MAGPET, North Cotabato -- Sen. Loren Legarda, chair of the Senate committees on food and agriculture, yesterday advocated the propagation of agroforesty and ecotourism to improve agriculture and increase the incomes of Filipinos. In a speech on the occasion of this town’s 46th foundation anniversary, Loren praised the benefits of planting fertilizer trees that would enrich the soil through the introduction of nitrogen. Loren cited a study by the World Agroforesty Centre that the planting of fertilizer trees can actually reduce the need for commercial...
Top 10 Budget Retirement Destinations
Huffington Post
Huffington Post
Are you one of the Americans struggling to save for retirement who President Barack Obama mentioned in his State of the Union address? GlobalPost has put together a slideshow of some of the best places to settle down...
Following Copenhagen, Hundreds of U.S. Companies Call on Congress to Enact Clean Energy and Climate Legislation
PR Newswire
PR Newswire
Over 750 companies have joined fast-growing business coalition WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As world leaders return home from the Copenhagen climate change summit, hundreds of businesses are standing...
Back to good old days of banh chung, banh tet
The Saigon Times
The Saigon Times
A Vietnamese family wrap banh tetThe apricot and peach trees in early bloom signal the advent of Vietnam’s biggest holiday of the year, or Tet. Around the country, families are preparing glutinous rice and other...
Up to the forest, down to the sea
The Saigon Times
The Saigon Times
The unspoiled Binh Tien Beach viewed from Chua Mountain National ParkThe sunlight of early morning wakes the hidden charms of the white-sand beaches and forests of Chua Mountain National Park in Ninh Thuan Province and...
Conservationists urge Gordon Brown to create 'Britain's Great Barrier Reef'
The Guardian
The Guardian
This week the 10,000th person joined a campaign to create the Earth's biggest marine protected area in the Chagos archipelago...


