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Improving Agricultural Development Projects Through Gender Analysis

Agric4profits

Women tend to concentrate their agricultural activities around the homestead, primarily because of their domestic and reproductive roles; they play a critical role in food production, post-harvest activities, livestock care, and increasingly in cash cropping.

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Winter Farming in Florida: Profit Ripe for the Picking

ATTRA

The big five cash crops for winter in Florida are leafy greens, strawberries, tomatoes, bell peppers, and blueberries. The good news for small-scale growers in Florida is that these winter cash crops can be profitable on limited acreage. ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.

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Greens as a Secondary Income from your Cash Crop Plants

ATTRA

As farmers who work in unpredictable climates, we know the importance of growing a diverse range of foods and harvesting various parts to make up for times when cash crops are scarce. These products are best marketed directly to consumers, local chefs, or specialty markets, although I hope this will change. ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.

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These State Lawmakers Are Collaborating on Policies that Support Regenerative Agriculture

Civil Eats

We are rural, urban, and suburban,” she said. Against the backdrop of a carefully managed perennial pasture, the gathering focused on legislative approaches to promoting regenerative farming and ranching practices, which the group believes can galvanize support across partisan and rural-urban divides. We are female; we are male.

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Bringing Back Local Milk, Ice Cream, and Cheese

Civil Eats

Since taking over the dairy a decade ago and branding it Foggy Bottoms Boys , the couple has been bucking convention and helping their rural community navigate changing economic tides. A lot of people don’t understand why my cheese costs [four times more than] Walmart’s.” “We’re an important fabric of these rural communities.”

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Living Mulch Cover Cropping for Gardens and Small Farms: Managing an “organic matter” system

ATTRA

When he needed added biomass, he experimented with undersowing Dutch white clover into early harvested crops, mowing the post-harvest crop, and then drilling rye into the clover. But what if you leave the white clover cover crop to continue growing in the second year? ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.

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Syngenta Seeds and Sustainable Oils to Sell Camelina Seed

Agwired

By supporting farmers and offering a sustainable source of fuel and animal feed, this partnership represents a win-win for producers, the environment, and the rural economy. It is a remarkable crop that protects like a cover crop and pays like a cash crop. Sustainable Oils President Mike Karst said.

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