Modern Farmer

JANUARY 15, 2024

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.

Cultivation 101

Cultivation Crop Real Estate Food 101

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. When they planted their orchard 11 years ago, the gatherings turned into a festival, which soon outgrew anything they could manage themselves.

Seeding 110

Seeding Farming Farming Orchard 110

Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Merchant, who works at the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona, sees cultivating mesquite around the city and surrounding areas as an opportunity to ease both heat and hunger. A lot has to go into the planning of where the food forest is, when the fruits are harvestable, and whether the harvestable fruits are equitably distributed.”

Food 109

Food Forestry Orchard Harvest 109

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Sprinkled throughout the recipes are fascinating historical tidbits about the Quaker who first cultivated rhubarb in the 1730s, for example, and the Indigenous tribes that used spruce tip tea to ward off scurvy. To make an amaro (relatively easy!) you need to first learn to make a tincture.

Food 121

Food Farming Farming Seeding 121