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By Mario Ritter Broadcast: July 8, 2003 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Recently, a listener in Nigeria told us about an organization called World-Wide Opportuniti

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By Steve Baragona Washington 29 October 2009 Garden pest As farmers across the United States are bringing in the harvest, silos are filling up with record or near-record quantities of corn and soybeans. To an extent not seen anywhere else in the wor

On Mars, NASA Finds ‘Organic’ Substances Linked to Life

The United States space agency says its Mars exploration vehicle has discovered chemical substances necessary for life. Scientists reported that NASAs Curiosity rover found large amounts of organic molecules in 3.5 billion-year-old rock in an area ca

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Broadcast: Mar 17, 2003 Rain hits the 1) shingles on the large covered porch that leads up to David Masumoto's farmhouse. From the porch he can see 90-year-old 2) raisin 3) vineyards his family has te

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This book stinks! is really a bad review. But even a classic work can start to smell when it gets old enough. Now chemists have developed a technique that identifies what kind of degradation process an old book or historical document is going through

AGRICULTURE REPORT - Organic Farming Study

AGRICULTURE REPORT – June 25, 2002: Organic Farming Study By George Grow (Photo -Scott Bauer) This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Agricultural scientists in Switzerland have demonstr

VOA标准英语2010-African Farmers Growing Organic Foods for

A melon field is pictured at a farm in the village of Djilakh, 80km south of Dakar, Senegal on 22 Apr 2008 (file photo) African farmers are making more money producing organically grown crops for European markets, where demand for healthier food is g

AGRICULTURE REPORT - Organic Food Labeling

AGRICULTURE REPORT — November 12, 2002: Organic Food Labeling By Mario Ritter This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Last month, Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman announced a program

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今天我们要学的词是organic。 Organic, 有机的，绿色的。 Organic product, 有机产品。近年来，美国很多消费者开始崇尚绿色、有机食品。不过，统计数字显示， Organic food accounted for only 3.5% of the fo

VOA标准英语2011-- Restaurant Redefines Green, Organic

MobileRestaurantRedefinesGreen,Organic In major metropolitan areas across the United States, food-vending trucks have become a common sight. For the truck merchants selling everything from fresh vegetables to fast food to fancy meals, they are an eas

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More Land Being Used for Organic Farming More land around the world is being dedicated to organic farming. The Worldwatch Institute says since 1999 theres been a more than three-fold increase to 37 million hectares. Organic farming is farming without

VOA标准英语2011--UN Warns Against Land Degradation

UN Warns Against Land Degradation A top U.N. advisor said on Friday that every minute, 23 hectares of land are degraded by drought and desertification. He said its damaging the economic, social and environmental pillars needed for sustainable develop

美国有线新闻 CNN Just How Organic Is Your Milk? Well, It Depends On The Dairy It Came From

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Organic milk is widely available these days, but what does that label really mean? A new Washington Post investigation found that there are considerable differences between the organic milk you can buy in a grocery store and the ki

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Voice 1 Hello. Im Marina Santee. Voice 2 And Im Elizabeth Lickiss. Welcome to Spotlight. This programme uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 Milk chocola

60秒科学:Judging a Book by Its Odor

Judging a Book by Its Odor A study in the journal Analytical Chemistry identifies various organic compounds that old books give off and that can be analyzed noninvasively, offering important clues to an historic work's condition and prognosis. Steve

AGRICULTURE REPORT - Chemicals on Organic Food

AGRICULTURE REPORT – July 30, 2002: Chemicals on Organic Food By George Grow (Photo -Scott Bauer) This is the VOA Special English AGRICULTURE REPORT. Farmers who grow organic food do not use chemica

AGRICULTURE REPORT - Compost: an Organic Way to Better Soil

AGRICULTURE REPORT - Compost: an Organic Way to Better Soil and Crops By Gary Garriott Broadcast: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 I'm Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Many farmers im

2007年VOA标准英语-Environmental Degradation Seen as Contributing

By Valer Gergely Washington, D.C. 11 April 2007 Watch Environment Exhibit The effects of environmental degradation have been increasingly seen as contributing to conflict in various parts of the world. The growing scarcity of natural resources as a

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New UN report highlights livestock production as major environmental threat Steve Baragona | Washington, DC 04 June 2010 A new United Nations report singles out food production as a major factor driving environmental degradation. Raising animals for