National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

OREI also prioritizes research that takes place on working farms, like this research project that investigated the pest management services a robust bird population can provide orchards. The 2022 Student Organic Seed Symposium and the 2021 Northeast Organic Seed Conference built robust and lasting collaborations.

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Food Seeding Crop Poultry 106

Modern Farmer

MARCH 6, 2025

The pods dense and waxy exterior gives way to seeds coated in white pulp sweet, bitter and nutty to the taste. Here, growers are making fresh kokoleka, or chocolate in lelo Hawaii (Hawaiian language), through mindful agricultural practices: creating their own soil and compost, contracting with locals, and using organic fertilizer.

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Compost Marketing Farming Farming 77

Food Tank

DECEMBER 9, 2024

My Grandpa, My Tree, and Me by Roxanne Troup, illustrated by Kendra Binney On Grandpas orchard, one tree stands out among the rest: the pecan tree that he planted the day his granddaughter was born. 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 Farming Farming Grain 112

Civil Eats

MARCH 11, 2024

He steeps the compost like a tea, extracting the microorganisms in water, and then runs it through his irrigation system. In addition to applying compost tea, Robb supports fungal life by creating mulch from wood chips, which the fungi help decompose. He mostly grows salad greens across 3 acres of farmland.

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Farming Farming Crop Agriculture 144

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 Harvest Harvesting 52

Modern Farmer

JANUARY 15, 2024

Small footprint, big potential “Microgreens” is a term used to describe the tender, edible seedlings of various herbs, vegetables and grains typically seeded in shallow, soil-filled trays, grown under natural or artificial light, then harvested within two weeks of germination. One of Kupu’s two employees, she started orchard farming at 16.

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Cultivation Crop Real Estate Food 121

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Photo credit: Cornell Watson) Ideally, wed get this sweet corn in the ground today, he says, indicating a bag of organic seed and a nearby half-acre plot of loose brown soil. Grover established a peach orchard in 1935, and cultivated grain and raised livestock until the late 1970s.

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Plantation Farming Farming Acre 144