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Investing in Controlled Environment Agriculture with Confidence

Agritecture Blog

Cultivation Technology Cultivation technology lies at the center of many strategies and modern CEAs. When reviewing a CEA operation, we ask the questions: “What is the cultivation system being used? Companies developing these novel cultivation systems are typically motivated by lowering their CapEx.

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What to Know About Wildfire and Food Safety

Caff

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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The U.S.-Mexico tortilla war

Food Environment and Reporting Network

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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PARALLEL ECONOMIES - AGRICULTURE

The Lunatic Farmer

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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Can the Blockchain Clear the Smoke for Cannabis?

Modern Farmer

From breeding and cultivation to testing and delivery, the cannabis blockchain captures a digital snapshot of every major step of production, distribution and sale, locking them into an immutable digital ledger. Doc Ray has been breeding and cultivating medical cannabis strains for nearly 50 years.