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. Removing livestock for even 10 years from this land can cause an ecological disaster in grassland communities.”

Farming 83

Farming Farming Farmland Livestock 83

Caff

JANUARY 27, 2021

This year’s nominations–submitted by people like you–overflowed with inspiring stories of change-makers who are innovating, giving back and working to make our soils more fertile for the next generation.

Food 52

Food Farming Farming Ecology 52

Sustainable Food Trust

JUNE 14, 2023

The UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology estimates that “One teaspoonful of topsoil contains around 1 billion microscopic cells and around 10,000 different species.” In 1951, pioneering organic farmer, Frank Newman Turner, took up the theme in his book, Fertility Farming , referring to mycorrhizal associations he writes (p.50),

Ploughing 52

Ploughing Crop Yield Farming 52

Food Tank

OCTOBER 11, 2023

It also reveals that the production cultivation of barley and hops is responsible for most of the environmental impact of beer. Boochcraft partners with The Ecology Center for the advancement of regenerative agriculture. The vineyards are weeded only using hoes, never herbicides, and fertilized with manure.

Beverage 121

Beverage Ecology Compost Cultivation 121

Modern Farmer

AUGUST 15, 2023

A quick taste test proves it true: Their crop is ready to harvest. Hailing from a commercial lobstering family in Maine, Patryn sees cultivating this marine crop as a lifeline for a community threatened by fishing’s uncertain future. This marks Patryn’s sixth year as a seaweed farmer, but he’s been working on the water for much longer.

Cultivation 85

Cultivation Harvest Harvesting Harvester 85

Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

But the pawpaw’s two- to three-week harvest window, short shelf life, and delicate skin still make it anathema to the rigid needs of grocery stores and a rare find even at farmers’ markets. Photo credit: Andrew Leahy, Horn Farm Center) Pawpaw’s Agricultural and Ecological Benefits The pawpaw is not only a part of Appalachian heritage.

Seeding 110

Seeding Farming Farming Orchard 110

Civil Eats

JULY 31, 2024

That day, they’d been out to their four-acre farm and back twice, harvesting a total of 6,300 pounds. Maine is the heart of America’s farmed seaweed industry, supplying half its harvest— well over a million pounds —last season. Then they sell the harvest to ASF, which picks up the kelp on the dock.

Marketing 90

Marketing Harvest Harvesting Harvester 90

Civil Eats

JUNE 27, 2024

She points out that most of the shellfish she harvests these days have been seeded manually by the town of Southampton and local universities, “almost like a science project,” she says. Volunteers help to hand-harvest the Shinnecock Kelp Farmers 2023-2024 sugar kelp haul on New York’s Shinnecock Bay. That’s not right.”

Farming 112

Farming Farming Science Harvest 112

Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

and European governments, grants, and venture capital, Ocean Rainforest also operates seaweed farms in the Faroe Islands and Iceland that supply the animal-feed, fertilizer, and cosmetic industries. Seaweed naturally absorbs carbon as it grows, but unless it is harvested, it decomposes and releases carbon back. Supported by $6.2

Farming 96

Farming Farming Food Aquaculture 96

Sustainable Food Trust

AUGUST 6, 2024

Across seven chapters, each uncovering a different element of the Welsh landscape, Graves celebrates the diverse ecosystems of his homeland, revealing how the land has been transformed by humans ever since they first began harvesting wood and herding animals. Agriculture had not yet quite arrived as a practice and food was abundant.

Food 98

Food Farming Farming Processing 98

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Sprinkled throughout the recipes are fascinating historical tidbits about the Quaker who first cultivated rhubarb in the 1730s, for example, and the Indigenous tribes that used spruce tip tea to ward off scurvy. To make an amaro (relatively easy!) you need to first learn to make a tincture.

Food 121

Food Farming Farming Seeding 121

Agritecture Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Workers dump harvested coffee cherries into a truck on a farm in Brazil on June 2. And at the root of it all is a startling vulnerability: The coffee we cultivate and drink today, which sustains an industry valued at over $100 billion , comes from just two species — and research on others is woefully behind.

Crop 52

Crop Plantation Production Cultivation 52

Modern Farmer

APRIL 3, 2024

Singer’s respect for soil inspired her to found Carbon Sponge , an interdisciplinary platform that honors this threatened resource by cultivating healthy soil to foster carbon sequestration. It also improves soil’s fertility, its structure for conveying nutrients and capacity to retain water. Singer is notably not a scientist.

Science 107

Science Ruralism Ecology Farming 107

Civil Eats

JANUARY 23, 2024

Power of State Policymaking The Cohort for Rural Opportunity and Prosperity (CROP)—a subset of SiX’s Agriculture and Food Systems program—currently includes elected officials from 43 states who are positioned to advance socially and ecologically responsible rural, agricultural, and food policy. I’ve never tasted vegetables like that.”

Agriculture 86

Agriculture Agriculture Ranching Food 86

Food Environment and Reporting Network

JANUARY 19, 2024

And that’s after the corn is planted, doused with fossil-fuel-derived fertilizers, shielded from weeds and insects with toxic chemicals, and harvested. Then there’s all the nitrogen fertilizer, which when applied to farm fields emits an annual tsunami of nitrous oxide , a greenhouse gas nearly 300 times more potent than carbon.

Acre 108

Acre Crop Fertilizer Greenhouse 108