Plantation Processing Ranching 
Modern Farmer
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
Surveying the aftermath of the Kula Upcountry Fire—one of three devastating wildfires that raged across Maui last month—Brendan Balthazar noticed a striking pattern emerge across his cattle ranch. Some areas of grazed pasture on Diamond B Ranch went unburned. It’s all grazed pasture,” he says, spared “because the fuel load was low.”
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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Modern Farmer
OCTOBER 16, 2023
The corn field at Frey Ranch Distillery. Photography courtesy of Frey Ranch. As it takes 90 years for an oak to fully mature, anything to speed up the process is a help. For some, such as Nevada’s Frey Ranch , the sustainability of the spirit is infused in every aspect of their business. What happened to all the oaks?
Modern Farmer
JANUARY 10, 2024
And the process of turning these components into soil is incredibly slow and microscopic. It felt like a responsibility—having been born into this family that made some really big mistakes—to be part of a process of repair.” She describes this process in natural terms, as the composting of sadness and grief.
Civil Eats
DECEMBER 3, 2024
By properly layering flavors at every stage of the cooking process to give vegetables the respect she believes they deserve, Vora aims to show that it’s possible to create satisfying meals without relying on crutches like cheese and butter. ” Eventually, the concept became a rallying cry—and the name of her new book.
The Equation
OCTOBER 24, 2024
million agricultural workers working on US farms and ranches encounter a variety of hazards, from pesticide exposure to extreme heat. Though the Thirteenth Amendment to the US Constitution abolished slavery, Black Americans continued to face economic duress and violence to maintain the plantation-style economic system.
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.
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