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Government assistance apple of farmers' eyes

LUOCHUAN, Shaanxi - Farmers in Luochuan county, Shaanxi province, have become rich by using technology and services provided by the local government to increase their apple crop. Zhang Yanmin, 36, a farmer in the county's Luoyang vill [...]

Posted On : Dec, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

How the apple took over the planet

In early September of 1929, Nikolai Vavilov, famed Russian plant explorer and botanist, arrived in the central Asian crossroads of Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan. Climbing up the Zailijskei Alatau slopes of the Tian Shan mountains separating Kazakh [...]

Posted On : Oct, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

On Food: Picking apples

In my memory it is always fall, and a food mill turns on the counter far above eye level. Grandmother's hands work the handle, and we are minutes away from a bowl of Proust-perfect applesauce.My 5-year-old self, on a different coast, knew n [...]

Posted On : Oct, 17 2007 | Comments : 0

Apples for memory

Apples and their juice can protect against age related memory loss and Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers from the University of Massachusetts tested the theory on adult and aging mice. The rodents were given a standard diet, a [...]

Posted On : May, 23 2007 | Comments : 0

Pineapple

Pineapple originated in South America and was introduced in Europe by Christopher Columbus. It is a tasty fruit which has been used as a folk remedy for centuries. Now medical science has shown that it has significant health benefit [...]

Posted On : May, 12 2007 | Comments : 0

another reason to eat apples

Here is another reason to eat an apple a day: it may keep the doctor away from your future offspring as well. The evidence was presented by researchers from the Netherlands and Scotland, working for Utrecht University. 2000 pregnant [...]

Posted On : Apr, 14 2007 | Comments : 0

an apple a day

‘An apple a day keeps the doctor away’ says the old saying; mounting evidence testifies to the truth of this statement. Researchers at Cornell University found that the skin of apples contained phytochemicals. These phyt [...]