Civil Eats

JULY 31, 2024

That day, they’d been out to their four-acre farm and back twice, harvesting a total of 6,300 pounds. To process their kelp, Barnacle has slowly constructed a 3,000-square-foot production floor and additional warehouse. “Anything you do on a boat is a long day,” said Scott.

Marketing 140

Marketing Harvesting Harvest Harvester 140

ATTRA

MARCH 26, 2024

It all began with the purchase of a 20-acre lawn that conveniently came with a home. I found a well-constructed woven wire fence with proper supports can and will hold goats. As these creatures munch through fields, they fertilize the soil and create a harmonious cycle of nutrient replenishment. I knew it wasn’t for me in 2015.

Livestock 74

Livestock Rural Development Construction Production 74

Modern Farmer

AUGUST 27, 2024

Without consistent water, it’s difficult for plants to use the fertilizers you put into the soil. Constructing simple fencing can help keep rabbits away and planting good companion plants like marigolds can go a long way to keep unwanted critters away from your precious plants. Smart staking A well-staked and caged tomato.

Crop 104

Crop Seeding Fertilizer Harvesting 104

The Equation

MAY 13, 2024

Particle matter pollutants consist of extremely small solid and liquid particles in the air, originating from various sources like oil refineries and fossil fuel burning, fracking, transportation, conventional agriculture, wildfires, construction, and biomass burning (like heating with fireplaces). These particles are categorized by size.

Ruralism 95

Ruralism Pesticide Agriculture Agriculture 95

Caff

OCTOBER 22, 2024

When they purchased the farm over 30 years ago it was an unproductive almond orchard and since then they have pulled the almonds out and utilized the sloped landscape to construct swales, establish a vineyard, and plant a wide variety of fruit trees which provide shelter while their flock of ducks grazes.

Orchard 52

Orchard Farming Farming Construction 52

Agwired

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The PPF Project is in its fourth year, involved 11 farms managing over 34,000 acres and 40,000 head of dairy cattle in two Wisconsin counties. New research published in Scientific Reports describes a breakthrough in nitrogen fertilizer technology. Farmers for Sustainable Food, Houston Engineering, Inc.

Agriculture 49

Agriculture Agriculture Crop Construction 49

Modern Farmer

OCTOBER 4, 2024

The new cafe and market are housed in a renovated building that is part of the larger Circle East development in East Cleveland—a five-phase, 30-acre, and estimated $122-million commercial development project owned by Cuyahoga Land Bank. Image by Loiter Despite the clear community support, Loiter’s emergence wasn’t without strife.

Food 76

Food Construction Marketing Processing 76

Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 6, 2023

We were in the parking lot of Island Center Forest, a 440-acre wooded park home to miles of hiking trails and one large pond where birdwatchers flock. Student lab assistants traversed a 20-acre section of the 300-acre park, treading in straight lines regardless of topography, up and down steep inclines, over and under downed branches.

Ecology 117

Ecology Seeding Acre Processing 117

Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The ‘Soft Path’ of Water for Farmers in the Western US Colorado’s Groundwater Experiment At Peachwood Farms, a flat, 1,897-acre expanse at the heart of the valley’s groundwater conservation trial, Ivers stood amid fallowed fields bordered by circles of barley and areas being revegetated with native seeds.

Water Rights 139

Water Rights Acre Farming Farming 139

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Yet Hartman and his family manage to work less and make the same income on one third of an acre—the renowned Clay Bottom Farm —as they did on an acre. Then one day in 1995, while packing his cattle into a double-decker semi-truck bound for a slaughterhouse several states away, he recalls that something suddenly felt wrong.

Food 145

Food Farming Farming Seeding 145

Civil Eats

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Just a few miles from California’s state capital, owner Nelson Hawkins has turned an abandoned half-acre lot into a hub of food production for the community. growers and owned more than 16 million acres of land. percent of all farmers and own fewer than 5 million acres. Today, they make up just 1.3

Cultivation 145

Cultivation Acre Farming Farming 145

Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 5, 2023

It’s been a decent year at the 200,000-acre spread, with enough forage for the 2,000 mother cows and their calves. Other pastures on the 200,000-acre ranch—an area larger than New York City’s five boroughs—are traversed by the Susie and Maggie creeks that, thankfully, provide a year-round source of water. This wasn’t always the case.

Ranching 125

Ranching Cattle Acre Pasture 125

Food Environment and Reporting Network

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

He recounted the innumerable ways his 1,500 acres of tobacco, spread over several counties around Wilson, the historic center of the flue-cured tobacco industry in North Carolina, might lose money if he’s not careful. Fertilizer, fuel, and labor costs increase every year, while prices hardly change.

Farming 77

Farming Farming Acre Crop 77

Food Environment and Reporting Network

JUNE 25, 2024

At 60,000 acres, the proposed pool could swallow entire Florida cities. Eventually, the reservoir was whittled down to just 10,000 acres. The foundation declined to make Eikenberg available for an interview, but Weisblum described the meeting as a constructive conversation. Two companies—U.S. He was its pick for the election.

Science 91

Science Construction Real Estate Acre 91