Ecology Plantation Production 
Modern Farmer
DECEMBER 15, 2023
In addition to supplying the community with fresh corms and spinach-like leaves high in calcium and fiber, an on-site kitchen churns out value-added products such as poi, or taro pounded into a starchy staple, and kulolo, a traditional pudding sweetened with coconut milk and raw sugar.
Modern Farmer
JANUARY 9, 2024
The aim of the fair is to strengthen and maintain the biodiversity of the region’s gardens, milpas , coffee plantations and cacao plantations,” said Martínez in an interview a few days after the most recent edition of the fair, which he helped fundraise. It makes us happy to be able to offer the products that we grow.”
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Civil Eats
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
The majority of the world’s cocoa is sourced from West Africa, often harvested by children on vast plantations linked to widespread deforestation. They’ve forged relationships with Gulf Coast shrimpers and Indigenous tribes in the Amazon to support traditional, ecological food systems. Take chocolate , for instance.
Civil Eats
JANUARY 23, 2024
Power of State Policymaking The Cohort for Rural Opportunity and Prosperity (CROP)—a subset of SiX’s Agriculture and Food Systems program—currently includes elected officials from 43 states who are positioned to advance socially and ecologically responsible rural, agricultural, and food policy.
Civil Eats
AUGUST 23, 2023
Lahaina, the former capital of the Hawaiian Kingdom , was once a thriving, ecologically diverse landscape full of fish ponds and diverse crops that included sweet potatoes, kalo (taro), and ‘ulu (breadfruit). As workers slowly gained rights, profits plummeted, and Brazil and India became competitors of cheap sugar production.
Food Tank
MARCH 19, 2025
Ben Brisbois reveals the less-palatable side of the banana industry, from devastating health impacts of pesticides to imperialism and ecological destruction. The Kidney and the Cane: Planetary Health and Plantation Labor in Nicaragua by Alex M. Still, Ochoa offers hope for a future that prioritizes justice and well-being for Mexicans.
Modern Farmer
OCTOBER 16, 2023
Bourbon production overall in the state has increased 475 percent since 1999. Mattingly is testing for vigor, bolting, acorn production and elements important to a barrel manufacturer: tannins and taste. But it’s also incredibly important ecologically. million barrels in 2021. It’s a money-maker for the forestry industry.
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