Civil Eats

MAY 21, 2024

Underpaid pickers don’t show up, and coffee cherries rot on the ground, wasting the harvest. Some harvests last for six months instead of the standard two, and some are shockingly short. Or harvests are compressed into a two-week period, and the coffee mills can’t handle the tsunami of cherries waiting to be processed.

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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. And, because it ripens after apples in many places, the pawpaw offers farmers a way to continue harvesting into the fall, and bring in extra income.

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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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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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Food Environment and Reporting Network

MAY 17, 2023

On his family’s organic peach, nectarine and grape farm south of Fresno, he points out pruning scars from long-time workers, and walks down rows of trees he planted with his father. 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.

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Farming Farming Orchard Pruning 52

NASDA

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Since the beginning of the year, the harvest price of major crops traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Intercontinental Exchange have fallen by an average of 21% while total production costs remain near record levels. Estimated 2024 net farm income for U.S. agriculture is projected to be down $55.61

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ATTRA

MAY 7, 2024

The journey of tea from seed to cup involves harvesting, withering, rolling, oxidizing, and drying. Once you have your plants in the field, you’ll need to give them regular pruning and fertilization to ensure they grow well and produce optimal yields. Harvesting and Processing Your Tea Congratulations on growing your own tea!

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AGRIVI

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Established in 2006, the winery has adopted a distinctive method of winter grape harvesting, known as double pruning, to mirror the conditions of the world’s leading wine regions. This is why we chose AGRIVI FMSto unite the traceability of our agricultural areas with financial routines in one efficient platform.”

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CalCAN

AUGUST 10, 2023

Even when our trees have gone through extended periods of time during harvest without water they have never reached permanent wilting point or defoliated. Through their implementation of sustainable practices Christine says, “our sandy soils have increased their water holding capacity.

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Agritecture Blog

APRIL 7, 2023

Neighborhood volunteers choose what to grow, plan events and share harvested crops with food banks, nonprofit and faith-based meal programs and neighbors. The forests also serve as gathering spaces, contribute to rainwater harvesting and help beautify neighborhoods. Credit: Boston Food Forest Coalition.

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 21, 2023

She came across an opening for pruning and weeding school gardens and other green spaces across New York City’s five boroughs. She points to food forests—diverse, edible gardens that mirror natural ecosystems, free to harvest—as an example of innovation in soil-based urban farming that she’d like to further explore.

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Sustainable Food Trust

JUNE 5, 2024

During the course of a year, the camels forage on different types of land that include harvested fields, forest, sacred groves and what is classified as revenue land. The Raika state that camel foraging has a positive pruning effect on the acacias and other trees, inducing them to branch out stronger.

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 6, 2023

It’s unclear whether this marketing inspired either John Bajema’s third son, Dingeman, who started a holly farm along the Columbia Gorge after a career as a schoolteacher, or Dingeman’s son Ken, who spent many weekends and evenings as a teenager helping his father harvest holly branches during the cold, wet winters.

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Civil Eats

JUNE 29, 2023

” Center: Ramon Torres prunes blueberry bushes at the Tierra y Libertad cooperative. Left: A member of Familias Unidas por la Justicia prunes blackberry bushes in a Sakuma Brothers Farms field. Then we harvest in September. We planted and grew corn, and then we’d harvest it. In Oaxaca I worked in the milpa.

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Greenhouse Farming Farming Food 52

Sustainable Food Trust

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

There’s also careful selection of olive varieties and control of harvest times. Although the soil is not disturbed, adding green manure, beneficial microbes and mycorrhizae are among the approaches employed to help build soil health.

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Production Farming Farming Food 52

Kavya Organic Farm

JULY 11, 2023

With their compact growth habit and vibrant fall color, these shrubs provide both beauty and a bountiful harvest. Once established, they require minimal watering and pruning. Regular fertilization and occasional pruning to remove dead or damaged branches will help keep your perennial flowering bushes healthy and thriving.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

A lot has to go into the planning of where the food forest is, when the fruits are harvestable, and whether the harvestable fruits are equitably distributed.” The food bank is also organizing workshops on growing, pruning, and harvesting, as well as courses on cooking with mesquite flour.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Because the book explains not just how to conserve one’s garden produce but also when to plant, harvest, and prune, as well as whether to cross-pollinate, it serves as a how-to guide for gardening novices—and a beneficial resource for anyone looking to understand their garden better, from planting to plating.

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Modern Farmer

JULY 13, 2023

Although some of Napa’s grapes had already been harvested, a huge portion of that year’s Cabernet Sauvignon, the wine for which the area is best known for and which can sell for thousands of dollars a bottle given the right year and the right winery, was lost. They’re well pruned. But those numbers are lower than they should be.

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NASDA

JANUARY 16, 2025

Custom Harvesters, Inc. Thomas Livestock Co Inc Tillamook County Creamery Association TN Feed & Grain Association U.S. Apple Association U.S. Beet Sugar Association U.S. Canola Association U.S. Hemp Roundtable U.S. Pea and Lentil Trade Association U.S.

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Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Research shows produce begins to lose its nutrients as soon as it is harvested, making fresh food the best choice. It’s that hard time to let things kind of be without kind of aggressively pruning, trying to make things pretty. (Though, her husband says, she sometimes goes overboard with certain produce). Just let it fade.

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