Construction Cultivation Ecology 
Civil Eats
NOVEMBER 6, 2024
Yet carrots, cauliflower, sweet onions, honeydew, broccoli, and alfalfa all grow here, incongruous crops that spread across half a million acres of cultivated land. Indigenous agriculture relies on an approach to land that is grounded in time-tested, abiding ecological principles rather than technical innovation. “We
ATTRA
JULY 18, 2023
Solar panels have been installed over about 11 acres of wild blueberry plants in the first project in Maine to collocate solar electric production with wild blueberry cultivation. However, he didn’t want to see acres of wild blueberries destroyed in the process of constructing a solar array. megawatts of DC power.
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Modern Farmer
DECEMBER 15, 2023
Originally constructed by Native Hawaiians hundreds of years before colonization, the effort resurrected a 1.3-mile Enlisting a staff of 16 and an army of volunteers, the organization cultivates the crop in knee-deep water diverted from Heʻeia stream. mile rock-walled lagoon used for aquaculture.
Civil Eats
APRIL 22, 2024
The isolation of this ecologically rich archipelago of peaks, located in a “sea” of desert that stretches from northern Mexico into southern Arizona, means that plants grow here that don’t grow anywhere else. These cultivated teparies are nutrient and protein dense and far more climate resilient than the much more common pinto bean.
Civil Eats
JULY 31, 2024
One type in particular, kelp—a large brown algae with many species, including sugar kelp— has been hailed as an ecologically beneficial, nutritious superfood that can be farmed on both U.S. To process their kelp, Barnacle has slowly constructed a 3,000-square-foot production floor and additional warehouse.
Agritecture Blog
OCTOBER 28, 2022
This umbrella term includes topics such as biophilic design, an approach to architecture that seeks to connect building occupants more closely to nature; net-zero buildings , constructing new or retrofitting existing buildings for energy efficiency , passive house design ; and so on and so forth.
Civil Eats
DECEMBER 11, 2024
(Photo credit: Emma Glassman-Hughes) With help from the tribes Natural Resources Department , the town of Mashpee is compiling a harbor management plan, an extensive document that will set guidelines for the construction of marinas and docks. Quahog (littleneck) clams freshly caught off Cape Cod.
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