Agritecture Blog

APRIL 19, 2023

It is an aquaponic-related growing technique for cultivating plants that utilize sand as a primary medium for mechanical filtration, biofilter, and crop-growing media. The main difference when compared to aquaponics is that it does not require separate mechanical and biofilters as the sand acts as both. Credit: Kiwa Farms.

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Food Crop Fertilizer Mechanics 52

Cropaia

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

This article will guide you through the key aspects of wheat management, including planting, fertilizing, irrigating, harvesting, and crop rotation. Additionally, durum wheat, known for its high protein content and suitability for pasta production, finds its niche in arid regions where its drought tolerance allows for successful cultivation.

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Yield Seeding Grain Crop Rotation 52

The Lunatic Farmer

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Blessings, joel HILLSDALE COLLEGE PARALLEL ECONOMIES—AGRICULTURE Joel Salatin This spring when Russia invaded Ukraine, fertilizer prices increased in some cases 400 percent and global grain shipments sputtered, our farm didn’t feel anything because we don’t buy fertilizer and we don’t buy foreign grain.

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Agriculture Agriculture Fertilizer Manure 52

Caff

JUNE 13, 2023

The Problem Although not all fire fallout is toxic, the impacts on livestock and crops from wildfire ash containing contaminants from household products, vehicles, fuel, fertilizers, pesticides, plastics, electrical systems, etc. Designated Containment Areas Keep pesticides/fertilizers, etc.

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Food Livestock Pesticide Crop 52

Food Environment and Reporting Network

JUNE 1, 2023

They sell the wild and cultivated seaweed dried, and use the less delicious, more abundant kinds to fertilize the saltwater farm they’re reviving nearby. Others want to use kelp to reduce emissions by replacing carbon-intensive materials like soy, fertilizers, plastic, and petroleum with seaweed-derived versions.

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Science Harvest Harvester Harvesting 52

Food Environment and Reporting Network

MAY 28, 2024

The Aztec believed the first man resulted from Quetzalcóatl’s gifting of cultivated corn; in the Maya story, the first spiritually fit humans are crafted from maize seeds after failed attempts to use wood and mud. Its import extends backward to the earliest Mesoamerican creation myths starring maize-minded gods. It’s a powerful pitch.

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Maize Science Crop Food 144

Civil Eats

JANUARY 29, 2025

Theyd also seen advertisements promoting the land as vast, vacant, and fertile. My ancestors knew they couldn’t grow tobacco, so they learned how to cultivate crops like corn, wheat , and sorghum (milo), all without irrigation. So they moved. Within two years of its establishment, Nicodemus saw an influx of 700 Black settlers.

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