reuse. During his first term Huitema worked on a change in the definition of animal manure and prevention of the patenting of plant-properties. In 2019, Huitema joined the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.
In addition to his committee assignments, Huitema serves as a member of the Parliament’s delegation for relations with the United States. He is also part of the European Parliament Intergroup on Biodiversity, Countryside, Hunting and Recreational Fisheries and the European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights.
Huitema was reelected in the European Parliament elections of 2019.
Political positions.
In an interview with a Nederlandse Omroep Stichting reporter Huitema stated he would not only represent the interest of farmers, but will also focus on entrepreneurship and regional interests.
As one of the policy problems of the European Union he gave the example of the manure policy which does not take national differences into consideration. In November 2014, Huitema together with fellow Dutch MEP Annie Schreijer-Pierik, was critical of the Natura 2000 policy. They stated that farmers in nature reserves near border regions were especially and unfairly affected by the national implications of the European Natura 2000 policy. Huitema argued for a fundamental discussion on the Natura 2000 policy.
Huitema has argued for the immediate closure of battery cages in the European Union. These have been illegal in the European Union since 2012, but some still exist. Huitema argued that these are damaging the Dutch poultry industry as Dutch farms already have invested in more animal friendly cages.


Surati goat

The Surati or Surti is an Indian breed of goat, from the state of Maharashtra. Its yield of milk and meat is very low: nannies give an average of of milk in a lactation averaging 166 days; kids reach a weight of about in the first year of life.


Saxony (wine region)

Saxony ("Sachsen") is a region for quality wine in Germany located in the German federal state of Saxony. The region is sometimes referred to colloquially as "the Elbtal" (Elbe valley). The wine region covers , which makes it Germany's third smallest region, just ahead of Mittelrhein and Hessische Bergstraße in size. It is situated along the Elbe river from the Pillnitz section of Dresden to the village of Diesbar-Seußlitz located north of Meissen. Together with the Saale-Unstrut wine region, Saxony is one of the northernmost wine regions in Europe and are the only two of Germany's 13 wine regions that are located in the former East Germany. After German reunification in 1990, the vineyard surface was expanded from 200 to 450 hectares with European Union subsidies, but in recent years the vineyard area has decreased.
History.
The area of Saxony has a long winemaking tradition with evidence of viticulture in the region dating as far back as 1161 in Meissen.
Climate and geography.
Located in southeastern Germany near the border with the Czech Republic, the region has a continental climate that is tempered somewhat by the Elbe. The granite and gneiss based soils of the area are similar to the Austrian Wachau wine region.
Grapes and wine.
The Müller-Thurgau grape is the leading planting of the area at and 18.4% (2008 figures) followed by Riesling at 14.5% and Weissburgunder (Pinot blanc) at 11.9%. The majority of the wine production, around 90%, is in dry wine.
The most cultivated grape varieties, by area in 2008, were:


Genesis Awards

The Genesis Awards are awarded annually by the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) to individuals in the major news and entertainment media for producing outstanding works which raise public awareness of animal issues. Presented by the HSUS Hollywood Outreach program, the awards show takes place every March in California. The awards have honored such well-known personalities as Michael Jackson, Aaron Sorkin, Anderson Cooper, Peter Gabriel, Ellen DeGeneres, Jane Goodall, David E. Kelley, Paul McCartney, Arthur Miller, Stephen Colbert, Oprah Winfrey, Prince, Jacques Cousteau and Ian Somerhalder, as well as journalists, film and documentary writers and producers, print and broadcast news outlets in the United States.
Honorary awards include the Sid Caesar Award for television comedy, the Doris Day Award for music, the Brigitte Bardot International Award for non-American media, and the Gretchen Wyler Award for a celebrity using their fame to bring attention to animal issues.
Founding.
The Genesis Awards were founded as an annual event in 1986 by the Broadway actress and animal advocate Gretchen Wyler, under the aegis of the Fund for Animals. Wyler believed that rewarding members of the media encouraged them to spotlight more animal issues, thus increasing public awareness and compassion toward animals. The first event, a luncheon, drew 140 attendees, and in subsequent years it grew into a large gala averaging 800 guests.
In 1991, Wyler founded the Ark Trust, Inc., to present the Genesis Awards. Dr. Michael A. Giannelli (Ph.D. in clinical psychology; UCLA) served as the Founding Executive Director from 1991 through 1997. In 1990, it became a television special airing first on the Discovery Channel and then on Animal Planet. In August 2002, the Ark Trust joined with the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). Wyler, as Vice President of HSUS Hollywood, continued her role as Chair of the event and Executive Producer of the Genesis Awards television special until her retirement in 2006.
Winner selection.
Beginning with the first ceremony in 1986, Genesis Awards entries have been submitted by members of the public as well as by media professionals. Categories span television, film, print, radio, music, and the arts. The Genesis Awards Committee—via a process of submission, nomination, candidate selection, debate, and secret ballot—makes the final decisions regarding the winners. The 13 committee members are selected based on their personal histories in working for animal causes. The members include people from various animal-protection organizations and diverse walks of life.
Award ceremony.
The Genesis Awards is the only event of its kind honoring the entertainment industry and news media for raising awareness of animal-protection issues. Celebrating the power of the news and entertainment media to shape and change societal attitudes for the good, Genesis Awards acknowledge outstanding works in TV, film, print and the arts.
Past Genesis Awards hosts include Betty White, William Shatner, Brooke Shields, Ellen DeGeneres, Ed Asner, Wendie Malick, Bill Maher, Scott Hamilton, Kevin Nealon, Bonnie Hunt, Charlotte Ross, Joely Fisher, David Hyde Pierce and Carrie Ann Inaba.
Presented at a star-studded ceremony, attracting leaders from the entertainment, news, and humane communities, Genesis Awards have featured such celebrity presenters as James Stewart, Jack Lemmon, Milton Berle, Christian Bale, Sidney Poitier, Carl Reiner, Daryl Hannah, Kristen Bell, Pierce Brosnan, James Cromwell, Zooey Deschanel, Emily Deschanel, Melanie Griffith, Teri Hatcher, Isabella Rossellini, Martin Sheen, Kaley Cuoco, Nicollette Sheridan, Alicia Silverstone, Kelsey Grammer, Deepak Chopra, Kim Cattrall, Peter Falk, Walter Matthau, and Kermit the Frog. The Genesis Awards is taped for broadcast.
The awards ceremony has been held at both the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills and the Century Plaza Hotel in Century City. Through the years it has aired on the Discovery Channel, American Life Network and Animal Planet.
Sponsors for the Genesis Awards have included Warner Bros., Gardein, One Car One Difference, Honda, Bank of America, HBO, Market Development Group Incorporated and more.
Past winners.
1986 Genesis Awards
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Finca Los Alamos

Finca Los Alamos is a historical Argentine estancia located in San Rafael, Mendoza. The estate was built in 1830 by the Bombal family, and originally served as a frontier fort. Domingo Bombal, who served eleven terms as Governor to the Mendoza Province (between 1863–1890), owned the estate until his death in 1908.
After decades of neglect, the property was revived by Argentine writer Susana Bombal in the 1930s. Susana brought touches of Buenos Aires sophistication to the newly restored property, including colonial furniture, original manuscripts and mural paintings. She was friends with a number of bohemian artists from the 1930s-60s who made the retreat to Finca Los Alamos, south of Mendoza. Each visiting artist added special touches that remain today, making the property a museum of sorts, and truly unique. Susana, who shared a profound friendship with author and poet Jorge Luis Borges, owned the property until 1992. The property features original works of art and culture from many famous Argentinean figures including Borges, Raúl Soldi, Hector Basaldua, and Manuel Mujica Láinez.
The estate, which now serves as a boutique hotel, is still owned by the Bombal family, who also run the hotel.
Features.
The property includes "El Laberinto de Borges" (Borges Memorial Maze), a garden labyrinth planted in 2003, which consists of approximately 12,000 English Boxwood shrubs. The box hedge maze measures by , and was designed by Randoll Coate, a British diplomat, maze designer, and "labyrinthologist". The maze pays tribute to Jorge Luis Borges (also a personal friend of Coate's) and may have been inspired by Borges' short stories "El Jardin de senderos que se bifurcan" (The Garden of Forking Paths), and Labyrinths. Shaped like an open book, the design spells out Borges' name as reflected in a mirror, and also pays tribute to writer Maria Kodama, Jorge's widow, by including her initials.
In literature.
The estate is featured in the book "Estancias, The Great Houses and Ranches of Argentina", by Maria Saenz Quesada. The book details over thirty historical Argentine properties with origins as far back as the 16th century, through their rise at the end of the 18th century (when these estates played an integral role in making Argentina one of the world's most powerful economic empires), and the significant functions of these estancias today. The book suggests that Los Alamos may be the oldest house to survive the 1861 Mendoza earthquake that devastated the Province.
"Estancias, The Great Houses and Ranches of Argentina", by Maria Saenz Quesada. (Abbeville Press, Inc. 1992)


Bodegas Torres

Founded in 1870 by Jaime Torres, Bodegas Torres ("Miguel Torres" SA) is a historical wine growing company located in Pacs, some from Vilafranca del Penedès, where the company has its head office. Torres is the family winery with the most extensive vineyards in the Denomination of Origin (DO) of Penedès and the largest winery in Spain.
They also run the Miguel Torres Chile winery in the Chilean Central Valley, and in the United States (California) where in 1986 Marimar Torres founded Marimar Estate. In Spain outside of the Torres family's native Penedès region, they own vineyards in DO Conca de Barberà, DO Toro, DO Jumilla, DO Ribera del Duero, DOQ Priorat and most recently in DOC Rioja - in the last three areas with new wineries or wineries under construction. Likewise, Torres is also Spain's largest producer of DO wines under its own label, exporting to more than 140 countries.
Under the Torres brand name they trade wine and brandy under on a range of different labels. Some of these are Viña Sol, Sangre de Toro, De Casta, Coronas, Atrium and Viña Esmeralda, with their best known brandies being Torres 5 and Torres 10. Many Torres wines are produced from international rather than traditional Spanish grape varieties and are varietally labelled. The company exports wines to over 140 countries. Torres made two significant contributions to the development of enology in Spain: firstly, the use of fermentation at controlled temperatures, and secondly, the maturing of the wine in small oak barrels during a scrupulously defined time, as has been a habitual practice in Bordeaux.
Torres is managed by the fourth generation of the Torres family; Miguel A. Torres is the company’s current President and Managing Director. The Torres family are founding members of the Primum Familiae Vini.
History.
Jaime Torres emigrated to Cuba in 1855. On the island he made his fortune through the flourishing oil industry and seaborne trade. In 1870 he returned home a rich man and went into business with his brother, a wine grower. Together they founded the family company, in Vilafranca del Penedès, in 1870. One of Jaime Torres’ ideas was to build a wine vat, the largest in the world.
During the Spanish Civil War the winery was bombarded, leaving everything in ruins, including the enormous vat. Miguel Torres Carbó, a fourth generation member of the family, rebuilt the winery in 1940 and started business up again. He brought an end to the sale of bulk wine and started to market it in labelled bottles. In the year of reconstruction, when France was under Hitler's control and unable to provide wine, Miguel Torres traveled to the United States to promote his wines. It was in this period that the brands Sangre de Toro, Viña Sol and Coronas first came into being.
In 1966 work started on the planting of imported grape varieties: at first Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon and later on Merlot, Pinot noir, Riesling and Gewürztraminer. That same year, Miguel A. Torres married Waltraud Maczassek, a German artist, who has also collaborated in the sale of Torres wines on the German market. When Torres produced their first Riesling they named it in honour of Waltraud.
In 1975, Bodegas Torres began growing organic grapes for wine.
In 1991, after the death of Miguel Torres, the winery passed into the hands of his son Miguel A. Torres, the company’s current President and Managing Director.


Faculty of Agriculture, Obafemi Awolowo University


SAME (tractors)

S.A.M.E., an acronym for " Società Accomandita Motori Endotermici", was founded in 1942 in Treviglio (Bergamo), Italy, by the brothers Francesco and Eugenio Cassani. It is now part of the multinational group SAME Deutz-Fahr (SDF), which also owns the brands Deutz-Fahr, Lamborghini, Hürlimann, Grégoire A/S and Lamborghini Green Pro
History.
From 1927 to post-WWII.
In 1927, the brothers Francesco and Eugenio Cassani designed and built the Cassani 40CV agricultural tractor. This was powered by a Diesel engine, a form of propulsion that had begun to be used in industrial, military and rail vehicle applications since the 1920s. The engine was a two stroke horizontal two-cylinder unit with a capacity of 12,723 cm3 producing forty horsepower at 550 rpm, with wick ignition, a compressed air starter system with pressurised air tank air, 4 speeds (3 FWD and 1 REV) and a top speed of 15 km/h. This tractor was sold at a price of 28,000 Lire. The tractor designed by Cassani was sold under license by Officine Gaetano Barbieri in Castelmaggiore.
Established in 1942, the newly formed company SAME initially manufactured petrol and diesel engines for civil and industrial applications such as winches, cranes, ploughs and fire-fighting pumps. In 1946, SAME introduced its first motor mower models, powered by an 8 HP petrol engine.
From post-WWII to the Italian economic boom.
At the Milan Trade Fair in 1946, SAME presented its first 3-wheeled petrol-powered motor mower, which could also be attached to other agricultural machinery and implements. This was the company's first “universal tractor”, catering for the needs of the market in the years immediately following the Second World War.
The SAME 3R/10, a universal small tractor powered by a single cylinder 10 HP petrol engine, was presented in 1948. This machine had two driving wheels and a single steering wheel, variable track and reversible drive. The tractor was awarded the gold medal by the Turin Agricultural Academy. On 24 October 1948, the “Giornale dell’Agricoltura” described it as “a gem of Italian industry”.
Production of the brand's petrol powered models began in 1950, with the introduction of the 10 HP SAME 4R/10 and the 20 HP 4R/20.
1952 saw the launch of the DA 25, the first mass-produced modern tractor with all-wheel drive, powered by a 25 HP, 2280 cm3 two cylinder diesel engine, with a 7 speed transmission and a top speed of 24.3 km/h. The name DA stood for Diesel Aria (Diesel Air), as the engine was air-cooled, in keeping with SAME traditions. Mass production of four-wheel drive tractors, with original dual traction system, already conceived in 1928, begins.
The new DA 30 DT was launched in 1957. Offered as 8 variants, this model was the replacement for the DA 25. During this period, SAME also introduced and manufactured a range of specific implements such as ploughs (single blade, double blade, disc and reversible ploughs), spring tine cultivators, disc harrows, rototillers, backhoes, cutter bars, tipper trailers, irrigation pumps and auger drills. The first DA 30 DT models were painted orange with green wheels, while towards the end of the 1950s. The colour scheme was changed to red for the bodywork and wheels and dark grey for the engine.
The SAME 240 was launched in 1958. This was known as the 'intelligent tractor', as it was equipped as standard with the innovative S.A.C. ('Stazione Automatica di Controllo' - 'Automatic Control Station') lower hitch arm draft control system conceived by SAME, which would be implemented across the entire range over the following years. This tractor was powered by a 42 HP two cylinder unit, with 6 forward speeds, one reverse speed and a top speed of 28.9 km/h.
From the Italian economic boom to the late 1970s.
1961 was the year of the SAME Puledro and the Samecar, a tractor which, after working the land, could then also be used to transport produce in its load bay. A new range of 6 and 8 cylinder engines was also developed during this period.
At the Verona expo in 1965, SAME presented its new V engines and the Italia V, Atlanta, Sametto V and 450 V tractors. Another major development was the change from traditional rounded cowls to a more modern, boxy design.
The Centauro range, consisting of three different models, was launched in 1965. These tractors were powered by a 3500 cm3 V4 engine producing 55 HP, with 8 forward speeds, 4 reverse speeds and a top speed of 34.8 km/h.
The 1972 Corsaro 70 and Saturno 80 tractors were presented in 1972. In 1973, SAME bought Lamborghini Trattori S.p.A. from Ferruccio Lamborghini, in its own range. In 1979, SAME acquired the Swiss Hürlimann Traktoren brand and changed its name to Gruppo SLH (SAME+Lamborghini+Hürlimann), becoming the second largest tractor producer in Italy and a leading manufacturer on a global scale.
From the 1980s to the end of the 20th century.
The SAME Explorer family, which was to become one of the most successful product ranges in the history of the company, was launched in 1983. This was the first Italian-built tractor with a top speed of 40 km/h, and the only tractor with 4-wheel braking.
The technology offered by Gruppo SLH at the end of the 1980s also included the original Twin Vision video camera rear view system. SAME engine technology also took a major step forward, with electronically controlled fuel injection available for the entire 1000 Series.
In 1991, the Electronic PowerShift transmission, designed specifically for high power applications, was launched together with the Titan range, while the Frutteto II introduced a family of tractors dedicated for use in fruit orchards and vineyards.
In 1995, Gruppo SLH acquired the agricultural machinery division of Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz, giving rise to the SAME Deutz-Fahr group.
The 21st century.
In 1999, SAME introduced the Galileo self-levelling system in the Rubin 200 tractor range. This system, developed to facilitate working on gradients, won the Golden Tractor for design Millennium Edition award in 2000.
2007 marked the 80th anniversary of the first tractor built by Francesco and Eugenio - the Cassani 40CV.
On 12 October 2012, SAME celebrated its 70th birthday at its historical headquarters in Treviglio. To mark the occasion, the Italian brand announced a spate of new investments and new models for the future, chief among which the "Virtus" (100-110-120-130 HP) tractor family, designed by Italdesign Giugiaro.
Models produced.
Cassani:
SAME:
Models in production.
SAME tractors:
Scale models available.
Numerous 1:32 and 1:43 scale models of SAME tractors are produced by renowned model manufacturers such as Ros-Agritec in Italy, Siku in Germany, Universal Hobbies in France and Britains in the United Kingdom.
Cassani:
SAME:


Therese Sander

Therese Sander (born November 22, 1948) is a Missouri farmer and a former Republican member of the Missouri House of Representatives.
She was born in Columbia, Missouri, and graduated magna cum laude from the University of Missouri-St. Louis. She is married and has four adult daughters: Tamara Copple, Kathleen Basi, Andrea Williamson, and Cecelia Cannon.
She is a member of St. Pius X Catholic Church, Randolph County Farm Bureau, Missouri Cattlemen's Association, Missouri Pork Producers, Moberly Area Chamber of Commerce, Missouri State Teachers Association, and Missouri Right to Life. She was appointed to the Missouri Rural Economic Development Council and to the Council of State Governments' Agriculture and Rural Policy Task Force for 2003–2004 and again for 2005–2006.
She was first elected to the Missouri House of Representatives in 2002, winning reelection in 2004, 2006. and 2008. By Missouri law she was term limited from running again in 2010.


College of Fisheries Science and Research Centre, Etawah

The College of Fisheries Science and Research is a government college in Etawah, Uttar Pradesh, India started in 4th dean committee 2015. And 5th dean committee 1st Batch start 2016 It is also known as the Faculty of Fisheries Science, Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology.


Kynuna Station

Kynuna Station also known as Kynuna is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in Queensland, Australia.
Description.
The station is located about north east of Middleton and south east of Julia Creek in Central West Queensland. It is located in the Channel Country among the headwaters of the Diamantina.
It occupies an area of and carries about 8,000 head of cattle depending on the season. Kynuna and Dagworth Station operate as a single entity and employ a manager and about six staff. The township of Kynuna is situated across the river from the station.
Composed of open plains vegetated with Mitchell Grass interspersed with areas of Gidyea, Coolibah and Boree woodlands, it is bordered by the river at the northeastern boundary of the property for a distance of over .
Kynuna Station lies at the northern rim of a roughly circular zone measuring some 130 km across that has been identified by Geoscience Australia as a crustal anomaly. Proof is currently lacking as to the cause, but it is believed likely that the anomaly was caused by an asteroid strike that happened about 300 million years ago.
History.
The property was established prior to 1878 when it was owned by the Wilson Brothers who were Victorians as were many of the property owners in the area at the time. Messrs Wilson and Colt sold the station in 1882 to Mr. A. K. Finlay when the property had an area and was carrying 600 cattle.
The entire area was struck by drought from 1884 to 1886 but undeterred Edmund Jowett thought the property would be a wise investment and by 1886 the property had been acquired by Messrs Jowett and Co. and the switch had been made to grazing sheep, with a flock of 16,000 transferred to Kynuna late in that year.
Wool scouring hands went on strike at Kynuna in 1892 and free labourers were summoned to Winton and then onto the station to take over from the work. The police arrived prior to the labourers but no trouble was reported. Later the same year the area was struck by drought and sheep were moved to Eulolo and Eastern Creek to obtain water and feed. The land on Kynuna was described as being as of "deplorable appearance, not a vestige of grass to be seen anywhere" by July the following year when shearing took place. Surprisingly lambing that year was described as very good and 40 men filled a full board for shearing. 15,000 wethers (castrated male sheep) were sold from the station for a southern buyer in 1894.
Industrial trouble was brewing in Queensland in 1894 with arbitration being required between shearers and pastoralists. Strikes at many stations were being called and a cook at Kynuna was not allowed to accept the terms offered by the pastoralist and trouble was anticipated. A new agreement was offered which shearers refused to sign, effectively striking. Free labourers were brought in from Queensland to assume the workload of the striking shearers.
One of the first artesian bores at Kynuna was drilled in 1896 with water being struck at a depth of , producing a flow of about daily. Drought struck once more and 60,000 sheep were lost in 1897 and again in 1903.
The fourth bore was sunk in 1898 when the property had a total area of and by which time it had been completely surrounded by other established pastoral runs, with Dagworth to the east, Quambelook and Hamilton Downs to the north east, Toorak and Eulolo to the north and Strathearn and Llanrhetdol to the south. The property was carrying about 200,000 sheep at the time and was being managed by Adam Black who had recently replaced Mr S. McCowan who had managed the property for many years.
Another drought struck in 1902 when Jowett had to send away 81,000 of 82,000 sheep on the property for fear all the stock would die.
In 1911 the property was sold by Edmund Jowett to the Scottish Australian Investment Company. At this stage Kynuna occupied an area of and was "regarded as one of the finest stations in the district" with seven artesian bores. The sale included an undisclosed number of sheep which was thought to be over 120,000 head and the price was estimated at £160,000.
Sold again in 1912 to Frank Bond of Tasmania, Kynuna was described as the "largest pastoral property in the Winton district". It was estimated that 250,000 sheep would be shorn at Kynuna that season.
Shearing was held up in 1947 after shearers alleged a sheep with scabby mouth was yarded, the animal was quarantined but shearers refused to return to work for the remainder of the day.
The area was severely flooded in 1953 following heavy rain and the Diamantina River broke its banks spreading out a couple of kilometres on either side.
The station manager, R. A. Wall campaigned strongly in 1953 for a dingo barrier fence to be constructed in Central Queensland after dingos had wreaked havoc with the flocks in the area. Hall had stated that "Kynuna had gone out of sheep and others had to walk off their properties with a few hundred pounds, owing to the dingoes".
The property was purchased by the North Australian Pastoral Company in 1996 shortly after the company had purchased neighbouring Dagworth Station in 1995.


Provincial Exhibition of Manitoba

The Provincial Exhibition of Manitoba is a non-profit organization and an agricultural society in Brandon, Manitoba that produces several fairs and events in the city, creating a significant economic impact in the region. It was established in 1882.
Regular events include:
History.
Established in 1882, the organization was formed shortly after the incorporation of the city of Brandon and two years before the Chamber of Commerce. Originally, the organization was formed by the agricultural community surrounding the city to showcase and sell their agricultural products. From this idea the Brandon Agricultural Society was formed and in October 1882 local businessmen put up $200 and called for entries for cattle, horses, pigs, poultry and grains. This was the start of the exhibition's first fair, today known as the Manitoba Summer Fair.
The need soon arose for a second annual fair and by March 1908 the Brandon Winter Fair was born. The purpose of this fair was primarily to promote the sale of livestock and to encourage improvement in the breeding lines and care of animals. Numerous educational opportunities were added to the fair as well as displays by government agencies, implement dealers and other manufacturers. In addition, there was now the opportunity to attend lectures and meetings of breed associations and other agricultural groups. But as before, it was the horse sales that attracted the most attention.
In those early years, both fairs ran independently. The summer show began on the corner of what is today 10th and Victoria Avenue and moved to its present location on the Keystone Centre grounds in the late 19th century. The Winter Fair began on the Keystone Centre grounds and later moved to the Wheat City Arena location and remained there until the building of the Keystone Centre, which remains its home to this day.
In 1967, the amalgamation of the two fairs took place and the Provincial Exhibition of Manitoba became an entity.
On July 11, 1970, the Brandon Winter Fair was granted Patronage by a visit from her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and became the Royal Manitoba Winter Fair.
Manitoba Ag EX, the youngest of the three productions, made its first appearance in 1974 and at that time was known as Ag Ex. Today, the Manitoba Ag Ex is one of Manitoba's largest cattle show and sales. After a few name changes from Manitoba Fall Fair and Manitoba Livestock Expo, The Manitoba Ag Ex name was resurrected for the 2015 event and is continued to this day.
The Provincial Exhibition of Manitoba undertook the restoration of the historic Display Building Number Two, also known as 'the Dome Building,' which was constructed for the Dominion Exhibition in 1913 and has been in use by the Provincial Exhibition ever since. It was urgently in need of repair. Display Building Number Two is a National Historic Site of Canada, and also enjoys a Provincial heritage designation. As one of only two remaining buildings in Canada of the particular architectural style, the Exhibition returned it to its former grandeur, and in 2018 located its offices in the building after its restoration.
A history of the provincial Exhibition of Manitoba is also available in the form of a book titled: "Pride of the Land; An Affectionate History of Brandon's Agricultural Exhibitions" by Ken Coates and Fred McGuinness


Leonard McGrath

Leonard John McGrath (1899 - December 1949) was an Irish dual player who played both football and hurling for Galway.
Born in Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia, McGrath came to Galway with his family in his youth. He made his first impression on the inter-county scene when he was a member of the Galway senior hurling team for the 1923 championship. McGrath won an All-Ireland medal that year as Galway secured their first hurling title. Two years later he won an All-Ireland medal with the Galway senior football team.
At club level McGrath played with Mullagh and St Grellan's.
He also played rugby, which earned him an expulsion from the GAA under Rule 27.
His medal collection was auctioned in 2020.


De Grey Station

De Grey Station is a pastoral lease, formerly a sheep station and now a cattle station, approximately east of Port Hedland on the mouth of the De Grey River in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
Pardoo Station was established as an outstation of De Grey in 1869 and has a size of over . The station has sheep, breeding mares and camels and now runs 6,000 head of cattle.
History.
De Grey is the earliest pastoral lease in Western Australia, dating from 1862. The property was owned by Samuel Peter Mackay in 1875 and was briefly managed by George Julius Brockman for three months of the same year while Mackay travelled to Melbourne.
Alexander Forrest, the Western Australian explorer and surveyor, began his historic 1879 expedition from De Grey River Station, leaving on 25 February 1879 and "receiving much kind assistance from Mr Anderson" before travelling with his party overland to Condon.
The station occupied an area of almost in 1886 when it was owned by Messrs Grant, Anderson and Edgar. The owners had acquired an additional area from a neighbouring lease that had been abandoned by Messrs Padbury and Co when the price of wool was quite low. At this time the property was divided into 16 paddocks separated by about of six-wire sheep-proof fencing and all with water tanks supplied by the De Grey River.
The area was struck by a cyclone in 1889 with a number of houses being destroyed, miles of fencing being torn up and the loss of over 1,300 sheep.
In 1906 shearing produced 700 bales of wool, with over 43,000 sheep being shorn.
The Rubin family bought the lease on the property in 1912 for A£100,000 with 75,000 sheep and provided the wool for the uniforms of the British Expeditionary Force in 1914. In 1916 they added Mulyie, Ettrick and Warrawagine Stations, including Nullagine and de Vahl Outstations. Major Harold de Vahl Rubin ran the properties from 1919 to 1965. They made the transfer to cattle in the 1970s with David Rubin as manager.
The station was visited by MacRobertson's party twice during the Round Australia Expedition in 1928, once on the way to Port Hedland and then on the journey to Broome. At this time the manager of the station was John Stewart, and 30,000 sheep were being run on the property. The party stayed in the brick homestead, outbuildings and shearing shed during their visit.
Atlas Iron Limited began mining and shipping iron ore from the Pardoo mine site in 2008; the mine site takes up an area of on the station and is situated approximately south from the station homestead.
Mark Bettini, the station manager at De Grey in 2006, re-established the native Mitchell grass in preference to the introduced buffel grass to combat the spread of Parkinsonia in the area. He reported that Mitchell grass grows better in clay areas and is just as nutritious to cattle.
Bettini is still the lessee in 2012; De Grey is operating under the Crown Lease number CL167-1980 and has the Land Act number LA3114/1142.


John Dandridge

Col. John Dandridge Jr. of Chestnut Grove (13/14 July 1700 – 31 August 1756) was a distinguished colonel, planter, politician, and Clerk of the Courts of New Kent County, Virginia from 1730 to 1756. Dandridge is best known as the father of the first First Lady of the United States Martha Washington, wife of George Washington, the first president of the United States.
Early life.
Born on 13 July 1700 in England, Dandridge was the youngest son of Col. John Dandridge Sr. (Oxford, Oxfordshire, April 29, 1655 - Oxford, Oxfordshire, 1731), and wife (m. St. Mary Magdalen, London, 1676) Bridget Dugdale (Oxford, Oxfordshire, c. 1656 - 1731); paternal grandson of Capt. William Dandridge I (Drayton St. Leonard, Oxfordshire, England, 30 January 1612 - Dorchester Abbey, Dorchester On Thames, England, July 1693) and wife; and great-grandson of Col. Bartholomew Dandridge I (England, c. 1580 - Drayton St. Leonard, Oxfordshire, England, 21 September 1638) and wife (m. England, 10 May 1604) Agnes Wilder (c. 1585 - c. 1650). He immigrated to Virginia at the age of 14 in 1715.
Marriage and children.
Dandridge married Frances Orlando Jones, daughter of Orlando Jones and Martha Macon Jones West, on 22 July 1730 in New Kent County, Virginia. John and Frances had eight children:
Career and residences.
Upon their marriage in 1730, John and Frances moved to their new home on the banks of the Pamunkey River in New Kent County, Virginia, Chestnut Grove. John became Clerk of Courts in New Kent County and kept that position for the next 26 years. He was also vestryman and churchwarden for St. Peter's Church. John was a prominent planter, and a colonel in his military district.
John's older brother, William Dandridge II (1689–1743), lived on the opposite bank of the river with his wife Unity West Dandridge, daughter of Nathaniel West and wife Martha Woodard Macon, at their estate, Elsing Green, in King William County. Chestnut Grove burned down in 1926, but its former site was only four miles from the location of the current county court house for New Kent.
Along with Chestnut Grove in New Kent, John and Frances also owned a house in Williamsburg and visited there frequently.
Later life.
Dandridge died on 31 August 1756 at the age of 56 in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Dandridge is interred at St. George's Episcopal Church burial ground in Fredericksburg.


Lal Singh Thind

Colonel Lal Singh Thind (Turna) was born in March 1902, in Turna village, near Lohian, District Jullundur, Punjab, India. His father Maiya Singh had served in the army of former princely State of Kapurthala where he held the rank of army Major. He was also the Zaildar of the village.
Education and military career.
Lal Singh received his education up to B.Sc and then joined the army of Maharaja of Kapurthala as a lieutenant. In 1933, Lieutenant Lal Singh was attached with Inspector General Police, Kapurthala to look after and resolve the Tajia issue in Sultanpur Lodhi where Sikh-Muslim riots appeared imminent due to Adamant attitude of both communities. The issue was tactfully and firmly handled. Later Lieutenant Lal joined the army of princely State of Patiala where he soon promoted to the rank of Colonel.
Progressive farmer.
After retirement from Military service after partition in 1947, Col Thind took several of his co-villagers from Turna and purchased a big tracts of land in Rudurpur city, District Rampur now Udham Singh Nagar in Uttarakhand. The land was fertile and virgin but all jungle and was infested with wild and dangerous animals like tigers and wolves, boars and fierce cobras etc. at the time of its purchase. With dedication and discipline of a true soldier, Col Thind managed to turn his tract, running into thousands of acres, into a flourishing tillable land over the years and started the progressive farming using the ultra modern scientific techniques. He named his farm as Baradari farm.
Col Thind soon caught the eyes of the Government of India for producing highest yield/acre for rice, wheat, sugarcane and several other crops in his farm. He was widely recognized for this achievement and was conferred upon the Padma Shri award by Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, the third President of India in 1965. "It was the first award ever given to any farmer throughout India". In 1966, an "All India Seed Improvement Seminar" was held in New Delhi which was presided over by Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India. Col Thind was the special guest in the Seminar and was chosen to speak on the topic. In 1968-70, Dr Zakir Hussain, the fourth President of India also invited and honored Col Thind and awarded him certificates in recognition of his outstanding achievements as the most progressive farmer of India. A progressive farmers’ meeting was held in USA (United States of America) in July 1973 which from Indian side was attended and represented by Col Thind alone.
Death and legacy.
Col Thind died on July 7, 1973. One brother of Lal Singh was MBBS doctor and had retired as Chief Medical Officer.


Seeis

Seeis (], ) is a small settlement in the Khomas Region of central Namibia. It is situated on the B6 national road east of Hosea Kutako International Airport on the turnoff of the dirt road D1458. The "Seeis Rivier", an ephemeral river, cuts the settlement. Seeis is a railway stop on the Windhoek - Gobabis railway line.
The settlement belongs to the Windhoek Rural electoral constituency and features a school and a police station. The "Seeis stud" warmblood horse stud farm is located nearby. It has produced a number of successful sport horses and stallions.
History.
Seeis was a populated outpost at least since German colonisation in the 1880s. Manasse ǃNoreseb, leader of the Kaiǁkhaun, settled here with his clan in 1889 while fleeing from the approaching troops of Hendrik Witbooi, his archenemy. At that time, Seeis was under the control of Maharero, chief of the Herero people. In 1897 a post office was built, and it was situated on one of the few proclaimed roads.
In the Herero and Nama uprising of 1904/05 Seeis was the location of two clashes between imperial Germany's "Schutztruppe" and Herero troops under the leadership of Samuel Maharero. In the "Skirmish at Seeis" Germans under Lieutenant von Niewitecki relieved the military stations at Seeis, Hohewarte and Hatsamas from Herero occupation on 21 January 1904. On 15 February 1904, fortunes changed and the Herero defeated a German troop under the command of von Fischel. This event is known as the "Battle of Seeis". Seeis cemetery has a separate section of German war graves from that period, refurbished and maintained by the Farmers' Association of Seeis.
In the media.
An adventure novel by Bernhard Voigt: "Die Farmer vom Seeis-Rivier" (The farmers of Seeis Rivier) was published in the late 1930s. This book inspired by national socialist ideas was banned in the Soviet occupation zone of Germany after World War II by the military administration.


Domaine de la Vougeraie

Domaine de la Vougeraie is a Burgundy wine producer in the town of Premeaux-Prissey, France. They produce wine from vineyards in the Côte de Nuits and the Côte de Beaune.
History.
The domaine was founded in 1999 when Jean-Charles Boisset decided to consolidate what he considered the best of his family's vineyards into one domaine.
The vineyards that became Domaine de la Vougeraie were acquired by the Boissets over a nearly 50-year period, beginning with a plot north of Gevrey-Chambertin in 1964. Over time, the family acquired both vineyard plots and entire domaines, making Boisset Family Estates the largest producer of wine in Burgundy.
The original winemaker at the domaine was Pascal Marchand, who turned winemaking duties over to Pierre Vincent in 2006.
Vineyards, viticulture, and winemaking.
The vineyards controlled by the domaine include the former domaines of Claudine Deschamps, Pierre Ponnelle, Louis Voilland and L’Héritier-Guyot, along with vineyard plots owned by the Boissets. All of the domaine's vineyards use biodynamic techniques, and are certified organic; the domaine is the largest organic and biodynamic producer in the Côte d'Or (which includes the Côte de Nuits and the Côte de Beaune), with organically-farmed wines from the "villages" through "Grand Cru" vineyards. of the domaine are worked with horse-drawn plows.
The domaine's holdings now include across 29 different appellations. Holdings include the monopoles of Le Clos du Prieuré, where both white and red wines are produced, and the Premier Cru vineyard Le Clos Blanc de Vougeot. Grand Cru holdings include Charmes-Chambertin Les Mazoyères, Bonnes Mares, Musigny, Clos de Vougeot, Corton Le Clos du Roi, and Corton-Charlemagne Le Charlemagne.
Grapes for the domaine's wine are destemmed, crushed, and macerated for 4–5 days. Ambient wild yeast are used for fermentation, which takes place in open wooden vats. The wine is barrel-aged, with the percentage of new barrels ranging from 30% to 100%.


Wang Zhen (inventor)

Wang Zhen (, 1290–1333) was a Chinese mechanical engineer, agronomist, inventor, writer, and politician of the Yuan dynasty (1271–1368). He was one of the early innovators of the wooden movable type printing technology. His illustrated agricultural treatise was also one of the most advanced of its day, covering a wide range of equipment and technologies available in the late 13th and early 14th century.
Life and works.
Wang Zhen was born in Shandong province, and spent many years as an official of both Anhui and Jiangxi provinces. From 1290 to 1301, he was a magistrate for Jingde, Anhui province, where he was a pioneer of the use of wooden movable type printing. The wooden movable type was described in Wang Zhen's publication of 1313, known as the "Nong Shu" (), or "Book of Agriculture". Although the title describes the main focus of the work, it incorporated much more information on a wide variety of subjects that was not limited to the scope of agriculture. Wang's "Nong Shu" of 1313 was a very important medieval treatise outlining the application and use of the various Chinese sciences, technologies, and agricultural practices. From water powered bellows to movable type printing, it is considered a descriptive masterpiece on contemporary medieval Chinese technology.
Wang wrote the masterpiece "Nong Shu" for many practical reasons, but also as a means to aid and support destitute rural farmers in China looking for means to improve their economic livelihoods in the face of poverty and oppression during the Yuan period. Although the previous Song dynasty was a period of high Chinese culture and relative economic and agricultural stability, the Yuan dynasty thoroughly damaged the economic and agricultural base of China during the Song–Yuan transition. Hence, a book such as the "Nong Shu" could help rural farmers maximize efficiency of producing yields and they could learn how to use various agricultural tools to aid their daily lives. However, it was not intended to be read by rural farmers (who were largely illiterate), but local officials who desired to research the best agricultural methods currently available that the peasants otherwise would know little of.
The "Nong Shu" was an incredibly long book even for its own time, which had over 110,000 written Chinese characters. However, this was only slightly larger than the early medieval Chinese agricultural treatise "Chi Min Yao Shu" written by Jia Sixia in 535, which had slightly over 100,000 written Chinese characters.
Technological innovations.
Water powered bellows.
The Chinese during the Han dynasty (202 BC – AD 220) were the first to apply hydraulic power (i.e. a waterwheel) in working the inflatable bellows of the blast furnace in creating cast iron. This was recorded in AD 31, an innovation of the engineer Du Shi, Prefect of Nanyang. After Du Shi, Chinese in subsequent dynastic periods continued the use of water power to operate the bellows of the blast furnace. In the 5th century text of the "Wu Chang Ji", its author Pi Ling wrote that a planned, artificial lake had been constructed in the Yuan-Jia reign period (424–429) for the sole purpose of powering water wheels aiding the smelting and casting processes of the Chinese iron industry. The 5th-century text "Shui Jing Zhu" mentions the use of rushing river water to power waterwheels, as does the Tang Dynasty geography text of the "Yuan-he Jun Xian Tu Chi", written in 814.
Although Du Shi was the first to apply water power to bellows in metallurgy, the first drawn and printed illustration of its operation with water power came in 1313, with Wang Zhen's "Nong Shu". Wang explained the methods used for the water-powered blast-furnace in previous times and in his era of the 14th century:
Wang's movable type printing.
In improving movable type printing, Wang mentioned an alternative method of baking porcelain printing type with earthenware frame in order to make whole blocks. Wang is best known for his usage of wooden movable type while he was a magistrate of Jingde in Anhui province from 1290 to 1301. His main contribution was improving the speed of typesetting with simple mechanical devices, along with the complex, systematic arrangement of wooden movable types. Wang summarized the process of making wooden movable type as described in the passage below:
Wooden movable type had been used and experimented with by Bi Sheng in the 11th century, but it was discarded because wood was judged to be an unsuitable material to use. Wang improved the earlier experimented process by adding the methods of specific type cutting and finishing, making the type case and revolving table that made the process more efficient. In Wang's system, all the Chinese writing characters were organized by five different tones and according to rhyming, using a standard official book of Chinese rhymes. Two revolving tables were actually used in the process; one table that had official types from the book of rhymes, and the other which contained the most frequently used Chinese writing characters for quick selection. To make the entire process more efficient, each Chinese character was assigned a different number, so that when a number was called, that writing character would be selected. Rare and unusual characters that were not prescribed a number were simply crafted on the spot by wood-cutters when needed.
While printing new books, Wang described that the rectangular dimensions of each book needed to be determined in order to make the corrected size of the four-sided wooden block used in printing. Providing the necessary ink job was done by brush that was moved vertically in columns, while the impression on paper the columns had to be rubbed with brush from top to bottom.
Two centuries before Hua Sui pioneered bronze-type printing in China in 1490, Wang had experimented with printing using tin, a metal favored for its low melting point while casting. In the "Nong Shu", Wang wrote:
Thus, Chinese metal type of the 13th century using tin was unsuccessful because it was incompatible with the inking process. Although unsuccessful in Wang's time, the bronze metal type of Hua Sui in the late 15th century would be used for centuries in China, up until the late 19th century.
Although Wang's "Nong Shu" was mostly printed by use of woodblock printing, his innovation of wooden movable type soon became popularly used in the region of Anhui. Wang's wooden movable type was used to print the local gazetteer paper of Jingde City, which incorporated the use of 60,000 written characters organized on revolving tables. During the year of 1298, roughly one hundred copies of this were printed by wooden movable type in a month's time. Following in the footsteps of Wang, in 1322 the magistrate of Fenghua, Zhejiang province, named Ma Chengde, printed Confucian classics with movable type of 100,000 written characters on needed revolving tables. The process of metal movable type was also developed in Joseon Korea by the 13th century, while metal movable type was not pioneered in China until the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) printer Hua Sui used bronze movable type in 1490. Although metal movable type became available in China during the Ming period, wooden movable type persisted in common use even until the 19th century. After that point, the European printing press machine first pioneered by Johannes Gutenberg in the 15th century became the mainstay and standard in China and for the most part the global community until the advent of digital printing and the modern computer printer.
With movable type printing during the Ming dynasty of the 14th to 16th centuries, however, it was known to be used by local academies, local government offices, by wealthy local patrons of printing, and the large Chinese commercial printers located in the cities of Nanjing, Suzhou, Changzhou, Hangzhou, Wenzhou, and Fuzhou. There were many books from a wide variety of subjects published in wooden movable type during the Ming period, including novels, art, science and technology, family registers, and local gazettes. In 1541, two different significant publications using wooden movable type were made under the sponsorship of two different princes; the Prince of Shu printing the large literary collection of the earlier Song Dynasty poet Su Che, and the Prince of Yi printing a book written as a rebuttal against superstitions written by a Yuan Dynasty era author.
During the Qing Dynasty (1644–1911), wooden movable type was used on a much wider scale than even the previous Ming period. It was officially sponsored by the imperial court at Beijing, yet was widespread amongst private printing companies. The creation of movable type writing fonts became a wise enterprise of investment, since they were commonly pawned, sold, or presented as gifts during the Qing period. In the sphere of the imperial court, the official Jin Jian (d. 1794) was placed in charge of printing at the Wuying Palace, where the Yongzheng Emperor had 253,000 wooden movable type characters crafted in the year of 1733. Jin Jian, the official in charge of this project, provided elaborate detail on the printing process in his "Wu Ying Tian Ju Zhen Ban Cheng Shi" (Imperial Printing Office Manual for Movable Type). In nineteen different sections, he provided detailed description for:
There are notable differences between Wang's movable type process and Jin Jian's. Wang carved the written characters on wooden blocks and then sawed them apart, while Jin initiated the process by preparing type bodies before the characters were individually cut into types. For setting type, Wang employed a method of revolving tables where the type came to the workers, whereas Jin developed a system where the workers went to the organized type. Wang's frame was also added after the type had already been set, whereas Jin printed the ruled sheets and text separately on the same paper.
Agriculture.
The main focus of the "Nong Shu" written by Wang was the realm of Chinese agriculture. His book listed and described an enormous catalogue of agricultural tools and implements used in the past and in his own day. Furthermore, Wang incorporated a systematic usage of illustrated pictures in his book to accompany every piece of farming equipment described. Wang also created an agricultural calendrical diagram in the form of a circle, which included the Heavenly Stems, the Earthly Branches, the four seasons, twelve months, twenty-four solar terms, seventy-two five-day periods, with each sequence of agricultural tasks and the natural phenomena which signal for their necessity, stellar configurations, phenology, and the sequence of agricultural production.
Amongst the various contemporary agricultural practices mentioned in the Nong Shu, Wang listed and described the use of ploughing, sowing, irrigation, cultivation of mulberries, etc. It listed and described many of the various foodstuffs and products of the many regions of China. The book outlined the use of not only agricultural tools, but food-processing, irrigation equipment, different types of fields, ceremonial vessels, various types of grain storage, carts, boats, mechanical devices, and textile machinery used in many applications. For example, one of the many devices described and illustrated in drawing is a large mechanical milling plant operated by the motive power of oxen, with an enormous rotating geared wheel engaging the toothed gears of eight different mills surrounding it. Of great interest to sinologist historians, Wang also outlined the difference between the agricultural technology of Northern China and that of Southern China. The main characteristic of agricultural technology of the north was technical applications fit for predominantly dryland cultivation, while intensified irrigation cultivation was more suitable for southern China. Furthermore, Wang used his treatise as a means to spread knowledge in support of certain agricultural practices or technologies found exclusively in either South or North that could benefit the other, if only they were more widely known, such as the southern hand-harrow used for weeding in the south, yet virtually unknown in the north.
"Nong Shu" chapters.
Chapters 1–6
Chapters 7–10
Chapters 11–22


Selchausdal

Selchausdalm formerly Gundetved, is a manor house and estate located on the east side of Tissø, Kalundborg Municipality, some 0+ kilometres west of Copenhagen, Denmark. The three-winged Renaissance Revival style main building is from 1857 and was designed by Johan Daniel Herholdt. It was listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1978.
History.
Early history.
Gundetved is first mentioned in 1339 when it was owned by Mathias Jensen. It was in the 15th century owned by the Limbæk family. In 1451, it was thus owned by Otte Limbæk. His daughter, the widow of Jon Bille, was the owner in 1489, The ownership of the estate was later ceded to Niels Henriksen as dowry in connection with his marriage to their daughter Margrete Bille. He was later ennobled under the name Arenfeldtand and succeeded Jørgen Mrrsvin as Chancellor of the Realm in circa 1526. After Niels Henriksen Arenfeldt's death in 1533, Gundetved was passed to his sons Henrik and Torben Arenfeldt. Henrik Arenfeldt's son Niels Arenfeldt was from circa 1580 the owner of the estate. He is known to have had at least 13 children with four different women. This led to an impeachment for breach of the Sixth Commandment in which he was sentenced to paying a fine to a hospital and secretly make his confessions of penitents.
In 1628, Gundetved was acquired by Ernst Normand. He sold the estate to Joachim Normand in 1636. They had both come to Denmark from Rügen. In 1645,Gundetved was acquired by Axel Juul of Volstrup who would later also acquire Sæbygaard and Kattrup. In 1664, he sold all his estates to Treasure Henrik Müller.
Müller's son, Frants Müller, sold the estate to Bertel Jensen, who in turn sold it to Axel Nielsen.
In 1696, Gundetved was acquired by Brostrup Albertin. Ge was a Supreme Court attorney. In 1710, he sold the estate to Henrik Wigant Michelbecher. His widow sold it at a very low price to Jacob Benzon in 1720 . In 1820, Benzon sold the estate to Frederik Adeler for just over twice the price that he had paid nine years earlier.
The Selchau family, 1782–1940.
In 1782, Gundetved was acquired by Christian Andreas Selchau, a son of the owner of Benzonslund at Ringsted, who renamed the estate Selchausdal in 1799. Ob his death in 1816, Selchausdal was owned by his widow until their son Jens Christian Selchau took over in 1821.
Jens Christian Selchau died in 1920. His widow, Annette Christiane von Herbst, ceded the to their son Christian Andreas Selchau when she remarried in 1842. Christian Andreas Selchau commissioned Johan Daniel Herholdt to design a new main building which was completed in 1857.
Christian Andreas Selchau died unmarried in 1893. Selchausdal was then passed to his sister, Michelle Christiane Selchau. She converted the property into a home for 12 elderly women. After her early death, Selchausdal passed to her cousin, Gundo S. Vogt.
Later owners, 1940–present.
In 1940, Selchausdal wqs acquired by Consul General H. O. Lange. He left the estate to a foundation.
Architecture.
The two-storey main building is designed with inspiration from Renaissance architecture. The building is constructed in red brick with horizontal bands and other details in cement. The north-facing principal facade features a central tower topped by an onion dome while the two outer bays at each end are topped by tall gables. Two short side wings project from the rear side of the building.
The building was refurbished in 1940-41 under supervision of A. Maar. The original open porte-cochère was at this event converted into a closed structure.
Today.
The main building is now operated as a venue for meetings and other events. Selchausdal is a member of Small Danish Hotels.


Treasury Wine Estates

Treasury Wine Estates is an Australian global winemaking and distribution business with headquarters in Melbourne. It was formerly the wine division of international brewing company Foster's Group.
History.
Background.
Treasury Wine Estates traces its roots back to the establishment of several New World wineries in the 19th century. These include Lindeman's and Penfolds in Australia, and Beringer Vineyards in the United States.
Foster's began to build its wine division from 1995 onwards. Through acquisition, it built the division into one of the world's largest winemakers. By 2005, Beringer Blass was the seventh largest producer of wine in the United States. The same year, Fosters acquired the Australian wine-making group Southcorp, adding famous brands including Lindeman's, Penfolds and Rosemount, and around A$1 billion to revenues.
However, the wine division performed poorly, often draining cash from the highly profitable brewing business. In 2008, Foster's chief executive officer Trevor O'Hoy resigned. By 2011, the company had written down the value of the wines division by half since it acquired it at the peak of the market, leaving it worth about A$3.1 billion.
Fosters Group brewing and wine split.
After further difficulties in the division resulted in an additional A$1.3 billion write-down, 99 per cent of Fosters Group shareholders agreed at a meeting in Melbourne in April 2011 to split Fosters Group business into separate brewing and wine companies. Treasury Wine Estates officially became a separately listed company the following month, with David Dearie as its CEO.
Further write-down of stock worth around A$160 million took place in 2013, followed by the redundancy of David Dearie and appointment of interim chief executive Warwick Every-Burns. This left the business in a more fragile state as shares dropped almost A$2 to just above A$4. Steamrollers crushed millions of bottles of cheap wine to dispose of excess stock in the United States. This eventually led to a class-action by disgruntled shareholders which was settled in 2017.
Treasury has since worked with Accolade Wines to promote bottling efficiency, strengthening its performance in Asia, Australia, New Zealand and Europe.
Appointment of Michael Clarke as CEO.
In 2014, the board of directors appointed Michael Clarke, a former food executive with Kraft Foods and Premier Foods, as CEO.
In 2015, Treasury reportedly began reducing its presence in the British market to concentrate on Asia, where margins were much higher. However, later that year Treasury bought the majority of the wine business of London-based multinational Diageo.
In July 2016, Treasury Wine Estates slimmed down its wine portfolio, announcing the sale of 12 cheap wine brands in the United States. The sale of the US brands represented around one million cases of wine.
By 2017, Treasury had begun stockpiling luxury wines and rationing their release in China and the United States. More money was spent marketing the most profitable brands.
In January 2019, Treasury's share price fell dramatically on a slew of news reports and was targeted by short sellers in the markets who accused the company of engaging in illegal practices including "channel stuffing" in attempts to inflate its profits.
Appointment of Tim Ford as CEO.
In July 2020, Michael Clarke stood down as CEO and replaced by long-term executive, Tim Ford.
Operations.
The business is divided into four regions: (1) Australia and New Zealand, (2) the Americas (i.e. United States and Canada only), (3) Europe (including Latin America), and (4) Asia (including the Middle East and Africa). Globally the company says it has access to more than 13,000 hectares of owned or leased vineyards, with more than 3400 employees, and 36 million cases of wine sold in the 2017 financial year.
In 2013, Treasury Wine had to destroy six million bottle of wines in U.S. due to massive oversupply. The company suffered from a series costly write-downs since its split-off from Fosters. The company was accused of "channel stuffing"- inflating sales by pushing more to wholesalers than they wish.
Treasury Wine tried to capitalize on strong demand of Penfold in China by bundling it with Wolf Blass and Rawson's Retreat. China accounts for half of Treasury's sales in Asia and 80 per cent of its growth in the region, according to a report in 2018. There was a massive supply glut with some distributors in China were said to be sitting on up to three years' worth of stock and deep discounting among wholesalers and retailers. Despite higher taxes and cost of transportation, Rawson's Retreat was selling for less in China than in Australia, some distributors were even giving it away for free when bundled with premium wine.


Hove Farm

Hove Farm () is an original undivided farm ("matrikkelgård") on the southwest part of the island of Tromøy in the municipality of Arendal in Aust-Agder county, Norway. The farm is located on a headland, with the sea behind it to the southeast and facing Hove Bay ("Hovekilen") to the northwest. Hove Bay is a protected marine area, accessible only to small vessels. The islands of Merdø and Gjesøya lies closest to Hove. Until 1942, Hove Farm had a single registration number and a single owner. The farm was purchased by the state in 1942, and was then used by the German occupation forces during the Second World War. Today the farm belongs to the municipality of Arendal.
The farmhouse dates from 1725 and was built after the original structure at the site burned. Below the farm there were one or two cotter's farms in the past, when a tannery operated at the farm in the early 1800s.
Ownership.
Hove Farm was mentioned in written sources for the first time in 1595, when the farm belonged to the crown. On May 19, 1659 the farm was pawned against a loan of 20,000 riksdaler. On May 31, 1663 the king sold Hove Farm to Oluf (or Ole) Jensen Brun, a wealthy merchant from Artendal. This was part of the sale of land belonging to the crown whereby the king of Denmark–Norway sold significant property to fund war efforts. Nothing else is known about the circumstances of Ole Jensen and his family living at Hove Farm.
There was a series of different owners until 1737, when Mathias Jensen Aalholm purchased the farm. The farm was owned by the Aalholm family until 1891, when it was sold by the shipowner Nils Aalholm to the shipbuilder Anders Henriksen Friisø, who owned the Friisø Shipyards ("Friisø Skibsverft"). The farm was sold again in 1913, to the pharmacist Martin Onsager and A. Evensby, who sold it again to the timber merchant Christian Hauge. Hauge logged the woods associated with the farm. The woods were then given protected status by a 1914 Tromøy district council statute, based on the 1893 Act on Conservation and Protection of Forests ("Værneskogens bevarelse og mod skogenes ødelæggelse"). Hauge then sold the farm to Knut Engelskjøn in 1915.
During the Second World War, the farm was occupied by German forces, and they set up an antiaircraft training center (the "Feld Flakartillerie-schule (Nord) 50") there. The Germans built over 70 buildings in the area. After the war, the Norwegian Armed Forces took over the farm and set up a training school there for antiaircraft artillery. The school operated until 1963, and then the Norwegian Directorate of Public Construction and Property developed the location into a camping center. In 1998, the property was sold to the municipality of Arendal. Since 2002, it has been administered by the Hove Operation and Development Company ("Hove Drifts- og Utviklingsselskap AS"), which is under 100% ownership of the municipality of Arendal.
Agriculture and potatoes.
Extensive agriculture has taken place on the farm throughout history, and it is claimed that this is the first place that potatoes were grown in Norway. This is documented by the customs clerk Niels Ålholm in his garden diary for May 31, 1757, when he wrote that he had "observeret Potatoes at opkomme" (seen the potatoes come up). In 1773, 5,015 potatoes were planted at the farm. Together with other farms located along Hove Bay, in the 19th century Hove Farm was able to develop modern agriculture built around the sale of products in Arendal. The products were transported to the town by sea.


Azienda Agricola Testamatta

Azienda Agricola Testamatta is an Italian winery run by Bibi Graetz, a winemaker of artist background from Italian/Norwegian heritage, who produces several Tuscan wines from vineyards located in the hills of Fiesole that overlook the city of Florence. Graetz has been described as a "cool winemaker" and "one of the rising young stars in Tuscany". The wines are all classified as Toscana IGT.
History.
Perhaps due to his partial Norwegian ancestry, his mother Sunniva Graetz née Rasmussen married to the Swiss-Israeli sculptor Gidon Graetz, Bibi Graetz and his wines have received a great deal of attention from Norwegian press since the first vintage of 2000. Originally an arts graduate from Academia dell'Arte in Firenze, Graetz began wine production in the late 90s after facing the decision to either allow old lease contracts of the old vineyards surrounding his home at the Castello de Vincigliata to expire, or to make use of them. In collaboration with the winemaker Alberto Antonini, with whom he worked for four years, the production became highly successful at an early stage. Graetz produces all label artwork himself.
Favourable scores from Robert Parker, and in particular a score of 98 for the Testamatta 2006 from "Wine Spectator", was followed by a November 2008 press release declaration by the township of Fiesole, as the score was proclaimed to have "made Fiesole a full-fledged member on the map of the great wines of Italy and the world". Despite imprecise commentary that designates Graetz' wines as Super Tuscans, the wines are exclusively made from traditional Italian grapes, and receive moderate amounts of oak treatment.
Graetz' mid-range wine Soffocone di Vincigliata was banned from U.S. import due to regulations that permit no wine label to feature any type of sexual imagery. This did not come into effect until Graetz had made public the explanation that his Vincigliata vineyard is a favoured destination for local young lovers, and "soffocone" is a crude Firenze term for fellatio, at which point the figurative label depiction was seen in a new light. A revised label image was later permitted for U.S. import.
Production.
Graetz manages of vineyards, though of those he is himself the owner of .
Among the winery's bottlings are the flagship wine Testamatta, ("Hothead"), in recent years a 100% Sangiovese with an average production of , the limited production cuvée Colore di Testamatta from three equal parts Sangiovese, Canaiolo and Colorino, with an average production of and Canaiolo di Testamatta from 100% Canaiolo, with a production of .
Additionally the Soffocone di Vincigliata made from single-vineyard grapes with a blending proportion of 90% Sangiovese, 7% Colorino, 3% Canaiolo has an average production of and Grilli del Testamatta ("Hothead’s Whims"), 80% Sangiovese, 10% Colorino, 10% Canaiolo, with a production of function as second wines. The entry label Casamatta (literally casemate, commonly "crazy house") made from 100% Sangiovese sourced widely from Tuscany has a production of and is in some markets sold in bag-in-box.
The winery also produces white wines, among which are the Bugia ("lie") bianco and Cicala del Giglio from the Ansonica grape sourced from the island of Giglio, and Bianco di Casamatta, widely sourced from Tuscan Vermentino grapes.
References.
Bibi Graetz winery facts, Skurnik Wines


John Ling

John de Courcy Ling CBE (14 October 1933 – 10 November 2005) was a British diplomat, farmer, politician and writer. His Roman Catholic faith contributed to making him a strong internationalist who believed in overseas aid.
Family and personal life.
Born in Warwickshire, Ling was the son of Arthur Norman Ling, of Warwick, and of Veronica de Courcy, of Painestown, County Kildare, and was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham followed by Clare College, Cambridge where he received his BA degree in 1955. Although Cambridge graduates are entitled to proceed to the degree of Master of Arts after passing nine terms, he did not collect his MA until 1981. He married the half-Canadian Jennifer Rosemary Haynes in 1959; the couple had a son (Adam) and three daughters (Julia, Tricia and Kate).
Early career.
Ling served his National Service as a second lieutenant in the Royal Ulster Rifles from 1956, and served as a lieutenant on active service in Cyprus from 1957 to 1958. On being demobilised he entered the Diplomatic Service and was the resident Deputy Middle Eastern Secretary at the Foreign Office in 1959. Following the usual Diplomatic Service practice of alternating postings in Whitehall with those in foreign embassies, he was private secretary to Ministers of State for Foreign Affairs, Lord Harlech and Joseph Godber from 1961 to 1963, and then Second Secretary at the embassy in Santiago from 1963 to 1966.
Senior diplomatic posts.
Promoted to First Secretary at the Nairobi embassy in 1966, Ling served three years before returning to the Rhodesia Department of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1969. He transferred to the American Department in 1970 and became Assistant Head of the West African Department in 1971. His final postings were as chargé d'affaires at Chad in 1973, and then as Counsellor in Paris from 1974 to 1977. During this time he also became involved in managing farms at Henley and later a farm he inherited from his mother at Painestown.
Political involvement.
Following his resignation from the Diplomatic Service, Ling entered politics as a Conservative. His experience in Paris and with the Foreign Office had made him a pro-European and he was elected as a Member of the European Parliament for Midlands Central in 1979. He served as Chief Whip for the Conservative Group for four years and chaired the EU Parliamentary Delegation to Israel from 1979 to 1983. He was Vice-Chairman of the Development Aid Committee from 1984 until 1987. He was defeated in the 1989 elections by Christine Oddy.
Ling had previously served as a Member of the Council of Lloyd's of London from 1986 to 1988, and continued to be a member of the Catholic Bishops' Committee on Europe (to which he had been appointed in 1983) until 2001. He wrote for publications such as "The Tablet" and the "Sunday Times", as well as books on the decline of empire and African famine. He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1990.


Weingut Gunderloch

Weingut Gunderloch is a German wine grower and producer based in Nackenheim, in the Rheinhessen wine region, Germany.
History.
The Gunderloch estate was created by a banker hailing from Mainz in 1890 during the German Gründerzeit. Carl Gunderloch, originating from Gundersheim, acquired the Dalheimer Hof from the secularised property of the Cistercian abbey of Dalheim near Mainz, as well as some outstanding vineyards like the “Nackenheimer Rothenberg” in the “Roter Hang” (Red slope). Following his capital investment he became a protagonist of a new quality oriented viticulture on the Rhinefront. After his death, his winery was divided between his two daughters. The current owner is Agnes Hasselbach-Usinger, the fifth generation in the winery. There are three children of the sixth generation: Stefanie married the Austrian winemaker Alwin Jurtschitsch and is now cellar master at that estate in Kamptal, Austrial. Johannes Hasselbach became the winemaker at Gunderloch upon the death of his father Fritz in 2016.
The name of the estate owner Gunderloch had become known since 1925 by the comedy written by Carl Zuckmayer. The fashion of the comedy did not amuse Gunderloch and all the other Nackenheim wine producers, because they had been described as petty bourgeois.
In the course of the 1970s the Geisenheimer Fritz Hasselbach saw the importance of the international printed wine media as a marketing instrument for estates and their top vineyards. In 1979 Agnes and Fritz Hasselbach decided to invest in their winery and to quit their jobs as a teacher in a private school and in the former Landeslehr- und Versuchsanstalt für Wein- und Gartenbau (“federal experimental station for viticulture and horticulture”) in Oppenheim, today: . During the years, important networks to leading wine critics like Stuart Pigott were established and maintained. Johannes Hasselbach took over the responsibility for the estate. He is heading the Rheinhessen regional association of the VDP since December 2019.
Regine Usinger, (born 1958), married Usinger-Frank, was German wine queen during 1980/1981.
The estate is exporting its wine to 34 countries.
Vineyards and wine.
Gunderloch works with 14 hectares vineyards, including vines in Niersteiner Pettental and Hipping. These are selected sites, capable to produce ″Grosses Gewächs″, top-level dry wines. The leading grape variety cultivated is Riesling with 80%. 6% burgundy and 5% Silvaner are notable as well. The remaining percentages split in specialties. An average yield of 55 hl/ha is achieved.


Joan Burke

Joan Theresa Burke (; 8 February 1928 – 27 November 2016) was an Irish Fine Gael politician, farmer and nurse who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1964 to 1981.
She was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fine Gael TD for the Roscommon constituency at the July 1964 by-election caused by the death of her husband James Burke. Her victory made her the first woman to ever represent County Roscommon as a TD, and she was only the fourth woman to represent Cumann na nGaedheal/Fine Gael since the foundation of the state. Burke topped the poll in every single election she ever fought.
Although sometimes erroneously cited as a native of Tulsk, she was, in fact, a native of Bandon, County Cork. She first came to Tulsk to attend a friend's wedding and while there met James Burke, whom she later married in 1959. At the time of the marriage, James had already been a TD for 5 years. It was in James' native Tulsk the pair settled.
As a TD, Joan Burke was a pronounced opponent of the “marriage bar” which prohibited women in Ireland from working in the public sector if they were married (the mentality of the time being that a married woman's place was in the home). She was also a noted advocate for the rights of farmers.
She retired from politics at the 1981 general election.


Dany Tuijnman

Daniël Sebastiaan "Dany" Tuijnman (16 April 1915 – 25 April 1992) was a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).


Jennifer Abbott

Jennifer Abbott is a Sundance and Genie award-winning film director, writer, editor, producer and sound designer who specializes in social justice and environmental documentaries.
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Abbott studied political science with a particular interest in radical political thought, women's studies and deep ecology at McGill University. She attended law school briefly before she quit to go to Emily Carr University of Art and Design where she studied for a few years before deciding to teach herself what she needed to know to become a filmmaker. Years later, she would teach at that same university.
Abbott splits her time between Vancouver and the Gulf Islands on Canada's West Coast where she lived for many years on a renewable energy permaculture farm. She is the mother of three including twin daughters and a practicing Zen Buddhist. She is the sister of journalist Heather Abbott, the great, great granddaughter of the first Canadian born Prime Minister of Canada John Abbott and the great, great grandniece of Maude Abbott, one of Canada's first women doctors who had to challenge Bishop's University's men-only policy to be permitted to attend medical school, graduating in 1894. She is the cousin of actors Christopher Plummer and Amanda Plummer and the great, great granddaughter of R. S. Williams & Sons musical instrument makers.
Selected Filmmaking.
In 2020, Abbott released the feature documentary "The Magnitude of All Things" about the emotional and psychological dimensions of the climate crisis which she wrote, directed, co-produced, edited, sound designed and narrated. The film, co-produced by the National Film Board of Canada, Cedar Island Films and Flying Eye Productions, was described by POV magazine "as poignant as it is provocative," and calls "to mind the lyrical and elegiac wonder of Terrence Malick." Tammy Bannister, Vancouver International Film Festival Programmer, called it "Perhaps the most visceral reasoned call to action for humanity since "An Inconvenient Truth".” "The Magnitude of All Things" won the Best Canadian Feature Award at the Planet in Focus Film Festival and will have its international premiere in Amsterdam at the world's largest documentary film festival IDFA (film festival) featured in the Frontlight program. "The Magnitude of All Things" features stories from the climate frontlines of Nunatsiavut in Northern Canada, the Amazon Rainforest, the Great Barrier Reef, the fires of New South Wales and among others, Greta Thunberg, Anote Tong, Patricia Gualinga and Roger Hallam.
In 2020, she also released "" (co-directed with Joel Bakan), a follow up to their international hit "The Corporation" which was co-directed with Mark Achbar. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and Forbes has called it "The Must-See Documentary of the Year."
Abbott first started working in media with Sara Diamond and The Women's Labour History Project. In 2004, Abbott's first experimental short and multimedia work "Skinned" about interracial relationships, made with writer David Odhiambo, was exhibited at NY's Museum of Modern Art.
Her first feature documentary, "A Cow at My Table" (1998), addresses the ongoing battle between animal advocates and the meat industry. Five years in production took Abbott across Canada, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand to meet with leading activists for the animal rights movement, as well as spokespeople from the meat industry. Filming landed her in jail in Saskatchewan after she crawled under a fence on slaughterhouse property. "A Cow at My Table" (1998) was one of the first feature documentaries to expose and criticize intensive animal agribusiness and won several international awards.
In 2000, Abbott collaborated with director Mark Achbar to create "" (2000). The documentary is a low-budget video diary of the first legally married lesbian couple in Canada. The film received multiple festival invitations and was later broadcast on Canadian television networks.
Abbott continued her collaboration with Achbar in 2003 when they co-directed the critically acclaimed documentary film "The Corporation" (2003). The film critically explores modern day corporations through the evaluation of corporate behavior towards society and the world at large. Incorporating interviews with 40 corporate insiders and real-life case studies, Abbott hopes the film will ultimately inspire strategies for change. During the directing/editing process, Abbott went through over 800 pages of interview transcripts and 400 hours of footage. The first "rough cut" was 34 hours that she whittled down into a narrative structure, in both content and emotional arc, over the course of a year. It was important to her that the documentary did not force ideas onto the audience but rather asked questions open to interpretation. During the filming of the documentary, Bakan wrote the book "The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power".
Abbott completed editing the film "Let It Ride: The Craig Kelly Story" a week before having twin daughters in 2006 when she took a short break from filmmaking.
Abbott became involved with the documentary ""I Am" "(2011) after director "Tom Shadyac saw "The Corporation and invited Abbott to work as the editor and executive producer "on the film." The documentary explores Shadyac's personal journey after a 2007 bicycle accident caused him to suffer from" post-concussion syndrome." Abbott had an immediate connection with the film's subject matter, beliefs and core philosophy. Abbott worked remotely on the film from her home in Canada.""
In 2013, Abbott was commissioned by the Netherland's Submarine Chanel to create an experimental short for a multimedia compilation based on a chapter from Steven Poole's book "Unspeak" and created the short film "Brave New Minds" constructed entirely from footage ripped from the internet.
In 2015, Abbott co-wrote and edited "Sea Blind" about the sea route opening along the northern pole due to climate change and melting ice as well as the detrimental environmental impacts of the shipping industry. She also co-wrote, co-directed and edited "Us and Them" which features 4 homeless people living with addictions over the course of ten years.
Awards and nominations.
"The Corporation" (2003).
Unspeak: Brave New Minds (2013)
"I Am" (2011).
The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel (2020)
"The Magnitude of All Things" (2020)
Personal life
Abbott is a graduate of political science from McGill University and the mother of three children, including twin daughters born in 2006 featured in her film "The Magnitude of All Things". She's an early adopter of renewable energy in transport and lifestyle, an organic farmer and a practitioner of Zen Buddhism studying to take precepts in the socially engaged Zen Peacemakers Order. She splits her time between Vancouver and the Gulf Islands on Canada's West Coast.
Select Filmography.
Editor.
Sound Design