Civil Eats

MAY 21, 2024

As they prune, workers pile leaves and branches on the ground. Atomo extracts compounds from ingredients such as ramón seeds , which the ancient Mayans used to make a hot beverage with notes of chocolate and dark-roasted coffee. “More recently, we’ve been fascinated by and experimenting with syntropic agriculture.”

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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 process of producing tea, from the tea seed to the cup, is a complex and fascinating one. The tea we drink is obtained from the leaves of a bush native to Asia.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 5, 2023

But it wasn’t until he became the beverage director at Farm and Fisherman Tavern in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, that he fully combined his passions for ethnobotany and mixology. On the impacts of neonics—the chemicals that coat most corn and soy seeds in this country—especially, her experience illuminates so much. Jewell asks.

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