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Women Innovators for Small Farm Technology

Caff

Their pioneering solutions and commitment to sustainable practices underscore the essential contributions of women in driving technological and ecological advancements in agriculture. This platform aims to streamline logistics and communication within the growing contract grazing industry. Why is Cole Building It?

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Balancing Renewable Energy Projects with Rural Needs: The Role of Community Benefit Agreements

Wisconsin Farmers Union

They can include developer investments in local schools, emergency services, support for farmland preservation, and ecological requirements to the developed sites. The Center for Rural Affairs has model clean energy ordinances for communities to consider which consider logistical requirements of renewable sites.

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Sneaking Snake Onto the Menu

Modern Farmer

It’s not clear if it’s logistically possible to transfer farmed snakes solely to a waste protein diet—or how sustainable such a diet would be in the long run. Some farmers combined waste protein to make sausage-like diets for snakes. Photography via Shutterstock. But there’s also hope found in trying new things like python meat.

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Foodshed Cooperative Is Growing San Diego’s Small-Farm Economy

Civil Eats

Farmer to Farmer Networks Growing Nationwide Foodshed took inspiration from FEED Sonoma , which does similar work as a cooperative aggregator and food hub network that supports more than 50 farms in Northern California engaged in ecologically sustainable practices. The Wallace Center , Igoe says, was also a huge help.

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Navigating Efficient Seas: The Art of Optimal Speed Routing

DTN

Finding the delicate equilibrium between efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and environmental responsibility in maritime logistics is a constant endeavor — and Optimal Speed Routing by DTN ® is an important part of the puzzle to get the balance right. Optimal Speed Routing is part of the RouteGuard consultancy service from DTN.

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Can a Farm Generate Solar Power and Blueberries at Once?

Daily Yonder

At the end of the day, it’s not economical for a blueberry farmer to do dual-use at the moment because of the shading and all of these logistics,” Calderwood said. We see enormous potential to both keep land in agricultural production but also to achieve these kinds of ecological benefits,” Robertson-DuBois said.

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The Hard Work of Bringing Kelp to Market

Civil Eats

One type in particular, kelp—a large brown algae with many species, including sugar kelp— has been hailed as an ecologically beneficial, nutritious superfood that can be farmed on both U.S. investment doesn’t yet address a range of logistical issues that challenge—some might even say threaten—the success of seaweed production.

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