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USDA Scientists Improving Cold-Hardiness of Kiwifruit

ATTRA

They have come up with a male pollinizer called ‘Hombre’ that is not patented, and a female kiwi, ‘Tango,’ that is patented by the USDA-ARS and can be distributed to nurseries or producers once they obtain a licensing agreement.

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Climate Solutions for the Future of Coffee

Civil Eats

As they prune, workers pile leaves and branches on the ground. 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. The biomass retains water and decomposes, enriching the soil.

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Can a Farm Generate Solar Power and Blueberries at Once?

Daily Yonder

The so-called dual-use array, built by Boston-based BlueWave Solar, is operated by Navisun, a Massachusetts solar power producer that distributes the electricity to Central Maine Power’s energy grid. Sweetland manages the blueberry fields on behalf of the landowner, who leases the land to Navisun and receives a share of the blueberry profits.

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Peach farmer ‘Mas’ Masumoto talks about farming with ghosts

Food Environment and Reporting Network

On his family’s organic peach, nectarine and grape farm south of Fresno, he points out pruning scars from long-time workers, and walks down rows of trees he planted with his father. 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.

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This Immersive Farm Apprenticeship is Training the Next Generation of Farmers

Modern Farmer

In the 90-minute ritual, she distributes buckets of grain and hay for the cows’ breakfast, scrapes away animal feces, fills the water trough bucket by bucket, milks the dairy cows, feeds the barnyard cats and new kittens, and shepherds sometimes recalcitrant cows out to pasture. Charlotte Maffie. Photography courtesy of Charlotte Maffie.

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Milk from the desert: How grazing camels boost environmental and human health in water-stressed regions

Sustainable Food Trust

And thanks to donations, some milk is distributed for free to school children and poor people with health problems, such as TB. The Raika state that camel foraging has a positive pruning effect on the acacias and other trees, inducing them to branch out stronger. It is shipped out all over India directly to the end consumer.

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Photo Essay: A Cooperative Farm’s Long Path to Liberation for Farmworkers

Civil Eats

” Center: Ramon Torres prunes blueberry bushes at the Tierra y Libertad cooperative. It then distributes the co-op products to low-income people, especially to many ndigenous Mixtec and Triqui families. Left: A member of Familias Unidas por la Justicia prunes blackberry bushes in a Sakuma Brothers Farms field.