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As Saltwater Encroaches on Farms, Solutions Emerge from the Marshes

Civil Eats

John Zander’s family has owned a stretch of land along New Jersey’s southern coast for 30 years, but he only recently dubbed the farm “Cohansey Meadows.” Meadows for the term that residents of the region use to refer to the vast marshes that create a fluid transition between solid ground and the water of the Delaware Bay.

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Vineyards Are Laying the Groundwork for a Regenerative Farm Future

Civil Eats

Three acres of meadows provide habitat for insects. 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.

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2024 Tech Hub Webinar Series: Direct-To-Consumer Sales

Caff

Part Two: Direct-to-Consumer Flower Sales Stories, Tips, and E-commerce Our second webinar features Sunny Meadows Flower Farm. Established in Columbus, Ohio, in 2006, Sunny Meadows Flower Farm has become a beacon for sustainable, high-quality cut flowers, serving wholesale, retail, and wedding industries.

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Reviews: Food and farming in film 2025

Sustainable Food Trust

The farm is small with a remarkably diverse array of landscapes woodland, ancient meadows, a stream that runs through the farm drawing a broad range of creatures and birds. These completely edible urchins have not the kudos of the larger red urchins, but they are phenomenally plentiful and harvesting them keeps the seabed in balance.

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Albania: A lesson in localism

Sustainable Food Trust

Typical wildflower meadows being grazed in southern Albania Outside the major cities, fresh fruit and vegetables still make up a significant proportion of the diet, and local varieties continue to retain a foothold, although their future is uncertain.

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Measuring and Valuing: Farmers, workers and community

Sustainable Food Trust

During the pilot, a six-week programme of farm-based activities was offered to participants, including spending time with farm animals, farm walks, foraging and harvesting, healthy cooking demonstrations, collecting honey and getting occupational experience.

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As climate change erodes land and health, one Louisiana tribe fights back

Food Environment and Reporting Network

The declining harvest, compounded by education discrimination, “has led us into lifeways that have also caused negative consequences for our mental and physical health.” The banks of canals cut into marshland are all that remains of a section of marsh in Golden Meadow, Louisiana.

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