Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Photo credit: Cornell Watson) Ideally, wed get this sweet corn in the ground today, he says, indicating a bag of organic seed and a nearby half-acre plot of loose brown soil. As director of farmer inclusion, his job is to distribute $1.7 From the main house, we drive at 45 mph for 10 minutes, and were still on former plantation land.

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Plantation Farming Farming Acre 144

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Planting the Seeds of Justice This article is part of our ongoing series, Planting the Seeds of Justice , in which we focus on the connections between climate, health, soil health, and equity for farmers of color. She chuckles while explaining how she got there: in an RV with two loved ones and two dogs.

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Plantation Acre Farming Farming 126

Food Tank

JANUARY 27, 2025

Gilbert (Forthcoming March 2024) Countering Dispossession, Reclaiming the Land tells the story of a group of Indonesian agricultural workers who started a movement when they began occupying an agribusiness plantation near their homes. Author David E.

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Food Agriculture Agriculture Agroecology 133

Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Large plantations reemerged in the Delta, worked by sharecroppers rather than slaves. In 1944, International Harvester tested the first mechanical cotton picker on a plantation just south of Clarksdale, Mississippi. But this farm is different: It produces rice seeds. But most of her rice grains are sold as seed to other farmers.

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Acre Farming Farming Crop 103

Modern Farmer

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Throughout the US, we now have an uneven age distribution of oaks, with a lot of oaks nearing maturity, but few very old or very young trees. These trees have good bolting, they’re strong and their seeds are excellent genetic material. They experimented with making bourbon for years before they could actually sell it or distribute it.

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Ranching Acre Forestry Processing 140

Civil Eats

MAY 21, 2024

A coffee plant wilts in the sun on a plantation near Manizales, Colombia. Mexico’s agriculture department distributed rust-resistant cultivars such as Oro Azteca, Marsellesa, and Costa Rica 95, along with technical assistance on Fair Trade and organic certification. One is specialty coffees, such as shade-grown gourmet varieties.

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Yield Production Harvester Harvesting 143

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. Take chocolate , for instance. Sugar comes with its problems , too. Even when grown in the U.S.,

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Food Farming Farming Supply Chain 142