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Farmhand Foundation: Cultivating Organic Change in Southern California

Food Tank

But he explains that yield loss and administrative work can discourage them from transitioning. The post Farmhand Foundation: Cultivating Organic Change in Southern California appeared first on Food Tank. Department of Agriculture, only 1 percent of farmland in the United States is organic. Become a member today by clicking here.

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Guide to Potato Cultivation: From Planting to Harvest

Cropaia

This guide outlines the essential agronomic considerations for optimizing yield and quality in potato crops. High-salinity soils can negatively affect tuber quality and yield, making salt-sensitive varieties particularly vulnerable. Soil type and texture have a significant impact on potato harvest quality and yield.

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Brainfood: Marroon rice, Dutch aroids, Sicilian saffron, Inca agriculture, Native American agriculture, Mexican peppers, Afro-Mexican agriculture, Sahelian landraces, Small-scale fisheries, Coconut remote sensing

Agricultural Biodiversity

Yield, growth, and labor demands of growing maize, beans, and squash in monoculture versus the Three Sisters. Afro-Indigenous harvests: Cultivating participatory agroecologies in Guerrero, Mexico. Trees, terraces and llamas: Resilient watershed management and sustainable agriculture the Inca way. domestication in Mexico.

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Brainfood: Diversity patterns double, Diversification drivers, Polish genetic erosion, Tibetan naked barley diversity, Indian sorghum diversity, Do novo domestication, Eggplant tree, Banana diversity, Pearl millet diversity, Pigeon pea genome, Grasspea genome, Jersey bull diversity

Agricultural Biodiversity

Painting the diversity of a world’s favorite fruit: A next generation catalog of cultivated bananas. Stable AND high-yielding? Chromosome painting, that is. Definitely worth doing. Sounds like the hard work has been done.

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How to select Plantain Cultivars for High Yields

Agric4profits

For field cultivation, medium plantains should be preferred to giant ones even though giant plantains produce heavier bunches. Giant plantains take longer to produce and are more likely to be damaged by strong winds because of their size.

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Complete Practical Guide on Organic Blueberry Farming

Agric4profits

Organic blueberry farming involves cultivating blueberries without synthetic chemicals or pesticides. Farmers must ensure the right growing conditions for optimal yields… Read More » Complete Practical Guide on Organic Blueberry Farming

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The latest developments on the cultivated meat front

Food Politics

I’m trying to keep up with what’s happening with cultivated meat. So far, the FDA has approved a couple of cultivated chicken cell companies, and these are selling “chicken” in a couple of restaurants, one in San Francisco and the other in Washington DC. The big issue: scaling cell production up enough to have product to sell.