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Profitable Practices: Greenhouse innovation with Red Sun Farms

Real Agriculture

is one of 170 greenhouse vegetable farms in Ontario. Across the province, the Ontario greenhouse vegetable industry grows tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers in 3,900 acres of greehhouse, producing 521 million kilograms of fresh vegetables with a farm gate value of more than $1.4 is one of 170 greenhouse vegetable farms in Ontario.

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Letter regarding implementation framework for the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund

NASDA

Further reducing greenhouse gas emissions throughout the agricultural and forestry supply chain will require a comprehensive effort involving financial and technical assistance, research investments, proactive response to innovation, public-private partnerships, and a commitment to equitable opportunities for all producers. We urge the U.S.

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Smart Greenhouse with Dynamic LED Lighting

Agritecture Blog

Understanding these dynamics and how to evaluate these new light solutions is important for greenhouse growers. Tailoring light to your cultivars Finetuning your lighting strategy according to cultivar is essential to greenhouse production, as light responses are notoriously cultivar-specific. Source: Allegro Acres/Sollum Technologies.

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Stewarding Success: IRA Funding is Cultivating New Conservation Acres and Farmers

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

million new acres (22% of all FY2023 acres) (see Figure 1), and nearly $171 million expended directly on climate-smart agriculture and forestry practices in CSP, with the additional $79 million of IRA funds allocated to CSP supporting technical assistance for all contracts signed.

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Transforming the Delta

Food Environment and Reporting Network

If we took 5 percent of the acres and diverted them into almost anything that wasnt a commodity, its literally an additional $2.5 In the Delta, it is around 1 percent, and those farms cover, on average, less than 100 acres. Today Peebles has expanded to 2,000 acres, all organic. today it is less than 2 percent.

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Precision Ag News 11/14

Agwired

Agriculture to Be Greenhouse Gas Negative,” was authored by 26 leading independent researchers and peer reviewed by the National Academy of Sciences. Cargill RegenConnect has surpassed one million enrolled acres for the 2025 U.S. The report, “The Potential for U.S.

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Black Earth: A Family’s Journey from Enslavement to Reclamation

Civil Eats

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.