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

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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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. We can’t “technology” ourselves out of environmental and social crises. DY: How do you cultivate your connection to the land you live on now, in urban Memphis?

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Civil Eats

MARCH 5, 2024

Mountain ranges trap emissions from highway traffic, locomotives, municipal composting facilities, tractors, and burning. At least $760 million in state funds have supported growers who adopt new technology and approaches to farming that would result in less particulate matter in the air. tons of PM2.5 have been reduced per day.

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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. ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.

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Modern Farmer

JULY 10, 2023

Orchards, vines and other perennials cultivated as long-term investments have steadily replaced ephemeral crops such as tomatoes and cotton, which are far less costly to sacrifice or replace. They’re currently the only technology in the entire state that reduces methane,” she adds.

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ATTRA

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

What makes our crop plants different is selective breeding and cultivation in environments far from their original sites. A perennial plant might require more quality compost added to the soil to help swing the balance of soil microbes to a more favorable fungus content. Think about plants in nature.

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Modern Farmer

MARCH 1, 2024

Companies are working on technology to make it easier—yet thousands of dangerous chemicals are used to make plastic goods and researchers are sounding the alarm about recycling them. Those fibers can be plant-derived, mycelium, cultivated animal cells, microbe-derived, recycled materials and blends.

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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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Food Tank

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Black Urban Growers (BUGs) , United States BUGs is committed to fostering a strong, supportive community for cultivators in both urban and rural settings, while empowering Black leadership in agriculture. Since its inception, Garda Pangan has rescued more than 8 tons of food, benefiting tens of thousands of people.

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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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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. A cheap information technology policy? We even abandoned breast feeding our babies for a couple of decades. A cheap road-building policy?

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