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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.
Civil Eats
DECEMBER 17, 2024
The team in Alexandria is testing 20 more varieties at their 17-acre farm, located on a former cotton plantation that serves as the central research hub for crop and equipment trials. Opala says plantation owners were willing to pay higher prices for dragging these expert farmers across the Atlantic into North American slavery.
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Food Environment and Reporting Network
DECEMBER 20, 2024
If we took 5 percent of the acres and diverted them into almost anything that wasnt a commodity, its literally an additional $2.5 Large plantations reemerged in the Delta, worked by sharecroppers rather than slaves. In the Delta, it is around 1 percent, and those farms cover, on average, less than 100 acres.
Modern Farmer
OCTOBER 16, 2023
The White Oak Initiative , a group of researchers, government agencies and industry insiders dedicated to conservation, estimates that there are more than 100 million acres of white oak across the US, and roughly 75 percent of that is mature. They experimented with making bourbon for years before they could actually sell it or distribute it.
Civil Eats
MAY 21, 2024
million acres of shade-grown coffee, much of it bordering protected natural areas. A coffee plant wilts in the sun on a plantation near Manizales, Colombia. Founder Maricel Saenz, who grew up in Costa Rica, says Minus distributes canned cold brews to large food-service companies. Mexico has nearly 1.5
The Equation
MARCH 4, 2024
Over the next 15 years, California will have to repurpose about 1 million acres of cropland, most of it out of the 5.5 million irrigated acres in the San Joaquin Valley. In the case of Allensworth, the town is surrounded by hundreds of acres of pistachios that belong to a trillion-dollar insurance company.
Civil Eats
DECEMBER 3, 2024
The young couple started a 180-acre dairy farm for livelihood to raise their 14 children. The world produces enough food to feed everyone, if distributed equally,’” Barnett writes, quoting the founders of Food Not Bombs. Pick up Leftovers for motivation on reducing the muckpile.
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