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The Best of Both Worlds: Hybrid Farms are Bridging Agriculture Systems

Agritecture Blog

Written by: Dorothy Braun May 23, 2022 Hybrid farms offer a sustainable and innovative approach to agriculture that can help meet the growing demand for food while reducing the environmental impact of farming. Combining aquaculture and regenerative agriculture, the farm grows fish and plant crops in a closed loop system.

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Food Systems 101: How Community Colleges Are Helping Students Connect Farm to Fork

Modern Farmer

The cattle, which were artificially inseminated by students in the spring, will eventually be harvested at a USDA plant and incorporated into the fine dining menu at the college’s student-run campus restaurant, Capstone Kitchen. We already have horticulture and culinary programs, but this agriculture is new,” says PJ Ricatto, Ph.D.,

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The Hard Work of Bringing Kelp to Market

Civil Eats

That day, they’d been out to their four-acre farm and back twice, harvesting a total of 6,300 pounds. Maine is the heart of America’s farmed seaweed industry, supplying half its harvest— well over a million pounds —last season. Then they sell the harvest to ASF, which picks up the kelp on the dock. Transportation is one.