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Texas A&M begins construction on Animal Reproductive Biotechnology Center

AgriLife Today

Read More → The post Texas A&M begins construction on Animal Reproductive Biotechnology Center first appeared on AgriLife Today. The post Texas A&M begins construction on Animal Reproductive Biotechnology Center appeared first on AgriLife Today. The $13 million facility is a joint.

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Should We Be Farming in the Desert?

Civil Eats

Yet carrots, cauliflower, sweet onions, honeydew, broccoli, and alfalfa all grow here, incongruous crops that spread across half a million acres of cultivated land. Ronald Leimgruber farms 3,500 of those acres. Through a pilot program, MWD pays the farmers leasing the land and the tribe up to $473 per acre.

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Repurposing Urban Spaces for Farming: 7 Creative Ideas

Modern Farmer

Construct vertical planters : South-facing fences and walls are a great place to add vertical planters to maximize growing space. You can use prefabricated pots or construct your own system out of materials like PVC or recycled plastic containers. If youre working in an urban space, you probably dont have acres and acres to play with.

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A Washington Cohousing Project Could Help Preserve Farmland

Modern Farmer

Rooted Northwest is a 240-acre piece of land which hosts a growing number of farmers, including Aiello, with collaboration and farmer support at the center of their operation, similar to an agri-hood. This will allow the project to preserve at least 200 acres of working farmland.

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Decades to Grow, Minutes to Destroy

Daily Yonder

million acres of Georgia’s timberland, affecting approximately 37% of the state’s total timberland. Products affected include traditional lumber for construction, paper and paper products, furniture, fabrics, and even components in electronics like cellphone screens. Hurricane Helene traversed 8.9

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Meet the Taro Farmer Restoring an Ecosystem Through Native Hawaiian Practices

Modern Farmer

Sprouting deep within the verdant pleats of Oʻahu’s Koʻolau Mountains, Heʻeia stream winds through Kakoʻo ʻOʻiwi , a non-profit organization centered on a six-acre taro farm, before emptying into the wide mouth of Kane‘ohe Bay. Originally constructed by Native Hawaiians hundreds of years before colonization, the effort resurrected a 1.3-mile

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Maces Pond: Agrisolar Wild Blueberries

ATTRA

Solar panels have been installed over about 11 acres of wild blueberry plants in the first project in Maine to collocate solar electric production with wild blueberry cultivation. However, he didn’t want to see acres of wild blueberries destroyed in the process of constructing a solar array. megawatts of DC power.