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Its Not Too Late for a Date with A Cow..
Thinking of helping organizations committed to organic farming? If you want  to create a  date for Valentine's Day, look no farther. Last year, New Hampshire offered  a 15 minute date package with a cow for consumers on Zoom as a way to donate to an agricultural charity.The  proceeds from the dates that were in high demand were donated to Wolfe’s Neck, an organization committed to organic farming, innovative soil health research, and future farmers. The company also helps local dairy producers by providing access to research grants.
27 January 2022 by April Chepovs...

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How to Fetch $1 Million Dollars For A Bottle Of Wine
Twelve Bottles of Bordeaux were aged in space for 438 days and 19 hours on the International Space Station.  The experiment was to see how microgravity or weightlessness effects wine as it ages before returning to earth on SpaceX Dragon, The red wine was seen to be further evolved by 2-3 years  that came back from space compared to the ones that stayed on earth for 438 days and 19 hours. According to Christie's the price for such a bottle will sell on earth for about $1million.
9 January 2022 by April Chepovs...

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Preparing to Grow Food On Mars
Isolation, limited resources and harsh environment in Antarctica  is ideal for the kind of conditions faced by  astronauts growing crops in space in environments like Mars. EDEN ISS is a greenhouse regulated remotely from mission control at the German Aerospace Centre in Breman. The cultivation process at this greenhouse  is aeroponic meaning  a soilless system where the crops absorb nutrients from a water mist applied at the roots. The vegetables are grown in vertical racks, giving a total growing area in the greenhouse of 12.5 square metres, with the roots exposed in plant growth trays.Photo credit Esther Horvath 
14 December 2021 by April Chepovs...

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Spreading Light in the Darkness with Can-orah
Jews across the world combine spirituality and charitable lessons. The Can-orah campaign for Chanukah is a menoah made from  donated food cans.  It takes typically 770 cans as a goal to create a great menorah. The message in Chanukah is to fight the darkness of despair with light . Kids and adults spread the light by feeding the hungry. The cans gets erected and participants are happy to see their pile of cans grow. Menorah’s usually get as tall as 5 feet. The food is sent  to warehouses and then donated to families in crisis.
28 November 2021 by April Chepovs...

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Celebrating Wine With Light
Light Tow­ers is a sensational and stunning new exhib­it at Sen­so­rio in Central Coast, California combining tourism with agriculture. The light towers were cre­at­ed by inter­na­tion­al­ly acclaimed artist Bruce Munro to cel­e­brate Paso Rob­les’ exten­sive wine coun­try envi­rons. These breathtaking and magnificent  col­or­ful 6‑foot-tall tow­ers are  com­posed of more than 17,000 wine bot­tles, illu­mi­nat­ed with glow­ing optic fibers whose col­ors morph to a mov­ing musi­cal score.
15 November 2021 by April Chepovs...

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Deck the Halls With Plantable Wrapping Paper
Plantable wrapping paper eliminates gift wrap waste. BEAF, a UK innovation agency literally seeds Eden's Paper that grow vegetables, fruits and herbs and flowers. The  Eden brand is currently offering the paper in nine varieties: Sunflowers, English Wildflowers, Onions, Carrots, Tomatoes, Beetroot, Bell Peppers, Gem Lettuce and Broccoli. The gift wrap looks as good as it tastes.
14 November 2021 by April Chepovs...