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Maroon rice destined for Svalbard

Agricultural Biodiversity

“Plots were farmed primarily by women and contained a broad range of different rice varieties. Naming and origin stories show a clear reference to the escape from plantations and the leading role of women in farming and food security. ” Maroon Women in Suriname and French Guiana: Rice, Slavery, Memory.

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Our Best Climate Reporting of 2023

Civil Eats

An Ancient Grain Made New Again: How Sorghum Could Help U.S. Farms Adapt to Climate Change Sorghum—popular among young, BIPOC, and under-resourced farmers—has extra long roots that allow it to withstand drought and sequester greenhouse gasses. farm landscape. Perennial Crops Boost Biodiversity Both On and Off Farms.

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4 Best Organic Farming Companies In India

Kavya Organic Farm

Best organic farming companies in India:- Amalgamated Plantations Pvt Ltd | Organic Farming Companies It is one of India’s top ten agriculture companies. Amalgamated Plantations Pvt Ltd is the newly formed entity as a result of Tata Tea’s divestiture of its plantation business in East/North India.

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These State Lawmakers Are Collaborating on Policies that Support Regenerative Agriculture

Civil Eats

In addition to learning about regenerative farming practices, the diverse group had gathered to understand how state-level agricultural legislation can bring about climate resilience, food security, and social equity. Historically, that space has been dominated by state level farm bureaus and the larger federal, Kimbirauskas says.

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In Oaxaca, a State Fair That Celebrates Native Crops’ Rich Legacy

Modern Farmer

Anyone who’s spent time in Mexico can report firsthand on the country’s deep reverence for corn, that infinitely versatile and nutritive grain that forms the base of the country’s daily bread, the tortilla, as well as a multitude of other traditional foods. And the other is that the young people just don’t want to keep farming.

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The contribution of farming to the rural environment: A farmer’s viewpoint in 1985

Sustainable Food Trust

Today, farming is far from a simple livelihood. Writing in 1985, Steele presents a clear-eyed view of the complex environmental, economic and social challenges that were facing farmers, many of which continue to be at the heart of today’s conversations about our food and farming system. Intensive farming, as we know it, did not exist.

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Southern Black Farmers Sow Rice and Reconciliation

Civil Eats

In the heart of Louisiana, about 100 miles north of Baton Rouge, lies the rain-soaked farm that lured Konda Mason away from California in 2020. What were doing [at Jubilee Justice] is reclaiming rice and rice farming as our foodways, as our invention, as our birthrightand in that is nothing but the spirit of the ancestors.