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Cultivating Profits in a Compact Crop

Modern Farmer

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 I love farming…so I hope to [continue] this for a long time.”

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Op-ed: 4 Solutions to Make Urban Ag Policies More Equitable

Civil Eats

Up until 2013, many Black residents in Detroit were not able to cultivate food for their communities due to urban agriculture ordinances and zoning laws that prevented residents from operating urban farms on public city-owned land. In Baltimore, urban agriculture is permitted on city-leased land.

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

Civil Eats

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. as an account executive in the real estate market for the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited.

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Opinion: In American Agriculture, Size Matters

Modern Farmer

They also face pressure from real estate development. In various settings, we can work to cultivate affection and fidelity. The little farmers can’t keep up with the big ones.” Brooks Lamb. Photo courtesy of Regan Adolph) It isn’t just consolidation threatening these small and midsized farmers.

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USDA Announces $300 Million in Awards to Support Access to Land, Capital, and Markets for Beginning and Undeserved Framers

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

In addition, over the last decade, farmland prices have doubled nationwide and risen far higher in areas with pressure due to real estate development or commodity prices. Today, just 1% of farmers in the United States identify as Black. This round of awards is the first-time funds have been distributed through the LCM program.

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Q&A: Why Do Small-Scale Farmers Persist in Place?

Daily Yonder

The first is farmland loss from haphazard real estate development, the kind that leads to rural gentrification. Whether it’s a farm or an urban park, a community garden, or a tree planted in the sidewalk, we’d do well to cultivate these connections with, and affection for, place. We will have to sacrifice.

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How to Select the Right Facility Design Firm for Your Vertical Farm

Agritecture Blog

Surna Cultivation Technologies is an industry-leading CEA facility design expert that has been supporting growers in setting up successful farming operations for over 16 years. Although you may also consider engaging with an experienced architectural and/or engineering design firm to help evaluate specific real estate you may be considering.)