Civil Eats

JULY 17, 2024

Many growers see it as a bottleneck: Propagation from wild-harvested seaweed is costly, lengthy, and ties rural coastal communities to laboratories that are often hours, if not days, away. It also shortens the seaweed growing season, as sorus tissue can only be harvested for a few months of the year. million, a slice of the larger $5.6

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Civil Eats

JULY 31, 2024

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.

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Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Seaweed naturally absorbs carbon as it grows, but unless it is harvested, it decomposes and releases carbon back. Department of Agriculture (USDA) website, going back to the 1900s. The company is also developing a harvesting machine that will reap the seaweed “using minimum cost and time.” 70 (for PET polyethelene) or $.67

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 29, 2023

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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Civil Eats

APRIL 17, 2024

Farinella’s whistleblower account coincides with a three-year investigation, “ Hidden Harvest ,” published in March by the Corporate Accountability Lab (CAL), exposing the human rights abuses rampant across India’s shrimp sector. wild shrimp harvesters have been calling to curb imported shrimp, which undermines their shrinking industry.

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 15, 2023

mile rock-walled lagoon used for aquaculture. Before the prevalence of large-scale, Western agriculture, “every valley that had a stream had a kalo plantation,” says Derek Kekaulike Mar, as he helps peel piles of raw taro tagged for a batch of kulolo. Loʻi kalo at Kakoʻo ʻOʻiwi.

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Agritecture Blog

MAY 3, 2023

Written by: Isabelle Dom Across the world of ESG investing, SDG impact, and climate change mitigation, a consistent omission has been bothering us at Agritecture: few events - if any - cover the full breadth of agriculture-related solutions. Alternative Proteins Mattia Marinello, farm owner and operator, collects snails for harvest.

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

When Otto began fishing in the 1960s, there were thousands of independent small-scale fishers harvesting seafood along B.C.’s Imported seafood can either mean it was harvested from global waters, or caught in the US, but exported to other countries for processing and then returned to the US. For decades, independent harvesters in B.C.

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ATTRA

JANUARY 12, 2024

The Nebraska Department of Agriculture will work in partnership with the USDA to award $2.5 Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure (RFSI) funds will support expanded capacity for food crops for activities that happen post-harvest and prior to the arrival at a retail market. The deadline to apply is January 31, 2024.

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Agritecture Blog

JULY 31, 2023

If you're exploring the intricacies of investing in, or developing this innovative method of agriculture, I hope to provide you with some insight into how these pioneering farms navigate the integration and innovation of technology. This subject may sound familiar, as it's something I've touched on before, along with others in the field.

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Food Tank

MARCH 8, 2024

Here’s who will be joining us (alphabetically): Bleu Adams , IndigeHub; Joke Aerts , Tony’s Open Chain, Tony’s Chocolonely; Robert Nathan Allen , Little Herds; Daisy Berg , New Seasons Market; Jayson Berryhill , Wholechain; Carmen Blackwood , EarthRise LLC; Gary Blackwood , NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Keliann Blazek , Special Assistant (..)

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Agwired

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Farm Foundation , an accelerator of practical solutions for agriculture, is pleased to announce the call for nominations for its 2024 annual suite of awards celebrating significant achievements in the agriculture and food sectors. A modest rebound in U.S. Martha joins ASTA after 10 years at the U.S. million to $370.9

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

JUNE 1, 2023

Harvesting in a spot that’s accessible fewer than 20 days per year, during negative tides, Welcome pulled a long strand of alaria, a golden ruffled kelp, from the riffles. A variety of seaweed harvested from the Gulf of Maine, including sugar kelp, sea lettuce, dulse, bladderwrack, and Irish moss.

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Agritecture Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2022

In the years that have followed, venture capital money has poured into the controlled environment agriculture (CEA) space at a dizzying pace. It’s noteworthy that this leaves out several other types of companies, including cannabis-only growers and technology providers, indoor aquaculture startups, and controlled environment insect rearing.

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

When you harvest oysters, you have to make sure you aren’t crossing over into restricted territory. Shellfish are both culturally and economically significant in coastal communities across the continent, but knowing which waters are legal and safe to harvest can present a significant obstacle. Screenshot of the ShellCast web app.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 15, 2023

A quick taste test proves it true: Their crop is ready to harvest. But just like industrial agriculture on land, such operations can harm the environment – and given the role kelp forests play in sequestering carbon, the climate. This marks Patryn’s sixth year as a seaweed farmer, but he’s been working on the water for much longer.

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Agritecture Blog

MAY 23, 2023

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 Tank

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Beyond the Kitchen Table Edited by Priscilla McCutcheon, Latrica Best, and Theresa Ann Rajack-Talley Beyond the Kitchen Table is a deep analysis into Black women’s roles in food and agriculture systems in the Caribbean, Africa, and the United States.

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Food Tank

OCTOBER 19, 2023

During the North America World Food Day celebration, food systems advocates gathered to emphasize that water is central to discussions of food and agriculture. Agriculture, which relies on freshwater, is responsible for more than 70 percent of global withdrawals. The event was co-hosted by Food Tank, the U.N.

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Food Tank

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). And nearly three-quarters of that small percentage goes to agriculture, per the FAO. With population growth, urbanization, agriculture, and climate change, our water resources are becoming increasingly stressed, FAO warns. Next Monday, October 16, is World Food Day. Leave No One Behind.

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Modern Farmer

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Bio-fouling tunicates have severely affected mussel harvests. The United States Department of Agriculture lists several species of sea squirts including clubbed and compound as invasive. In 2015, bio-fouling tunicates so severely affected mussel supply in Nova Scotia that there was a three-month shortage for shellfish consumers.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Contributing authors: Abigail Buta ,and Jessica Levy , and Elena Seeley The momentum to transform food and agriculture systems has never been more urgentor more inspiring. It connects expertise across disciplines to enhance food security, improve distribution, and position Canada as a leader in agricultural innovation.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 5, 2023

At Civil Eats, we immerse ourselves in food and agriculture books throughout the year to deepen our knowledge, stay up to date, and produce robust coverage of the books making an impact in the food and ag space. A condensed version of this gift guide was first sent to Civil Eats members in The Deep Dish newsletter.

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Food Tank

MAY 17, 2024

Harvesting, processing, transporting, cooking, and serving food can be hard on people’s bodies—and their mental health and well-being. Nearly half of agricultural laborers (42 percent, per a California study ) face low or very low food security, and many also are not given sufficient rest breaks or protection from the heat or cold.

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 15, 2023

Assembled in response to new aquaculture sites planned off the coast of California, the gravestones were brought to the offices of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Long Beach, California, in April by activists keen to register their discontent. established aquaculture as a national policy priority.

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Civil Eats

MARCH 19, 2025

By November, the bulk of the Mid-Atlantic harvest had been sold. Department of Agriculture (USDA) initiative called the Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program , which had active contracts in 43 states and was meant to make it easier for schools to serve students fresh food from small farms.

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