Civil Eats

JULY 31, 2024

That day, they’d been out to their four-acre farm and back twice, harvesting a total of 6,300 pounds. Maine is the heart of America’s farmed seaweed industry, supplying half its harvest— well over a million pounds —last season. Then they sell the harvest to ASF, which picks up the kelp on the dock.

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Food Tank

MAY 29, 2024

The flooding demolished food storage, stalled harvests, and damaged soils. And the Instituto Rio Grandense do Arroz estimates that only 84 percent of rice crops had been harvested when the rains began. Destroyed or obstructed infrastructure is also limiting food transportation and farm operations.

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iFarm

AUGUST 2, 2023

The stress is debilitating… you’re working round the clock to plant, harvest and sell; and you look at your bank account, and there’s nothing there. In the second column, list how much you can harvest in 1 hour with a 2-person crew. Let’s say, you can harvest 50 pounds of cucumbers in 1 hour. Have more questions?

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 1, 2024

How to start farming if you have access to land Farming your own land: First you need to figure out the logistics: How much usable space you have. Experiment with water catchment systems such as rainwater harvesting or creating swales to reduce your costs and reliance on city water. Will you need to scale?

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Agritecture Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2022

By using robots to help with various aspects of farming, we can supplement the need for human labor to complete tasks such as seeding, transplanting, tray washing, harvesting, packaging, labeling, and fertigation. They also offer harvesting equipment to streamline processes for indoor farmers and farm operators. Credit: TTA.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 29, 2023

The cattle, which were artificially inseminated by students in the spring, will eventually be harvested at a USDA plant and incorporated into the fine dining menu at the college’s student-run campus restaurant, Capstone Kitchen. Over time, the administrators hope to expand with aquaculture, waste management, raised-bed gardening and more.

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Food Tank

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

operates through a mobile marketing app and logistics platform. According to Beckmann, the company has launched a new pilot program this summer to enhance consumers’ knowledge of when their produce was harvested. There’s more local food, more places can plug into it,” Beckmann tells Food Tank.

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Agritecture Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Many farmers aren't in a position to afford to harvest, box and transport produce that isn't being purchased, Melvin says — especially for vegetables like cauliflower that can spoil in two weeks. Second Harvest CEO Lori Nikkel says the food rescue charity supported 4.3 Credit: Hektor Habili/Second Harvest.

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Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Dig Deep Farms is a Black-led and BIPOC nonprofit organic farming operation that serves the community with its harvests and its commitment to providing economically viable jobs and careers in farming. Photography courtesy of Dig Deep Farms.

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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. It’s treated, in most cases, with conventional fertilizers and pesticides, and is harvested, processed and made into cloth using huge machinery. Demand is on the rise for sustainably made clothing and other textiles.

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RR2CS

APRIL 5, 2024

Part of the role is very much what you would expect from a Project Manager role: scheduling, communicating, follow-up, logistics, designing and delivering project activities and guiding, managing and delegating tasks to the SAP team. A “participant-driven project” may sound like some sort of Lord of the Flies-esque management nightmare.

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Daily Yonder

AUGUST 13, 2024

The goal is to harvest the forage crops as efficiently as possible. So, after harvesting, sheep will go to work. “To Other questions include finding optimal grazing rates of sheep per acre, as well as other logistics. Send in the Sheep Other work at Madison Fields will explore complementary grazing.

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 11, 2023

H4H covers the cost of processing, storage and logistics for donated game, and food pantries and other facilities receive the meat at no cost. “[H4H] I know that when I go into the woods, I feel better when I come out, whether or not I harvest something. Plus, it offers an opportunity to spend time outdoors. “I

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RR2CS

APRIL 5, 2024

Communications, Organization, and Logistics: Support the Communications Coordinator in producing compelling communications and identifying unique strategies that bring our projects to life and engage our audience. Keep our projects running like a well-oiled machine by coordinating logistics and ensuring everything runs smoothly.

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UnderstandingAg

APRIL 30, 2023

Applying after a summer annual harvest (single cut scenario) that is then planted with annual ryegrass intended for a harvest later in the fall or next spring. Applying to Italian ryegrass forage after each harvest. It may be logistically difficult to graze your milking herd, but what about heifers and dry cows?

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 15, 2024

He plans to harvest some grasses as hay for animal bedding and weed control. But working in a marsh is difficult, and farmers often had to wait for the water to freeze before bringing tractors out onto the ice to harvest.

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The Lunatic Farmer

AUGUST 26, 2021

November 6 Harvest Celebration featuring world class costumed historical interpreter Richard Cheatham and singer-songwriter legend Rory Feek. We've learned much this summer with these gatherings; we're getting better at the logistics. We hope you’ll join us to celebrate the end of another great season and 60 years of land redemption!

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RR2CS

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Part of the role is very much what you would expect from a Project Manager role: scheduling, communicating, follow-up, logistics, designing and delivering project activities and guiding, managing and delegating tasks to the SAP team. Rest assured, this is not the Siksikaitsitapi Agriculture Project. they align with Blackfoot culture).

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Agritecture Blog

APRIL 12, 2023

Harvesting and packing : Ensuring that crops are harvested at the right time and packed properly to maintain freshness and quality. Supply chain, market research and logistics management : Managing the movement of crops from the farm to customers, ensuring that they arrive fresh and in good condition.

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Caff

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Kendra Altnow We also heard from Maria Zumkeller (LangeTwins Technical Vineyard Manager) and Chris Storm (Pest Control Advisor for the LangeTwins) about the lessons and logistics they learned. Going into harvest, usually we lay down an herbicide to keep the vineyard clean through the harvest time-period.

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Agritecture Blog

MARCH 10, 2023

When the participating farmers noticed that the logistical and clerical work associated with their growth became too much to manage among them all, Lewington left her job as an X-ray technologist to manage Click Fork’s needs full time. She’s now the general manager, handling the logistics of 60 to 80 co-operative members.

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 12, 2024

Here, farmers deliver freshly harvested produce to a brick-and-mortar retail shop with a full staff. are buckling under the weight of financial, legal, and logistical challenges. A farm stop sells food on consignment from nearby small and medium farms, landing it somewhere between a grocery store, a farmers’ market, and a food hub.

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Sustainable Harvest International

MAY 4, 2022

Original story written in Spanish by Dayra Julio , SHI-Panama’s Logistics + Partnerships Coordinator María Balbina Rodríguez standing within her multi-story agroforestry parcel which includes crops like plantains, yuca, and pigeon peas. A Partnership Tailored to Each Family’s Needs María shows some of the coffee harvested from her farm.

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Agritecture Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

With containers, we end up losing harvests from a couple of containers rather than the entire farm. We have 12 containers built into the spine, which is a refrigerated harvest and processing center built from shipping containers that runs down the center of suites of container farms. million pounds of leafy greens per year.

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Agritecture Blog

MAY 23, 2023

To ensure a humane life and harvest, the fish are carefully monitored and transferred through tanks as they grow from egg to maturity. HVF employs a highly trained aquaculture team because a deep and nuanced understanding of fish behavior is necessary in order to operate and maintain the simulated ecosystem.

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Farm Credit of Southern Colorado

MAY 28, 2024

Labor and Workload: Farming can be physically demanding and labor intensive, requiring long hours, especially during critical periods such as planting or harvesting. Our team is here to help not only with the ag financial and ag insurance side of things but also with your farm’s business planning and operational logistics.

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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. If the U.S. does, you wouldn’t need to refrigerate eggs.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MARCH 20, 2024

While individuals can readily buy freshly harvested items from farmers at the farmers’ market, options for accessing local food are expanding. However, the rapid growth at food hubs due to the injection of LFPA funds has magnified logistical challenges for the supply chain. But they are really stretched,” Giselle continued.

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Civil Eats

JULY 29, 2024

But while the policy tweak may be simple, the 400 professionals at the conference were there to talk about the hard part: logistics. Then, Hewitt arrived at the destination: a mobile home park that housed many of the immigrant families who harvest the fruits and vegetables grown in the county’s fields.

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