Joseph Bologne, the Chevalier de Saint-Georges, was an extraordinarily accomplished man in Marie Antoinette’s France. He was a scholar, a fencer, a virtuoso violinist and a famous and sought-after composer who wrote string quartets, symphonies and operas. His influence was vast, but he was all but erased from history books because Bologne was also Black, born in 1745 in the French colony of Guadeloupe to a wealthy French plantation owner and an enslaved Senegalese teenager.

'The Bachelor' host Chris Harrison apologized after defending contestant Rachael Kirkconnell, who reportedly attended an antebellum plantation-themed party in 2018.

In a sprawling oil palm plantation in the Malaysian state of Perak, watermelon seedlings are sprouting from freshly ploughed earth between palm saplings while rented cows graze in overgrown areas of the estate.

Tea plantation labourers, a deciding factor in a third of Assam’s 126 Assembly seats, are the focus of political parties for the upcoming elections

Despite the WHO declaring it eliminated in 1998, thousands of tea pickers have caught the diseaseAloka Gonju didn’t take much notice of the discoloured patch of skin on her left hand until her fingers began to stiffen and hurt. It became a struggle to pick leaves at the tea plantation where she works in Bangladesh.“I had no idea what was happening to me,” says the 47-year-old, whose wages support her husband, four children and three grandchildren. Continue reading...

Commentary Mars is ending deforestation in its palm oil supply chain, which will improve sustainability and fight climate change.

ISLAMABAD President Dr Arif Alvi has urged the youth to ‘actively’ participate in the monsoon plantation drive to cope with the environmental challenges.  He delivered his message on the occasion of national monsoon plantation campaign. President Arif Alvi stressed for plantation in residential and industrial areas as well as in markets and along the roads. […]

KUALA LUMPUR (March 7) The Malaysian furniture industry needs a production re-examination and re-invention to keep pace with constantly evolving markets and altered landscape of trade and supply chain, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof. Fadillah, who is also the Plantation and Commodities Minister, said these challenges require the nation to increase local [...]

With the holidays just barely in the rearview, more than a few people are likely in the midst of embarking on a gifted journey through Ancestry.com, learning new curios about their line and (hopefully) not discovering direct ties to any plantation owners. Read more...

Mike McClure has locked in his sleepers and PGA one and done picks this week for the Sentry Tournament of Champions 2023 at the Plantation Course at Kapalua

DAVAO CITY - The Torre Lorenzo Development Corporation (TLDC), builder of the first 5-star residential complex Davao City - the dusitD2 Davao Hotel, and the Dusit Thani Lubi Plantation Resort in Davao de Oro - has announced the launching of its Crown Residences, the company's newest residential complex here.TLDC executives led by its CEO Tomas Lorenzo broke grounds for the Crown Residences' showroom, which is scheduled to open by the end of the year. “We are in Davao for the long haul. The Davao region is one of the country's top-performing economies, so it’s a very...

Mike McClure has locked in his sleepers and PGA one and done picks this week for the Sentry Tournament of Champions 2023 at the Plantation Course at Kapalua

BATU PAHAT A woman who went missing at an oil palm plantation here for almost six days has been found safe and sound. Read full story

The Sentry Tournament of Champions begins on January 5 at the Kapalua Plantation Course. It is one of the most anticipated PGA Tour events since it is the first to be conducted a month after the last official golf tournament in America. Another reason why everyone looks forward to it is the incredible shots the…The post PGA Tour’s Latest Childish Act of Dopping out LIV Golfers, Dustin Johnson and Others, Leaves Golf Fans Agitated appeared first on EssentiallySports.

A historian explains how Christmas stories were an important part of Lost Cause propaganda after the Confederates lost the Civil War.

(marketscreener.com) HDFC Bank Limited HDFC Bank to plant 3 lakh trees in Mumbai in partnership with Mumbai Port Authority To help improve air quality in the city Mumbai, April 10 2023 HDFC Bank, India's leading private sector bank, announced the launch of a tree plantation drive in Mumbai. It has...https//www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/HDFC-BANK-LIMITED-105516154/news/HDFC-Bank-to-plant-3-lakh-trees-in-Mumbai-in-partnership-with-Mumbai-Port-Authority-43473312/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=20230412

KUALA LUMPUR (March 7) The Malaysian furniture industry needs a production re-examination and re-invention to keep pace with constantly evolving markets and altered landscape of trade and supply chain, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof. Fadillah, who is also the Plantation and Commodities Minister, said these challenges require the nation to increase local [...]

"I was wrong," says Kirkconnell, after photos of her at a plantation-themed party surfaced online.

Members of the Harbour Swimmers Club completed in the 32nd annual Speedo Championships in Plantation, Florida. Harbour was represented by Head Coach Shona Palmer and swimmers Connor Hupman, Arabella Newport Derbyshire, Tallulah Parkinson, Myeisha Sharrieff, and Violet Smith. The event brought over 1,000 swimmers from the United States and the Caribbean. Sharrieff swam to gold in […]

KUALA LUMPUR (March 7) The Malaysian furniture industry needs a production re-examination and re-invention to keep pace with constantly evolving markets and altered landscape of trade and supply chain, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof. Fadillah, who is also the Plantation and Commodities Minister, said these challenges require the nation to increase local [...]

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KUALA LUMPUR (March 7) Sime Darby Plantation Bhd (SDP) aims to be the anchor for utilising mechanisation, automation and digitalisation in the oil palm plantation as the country aspires to reduce its dependency on foreign labour. Group managing director Mohamad Helmy Othman Basha said in line with the aspiration, SDP targeted 100 per cent local [...]

HAYNEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Sparsely populated Lowndes County, deep in Alabama's old plantation country, has the sad distinction of having both the state’s highest rate of COVID-19 cases and its worst...

Tribune OnlineUN recognises Great Green Wall, 9 other restoration initiatives with special awardThe United Nations has recognised 10 ground-breaking efforts from around the globe for their role in restoring the natural world, among which is the Great Green Wall project. Nigeria assumed the presidency of the Great Green Wall initiative in Africa in 2021 for two years to pursue the 100 million tree-plantation project that would combat […]UN recognises Great Green Wall, 9 other restoration initiatives with special awardTribune Online

Hulu has debuted the trailer for the upcoming thriller series ‘Kindred.’ As Dana, a young Black woman and aspiring writer begin to settle in her new home, she finds herself being pulled back and forth in time, emerging at a nineteenth-century plantation and confronting secrets she never knew ran through her blood. As she meets […]The post “Am I crazy?” New Trailer lands for series ‘Kindred’ appeared first on HeyUGuys.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — As the U.S. faces a reckoning over its history of racism, some Native American tribal nations that once owned slaves also are grappling with their own mistreatment of Black people.When Native American tribes were forced from their ancestral homelands in the southeastern United States to what is now Oklahoma in the 1800s — known as the Trail of Tears — thousands of Black slaves owned by tribal members also were removed and forced to provide manual labor along the way. Once in Oklahoma, slaves often toiled on plantation-style farms or were servants in tribal members' homes.Nearly 200 years later, many of the thousands of descendants of those Black slaves, known as Freedmen, are still fighting to be recognized by the tribes that once owned their ancestors. The fight has continued since the killing of George Floyd last year by a Minneapolis police officer spurred a reexamination of the vestiges of slavery in the U.S.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 7) The Plantation and Commodities Ministry is developing a National Biomass Action Plan covering five sectors comprising plantation, agriculture, livestock, fisheries, and forestry, and is expected to be completed by July 2023. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Plantation and Commodities Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof said his aspiration for the ministry is [...]

Creighton coach Greg McDermott said he offered to resign after urging his players to "stay on the plantation" in a postgame locker room talk over the weekend. He said that "our guys wanted me to coach and that's my job."

Members of the Harbour Swimmers Club completed in the 32nd annual Speedo Championships in Plantation, Florida. Harbour was represented by Head Coach Shona Palmer and swimmers Connor Hupman, Arabella Newport Derbyshire, Tallulah Parkinson, Myeisha Sharrieff, and Violet Smith. The event brought over 1,000 swimmers from the United States and the Caribbean. Sharrieff swam to gold in […]

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Dozens of state and private planting initiatives launched for more forest cover to counterbalance rapid urbanisation.

Sime Darby Plantation Berhad is fighting a US ban on its products after reported labour violations at its plantations.

The best practices adopted by Coal PSUs for sustainable coal mining are as below Bio-reclamation / Plantation Coal PSUs have been making constant and sincere efforts to minimize the footprints of coal mining through sustained reclamation and afforestation of areas in and around coal mines. Coal PSUs have brought about 8,090 Ha by planting about 180.30 […]

(marketscreener.com) HDFC Bank Limited HDFC Bank to plant 3 lakh trees in Mumbai in partnership with Mumbai Port Authority To help improve air quality in the city Mumbai, April 10 2023 HDFC Bank, India's leading private sector bank, announced the launch of a tree plantation drive in Mumbai. It has...https//www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/HDFC-BANK-LIMITED-105516154/news/HDFC-Bank-to-plant-3-lakh-trees-in-Mumbai-in-partnership-with-Mumbai-Port-Authority-43473312/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=20230412

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*The family of British actor Benedict Cumberbatch could face a reparations claim due to their historical links to the Barbados slave trade. According to Insider, Cumberbatch’s ancestors made a fortune from the Cleland sugar plantation that they owned in the 18th century in Barbados. The plantation reportedly housed 250 slaves. Per The Daily Mail, after […]The post Family of Benedict Cumberbatch Linked to Slave Trade, Could Face Reparations Claim appeared first on EURweb.

A man who purchased a plantation home in the rural Virginia community he grew up in later learned its original owners had enslaved his ancestors.

Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Murtaza Javed Abbasi on Thursday apprised the National Assembly that the target for tree plantation in the Federal Capital during the spring and monsoon seasons this year had been doubled to one million. Responding to a question of Sikandar Ali Rahoupoto pertaining to the plantation, preservation and protection of saplings by […]

After one of her neighbors posted on Nextdoor calling for the removal of the word "plantation" from their community and an immediate backlash ensued against the proposition (despite the word's deep roots in slavery), Yelena Moroz Alpert says her feelings about where she lived changed, as did her opinions about what White Americans need to do to be allies to Black Americans and other people of color.

DAVAO CITY - The Torre Lorenzo Development Corporation (TLDC), builder of the first 5-star residential complex Davao City - the dusitD2 Davao Hotel, and the Dusit Thani Lubi Plantation Resort in Davao de Oro - has announced the launching of its Crown Residences, the company's newest residential complex here.TLDC executives led by its CEO Tomas Lorenzo broke grounds for the Crown Residences' showroom, which is scheduled to open by the end of the year. “We are in Davao for the long haul. The Davao region is one of the country's top-performing economies, so it’s a very...

A Coast Guard Air Station Miami HC-144 Ocean Sentry airplane crew alerted Sector Key West of a rustic vessel, Monday, at approximately 820 a.m., about 30 miles south of Plantation Key. The people were repatriated to Cuba on Oct. 5, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Air Station Miami’s crew)

PENINSULAR, Malaysia (AP) — Jum’s words tumble out over the phone, his voice growing ever more frantic.Between sobs, he says he’s trapped on a Malaysian plantation run by government-owned...

A Coast Guard Air Station Miami HC-144 Ocean Sentry airplane crew alerted Sector Key West of a rustic vessel, Monday, at approximately 820 a.m., about 30 miles south of Plantation Key. The people were repatriated to Cuba on Oct. 5, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Air Station Miami’s crew)

This four-bedroom, three-bathroom home showcases a cathedral ceiling in the living room, plantation shutters, a great room with hardwood flooring, granite slab counters, crown molding and stainless steel appliances in the kitchen, a primary suite with crown molding, recessed lighting and access to the outdoors, and a backyard sanctuary.

"The deck has been stacked against Black farmers who for generations have been denied access to land and capital," said Agriculture Sec. Tom Vilsack.

The best practices adopted by Coal PSUs for sustainable coal mining are as below Bio-reclamation / Plantation Coal PSUs have been making constant and sincere efforts to minimize the footprints of coal mining through sustained reclamation and afforestation of areas in and around coal mines. Coal PSUs have brought about 8,090 Ha by planting about 180.30 […]

The Sentry Tournament of Champions begins on January 5 at the Kapalua Plantation Course. It is one of the most anticipated PGA Tour events since it is the first to be conducted a month after the last official golf tournament in America. Another reason why everyone looks forward to it is the incredible shots the…The post PGA Tour’s Latest Childish Act of Dopping out LIV Golfers, Dustin Johnson and Others, Leaves Golf Fans Agitated appeared first on EssentiallySports.

Both born in Soufrière, St. Lucia, the couple met in 1980 and made their foray into hospitality with a restaurant and boutique at the former Jalousie Plantation. The post Soufriere Couple’s Dedication to Tourism and Sustainability appeared first on THE STAR - St Lucia.