Acre Harvesting Pruning 
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. And, because it ripens after apples in many places, the pawpaw offers farmers a way to continue harvesting into the fall, and bring in extra income.
Modern Farmer
JANUARY 15, 2024
Small footprint, big potential “Microgreens” is a term used to describe the tender, edible seedlings of various herbs, vegetables and grains typically seeded in shallow, soil-filled trays, grown under natural or artificial light, then harvested within two weeks of germination. acre lot has ample space for the growing business.
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Civil Eats
MAY 21, 2024
Underpaid pickers don’t show up, and coffee cherries rot on the ground, wasting the harvest. Some harvests last for six months instead of the standard two, and some are shockingly short. Or harvests are compressed into a two-week period, and the coffee mills can’t handle the tsunami of cherries waiting to be processed.
Modern Farmer
DECEMBER 6, 2023
We were in the parking lot of Island Center Forest, a 440-acre wooded park home to miles of hiking trails and one large pond where birdwatchers flock. Student lab assistants traversed a 20-acre section of the 300-acre park, treading in straight lines regardless of topography, up and down steep inclines, over and under downed branches.
CalCAN
AUGUST 10, 2023
Christine operates 135 acres of almonds with her brother in Stanislaus and Merced counties. Even when our trees have gone through extended periods of time during harvest without water they have never reached permanent wilting point or defoliated. She also spent time speaking to representatives about issues impacting her farm.
Civil Eats
AUGUST 21, 2023
She came across an opening for pruning and weeding school gardens and other green spaces across New York City’s five boroughs. She points to food forests—diverse, edible gardens that mirror natural ecosystems, free to harvest—as an example of innovation in soil-based urban farming that she’d like to further explore.
Civil Eats
JUNE 29, 2023
Finally, in 2017, they convinced Sakuma Brothers Farms—which occupies more than 1,500 acres in Washington State—to sign a pioneering collective bargaining agreement. Finally, in 2017, they found the 75-acre plot where the co-op farms today. ” Center: Ramon Torres prunes blueberry bushes at the Tierra y Libertad cooperative.
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