Growing Magazine - December, 2012

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New England Grows Partners with Moose River Media

New England Grows, the green industry's best-attended event in the Northeast, has chosen Moose River Media of St. Johnsbury, Vt., as its official media partner. The partnership is effective immediately as New England Grows gears up for its 2013 conference and exposition February 6-8 at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center in Boston, Mass.

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Tunnel Technology Could Help Florida Blueberry Growers

Protecting Florida's $80 million blueberry crop from freeze damage is always a wintertime challenge, but a University of Florida study shows that structures called high tunnels could shield plants from cold and promote earlier fruit ripening.

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Scientists Find Clues to More Disease-Resistant Watermelons

Are juicier, sweeter, more disease-resistant watermelons on the way? An international consortium of more than 60 scientists from the United States, China, and Europe has published the genome sequence of watermelon.

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Case Donates Models to Toys for Tots Following Hurricane Sandy

Case Construction Equipment shipped more than 3,000 die-cast construction machine models to the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation, following the recent destruction of the organization's toy warehouse in Dover, N.J., during Superstorm Sandy.

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