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Winter Farming in Florida: Profit Ripe for the Picking

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After Floridas farmers harvest a wide array of summer crops, the fields do not lie dormant for long. Unlike much of the United States, where farming slows or halts during winter due to cold temperatures and snow, Florida’s mild climate allows for year-round cultivation.

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In Hawai‘i, Restoring Kava Helps Sustain Native Food Culture

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Kava has endured a long history of adversity, said Lakea Trask, a Hawaiian farmer and local activist who cultivates kava and other Native crops for Kanaka Kava , his familys farm-to-table restaurant in Kailua-Kona, on the Big Island. Harvesting awa requires leaving the corm and lateral roots intact.

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The Case for Tractor Farming

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Increase Productivity One major reason to adopt tractor farming is that it makes it possible to cultivate larger areas in less time, with less hired help, and less backbreaking work. Mechanizing tasks like bed shaping, planting, and cultivation is game-changing. Proper tilling and cultivation help with pest management.

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Container Production of Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms with Care2Grow Farm

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In this video, Russell Hollander of Care2Grow Farm in Naples, Florida, guides us through the captivating journey of medicinal and gourmet mushroom cultivation, unveiling the intricate process from substrate to harvest.

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Greens as a Secondary Income from your Cash Crop Plants

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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. ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.

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Living Mulch Cover Cropping for Gardens and Small Farms: Managing an “organic matter” system

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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. But what if you leave the white clover cover crop to continue growing in the second year?

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Microgreens: Tiny Crops, Big Profits – A Nutritional Powerhouse for Farmers and Winter Menus

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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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