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Hurricane Helene and Western North Carolina: New Year, New Challenges and Available Resources

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In some areas, fields were buried under as much as three feet of sediment, debris, and gravel, rendering them unfit for immediate cultivation. Locals operated privately owned heavy machinery and farm tractors, clearing and scraping public roads. Farmers faced dire situations. Its your neighbors, your community.

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Black Earth: A Family’s Journey from Enslavement to Reclamation

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He also cultivates 75 acres of wheat, 83 acres of soybeans, 65 acres of corn, and 45 acres of hardwoods and pine trees. Grover established a peach orchard in 1935, and cultivated grain and raised livestock until the late 1970s. To fill up two barns, it would take us about nine hours, he says. Across the road, peacocks shriek.

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California Farm Counties Are Not Even Close to Meeting the EPA’s New Clean Air Quality Standard

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Mountain ranges trap emissions from highway traffic, locomotives, municipal composting facilities, tractors, and burning. stems from burning, soil management, and gaseous emissions from both tractors and soil. But Ansalem would like to see tractors face the same regulation as other vehicles in the state. tons of PM2.5

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California Will Help BIPOC Collective Cultivate Land Access for Underserved Farmers

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After six years of enriching the soil and cultivating neighborly relationships, however, We Grow Farms is up against an insurmountable challenge facing many farms and pastures across the state: the real estate market. Ujamaa’s Hawkins also sees the collective cultivating much more than food.