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HYBRID Bill Gates spends a lot of his time probing the minds and work of researchers and analysts trying to solve the world’s biggest problems. The results often end up on his...

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Products from the farmer’s fields make authentic, natural decorations

Repurpose, recycle, reuse is the mantra of today’s decor. When you decorate for autumn with organic elements that can later be repurposed, you get double the value. All over America it’s the season of...

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A growing energy source (Aberystwyth University)

(Source: Aberystwyth University) A growing energy source 05 November 2014 The promising energy crop Miscanthus is being improved through breeding seed based hybrids at IBERS (the Institute of...

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New Forest commoners face grant change challenges (ANPA - Association of...

(Source: ANPA - Association of National Park Authorities) Changes to payments that farmers receive to help them rear animals or grow crops are posing unique challenges for New Forest commoners. The...

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Pesticides Hit Bees Harder When They’re Eating Junk Food

When bees from commercially run hives go out looking for food, they’re basically limited to eating nectar and pollen from the crops farmers want pollinated. That can be problematic for the insect’s...

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Green debate must move on: Truss

The debate over the environment needs to move beyond a polarised slanging match between hippies and gas-guzzlers, Elizabeth Truss will say in her first major speech since becoming Environment...

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Gates Foundation To Donate $500M This Year To Fight Malaria And Other Diseases

Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill...

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>The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Announced as Winner of the ICF...

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was named the 2014 ICF Washington State Prism Award Winner at a Celebration of Organizational Coaching Excellence Ceremony and Dinner at the Washington Athletic...

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Aiding Africa: Funding for Natural Resources Institute trio (University of...

(Source: University of Greenwich) Vital research to help African farmers boost their productivity will be carried out by three former University of Greenwich students, who have each been awarded...

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Texas Crop Report

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — The following reports were compiled by AgriLife Extension Service for the week of Nov. 4: Central: Most counties reported the condition of soil moisture, rangeland and...

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Photo challenge: Show us a shot of paths crossing

The art of photographing architecture can take on many forms. For this week's Mashable Photo Challenge, we want you to focus on intersections. Peter Molick, an architectural photographer based in...

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Gates Foundation Boosts Aid to Stamp Out Malaria

Philanthropist Bill Gates says he wants to end malaria in his lifetime and will give more money toward that goal, part of his broader fight against tropical diseases that are getting unusual public...

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COSATU NW going back to the expensive toll gate (COSATU - The Congress of...

(Source: COSATU - The Congress of South African Trade Unions) COSATU NW going back to the expensive toll gate 5 November 2014 Congress of South African Trade Unions and its allies will be going back to...

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Bill Gates' foundation boosts aid to stamp out malaria

Related Stories Nov 2:Aspen man plans to quarantine himself after Liberia tripNurse Nina Pham, who survived Ebola, reunited with dog BentleyScientists make predictions on number of U.S. Ebola cases...

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Narrow windrow burn offers window to kill weed seed (GRDC - Grains Research...

(Source: GRDC - Grains Research and Development Corporation) Grain growers in the southern cropping region are encouraged to consider attaching a chute to their harvesters to create narrow windrows for...

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Why Music Majors Make Some Of The Best Entrepreneurs

I spent a good part of my early entrepreneurial life running away from the fact that I had a music degree and not a business degree. Looking back, I convinced myself that a creative background somehow...

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Gates Foundation Refutes Report it Fails African Farmers

[Thomson Reuters Foundation]London -The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has rejected accusations that too much of its funding goes to Western researchers, saying it is helping small farmers in...

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Researchers from 20 Land-Grant Institutions Receive National Recognition for...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Yesterday, researchers from 20 land-grant institutions received the 2014 Experiment Station Section Excellence in Multistate Research Award from the Experiment...

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Yes, Organic Farming Can Feed the World

A few years ago, I was at a biotechnology trade meeting listening to a panel on GMOs. Throughout the two-hour session, the panelists all sung the praises of the technology—not too surprising at an...

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Gates Foundation Promotes Financial Services For The Poor

The Gates Foundation is promoting financial inclusion — providing the poor with access to savings accounts, loans, insurance and ways...

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