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

Civil Eats

In 2018, the farm expanded and moved to the current high-desert property, which, in addition to growing crops such as peppers, tomatoes, potatoes, garlic, and herbs, also houses an Indigenous seed bank and a new community kitchen called Niqi Native Kitchen. “I I think some of the blood memory in this ancestral seed is digging the drought.

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Precision Ag News 9/7

Agwired

AgReliant Genetics has announced senior leadership changes to position the company for long-term success, while continuing to have a seed-only focus delivering high-performing hybrids for farmers. Brian Barker has been named the chief executive officer and president of AgReliant Genetics, effective August 31.

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This app set out to fight pesticides. Once VC stepped in, the app helped sell them.

Food Environment and Reporting Network

The Streys had studied geography and soil science at Leibniz University Hannover in Germany. Their use has helped Plantix’s AI grow more accurate while collecting information that could prove invaluable to crop buyers, seed sellers, tool manufacturers, loan lenders, insurance providers, and pesticide sellers.