Civil Eats

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Yet their pervasive use—along with farmland, plastics cover everything from individual seeds to bales of hay and packaged produce—has allowed them to plant themselves deeply in our food supply. Rodale has even designed an add-on device for tractors, making the blueprint publicly available.)

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Farmbrite

JUNE 1, 2023

These days, farming is a lot more than just plowing the field and planting seeds. How to lease farmland for alternative energy Why you should join or start a farm cooperative Is a CSA right for you The government offers a number of programs for young farmers. Tips for renting or buying farmland for new farmers 1.

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The Counter

APRIL 27, 2022

They’d take a few hundred acres of both leased and family-owned central-Texas farmland—land that for decades had grown row crops of corn and cotton—and give it “what it wants back,” he said. See full series Back around 2011, Jonathan Cobb and his wife, Kaylyn, had what he calls a “simple game plan.”

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Daily Yonder

MARCH 4, 2024

Kenneth McAlister’s family farmland in Electra, Texas. Since I was a kid, my mom has told me stories about family friends who were injured or killed when their tractors overturned — a leading cause of injury or death for farmers. Maybe if they called that helpline from their tractor and could vent to a stranger they’d feel better. (L

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 20, 2024

A few years back, while building a fence on her farmland, Hemmes suffered her first bout of on-the-job heat exhaustion. And yet, heat is also already the deadliest extreme weather event in the U.S., responsible for more deaths every year than hurricanes, floods, and tornadoes combined.

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