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The "Grow It Eat It" Web site, growit.umd.edu, gives gardening advice, including how to build a salad box

Rise in Food Gardens in US Brings Crop of Questions for Experts

In Maryland, a campaign aims to build on new demand from "recession gardening" and interest in local foods | AGRICULTURE REPORT

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Colorful Dinosaur Discovered in China

Also, a new drug treatment for rheumatoid arthritis, a painful condition that affects one in every 100 people | SCIENCE IN THE NEWS

Sweden's Peepoople company is beginning production in Nairobi and expects to start selling the bags in August in Kenya and Bangladesh

For World's Poor, a Personal Toilet and Source of Fertilizer

A Swedish company prepares to sell a self-sanitizing bag, the Peepoo, that can also be used to grow food | DEVELOPMENT REPORT

Broccoli and Cauliflower are among the most nutritious vegetables

Broccoli and Cauliflower – Their Tops Make Good Eating

Experts suggest how to grow the nutritious vegetables in your garden | AGRICULTURE REPORT

Want to Grow a Root? Beets Are Hard to Beat

Advice for raising a colorful and nutritious vegetable | AGRICULTURE REPORT

Burros Can Do More Than Work Just as Pack Animals

On AGRICULTURE REPORT: Experts say small donkeys can make good protectors of sheep and goats. Just don't let them get fat.

Some Crops Can Help Farmers Prepare for Disasters

On AGRICULTURE REPORT: Choosing the right plants and planting times can reduce losses from extreme weather.

Mapping the Way to a Better Soybean

On AGRICULTURE REPORT: Scientists have completed the plant's genome. It could lead to better digestion for pigs and chickens, less wate

New Understanding of How Plants Use Water

On AGRICULTURE REPORT: Discovery may help engineer better plants.

Giving Grasslands a Rest

On AGRICULTURE REPORT: How rotational grazing works.

Keeping Plants and Trees Warm When Temperatures Drop

On AGRICULTURE REPORT: Experts gardeners suggest ways to protect gardens from icy weather.

Milk cows at a farm outside Jerome, Idaho

New Alliance to Study Greenhouse Gases in Agriculture

On AGRICULTURE REPORT: Twenty-one nations will examine farming activities that might add to global warming.

Circular Thinking: Round Barns in America

Rectangular is the tradition on U.S. farms, but round barns have a long history.

How a Hoop House Can Extend the Growing Season

On AGRICULTURE REPORT: The simple structures are sometimes called temporary or passive solar greenhouses.

Officials in US Look for Fixes to Carp Problems

On AGRICULTURE REPORT: What to do about a possible invasion of Lake Michigan by Asian carp, and a threat to a rare fish from common car

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