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This Oregon Farmer Is Building a New Model for Indigenous Food and Agriculture

Civil Eats

At her 6-acre Sakari Farms outside Bend, Oregon, Schreiner employs traditional ecological knowledge to cultivate regional first foods —foods consumed before European colonialization—and passes that expertise down to Native American youth. Spring Alaska Schreiner, owner of Sakari Farms outside Bend, Oregon.

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As the Climate Crisis Escalates, Here Are 18 Food and Ag Solutions

Civil Eats

These severe conditions have a tremendous impact on our food system, affecting everything from crop yields to working conditions on farms. 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.

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Member Spotlight: La Puma Farms

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Santa Barbara, CA This month, we’d like to introduce you to La Puma Farms. Now let’s learn a bit about La Puma Farm in their own words! Later, I found an abandoned nursery in Santa Barbara which had 40 heritage Hass and Rincon avocados, 5 citrus trees, greenhouses and lathe houses. What can one find at the farm?

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Precision Ag News 9/7

Agwired

Two separate CIG funding opportunities are now available on grants.gov : $50 million through CIG On-Farm Trials and $15 million is available through CIG Classic. The new Product Safety complex with labs, offices, and a greenhouse area offers space for approximately 200 employees. Submit proposals by October 30.

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The Top 10 Careers in Agriculture

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While farming may be your first thought when it comes to agricultural jobs, there are actually hundreds of different specialties and niches within the industry, from scientists to economists and more. From working on farms to testing the soil quality in different areas, agriculture offers diverse career opportunities.

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Our 2023 Food and Farming Holiday Book Gift Guide

Civil Eats

But it wasn’t until he became the beverage director at Farm and Fisherman Tavern in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, that he fully combined his passions for ethnobotany and mixology. Later, he tended bar at a restaurant in Santiago where he used fresh ingredients to create seasonal craft cocktails. In “Do I Have to Give Up Chocolate?:

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