Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Enlisting a staff of 16 and an army of volunteers, the organization cultivates the crop in knee-deep water diverted from Heʻeia stream. Before the prevalence of large-scale, Western agriculture, “every valley that had a stream had a kalo plantation,” says Derek Kekaulike Mar, as he helps peel piles of raw taro tagged for a batch of kulolo.

Acre 120

Acre Plantation Cultivation Crop 120

Civil Eats

MAY 21, 2024

Lower yields mean less cash flow, contributing to wage stagnation. Underpaid pickers don’t show up, and coffee cherries rot on the ground, wasting the harvest. Some harvests last for six months instead of the standard two, and some are shockingly short. A coffee plant wilts in the sun on a plantation near Manizales, Colombia.

Yield 119

Yield Production Harvest Harvesting 119

Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

The majority of the world’s cocoa is sourced from West Africa, often harvested by children on vast plantations linked to widespread deforestation. Many of their traditional plants, like manioc, are also highly adapted to the environment and climate, cultivated over thousands of years. Take chocolate , for instance.

Food 89

Food Farming Farming Supply Chain 89

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.

Crop 52

Crop Plantation Production Cultivation 52