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Brainfood: Marroon rice, Dutch aroids, Sicilian saffron, Inca agriculture, Native American agriculture, Mexican peppers, Afro-Mexican agriculture, Sahelian landraces, Small-scale fisheries, Coconut remote sensing

Agricultural Biodiversity

Satellite imagery reveals widespread coconut plantations on Pacific atolls. Illuminating the multidimensional contributions of small-scale fisheries. I’m sure lots of traditional knowledge is involved. They could have just asked the small-scale fisherfolk, but ok.

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Vanilla is in Crisis. Producers in Mexico Are Not Giving Up

Modern Farmer

He is working on the plantation,” his wife announces. As we stroll through the plantation, Huberto’s son nudges the oranges on a nearby tree, handing a few to us to enjoy along the way. Francisco Mendoza and his daughters at the vanilla plantation. Huberto markets coffee, vanilla, and even cedro trees for timber.

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Black Earth: A Family’s Journey from Enslavement to Reclamation

Civil Eats

In 2021, he carried out the ultimate act of reclamation, purchasing the plantation house and surrounding 2.5 Farming Through Four Generations In the early 19th century, Oakley Grove plantation was owned by a medical doctor named Lafayette Browne and his wife, Mary Ann Falcon Browne.

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In Hawai‘i, Restoring Kava Helps Sustain Native Food Culture

Civil Eats

Last fall, Ava Taesali opened Kava Queen , Oahus only brick-and-mortar kava bar, after three years of building a loyal following for this traditional beverage at farmers markets in Honolulu. The rise of plantation agriculture uprooted Native communities, replacing local food systems with sprawling sugarcane and pineapple fields.

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Southern Black Farmers Sow Rice and Reconciliation

Civil Eats

The team in Alexandria is testing 20 more varieties at their 17-acre farm, located on a former cotton plantation that serves as the central research hub for crop and equipment trials. Lotus Foods primarily works with farmers overseas, but teamed up with Mason to work on bringing Jubilee Justice rice to market.

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xFarm Technologies Partners with Checkplant to Extend Latin America Reach

World Agri-Tech

For its part, Checkplant, which operates in key areas for Brazilian agriculture, such as Mato Grosso, Bahia, Paran and Goias, has a significant track record and portfolio of large farms among its customers, covering 50% of the total area of cotton plantations and 11% of the total area of soybean plantations in Brazil.

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25 Books Guiding Us Toward More Regenerative Food Systems

Food Tank

Alongside recipes, Sokoh also provides cultural and historical context for the dishes alongside photos from Nigerias landscapes, food markets, and people. Countering Dispossession, Reclaiming Land: A Social Movement Ethnography by David E. billion people worldwide.

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