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Brainfood: Diverse ecologists, Wild vs cultivated, Ecosystem services, Indigenous people, Mixtures, On-farm trees, Monitoring protected areas, Social media & protected areas, Wild harvesting, Land sparing vs sharing, Agroecology & plant health, Wild vs cultivated

Agricultural Biodiversity

Towards an agroecological approach to crop health: reducing pest incidence through synergies between plant diversity and soil microbial ecology. Agrobiodiversity conservation enables sustainable and equitable land sparing. Intensifying agriculture can be good for land sparing, but its sustainability depends on land sharing.

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Brainfood: Biodiversity review, History, Maize history, Maya ag, Agroecology, Ancient curry, IK, Culture & policy, Breeding review, Pacific PGRFA, Pacific breeding, Epidemics, Xylella

Agricultural Biodiversity

Current agricultural diversification strategies are already agroecological. Ancient Maya Lowland agriculture sounds very agroecological. Apulian Autochthonous Olive Germplasm: A Promising Resource to Restore Cultivation in Xylella fastidiosa-Infected Areas. There was more diversity than formerly thought, at various levels.

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20 Organizations Cultivating the Food Movement in Atlanta

Food Tank

These efforts encompass small scale farming, agroecology, agroforestry, and reforestation. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons The post 20 Organizations Cultivating the Food Movement in Atlanta appeared first on Food Tank. And they have children’s program that introduces young people to edible playground gardens.

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Brainfood: Marroon rice, Dutch aroids, Sicilian saffron, Inca agriculture, Native American agriculture, Mexican peppers, Afro-Mexican agriculture, Sahelian landraces, Small-scale fisheries, Coconut remote sensing

Agricultural Biodiversity

Afro-Indigenous harvests: Cultivating participatory agroecologies in Guerrero, Mexico. Interdisciplinary insights into the cultural and chronological context of chili pepper ( Capsicum annuum var. domestication in Mexico. About the only thing that’s missing here is traditional knowledge.

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Agroecological Crop Selection, Part 1

ATTRA

By Justin Duncan, NCAT Sustainable Agriculture Specialist For the past couple years, NCAT has worked with the Southern Risk Management Education Center to provide training to farmers on how to better decide which crops to plant based on agroecological methods. The point of agroecological crop selection is mainly input reduction.

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Agroecological Crop Selection, Part 2

ATTRA

By Justin Duncan, NCAT Sustainable Agriculture Specialist For the past couple years, NCAT has worked with the Southern Risk Management Education Center to provide training to farmers on how to better decide which crops to plant based on agroecological methods. Think about plants in nature.

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

Modern Farmer

Bakersfield College boasts an Edible Gardens Catalog program, Kalamazoo Community College offers Sustainable Food Systems Competencies coursework and Greenfield Community College’s Farm and Food Systems covers mushroom foraging and cultivation, permaculture design, beekeeping, food preservation and more.

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