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Food Tank Highlights 30 Organizations Supporting Young Farmers – Food Tank – Food Tank
Farmers are aging across the globe, and fewer young folks are willing to take over farms due to stigmas surrounding agricultural work, barriers to entry, and limited access to markets.The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reports that the average age of a farmer is 57.5 years, close to the retirement age, in the United States.…
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Looking Back: Protesting Cesar Chavez behind bars, 1970 – Monterey Herald
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Microclimates can affect plants in different parts of the same yard – Las Cruces Sun-News
Question: How long can I leave green tomatoes on the plant before they’re ruined by a frost?Curry County Extension Agriculture Agent Mason GrauAnswer: If temperatures are expected to drop near freezing in your area and you leave fruit on the plants, you’re pushing it. Maybe your neighborhood is a little warmer than the surrounding areas,…
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Grow: Lettuce – again and again – Portland Press Herald – pressherald.com
Sign in or Subscribe See Offers Using a process called succession planting, lettuce can be planted several times during a growing season. We have been eating lettuce from our garden for a couple of months. I planted that crop in a cold frame in March, and while it is a type of leaf lettuce that…
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NIFA Invests $30M to Help Boost Organic Farming and Ranching | National Institute of Food and Agriculture – National Institute of Food and Agriculture
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All About Lettuce – WYPR
It used to be that we would go to the grocery store to pick up some lettuce, and you had exactly one choice: good old iceberg lettuce. Today the choices seem endless, so thanks to Chef Jerry Pellegrino for his tips, since it’s a challenge just to keep up with them all.Essentially there are four…
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Root Cafe: Farm to table food in Temple – Monadnock Ledger Transcript
“I think people are becoming more aware of the value of the food and how’s its growing,” said Reed. “[We are inspired by] being able to live a very simple but also very rich life—simple, as it comes from the garden but it’s also very nourishing.” Staff photo by Emari Traffie—EMARI TRAFFIE var currentLocation =…
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Sunny Side Up: Wasn't me, says Rathana Thera – nation.lk – The Nation Newspaper
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); MP Ven. Athuraliye Rathana Thera, who has been an advocate for organic agriculture in the country, had recently refuted claims that he was behind the moves to ban chemical fertilisers from being imported to the country.Ven. Rathana Thera had stated that he was not aware of the move until the…
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Major sustainable city awards for Geelong – bay 93.9 Geelong – Bay 93.9
Rebecca McDonald / 06 December 2021 Greater Geelong has picked up five awards in the Keep Victoria Beautiful Sustainable Cities awards, including the major gong.The region was named the Sustainable City of the Year.The council also picked up three awards for Waste Management, Coastal Protection and Energy Conservation.Andrea Dennett from Bellarine Friends of the Hooded…
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