Agwired

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

From the stage of the Africa Food Systems Forum in Rwanda, the World Food Prize Foundation announced Dr. Dennis Beesigamukama, a Postdoctoral Fellow at the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) in Nairobi, Kenya, as the 2024 Recipient of the Norman E. Vermeer has forged an alliance with G.T. Rivulis Pte.

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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The Indigenous ethnobotanist and food sovereignty activist foraged with her mom and grandmother in the Ohio River Valley as a child, then made the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota her home alongside her husband, Luke. My mom was an Indigenous woman from Korea, and she grew up foraging and growing her own food as a matter of survival.

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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

but these fish are very vulnerable to exploitation and they could definitely be locally depleted or eliminated,” said forage fish expert Ellen Pikitch, the executive director of the Institute for Ocean Conservation Science at Stony Brook University in New York.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 26, 2023

From climate risks to better work-life balance, a small but growing contingent of farmers is giving up summer crops to reap winter’s harvest. The National Park Service is working with a local tribe to determine how to safeguard the tule elk, which compete with cattle for forage in the dry season. Their Reasons May Surprise You.

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Modern Farmer

JANUARY 19, 2024

The GLSAs provide vegetative cover for foraging, roosting and nesting wildlife including raptors, wading birds, songbirds, pollinating insects and small mammals such as moles and mice. “We Removing livestock for even 10 years from this land can cause an ecological disaster in grassland communities.”

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Sustainable Food Trust

AUGUST 6, 2024

Across seven chapters, each uncovering a different element of the Welsh landscape, Graves celebrates the diverse ecosystems of his homeland, revealing how the land has been transformed by humans ever since they first began harvesting wood and herding animals. Agriculture had not yet quite arrived as a practice and food was abundant.

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Caff

JUNE 29, 2021

I’m going to fight to save what I can and harvest as much as possible before it all dies.” acres on two pieces of leased land using no-till agro-ecological practices including drip irrigation, cover crops and lots of mulch to conserve water and build healthy soil. “I won’t have any money coming in then.” She farms 1.5

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Civil Eats

JUNE 20, 2024

Nina Elkadi Medicine Wheel for the Planet: A Journey Toward Personal and Ecological Healing By Jennifer Grenz “To use only fragmented pieces of [Indigenous] knowledge is to admire a tree without its roots,” Nlaka’pamux ecologist turned land healer Jennifer Grenz writes in Medicine Wheel for the Planet.

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Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

He was specifically denied coverage for harvested crops grown in the grasslands. Irrigated crops receive higher payouts than dryland crops, while farmers often risk their coverage to engage in some of the most ecologically sound practices. And experts say federally subsidized crop insurance is part of the problem.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Our Staff Reporter Grey Moran has a delightful article about foraging , published in Grist, included in the book. smith Slow Drinks: A Field Guide to Foraging and Fermenting Seasonal Sodas, Botanical Cocktails, Homemade Wines, and More By Danny Childs Danny Childs studied ethnobotany in college. To make an amaro (relatively easy!)

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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

In Minnesota, the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe recently secured 12,000 acres within Chippewa National Forest , an important area for hunting, fishing, gathering, and harvesting wild rice. according to eHistory’s Invasion of America project—has hugely impacted their abilities to hunt, fish, forage, and farm. billion acres across the U.S.,

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