Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

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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Civil Eats

AUGUST 12, 2024

A farm stop sells food on consignment from nearby small and medium farms, landing it somewhere between a grocery store, a farmers’ market, and a food hub. They are also distinct from a farmers’ market, which requires farmers to either be there for sales or hire someone to sell for them. percent, from 434 acres to 463 acres.

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Food Tank

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

This was soon after the Zachmans founded Feathered Acres Learning Farm & Inn with substantial startup expenses. Niman Ranch farmers uphold high standards of sustainable and humane farming practices, and in return, they receive a guaranteed market for their pork products at a premium. We don’t have to invest in huge buildings.

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Food Tank

APRIL 2, 2024

Acres of Ancestry Initiative/Black Agrarian Fund The Acres of Ancestry Initiative/Black Agrarian Fund is a multidisciplinary, cooperative nonprofit ecosystem that aims to regenerate custodial land ownership, ecological stewardship, and food and fiber economies in the American South.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Since 2012, Gail Taylor has built healthy soil, provided hundreds of local families with fresh tomatoes and turnips, and fostered community on less than an acre at Three Part Harmony Farm in northeast Washington, D.C. Gail Taylor and D’Real Graham at Three Part Harmony Farm, their one-acre farm in Washington, D.C.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 4, 2023

With their meticulously selected collection of approximately 1,300 crop varieties, farmers Zaid and Haifa Kurdieh have gathered generations of global agricultural activity on about 250 acres in Chenango County, New York. Farmers markets are Norwich Meadows Farm ‘s most significant source of revenue.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Patrick Brown, who was named North Carolinas Small Farmer of the Year by North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University this year, grows almost 200 acres of industrial hemp for both oil and fiber, and 11 acres and several greenhouses of vegetablesbeets, kale, radishes, peppers, okra, and bok choy.

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World Agri-Tech

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Accelerate the speed to market of new elite germplasm by increasing the scale of parent seed production over competitors’ technology. Cultivated for over 10,000 years, wheat is grown on about 550 million acres, providing food for hundreds of millions of people and accounting for 20% of calories consumed worldwide.

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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. The Hard Work of Bringing Kelp to Market As seaweed farms develop on both coasts and begin to contribute to America’s blue economy, much depends on infrastructure. billion market. The event was clarifying for Warner.

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Agritecture Blog

MARCH 1, 2023

My previous post was focused on the carbon footprint of crop transportation from the lettuce production regions on the West Coast of the US to East Coast Markets. At an industry-average field-farming yield rate of 22,175 pounds per acre (for the more boutique varieties that are grown in CEA settings), that's a lot of lettuce!

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Wisconsin Farmers Union

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

But the key points are: The National Farmers Union has supported the ethanol industry as it has helped farmers maintain a stronger market and has reduced the greenhouse gas emissions of the transportation industry. about 300,000 acres from 2002 to 2014. Ethanol represents about ⅓ of the U.S.

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Agwired

MARCH 20, 2025

RFA commended USDA for its efforts to support climate-smart agriculture (CSA) and emphasized the importance of policies that empower farmers while ensuring a robust and efficient renewable fuels market. The fifth cohort of Cultivo Virtual Academy hosted by Americas Cultivation Corridor launched on Feb.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 28, 2023

Photo credit: Sanctuary Farms This month, the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) announced more than $300 million in awards to 50 projects focused on increasing underserved farmers and ranchers’ access to land, markets, and capital.

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Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Still in its research phase, the 86-acre project is operated by Ocean Rainforest, a company that aims to fight climate change by growing seaweed at scale: 1 million tons a year by 2030. seaweed farm of 1 to 4 acres—and a new frontier for ocean farming. seaweed farm of 1 to 4 acres—and a new frontier for ocean farming.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 21, 2023

Tetrick is the co-founder and CEO of Eat Just, which operates Good Meat , one of two companies approved by the USDA in June to begin selling cultivated, or lab-grown, chicken in the United States. So, our focus is how does cultivating meat ultimately replace a large-scale production of animal protein?” The lab at Good Meat.

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Agwired

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Mod Op , a full-service digital marketing agency specializing in driving client growth through creativity, data science, and innovation, announced the launch of a new group called Cultivate by Mod Op , focused on delivering digital marketing capabilities tailored to the agriculture industry. million acres, 14.5

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ATTRA

MARCH 26, 2025

Increase Productivity One major reason to adopt tractor farming is that it makes it possible to cultivate larger areas in less time, with less hired help, and less backbreaking work. Mechanizing tasks like bed shaping, planting, and cultivation is game-changing. Proper tilling and cultivation help with pest management.

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Agwired

JANUARY 30, 2025

Farm Journal has entered a strategic partnership with Randy Dowdy and David Hula, lifelong farmers and founders of Total Acre. Americas Cultivation Corridor released the results from a new survey commissioned to identify perceptions of Iowas food and agriculture industry.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 15, 2023

Hailing from a commercial lobstering family in Maine, Patryn sees cultivating this marine crop as a lifeline for a community threatened by fishing’s uncertain future. Given all that, the market, which stood at $15 billion two years ago, is projected to hit $24.92 The World Bank said raising this versatile crop in just 5 percent of U.S.

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Modern Farmer

JUNE 27, 2024

The two-acre vegetable operation is owned by Nyland Cohousing Community, a 42-house community established with the aim of creating connection and supporting sustainable ideals. Solo full-time farming two acres is an insane thing to do,” says Waves of Grain co-owner Red Clifford , especially while also running a coop.

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

When farms are continually consolidated—when there is one 5,000-acre farm in a community, for example, instead of 50 100-acre farms—fewer people remain in rural areas. million acres. In various settings, we can work to cultivate affection and fidelity. The marginalization of smaller-scale farms has severe consequences.

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Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

million acres of corn and 10 million acres of soybeans, according to the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service Information. And in the Midwest, 127 million acres of land overall are dedicated to ag, said the USDA. Of the Midwest’s overall acres, 75 percent are covered by corn and soybeans.

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Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Krishna Bista grew up on a diversified farm in her native Bhutan, where her family cultivated sweet potatoes, ginger, corn, wheat, millet, citrus and cardamom. For Doli Wikongo, a refugee farmer employee who grew up cultivating bananas and rice in her native Congo, New Leaf has been a lifeline.

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Modern Farmer

JULY 24, 2023

Research on the sustainability of cannabis cultivation, although nascent because of its illegal federal status, indicates an array of environmental impacts. The outdoor plants grown on his 57-acre outdoor farm, however, grow for four to six months and require much more water “because they’re massive.” and $5 more per eighth (3.5

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 30, 2023

They expect land in Alaska to be cheaper, even close to major markets. For farmland near the largest markets in Alaska—the Mat-Su Valley and Anchorage—Autry says, “We’re looking at fair market values per acre of $25,000 to $40,000.” The market incentivizes their heirs to develop it for other uses.

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DTN

JULY 24, 2023

It’s a question that has multiple answers since the current sustainable grain market is segmented, with multiple programs initiating their own certification requirements. It’s likely that within this centralized market, carbon emissions and sequestration will be part of the formula used to determine whether grain was sustainably grown.

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Hartwood Farm

JANUARY 29, 2020

We race around all winter getting ready and then all spring planting, all summer harvesting, all fall cleaning up, cramming these tasks amid all the computer and outreach work, the deliveries and farmers markets and all the hundred tiny farm emergencies and dramas that pop up each day.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

A few days later, Valley Center bean farmer Mike Reeske, who donated half an acre of his small farm for this crop, was already betting on which seeds would be the winners in the slow and steady race to find a heritage wheat that will grow—with rainwater only—in San Diego County.

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UnderstandingAg

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Work is underway now to develop acceptable lab grown meats for the consumer market. Also known as “cultivated meat,” these products are made by taking stem cells from animals and growing them petri-dish style around a scaffolding in nutrient-rich broth. The researchers tracked the energy used in each step of the cultivation process.

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Envisioning farming as hyper-specialized, where specializations only converge in a marketable product, misses critical aspects of farming knowledge. This sort of production could make it possible for more diverse farmers to succeed, and for a greater variety of products distributed into local markets.

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Farmer Jeremy Dunphy stands next to his four-acre test plot, brimming with flax as a cover crop, sharing what he’s learned with a crowd of 20 farmers, textile artists, designers, and educators. What they need is a supply chain and market that can handle the harvest. Four acres of flax at Pasture Song Farm. Farmers can grow flax.

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Sustainable Food Trust

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

When Albania emerged from Communist rule in 1990, collective farms were dismantled, heralding a move to a market economy. My idea of heaven is the 100 hectares of cultivated ground that provide a livelihood for the 50 plus families who work the land in Miras and who produce more than enough food to feed the entire community of 600 families.

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Food Tank

JANUARY 24, 2024

Whether our crops come to harvest or our livestock make it to market is directly tied to the cycles of nature that we try our best to work within. tons of American agricultural soil per acre, costing farmers and ranchers US$44 billion annually and taxpayers nearly US$100 billion. As farmers, we are concerned. Each year, we lose 4.6

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Civil Eats

MARCH 4, 2024

It’s no wonder that hospital food gets a bad rap, says Santana Diaz, executive chef at the University of California Davis Medical Center, a sprawling, 142-acre campus located in Sacramento, California. system will likely have a resounding impact on the larger beef market in the state. That was never the focus of hospitals,” he adds.

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Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

acre community park located in Seattle’s Central District. Up until 2013, many Black residents in Detroit were not able to cultivate food for their communities due to urban agriculture ordinances and zoning laws that prevented residents from operating urban farms on public city-owned land. But that land is also in demand.

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Civil Eats

MAY 8, 2024

It’s a connection to the homeland for a lot of people, and I think it really helps enrich and diversify our cultivated flora,” said David Lorence, senior research botanist at the National Tropical Botanical Garden in Kaua’i, Hawaii, which features two curry leaf trees. Their main farmers’ market is in San Marcos, a college town.

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Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

But the pawpaw’s two- to three-week harvest window, short shelf life, and delicate skin still make it anathema to the rigid needs of grocery stores and a rare find even at farmers’ markets. Indigenous people first cultivated it in woodlands, using the tree’s fibrous inner bark to make ropes and string and its leaves and stems as medicine.

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