Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Patrick Brown, who was named North Carolinas Small Farmer of the Year by North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University this year, grows almost 200 acres of industrial hemp for both oil and fiber, and 11 acres and several greenhouses of vegetablesbeets, kale, radishes, peppers, okra, and bok choy.

Plantation 144

Plantation Farming Farming Acre 144

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Farms Adapt to Climate Change Sorghum—popular among young, BIPOC, and under-resourced farmers—has extra long roots that allow it to withstand drought and sequester greenhouse gasses. Could This Mobile, Solar-Powered Livestock Barn Reshape the Corn Belt? farm landscape.

Ranching 133

Ranching Plantation Food Crop 133

Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Large plantations reemerged in the Delta, worked by sharecroppers rather than slaves. In 1944, International Harvester tested the first mechanical cotton picker on a plantation just south of Clarksdale, Mississippi. After World War I, Blacks began to migrate to cities in the North, looking for more opportunityand less lynching.

Acre 108

Acre Crop Farming Farming 108

Sustainable Food Trust

MAY 31, 2023

Next to the entrance is an eye-catching display of bedding plants which are grown in one of the farm’s greenhouses. A gap year of just travelling didn’t feel right, so he took a job on a palm oil plantation in Papua New Guinea. The shop is housed in a modern, one-storey building. In 2005, aged 23, he returned to the farm.

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Farming Farming Straw Pasture 52

Civil Eats

JUNE 24, 2024

But through consolidation and dependence on a single crop, big plantations in Central America and the foreign corporations that run them have also [left a legacy of] political monoculture in the region. There are also subtle downsides to taste and nutrition. I think it’s a potential time bomb.

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Supply Chain Food Manufacturing Technology 139

Civil Eats

JANUARY 23, 2024

And the perks go far beyond the pastures, Brillinger says: “We get cleaner air and water, healthier communities, and a huge reduction in greenhouse gas emissions” through carbon sequestration. Soliciting input from a broad pool of stakeholders also helps lawmakers formulate more effective policy, says Riviera.

Agriculture 140

Agriculture Agriculture Ranching Food 140