Hartwood Farm

JANUARY 29, 2020

In a lot of ways, carbon farming is like organic farming—the end result is good for a lot of people and agro-ecological systems, but our societal’s economic system isn’t really structured to reward this slow path. Now I’m off to plan out our cover cropping strategy for 2020, and pick out the last of our seeds.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Yet carrots, cauliflower, sweet onions, honeydew, broccoli, and alfalfa all grow here, incongruous crops that spread across half a million acres of cultivated land. These methods include wide row spacing, planting multiple seeds per hole, and planting drought-tolerant varieties of seeds.

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Kavya Organic Farm

JULY 29, 2023

Click Here to buy Bird Feeders to attract Birds to your lawns Chemical Control: Pros and Cons Chemical control measures for worms in lawns do exist, but they should be used with caution due to potential environmental and ecological impacts. Chemical pesticides may harm beneficial earthworm populations and other non-target organisms.

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Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

In China and Korea, where seaweed farming first developed into a larger industry, governments provide kelp seed to farmers for free or at a subsidized cost. In Alaska, seaweed farmers can only cultivate seaweed varieties that grow natively within 50 kilometers of their farm. That’s a lot of ocean to potentially cultivate.

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ATTRA

DECEMBER 26, 2023

They are documenting Lincoln’s living cover crop system, where he undersows Dutch white clover into vegetables after the last cultivation in July. Now it becomes a perennial living mulch to direct seed or transplant cash crops into. He found that undersowing the clover was an amazing way to get the field covered by harvest.

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 26, 2023

He realized the ecological importance of milkweed, sometimes viewed as a pest plant, and turned to gathering seed pods and encouraging gardeners to plant the flower. After seeing the lively discussion sparked by our profile of Steve Bushey, we know better. Read about her story here.

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Caff

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Photo by Nolan Kirby) Hanna Kahl, CAFF’s Ecological Pest Management Specialist, kicked off the event by introducing CAFF and the BIOS project. Growers shared their experiences with sheep grazing in vineyards, cover cropping to suppress weeds, and different types of mowers and cultivators.

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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.

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Daily Yonder

APRIL 3, 2024

Permaculture means that gardeners work with existing ecological conditions in a specific place. More efforts, like The Free Market – a store where neighbors exchange household-items – and a Seeds Exchange Library, complete an impressive portfolio of community-lead projects.

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Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

It’s a tedious but worthwhile process: drying mushrooms, vegetables, and herbs, making pickles and slaw, and preserving garlic blossoms and coriander seeds in airtight jars before these ingredients vanish with the end of the season. are preparing for the dwindling of food in the coming winter.

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Caff

JANUARY 27, 2021

ECOLOGICAL FARMER Kristyn Leach, Namu Farm Kristyn Leach runs Namu Farm, with a focus not just on organic heirloom Korean produce but also seed saving and production on a small scale at a time when the seed industry has been consolidated into the hands of just a few big businesses.

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Civil Eats

JULY 31, 2024

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. Obtaining the reliably productive, inexpensive kelp seed for the farm is another. coasts—and could help fight climate change.

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Kavya Organic Farm

JULY 29, 2023

Click Here to buy Bird Feeders to attract Birds to your lawns Chemical Control: Pros and Cons Chemical control measures for worms in lawns do exist, but they should be used with caution due to potential environmental and ecological impacts. Chemical pesticides may harm beneficial earthworm populations and other non-target organisms.

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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. The Scientists Who Kickstarted American Kelp Farming The science behind this boom in seaweed cultivation began in New England nearly 50 years ago.

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Agritecture Blog

MAY 12, 2023

Local residents have been working to restore and conserve the deforested land through sustainable, ecologically-oriented farming methods. María Petronila Gutiérrez is one of the small farmers who have contributed the most to the conservation of native seeds. Here on the farm, I have more than 80 different seeds.”

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Kavya Organic Farm

JULY 29, 2023

Click Here to buy Bird Feeders to attract Birds to your lawns Chemical Control: Pros and Cons Chemical control measures for worms in lawns do exist, but they should be used with caution due to potential environmental and ecological impacts. Chemical pesticides may harm beneficial earthworm populations and other non-target organisms.

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Agritecture Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2022

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. In the meantime, rising global temperatures are exacerbating threats to production.

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Agritecture Blog

MAY 11, 2023

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.

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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.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 15, 2023

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. In response, cultivators are calling for more policies to govern their business and protect waterways and marine ecosystems. in the four years since its founding.

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Food Tank

JANUARY 16, 2024

Saying NO to a Farm-Free Future: The Case for an Ecological Food System and Against Manufactured Foods by Chris Smaje In Saying NO to a Farm Free Future, farmer and academic Chris Smaje presents an argument in defense of small-scale farming. fishing and hunting culture. What if CAFOs Were History?:

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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.

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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. The organization operates their Farmer Training Centre and community seed banks. food culture.

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Civil Eats

JUNE 20, 2024

Nina Elkadi Medicine Wheel for the Planet: A Journey Toward Personal and Ecological Healing By Jennifer Grenz “To use only fragmented pieces of [Indigenous] knowledge is to admire a tree without its roots,” Nlaka’pamux ecologist turned land healer Jennifer Grenz writes in Medicine Wheel for the Planet.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Black Urban Growers (BUGs) , United States BUGs is committed to fostering a strong, supportive community for cultivators in both urban and rural settings, while empowering Black leadership in agriculture. Every seed is important. Theres nothing more meaningful than planting a seed and watching it grow, says Waters.

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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.”

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