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Friday, October 12, 2007

Survival of the coldest

World | By Louise Roug | October 12, 2007
High above the icy fjord, the vault is almost complete. Read more
 

Monday, May 14, 2007

Don’t rush to reseed at park, experts say

California | Local | By Deborah Schoch | May 14, 2007
Several scientists are cautioning Los Angeles officials to think hard before reseeding and replanting large areas of Griffith Park that burned in last week’s 820-acre brush fire. Read more
 

Thursday, February 8, 2007

Reaping those little rewards

Home & Garden | By Robert Smaus | February 8, 2007
HISTORY does not record exactly how Jack planted his marvelous beanstalk, but he probably just pushed a seed into some moist dirt with a finger. Read more
 

Saturday, June 24, 2006

Norway’s Ark Designed to Save World’s Seeds

Science | June 24, 2006
Norway on Monday began construction of an Arctic seed bank that is intended to be a “Noah’s Ark” of global crop samples, protecting them from extinction. Read more
 

Wednesday, March 15, 2006

Fuzzy melons, curly beans

Food | By Lili Singer | March 15, 2006
BLACK Cherry’ tomatoes – dark juicy morsels with a tart-sweet essence and glistening maroon color that stands out in a salad or frittata. Read more
 

Thursday, August 4, 2005

Our kind of summer reading

Home & Garden | By Tony Kienitz | August 4, 2005
THE leap is infectious. Read more
 

Tuesday, April 12, 2005

Ripple effect

News | By Hugo Martín | April 12, 2005
The rain-fueled explosion of wildflowers that has painted deserts, inland fields and hillsides is only the first act of a bigger wildlife show, biologists say. Read more
 

Saturday, June 12, 2004

Burned Areas Reseeded to Prevent Mudslides

California | Local | June 12, 2004
Santa Barbara County officials have begun work to prevent floods and mudslides that could occur as a result of the recently contained Gaviota wildfire. Read more
 

Sunday, September 7, 2003

Practicing a Bit of Botanical Philanthropy

California | Local | By Patricia Ward Biederman | September 7, 2003
In the foothills of the San Gabriels, with paper bag in hand, John Cox gives the soaring yucca a practiced shake. Read more
 

Wednesday, February 12, 2003

Seeds: a starter set for epicures

Food | By Emily Green | February 12, 2003
WE all have our Marthas – part brand, part person, entrepreneurs who realized our aspirations before we knew we had them, then made their fortunes teaching us how to do it too. Read more
 

Thursday, November 15, 2001

A Learning Link to Descanso Gardens

News | November 15, 2001
There are trees in the forest at Descanso Gardens that nobody planted. Read more
 

Monday, July 2, 2001

U.N. in Pact to Save Crop Diversity

Business | By David Brough | July 2, 2001
The United Nations world food body reached a landmark agreement Sunday to try to preserve the world’s diversity of agricultural crops, officials said. Read more
 

Thursday, March 30, 2000

Controversy Over Gene-Altered Seeds

News | March 30, 2000
Genetically modified plants have yet to make it to the home gardener, but you wouldn’t know it from the disclaimers in various seed catalogs. Read more
 

Tuesday, October 5, 1999

BRIEFLY / Also

Business | October 5, 1999
* Monsanto Co., whose genetically modified seeds have raised environmental and health concerns among some European consumers, said it would not commercialize the controversial “terminator” gene technology that sterilizes seeds. Read more
 

Saturday, April 24, 1999

Sowing the Seeds of Year 2000 Paranoia

News | By David Kinney | April 24, 1999
The big plastic container under Ralph Kellner’s Christmas tree was labeled Y2K EMERGENCY KIT. Inside were duct tape, a fortune cookie, some fish hooks and Twinkies–“Expiration date: 1-3000.” Read more
 

Tuesday, March 16, 1999

DuPont to Acquire Seed Producer

Business | March 16, 1999
In a move that could dramatically enhance the role genetics play in world food production, chemical giant DuPont Co. Read more
 

Friday, January 29, 1999

FOOD

Business | January 29, 1999
Monsanto Co., one of the world’s leading agricultural biotechnology companies, agreed to sell its berry-improving technology to DNAP Holding Corp. Read more
 

Wednesday, September 23, 1998

Biotech Firm Fined Over Potent Tobacco

Business | By Henry Weinstein | September 23, 1998
DNA Plant Technology, an Oakland-based biotechnology company, was fined $100,000 by a federal judge in Washington on Tuesday after pleading guilty to illegally exporting seeds of a tobacco plant with unusually high levels of nicotine. Read more
 
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