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CHICKENS UNDER COFFEE TREES

The Lunatic Farmer

Ecological farmers may not agree on everything, but one thing we all agree on these days are these 5 essential elements: 1. The devastation among Florida’s orange groves and the diseases attacking coffee trees are symptomatic of one thing: violating all of the above ecological pillars. Let’s go to the heart of the matter.

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As the Salton Sea Shrinks, Agriculture’s Legacy Turns to Dust

Civil Eats

Imperial Valley grows an estimated two-thirds of the country’s winter vegetables , as well as alfalfa for animal feed—but cattle has remained the No. Date palm plantations and orchards cover the eastern Coachella Valley to the north. It’s associated with air quality, ecology, and biologicals in the lake.

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Our Summer 2024 Food and Farming Book Guide

Civil Eats

—Matthew Wheeland Countering Dispossession, Reclaiming Land: A Social Movement Ethnography By David Gilbert Along the slopes of a volcano in Indonesia, a group of Minangkabau Indigenous agricultural workers began quietly reclaiming their land in 1993, growing cinnamon trees, chilies, eggplants, and other foods on the edges of plantations.

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