The price-value anomaly is obvious to consumers as they hasten to buy Chinese freshwater bargains. Indeed, pearls from freshwater mussels lie at the center of the liveliest activity in pearling today.

Farmers have participated in a day-long field day to exhibit their technique in producing pearls from farming freshwater oysters to people from all walks of life in Naogaon. The exhibition was ...

To realise this ambition, oyster pearl farmers are ensuring their farming methods are sustainable. In the waters off Bali’s northern coast, three men stand atop a floating cage that holds thousands of ...

Chinese pearls came mainly from freshwater rivers and ponds, whereas Japanese pearls were found near the coast in salt water. Nearly all the pearls in commerce originated from those few sources.

In the wild, pearl formation is rare so most pearls sold these days are from farmed molluscs, usually oysters or freshwater mussels ... a five-day course in pearl farming. "Growing an oyster ...

About 200 years ago pearl mussels were harvested for, as the name suggests, pearls. However, the name can mislead - only about one per cent of them contain this hidden 'treasure' (and most of ...

Leading a team of technicians, Zang conducted 12 aquaculture training sessions over two years, empowering 480 individuals to excel in lobster farming. He also authored Australian Freshwater ...

The world of automated farming may be an unglamorous one to those not invested in its attractions, but like the robots themselves that quietly get on in the background with tending crops ...

Part of the Hauraki Gulf Islands, a natural archipelago that protects the country's largest city from the rolling Pacific, Great Barrier Island runs entirely on solar power and uses freshwater as its ...

For glamping at its best, Tom’s Eco Lodges at Tapnell Farm promotes hassle-free luxury in its safari tents ... For a pizza fix, Gusto2Go’s sourdoughs bring a wood-fired pizzazz to Freshwater Bay in ...