When I was little, maybe six or seven, my grandpa and I had this Saturday routine. We drive 30 minutes out to the edge of the town to a little farm stand. It was nothing fancy, just a shack, a sign, and rows of baskets filled with whatever was fresh that week.I always went straight for the peaches. The farmer, Mr. . Joe, always let me pick my own from the bin, even if I would take forever choosing which was the biggest.It felt like something straight out of a story book. One weekend when we made that same d ...

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Tim Sullivan wanted to ask his girlfriend Caroline Liot a very important question and he did it without saying a word. All of that thanks to this in the fields below. A 13 acre corn maze outside Columbus, Ohio spelling out, "Will you marry me, Caroline?" I think I was just show so shocked.Caroline and Tim, who both work in agriculture, have known for months they wanted to spend their lives together. But Tim wasn't sure how to ask. We both really like corn a lot.Not to be corny. I wanted to do something that ...

[Music] Good morning everyone. People will always tell you you can't do it. Just turn around, smile and say watch me.My name is Barat. I'm a Bangalore based entrepreneur. I always you know with the dream of doing something bigger in life but unfortunately I come from a middle-ass family and there was no support from the family that you know okay you go ahead and do some business it was always like you know typical middle-ass family study get some decent job settle down in the life but somehow I was not like ...

农业及食品行业挑战与机遇 - 食品浪费问题：报告强调了食物浪费是一个长期存在的挑战，尤其是在易腐食品方面 [1][2] - 季节性供需失衡：许多农作物生产受季节影响，导致季节高峰期供应过剩和价格下跌 [2] - 质量标准：出口面临质量标准挑战，如 2010 年印度集装箱因质量问题在欧洲被拒收的事件 [4] 个人经历与行业洞察 - 童年经历：演讲者童年时期对食物浪费和农业问题的观察，激发了他对农业的兴趣和职业追求 [1][2] - 留学经历：在伦敦学习食品安全与质量管理，并获得奖学金，这段经历开阔了视野 [2] - 回国创业：演讲者毕业后回到印度，尽管面临挑战，仍致力于改善家乡农业状况 [4] 商业实践与创新 - 温室实验：通过简易温室实验探索温度控制对作物生长的影响 [2] - 农民合作模式：与 100 名农民合作，成功向欧洲出口 100 个集装箱的农产品，且无一被拒收 [4] - 疫情期间的应对：在 2020 年疫情期间，克服困难，帮助农民销售农产品，并实现公司 50 亿卢比（约合 6000 万美元）的营业额 [4][5] - 产品深加工：公司进入农产品深加工领域，延长产品保质期，并扩大出口 [5] 企业社会责任与价值观 - 农民支持：公司与 3000-4000 名农民合作，为他们提供生计 [5] - 团队建设：公司拥有 2000 名工人以及超过 100 名的团队成员 [5] - 文化传承：将“ अतिथि देवो भव (Atithi Devo Bhava，意为客人如神)”的印度传统价值观融入商业实践，为海外客户提供优质产品和服务 [5]

Do you know how they greet in Japan? Yes. Could you stand up? You are bowing down. Can you stand up, please? Yes. One of those girls, could you stand up? Yeah. Come on. One of the girls stand up. Bow. Right. Though she's got a longer nose, today she's a flattened nose Japanese. Right. So, we bow to each other and say kicha. Right. How many of you watched a kung fu panda movie? Right. In Kung Fu Panda movie, how do they greet? Could you stand up ma'am? Right? They do this, right? And when I say salamkum, wha ...

Researchers from the Barcelona Supercomputing Center and the European Central Bank are tracing price jumps, including an 80% spike in the cost of US vegetables to extreme weather linked to climate change. The study's authors say unprecedented conditions are set to become increasingly and worrisomely common around the world and could strain the amount of land available for crop production that is needed to feed nearly 10 billion people globally by the year 2050. Joining us now is New York Times bestselling a ...

Climate Change Impact on Agriculture - Climate change significantly impacts farmers, causing crop loss due to floods and droughts [4][6][8] - Social media can bridge the gap between climate change awareness and agricultural practices [2][8] - 65% of the African population is involved in agriculture, making them vulnerable to climate change [8][12] Social Media as a Tool - Social media is a free and powerful tool for advocating climate resilience farming and sharing farmers' experiences [8][10] - The company leveraged social media to reach over 1 million followers across platforms, sharing experiences of farmers [8][10] - Social media can be used to educate about climate-resilient crops, irrigation, and reducing service loss [8][9][11] Company Initiatives and Impact - The company started as a social enterprise with 20 young advocates, aiming to improve farmers' livelihoods through social media [8] - The company showcases climate resilience crops and activities on the ground, sharing stories of farmers in different districts of Rwanda [9][10] - The company advocates for climate resilience farming, emphasizing that it's not just for farmers but for everyone who can use social media [11][12]

Agriculture Sector - Area allocated to monsoon-sown rice crops increased 74% year-over-year [1] - Monsoon-sown rice crops area reached 693 million hectares (17 million acres) [1]