The club hopes to battle diabetes and other obesity-related diseases that plague the neighborhood by growing and selling fruits and vegetables in a garden next to its playground. The Consumer Empowerment Forum for Change -- a group of local residents, elected officials, businesses and community leaders -- has unveiled plans for the garden in hopes of improving the health of residents in low-income Fresno neighborhoods by giving them easier access to fruits and vegetables. The Consumer...

If you are poor, gardening is good so you can grow fruits and vegetables. Along with colorful artwork bursting with spring images, the students also wrote about what they learned by taking part in the contest. What I learned about the value of a garden is that life needs a helping hand now and then. Also, gardening is good for the environment. A garden is a gift to be remembered by. That result is healthy food and the beauty of the garden. Note: when we post a new story on the same topic,...

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Markets sprout as buyers seek local growers Demand for fresh, safe products and friendly experiences nurtures a new crop of farmers markets across the Ozarks. Gehring, who provides advice on how to participate in the state farm market program, said there seems to be a healthy crop of new farmers markets like the one at Ozark. Food scares over contaminated spinach from California and even the recent pet-food scare have prompted many people to look toward farmers markets for their produce....

Foreign investment capital will also be sought for fruit and vegetable farming and processing in an effort to not only increase yield and quality but also reduce price. HCM CITY The government has set an annual target of US$1 billion in fruit and vegetable export turnover for 2015. The industry has for years been plagued with sanitary standards lower than the international norms required by the US, EU and other countries. The programme calls for more contracts between companies and co-ops,...

Other vegetable markets also look good: Carrots are double the price of last year and greens, growing in popularity with the consumer, always bring a good price. Compare this to $8 last year, and you know why farmers are happy. California s bad weather, where temperatures stayed in the teens long enough to devastate crops, contributed to the shortage and is a major factor in Texas high prices. And last year s prices discouraged farmers from committing too many acres to a low price crop....