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On Cape Cod, the Wampanoag Assert Their Legal Right to Harvest the Waters

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People of the First Light For thousands of years, the Wampanoag —the “People of the First Light”—have harvested fish for food, trade, art, and fertilizer. In 2022, the tribe was awarded an aquaculture grant of $1.1 With a grunt, he plunged his rake into the water and dug in.

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Navigating Agricultural Financing as a Farmer: Challenges and Opportunities

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Farm Storage Facility Loans Farm Storage Facility Loans (FSFL) are provided to encourage the construction of on-farm storage and handling facilities for eligible commodities. Operating Loans These loans can cover daily expenses like seeds, fertilizer, livestock feed, and family living expenses.

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The Hard Work of Bringing Kelp to Market

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Atlantic Sea Farms, the largest seaweed aquaculture business in the country, has solved several challenges that seaweed farmers face in Maine and other states. To process their kelp, Barnacle has slowly constructed a 3,000-square-foot production floor and additional warehouse. Transportation is one.

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Walmart’s ‘Regenerative Foodscape’

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His mom, Christy Walton—widow to Sam’s son John—has a net worth of about $11 billion, which she has used to fund restaurants, large ocean aquaculture projects, and a 40,000-acre ranch that offers a “regenerative experience” to tourists and has acted as a site for research on land and livestock management.

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Our 2023 Food and Farming Holiday Book Gift Guide

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The guide is especially helpful in its specifics, literally down to the baseboards used to construct the family’s functional barnhouse and greenhouse, and it details how to get the most out of popular crops in micro spaces. Mixed greens, tomatoes, snap peas, hemp, and more—even for this black thumb, Hartman makes it seem doable.

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