Wisconsin Farmers Union

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Since then, the program has distributed over 94,500 Tribal Elder Food Boxes. Grown in the Community, For the Community The Oneida Nation Apple Orchard is located on 34 acres, just outside of Oneida, Wisconsin. Orchard manager Heather Jordan works year-round to care for 4,443 apple trees, 120 chickens, and three beehives.

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Food Distribution Orchard Production 90

Food Environment and Reporting Network

APRIL 25, 2024

By Rowan Jacobsen , July 24, 2019 An unhealthy alliance between almonds and honeybees By Paige Embry , June 20, 2019 In January, with the almond bloom in California’s orchards a month away, beekeepers across the country were fretting over their hives. Will it work? By Brian Barth , March 23, 2020 Are we handling the bee crisis all wrong?

Orchard 106

Orchard Acre Pesticide Farming 106

Food Environment and Reporting Network

JULY 5, 2023

By Rowan Jacobsen , July 24, 2019 An unhealthy alliance between almonds and honeybees By Paige Embry , June 20, 2019 In January, with the almond bloom in California’s orchards a month away, beekeepers across the country were fretting over their hives. Will it work? By Brian Barth , March 23, 2020 Are we handling the bee crisis all wrong?

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Harvesting Harvest Harvester Orchard 93

Food Tank

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Mijenta grows agave without pesticides or herbicides. They practice biodynamic agriculture to encourage biodiversity and cultivate successful vineyards without pesticides or herbicides. The brewery is located on a small but busy farm with apple orchards, market gardens, two greenhouses, an apiary, and a flock of chickens.

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Beverage Ecology Compost Cultivation 124

Food Environment and Reporting Network

MAY 17, 2023

He says the labor and lessons of his ancestors are in the soil and the grapevines and orchards, and he’s passing these on to the next generations. Matsumoto in an orchard he planted with his father. Mas is an author, too, who has delved into the stories of his farm and family in more than 10 books. Photo by Lisa Morehouse.

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Farming Farming Orchard Pruning 52

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

In a county that was intentionally poisonedand a world suffering from a changing climatehe is reviving the soil under his feet by transitioning away from pesticide-dependent row crops like tobacco to industrial hemp, which is known to sequester carbon and remediate soil, and using earth-friendly organic and regenerative methods.

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Plantation Farming Farming Acre 144

Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 21, 2022

By Rowan Jacobsen , July 24, 2019 An unhealthy alliance between almonds and honeybees By Paige Embry , June 20, 2019 In January, with the almond bloom in California’s orchards a month away, beekeepers across the country were fretting over their hives. Will it work? By Brian Barth , March 23, 2020 Are we handling the bee crisis all wrong?

Orchard 52

Orchard Acre Pesticide Farming 52