Agritecture Blog

MARCH 1, 2023

While it is true that much of the equipment that field farmers use on a daily basis is petroleum based and produces carbon dioxide in the neighborhood of 22 lbs of CO2 per gallon of fuel burned, it must be considered that this equipment is often serving hundreds, if not thousands, of cultivation acres. of the American Farmland Trust.

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Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

But the pawpaw’s two- to three-week harvest window, short shelf life, and delicate skin still make it anathema to the rigid needs of grocery stores and a rare find even at farmers’ markets. The Canadian NC1 ripens early, with fewer smooth black seeds than other varieties. The Allegheny’s yellow flesh brings a pop of citrus flavor.

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Civil Eats

APRIL 22, 2024

Arizona has been at the forefront of conservation efforts, protecting CWRs on public lands like the WCBA, at botanical gardens like at the Desert Museum, and at seed banks. Farmers plant seeds deep in the soil, use passive rainwater harvesting, and rely on hardy desert-adapted seeds. Our seeds are very resilient.

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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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Civil Eats

AUGUST 21, 2024

and sovereign Indigenous nations, and grant unlimited harvests, even from private property. People of the First Light For thousands of years, the Wampanoag —the “People of the First Light”—have harvested fish for food, trade, art, and fertilizer. Wampanoag fishers, like Pocknett, are forced to shrug it off. Not just food.”

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

He’s been collecting seeds for years. “I I seek out purity of ingredients, those that speak to my heart, and that is why for the last 10 years I’ve been collecting heirloom wheat seeds—to one day plant and watch them grow, to learn from them, and pass on their radiant life force through a loaf of bread, from the heart,” Velazquez said.

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UnderstandingAg

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Planning Winter Cover Crop Rotations Maximizing cover crop benefits in the garden requires strong crop planning with strategic rotations coupled with creative improvision so it’s important to examine strategies and considerations for incorporating cover crops with no-till methods and inter-seeding.

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Daily Yonder

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Historians know that turkey and corn were part of the first Thanksgiving , when Wampanoag peoples shared a harvest meal with the pilgrims of Plymouth plantation in Massachusetts. They called the plants sisters to reflect how they thrived when they were cultivated together. This story was originally published by The Conversation.

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Agritecture Blog

APRIL 21, 2023

CONTENT SOURCED FROM CIVIL EATS Written by: Daniel Walton April 21, 2023 The Utopian Seed Project is growing dozens of types of okra in one North Carolina field, creating genetic collisions that build new, resilient varieties. And when those seeds came up in garden plots across the U.S., Credit: Chris Smith.

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Sustainable Food Trust

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Seed detective Adam Alexander travels to the Kor çë region to discover how regenerative horticulture is holding up. My idea of heaven is the 100 hectares of cultivated ground that provide a livelihood for the 50 plus families who work the land in Miras and who produce more than enough food to feed the entire community of 600 families.

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Sustainable Harvest International

JUNE 19, 2024

In February 2024, Sustainable Harvest International (SHI) Board of Directors and staff members gathered in the north of Belize to witness partner farmers in action. Mahogany seeds held by Shipstern conservation ranger. Mahogany seeds preparing for planting at Santa Martha, Belize’s community nursery.

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Civil Eats

JULY 17, 2024

Here, over the next 45 days, the spores will be carefully cultivated into seed for farmers and scientists to outplant in the ocean. Many growers see it as a bottleneck: Propagation from wild-harvested seaweed is costly, lengthy, and ties rural coastal communities to laboratories that are often hours, if not days, away.

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ATTRA

MAY 7, 2024

The process of producing tea, from the tea seed to the cup, is a complex and fascinating one. The journey of tea from seed to cup involves harvesting, withering, rolling, oxidizing, and drying. The journey of tea from seed to cup involves harvesting, withering, rolling, oxidizing, and drying. the Camellia bush.

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Agwired

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Registration is now open for the 2025 Independent Professional Seed Association Annual Conference in Palm Springs, CA. Bayer ’s national flagship brand DEKALB is proud to announce its new partnership as the Official Corn Seed of the Field of Dreams Movie Site. This funding, effective Aug.

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

What they need is a supply chain and market that can handle the harvest. Flax has been cultivated since ancient Egypt, and in the US since colonial times, when European settlers brought seeds to places such as Philadelphia, where it was mostly hand-processed and spun. Farmers can grow flax for fiber or flax for seeds.

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Agritecture Blog

AUGUST 2, 2023

By maximizing its limited land resources and leveraging cutting-edge technology, Singapore is harnessing the potential of controlled environment agriculture to cultivate a sustainable and self-sufficient future. Howe emphasizes the advantages of consuming fresh, locally-grown produce, as many vital nutrients diminish shortly after harvest.

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ATTRA

MARCH 12, 2024

Yet, we tend to restrict ourselves to greens cultivated primarily for their leaves, leaving them susceptible to bolting in high temperatures or losing leaves to disease. But did you know that our gardens have delectable green vegetables available for harvesting and consumption while we wait for the fruits to grow.

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Modern Farmer

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Cacao is both a tree that houses unprocessed seed matter, while chocolate is (at least) cacao seed that has been ground into either food or drink. Recently harvested cacao pods collected in a sack, ready to be carried to the village for fermenting. A local farmer carrying his cacao harvest home on a local road.

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Hartwood Farm

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Individual days and weeks can sometimes seem so long (especially when that harvest list runs onto three pages!), My old greenhouse was bought in 2004, so this addition really impacted the economics of starting seeds for us. One of the things that I have a love/hate relationship with on the farm is time.

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Kavya Organic Farm

JULY 18, 2023

By following our expert tips and guidelines, you can produce an abundant harvest of these flavorful, meaty tomatoes that are perfect for salads, sandwiches, and other delectable dishes. Selecting High-Quality Tomato Seeds The quality of tomato seeds you choose will greatly impact the success of growing beefsteak tomatoes in pots.

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Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Krishna Bista grew up on a diversified farm in her native Bhutan, where her family cultivated sweet potatoes, ginger, corn, wheat, millet, citrus and cardamom. For Doli Wikongo, a refugee farmer employee who grew up cultivating bananas and rice in her native Congo, New Leaf has been a lifeline.

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Hartwood Farm

JANUARY 29, 2020

We race around all winter getting ready and then all spring planting, all summer harvesting, all fall cleaning up, cramming these tasks amid all the computer and outreach work, the deliveries and farmers markets and all the hundred tiny farm emergencies and dramas that pop up each day. And what do you value most in your food or farms?

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Kavya Organic Farm

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Whether you’re a seasoned gardener or a novice, this article will guide you through all aspects of cultivating and caring for the Desert Rose. Attractive Bonsai Specimens: Adenium obesum is highly sought-after for bonsai cultivation due to its distinctive caudex and intricate branching patterns.

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Modern Farmer

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Cultivated by native Americans, corn is present in so many hearty meals and has a variety of uses. The possibilities are endless for corn: From the fuel in our vehicles to the fuel in our bellies, it’s one of most widely cultivated and consumed crops in the world. Here, I list calories, carbohydrates and protein.

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Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

At her 6-acre Sakari Farms outside Bend, Oregon, Schreiner employs traditional ecological knowledge to cultivate regional first foods —foods consumed before European colonialization—and passes that expertise down to Native American youth. Sakari Farms offers a program that teaches youth how to grow and harvest traditional foods.

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Food Tank

JUNE 14, 2024

Many utilize regenerative growing and composting to maintain healthy crop life cycles from seed to harvest and foster healthy soils. They are cultivating food sovereignty right here in the city—the right to grow, sell, and eat healthy food that the community wants in their neighborhood.

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Civil Eats

JULY 31, 2024

That day, they’d been out to their four-acre farm and back twice, harvesting a total of 6,300 pounds. Maine is the heart of America’s farmed seaweed industry, supplying half its harvest— well over a million pounds —last season. Obtaining the reliably productive, inexpensive kelp seed for the farm is another.

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Kavya Organic Farm

JULY 22, 2023

Whether you’re a seasoned gardener or a novice, this article will guide you through all aspects of cultivating and caring for the Desert Rose. Attractive Bonsai Specimens: Adenium obesum is highly sought-after for bonsai cultivation due to its distinctive caudex and intricate branching patterns.

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Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Seaweed naturally absorbs carbon as it grows, but unless it is harvested, it decomposes and releases carbon back. 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. That’s a lot of ocean to potentially cultivate.

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ATTRA

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Microgreens are young vegetables harvested just after the cotyledon leaves have developed, typically seven and 21 days. In contrast, sprouts are germinated seeds harvested much earlier, usually within two to seven days. This difference in harvesting time is just the beginning of what distinguishes these two nutritious greens.

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Agwired

AUGUST 23, 2023

The six-week virtual program is hosted and coordinated by America’s Cultivation Corridor , providing participants a unique experience featuring mentorship, interaction with Iowa’s agricultural leaders and an online curriculum that included regulatory and financing systems, and customer perspectives. market entry.

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Agritecture Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2022

By using robots to help with various aspects of farming, we can supplement the need for human labor to complete tasks such as seeding, transplanting, tray washing, harvesting, packaging, labeling, and fertigation. They also offer harvesting equipment to streamline processes for indoor farmers and farm operators. Credit: TTA.

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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. He found that undersowing the clover was an amazing way to get the field covered by harvest. Now it becomes a perennial living mulch to direct seed or transplant cash crops into.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 29, 2023

The cattle, which were artificially inseminated by students in the spring, will eventually be harvested at a USDA plant and incorporated into the fine dining menu at the college’s student-run campus restaurant, Capstone Kitchen. The federal government is trying to help spur growth in these types of programs, too.

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The warm summer air is filled with the smell of fragrant herbs—cultivated by the gardeners of the Strawberry Mansion Green Resource Center in North Philadelphia. Plentiful harvests have made buying vegetables this summer unnecessary for the gardeners at Strawberry Mansion, they say.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

OCTOBER 1, 2024

As a member of the Oglala Lakota from Pine Ridge, South Dakota, a chef, and a historian, I see the massive potential in harnessing, cultivating, and elevating the Indigenous culinary creativity that permeates this massive region. A broad, Native-led restaurant industry could become a huge driver of food-focused tourism.

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Sustainable Food Trust

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

On our farm, we are often still harvesting peppers and aubergines, sometimes even late tomatoes, from our polytunnels, while we look towards our winter salads and think about having leeks again. But while winter crops start to get going as autumn darkens, there are also summer crops reaching their end, still full of abundance.

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