Agric4profits

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Shifting cultivation is a cropping system whereby a piece of farmland under forest is opened up and used for cropping (usually arable crop such as yam, maize,

Cultivation 93

Cultivation Maize Farmland Crop 93

Agricultural Biodiversity

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Maize and precolonial Africa. Maize contributed to slavery. Agriculture in the Ancient Maya Lowlands (Part 1): Paleoethnobotanical Residues and New Perspectives on Plant Management. Current agricultural diversification strategies are already agroecological. Ancient Maya Lowland agriculture sounds very agroecological.

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Agroecology Maize Seeding Science 182

Agricultural Biodiversity

JUNE 11, 2023

Plant domestication and agricultural ecologies. Plants cultivated for ecosystem restoration can evolve toward a domestication syndrome. Plants cultivated for ecosystem restoration can evolve toward a domestication syndrome. Diamonds in the Not-So-Rough: Wild Relative Diversity Hidden in Crop Genomes. Ok, maybe 8.

Ecology 100

Ecology Maize Cultivation Grain 100

Sustainable Food Trust

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

My idea of heaven is the 100 hectares of cultivated ground that provide a livelihood for the 50 plus families who work the land in Miras and who produce more than enough food to feed the entire community of 600 families. The reallocation of collective farms meant that thousands of families were given land to cultivate themselves.

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Seeding Food Maize Cultivation 124

Civil Eats

APRIL 22, 2024

Its 2,800 acres—the first protected habitat for the wild relatives of crops in the United States—now shelter not just a single pepper but at least 45 different species. Forest Service to identify and collect other wild relatives of crops in this area. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Research Service.

Seeding 125

Seeding Crop Agriculture Agriculture 125

Food Environment and Reporting Network

MAY 28, 2024

Can they make laws to safeguard domestic agriculture, public health, the environment, and the genetic integrity of the national diet? The closest analogues—wheat in the countries of Europe, rice across Asia—pale beside the cultural and dietary importance of maize in the land where it was first domesticated.

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Maize Science Food Crop 140

Food Tank

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Contributing authors: Liza Greene , Elena Seeley , and Alessandra Uriarte The food and agriculture movement made incredible strides over the last year—but our work isn’t done yet! These groups are continuing to push for food and agriculture systems that are economically, socially, and environmentally just and equitable.

Food 145

Food Agriculture Agriculture Seeding 145