Hartwood Farm

JANUARY 29, 2020

While all the practices help improve our soil and crops in quantity and quality, they also take a lot more time and money to manage, and they aren’t a quick fix (it literally took five years to see the first results). Like soil microbes, Beulah enjoys grazing on cover crops in the wintertime.

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Cultivation Farming Farming Crop 52

Caff

JULY 28, 2024

In March, I got to participate in a two-day workshop with the Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation teaching private landowners pile burning for ecological health. Enhanced Crop Yields: In nutrient-poor soils, biochar application can increase crop yields. Site of the pile burning, Shone Farm, Santa Rosa Junior College.

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Production Crop Yield Fertilizer Yield 52

Modern Farmer

JANUARY 19, 2024

A 2020-21 survey conducted by DFWT recorded greater use of the uncropped fields for habitat and hunting by raptors and the endangered Great Blue Pacific Heron, compared to cultivated fields. One farmer noted to me recently that the potato crop is grown after a GLSA always has a substantial increase in yield for his fields,” says Schmalz.

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Farming Farming Farmland Livestock 97

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. Sweetland Farms also has an agreement to pay the landowner a percentage of the gross income from the cultivation and harvest of wild blueberries on the site.

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Construction Harvester Harvest Harvesting 75

Food Tank

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Black Urban Growers (BUGs) , United States BUGs is committed to fostering a strong, supportive community for cultivators in both urban and rural settings, while empowering Black leadership in agriculture. They focus on improving livelihoods through the promotion of ecological land-use management practices and empowering farming communities.

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Food Agriculture Agriculture Ruralism 139

The Equation

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The main ingredients of synthetic fertilizers Nutrients like nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassiumthe holy trinity popularly known as NPK by private industryare deemed essential for cultivating crops. Because of this, these nutrients are often overapplied to crop fields in the form of synthetic fertilizers.

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Fertilizer Manufacturing Food Science 52

The Equation

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The main ingredients of synthetic fertilizers Nutrients like nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassiumthe holy trinity popularly known as NPK by private industryare deemed essential for cultivating crops. Because of this, these nutrients are often overapplied to crop fields in the form of synthetic fertilizers.

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Fertilizer Manufacturing Food Science 52