Civil Eats

AUGUST 12, 2024

(Photo credit: Paige Hodder) Farm stops operate quite differently from typical mainstream grocery stores like Kroger or Albertson’s, which rely on industrialized food systems and complex supply chains. percent, from 434 acres to 463 acres. FARMacy also cultivates learning and gathering around food, Nazeer says.

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Recent disruptions in the food supply chain have highlighted the importance of local food production. How these potential farmers will gain access to farmland with current land prices soaring past $25,000 per acre and restrictive policies that limit smaller-scale farms was left unaddressed by the recent agriculture report.

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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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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

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. For smaller-scale operations in particular, committed relationships all along the supply chain are essential to staying afloat.

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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.

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 23, 2024

On a crisp weekend this past fall, 30 state legislators from across the nation descended on TomKat Ranch , an 1,800-acre ranch focused on regenerative agriculture in Pescadero, California, an hour south of San Francisco. As a result, smaller producers often face greater hurdles in adopting any practices that sit outside the mainstream.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 9, 2023

Global disruptions to the food supply chain, along with inflation, contributed to the increase. But working with large groups of people isn’t always fine and dandy, says Alexia Allen, who runs Hawthorne Farm, an eight-acre communal homestead in Woodinville, Washington.

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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

At the dinner, in a solutions-oriented talk earlier that day , and in an interview with Civil Eats, Kass and Zimmern said spurring culture change and cultivating economic support and prosperity for food-focused climate solutions is the driving force behind their efforts. one teen dining with her family inquired.

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Modern Farmer

MARCH 1, 2024

Some see the answer to more sustainable fabrics in new materials that can readily decompose or be recycled; others say natural fibers and local supply chains are the way to go. Those fibers can be plant-derived, mycelium, cultivated animal cells, microbe-derived, recycled materials and blends. What’s the solution?

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World Agri-Tech

MARCH 12, 2024

Driving impact against climate commitments takes collaboration across the entire agribusiness supply chain. Worldwide, millions camelina opportunity acres exist. When harvested effectively, camelina can produce more than 80 gallons of biofuel per acre. It’s an exciting challenge to take on, but a complex one nonetheless.

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Civil Eats

MAY 21, 2024

In this map, green areas are projected to be favorable to coffee cultivation by 2050, while brown areas will not be. ( million acres of shade-grown coffee, much of it bordering protected natural areas. They’re all looking to address supply chain problems and quality issues.” Mexico has nearly 1.5

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Agritecture Blog

MAY 11, 2023

Raised beds at Dallas Half Acre Farm. Reacting to climate change risks, urban agriculture can help mitigate food insecurity and supply chain disruptions caused by extreme weather and labor shortfalls. In the face of these challenges, urban agriculture (UA) has grown in popularity as a risk mitigation tool for cities.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

AUGUST 11, 2023

Here are snapshots from those visits: Members toured Sister Gardens, one of three sites that are part of Frontline Farming, based in Denver, CO, Sister Gardens is a vegetable, herb, and flower garden on more than one acre of land within the Aria Denver development. A disused orchard that had been stewarded by the Sisters of St.

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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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Food Tank

DECEMBER 24, 2024

40 Acres & A Mule Project , United States 40 Acres & A Mule seeks to acquire Black-owned farmland to be used to celebrate and preserve the history, food, and stories of Black culture in food and farming. As we enter a new quarter century, here are 125 organizations to follow and support in 2025.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Black Urban Growers , United States Black Urban Growers (BUGs) is dedicated to fostering a robust community that supports cultivators in urban and rural environments, while nurturing Black leadership. To help feed the world sustainably, their goal is to conserve 10 billion acres of ocean, 1.6

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Civil Eats

JUNE 20, 2024

—Grey Moran A Call to Farms: Reconnecting to Nature, Food, and Community in a Modern World By Jennifer Grayson The fragility of our food system became more prominent than ever during the COVID-19 pandemic, when supply chains struggled to stay tethered due to global trade disruptions.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Sprinkled throughout the recipes are fascinating historical tidbits about the Quaker who first cultivated rhubarb in the 1730s, for example, and the Indigenous tribes that used spruce tip tea to ward off scurvy. To make an amaro (relatively easy!) you need to first learn to make a tincture. That’s not to say growing food isn’t hard work.

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