Modern Farmer

JANUARY 30, 2025

What she found was 200 acres of old farmland atop a Virginia mountain. The forest encroached on the meadow, pioneer poplar, locust, and sassafras saplings taking the lead. Standing on the mountain, with all those acres of rolling hills unfolding in front of me, my goal to plant a small patch of meadow seemed timid.

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Meadow Farming Farming Orchard 45

Civil Eats

JANUARY 15, 2024

John Zander’s family has owned a stretch of land along New Jersey’s southern coast for 30 years, but he only recently dubbed the farm “Cohansey Meadows.” Meadows for the term that residents of the region use to refer to the vast marshes that create a fluid transition between solid ground and the water of the Delaware Bay.

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Farming Farming Meadow Greenhouse 141

Sustainable Food Trust

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Seed detective Adam Alexander travels to the Kor çë region to discover how regenerative horticulture is holding up. Until 1990, the system of collective farms in a country that had been able to utilise its abundant water to irrigate most farmland, meant Albania was self-sufficient in food. Albania is no different.

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Seeding Food Maize Cultivation 124

Sustainable Food Trust

APRIL 1, 2025

Its seeding future conflict. The farm is small with a remarkably diverse array of landscapes woodland, ancient meadows, a stream that runs through the farm drawing a broad range of creatures and birds. The demands of growing cities are increasingly impinging on farmland. Its inequity.

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Food Farming Farming Acre 71

Civil Eats

MAY 6, 2024

They disperse seeds, pollinate, and transfer nutrients across landscapes, supporting healthy plant populations, and they alter their environments in ways that enhance biodiversity. In addition to every species’ inherent value, mammals are vital in the natural order. They even mitigate climate change.

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Farming Farming Pesticide Agriculture 143

Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

He planted wheat and other grains directly into the meadows and relied solely on rainfall for much of his acreage. This narrow segment receives over half of all crop insurance subsidies, funding their capacity to further expand in a cycle of farmland consolidation associated with greater climate vulnerability. It soon proved worth it.

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Crop Yield Farming Farming 145