UnderstandingAg

MARCH 18, 2025

farm production more than doubled, and farm size increased from an average of 215 acres in 1950 to 464 acres in 2023. is losing an average of two tons of topsoil per acre annually. Irrigated acres have more than doubled since 1960. On a conventional row crop farm, any given acre only produces one type of food annually.

Food 98

Food Acre Pesticide Fertilizer 98

Food Environment and Reporting Network

APRIL 25, 2024

million acres of the Central Valley. Herbicides and habitat loss have destroyed the bees’ forage. million acres of almond trees bearing nuts and another 300,000 acres of trees still too young to need pollination. Each acre of mature trees is supposed to be pollinated by two honeybee colonies. has averaged 2.67

Orchard 112

Orchard Acre Pesticide Farming 112

Food Environment and Reporting Network

JULY 5, 2023

million acres of the Central Valley. Herbicides and habitat loss have destroyed the bees’ forage. million acres of almond trees bearing nuts and another 300,000 acres of trees still too young to need pollination. Each acre of mature trees is supposed to be pollinated by two honeybee colonies. has averaged 2.67

Harvester 97

Harvester Harvesting Harvest Orchard 97

Civil Eats

OCTOBER 2, 2023

In late 2021, the Maine DEP identified 60 sites where 10,000 cubic yards of biosolids were applied as fertilizer with homes within half an acre of the application, a practice the agency called “Tier 1” because it presented the highest risk to human health. The spreading of sludge as fertilizer remains legal in all U.S.

Farming 145

Farming Farming Farmland Crop 145

Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 21, 2022

million acres of the Central Valley. Herbicides and habitat loss have destroyed the bees’ forage. million acres of almond trees bearing nuts and another 300,000 acres of trees still too young to need pollination. Each acre of mature trees is supposed to be pollinated by two honeybee colonies. has averaged 2.67

Orchard 52

Orchard Acre Pesticide Farming 52

Food Environment and Reporting Network

JANUARY 11, 2023

million acres of the Central Valley. Herbicides and habitat loss have destroyed the bees’ forage. million acres of almond trees bearing nuts and another 300,000 acres of trees still too young to need pollination. Each acre of mature trees is supposed to be pollinated by two honeybee colonies. has averaged 2.67

Orchard 52

Orchard Acre Pesticide Farming 52

Food Environment and Reporting Network

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

million acres of the Central Valley. Herbicides and habitat loss have destroyed the bees’ forage. million acres of almond trees bearing nuts and another 300,000 acres of trees still too young to need pollination. Each acre of mature trees is supposed to be pollinated by two honeybee colonies. has averaged 2.67

Farming 52

Farming Farming Orchard Acre 52