Daily Yonder

AUGUST 13, 2024

The answers will help shape best practices for future projects, while addressing some concerns raised in ongoing debates over siting large solar projects in rural farm areas. Other questions include finding optimal grazing rates of sheep per acre, as well as other logistics.

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Daily Yonder

MAY 14, 2024

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? The big question is whether the blueberry bushes can produce enough to turn a profit.

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Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

We’ve fabricated light poles on all of our fruit trailers and tractors that can illuminate four rows of vines each,” he says, “and then every crew member wears a headlamp.” New Regulations, Sparse Data Washington, Oregon, California and Colorado currently have regulations to protect agricultural workers during extreme heat.

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Daily Yonder

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

We’ve fabricated light poles on all of our fruit trailers and tractors that can illuminate four rows of vines each,” he says, “and then every crew member wears a headlamp.” New Regulations, Sparse Data Washington, Oregon, California and Colorado currently have regulations to protect agricultural workers during extreme heat.

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Civil Eats

JULY 29, 2024

In addition to authorizing a program that would put extra funds into low-income parents’ pockets for summer groceries, the lawmakers changed a longstanding provision that required schools to serve summer meals communally, eliminating the requirement for rural areas. Department of Agriculture (USDA) rules that come with unwieldy paperwork.

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