Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Last fall, Ava Taesali opened Kava Queen , Oahus only brick-and-mortar kava bar, after three years of building a loyal following for this traditional beverage at farmers markets in Honolulu. Harvesting awa requires leaving the corm and lateral roots intact.

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Food Tank

OCTOBER 11, 2023

According to a study published in the Journal of Cleaner Production and Beverages , the production of alcoholic beverages can contribute to greenhouse gas emissions, land degradation, and water depletion. It also reveals that the production cultivation of barley and hops is responsible for most of the environmental impact of beer.

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Beverage Ecology Compost Cultivation 124

Food Tank

JUNE 14, 2024

Many utilize regenerative growing and composting to maintain healthy crop life cycles from seed to harvest and foster healthy soils. They grow healthy, seasonal food as well as culturally relevant options familiar to the diverse populations they serve such as bissap (a beverage made from hibiscus) and callaloo (a dish made with leafy greens).

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Agriculture Agriculture Food Compost 128

Civil Eats

MAY 21, 2024

Underpaid pickers don’t show up, and coffee cherries rot on the ground, wasting the harvest. Some harvests last for six months instead of the standard two, and some are shockingly short. Or harvests are compressed into a two-week period, and the coffee mills can’t handle the tsunami of cherries waiting to be processed.

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Yield Production Harvester Harvesting 143

Daily Yonder

APRIL 3, 2024

Instead of applying industrial chemicals to amend soils or introducing irrigation to regulate crop growth, permaculture gardening is an adaptive, self-regenerative, and diversity-driven approach in food production and pollinator habitat cultivation. Grayson LandCare Members bring in a harvest from the Permaculture Garden.

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ATTRA

MAY 7, 2024

By Audrey Kolde, NCAT Agriculture Specialist Tea, a beverage enjoyed worldwide, is a subject of growing interest among specialty crop farmers in the Gulf South. The journey of tea from seed to cup involves harvesting, withering, rolling, oxidizing, and drying. Cultivation Techniques Are you excited to grow some tea?

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Harvester Harvesting Harvest Cultivation 40

RR2CS

APRIL 5, 2024

About us: At RR2CS, we’re on a mission to cultivate climate solutions in rural Alberta. Phase 2 is currently underway working with agricultural producers and other stakeholders like extension groups, colleges and research institutes, agricultural inputs companies, government and food and beverage companies.

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