DTN

JULY 24, 2023

fertilizer application, irrigation, machinery use, pesticide application) and the sources of carbon sequestration (e.g., Trackable events include plowing, minimum-till cultivation, crop rotation, crop type, cover crop presence, irrigation events, harvest date, and crop residue presence.

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Pre-cultivation, the region owed the healthy pH of its soils to the lucky coincidence of sitting atop a volcanic bed. Farmers are constantly harangued about the latest ‘hot topic,’ he says, from sedimentation and erosion to pesticides, nutrient loading in waterways and declining irrigation aquifers.

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Food Tank

OCTOBER 11, 2023

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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Beverage Ecology Compost Cultivation 121

Modern Farmer

JULY 24, 2023

Research on the sustainability of cannabis cultivation, although nascent because of its illegal federal status, indicates an array of environmental impacts. Those numbers don’t concern Andrew Mahon, head of cultivation at Veritas in Denver. “We We built our own irrigation system to fit the style of growing we do,” he says.

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Cultivation Greenhouse Acre Pesticide 89

Caff

JUNE 13, 2023

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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Farmbrite

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Higher Yields: Growing multiple crops together can lead to a more abundant overall harvest, even in smaller spaces. Pest Resistance: Polyculture can reduce the reliance on pesticides, as the diversity of plants can deter pests and encourage natural predators.

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Farming Farming Crop Pesticide 98

Civil Eats

APRIL 22, 2024

Wild cotton grows in the parched grasslands of the Sonoran Desert, surviving without irrigation, pesticides, or other human inputs that domesticated cotton depends on. Farmers plant seeds deep in the soil, use passive rainwater harvesting, and rely on hardy desert-adapted seeds. The more water you put on a crop, the more yield you get.

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Seeding Crop Agriculture Agriculture 125

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. She does yield a few pages to sustainable farming practices, like soil management, though these are more buzzwords than insights.

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Food Farming Farming Seeding 121

Agritecture Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Workers dump harvested coffee cherries into a truck on a farm in Brazil on June 2. And at the root of it all is a startling vulnerability: The coffee we cultivate and drink today, which sustains an industry valued at over $100 billion , comes from just two species — and research on others is woefully behind.

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Modern Farmer

OCTOBER 12, 2023

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.

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