Food Politics

AUGUST 26, 2024

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.

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Food Tank

AUGUST 26, 2024

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.

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Share Food Program

AUGUST 26, 2024

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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Agric4profits

AUGUST 26, 2024

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

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Western FarmPress

AUGUST 26, 2024

Midwest Crop Report: It’s not too late to affect your bottom line. Pay attention to what is happening in the field until the growing season ends.

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AgriLife Today

AUGUST 26, 2024

How Aggie turfgrass science students keep Kyle Field game day ready The post From turfgrass to touchdowns appeared first on AgriLife Today.

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Western FarmPress

AUGUST 26, 2024

Gen Z Aggie: Premium sales at county fairs across the country offer an opportunity for community supporters to help the next generation of farmers.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 26, 2024

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.

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 26, 2024

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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Agric4profits

AUGUST 26, 2024

Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) is an adaptogenic herb that can lower cortisol levels and balance your thyroid hormones.

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Global Agtech Initiative

AUGUST 26, 2024

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.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 26, 2024

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.

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Agric4profits

AUGUST 26, 2024

This article explains the techniques and technologies needed for mango production and post-harvest activities.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 26, 2024

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.

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Agric4profits

AUGUST 26, 2024

Lady finger or known as okra is green edible pod vegetable which contains high nutrition.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 26, 2024

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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Agric4profits

AUGUST 26, 2024

Pawpaw (Carica Papaya), belongs to a small and somewhat unusual family with four genera.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 26, 2024

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. And, historically, I’ve been in this civil rights work almost all of my adult life and most of my young life.

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Agric4profits

AUGUST 26, 2024

Guava (Psidium guayaba) is becoming one of the most important fruits in Nigeria.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 26, 2024

Darnella Winston Project Director/Cooperative Field Specialist Federation of Southern Cooperatives Our organization was born out of the Civil Rights movement in 1972, and our focus has been corporate development, land retention, and advocacy. But, lately, we’ve been working more with youth. What we’re realizing is that there’s a whole other audience out there that we’re missing, which is the next generation.

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Agric4profits

AUGUST 26, 2024

This article provides specific details about citrus production, covering all members of the Citrus genus.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 26, 2024

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. Aquaculture is definitely a challenge our organization is addressing that could be affected by the Farm Bill.

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Farm Credit of Southern Colorado

AUGUST 26, 2024

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!

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 26, 2024

Interview collected and edited by Kelsey Betz Darnella Winston Project Director/Cooperative Field Specialist Federation of Southern Cooperatives Our organization was born out of the Civil Rights movement in 1972, and our focus has been corporate development, land retention, and advocacy. But, lately, we’ve been working more with youth. What we’re realizing is that there’s a whole other audience out there that we’re missing, which is the next generation.

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Agwired

AUGUST 26, 2024

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.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 26, 2024

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.

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Agric4profits

AUGUST 26, 2024

Astragalus root has been used in Traditional Chinese Medicine for thousands of years.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 26, 2024

The post Faces of the Farm Bill appeared first on Modern Farmer.

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ATTRA

AUGUST 26, 2024

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

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Real Agriculture

AUGUST 26, 2024

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.

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ATTRA

AUGUST 26, 2024

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.

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Real Agriculture

AUGUST 26, 2024

There are so many agronomic decisions to make when growing canola, and those decisions don’t stop even as the season comes to a close with combines ready to roll. As Ian Epp, agronomist with the Canola Council of Canada explains in this Canola School, farmers have several options to consider when staging for pre-harvest applications. Read More There are so many agronomic decisions to make when growing canola, and those decisions don’t stop even as the season comes to a close with com

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ATTRA

AUGUST 26, 2024

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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Real Agriculture

AUGUST 26, 2024

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.

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ATTRA

AUGUST 26, 2024

The Ogallala Land & Water Conservancy , a nonprofit organization in New Mexico, is focused on conserving groundwater in the declining Ogallala Aquifer with an innovative model that utilizes conservation easements. The organization supports transitioning irrigated farmland and ranchland to dryland cropping or grazing land. It’s the first land trust to use paid conservation easements as a tool for groundwater protection, establishing a model that could be used elsewhere in the region an

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Agwired

AUGUST 26, 2024

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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