Cropaia

DECEMBER 19, 2023

In recent years, there has been a growing interest in regenerative agriculture, a holistic approach to farming that seeks to restore and revitalize the land while improving crop yields and overall farm profitability. This means increased crop yields and reduced inputs like fertilizers and pesticides.

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Agric4profits

JANUARY 7, 2025

Organic Tangerine Farming focuses on growing tangerines without synthetic chemicals or pesticides. This method promotes healthier crops and a safer environment. Organic Tangerine Farming requires natural methods for pest control, soil fertility, and crop growth.

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Agric4profits

JANUARY 3, 2025

Farmers avoid synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, instead using organic alternatives such as compost, cover crops, and… Read More » Complete Practical Guide on Organic Apples Farming It uses natural methods to promote soil health, control pests, and maintain biodiversity while yielding high-quality fruits.

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Agric4profits

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Organic Watermelon Farming focuses on growing watermelons without synthetic chemicals or pesticides, promoting natural and eco-friendly methods. It ensures that crops thrive in harmony with the environment, benefiting both consumers and farmers.

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Agric4profits

JANUARY 7, 2025

It focuses on natural inputs like compost and crop rotation to maintain soil health and promote plant growth. Organic lettuce farming is gaining popularity due to the growing demand for pesticide-free, healthy produce.

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Sustainable Food Trust

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Each gram of humus can hold twenty times its own weight of water, allowing soil with high organic matter to act as a sponge to soak up heavy rain and continue to provide moisture for crops during dry conditions. Pesticides are damaging to soil, killing a range of organisms that are vital to soil health.

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Food Tank

OCTOBER 11, 2023

This threatens native crops and wild species. The company composts all fruit scraps, tea, herbs, cultures, and paper towels while also saving over 1,100 gallons of water per day through their recapture system. Mijenta grows agave without pesticides or herbicides. In 2016, Rhum J.M Rise & Win Brewing Co.,

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Sustainable Harvest International

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Conventional agriculture heavily relies on synthetic chemicals in the form of fertilizers and pesticides. Monocultures cover vast areas with a single crop, violating natural laws and putting plants at risk. Organic methods like composting and biofertilizers minimize reliance on synthetic chemicals.

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Kavya Organic Farm

AUGUST 24, 2023

Some traditional farming and agricultural methods, to date, use other methods of fertilising plants, especially farm manure and compost. Compost is highly effective to make at home with generic waste materials, thus providing a more cost-effective and realistic way to enrich the soil.

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Farmbrite

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Get to know your soil by testing it, and then bring in the heavy hitters compost and cover crops. Regularly amend your soil with organic matter, such as compost or cover crops, to improve fertility. Healthy soil is the foundation for healthy crops. Crop Rotation A crop mixtape if you will.

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Modern Farmer

MARCH 1, 2024

In addition, most natural fibers are grown conventionally, which often means heavy use of pesticides, synthetic fertilizers and genetically modified or treated seeds. percent of the world’s pesticides and 10 percent of its insecticides. According to its website, the material decays in controlled composting conditions.

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Farmbrite

AUGUST 23, 2023

Healthy soil can mean increased yields (and profits) as well as fewer inputs like fertilizer or pesticides. Rotate your crops. Rotating crops is one of the best ways to improve long-term soil health on your farm. There are several types of crop rotation that farmers can implement to maximize the benefits of this practice.

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Caff

JUNE 13, 2023

Of the many rules in this law, the Produce Safety Rule (PSR) was created to address federal food safety requirements at the farm level, specifically for produce crops. This is of special concern because many crops are eaten raw and if contaminated, they can cause illness when consumed. Crops may exhibit wilting, spotting, scaring, etc.

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Modern Farmer

MARCH 4, 2024

And mushrooms of all kinds sprout as they feast on crop waste, coffee grounds and horse manure. Yeast feeds on sugars, for example, to produce alcohol, while certain mold strains churn out penicillin and other antibiotics. More recently, mycologists have been unleashing fungi on common industrial and consumer waste.

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Modern Farmer

JANUARY 10, 2024

Guzman’s parents gave up caring for the soil and growing food that nourished them in pursuit of greater opportunities that involved growing crops for export and other people’s profit. And today, even when the soil stays on the ground, we’re actively destroying it through the use of pesticides, herbicides, synthetic fertilizers, and more.

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Caff

MAY 1, 2023

He touched on his future plans to establish an U-pick apple orchard, install drip-lines to improve irrigation and nutrient management, and create a composting system using walnut husks and orchard waste. The attendees then got to observe the mower in action as James mowed down a cover crop strip.

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Modern Farmer

MARCH 20, 2024

What we need is for the conventional food system to change dramatically: to reduce reliance on fossil-fuel-based inputs, be more adaptive to climate extremes, adopt climate-friendly practices such as cover cropping and compost application, and in doing all this become a better source of healthy food.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 1, 2024

Tenants agree to not use any pesticides and allow the Wicklers access to the yard. Plus, having multiple plots is great for their farm management strategy as they rotate crops seasonally to reduce pest pressure and replenish soil nutrients. Most of the tenants really like that we maintain the properties,” says Wickler.

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Sustainable Food Trust

AUGUST 9, 2023

Montgomery and biologist Anne Biklé, unravels the threads that connect soil, crops, animals and people. From mycorrhizal networks to worm counts, compost to phytochemicals, and ruminant health to ultra-processed foods, What Your Food Ate explains the ripple effects emanating from our lack of regard for soil health.

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Farmbrite

MARCH 14, 2023

The ideal time is when you're harvesting the largest variety of crops. They include assessment notes, traceability system field maps, the flow of food maps, pesticide logbooks and labels, training certificates, and other relevant supporting documents. Pre-plant stage · Identify any known risk associated with the crop you're growing.

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Farmbrite

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Also, they are quick food crops and ideal if you have limited space. With so many advantages they are definitely a crop to take a look second look at for your farm. Depending on the variety they area quick crop to grow. You can mix the soil using potting soil, vermiculite, perlite, and compost.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

In a county that was intentionally poisonedand a world suffering from a changing climatehe is reviving the soil under his feet by transitioning away from pesticide-dependent row crops like tobacco to industrial hemp, which is known to sequester carbon and remediate soil, and using earth-friendly organic and regenerative methods.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Black polyethylene “mulch film” gets tucked snugly around crop rows, clear plastic sheeting covers hoop houses, and most farmers use plastic seed trays, irrigation tubes, and fertilizer bags. These synthetic polymer products have often been used to help boost yields up to 60 percent and make water and pesticide use more efficient.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 24, 2024

The initiative aims to triple the productivity of smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa in 20 years by promoting green manure and cover crops that restore soil health, combat drought, and enhance farm resilience. Abdou Tenkouano, former Executive Director of CORAF, tells Food Tank. Every seed is important. Every seed is important.

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RR2CS

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Together, Harold and his brother, Chris, and his father, Gerald, work collaboratively as partners to manage 5000 acres of irrigated land producing potatoes — varieties of chippers, russets, and red Mozart potatoes — along with other field crops, including hard red spring wheat, winter wheat, barley, sunflowers, green peas, seed canola.

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Sustainable Food Trust

JUNE 14, 2023

I am only considering them in relation to agricultural crops. By ‘lack of humus’ he is referring to the increasing trend, even then, to dispense with returning organic matter to the soil, for example, in the form of composted farmyard manure, that was made possible by the development of synthetic fertilisers.

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The Counter

APRIL 27, 2022

They’d take a few hundred acres of both leased and family-owned central-Texas farmland—land that for decades had grown row crops of corn and cotton—and give it “what it wants back,” he said. See full series Back around 2011, Jonathan Cobb and his wife, Kaylyn, had what he calls a “simple game plan.” Here in the U.S.,

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Farmbrite

JUNE 19, 2023

Although these perennial trees are still prone to disease and damage from pests, they are generally stronger and require a bit less care than annual crops. You can find out what kinds of crops grow best where you live by looking at resources like this USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map. If a tree doesn't thrive, it won't produce any fruit!

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The Lunatic Farmer

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

We’ve spent a couple of generations exiting historically normal tasks and behavior, from integrating livestock and crops, growing gardens, buying locally and cultivating domestic culinary arts. Crops required proximate animals in order to receive the blessing of their manure. It was on your shoes when you went into the bakery.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Hartman’s guide to how to downsize to fit into an urban or suburban neighborhood is like a study in farming history: pare down to seven tools, leave roots in place to nourish the soil, and “trust the compost.” Hartman maximizes many practices from the past while implementing today’s tech “on a human scale” to reap the greatest reward.

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