Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

In 2021, he carried out the ultimate act of reclamation, purchasing the plantation house and surrounding 2.5 Farming Through Four Generations In the early 19th century, Oakley Grove plantation was owned by a medical doctor named Lafayette Browne and his wife, Mary Ann Falcon Browne.

Plantation 144

Plantation Farming Farming Acre 144

The Lunatic Farmer

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

The chickens fertilized the trees, ate the grass, and laid eggs. There is not an orchard, citrus grove, coffee plantation, almond farm, or pecan forest that wouldn’t benefit from poultry especially and other livestock generally. That meant he didn’t have to spray for anything. The trees shaded and protected the chickens.

Poultry 62

Poultry Livestock Ecology Pasture 62

Civil Eats

JULY 17, 2023

Date palm plantations and orchards cover the eastern Coachella Valley to the north. the Salton Sea is also suffering from eutrophication, or loss of oxygen, due largely to algae blooms fueled, in part, by fertilizer runoff. 1 commodity for the last 64 years. The sea is twice as salty as the ocean.)

Pesticide 98

Pesticide Acre Agriculture Agriculture 98