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The latest developments on the cultivated meat front

Food Politics

I’m trying to keep up with what’s happening with cultivated meat. So far, the FDA has approved a couple of cultivated chicken cell companies, and these are selling “chicken” in a couple of restaurants, one in San Francisco and the other in Washington DC. The big issue: scaling cell production up enough to have product to sell.

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Should We Be Farming in the Desert?

Civil Eats

Yet carrots, cauliflower, sweet onions, honeydew, broccoli, and alfalfa all grow here, incongruous crops that spread across half a million acres of cultivated land. More efficient watering, in other words, could mean healthier crops and higher yields, but an increase in overall water use. “So

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Maces Pond: Agrisolar Wild Blueberries

ATTRA

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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Meet the Taro Farmer Restoring an Ecosystem Through Native Hawaiian Practices

Modern Farmer

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.

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Polyhouse Subsidy | 85 Per Cent Subsidy for Farmers

Kavya Organic Farm

Polyhouse farming has revolutionized agriculture in India, allowing farmers to grow crops under controlled environments and increase their yield and income. The subsidy is aimed at supporting farmers who wish to set up polyhouse structures to cultivate crops in protected environments.

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How can universities utilize Agritecture Designer’s Online Classes to incorporate CEA into their programs?

Agritecture Blog

Having a vertical farming unit on campus allows students to apply the knowledge they have learned in the classroom and develop practical skills in plant cultivation, technology, and sustainability. Plant cultivation and nutrition management : Ensuring plants receive the right nutrients and care to grow and produce the best yields.

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Mixing solar power and agriculture: A blueberry farm does a test run

Agritecture Blog

They must be gently cultivated where the low-lying bushes grow naturally, and the small, sweet berries are sold in the local area, too delicate to easily transport far. Mixed results so far Construction of the Rockport panels was done in three different sectors as part of the University of Maine study.