Caff

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF) hosted our second Biologically Integrated Orchard Systems (BIOS) field day at River Garden Farms on November 30th, 2021 titled “Cover Cropping, Sanitation and Mating Disruption in Walnuts.” At this farm, cover crops increased spider mite predators near the end of August.

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Caff

MAY 1, 2023

(Photo by Nolan Kirby) The Community Alliance with Family Farms (CAFF) held a Biologically Integrated Orchard System (BIOS) field day at Chinchiolo Farms on April 20th. After a very wet winter, attendees enjoyed the nice weather as they gathered in the orchard to discuss a novel mower prototype, pruning, and nematode management.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

JULY 5, 2023

By Rowan Jacobsen , July 24, 2019 An unhealthy alliance between almonds and honeybees By Paige Embry , June 20, 2019 In January, with the almond bloom in California’s orchards a month away, beekeepers across the country were fretting over their hives. Will it work? By Brian Barth , March 23, 2020 Are we handling the bee crisis all wrong?

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ATTRA

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

The projects funded this year focus on a range of practices aimed at reducing reliance on pesticides. One project seeks to develop and promote a biologically integrated pest management program for the diamondback moth in cole crops.

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Food Tank

OCTOBER 11, 2023

This threatens native crops and wild species. Mijenta grows agave without pesticides or herbicides. They practice biodynamic agriculture to encourage biodiversity and cultivate successful vineyards without pesticides or herbicides. And they partner with Women’s Earth Alliance to promote environmental initiatives.

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Caff

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF) hosted a Biologically Integrated Orchard Systems (BIOS) field day on November 30th in Clements, CA. Farmer Alicia Lewis-Rikkonen arranged a demonstration of a novel weed control technology, called FoamStream, in her olive orchard and vineyard.

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Civil Eats

JULY 17, 2023

Date palm plantations and orchards cover the eastern Coachella Valley to the north. Agricultural runoff from both valleys is the primary input into the Salton Sea, and with that runoff comes pesticides and nutrients such as phosphorous and nitrogen. 1 commodity for the last 64 years. In 2002, U.S.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

In a county that was intentionally poisonedand a world suffering from a changing climatehe is reviving the soil under his feet by transitioning away from pesticide-dependent row crops like tobacco to industrial hemp, which is known to sequester carbon and remediate soil, and using earth-friendly organic and regenerative methods.

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UnderstandingAg

OCTOBER 29, 2023

We can start by doing the same things we do in a row-crop or small-grain field. Just as we do by cover cropping with annuals in advance of row cropping, or even in advance of perennial pasture establishment, we can use cocktail mixes of warm-season annuals and cool-season annuals in advance of creating ornamental planting beds.

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Cropaia

JUNE 26, 2023

In integrated pest management, accurate timing of control measures is crucial for effective and sustainable crop protection. Biofixes are used in various crops and for different pests or diseases. For example, in apple orchards, the full bloom stage might be considered the biofix for codling moth management. What is a biofix?

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 21, 2022

By Rowan Jacobsen , July 24, 2019 An unhealthy alliance between almonds and honeybees By Paige Embry , June 20, 2019 In January, with the almond bloom in California’s orchards a month away, beekeepers across the country were fretting over their hives. Will it work? By Brian Barth , March 23, 2020 Are we handling the bee crisis all wrong?

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

JANUARY 11, 2023

By Rowan Jacobsen , July 24, 2019 An unhealthy alliance between almonds and honeybees By Paige Embry , June 20, 2019 In January, with the almond bloom in California’s orchards a month away, beekeepers across the country were fretting over their hives. Will it work? By Brian Barth , March 23, 2020 Are we handling the bee crisis all wrong?

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

By Rowan Jacobsen , July 24, 2019 An unhealthy alliance between almonds and honeybees By Paige Embry , June 20, 2019 In January, with the almond bloom in California’s orchards a month away, beekeepers across the country were fretting over their hives. Will it work? By Brian Barth , March 23, 2020 Are we handling the bee crisis all wrong?

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 24, 2023

But she maintains that “organic is still really important,” and that’s why USDA organic standards, food grown without most pesticides and synthetic fertilizers, is the minimum baseline for the ROC certification. Land to Market frames its products as coming “from land that is regenerating.”

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Caff

JULY 18, 2024

As growers build biodiversity and increase biological control methods, they can reduce reliance on harsher pesticides. She has really focused on diversifying her operation and ecosystem to include citrus and apple trees, and annual vegetable crops, which you can enjoy if you have lunch at their on-site bistro.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

AUGUST 11, 2023

A disused orchard that had been stewarded by the Sisters of St. They are doing ongoing and important research into crop varieties, yields, soil health, and much more in the context of co-locating solar panels and food production. Jack’s powers hundreds of homes while producing a diverse array of fresh veggies for local markets.

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RR2CS

MARCH 8, 2022

Then, we planted green manures and cover crops to help build up the topsoil again, which had been pretty depleted over the years. It’s important that we use organic varieties, as we’re hoping to grow organic certified crops. Even with the use of mulches and cover crops, we still had to water frequently. It was literally cooking.

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Modern Farmer

JUNE 6, 2024

The United Nations Environment Programme has pegged the global food system and its encroachment on wildlife habitats, along with its use of fertilizers, pesticides and other chemicals, as directly threatening 86 percent of species at risk of extinction worldwide.

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Agwired

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the latest steps to incorporate stakeholder feedback and collaboration with federal partners, ensuring the Agency’s work to protect endangered species from pesticides is practical, flexible, and supports the agricultural community. Syngenta Crop Protection and Lavie Bio Ltd. ,

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Even monarch butterflies have lost habitat due to the prevalence of monocrop avocado orchards, along the once lush, biodiverse hillsides of Michoacán in Mexico. “Choose one from Chile and you might be furthering the extraction of much-needed fresh water.” Yet Eldridge is far from calling for an avocado boycott.

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Civil Eats

MAY 29, 2024

“As a doctor, I am concerned about eroding protections for those most affected by dangerous pesticide exposures—the workers who apply them,” said Representative Yadira Caraveo (D-Colorado) during last Thursday’s session to discuss, amend, and vote on the House Agriculture Committee’s first draft of the 2024 Farm Bill. policymakers.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

MARCH 20, 2023

Tapachula was founded by the Aztecs in the 15th century, and just as it was then, the region today is an agricultural hub and a major producer of crops like corn, coffee, mangoes, and bananas. an hour for his work in the mango orchards. A migrant picking mangoes in Tapachula. Jones Carme said he was paid $1.25

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