Caff

JANUARY 7, 2025

Selected from nominations from all over the state, these inspirational change-makers are blazing trails for regenerative agriculture, strengthening our local food systems, and working tirelessly to grow a healthier and more just future for us all.

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Farming Farming Ecology Orchard 105

Agricultural Biodiversity

JULY 4, 2023

Want to revitalize the food system ? It “connects researchers with resources and guidance for carrying out interdisciplinary research related to agriculture, food systems, nutrition, and health.” Maybe there should be more genebanks for wild food species , but these cool in situ conservation stories will do for now.

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Maize Livestock Food Crop 218

Agricultural Biodiversity

AUGUST 17, 2023

Report on “ Reducing inequalities for food security and nutrition ” from the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE-FSN) of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS). Sometimes an apple orchard is also a genebank. Spanish-language article about the effort to save Ukraine’s genebank.

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Grain Orchard Food Marketing 189

Modern Farmer

MARCH 29, 2024

Thousands of pounds of fruit go to waste every year while more than half a million area residents struggle with food insecurity. What if these food-insecure households— more than 13 percent of the county’s population —could access the abundant provision literally dropping from trees in their neighbors’ backyards?

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Food Distribution Harvest Harvester 135

Western FarmPress

OCTOBER 9, 2023

million food safety study. UC, others partner in $3.5

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Orchard Food 97

Food Tank

APRIL 2, 2024

Across the city of Atlanta, Georgia, many organizations are working to build a food system that centers community wellbeing with the health of the planet. On April 14, Food Tank is heading to Atlanta to partner with Spelman College and Emory University for the Summit “ Empowering Eaters: Access, Affordability, and Healthy Choices.”

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Cultivation Food Marketing Distribution 105

Modern Farmer

JANUARY 21, 2025

It catches up to its peers, a line of antennaed bugs roaming the winding surface of a tree, perpetually hunting for food. That makes ants, in the eyes of Ida Cecilie Jensen, a legion of unlikely warriors one humans should consider enlisting in the fight to grow food in a warming world. The ant scurries along on six nimble legs.

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Orchard Pesticide Crop Yield 65

Food and Farming Technology

OCTOBER 19, 2023

In a partnership with Heilongjiang Huida Technology Co., a Chinese manufacturer of agricultural drones, Mexican dealer ORBITECH will be deploying HUIDA TECH's HD540Pro agricultural drone to the

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Orchard Agriculture Agriculture Manufacturing 130

World Agri-Tech

JANUARY 29, 2025

The Company is currently partnered with multiple equipment manufacturers and has deployed over 40 units with its integrated autonomous solution for tree nut orchard applications both in the U.S. and Australia. The post Bonsai Robotics Secures $15M Series A Funding appeared first on World AgriTech USA.

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Food and Farming Technology

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

New Zealand-based agritech company Robotics Plus has launched Prospr, an autonomous, multi-use, hybrid vehicle designed to carry out a variety of orchard and vineyard crop tasks more efficiently and s

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Orchard Crop Farming Farming 130

Western FarmPress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Proper food safety practices begin in the orchards and fields where food is grown and continue through food preparation and sales.

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Food Orchard 52

Modern Farmer

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Next time you go for a walk through your neighborhood, make a list of every place where food is grown or provided and where it’s not, such as the 20-block stretch that has no grocery store or food asset. That long walk now appears as a food desert. full_link Take Action Create your own food map.

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Food Processing Orchard Distribution 84

Caff

MAY 2, 2024

On April 10th, Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF) hosted a field day at Heartwood Farms in Linden, CA with farmers Franz Eilers and Emma Wade to discuss all things compost and pest management on their biologically-integrated walnut and cherry orchards. The compost created from ground-up walnut prunings and cover crop mowings.

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Compost Orchard Farming Farming 52

ATTRA

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The University of California and The Organic Center are collaborating on research to help organic orchard growers safely incorporate livestock grazing into their farming practices. Related ATTRA publication: Food Safety Considerations for Integrating Livestock into Produce Cropping Systems

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Orchard Livestock Food Agriculture 40

Modern Farmer

AUGUST 24, 2023

Two organizations want to put an end to the wild west of claims and prove, through certification, that food labeled regenerative is genuinely the gold standard of sustainability and not just another marketing buzzword. But outcomes of the land don’t show the whole picture in a globalized food system. But it’s not quite that simple.

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Food Ranching Ecology Fertilizer 98

ATTRA

MARCH 6, 2024

A research team led by the University of Reading found that planting wildflower strips around apple orchards in the United Kingdom provided a habitat for beneficial, predatory insects like lacewings and hoverflies that led to reduced fruit damage.

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Orchard Crop Food 40

ATTRA

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

The California Department of Food and Agriculture announced that it is awarding $3 million for three projects through the Biologically Integrated Farming Systems (BIFS) grant program. The third project seeks to reduce pyrethroid insecticide use in nut orchards through watershed-wide use of pheromone mating disruption for key pests.

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Orchard Integrated Farming Pesticide Crop 40

Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Growers in Michoacán are part of a certification program in which they are able to confirm that their fruit is free from certain pests such as avocado seed weevils or fruit flies, and their orchards are also subject to compliance checks by inspectors from the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS).

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Orchard Food Agriculture Agriculture 128

Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

They had tasted the hit-or-miss wild varieties that grow in the fertile soil along the Susquehanna River, but got hooked during a visit to Deep Run, a Maryland orchard with a range of pawpaw cultivars among its 1,000 trees. For Campbell, that makes it a “gateway” to developing more locally focused and ecologically beneficial food systems.

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Seeding Farming Farming Orchard 141

Food Tank

DECEMBER 13, 2024

A version of this piece was featured in Food Tanks newsletter, released weekly on Thursdays. Here are some questions I think we should all be thinking about: How do we inspire our youngest readers to think more deeply about the food theyre eating? Activity BookRight to Foods by the U.N. How Does Our Food Grow?

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Food Orchard Farming Farming 52

Agritech NZ

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

and TAURANGA, NZ, September 21, 2023 – New Zealand-based agritech company Robotics Plus has launched Prospr, an autonomous, multi-use, hybrid vehicle designed to carry out a variety of orchard and vineyard crop tasks more efficiently and sustainably while reducing reliance on labor. Salinas, Calif.,

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Orchard Production Crop Technology 52

Daily Yonder

APRIL 3, 2024

Located in Grayson County, Virginia, one of the earliest projects for the organization was the Independence Farmers Market, providing an outlet for local foods and crafts. “It’s Pridgen says that this garden is a “food forest” where the harvest is donated to serve the community.

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Ruralism Textiles Orchard Food 73

NASDA

JUNE 22, 2023

Letter Dear Chairs and Ranking Members, As organizations concerned about the future of food and agricultural science, the undersigned are writing to express our support for the America Grows Act of 2023 (S.1628), Food and agriculture remain a pillar of the U.S. Thanks to the U.S.

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Science Agriculture Agriculture Food 130

Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Its agrihood model uses tiny homes as the residences, with 11 families currently sharing the responsibilities of gardening and caring for the chickens, honey bees and orchards. The community was started by a husband-and-wife team, inspired by a passion for tiny homes and good food. Participation requirements on the farms vary.

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Farmland Food Farming Farming 128

ATTRA

JANUARY 15, 2025

Because I was sheltering in an Airbnb with no food or water, I had no choice but to find my way home to Morganton, North Carolina, about 60 miles east of Asheville. Food, water, fuel, electricity, and communication networks were all either nowhere to be found, or extremely scarce.

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Farmland Orchard Compost Livestock 52

Modern Farmer

MARCH 6, 2025

From seed to orchard, the cacao growing process can take up to two years. Since joining Lavaloha in 2019, Bencomo has spent most of his days farming on the property made up of almost 1,000 acres 25 of which are dedicated to cacao. With around 10,000 trees, its Lavalohas main commodity. Photography by Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton.

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Compost Marketing Farming Fertilizer 75

Food Environment and Reporting Network

APRIL 25, 2024

By Rowan Jacobsen , July 24, 2019 An unhealthy alliance between almonds and honeybees By Paige Embry , June 20, 2019 In January, with the almond bloom in California’s orchards a month away, beekeepers across the country were fretting over their hives. By Brian Barth , March 23, 2020 Are we handling the bee crisis all wrong?

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Orchard Acre Pesticide Farming 102

Civil Eats

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The nimble group of New Orleans urban farmers and food justice advocates travels directly to farms across Louisiana to offer funds, lend tools, rehome animals, organize volunteers, distribute food, and help farmers with post-disaster paperwork. It’s a standard thing we do [because] it’s too hot to grow food in the summer.

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Food Crop Seeding Orchard 145

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

And in a region where many residents suffer from diet-related illnesses and do not have easy access to grocery stores selling fresh foods, Patrick offers vegetable boxes through a community supported agriculture (CSA) program, as well as by producing hemp-derived CBD products meant to reduce chronic pain by holistic, non-pharmaceutical methods.

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Plantation Farming Farming Acre 144

Agritecture Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

Students harvesting greens with Teens for Food Justice. These farms offer food security to students but also offer insights into business. They can be plugged into a long list of places—including food banks , low-income housing developments, and schools—where land access and other factors make outdoor farming a challenge.

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Food Greenhouse Farming Farming 52

Caff

JULY 25, 2022

In continuing to promote the Biologically Integrated Orchard Systems (BIOS) project, Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF) held its third field day event hosted at Unruh Farms located in Princeton, CA., He then applied the minty-smelling predator attractant mix to encourage movement of beneficials into the orchard.

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Orchard Farming Farming Ecology 52

Food Tank

OCTOBER 11, 2023

To help you find a winemaker, distiller, or brewer to support, Food Tank is highlighting 20 producers and programs bringing sustainable sips to glasses around the world. The brewery is located on a small but busy farm with apple orchards, market gardens, two greenhouses, an apiary, and a flock of chickens. for a new beer initiative.

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Beverage Ecology Compost Cultivation 124

Caff

JUNE 1, 2022

While they wait for their fruit trees to mature, the family shares how they plan to rotate ducks throughout their orchard while also maintaining food safety standards. While they wait for their fruit trees to mature, the family shares how they plan to rotate ducks throughout their orchard while also maintaining food safety standards.

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Farming Farming Orchard Pasture 52

Modern Farmer

JANUARY 15, 2024

It’s a great gateway crop,” says Don DiLillo, owner of Finest Foods in Huntington, New York, for ushering in a new breed of novice farmers. Photography submitted by Don DiLillo, Finest Foods. Photography submitted by Don DiLillo, Finest Foods. Plus, he adds, “I can do farm chores in my pajamas.”

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Cultivation Crop Real Estate Food 119

ATTRA

OCTOBER 3, 2023

As more people in urban areas seek ways to reconnect with nature, nurture biodiversity, and promote sustainable food production, community forest gardens have emerged as an ancient solution to a modern problem. The Tamox Talom Food Forest, a newly planted food forest in San Antonio, Texas. Lack of local food?

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Food Distribution Rural Development Forestry 111

Civil Eats

JANUARY 8, 2024

Next, they purchased a no-drill seeder together, and it allowed them to plant rows of grain directly into orchards and pastures without tilling, a practice known to benefit the soil. We see Walmart or shitty food or HelloFresh as competition—not each other.” We don’t see each other as competition in any meaningful way. What is that?

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Grain Orchard Farming Farming 143

Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Heavy, angry water As a primary food source, kalo holds a reverent place in Native Hawaiian culture, playing a prominent role in its origin story. Along with taro patches, the triangular swaths encompassed a range of terrain, from upland timber forests to rain-fed crop fields and orchards in the lowlands.

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Acre Plantation Cultivation Crop 125