Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The clouds hang dark gray in the sky, and tender new leaves emerge from the towering willow oak behind the brick ranch farmhouse at the center of the farms production area. In 2021, he carried out the ultimate act of reclamation, purchasing the plantation house and surrounding 2.5 Hes serious, measured, and focused, but also kind.

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Plantation Farming Farming Acre 144

Modern Farmer

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The corn field at Frey Ranch Distillery. Photography courtesy of Frey Ranch. Mattingly is testing for vigor, bolting, acorn production and elements important to a barrel manufacturer: tannins and taste. For some, such as Nevada’s Frey Ranch , the sustainability of the spirit is infused in every aspect of their business.

Ranching 140

Ranching Acre Forestry Processing 140

Civil Eats

JUNE 20, 2024

—Matthew Wheeland Countering Dispossession, Reclaiming Land: A Social Movement Ethnography By David Gilbert Along the slopes of a volcano in Indonesia, a group of Minangkabau Indigenous agricultural workers began quietly reclaiming their land in 1993, growing cinnamon trees, chilies, eggplants, and other foods on the edges of plantations.

Food 145

Food Farming Farming Forage 145