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Food Systems 101: How Community Colleges Are Helping Students Connect Farm to Fork

Modern Farmer

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.

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The Hard Work of Bringing Kelp to Market

Civil Eats

One type in particular, kelp—a large brown algae with many species, including sugar kelp— has been hailed as an ecologically beneficial, nutritious superfood that can be farmed on both U.S. investment doesn’t yet address a range of logistical issues that challenge—some might even say threaten—the success of seaweed production.

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Pile Burning for Biochar Production

Caff

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.

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Why Your City Needs an Urban Agriculture Plan & How to Start One

Agritecture Blog

Written by: Brakeley Bryant , Christian Kanlian and Jeffrey Landau May 11, 2023 Cities and their food supplies are facing stressors such as increased urbanization, climate change, extreme weather, a lack of varied production systems and seed genetics, labor shortages, and logistics delays. According to the U.S.