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.

Seeding 124

Seeding Food Maize Cultivation 124

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.

Food 98

Food Agriculture Agriculture Cultivation 98

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.

Cash Crop 98

Cash Crop Crop Harvest Harvesting 98

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.

Pruning 52

Pruning Harvest Harvesting Harvester 52

Agwired

JUNE 12, 2024

Nemasphere is the first and only biotechnology trait for SCN, the number one yield-robbing pest in soybeans in the United States. The collaboration aims to advance lighting strategies and recipes by integrating precise plant growth data in Sollum’s advanced algorithms in order to learn, adapt, and optimize cultivation in real time.

biotechnology 59

biotechnology Technology Yield Pesticide 59

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. I have always been the nerd with my head in the soil trying to learn more,” she explains.

Food 134

Food Agriculture Agriculture Seeding 134

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?

Cultivation 52

Cultivation Farming Farming Crop 52

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. Climate change causes labor problems and hurts farm owners, too.

Yield 119

Yield Production Harvest Harvesting 119

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.

Vertical Farming 52

Vertical Farming Harvest Harvesting Harvester 52

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.

Food 98

Food Farming Farming Agroecology 98

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Their shells are harder and thicker than those of the English walnut, the most common commercially cultivated species, and are difficult to separate from the kernel within. Mockernut and shagbark hickories, when pounded and simmered in water, yield a milk Holt describes as “liquid banana-nut bread.”

Forage 117

Forage Processing Yield Production 117

Trimble Agriculture

JULY 5, 2023

In farming, input costs typically include items like seeds, fertilizer, feed, and more. For example, grain operators may find post-harvest as the most accurate time, while cow-calf operations may choose when calves are born. Updating will be much faster than starting from scratch.

Farming 98

Farming Farming Finance Net Farm Income 98

DTN

JUNE 26, 2023

Whether it’s a planter, fungicide, or seed variety, most people don’t decide to invest in something new without first asking if the benefits outweigh the risks and if it’s the right solution for their business. Gaesser Farms in Iowa harvests some of their cereal rye cover crop to sell the seed to other farms.

Grain 52

Grain Marketing Biofuel Crop 52

DTN

JANUARY 24, 2024

While you have no control over who sees your advert, you are also planting the seed of brand recognition in the minds of thousands of people who will subsconsciously become more likely to buy from you in the future. Programmatic advertising is the meticulous, data-driven cultivation that targets specific rows with precision.

Marketing 52

Marketing Technology Agriculture Agriculture 52

Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

It’s a tedious but worthwhile process: drying mushrooms, vegetables, and herbs, making pickles and slaw, and preserving garlic blossoms and coriander seeds in airtight jars before these ingredients vanish with the end of the season. are preparing for the dwindling of food in the coming winter. Take chocolate , for instance.

Food 89

Food Farming Farming Supply Chain 89

Agritecture Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Editor’s Note: Based on the unit economics laid out in this article, saffron has 8-10x revenue potential per given cultivation area compared to leafy greens and vine crops grown in CEA systems. Growing conditions Temperature, light intensity/spectrum and humidity are particularly important in saffron cultivation.

Harvest 52

Harvest Harvesting Harvester Production 52

Hartwood Farm

JANUARY 3, 2020

Some crops flourished in the spring—these guys were planted in a field that we weren’t even able to cultivate and still were happy! After yields of planning, we finally have enough fields to really cover crop, which made a huge difference in this wet spring to have all that plant material on the ground! Spring broccoli extravaganza!

Farming 52

Farming Farming Greenhouse Harvest 52

Agritecture Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2022

CONTENT SOURCED FROM ENERGY NEWS NETWORK Written by: Kari Lydersen Maine’s wild blueberries are a unique crop that can’t be planted from seed, explains lifelong blueberry farmer Paul Sweetland. Sweetland tends, harvests and sells the blueberries, and shares profits with the landowner. We wanted to really protect that crop.

Agriculture 52

Agriculture Agriculture Construction Farming 52

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.

Seeding 125

Seeding Crop Agriculture Agriculture 125

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.

Science 96

Science Yield Seeding Harvest 96

DTN

MAY 22, 2024

Here’s a simple stress test Are Russian wheat farmers outcompeting the world or is something else going on? Has the case for ethanol come full circle?

Yield 98

Yield Seeding Fertilizer Crop 98

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. Rauch was worried about seeding, soil compaction and whether he’d end up with one giant gravel pile. The lab research proves ERW’s potential; the first field data is coming in with the fall harvest.

Fertilizer 139

Fertilizer Acre Farming Farming 139

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.

Crop 52

Crop Harvest Harvesting Harvester 52

DTN

MAY 17, 2024

Here’s a simple stress test Are Russian wheat farmers outcompeting the world or is something else going on? Has the case for ethanol come full circle?

Yield 52

Yield Seeding Fertilizer Crop 52

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.

Farming 96

Farming Farming Food Aquaculture 96

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. Is it inappropriate, indulgent, myopic to contextualize my understanding of seed writ large with my understanding of self and place?”

Food 121

Food Farming Farming Seeding 121

Sustainable Harvest International

OCTOBER 15, 2021

In fact, the FAO estimates that women farmers could increase agricultural yields by 20-30%, lifting 100-150 million people out of poverty. “ As a child, she and her siblings accompanied their father as he planted and harvested corn and beans. As Damaris notes, “Women in agriculture are helping pave the way for a better future.”

Harvest 52

Harvest Harvesting Harvester Ruralism 52

Farmbrite

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Higher Yields: Growing multiple crops together can lead to a more abundant overall harvest, even in smaller spaces. Soil Depletion: Continuous cultivation of a single crop can deplete the soil of specific nutrients and lead to soil degradation over time So, which is better for a beginning farmer? We've always got your back.

Farming 98

Farming Farming Crop Pesticide 98

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

Caff

JUNE 13, 2023

The length of a chemical’s residence time in the environment before breaking down into less dangerous forms, is of special concern to agricultural operators because this can impact planting plans, harvest periods, and safe access for farmworkers. Consider seeding with grasses and other plants known for their phytoremediation abilities.

Food 52

Food Livestock Pesticide Crop 52

Modern Farmer

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Dispensaries may charge a premium for heritage strains or sun-grown, organic weed, but a hazy supply chain can obscure a lot between seed and sale. Nevertheless, even the best technology can’t absolutely guarantee that crops weren’t grown on razed rainforests or harvested with child labor.

Supply Chain 110

Supply Chain Cultivation Technology Harvest 110

Food Environment and Reporting Network

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

But the myth has never been aimed at farmers, who aren’t particularly susceptible to it anyway: It doesn’t help them pay for seed and fertilizer, it doesn’t help them pay workers, it doesn’t help them heat curing barns, it doesn’t help them get a good price from the companies that have locked them into contracts. agricultural land, was 0.04

Farming 76

Farming Farming Acre Crop 76