Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Sitting in the middle of the country, the Delta has plenty of water and great logistics as well as rich soil. 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.

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Acre Farming Farming Crop 52

Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Heidi Barr and Emma De Long, the co-founders of the PA Flax Project, harvest flax at Kneehigh Farm in 2020. As textile mills began to proliferate, the cotton grown on Southern plantations, which relied on the labor of enslaved people, proved to be a cheaper option than flax. The latter tended to fare better in the North.

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Textiles Supply Chain Processing Harvest 120

Civil Eats

JUNE 24, 2024

Can you explain the logistics of creating a cheeseburger entirely from scratch, and how the refrigerated food system makes that possible? ” Refrigeration allows apple farmers in Washington, for example, to store their annual harvest and spread out sales over the next year. There are also subtle downsides to taste and nutrition.

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Supply Chain Food Manufacturing Technology 89