The Equation

OCTOBER 4, 2023

For those owning forested lands, they have difficulty accessing cost-share programs from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), which results in these folks not having the money to implement conservation practices that would help them generate more money from the sale of their timber when it is harvested.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Given their labor-intensive harvest and processing requirements, however, wild nuts largely fell out of favor as the country’s food system became more industrialized and commercial U.S. Like eating wild nuts itself, Holt says, such an approach to forestry would represent a return to older patterns of life. “I

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NASDA

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Since the beginning of the year, the harvest price of major crops traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Intercontinental Exchange have fallen by an average of 21% while total production costs remain near record levels. Estimated 2024 net farm income for U.S. agriculture is projected to be down $55.61

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Agwired

OCTOBER 3, 2024

billion in assistance for fiscal year 2025 to help agricultural and forestry producers adopt conservation practices on working lands. California’s Citrus Research Board (CRB) has signed a $900,000 non-dilutive funding agreement with Nanovel that includes delivery of a citrus-harvesting robot after a series of field trials.

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ATTRA

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Tools like webinars, informational Instagram posts, signs, QR codes, apps with geolocations of trees, trainings, plant identification walks, and learn-by-doing volunteer days are ways you can teach the public what a forest garden is, how to grow their own food, how to identify plants, and how to harvest. ATTRA.NCAT.ORG. ATTRA.NCAT.ORG

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Civil Eats

OCTOBER 2, 2023

“We are trying to be as optimistic as possible that there will be feasible scientific strategies in the future,” says Nancy McBrady, deputy commissioner of the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry (DACF). The challenge facing the scientists now is the removal of the PFAS from the hemp plants once they’re harvested.

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The Equation

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

They also provide habitats for roughly half of endangered species, from cranes to crocodiles, and 75% of harvested fish and shellfish. While development, forestry, and climate change all contribute to wetland loss, draining for agriculture has been the single biggest cause since the 1800s. AAS: How are wetlands being threatened?

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Modern Farmer

JULY 13, 2023

Although some of Napa’s grapes had already been harvested, a huge portion of that year’s Cabernet Sauvignon, the wine for which the area is best known for and which can sell for thousands of dollars a bottle given the right year and the right winery, was lost. But those numbers are lower than they should be.

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Hartwood Farm

MARCH 9, 2022

that harvest season in Kitezh magically melded both options. Between now and then lies an insane amount of cleaning and prepping and planting and harvesting and repairing. And yet, it’s spring and the season of planting is hard upon us. Our CSA shares start in only 13 and a half weeks.

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The painting reminded him of his elders teaching him to harvest black walnuts and hickories. “I In this legal context, harvesting chestnuts, like the family in Smith’s painting, is not only a cultural practice; it’s an exercise of tribal sovereignty. It’s just cool to be part of it.”

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Agwired

AUGUST 23, 2024

Data from the Census of Fatal Occupational Injury shows that in 2022 the agriculture, forestry, and fishing industries had the highest rate of fatal work injuries compared to other occupations, at 23.5 deaths per 100,000 full-time workers – the majority due to incidents with transportation or equipment ( U.S. 27-29 in Boone, Iowa.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Rainforest Alliance , International The Rainforest Alliance is an international organization focused on creating a sustainable future by promoting responsible business practices in agriculture, forestry, and supply chains.

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 6, 2023

22-caliber shells he’d purchased online from a forestry supply store in Colorado. After a long career in the federal government, Ken Bajema retired in 1988, returned to his childhood home, and picked up where his dad left off: Harvesting, cutting and shipping holly branches to customers across the US. But then his two worlds collided.

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Sustainable Harvest International

JANUARY 25, 2022

Despite challenges that stretched from 2020 into 2021, this past year has been one of programmatic growth fueled by a renewed conviction in the importance of Sustainable Harvest International’s mission.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Forest Service committed last fall to urban and small-scale forestry projects across the United States, aiming to make communities more resilient to climate change and extreme heat. Merchant’s initiative fits into a national trend of combining forestry — and Forest Service funding — with efforts to feed people.

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NASDA

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

are encouraged to consider applying to one of the three specialist funding tracks: Track 1: Equipment ($25,000 – $50,000) Supports the purchase of special-purpose equipment for post-harvest activities, from processing to market. Small- and mid-sized farm and food business owners and operators in the Northeast U.S.

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NASDA

APRIL 4, 2025

Custom Harvesters, Inc. Beet Sugar Association U.S. Dairy Export Council U.S.

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NASDA

JANUARY 16, 2025

We need her leadership now at USDA to advocate for a new farm bill, stabilize an agricultural economy in decline, support the full food and agriculture and forestry value chain, and continue American agricultures long history of providing the most secure, affordable and nutritious food supply in the world. Custom Harvesters, Inc.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 31, 2024

” His biggest problem was that most available land on Borneo and other parts of Indonesia and Malaysia was controlled by Indigenous people or held in state forestry concessions. . “That’s something I want to get into.” The Peruvian state granted the community about 540 acres in 1986.

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