Caff

JULY 19, 2023

the Lopes provided a great demonstration of the unique equipment involved in the establishment of the rice (rice flat tray machine) and the transplanter machine (used to mechanically transplant the rice plugs into the field) allowing the attendees a great visual of the process and commitment involved in establishing their rice paddy fields.

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Family Farming Farming Farming Ecology 52

Modern Farmer

AUGUST 24, 2023

But she maintains that “organic is still really important,” and that’s why USDA organic standards, food grown without most pesticides and synthetic fertilizers, is the minimum baseline for the ROC certification. For livestock farmer and Land to Market certified producer Reuben Hendricks of Cabriejo Ranch , good ecology is good for business.

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Food Ranching Ecology Fertilizer 96

UnderstandingAg

OCTOBER 29, 2023

This is generally accomplished by mechanically removing plants by flail mowing, tillage, cultivation equipment, or by manual labor. Flail mow and direct seed with a grain drill – This is the best method in a larger-scale commercial garden (1+ acre).

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Crop Cash Crop Seeding Harvest 90

The Counter

MAY 17, 2022

The 5,000-acre reservation is nearby, and the Tribe’s Department of Natural Resources does restoration work along Ohop Creek. What mechanism is at work between 6PPD-quinone and the coho? This land is the ancestral home to the Nisqually Tribe, which currently has more than 650 enrolled members. Is it in the brain or the bloodstream?

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Compost Ecology Mechanics Fertilizer 52

The Lunatic Farmer

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Commodity productivity per acre is down across the board, driving prices up. A strong sense of ecological production practices exists and fortunately this country does not have to hit as severe an “undo” button as countries like the U.S. The sense among attendees was that chemical, industrialized models are running out of steam.

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Manure Mechanics Ecology Tractor 77

Sustainable Food Trust

JUNE 28, 2023

SFT CEO Patrick Holden and his wife Becky Holden farm 300 acres in West Wales and produce a raw milk cheddar called Hafod with the milk from their herd of Ayrshire cows. We farm 300 acres, and each field has its own unique identity, character and distinctiveness.

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The Lunatic Farmer

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Blessings, joel HILLSDALE COLLEGE PARALLEL ECONOMIES—AGRICULTURE Joel Salatin This spring when Russia invaded Ukraine, fertilizer prices increased in some cases 400 percent and global grain shipments sputtered, our farm didn’t feel anything because we don’t buy fertilizer and we don’t buy foreign grain. SEGREGATED VERSUS INTEGRATED.

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