Article: WE'RE UNDER THREAT FROM ALIEN INVADERS; BUG ALERT: Native species at risk from green farmers' foreign insects.(News)

Article: Foreign insects attack trees.(earth)
Current Science, a Weekly Reader publication;  October 19, 2007 ;     700+ words ...[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] RUSSELL, Pa. -- One of baseball's great debates--which bats are better, ash or maplemight soon be history. It won't be ended by a physics experiment but by a green bug. Called the emerald ash borer, the insect has destroyed 25 million ash trees in North America in just five

Article: YOUR HOME'S BUGGED; Foreign insects ready to ...
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  November 23, 1998 ;     635 words ...OUR homes are being invaded by up to 20,000 different kinds of bugs every year, scientists have revealed. And it doesn't matter how hard you scrub or how much disinfectant you use - because the creepy crawlies are here to stay. In fact, experts have warned that even more indestructible insects from

Article: Florida Water Managers Want to Release Foreign ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  January 10, 2003 ;     632 words ...By Neil Santaniello, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 10--Interior Secretary Gale Norton was asked by water managers Thursday to help hasten the release of quarantined biological control insects and secure more federal money to combat an exotic fern overtaking

Article: 'Green-farmers' to reap windfall
Jerusalem Post;  July 9, 2007 ;     700+ words ...MATTHEW KRIEGER Jerusalem Post 07-09-2007 Headline: 'Green-farmers' to reap windfall Byline: MATTHEW KRIEGER Edition; Daily Section: Economics Page: 16 Monday, July 9, 2007 -- Calling his ...

Article: Market opens with 'green' sale as restrictions lifted A ...
Herald Express (Torquay UK);  October 5, 2007 ;     700+ words ...A 'green' farmers' market will take place in Newton Abbot on Wednesday - for the first time since the latest foot and mouth disease outbreak in ...

Article: 'Green' farmers reap rewards
Belfast Telegraph;  June 28, 2002 ;     299 words ...NORTHERN Ireland farmers are set to earnhundreds, even thousands ofpounds annually in return for managing their farms in an environmentally friendly way. If they join up to a Countryside Management Scheme they can benefit from a range of payments, depending onthe size of their farm, the type of

Article: 'Green' farmers set for milk price ...
Grocer;  January 19, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Dairy producers could be paid more for their milk if they sign up to a scheme demonstrating they farm in a sustainable and environmentally friendly way. The new accreditation scheme, announced this week, will give farmers a score based on their environmental performance in terms of sustainability,