Civil Eats

MARCH 5, 2024

The San Joaquin Valley is the largest agricultural producing area in the nation; it produced crops, livestock, and agricultural commodities worth $36.5 Mountain ranges trap emissions from highway traffic, locomotives, municipal composting facilities, tractors, and burning. billion in 2022. The practice reduces PM2.5

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Farming Farming Tractor Agriculture 139

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. Despite competing for land and water, the region’s orchards and milk farms have developed an unlikely partnership, says Sumner.

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Farming Farming Manure Agriculture 98

Modern Farmer

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Livestock, heavy machinery and hikers along mountain paths create compaction, not just lawns. To build sustainable soil structure with plenty of bacteria, fungi and protozoa, we made compost by processing kitchen scraps in a tumbler. When the compost is mature, we mix it with dirt when planting.

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Meadow Greenhouse Compost Soil Compaction 117

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

By the time Byron passed away in 1931, he had accumulated 2,000 acres, on which he grew timber and raised livestock. Grover established a peach orchard in 1935, and cultivated grain and raised livestock until the late 1970s. On the farm, Arthur raised some livestock and vegetables but mostly grew row crops like tobacco.

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Plantation Farming Farming Acre 144

Caff

OCTOBER 22, 2024

When they purchased the farm over 30 years ago it was an unproductive almond orchard and since then they have pulled the almonds out and utilized the sloped landscape to construct swales, establish a vineyard, and plant a wide variety of fruit trees which provide shelter while their flock of ducks grazes.

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Orchard Farming Farming Construction 52

Sustainable Food Trust

MAY 1, 2024

Before 7 th October 2023 , farms and orchards covered almost half of Gaza’s total land area and more than 7,500 greenhouses contributed to an agricultural sector normally worth over $575m a year. Livestock including cattle, sheep, goats and poultry, were also raised. A third of Gaza’s greenhouses have been destroyed.

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Farming Farming Livestock Food 127

Caff

APRIL 17, 2025

This event focused on sharing the story that led to the success of integrating sheep for grazing cover crop in walnut orchards and a mix of interactive farming activities where attendees could learn more in depth about topics like pest management and soil health. Tom Johnson in the mature orchard with attendees.

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Family Farming Orchard Crop Farming 52