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Why Your City Needs an Urban Agriculture Plan & How to Start One

Agritecture Blog

Written by: Brakeley Bryant , Christian Kanlian and Jeffrey Landau May 11, 2023 Cities and their food supplies are facing stressors such as increased urbanization, climate change, extreme weather, a lack of varied production systems and seed genetics, labor shortages, and logistics delays. According to the U.S.

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Can a Farm Generate Solar Power and Blueberries at Once?

Daily Yonder

The hard hat is a minor inconvenience for Sweetland, but is emblematic of a broader question that researchers have been studying on this farm: How can agricultural lands support both crops and solar panels without hurting the other’s bottom line? They’re not even going to make money on the field because (the plants) are shaded.”

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

Modern Farmer

The agriculture students will be growing and raising specialty crops and animals for us, and culinary students will get the chance to get their hands in the dirt to learn what it takes to grow a crop,” says chef-instructor and Top Chef alum Robin Leventhal. Bergen Community College was one of the grant recipients, receiving a $4.5-million

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Pile Burning for Biochar Production

Caff

They did so by burning agricultural waste and then smothering it. The repeated application of biochar over many years turned these nutrient-poor soils into fertile agricultural land. These kilns can be tailored to produce biochar with specific properties suited to different soil types and agricultural needs.

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Foodshed Cooperative Is Growing San Diego’s Small-Farm Economy

Civil Eats

After receiving a grant from the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) Healthy Soils Program , Solidarity Farm hosted a carbon sink convergence event in 2019, at which a new idea—brought forth by the collective minds of participating local farmers—was born; a small farm distribution company called Foodshed Cooperative.

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Women Innovators for Small Farm Technology

Caff

During the last few years of the Small Farm Innovation Challenge hosted by Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF), a remarkable trio of women—Cole Bush, Lindsey Lusher Shute, and Rachel Greathouse—emerged as leaders in advancing agricultural technology. Lindsey’s contributions to sustainable agriculture have not gone unnoticed.

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BIFS Field Day: Cover Cropping and Livestock Grazing for Regenerative Viticulture

Caff

That’s part of what Project Terra is about; it’s highlighting all of these ideas and initiatives that are going to take us further on that sustainability spectrum. ” -Kendra Altnow Project Terra is their collection of initiatives that demonstrate and communicate the positive impact of regenerative agriculture using systems approach principles.