Caff

JANUARY 24, 2024

Cheetah covered the basics of mycology (the study of fungi), mushroom cultivation techniques , and the pollutants that can be released when structures burn. Cheetah gives a tour of the mushroom growing greenhouses. The group got a tour of the mushroom growing greenhouses, herb garden, and livestock.

Straw 52

Straw Greenhouse Livestock Farming 52

Modern Farmer

AUGUST 29, 2023

Bakersfield College boasts an Edible Gardens Catalog program, Kalamazoo Community College offers Sustainable Food Systems Competencies coursework and Greenfield Community College’s Farm and Food Systems covers mushroom foraging and cultivation, permaculture design, beekeeping, food preservation and more.

Food 97

Food Farming Farming Agroecology 97

Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Blooming ecological success Maggie Taylor of Delight Flower Farm, a commercial cut-flower farm in Champaign, Ill., has always been ecologically minded. I had primarily done cut flowers as annual crops or grew in a greenhouse, so I didn’t have a lot of experience or knowledge of perennials.

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Farming Farming Crop Production 88

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

OCTOBER 18, 2023

OUAIP promotes a variety of practices such as community gardens, outdoor vertical production, greenhouses, indoor farms, hydroponic facilities, and more.

Farming 40

Farming Farming Agriculture Agriculture 40

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. Adopting simple and affordable holistic management practices will cultivate resilient agricultural systems that benefit both people and the planet.

Production 52

Production Crop Yield Fertilizer Yield 52

Agritecture Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The competition took place over three days and tasked contestants with creating working intellectual structures for the cultivation of ornamental, edible and medicinal plants that benefit people and the environment. Nikita produced a hydroponic chair and took home the first prize.

Construction 52

Construction Vertical Farming Crop Rotation Agriculture 52

Agritecture Blog

MAY 12, 2023

Local residents have been working to restore and conserve the deforested land through sustainable, ecologically-oriented farming methods. Gutiérrez said farms like hers work because they understand that they need the soil, water and forest in excellent condition so their properties can also guarantee their food sovereignty.

Farming 52

Farming Farming Seeding Family Farming 52

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

AUGUST 11, 2023

As founder of the “Once and Future Green”, Michelle trains and consults Frontline communities, governments, and philanthropy to forward community-driven solutions with transformative anti-oppression and ecological design tools. A disused orchard that had been stewarded by the Sisters of St. Vrain School District , we learned about St.

Water Rights 52

Water Rights Food Farming Farming 52

Modern Farmer

JANUARY 19, 2024

“Our biggest criticism of CRP,” says Anne Schechinger, mid-west director for EWG, “is that, as it is currently set up, it is not doing enough to store carbon in soil or reduce greenhouse gas emissions.” Agriculture is responsible for 10 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in the US. Julie Elliot is a director on SRM’s board.

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Farming Farming Farmland Livestock 80

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 129

Food Farming Farming Seeding 129

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. Fighting climate change Greenhouse gas emissions, which result from high levels of atmospheric carbon, are a critical cause of climate change. “If

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Science Ruralism Ecology Farming 104

Food Tank

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Black Urban Growers , United States Black Urban Growers (BUGs) is dedicated to fostering a robust community that supports cultivators in urban and rural environments, while nurturing Black leadership. They currently have 13 urban agricultural facilities, school gardens, hydroponic greenhouses, and soil-based farms.

Food 145

Food Agriculture Agriculture Seeding 145

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 92

Agriculture Agriculture Food Ranching 92

Food Environment and Reporting Network

JANUARY 19, 2024

Dedicating even a fraction of the land now devoted to ethanol to solar panels would produce more energy and ease the ecological burden on our most prolific farming region, the former prairies and wetlands of the Midwest. Corn, the largest U.S. crop, blankets this rich landscape.

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Acre Crop Fertilizer Greenhouse 110