Modern Farmer

AUGUST 29, 2023

The cattle, which were artificially inseminated by students in the spring, will eventually be harvested at a USDA plant and incorporated into the fine dining menu at the college’s student-run campus restaurant, Capstone Kitchen. Red Angus cows help students learn about agroecology at Walla Walla Community College.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Their shells are harder and thicker than those of the English walnut, the most common commercially cultivated species, and are difficult to separate from the kernel within. Foragers earn at least 20 cents per pound for black walnuts, with bonuses for higher volumes; the smaller and more finicky acorns can fetch up to $2 per pound.

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Modern Farmer

JANUARY 19, 2024

The GLSAs provide vegetative cover for foraging, roosting and nesting wildlife including raptors, wading birds, songbirds, pollinating insects and small mammals such as moles and mice. “We Now, they absorb up to 16 inches of rain per hour,” says Jack Algiere, director of agroecology at Stone Barn.

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Farming Farming Farmland Livestock 83

Civil Eats

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Leafy greens, such as lettuce, have a high transfer rate and can easily carry dangerous levels of forever chemicals as can hay and grasses usedfor animal forage. We can fund a farm to switch from hay to grain cultivation, which requires new equipment, new storage, and new drying facilities,” she added. “In

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Farming Farming Farmland Crop 121

Civil Eats

JUNE 20, 2024

Brazil’s national requirement that 30 percent of school food ingredients be sourced from local and regional family farms helps empower and fund women agroecological producers. Could cultivating it offer me an opportunity to make up for all that had not passed down to me?” Meanwhile, in the U.S., We no longer trembled with fear.

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