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Civil Eats
DECEMBER 10, 2024
Patrick Brown, who was named North Carolinas Small Farmer of the Year by North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University this year, grows almost 200 acres of industrial hemp for both oil and fiber, and 11 acres and several greenhouses of vegetablesbeets, kale, radishes, peppers, okra, and bok choy.
Civil Eats
DECEMBER 17, 2024
Read all the stories in this series: A Black-Led Agricultural Community Takes Shape in Maryland An urban farm trailblazer begins building a Black agrarian corridor in rural Maryland, fostering community and climate resilience. Methane emissions created by flooded rice paddies account for about 10 percent of global agricultural emissions.
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Food Tank
JANUARY 27, 2025
Food Tank is rounding up 25 books about the past, present, and future of global food and agriculture systems to get you through the winter. Decolonizing African Agriculture: Food Security, Agroecology and the Need for Radical Transformation by William G. Moseley In Decolonizing African Agriculture , William G. Author David E.
Civil Eats
AUGUST 23, 2023
The catastrophic fire that just ravaged more than 2,000 acres and at least 2,000 homes on Maui, and claimed 114 lives and counting is inextricably linked to the island’s agricultural history. Which then, of course, becomes very ironic in terms of how the plantations then [put] a horrible, detrimental end to our soil quality.
Modern Farmer
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
Introduced to the islands decades ago as livestock forage, invasive vegetation such as Guinea grass and buffelgrass proliferate in the islands, largely on unmanaged agricultural land. In 2016, HC&S, the state’s last sugar plantation, shuttered its Maui operations. Some areas of grazed pasture on Diamond B Ranch went unburned.
Civil Eats
MAY 6, 2024
Strips of trees, bushes, grasses, or flowers around agricultural or pasture fields can house higher numbers of small mammals than cropland. The burgeoning human population, however, means agricultural impacts are only set to increase. Agriculture already takes up over half of U.S. Runoff from U.S. farmers $3.7 billion annually.
The Equation
MARCH 4, 2024
But if we do it right, it will have a positive ripple effect that will benefit everyone in California and will make the San Joaquin Valley a positive example around the world for agriculture, energy, and socioenvironmental justice. It is the opposite of sustainable agriculture. But how can we do things right?
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