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CHICKENS UNDER COFFEE TREES

The Lunatic Farmer

There is not an orchard, citrus grove, coffee plantation, almond farm, or pecan forest that wouldn’t benefit from poultry especially and other livestock generally. The trees shaded and protected the chickens. This is such a basic symbiotic relationship, but it is not even part of the conversation in industrial agricultural orthodoxy.

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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. 1 commodity for the last 64 years.