Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Grover established a peach orchard in 1935, and cultivated grain and raised livestock until the late 1970s. Now its OK to talk about, because now we actually have a little bit of ownership in the process, he says. He sells the hemp to BioPhil Natural Fibers in Lumberton, which processes it into woven materials, textiles, and clothing.

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Plantation Farming Farming Acre 144

Modern Farmer

MARCH 29, 2024

Combined with copious sunlight and compostable waste, this system creates a “goldmine of opportunity” that Chevallier believes Homegrown can leverage to transform the area into a hub of local food production. . ” The post Meet the Arizona Nonprofit Working to Transform Urban Food Deserts appeared first on Modern Farmer.

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Food Distribution Harvester Harvest 135

Civil Eats

MARCH 5, 2024

Mountain ranges trap emissions from highway traffic, locomotives, municipal composting facilities, tractors, and burning. Citing the difficulty of securing a burn permit in recent years, McIsaac’s operations have turned to chipping orchard residue, which is more expensive than burning. The practice reduces PM2.5 For example, PM2.5

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Farming Farming Tractor Agriculture 138

CalCAN

JUNE 21, 2023

Their neighbors’ operations include vineyards, orchards, grain and vegetables. The collective currently shares two mid-sized combine harvesters, one mini-combine harvester, a compost spreader, two seed cleaners, a berm flamer, a no-till drill, and a foliar spray trailer. Now, every farmer in the collective uses compost.

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Compost Grain Harvester Harvest 52

Food Tank

APRIL 2, 2024

Food Well Alliance Food Well Alliance brings together leaders of the local food movement to support more than 300 community gardens, urban farms, and orchards in metro Atlanta. They also bring local government leaders together to develop plans that integrate urban agriculture into city planning processes.

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Cultivation Food Marketing Distribution 105

Modern Farmer

JULY 14, 2023

It’a not just because it’s cheaper and not just because Capay Hills Orchard , his farm just north of Sacramento, is in an area of California that is increasingly drought-prone. There are sheep grazing between the trees, cover crops of grasses and legumes, spot irrigation and increased composting. Sheep grazing in almond groves.

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Orchard Crop Family Farming Farming 95

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

DECEMBER 15, 2023

For example, at Eckert’s Farm in Belleville, MO, Chris Eckert has seen extreme freezes killing off parts of his peach orchard. From a corn and soybean farm, she has developed rotational sheep and cattle grazing, silvopasture, a riparian buffer, perennial (Kernza) grain fields, pollinator habitat, and a micro orchard.

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Pasture Crop Orchard Farming 101

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

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 11, 2023

On a sunny afternoon in September 2021, Michael Langford was moving compost with his compact John Deere. Most of the rollovers in Washington occurred on crop farms, including the state’s signature apple orchards. Suddenly, the 53-year-old felt a tire slip under him. “I I felt the tractor tilting over,” Langford recalls.

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Tractor Farming Farming Acre 137

Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

At the apple orchard where I used to work, autumn’s encroaching frenzy had the most unassuming harbinger. That lonely tree stood apart from the rest of the orchard—its companions had long since died—as a sentinel from a bygone era. full_link READ MORE Learn how the resurgence of hard cider is restoring old apple orchards.

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Orchard Food Compost Farming 87