Kavya Organic Farm

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Harvest Responsibly : As your plants grow, harvest leaves or fruits selectively, allowing the remaining parts of the plant to continue thriving. The ability to harvest fresh, pesticide-free greens contributes to a nutritious diet and promotes overall well-being. Research the specific requirements of your chosen crops.

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Cropaia

JANUARY 13, 2025

AI and predictive amalytics: Artificial intelligence analyzes historical and real-time data to predict crop health issues, pest outbreaks, or optimal harvest times. Resource optimization: Software that monitors input usage, such as water, fertilizers, and pesticides, to reduce waste and improve sustainability.

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Farmbrite

DECEMBER 12, 2024

This shift to a data-driven approach not only enhances farm operations but can significantly improve harvest outcomes, turning a good year into an exceptional one. They can use climate gauges and weather information for more accurate planting and harvesting insights.

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Modern Farmer

JANUARY 7, 2025

When Michael Kotutwa Johnson goes out to the acreage behind his stone house to harvest his corn, his fields look vastly different from the endless rows of corn you see in much of rural North America. Kotutwa Johnson with a harvested ear of Hopi white corn. His harvest looks unique, too.

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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. Today, large corporate agribusinesses drain wetlands to expand their vast cropland and damage remaining wetlands with fertilizers, pesticides, and other pollutants running off of nearby agricultural fields.

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Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

From planting to harvest, farm machinery such as tractors and combines burn diesel fuel to churn out the raw materials for our food system. The freight trucks, locomotives, and inland barges that transport bulk harvested commodity crops and livestock significantly add to agriculture’s CO2 emissions.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Isaiah White harvests kale at his familys fifth-generation farm in Warren County, where the U.S. When he was nine, he started trucking the tobacco, or driving the loaded tractor from the fields where the hands were harvesting the leaves up to the barns where they were flue cured. Across the road, peacocks shriek. They must be pets?

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

JULY 5, 2023

slide-intro --> A remote Alaska village depended on the snow crab harvest for survival. An array of pesticides, including dicamba and clothianidin, have been found to damage the bees’ health in a variety of ways, weakening their immune systems, for instance, and slowing their reproductive rate. Then billions of crabs died.

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Sustainable Harvest International

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Love Tropics, an annual Minecraft charity livestream event, has chosen to support Sustainable Harvest International and the partnering community of Santa Martha, Belize, for this year’s event. Conventional sugarcane production uses high levels of pesticides and other agrochemicals, which are harmful to local wildlife and local communities.

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Modern Farmer

JULY 26, 2024

Alanna Kieffer sautees seaweed on a portable grill just yards from where we had harvested it. Photography by Elena Valeriote Kieffer leads visitors on tours of the Oregon coast, where she harvests and then prepares a meal with wild seaweed and shellfish right on the beach. Harvesting wild mussels.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

OCTOBER 24, 2024

If successful, Strey says a little sheepishly in the clip, Plantix would “save the environment by using less pesticides.” During the three intervening years, Strey and her team had reshaped Plantix from a tool they hoped would help reduce global pesticide use into an app that would make it easier for farmers to buy pesticides.

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ATTRA

AUGUST 6, 2024

Farmers deal with a complex web of processes in diverse areas that may be under their purvue, including crops, livestock, finance, recordkeeping, harvesting, marketing, etc. As farmers, we probably ask ourselves this question often, when we are confronted with the many challenges that arise within our agribusiness operations.

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Sustainable Food Trust

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Last year we produced an acre of carrots for schools in West Wales, using no chemical fertilisers or pesticides. This was because traditional farming systems allowed the field to be a habitat for the vast range of species which used to coexist in the understory of crops or grasslands, without unduly compromising productivity.

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Sustainable Harvest International

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Conventional agriculture heavily relies on synthetic chemicals in the form of fertilizers and pesticides. SHI regenerative farmers in Central America harness the power of nature to produce abundant harvests, reforest the tropics, and contribute to global climate action.

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Civil Eats

MARCH 18, 2024

I do think vineyard operators are not under the same stress of harvesting kale and rushing to market five days a week, so there’s a real cushion,” Whitlow said. “It In Napa in 2022, Whitlow remembered, a particularly searing heat wave hit right at harvest time. Grape harvest photo courtesy of Dodon.

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 7, 2023

million people work to grow, harvest, process, pack, transport and sell the food that feeds Americans. They are at risk for injury and illness from heavy machinery or pesticide exposure and in recent years have been disproportionately exposed to wildfire smoke and COVID-19. Jiménez is not alone in his experience. An estimated 21.5

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Kavya Organic Farm

AUGUST 29, 2023

There are three major types of biopesticides, which can be used to derive the Arber Bio Insecticide, and these are: Biochemical pesticides: these substances occur naturally and they take control of pests in non-toxic ways. On the other hand, conventional pesticides directly kill and inactivate pests.

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Kavya Organic Farm

OCTOBER 4, 2023

There are three major types of biopesticides, which can be used to derive the Arber Bio Insecticide, and these are: Biochemical pesticides: these substances occur naturally and they take control of pests in non-toxic ways. On the other hand, conventional pesticides directly kill and inactivate pests.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 25, 2023

Unfortunately, prevention isn’t as easy as spraying the larvae with pesticides. Even if a farmer does spray, there’s often a wait time between the application of a chemical pesticide and when it’s safe to harvest a crop. Crops devoured by grasshoppers. They don’t like the smell and will avoid areas where it’s planted,” he says.

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Agritecture Blog

MARCH 9, 2023

We often hear about vertical farms using water sustainably, 95% less than traditional open field harvesting, to provide superior tasting crops. In this sense, vertical farms are able to spend more time enhancing nutritional value and less time worrying about the success of their harvest. The key here is the freshness of the crops.

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Sustainable Harvest International

JUNE 19, 2024

In February 2024, Sustainable Harvest International (SHI) Board of Directors and staff members gathered in the north of Belize to witness partner farmers in action. We invited three board members to share their experience of how SHI’s sustainable farming practices transform the lives of farming families.

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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. Microgreens at Kupu Place. Photography by author.

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AGRIVI

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Waste Reduction Adhering to waiting periods stipulated after the application of pesticides or other chemicals is key to food safety and regulatory compliance. This documentation serves as a safeguard, ensuring that waiting periods are diligently observed prior to harvest.

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Food Tank

JULY 26, 2024

That’s because we use no arable land, no freshwater (we make our own on the vessels), no pesticides or fertilizer, and no food to harvest these fish from the wild. Our carbon footprint is the lowest on Earth for any mainstream animal protein. It’s even lower than many plant-based proteins, too.

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Cropaia

DECEMBER 19, 2023

This means increased crop yields and reduced inputs like fertilizers and pesticides. Cost savings : Regenerative farming often reduces the need for expensive inputs like synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. Healthy soil retains moisture better, has improved nutrient availability, and is more resistant to erosion.

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ATTRA

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The strategy utilizes a rotating mill that is attached to the combine during harvest to separate weed seeds and pulverize them. Minnesota farmers are part of a 15-state trial piloting an Australian method of weed-seed control, reports University of Minnesota Extension.

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Farmbrite

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Higher Yields: Growing multiple crops together can lead to a more abundant overall harvest, even in smaller spaces. Pest Resistance: Polyculture can reduce the reliance on pesticides, as the diversity of plants can deter pests and encourage natural predators.

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Agritecture Blog

AUGUST 2, 2023

Howe emphasizes the advantages of consuming fresh, locally-grown produce, as many vital nutrients diminish shortly after harvest. GroGrace, a concept farm of Urban Farming Partners , began its journey in 2019, with a vision to provide a healthy, pesticide-free diet for founder Grace Lim's three children.

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Kavya Organic Farm

AUGUST 27, 2023

Harvest Responsibly : As your plants grow, harvest leaves or fruits selectively, allowing the remaining parts of the plant to continue thriving. The ability to harvest fresh, pesticide-free greens contributes to a nutritious diet and promotes overall well-being. Research the specific requirements of your chosen crops.

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Farmbrite

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Install drip irrigation systems and rainwater harvesting techniques to conserve water and ensure precise delivery to your crops. Rather than relying solely on pesticides, develop an IPM strategy that combines biological controls, beneficial insects, and crop monitoring. Efficient Water Management Water is a precious resource.

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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

I grew up with a lot of really amazing fresh food that was both grown and harvested, and all of that family history led me to study plants in school. “The fact is that our current food system pours herbicides, pesticides, and fungicides on so much of our food.” Linda Black Elk (third from left) and others butcher a bison.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 9, 2024

And, as the increasingly salty sea recedes, tens of thousands more acres of playa will be exposedas will decades of pesticides already trapped in the sediments from past farm runoff. The algae harvest effectively removed nitrogen, phosphorus, selenium, and other metal contaminants, but its not clear whether similar projects will continue.

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Modern Farmer

JULY 24, 2023

While Mahon could use EPA-registered pesticides, he says he primarily chooses minimum-risk pesticides “typically composed of essential oils like rosemary oil [and] thyme oil.” But with that speed comes massive greenhouse gas emissions from lighting, heating, cooling and dehumidification—powered mostly by petrochemicals. “The

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Food Tank

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Mijenta grows agave without pesticides or herbicides. They practice biodynamic agriculture to encourage biodiversity and cultivate successful vineyards without pesticides or herbicides. Kernza® is a deeply rooted perennial grain harvested from intermediate wheatgrass and provided to the breweries by A-Frame Farm in Minnesota. “By

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Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

The majority of the world’s cocoa is sourced from West Africa, often harvested by children on vast plantations linked to widespread deforestation. His oysters come from Chesapeake Bay, which has lost nearly all of its once-abundant oyster population due to reckless harvesting techniques like dredging. Take chocolate , for instance.

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Sustainable Harvest International

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Sugarcane fields in northern Belize In July 2022, Sustainable Harvest International (SHI) Belize launched Scaling Positive Agriculture (SPA) , a new project that forges cross-sector alliances to promote biodiverse agroforestry systems in the northern districts of Belize, with funding from a generous SHI donor.

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Agwired

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

This groundbreaking technology is designed to address one of farmers biggest challenges in modern agriculture: how to effectively eliminate weeds, soilborne pathogens, and nematodes without relying on chemical pesticides. a global leader in harvest optimization technology, announces its expansion into the US agriculture market.

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