Modern Farmer

JANUARY 15, 2024

Small footprint, big potential “Microgreens” is a term used to describe the tender, edible seedlings of various herbs, vegetables and grains typically seeded in shallow, soil-filled trays, grown under natural or artificial light, then harvested within two weeks of germination. One of Kupu’s two employees, she started orchard farming at 16.

Cultivation 97

Cultivation Crop Real Estate Food 97

Civil Eats

JUNE 29, 2023

And after the group had fixed the farm up, putting up a greenhouse, and breathed new life into its rows of red raspberries, the owner wanted it back. ” Center: Ramon Torres prunes blueberry bushes at the Tierra y Libertad cooperative. Chilcayote and nopal seedlings in a Tierra y Libertad greenhouse.

Greenhouse 52

Greenhouse Farming Farming Food 52

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Even monarch butterflies have lost habitat due to the prevalence of monocrop avocado orchards, along the once lush, biodiverse hillsides of Michoacán in Mexico. “Choose one from Chile and you might be furthering the extraction of much-needed fresh water.” Yet Eldridge is far from calling for an avocado boycott.

Food 113

Food Farming Farming Seeding 113