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Unit7 Section (A) A Rose Is a Rose Nothing says love like a dozen long-stemmed roses on Valentine's Day. More than a million roses will be sold during this festival for lovers, the biggest day of the year for the nation's rose industry. For rose grow

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In the fertile（肥沃的） valleys of central California, wine-making has grown into a giant industry and many of the family vineyards that helped develop the area still operate today. But in an era when people are increasingly concerned about the

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Zespri is the New Zealand company which markets New Zealand kiwifruit here and overseas. Zespri owned a branch company in China to manage importing kiwifruit between 2008 and 2010. Now a Shanghai court has found one employee of that company guilty of

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Broadcast: Jan 14, 2003 By Mario Ritter This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. World coffee prices have dropped by almost fifty percent over the last three years. They are at their lowest

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MarijuanaGrowersTurntoHemptoFightOversupply Some countries ban possession and use of the drug marijuana, but it is legal in parts of the United States. Nine states and Washington, D.C. have measures legalizing recreational uses of marijuana. The drug

AGRICULTURE REPORT - Controlling Fruit Flies in Hawaii

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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. A lot of American farmers have had a rough early winter. In California, frozen oranges In California, citrus growers are facing hundreds of millions of dollars in losses from a freeze earlier this m

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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Coffee drinkers are not the only ones willing to pay more for products marked with the words Fairtrade or Fair Trade Certified. Fair-trade teas, bananas, nuts and other products are also available.

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First listen to November 15th 2010 to hear about the kiwifruit disease, PSA. When kiwifruit orchard growers first noticed signs of the PSA disease 20 months ago, there were hopes that this would not be a big problem. However, now more than 1000 orcha

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The bacterial disease, PSA, which affects gold kiwi fruit has spread. Now tests show that 13 orchards have the disease and more orchards are in quarantine, waiting for the results of tests. This is very serious for the kiwi fruit industry. The Zespri

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One kiwi fruit grower in the Bay of Plenty has discovered a disease in his orchard which has frightened all kiwi fruit growers in the area. Tests have shown that the disease is PSA although they dont yet know which type of PSA it is. This disease is

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Biosecurity Australia will now allow New Zealand to export apples to their country. However, Australian apple growers are not happy. To understand more about this, you need to listen to April 15th 2010. Australian apple growers do not want New Zealan