Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

He is working on the plantation,” his wife announces. As we stroll through the plantation, Huberto’s son nudges the oranges on a nearby tree, handing a few to us to enjoy along the way. Francisco Mendoza and his daughters at the vanilla plantation. The oldest vanilla plants at Juan Martinez’ plantation are six years old.

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Plantation Crop Production Food 87

Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Rows of crops lead up to a plant nursery at Grow Dat Youth Farm in New Orleans. They learn how it’s on land called Bulbancha by Indigenous people from the region, how it used to be a plantation and then, once it became a park, how it was white-only until 1958. Photography by Drew Costley/Verite News. Photo by Minh Ha/Verite News. “I

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Farming Farming Harvest Harvester 85

Daily Yonder

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Then chapter two looks at one side of the food power politics conversation but gets more into the mechanics of that process. Dorsey talking about how the cooperative was born out of changing the plantation system, but also ineffective food stamp programs. There we see L.C. The food was not designed to enhance their lives.

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Food Plantation Agriculture Agriculture 81

Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 20, 2024

flatland of small, half-abandoned towns surrounded by large, mechanized farms. Processing the crops in the Delta would funnel even more money into the regional economy. For years, a few people in the region have preached the gospel of specialty crops. Thats not what happened along the Mississippi. food system more resilient.

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Acre Farming Farming Crop 111

Civil Eats

JUNE 25, 2024

multinational giant that rebranded as Chiquita in 1990, sustained its banana plantations across Latin America through ruthless, bloody tactics, confronting consequences only rarely. Read More: How Centuries of Extractive Agriculture Helped Set the Stage for the Maui Fires What Impacts Do the West Coast Wildfires, Smoke Have on Crops?

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Food Plantation Biofuel Supply Chain 143

Civil Eats

JUNE 24, 2024

But through consolidation and dependence on a single crop, big plantations in Central America and the foreign corporations that run them have also [left a legacy of] political monoculture in the region. There’s also evidence that nutrient levels have fallen as crops are bred for the cold chain.

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Supply Chain Food Manufacturing Technology 139

Civil Eats

JANUARY 29, 2025

Together, they left the plantation of Richard M. The Potawatomi shared their hunts, helped us build our first homes (dugouts), taught us how to plant crops, and gave us seeds to grow. My ancestors knew they couldn’t grow tobacco, so they learned how to cultivate crops like corn, wheat , and sorghum (milo), all without irrigation.

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Farming Farming Acre Seeding 140