Food Environment and Reporting Network

JULY 5, 2023

slide-intro --> A remote Alaska village depended on the snow crab harvest for survival. By Rowan Jacobsen , July 24, 2019 An unhealthy alliance between almonds and honeybees By Paige Embry , June 20, 2019 In January, with the almond bloom in California’s orchards a month away, beekeepers across the country were fretting over their hives.

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Harvest Harvesting Harvester Orchard 83

Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

But the pawpaw’s two- to three-week harvest window, short shelf life, and delicate skin still make it anathema to the rigid needs of grocery stores and a rare find even at farmers’ markets. When they planted their orchard 11 years ago, the gatherings turned into a festival, which soon outgrew anything they could manage themselves.

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Seeding Farming Farming Orchard 119

Far Eastern Agriculture

APRIL 22, 2024

With the integration of Bonsai's technology, it is expected to enhance the operator's productivity even more, while also reducing operational costs, and increasing sustainability in farming practices.

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Orchard Technology Harvest Harvesting 52

Modern Farmer

MARCH 29, 2024

Across the Phoenix metro area, citrus trees sag under the weight of more produce than homeowners can harvest and use. By combining permaculture with food harvest and distribution, Chevallier hopes to usher in a future where neighborhoods can sustain themselves without the need for commercial food production.

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Food Distribution Harvest Harvesting 131

Daily Yonder

APRIL 3, 2024

Pridgen says that this garden is a “food forest” where the harvest is donated to serve the community. Grayson LandCare Members bring in a harvest from the Permaculture Garden. Inspired by the region’s tradition with apple orchards, another farmer worked with GLC to establish a new apple orchard with a long-term goal for a cidery.

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Ruralism Textiles Orchard Food 73

Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 1, 2023

But with longer summers, the trees are harvested while temperatures in November often remain above freezing. Thus, they aren’t getting that cold signal to develop their resin coat, which causes post-harvest needle loss—that pile of shedding needles under the decorated tree. Photography courtesy of Aldor Acres Farm.

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Acre Harvest Harvesting Harvester 98

World Agri-Tech

MAY 30, 2023

Tevel’s autonomous harvesting system was deployed in Unifrutti Chile’s apple orchards from March to May, harvesting several varieties of apples and picking the highest-quality fruit with unparalleled efficiency. Additionally, Tevel’s cutting-edge software allows for real-time monitoring of the orchard’s harvesting status.

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Harvest Harvesting Harvester Orchard 52

AGRIVI

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Miscommunication and noise often occur, which could be frustrating and inefficient at a time when precise work, such as harvesting or other field activity, needs to be performed. By opening a work order in orchard protection, a farm manager can provide precise instructions on activities that have to be performed.

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Farming Farming Production Orchard 106

Civil Eats

JANUARY 8, 2024

Prior to that, they had all either harvested by hand, an intensely laborious process, or hired someone with a combine. Next, they purchased a no-drill seeder together, and it allowed them to plant rows of grain directly into orchards and pastures without tilling, a practice known to benefit the soil. The drill] made a huge difference.

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Grain Farming Farming Orchard 112

Far Eastern Agriculture

JUNE 28, 2024

Bluewhite's unique technology and proven capabilities in orchards and vineyards helps New Holland customers address immediate challenges, such as labor shortages and rising operational costs in the specialty crop market. New Holland aims to bring autonomous solutions across all segments it serves, particularly in the speciality crop market.

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Orchard Tractor Technology Manufacturing 40

Caff

AUGUST 5, 2022

The Community Alliance with Family Farms (CAFF) hosted our fourth Biologically Integrated Orchard System (BIOS) field day, titled “Effective IPM Strategies for Major Walnut Pests,” at Blossom Farms on July 12th. Hanna Kahl explaining CAFF programs and resources to growers at the beginning of the field day.

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Farming Farming Orchard Soil Compaction 52

Caff

OCTOBER 22, 2024

They’ve taken a somewhat experimental approach in the orchard to see what grows best, and found that jujubes, apricots, and pomegranates thrived while apples and chestnuts didn’t do well due to the heat of the region and plums were too susceptible to disease.

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Orchard Farming Farming Construction 52

Food Environment and Reporting Network

APRIL 25, 2024

slide-intro --> The ranching industry’s toxic grass problem By Robert Langellier , March 27, 2024 Buzzkill By Dan Charles , December 18, 2023 How mushrooms can prevent megafires By Stephen Robert Miller , July 10, 2023 A remote Alaska village depended on the snow crab harvest for survival. Then billions of crabs died.

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Orchard Acre Pesticide Farming 95

Food Environment and Reporting Network

MAY 17, 2023

He says the labor and lessons of his ancestors are in the soil and the grapevines and orchards, and he’s passing these on to the next generations. In his latest, Secret Harvests , Mas writes about the shock of a newly uncovered family secret. Matsumoto in an orchard he planted with his father. Photo by Lisa Morehouse.

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Farming Farming Orchard Pruning 52

Farmbrite

JULY 18, 2024

Orchard grass hay is soft as well as palatable and good for animals with respiratory issues or animals that are picky or need variety in their meals. Orchard Grass Hay: A soft, palatable hay that's good for horses with respiratory issues. Orchard Grass Hay: Similar to Timothy, but softer and more palatable.

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Livestock Forage Cattle Orchard 70

Food Tank

APRIL 2, 2024

Food Well Alliance Food Well Alliance brings together leaders of the local food movement to support more than 300 community gardens, urban farms, and orchards in metro Atlanta. They support 10 farm, community garden and orchard sites in DeKalb and Rockdale Counties, helping communities grow fresh, culturally familiar crops.

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Cultivation Food Marketing Distribution 100

Agribusiness Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Several of our smaller orchard clients with a fair amount of labor for harvest, pruning, etc. You may want to consider getting help this year in preparing your Form 943 if you do qualify for the ERC. It can be difficult to fill out the form properly if this is your first time.

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Pruning Orchard Harvest Harvesting 52

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Given their labor-intensive harvest and processing requirements, however, wild nuts largely fell out of favor as the country’s food system became more industrialized and commercial U.S. Robust processing capacity could also encourage those who own land to establish new orchards planted with under-appreciated species.

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Forage Processing Yield Production 123

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. One of Kupu’s two employees, she started orchard farming at 16.

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Cultivation Crop Real Estate Food 95

Modern Farmer

JULY 14, 2023

It’a not just because it’s cheaper and not just because Capay Hills Orchard , his farm just north of Sacramento, is in an area of California that is increasingly drought-prone. Plus, there are multiple uses for each nut harvested. My orchard has a lot of trees,” says Paddock. “I’m And guess what it replaces?

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Orchard Crop Family Farming Farming 72

Caff

JANUARY 26, 2022

In October 2020, the Bear Yuba Land Trust, Sierra Harvest, BriarPatch Food Co-op and Tahoe Food Hub bought the land through a partnership called Forever Farm. The entire Sierra Orchards team is not only deeply knowledgeable and committed to their roles as land stewards, but they are forever generous with that wisdom.

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Farming Farming Orchard Food 52

CalCAN

JUNE 21, 2023

Their neighbors’ operations include vineyards, orchards, grain and vegetables. The collective currently shares two mid-sized combine harvesters, one mini-combine harvester, a compost spreader, two seed cleaners, a berm flamer, a no-till drill, and a foliar spray trailer. Now, every farmer in the collective uses compost.

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Compost Grain Harvest Harvesting 52

Sustainable Food Trust

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

On our farm, we are often still harvesting peppers and aubergines, sometimes even late tomatoes, from our polytunnels, while we look towards our winter salads and think about having leeks again. We have a small orchard with a selection of apple trees – all eaters, but all different in shape and taste.

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Cultivation Orchard Food Seeding 105

Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Along with taro patches, the triangular swaths encompassed a range of terrain, from upland timber forests to rain-fed crop fields and orchards in the lowlands. Hawaiians traditionally divided land into ahupuaʻa , or self-sustaining units of agricultural production that stretch between the mountains and the ocean.

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Acre Plantation Cultivation Crop 115

Civil Eats

MARCH 4, 2024

Food grown in local fields, orchards, and pastures with healthy soil management practices simply make for healthier, more nutritious, and more flavorful meals, he says—the perfect ingredients for changing the “stigma” associated with hospital fare. herding around 50 heads.

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Pasture Ranching Supply Chain Cattle 116

CalCAN

AUGUST 10, 2023

Christine Gemperle, almond farmer and CalCAN advisor recently drove to Sacramento from her orchard in Ceres to testify in support of equipment sharing and sustainable agriculture investments alongside CalCAN staff. Anna Larson, Christine Gemperle and legislative director Mike Sharif.

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Orchard Farming Farming Agriculture 52

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Isaiah White harvests kale at his familys fifth-generation farm in Warren County, where the U.S. Grover established a peach orchard in 1935, and cultivated grain and raised livestock until the late 1970s. Patrick Browns nephew Justice White pauses while harvesting organic purple kale. Across the road, peacocks shriek.

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Plantation Farming Farming Acre 113

Food Tank

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Kernza® is a deeply rooted perennial grain harvested from intermediate wheatgrass and provided to the breweries by A-Frame Farm in Minnesota. “By The brewery is located on a small but busy farm with apple orchards, market gardens, two greenhouses, an apiary, and a flock of chickens. for a new beer initiative.

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Beverage Ecology Compost Cultivation 124

Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Johnson added trees to grazing land to create silvopastures, enhanced existing windbreaks and planted a micro-orchard with fruit and nut trees. He adds that the indigenous Ho-Chunk Nation was among the first to go into these forests to harvest maple sap. “We That time component adds a lot of depth working in and with the forest.”

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Acre Farming Farming Pasture 104

ATTRA

OCTOBER 3, 2023

What are the skillsets, knowledge, experiences, and resources that the community could contribute to a forest garden or community orchard? What about forest gardens gets people excited? Developing relationships and ensuring community buy-in is the most important thing when starting any community project.

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Food Distribution Rural Development Forestry 111

Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 21, 2022

slide-intro --> A remote Alaska village depended on the snow crab harvest for survival. By Rowan Jacobsen , July 24, 2019 An unhealthy alliance between almonds and honeybees By Paige Embry , June 20, 2019 In January, with the almond bloom in California’s orchards a month away, beekeepers across the country were fretting over their hives.

Orchard 52

Orchard Acre Pesticide Farming 52

Food Environment and Reporting Network

JANUARY 11, 2023

slide-intro --> A remote Alaska village depended on the snow crab harvest for survival. By Rowan Jacobsen , July 24, 2019 An unhealthy alliance between almonds and honeybees By Paige Embry , June 20, 2019 In January, with the almond bloom in California’s orchards a month away, beekeepers across the country were fretting over their hives.

Orchard 52

Orchard Acre Pesticide Farming 52

Food Environment and Reporting Network

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

slide-intro --> A remote Alaska village depended on the snow crab harvest for survival. By Rowan Jacobsen , July 24, 2019 An unhealthy alliance between almonds and honeybees By Paige Embry , June 20, 2019 In January, with the almond bloom in California’s orchards a month away, beekeepers across the country were fretting over their hives.

Farming 52

Farming Farming Orchard Acre 52

Caff

DECEMBER 15, 2023

You know, if you have a vineyard and your neighbor has a walnut orchard, you don’t need sheep in there at the exact same time.” Going into harvest, usually we lay down an herbicide to keep the vineyard clean through the harvest time-period. You may have to network with some other farmers and figure it out.

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Livestock Crop Farming Farming 52

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JANUARY 17, 2024

the Osage Nation’s community orchard. from Chapter 21 of NCA5 Changes like sea level rise are resulting in the loss of culturally significant locations for subsistence harvesting. Beyond the agriculture chapter, each of the regional chapters also puts a spotlight on both the inequities built into U.S.

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Agriculture Agriculture Forage Livestock 105

Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Plant a holly orchard and let nature do the work for you,” read one brochure. After a long career in the federal government, Ken Bajema retired in 1988, returned to his childhood home, and picked up where his dad left off: Harvesting, cutting and shipping holly branches to customers across the US. But then his two worlds collided.

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Ecology Seeding Acre Processing 114

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In late July 2020, he was driving a 1971 International Harvester 1066 tractor—which did not have an ROPS or a seatbelt—with a trailer near the edge of a bumpy road before sunrise. Most of the rollovers in Washington occurred on crop farms, including the state’s signature apple orchards.

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Tractor Farming Farming Acre 90