Agric4profits

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Organic Orange Farming focuses on cultivating oranges without synthetic chemicals. Farmers use compost, manure, and green cover crops to enrich… Read More » Complete Practical Guide on Organic Orange Farming Its gaining popularity due to the rising demand for organic produce.

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Modern Farmer

JANUARY 15, 2024

Recently, these unassuming spaces are cultivating a new trend in home-grown businesses. The 800-square-foot basement and garage provide ample space for germination, cultivation and packaging, he says, with the vertical shelf configuration leaving plenty of room to grow. “I I love farming…so I hope to [continue] this for a long time.”

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Agric4profits

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Organic oil palm farming is a sustainable approach to cultivating oil palms without synthetic inputs. Organic oil palm farming focuses on enhancing soil health through compost, organic fertilizers, and crop rotation. It emphasizes natural methods for soil fertility, pest control, and plant health.

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Food Tank

JULY 17, 2024

Table2Farms is working to expand the scale of composting projects across the United States to reduce methane emissions, regenerate soil, and inspire organizations and individuals alike to compost. T he organization believes that the first step in achieving this vision is to support composting projects that already exist.

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Food Tank

APRIL 2, 2024

Through their Resource Center programming, the Alliance offers trainings and workshops; volunteer and labor support; compost, tools, and equipment; and capacity building grants. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons The post 20 Organizations Cultivating the Food Movement in Atlanta appeared first on Food Tank.

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Agric4profits

JANUARY 3, 2025

Organic curry farming involves cultivating curry plants without the use of synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, or genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Farmers use natural methods such as crop rotation, composting,… Read More » Complete Practical Guide on Organic Curry Farming

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Food Tank

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Recently, they worked with a Navajo farmer to build a bioreactor to generate biologically complete compost that will help heal the soil and improve yields. “We If we could provide the opportunity, the access, what talent can we uncover?” Today, IndigeHub tries to focus on farmers and producers. Become a member today by clicking here.

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Food Tank

JUNE 14, 2024

Urban agriculture can take on many different forms including, but not limited to, community gardens, urban farms, greenspaces, bioswales, rain gardens, community composting, beekeeping, and aquaculture. Many utilize regenerative growing and composting to maintain healthy crop life cycles from seed to harvest and foster healthy soils.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 9, 2024

As the young girl grows up, she learns how to care for this tree through the seasons with her grandfather, and cultivates a bond with him like no other. Saturdays at Harlem Grown also includes a recipe for vegetable soup and tips to help readers recycle, compost, and tend to gardens of their own.

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Food Tank

OCTOBER 11, 2023

It also reveals that the production cultivation of barley and hops is responsible for most of the environmental impact of beer. 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. In 2016, Rhum J.M Rise & Win Brewing Co.,

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Fork Farms

JULY 17, 2023

It offers an innovative and practical approach to teaching various scientific concepts while cultivating an understanding of sustainable agriculture. Students can investigate other integrated solutions such as: composting, crop rotation, and farm co-ops.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Many conventional farmers implement organic practices such as compost applications, diversified rotations, cover cropping, or biological integrated pest management (IPM) to build healthy soil and reduce the direct and environmental costs of production. Managing soil health, pests, and diseases in protected cultivation such as high tunnels.

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ATTRA

JANUARY 15, 2025

In some areas, fields were buried under as much as three feet of sediment, debris, and gravel, rendering them unfit for immediate cultivation. The hurricane’s downpour resulted in severe flooding, eroding topsoil and depositing debris combined with hazardous materials across businesses, homes, and farmlands.

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Modern Farmer

APRIL 28, 2025

While cultivated edible mushrooms are often grown indoors , adding the right species of fungi to your gardens can help improve the soil while offering you a valuable product. In essence, these fungi help break down materials that you may first put into a compost pile or shredder.

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Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Huberto Juan Martinez uses organic fertiliser/compost at his plantation. “The goal is to cultivate at least a thousand plants there, creating a kind of repository for the seven varieties,” he explains, detailing his vision for preserving vanilla and, by extension, safeguarding the heritage of his Chinantec culture.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 30, 2024

Photo by Cultivate KC Editor’s Note: This post is part of a multi-part series exploring some of the key sustainable agriculture and food systems challenges that the farm bill can address. Urban farmers and community garden networks cultivate, process, and distribute food utilizing micro-scale and innovative production techniques.

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Modern Farmer

MARCH 4, 2024

Her Belgian start-up cultivates mycelium—the thread-like root structure of fungus—using the plastic- and toxin-laden stubs as fodder. A designer by training, Speyer stumbled on fungi while searching for a sustainable and easy-to-cultivate material. Fungi are nature’s recyclers,” says PuriFungi’s Audrey Speyer.

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ATTRA

AUGUST 20, 2024

Clothes made from this cotton are compostable and don’t contain harmful microplastics, unlike synthetic fabrics. Together, we can cultivate a fashion industry that honors the health of our planet and the well-being of its people. Brands and designers play a big role in promoting these sustainable practices.

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Modern Farmer

APRIL 3, 2024

Singer’s respect for soil inspired her to found Carbon Sponge , an interdisciplinary platform that honors this threatened resource by cultivating healthy soil to foster carbon sequestration. So, the experiment combined “technosol,” also known as human-engineered soil, a mix of sediment and compost, in different ratios.

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Food Tank

JULY 2, 2024

Barefoot Biodynamics: How Cows, Compost, and Community Help Us Understand Rudolf Steiner’s Agriculture Course by Jeff Poppen In Barefoot Biodynamics , Jeff Poppen integrates stories from his time in rural Tennessee in his guide to biodynamic principles and practices.

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ATTRA

APRIL 8, 2024

In this video, Russell Hollander of Care2Grow Farm in Naples, Florida, guides us through the captivating journey of medicinal and gourmet mushroom cultivation, unveiling the intricate process from substrate to harvest. Explore the incredible potential of mushrooms and discover additional streams of income that mushroom production can offer!

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Daily Yonder

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Whether it’s a farm or an urban park, a community garden, or a tree planted in the sidewalk, we’d do well to cultivate these connections with, and affection for, place. DY: How do you cultivate your connection to the land you live on now, in urban Memphis? We can’t “technology” ourselves out of environmental and social crises.

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Modern Farmer

MARCH 1, 2024

As the companies see it, the process is more efficient than growing fibers naturally; traditional silk, for example, is biodegradable and long-lasting, but cultivation can use large amounts of water and pesticides. Those fibers can be plant-derived, mycelium, cultivated animal cells, microbe-derived, recycled materials and blends.

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ATTRA

MARCH 12, 2024

Yet, we tend to restrict ourselves to greens cultivated primarily for their leaves, leaving them susceptible to bolting in high temperatures or losing leaves to disease. Carrot Tops Carrots originated in Persia and were cultivated for their aromatic leaves and seeds. They are boiled and cooked and used in various recipes.

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UnderstandingAg

OCTOBER 29, 2023

This is generally accomplished by mechanically removing plants by flail mowing, tillage, cultivation equipment, or by manual labor. Although no-till implies not tilling at all, many no-till market gardeners still rely on some form of light tillage to create a seed bed or apply copious amounts of compost as a mulch to create a seed bed.

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Kavya Organic Farm

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Consider organic alternatives: If you prefer using organic fertilisers, you can opt for compost tea or a slow-release organic fertiliser specifically designed for cacti and succulents. It is important to avoid fertilising during this time as it may disrupt the natural growth cycle of the plant.

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Modern Farmer

MARCH 11, 2024

And so, even though they grew abundantly without being planted, most of them just went to the compost pile. I’m not saying 100 percent, but it’s less of a cultivated garden, which is almost all created and planted by a person. They weren’t trendy like kale, nor did they have an old standby reputation like spinach.

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Kavya Organic Farm

JULY 14, 2023

Cultivating Parda Bel: Tips and Tricks Cultivating Parda Bel can be a rewarding experience, bringing the beauty of nature into your own backyard. A fertile soil mix enriched with organic matter, such as compost, will promote healthy growth. Avoid overwatering, as it can lead to root rot.

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Kavya Organic Farm

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Consider organic alternatives: If you prefer using organic fertilisers, you can opt for compost tea or a slow-release organic fertiliser specifically designed for cacti and succulents. It is important to avoid fertilising during this time as it may disrupt the natural growth cycle of the plant.

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The Lunatic Farmer

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

We fed our garden compost and didn’t spray chemicals on it. Rather than cultivating farmer friendships, he cultivated urban customer friendships. He invented a portable electric fencing system, mobile shade, mobile animal structures while the neighbors built stationary everything. People at church wanted to know.

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Civil Eats

MARCH 5, 2024

Mountain ranges trap emissions from highway traffic, locomotives, municipal composting facilities, tractors, and burning. First adopted in 2004, the rule promotes reduced tillage and other management practices on cultivated lands to reduce dust and improve soil health. tons of PM2.5 have been reduced per day.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

DECEMBER 15, 2023

She also employs cover crops, composting, and reduced tillage. At Fifth Crow Farm, she has obtained NRCS funding to plant native hedgerows which she intends, “to provide habitat and travel corridors for beneficial insects and pollinators.” We appreciate your work!

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RR2CS

MARCH 19, 2024

Dedicated to cultivating a thriving local food economy and sustainable farming sector, Just Food integrates agroecology-based conservation with land stewardship. The farm is a testament to how community-led initiatives can redefine our food systems, offering food sovereignty for all, including newcomers to Canada.

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ATTRA

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Importantly, compost cannot be used as a growing medium for microgreens due to the high risk of foodborne illness and contamination. Conclusion Microgreens offer a unique blend of nutritional benefits and simplicity in cultivation, making them an appealing option for both personal use and profitable farming.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

But intensive cultivation and lack of variety led to challenges in productivity. K” Kolodge, who manages soils and compost for the dairy, said it would be tough to ensure predictable yield on rainwater alone. A staple crop at the state’s missions starting in the late 1700s, the grain proved adaptable to the Mediterranean climate.

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Farmbrite

DECEMBER 19, 2024

To cultivate robust crops, understanding the soil's condition is vital, which is where soil testing comes in. Compost: Compost improves and adds nourishment to the soil. Turning : Regularly turn the compost pile to ensure nutrients are evenly distributed and broken down.

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CalCAN

AUGUST 15, 2023

It would cover the cost of installing equipment and infrastructure for dry scraping manure or separating solids to produce compost for bedding, for application to fields as a substitute for chemical fertilizer, or for sale. Transitioning to or increasing pasture-based production would also be eligible.

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