Crop Harvest Plantation 
Civil Eats
DECEMBER 10, 2024
Isaiah White harvests kale at his familys fifth-generation farm in Warren County, where the U.S. In 2021, he carried out the ultimate act of reclamation, purchasing the plantation house and surrounding 2.5 From the main house, we drive at 45 mph for 10 minutes, and were still on former plantation land.
Modern Farmer
NOVEMBER 29, 2023
A new study out of the University of California, Irvine, published in the journal Nature Sustainability , shows that chemically synthesized dietary fats, or food fats made scientifically in a factory—not harvested from a field—could be a viable way to reduce environmental impacts in the agriculture sector. “We
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Modern Farmer
JANUARY 9, 2024
Much more than just a crop, corn has been a fundamental part of Mexican life since time immemorial, with the Mayan sacred text the Popol Vuh relating that the creator gods Tepeu and Gucumatz formed the first human beings from maíz , as corn is known in Spanish. A kaleidoscope of native corn varieties, plus colorful beans in a range of shades.
Civil Eats
DECEMBER 17, 2024
Instead of growing rice in flooded paddies to prevent weeds from overtaking the crop, SRI farmers treat rice like a vegetable, irrigating it as needed and using other weed control methods. Opala says plantation owners were willing to pay higher prices for dragging these expert farmers across the Atlantic into North American slavery.
Modern Farmer
DECEMBER 15, 2023
Enlisting a staff of 16 and an army of volunteers, the organization cultivates the crop in knee-deep water diverted from Heʻeia stream. Before the prevalence of large-scale, Western agriculture, “every valley that had a stream had a kalo plantation,” says Derek Kekaulike Mar, as he helps peel piles of raw taro tagged for a batch of kulolo.
Daily Yonder
OCTOBER 29, 2024
Historians know that turkey and corn were part of the first Thanksgiving , when Wampanoag peoples shared a harvest meal with the pilgrims of Plymouth plantation in Massachusetts. Abundant Harvests Historically, Native people throughout the Americas bred indigenous plant varieties specific to the growing conditions of their homelands.
Food Environment and Reporting Network
DECEMBER 20, 2024
World Wildlife Fund, an organization with a longstanding interest in how agriculture affects the planet, is pushing one idea it thinks would benefit not just the Delta but the country as a whole: Delta farmers could start growing more food that people actually eatspecialty crops, such as fruits, vegetables, and other high-value foods.
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