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Nutrients , a journal that requires authors to pay CHF 2900 ($3400) for their articles, does publish the most amazing studies, ostensibly peer-reviewed (I’ve heard mixed things about its process). This journal is a source for many of my Monday posts, each more creative than the next. This is a good one. Sourdough Bread with Different Fermentation Times: A Randomized Clinical Trial in Subjects with Metabolic Syndrome.
Seeds for Resilience , a project of Crop Trust , is working to strengthen gene banks across sub-Saharan Africa. The project provides financial and technical support to the national gene banks of Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, and Zambia. According to the International Fund for Agricultural Development , the climate crisis and land degradation create unprecedented challenges for farmers in sub-Saharan Africa.
Seasoned journalist Momo Chang joins Civil Eats as a senior editor. She is the former co-director of Oakland Voices , a community journalism training program and outlet of the Maynard Institute for Journalism Education. Chang is a longtime journalist focusing on food, justice, health, and environmental stories. She is the former features editor and writer for Hyphen magazine, where she received national Asian American Journalists Association awards for her coverage of Asian American and Pacific
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Umi Jenkins Director of Mississippi Farm to School Network Our work is centered a lot around young people in grades Kindergarten through 12th. This past year, we received the Educator of the Year Award from Young, Gifted, and Empowered, because we really put a lot of emphasis around educating the community on food literacy. We’ve had higher community engagement and that’s come with our Youth Ambassador Program.
For more than 85 years, Independence Blue Cross (IBX) has been deeply committed to partnering with organizations helping to improve the health and wellbeing of people throughout the Philadelphia region. The company’s longstanding relationship with Share Food Program (Share) demonstrates how partnerships between nonprofits and programs like the IBX Blue Crew, can achieve the greatest possible impact on the health of communities.
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FieldView Drive 2.0 simplifies farm activities like setting up equipment, gathering data, managing in-field variability, and implementing regenerative practices. The post Bayer Unveils New FieldView Hardware appeared first on Global Ag Tech Initiative.
Choctaw Tribal Members Choctaw Fresh Tomika Bell (Choctaw Fresh Produce distribution manager): As Native Americans, we live in rural areas, which means we don’t have the ability to be near any kind of grocery stores or farm stands. But Choctaw Fresh gives people the ability to utilize our mobile market, and put farms in certain areas, which means we’re able to reach those people that live in scarce areas that aren’t able to have access to eating healthy.
Although you may have given up on owning a cat if you have allergies, but did you know that some cat breeds are hypoallergenic cats (hypo allergenic cat) and ma
Choctaw Tribal Members Choctaw Fresh Tomika Bell (Choctaw Fresh Produce distribution manager): As Native Americans, we live in rural areas, which means we don’t have the ability to be near any kind of grocery stores or farm stands. But Choctaw Fresh gives people the ability to utilize our mobile market, and put farms in certain areas, which means we’re able to reach those people that live in scarce areas that aren’t able to have access to eating healthy.
Western Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education (SARE) posted a six-minute video titled “Alley Cropping at Raising Cane Ranch: Apples, Hay, and Cider.” In the film, Washington producer Nick Pate speaks to what worked and what was a challenge with his alley cropping project incorporating apple trees among hay fields. He found benefits from this practice and believes alley cropping has positive benefits for all types of farmers.
Interview collected and edited by Kelsey Betz Calvin Head Farmer and Director of Milestone Cooperative Association I’m participating in a regenerative agriculture initiative with several other farmers and youth and have served as director of Milestone Cooperative Association for about 12 years. I’m also a community organizer with emphasis on economic and community development.
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Time is running out! You have less than a week left to submit your photos for our 2025 Calendar Contest. The deadline is midnight on Sunday, September 1, 2024 , so this is your friendly reminder to enter before it’s too late! Take a few moments out of your day to grab your camera or phone, walk outside to somewhere aesthetic on your rural land or ag operation, and shoot!
Interview collected and edited by Kelsey Betz Ya-Sin Shabazz Gulf Coast Sustainable Growers Alliance We started the Gulf Coast Sustainable Growers Alliance as a way of organizing and keeping on point with a lot of our work around food. We also started the Just Water Initiative, which maintains a two-and-a-half acre off bottom oyster aquaculture operation.
It’s that time once again. The Farm Progress Show which will be in Boone, IA this year. It’s looking like we’ll have some warm temps but that’s okay with me. I’ve got a full schedule to interviews and photos to take and I’m leaving a little earlier than usual. I’ll just have to miss our Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack but Cindy and I have seen him and participated in press conferences several times this year.
Oregon State University associate professor and small farm advisor Maud Powell will lead a team on a project called “Climate Stress & Grief: Building Awareness and Resilience Strategies for Ag Professionals & Producers in the West” that received a $100,000 SARE grant. The three-year project will support climate-stress resiliency among agricultural producers and professionals in the West with a 90-minute program that will help people unpack complex feelings ranging from sadn
Farm Health Guardian is looking to test its digital biosecurity technology with farms and food companies across Canada. The ideal project participants are farms or food companies with multiple connected sites, such as pig production systems; transport or feed companies looking to verify vehicle biosecurity; and veterinarians who oversee a group of farms with shared.
Applications are due October 22, 2024. Western Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education (SARE) is accepting applications for its Professional + Producer Grant Program. An agricultural technical advisor and at least three producers collaborate on a project that integrates research and education, aiming to advance the three components of sustainable agriculture- environmental, economic, and social- and use innovative educational outreach to disseminate new knowledge to producers and other
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Thanks for tuning in to this Agronomic Monday edition of RealAg Radio. Host Shaun Haney is joined by RealAgriculture’s in-house agronomist Peter Johnson to discuss a number of agronomic topics including the shift of spring seeded cereals in eastern Canada, low temperatures at night in the west, winter crop planting, and more! Also hear from. Read More Thanks for tuning in to this Agronomic Monday edition of RealAg Radio.
The National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA) will begin accepting nominations for the fourth Cohort of the Advanced Training for Animal Agriculture Leaders. Nominations are due November 17. The 16-month leadership program blends in-person and virtual working sessions to focus on four areas of development: critical thinking, leadership development, connecting and relating skills, and operational excellence.
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