Food Environment and Reporting Network

JULY 5, 2023

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. Herbicides and habitat loss have destroyed the bees’ forage.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JANUARY 17, 2024

The authors also note ongoing and increasing “disruptions to the ability of subsistence-based peoples to access food through hunting, fishing, and foraging.” the Osage Nation’s community orchard. Higher summer temperatures have stressed crops, while higher lows in the winter have meant damage to perennial forage.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

DECEMBER 15, 2023

After heavy grazing, a mixed summer forage is still building soil. For example, at Eckert’s Farm in Belleville, MO, Chris Eckert has seen extreme freezes killing off parts of his peach orchard. The mix includes sorghum-sudangrass, sunn hemp, cowpeas, and millet.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

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. Herbicides and habitat loss have destroyed the bees’ forage.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

JANUARY 11, 2023

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. Herbicides and habitat loss have destroyed the bees’ forage.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 21, 2022

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. Herbicides and habitat loss have destroyed the bees’ forage.

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Food Tank

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The brewery is located on a small but busy farm with apple orchards, market gardens, two greenhouses, an apiary, and a flock of chickens. 64° Reykjavik Distillery, Iceland 64° Reykjavik Distillery continues Iceland’s tradition of foraging and respect for the land.

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Modern Farmer

JULY 10, 2023

His 580-acre farm grows enough forage to supply the herd, so “I’m good with where I’m at,” he adds. Orchards, vines and other perennials cultivated as long-term investments have steadily replaced ephemeral crops such as tomatoes and cotton, which are far less costly to sacrifice or replace.

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Civil Eats

MARCH 4, 2024

Food grown in local fields, orchards, and pastures with healthy soil management practices simply make for healthier, more nutritious, and more flavorful meals, he says—the perfect ingredients for changing the “stigma” associated with hospital fare. Preparing grass-fed beef for serving at the Meat Summit.

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RR2CS

MARCH 8, 2022

They also want to create access for community members to grow their own food and forage for wild foods. Buckwheat is great for the foraging wild bees and our honeybees, and we’re also looking at various grass mixes — peas, rye, vetch — which can build topsoil, but also outcompete the weeds.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Our Staff Reporter Grey Moran has a delightful article about foraging , published in Grist, included in the book. smith Slow Drinks: A Field Guide to Foraging and Fermenting Seasonal Sodas, Botanical Cocktails, Homemade Wines, and More By Danny Childs Danny Childs studied ethnobotany in college. To make an amaro (relatively easy!)

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Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

One partner rejuvenated the old apple orchard, planted another 120 heritage-variety trees and started a cider business. “A I’ll let vegetation build up and develop roots in the good years, and then it can provide some additional grazing when forage is short in the drought years.” Prendergast, 58, has been on the XK Bar for 25 years. ”We

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Agritecture Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2022

We’re looking at everything from orchard crops like apples to potatoes to grazing systems to hay to forage,” he said. He said BlueWave is exploring new projects co-locating solar with different types of agriculture. I’m working on one early-stage hybrid system that can have corn in the array.

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