Food Orchard Pruning 
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.
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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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.”
Kavya Organic Farm
AUGUST 1, 2023
Woolly aphids, belonging to the Eriosomatinae family, are intriguing insects that can wreak havoc on plants in gardens and orchards. Furthermore, the honeydew excreted by woolly aphids provides a food source for ants, which establish mutualistic relationships with the aphids. Proper sanitation helps reduce the chances of reinfection.
Food Environment and Reporting Network
MAY 17, 2023
On his family’s organic peach, nectarine and grape farm south of Fresno, he points out pruning scars from long-time workers, and walks down rows of trees he planted with his father. He says the labor and lessons of his ancestors are in the soil and the grapevines and orchards, and he’s passing these on to the next generations.
Kavya Organic Farm
AUGUST 1, 2023
Woolly aphids, belonging to the Eriosomatinae family, are intriguing insects that can wreak havoc on plants in gardens and orchards. Furthermore, the honeydew excreted by woolly aphids provides a food source for ants, which establish mutualistic relationships with the aphids. Proper sanitation helps reduce the chances of reinfection.
CalCAN
AUGUST 10, 2023
Christine Gemperle, almond farmer and CalCAN advisor recently drove to Sacramento from her orchard in Ceres to testify in support of equipment sharing and sustainable agriculture investments alongside CalCAN staff. Christine provided testimony in support of both of these CalCAN co-sponsored bills.
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