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Cultivating Profits in a Compact Crop

Modern Farmer

Recently, these unassuming spaces are cultivating a new trend in home-grown businesses. The 800-square-foot basement and garage provide ample space for germination, cultivation and packaging, he says, with the vertical shelf configuration leaving plenty of room to grow. “I One of Kupu’s two employees, she started orchard farming at 16.

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20 Children’s Books Celebrating Our Food and Farming Systems

Food Tank

by Brooke Jorden, illustrated by Kay Widdowson, with Kitchen Connection Based on The Cookbook in Support of the United Nations: For People and Planet , this childrens book takes young eaters on a journey to discover the origins of their favorite fruits, vegetables, grains, and legumes.

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Guest Post: Is the Future of Organic Food at Risk? Research Funding Holds the Answer

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

OREI also prioritizes research that takes place on working farms, like this research project that investigated the pest management services a robust bird population can provide orchards. Managing soil health, pests, and diseases in protected cultivation such as high tunnels. Organic production of crop seeds and transplants.

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20 Sustainable Sips to Cheer For

Food Tank

It also reveals that the production cultivation of barley and hops is responsible for most of the environmental impact of beer. Holden Manz, South Africa Certified by Sustainable Wine South Africa (SWSA), Holden Manz cultivates 16 hectares of vineyards in the Franschhoek Valley, tucked in the mountains of the Western Cape.

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Profile: Grayson LandCare – Incubating Rural Innovation

Daily Yonder

Instead of applying industrial chemicals to amend soils or introducing irrigation to regulate crop growth, permaculture gardening is an adaptive, self-regenerative, and diversity-driven approach in food production and pollinator habitat cultivation. So Grayson LandCare was happy to help this member estalish an orchard.”

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Farmer Conservation Stories: Why Inflation Reduction Act Funding Must Remain Focused on Climate Change

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

For example, at Eckert’s Farm in Belleville, MO, Chris Eckert has seen extreme freezes killing off parts of his peach orchard. As he transitions toward a farm that is more resilient, he has adopted a no-till system and a much more well-rounded rotation that includes small grains. We appreciate your work!

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Meet the Breeder On a Quest to Bring Genetic Diversity to US Tart Cherries

Modern Farmer

Fruit, she says, had not made the same progress in breeding science as bigger crops such as vegetables and grains. “I From her test orchard in Clarksville—25 acres of diverse cherry trees—she began breeding to address the primary threats. She remembers a breeding class coming out to the Clarksville orchard.

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