Planning spring gardens; It's not only about color.
Byline: Paul Rogers COLUMN: ROOTS OF WISDOM Homeowners can make good use of the time enforced upon them by frozen soil and cold temperatures. While it may seem to anxious gardeners that the winter season will continue forever, such is not the case. Only eight...

MINDANAO NEWSBITS.
NPA rebels raid jail in Malaybalay City CAMP EDILBERTO EVANGELISTA, Cagayan de Oro City -- At least 50 heavily armed New People's Army (NPA) rebels raided last Wednesday afternoon the jail of Malaybalay City, Bukidnon and carted away some rifles of the guards, a flash report reaching...

Whole Foods Market(R) Celebrates 'Whole Trade Guarantee(TM) Month,' Helps Shoppers Embrace Socially Responsible Valentine's Gifts That Give Back.
Sweepstakes Offers Chance to Win Whole Trade Guarantee Flowers Year-Round AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Whole Foods Market has declared February "Whole Trade Guarantee Month" to celebrate its continued commitment to sourcing socially responsible products from more than 25 developing countries. "We are thrilled...

Crisis mode.
THE reality of the global financial crisis is not like a tropical depression that's still hundreds of miles away from the Philippines. The economic storm has arrived. Yes, it's here! But not readily known is the intensity of the fury and the extent of the damage and...

What it Means to Give Roses this Valentine's Day.
Colombian Workers Benefit From Flower Gift-Giving BOGOTA, Colombia, Feb. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Soon, flower retailers will be abuzz filling all the flower orders in time for Valentine's Day. This is good news for the more than 45,000 Colombians working for the more than 163 Florverde(R) farms. The...

New RISI Report Predicts Pacific Rim Woodchip Trade to Reach Record Level of 19.3 Million BDMT in 2013.
BOSTON, Feb. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- RISI, the leading information provider for the global forest products industry, today predicted that the Pacific Rim woodchip trade -- already at record levels in 2008 -- will expand even further by 12% to more than 19 million BDMT by 2013. This prediction is...

N. Cotabato officials urge LGUs to brace for greater calamities.
KIDAPAWAN CITY -- Local government units (LGUs) in North Cotabato, where thousands of residents are still reeling from the havocs of war and floods, should be resourceful and imaginative in bracing up for the global economic recession - described as the "greater calamity." North Cotabato Vice Gov....

briefly.
Byline: The Register-Guard Mushroom harvesting topic of workshop Mount Pisgah Arboretum will sponsor a workshop, "Finding and Harvesting Edible Mushrooms," from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Mushroom enthusiast Josiah Legler will explain where and when to look for edible mushrooms, sustainable harvesting methods, field...

Cotabato leaders urged to create jobs for farmers.
KIDAPAWAN CITY -- North Cotabato Vice Gov. Manny Pinol has urged all political leaders in the province to explore opportunities aimed at creating more jobs and generate more income for the Cotabatenos this year to help them cushion the effects of the global financial crisis. Pinol made...

Publisher's message 2009.
Roel Dreve, editor in chief of Mushroom Business, a publication from Holland with which many of you likely are familiar, presented a paper last year on publishing mushroom industry journals at the International Conference on Mushroom Biology and Mushroom Products in Bonn, Germany. Since his research for the paper...