OECD: Environment

MAY 13, 2024

The province of Almeria in the South is one of the driest regions in continental Europe; it is also referred to as the Orchard of Europe due to its abundant fruit and vegetable production that powers the local economy. Reporting in 2023 points to a further USD 77 billion at risk in supply chains.

Finance 65

Finance Supply Chain Food Agriculture 65

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JANUARY 17, 2024

the Osage Nation’s community orchard. As COVID-19 highlighted, its supply chains are fragile. Beyond the agriculture chapter, each of the regional chapters also puts a spotlight on both the inequities built into U.S. systems and on the ways in which overburdened communities are identifying and building out unique solutions.

Agriculture 105

Agriculture Agriculture Forage Livestock 105

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

AUGUST 11, 2023

A disused orchard that had been stewarded by the Sisters of St. Here are snapshots from those visits: Members toured Sister Gardens, one of three sites that are part of Frontline Farming, based in Denver, CO, Sister Gardens is a vegetable, herb, and flower garden on more than one acre of land within the Aria Denver development.

Water Rights 52

Water Rights Food Farming Farming 52

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Grover established a peach orchard in 1935, and cultivated grain and raised livestock until the late 1970s. The company would eventually like to source more of its hemp fiber domestically, from minority farmers in particular, with the hope of increasing the diversity of the farmers in its supply chain.

Plantation 144

Plantation Farming Farming Acre 144

Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 20, 2024

The conditions impacted crop yields, livestock, the transportation of goods, and the larger supply chain. I dont have an orchard on my farm, but if I did, and I saw this thing [climate change] coming, you know, maybe you look at tearing the trees out and starting to plant what I can in those fields. Photography via Shutterstock.

Agriculture 77

Agriculture Agriculture Food Harvester 77

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Even monarch butterflies have lost habitat due to the prevalence of monocrop avocado orchards, along the once lush, biodiverse hillsides of Michoacán in Mexico. “Choose one from Chile and you might be furthering the extraction of much-needed fresh water.” Yet Eldridge is far from calling for an avocado boycott.

Food 145

Food Farming Farming Seeding 145

Civil Eats

JANUARY 28, 2025

Afterward, they turn the herd out onto organically managed pasture, where the animals eat freely from clover, alfalfa, and a blend of perennial grasses like meadow bromegrass, orchard grass, and fescue. Their got a minute? check-ins often turn into half-hour conversations on the finer points of rotational grazing or organic pest treatments.

Farming 133

Farming Farming Pasture Meadow 133

Civil Eats

APRIL 16, 2025

Because the projects were intentionally crafted to build the connective tissue that local supply chains rely on, a break in the chain has larger ripple effects. In Ohio, that might mean helping an orchard get into cider production to boost revenue.

Food 131

Food Supply Chain Farming Farming 131