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Vitis and Ovis Farm Tour and Discussion: Adaptation to Climate Extremes in the Capay Valley

Caff

They’ve taken a somewhat experimental approach in the orchard to see what grows best, and found that jujubes, apricots, and pomegranates thrived while apples and chestnuts didn’t do well due to the heat of the region and plums were too susceptible to disease.

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The Landowner’s Guide to Eminent Domain  

Trimble Agriculture

When farmland is in the way of public construction projects like highways and utilities, the government may enact the power of eminent domain to take the land. But some states have written exceptions for things like cemeteries, orchards, factories, and more. What if the value of my land changes after construction is complete?

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Precision Ag News 9/27

Agwired

To meet the increasing demands and projected future growth for its industry-leading MycoApply arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) products, Valent BioSciences LLC has announced the construction of a new manufacturing facility in White City, Oregon.

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Meet the Arizona Nonprofit Working to Transform Urban Food Deserts

Modern Farmer

Part of the problem lies in the city’s construction. “I want people to realize that this food is homegrown, that it didn’t come from a commercially managed and owned grove or orchard, but that it came from someone’s backyard,” he says. The Homegrown team. Photo submitted.

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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 Along with taro patches, the triangular swaths encompassed a range of terrain, from upland timber forests to rain-fed crop fields and orchards in the lowlands. mile rock-walled lagoon used for aquaculture. million.

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Father/daughter Team Tackles Sustainable Carbon Venture

ATTRA

Making the Move After several years in the biochar business, he concluded that the only way to make money is to maximize carbon credits and take advantage of all possible revenue streams, which means using biochar in water systems, construction, and power generation in addition to ag uses.

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Photo Essay: A Cooperative Farm’s Long Path to Liberation for Farmworkers

Civil Eats

Torres had been a city boy, raised in Guadalajara, and he was the son of a construction worker. Ramon Torres My father was a construction worker and my mom cleaned houses. Ana Lopez inspects a tree seedling in a Tierra y Libertad orchard. Most important, he had shown a willingness to stand up to the supervisors. .”