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 96

Ruralism Pesticide Agriculture Agriculture 96

Civil Eats

AUGUST 16, 2023

“Everything that is part of the standard was tried and tested, from breeds to how long you feed them, to the right kind of welfare aspect to consider in the coop construction.” acres of land divided into two fenced in areas, or paddocks. acres of land. ” But the grand vision doesn’t end there.

Poultry 97

Poultry Processing Acre Farming 97

Civil Eats

AUGUST 21, 2024

People of the First Light For thousands of years, the Wampanoag —the “People of the First Light”—have harvested fish for food, trade, art, and fertilizer. As of April, the tribe has 321 total acres of reservation land, designated by the Supreme Court when it ended a protracted legal battle begun in 2015.

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Harvester Harvest Harvesting Aquaculture 133

Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

His mom, Christy Walton—widow to Sam’s son John—has a net worth of about $11 billion, which she has used to fund restaurants, large ocean aquaculture projects, and a 40,000-acre ranch that offers a “regenerative experience” to tourists and has acted as a site for research on land and livestock management. It won’t be easy.

Supply Chain 130

Supply Chain Food Agriculture Agriculture 130

Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

More (Virtual) Fencing Facilitates Animal Movement Sam’s family has been farming Georges Mills’ 90 acres since the 1750s, and the infrastructure harkens back to a time before farmers used even simple machinery. He also had to construct pathways to move the goats back to the barn for milking. “He

Pasture 113

Pasture Cattle Technology Ruralism 113

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 97

Marketing Harvesting Harvest Harvester 97

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 101

Water Rights Acre Farming Farming 101

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 116

Ecology Seeding Acre Processing 116

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 124

Cultivation Acre Farming Farming 124

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 128

Food Farming Farming Seeding 128

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 122

Ranching Cattle Acre Pasture 122

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.

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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 Distribution 91