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Are Next-Gen Synthetic Fibers the Future of Sustainable Textiles?

Modern Farmer

Textiles are a major source of microplastics in the ocean, where they weave their way into the food chain, causing untold harms to marine life. There is nowhere near enough fiber recycling infrastructure in the US, where 85 percent of used clothes and other textiles get sent to the landfill. percent of the world’s farmland but uses 4.7

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Meet the Refugee Farmers Raising the Crops of Their Homelands From Texas Soil

Modern Farmer

It was there she met Meg Erskine, co-founder and CEO of the Multicultural Refugee Coalition (MRC), the non-profit that oversees New Leaf and a textile manufacturing studio located at the church. In Congo, the seeds are bigger, so we just plant them in the ground. Wikongo and Bista oversee the farm crew.

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Farm Bill Coalition Letter

NASDA

Blackland Cotton & Grain Producers Association Bongards’ Creameries California Agricultural Commissioners and Sealers Association California Association of Wheat Growers California Citrus Mutual California Cotton Ginners and Growers Association California Dairies, Inc.

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Parda Bel: Nature’s Living Curtain for Your Walls

Kavya Organic Farm

A fertile soil mix enriched with organic matter, such as compost, will promote healthy growth. Fertilization: To promote healthy growth and vibrant foliage, feed Parda Bel with a balanced, water-soluble fertilizer formulated for foliage plants. How does Parda bel grow from seeds?

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The Future of Seaweed Farming in America

Civil Eats

and European governments, grants, and venture capital, Ocean Rainforest also operates seaweed farms in the Faroe Islands and Iceland that supply the animal-feed, fertilizer, and cosmetic industries. Supported by $6.2 million in Series A funding, for a total of $22 million from U.S. And many startups have benefited from those E.U.

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Black Earth: A Family’s Journey from Enslavement to Reclamation

Civil Eats

Photo credit: Cornell Watson) Ideally, wed get this sweet corn in the ground today, he says, indicating a bag of organic seed and a nearby half-acre plot of loose brown soil. With tobacco as his principal cash crop, Arthur needed to purchase fertilizer before December and prepare the land for planting by February or March.

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13 SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES FOR A HEALTHY PLANET

Sustainable Harvest International

SHI partnering farmer Abrahan Oviedo Flores and his son are sowing the seeds of hardwood trees that will be used to reforest their land in the El Chaparral community of Meámbar, Honduras. “ lawns consume 800 million gallons of gasoline to stay neatly trimmed and 3 million tons of nitrogen-based synthetic fertilizer to stay green.

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