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Climate Solutions for the Future of Coffee

Civil Eats

Lower yields mean less cash flow, contributing to wage stagnation. Coffee plants usually take three to four years to produce their first yield, making the crop a gamble at startup, but rising global demand may provide the incentive. A coffee plant wilts in the sun on a plantation near Manizales, Colombia.

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Beyond Farm to Table: How Chefs Can Support Climate-Friendly Food Systems

Civil Eats

This may seem like an antiquated concern for chefs in an era of global food distribution systems, but it’s an all-consuming preoccupation for Oyster Oyster, a restaurant named after two ingredients—a bivalve and a mushroom —known for their ecosystem benefits. Take chocolate , for instance. Sugar comes with its problems , too.

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Southern Black Farmers Sow Rice and Reconciliation

Civil Eats

Created on Madagascar and practiced in about 60 countries today, SRI has been shown to increase grain yields, sometimes twofold. The team in Alexandria is testing 20 more varieties at their 17-acre farm, located on a former cotton plantation that serves as the central research hub for crop and equipment trials.

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

Civil Eats

As director of farmer inclusion, his job is to distribute $1.7 In 2021, he carried out the ultimate act of reclamation, purchasing the plantation house and surrounding 2.5 Driving his white farm truck from the plantation house through the former Oakley Grove territory last year, Brown emphasizes its size.

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Transforming the Delta

Food Environment and Reporting Network

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. The shoots come from plant scientist Sathish Ponniahs lab, which certifies them to be free of yield-depressing viruses.

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21 New Books to Inspire the Movement for Sustainable Food Systems

Food Tank

He explores questions of growing populations, inequitable distribution, and environmental harm, suggesting ways to bring us closer to feeding the planet without destroying it. The Kidney and the Cane: Planetary Health and Plantation Labor in Nicaragua by Alex M.

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Coffee as we know it is in danger. Can we breed a better cup?

Agritecture Blog

The British had deforested large swaths of land to create industrial-style arabica coffee plantations, turning it into one of the world’s leading coffee producers. So they made dozens of “wanted” flyers for the plant and distributed them to farmers in the area. Two leads came in, but both were duds.

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