Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Growing seaweed in the open ocean, with room to exponentially expand, means the Ocean Rainforest team is tackling how to anchor crops in hundreds of feet of water, withstand intense weather, and monitor a farm that lies many miles from shore. As Ocean Rainforest continues its research, the wider U.S.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 15, 2023

The crop he and co-founder Morgan-Lea Fogg gather each spring lies just below the surface: long lines of slick brown sugar kelp. A quick taste test proves it true: Their crop is ready to harvest. The World Bank said raising this versatile crop in just 5 percent of U.S. territorial waters would produce as much protein as 2.3

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Agritecture Blog

MAY 23, 2023

Their most recent venture into hybridized farming was in 2021 with the launch of the new micro-farming system that combines aquaculture with vertical farming. Combining aquaculture and regenerative agriculture, the farm grows fish and plant crops in a closed loop system. The plant likes the nutrients.” Credit: Mishkat Farms.

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ATTRA

AUGUST 6, 2024

Funds will support expanded capacity for the aggregation, processing, manufacturing, storing, transporting, wholesaling, and distribution of locally and regionally produced food products, including specialty crops, dairy, grains and other row crops for human consumption, aquaculture, and other food products, excluding meat and poultry.

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Modern Farmer

JULY 26, 2024

Regenerative aquaculture is giving back to the environment, rather than just taking from or having a neutral effect on it, and requires no or very minimal inputs to grow food,” explains Kieffer. “Being that seaweed is a less popular food in our culture, a lot of my work with seaweed is teaching people how and why to use it,” says Kieffer.

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ATTRA

MAY 24, 2024

Funds will support expanded capacity for the aggregation, processing, manufacturing, storing, transporting, wholesaling, and distribution of locally and regionally produced food products, including specialty crops, dairy, grains for human consumption, aquaculture, and other food products, excluding meat and poultry.

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ATTRA

JANUARY 12, 2024

Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure (RFSI) funds will support expanded capacity for food crops for activities that happen post-harvest and prior to the arrival at a retail market.

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ATTRA

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The purpose of the RFSI Program is to expand capacity and infrastructure for the aggregation, processing, manufacturing, storing, transporting, wholesaling, and distribution of locally and regionally produced food products, including specialty crops, dairy, grains for human consumption, aquaculture, and other value-added food products.

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ATTRA

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Northeast SARE funds projects in a wide variety of topics, including marketing and business, crop production, raising livestock, aquaculture, social sustainability, climate-smart agriculture practices, urban and Indigenous agriculture and more. Awards of up to $30,000 are available, depending on the complexity of a project.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 29, 2023

On the back 16 acres of Walla Walla Community College, 30 Red Angus cows stand munching on hairy vetch, ryegrass and other cover crops that were planted to help restore the soil. As part of its efforts to foster a new crop of farmers, earlier this y ear, the USDA announced it would be investing $262.5 It’s truly full circle.”

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Caff

MAY 17, 2021

The new program is a marked improvement on the last version covering a larger list of eligible commodities and increased payments for most crops. Row rops and specialty crops Floriculture and nursery crops Broilers, eggs, pullets Wool Aquaculture Dairy and livestock Full list here How much funding am I eligible for?

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ATTRA

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Those involved in the aggregation, processing, manufacturing, storing, transporting, wholesaling and distribution of locally and regionally produced food products, including specialty crops, dairy and dairy products, grains for consumption, aquaculture, and other food products, excluding meat and poultry, are eligible to apply for funding.

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Food Tank

OCTOBER 13, 2023

In India, farmers are rethinking small ditches called dobas to help use water more efficiently, and in California, some farmers are able to irrigate crops with treated wastewater. Traditional land management practices like cover cropping and planting native species can revitalize their soils and mitigate the effects of drought.

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ATTRA

MARCH 13, 2024

The RI Food System Factbook shares data on over 40 different indicators across five areas of food system health and well-being: Food Economy, Food Access & Security, Agriculture & Land Use, Commercial Fisheries & Aquaculture, and Climate Change.

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Caff

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Originally launched in October 2020, CFAP-2 included new payment options and expanded eligible crops to include row crops, wool, livestock, specialty livestock, dairy, specialty crops, floriculture, nursery crops, aquaculture, broilers, eggs, and tobacco. Since last October, CFAP-2 went through two more changes.

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Agritecture Blog

JULY 31, 2023

In theory, this can be beneficial; the use of sophisticated sensors, robotics, and data analysis tools can provide greater control over plant health, growth rates, and crop yields, potentially reducing operational costs and enhancing profitability in the long term. However, the reality often paints a different picture.

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Food Tank

JUNE 22, 2024

A study from the Aquatic and Crop Resource Development Research Centre suggests that algae is an excellent source of protein and vitamins, including antioxidants, omega-3, and vitamin B, and can be incorporated into and enhance plant-based diets.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

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. Those include $1.65

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Agritecture Blog

MAY 3, 2023

Regenerative Agriculture and Nature-Based Solutions Coffee crops grow alongside other plants in what is known as an Agroforestry approach to farming. Building markets, and key infrastructure, for cover crops such as oats and peas will also help facilitate their wider adoption.

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Agwired

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Northern Soy Marketing (NSM) recently held its inaugural Midwest Crop Tour in North Dakota, Minnesota, South Dakota and Nebraska for group of Southeast Asian buyers. Some 3 million acres of agricultural lands were in the storm’s path, including row crops like peanuts and cotton, dairy and poultry farms, aquaculture operations and more.

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Farmbrite

AUGUST 15, 2024

Fisheries Finance Program The Fisheries Finance Program (FFP) is a direct government loan program that provides long-term financing for the cost of construction or reconstruction of fishing vessels, fisheries facilities, aquacultural facilities, and individual fishing quota in the Northwest Halibut/Sablefish and Alaskan Crab Fisheries.

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Agritecture Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2022

It’s noteworthy that this leaves out several other types of companies, including cannabis-only growers and technology providers, indoor aquaculture startups, and controlled environment insect rearing. Looking at the types of crops being grown by farms, leafy greens dominate.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

JUNE 1, 2023

While the North American seaweed industry remains tiny by global standards — 95 percent of farmed seaweed comes from Asia — it is the fastest-growing type of aquaculture in the United States. Without adequate safeguards, they wrote, “seaweed could become the next boom and bust crop that was supposed to ‘save the world.’”

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Farmbrite

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Nutrients and irrigation speed up crop development, increase crop yield and prevent contamination. The best amount of nutrients will vary between crop species, soil, precipitation, and more. Healthy Crops Start with Your Soil The foundation of healthy crops begins with healthy soil.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 12, 2023

faces food security and agriculture funding challenges as the next farm bill, the massive, trillion-dollar legislative package that shapes the entire food system—from nutritional benefits to crop insurance—remains in limbo. also released a roadmap this weekend that lays out how to transform the food sector to curb greenhouse gas emissions.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 24, 2024

The initiative aims to triple the productivity of smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa in 20 years by promoting green manure and cover crops that restore soil health, combat drought, and enhance farm resilience. Abdou Tenkouano, former Executive Director of CORAF, tells Food Tank. Every seed is important. Every seed is important.

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 21, 2024

When he isn’t raking for wild quahog, Pocknett manages the tribe’s shellfish farm, using modern aquaculture practices that are a footnote in the Wampanoags’ millennia-old relationship to the waterways of the Cape. Instead of clam reefs, the farmers use oyster cages and clunky steel rakes to manage their crop.

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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

They have made engagement on “restorative aquaculture” one of their philanthropic planks, funding numerous ventures on both sides of the notebook. He points to Imperial Valley Farmers, crops grown along the river, and cities like Las Vegas that depend on Colorado River water as among those that will be impacted if water markets take hold.

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Civil Eats

JUNE 27, 2024

What’s more, the fibrous plant, which can grow two feet a day, also pulls anywhere from five to 20 times more carbon from the atmosphere than any terrestrial crop, something that leading marine scientists are working to quantify right now. Michael Doall, a scientist at Gobler’s laboratory, solved the problem.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The organization introduces beneficial plants called green manure/cover crops which fertilize the soil, control weeds, and respond to periods of drought. Crop Trust , International Crop Trust is dedicated to conserving plant genetic resources to promote sustainable agriculture and support global food security.

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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

State and county profiles are forthcoming, and additional data on specific topics such as irrigation and aquaculture will also follow later this year.) Are Solar Panels More Popular Than Cover Crops? Cover crop acres increased by 2.6 Thirty-eight percent of farms reported using no-till practices , up 1.1

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 5, 2023

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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Agritecture Blog

MAY 4, 2023

USDA will work with recipients to competitively subaward funding to projects that expand capacity for the collection, processing, manufacturing, storing, transporting, wholesaling, and distribution of food products, including specialty crops, dairy, grains for human consumption, aquaculture, and other food products, other than meat and poultry.

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Agwired

MARCH 17, 2025

livestock, poultry and farmed aquaculture consumed approximately 283.6 late February, many stop-work orders became grant terminations, pausing or suspending various research on crop resilience and other projects. In 2023, U.S. million tons of feed, according to the IFEEDER report.

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Agribusiness Blog

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Aid to Producers of Crops Producers of 2020 price trigger crops and flat-rate crops will receive $20 per planted acre. Price trigger crops are major commodities that suffered a 5% price decline over a specified period. The crops include barley, corn, sorghum, soybeans, sunflowers, upland cotton and wheat.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JUNE 14, 2024

Photo credit: USDA, by Lance Cheung Strengthening Crop Insurance With only 13 percent of farms insured against worsening floods, droughts, and other disasters, the next farm bill must take steps to expand access to the federal crop insurance program.

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Civil Eats

MARCH 19, 2025

Those farms had already been expanding due to a movement toward local food as a way to produce healthier, regenerative foods while paying farmers more for their crops and therefore rebuilding a rural America hollowed out by consolidation. Lets not forget that canned food is also wholesome. So thats always an option as well.

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