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November 23-26, 2007

 

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November 23, 2007 - Fmwk #3120 - Show 1524

All Feature Show

Ips Bark Beetles

Brian Utley - Length 7:29 - EM #22

Kalona Organics - MTM

gardendwellers Farm - MTM

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HURRICANE KATRINA AND DROUGHT OPEN WAY FOR IPS BARK BEETLES - Video - See this story

Ips Bark Beetles have killed many Mississippi pine trees after they were weakened by Katrina’s winds and the subsequent dry weather. Anchor: Artis Ford. Reporter: Brian Utley. Original broadcast: December 16, 2006.

Reporter / Photographer / Video Editor: Brian Utley. Photographer: David Lack.

Appearing: David Thompson / Roadside Development Manager / Mississippi Department of Transportation

Glenn Hughes, Ph.D. / Forestry Professor / Mississippi State University Extension Service

Orby Wright / Tree Farmer / Purvis

Gene Smith / Homeowner / Hattiesburg

Mark Anderson / General Manager / Karnes Tree Service

Contact Information:

Mississippi State University Extension Service, Dr. Glenn Hughes, (601) 794-0671

Karnes Tree Service, Hattiesburg, (601) 549-2694

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KALONA ORGANICS - Video - See this story (Market to Market web site)

Kalona, Iowa. Business markets organic products for small producers including those from Amish growers.

It’s able to get their goods into larger supermarkets. Reporter: Nancy Crowfoot. Story script

Contact Information:

Kalona Organics, www.kalonaorganics.com (319) 656-4220

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SOUTHERN GARDENING - Cool Season Plants - Video - See this story

Appearing: Norman Winter / Horticulturist / Mississippi State University Extension Service. Telephone (601) 857-2284

Writer / Video Editor: David Lack. Writer: Norman Winter. Photographer: Brian Utley

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ORGANIC OPERATION STRIVES TO KEEP NORTH DAKOTA TOWN ON MAP - Video

See this story (Market to Market web site)

Churchs Ferry, North Dakota. Young couple starts organic operation in a town where most of the citizens had their property bought out by the federal government. Reporter: Nancy Crowfoot. Story script

Contact information:

gardendwellers Farm, Churchs Ferry, North Dakota

gardendwellersfarm.com Telephone (701) 351-2520

CALENDAR OF EVENTS - Link to Farmweek Calendar

PREVIEW OF NEXT WEEK’S SHOW - Video

Feature story: Trains and Mississippi Agriculture Exhibit, Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum.

Southern Gardening: New cool season plants

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