#Farming
My annual tradition of hoshigaki. So much this year hard to get it all in frame. Delicious of course but I also find them to be very festive decorations :) https://www.allforgardening.com/692575/my-annual-tradition-of-hoshigaki-so-much-this-year-hard-to-get-it-all-in-frame-delicious-of-course-but-i-also-find-them-to-be-very-festive-decorations/
#countrylife #farming #gardening #homesteading #self-sufficiency
Got my 2 week survival rate on chicks up to 100% https://www.allforgardening.com/692489/got-my-2-week-survival-rate-on-chicks-up-to-100/
#countrylife #farming #gardening #homesteading #self-sufficiency
My husband and I just took the first big step in homesteading and bought ourselves some Pennsylvania land! https://www.allforgardening.com/692387/my-husband-and-i-just-took-the-first-big-step-in-homesteading-and-bought-ourselves-some-pennsylvania-land-2/
#countrylife #farming #gardening #homesteading #self-sufficiency
My Hugleculture-Cold frame is still giving my daily salads at 4500′, Zone 6b! Is anyone experineced with adding compost to heat things up?? https://www.allforgardening.com/692279/my-hugleculture-cold-frame-is-still-giving-my-daily-salads-at-4500-zone-6b-is-anyone-experineced-with-adding-compost-to-heat-things-up/
#countrylife #farming #gardening #homesteading #self-sufficiency
Newborn kid getting cleaned by momma and standing for the first time! 🥹🐐 https://www.allforgardening.com/692177/newborn-kid-getting-cleaned-by-momma-and-standing-for-the-first-time-%f0%9f%a5%b9%f0%9f%90%90/
#countrylife #farming #gardening #homesteading #self-sufficiency
An entire season clearing invasive and diseased/dead trees. https://www.allforgardening.com/692071/an-entire-season-clearing-invasive-and-diseased-dead-trees/
#countrylife #farming #gardening #homesteading #self-sufficiency
Anyone know what these tracks are from? Western MA, high elevation https://www.allforgardening.com/691889/anyone-know-what-these-tracks-are-from-western-ma-high-elevation/
#countrylife #farming #gardening #homesteading #self-sufficiency
(2/3) #Plantbased foods typically have a much smaller #carbon footprint and have far lower water & #landuse. What can be done in wealthy countries to change #diets? Changing which food groups get preferential treatment in #farming & food policy: https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2023/11/30/23981529/cop28-meat-livestock-dairy-farming-plant-based-united-nations-dubai-uae
What’s still growing in December – Plots tour and update – Grow your own https://www.allforgardening.com/691800/whats-still-growing-in-december-plots-tour-and-update-grow-your-own/
#countrylife #farming #gardening #homesteading #self-sufficiency
10 #Bizarre #Farms You Never Knew Existed
https://listverse.com/2023/12/02/10-bizarre-farms-you-never-knew-existed/
#offbeat #farming
A lovely north Wales buarth (multicellular sheepfold), the form of which has been strongly influenced by step platforms in the ~454 million year-old Eigiau Formation sedimentary beds and the slaty, long, flat rocks for building it yields.
No official record or report - of which there are only a small number - discusses the role of landscape and geology on the form of our folds.
Located on the base ridge of Moel Siabod, Capel Curig.
Happy chickens going into their run for the first time! https://www.allforgardening.com/691504/happy-chickens-going-into-their-run-for-the-first-time/
#countrylife #farming #gardening #homesteading #self-sufficiency
Package until outside part 1 https://www.allforgardening.com/691408/package-until-outside-part-1/
#countrylife #farming #gardening #homesteading #self-sufficiency
What did i do wrong? https://www.allforgardening.com/691318/what-did-i-do-wrong-8/
#countrylife #farming #gardening #homesteading #self-sufficiency
I attempted to grow some Uchiki Kuri Squash this year, here’s how I got on https://www.allforgardening.com/691203/i-attempted-to-grow-some-uchiki-kuri-squash-this-year-heres-how-i-got-on/
#countrylife #farming #gardening #homesteading #self-sufficiency
Anyone ever eat field rats before? https://www.allforgardening.com/691111/anyone-ever-eat-field-rats-before/
#countrylife #farming #gardening #homesteading #self-sufficiency
Anyone knows what is this on the chickpeas and kidney beans? Im not sure if rice is affected too https://www.allforgardening.com/691009/anyone-knows-what-is-this-on-the-chickpeas-and-kidney-beans-im-not-sure-if-rice-is-affected-too/
#countrylife #farming #gardening #homesteading #self-sufficiency
It's been nice to see more farms with cover crops in the winter around here.
#farming #conservation #climate
Infographic – Winter to Summer: How Does Your Garden Transform During These Months https://www.allforgardening.com/690913/infographic-winter-to-summer-how-does-your-garden-transform-during-these-months/
#countrylife #farming #gardening #homesteading #self-sufficiency
Hello December!
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/curious-goat-karen-kaspar.html
#ArtAdventCalendar #wip #wipwednesday #workinprogress #ArtistAtWork #MastoArt #art #ArtMatters #AYearForArt #painting #FediArt #FediGiftShop #artist #arte #humanartist #watercolor #watercolour #creativeToots #contemporaryArt #TraditionalArt #kunst #BuyIntoArt #ArtistsOnMastodon #artists #aquarell #aquarelle #animals #cute #farming #goat #december #giftideas #GiftThemArt
‘Ciao’ cows: Cattle excluded from EU’s industrial emissions cut plan https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/ciao-cows-cattle-excluded-from-eus-industrial-emissions-cut-plan/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #cattle #emissions #farming #industrialemissionsdirective #livestock
Last part got me, lol. https://www.allforgardening.com/690568/last-part-got-me-lol/
#countrylife #farming #gardening #homesteading #self-sufficiency
My Broccoli game is strong this year! (Usually I suck at growing brassicas). Southern Hemisphere. https://www.allforgardening.com/690468/my-broccoli-game-is-strong-this-year-usually-i-suck-at-growing-brassicas-southern-hemisphere/
#countrylife #farming #gardening #homesteading #self-sufficiency
Food Twin - Interactive Map Shows Where Your Food Comes From
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https://www.colorado.edu/today/2023/11/21/interactive-map-shows-where-your-food-comes <-- shared CU Boulder technical article
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https://food.theplotline.org/ <-- Food Twin web map / map
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #digitaltwin #FoodTwin #food #agriculture #spatialanalysis #USA #data #routing #producer #consumer #farming #foodsecurity #map #ThePlotline #CUBoulder #EarthGenome #foodsystem #logistics #infrastructure #crops #cropland #meat #vegetables #fruit #network #FarmToFork #farmtotable #climatechange #heatstress #drought #water #groundwater #foodsystems #foodsource #foodbusiness
Are these ready for soil? Any recommendations? https://www.allforgardening.com/690372/are-these-ready-for-soil-any-recommendations/
#countrylife #farming #gardening #homesteading #self-sufficiency
Conflict over proposed dog meat ban in South Korea, as dog meat farmers protested proposed legislation. #dogs #SouthKorea #farming https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2023-11-30/south-korean-farmers-rally-near-presidential-office-to-protest-proposed-anti-dog-meat-legislation
‘Ciao’ cows: Cattle excluded from EU’s industrial emissions cut plan https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/ciao-cows-cattle-excluded-from-eus-industrial-emissions-cut-plan/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #cattle #emissions #farming #industrialemissionsdirective #livestock
I live relatively off grid and o survive off of selling art online and dog watching. It’s a content life that I love https://www.allforgardening.com/690095/i-live-relatively-off-grid-and-o-survive-off-of-selling-art-online-and-dog-watching-its-a-content-life-that-i-love/
#countrylife #farming #gardening #homesteading #self-sufficiency
#Farmers allege link between popular #herbicide and #Parkinsons disease
November 29, 2023
"It is against the law to use #paraquat in China, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and dozens of other countries. Many countries have banned the herbicide due to its extreme #toxicity, while others have expressed concerns over the possible risk for Parkinson's disease.
"Yet the herbicide, manufactured by a #Swiss company that is owned by the #Chinese state, is still widely used throughout the #UnitedStates in part because it is a highly effective way to kill weeds.
"The company, Syngenta, says that paraquat, which it produces under the name Gramoxone, 'is safe for its intended and labelled use.'
"Clayton Tucholke, who used Gramoxone for years on his farm in LaBolt, #SouthDakota, and has since been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, says otherwise.
"'It should have been pulled, I think, you know, so it didn't happen to somebody else,' Tucholke told ABC News.
"A 76-year-old father and grandfather, Tucholke lived on his farm with his wife Denise, but as the symptoms of #Parkinson's have worsened, he says he was forced to give up his career in #agriculture and had to move to the nearby town of Milbank to be closer to medical professionals.
"Daily tasks have become arduous for Tucholke, who now has to travel to physical therapy three times a week to slow the progression of his symptoms.
"'This man was so independent,' Denise Tucholke said. 'And his independence has been taken from him, which is unfair.'
"The Tucholkes are among the more than 4,000 Americans who have filed lawsuits as part of a multi-district litigation against #Syngenta, which currently manufactures #Gramoxone, and #Chevron, which distributed it in the U.S. from 1966 until 1986.
"Although Syngenta and Chevron told ABC News that there is no scientific evidence that supports a causal link between #paraquat and #Parkinsonsdisease, the Tucholkes and other plaintiffs allege that such a link exists, arguing that Syngenta and Chevron knew or should have known that the #herbicide could 'cause severe #neurological injuries.'
"'Our daughter and son-in-law are still #farming. I think any time [a] chemical is applied to the fields that they have to use, they should know what's going to happen,' Denise Tucholke said.
"'All the generations that are coming up afterwards need to know,' she said."
#SyngentaKnew #ChevronKnew #Herbicide #Toxins #WaterIsLife #EnvironmentalPollution
The 3 sisters https://www.allforgardening.com/690009/the-3-sisters/
#countrylife #farming #gardening #homesteading #self-sufficiency
Here’s how I was able to attain healthcare insurance for my family after I left my job to start our farm. https://www.allforgardening.com/689657/heres-how-i-was-able-to-attain-healthcare-insurance-for-my-family-after-i-left-my-job-to-start-our-farm/
#countrylife #farming #gardening #homesteading #self-sufficiency
Help? I don’t understand Wood Pellet Boiler/Furnace https://www.allforgardening.com/689561/help-i-dont-understand-wood-pellet-boiler-furnace/
#countrylife #farming #gardening #homesteading #self-sufficiency
Mouse poop? https://www.allforgardening.com/689469/mouse-poop/
#countrylife #farming #gardening #homesteading #self-sufficiency
What AP didn't say:
"Wolverines range widely, up to 15 mi / day, & need lots of habitat. Home range can vary from 100 to 600 sq mi. They live primarily at high altitudes with alpine vegetation, but can venture to lower elevations."
We need to grow complex forest and grassland mixes with wetland-speckled landscapes again for all the wildlife, for all the watersheds
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Especially in the endless wastelands of cornsoycornsoycornsoycowpigchickenfactories,
which are a blight on the earth. A wound, a poison, a defilement, a pox, a pollution, a malignancy, a corruption, a pestilence, an infection, a plague.
We can do MUCH better.
#permaculture #ecoforestry #agrorestry #polyculture #gardens #relocalization #bioregion #community #cooperation #farming #gardening #silvopasture
#restoration #rewilding
RT by @jwojc: 🙌In his speech @jwojc stated that we need food systems that strengthen “security, stability, sustainability and solidarity”.
He mentioned #precision #farming and the need for a “modern approach” that promotes innovation.
🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/CropLifeEU/status/1729909004363547064#m
[2023-11-29 17:03 UTC]
1/ "Sobering yet hopeful, ‘Common Ground’ exposes the toxic interconnections of American #farming policy, #politics, & #health, by sharing stories of destruction & healing across the United States & beyond, & how regenerative agriculture & #soil health plays a vitally important role in changing these systems for the better. At it's root, it explores how people from different walks of life, different political backgrounds, & different places share one thing in common – the very soil beneath their feet."
https://youtu.be/6-M4Hq0MKFA
#permaculture
Help ID this critter please https://www.allforgardening.com/689169/help-id-this-critter-please/
#countrylife #farming #gardening #homesteading #self-sufficiency
If you don't know about neonic-treated crop seeds, I recommend this book, Restoring Eden by my friend Elizabeth Hilborn, whose farm and its wildlife, from insects to tadpoles, were poisoned by accidental contamination from a neighbor's pesticide-treated corn seed.
#bookstodon #books #conservation #neonics #farming #crops #pesticides #wildlife #insects #amphibians #birds #pollinators
Roqi, from the Emerald Woods #farming #roguelike discord, shares a bit of this lovely dwelling built in the middle of the mountains. It even has an underwater reservoir for Hibax, and a place for Cheaks to shelter and sunbathe. Share yours in the comments!
Ars Technica: Mother plucker: Steel fingers guided by AI pluck weeds rapidly and autonomously https://arstechnica.com/?p=1983392 #Tech #arstechnica #IT #Technology #machinelearning #theenvironment #machinevision #environment #herbicides #pollution #5Gonions #Science #farming #Biz&IT #ekobot #robots #sweden #Telia #weeds #AI
Mother plucker: Steel fingers guided by AI pluck weeds rapidly and autonomously - Enlarge / The Ekobot autonomous weeding robot roving around an onion field in ... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1983392 #machinelearning #theenvironment #machinevision #environment #herbicides #pollution #5gonions #science #farming #biz #ekobot #robots #sweden #telia #weeds #ai
As Groundwater Dwindles, Powerful Players Block Change
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https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/11/24/climate/groundwater-levels.html <-- shared media article
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #USA #groundwater #hydrology #hydrogeology #aquifer #farming #mining #agriculture #crops #cropland #development #realestate #industry #heavyindustry #climatechange #evaporation #rainfall #precipitation #waterresources #watermanagement #watersecurity #waterconservation #watercrisis #overpumping #underregulation #regulations #groundwatermining
The number of pigs slaughtered between January and October 2023 fell by 9.3%
https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-ls/livestockslaughteringsoctober2023/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=livestocks
#CSOIreland #Ireland #Agriculture #Agribusiness #Farming #Prices #AgPrices #Livestock #Cattle #Sheep #Pigs #MilkStatistics #MilkProduction #Dairy #Milk #Tillage #Crops #Agronomy #CensusofAgriculture
Can someone tell me what this is? https://www.allforgardening.com/687619/can-someone-tell-me-what-this-is-5/
#countrylife #farming #gardening #homesteading #self-sufficiency
Could we, as New Zealanders do something to tell other countries about how shitty (literally) our #environment is becoming?
Maybe if our "clean green" marketing strategy stopped being viable & started affecting the bottom line of #tourism & #farming industries, we might see some progress?
#nzpol
Calm your farm
Every Australian teenager living in a rural area has a gruesome story about a farm injury so several universities have joined forces to create a free, online, educational game called ‘Calm Your Farm’ to help teenagers learn about potential hazards and find ways to reduce the risk. #farming
Building Movements for #Food and #RacialJustice Through #Organic #Farming
https://barnraisingmedia.com/iriel-edwards-interview-real-organic-farming-louisiana/
#farms #louisana #Black
A new version of Emerald Woods, the #farming #survival #crafting #roguelike is out! much improved container UI, and the first appearance of underground locations! get it now, it's free (for now) for desktop and mobile. Full info at https://blog.slashie.net/2023/11/25/emerald-woods-the-shaft-0-3-9/
@bezmiar My partner, Peter Bane (previously publisher / editor of Permaculture Activist Mag - now Pc Design Mag) wrote a book a while back, The #Permaculture Handbook: #Garden #Farming for Town and Country. https://permacultureactivist.net/permaculture-handbook/
@bezmiar Local harvest has a searchable database of #organic growers at https://www.localharvest.org/organic-farms/
#permaculture #farming #gardening
Certified Naturally Grown has a directory of #regenerative growers at https://www.naturallygrown.org/directory-of-certified-producers/
#permaculture #farming #gardening #CNG
Does anybody know of any successful permaculture market gardens? I know Jean-Martin Fortier incorporates permaculture design into his farms but I don't know of other successful examples.
5/ "Many people are now as much estranged from the lives of domestic plants and animals (except for flowers and dogs and cats) as they are from the lives of the wild ones. This is regrettable, for these domestic creatures are in diverse ways attractive; there is much pleasure in knowing them. And #farming, animal husbandry, #horticulture, and #gardening, at their best, are complex and comely arts; there is much pleasure in knowing them, too.
It follows that there is great displeasure in knowing about a food #economy that degrades and abuses those arts and those plants and animals and the soil from which they come."
25% OFF ALL WALLART THIS WEEKEND!
Hope you enjoy this sweet highland cow!
Can Be Purchased Here..https://tina-lecour.pixels.com/featured/sweet-highland-cow-tina-lecour.html
#animals #animal #AnimalKingdom #cow #farming #mastoart #fediart #fedigiftshop #artbooster #creativetoots #gift #gifts #christmasgifts #wallart #homedecor #art #artmatters #arte #artwork #wallartforsale #giftideas #artforsale #artmatters #buyintoart #ayearforart
For the art lovers in Europe - my watercolor painting "Colorful cow" is now available at Art Heroes (free shipping in many countries).
Für die Kunstliebhaber in Deutschland - mein Aquarellgemälde "Bunte Kuh" ist nun auch bei Art Heroes erhältlich (kostenloser Versand).
https://www.artheroes.de/de/motiv/Bunte-Kuh/1290229/132
#cow #farming #animals #MastoArt #art #painting #FediArt #FediGiftShop #artist #MastodonArt #contemporaryArt #ArtForSale #watercolor #watercolour #colorful #aquarelle #aquarell #nature #natur #happy
I almost forgot to show you the finished painting -
here is my Colorful cow watercolor painting
https://karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/colorful-cow-karen-kaspar.html
#cow #farming #animals #MastoArt #art #AYearForArt #painting #FediArt #FediGiftShop #artist #arte #InteriorDesign #MastodonArt #BuyIntoArt #ArtistsOnMastodon #TraditionalArt #kunst #contemporaryArt #creativeToots #ArtForSale #ArtMatters #HumanArtist #ArtCollector #watercolor #watercolour #colorful #aquarelle #aquarell #nature #natur #landwirtschaft #happy
Wild pigs is the latest result of people who've stupidly chosen to follow carnivorous diets.
"While they've roamed parts of the continent for centuries, Canada's problem dates back only to the 1980s when it encouraged farmers to raise wild boar, Brook said.
"The market collapsed after peaking in 2001 and some frustrated farmers simply cut their fences, setting the animals free."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/super-pig-saskatchewan-problem-1.7037360
Greenpeace has slammed the decision to give the Oceans & Fisheries portfolio to NZ First after Shane “the apostle for industry” Jones landed the job and says Luxon has made a grave error letting ACT’s “dinosaur of delay” Andrew Hoggard near Agriculture and Environment.
https://www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/press-release/greenpeace-slams-poor-coalition-appointments-for-oceans-and-agriculture-portfolios/?utm_medium=share&utm_content=postid-61808&utm_source=mastodon
I don't think this is behind a paywall and I also think it's well worth a read for anyone interested in food and the environment. Some will say it's on the IFJ and they would say that anyway but read the article and check the writers qualifications. #farming #environment
Q. has #AngloAmerican see the future of #farming?
The firm plans to invest around $9bn in #Yorkshire mine that produces an under-used #organic #fertilizer called #polyhalite.
It requires no processing & is less damaging to #soil, but remains largely untested at mass levels in a market where #potash is the dominant product.
This could be a enormous 'white elephant', or it could be a major shift in #farming and prompt an #extractiveindustry boom for Yorkshire.
Time will tell!
"#BlackFarmers are reasserting themselves in food cultivation and building on the practices of earlier generations."
#BlackMastodon #farming #permaculture
https://www.yesmagazine.org/issue/growth/2023/08/31/black-farmers-growing-traditions?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1700671426
A cocktail of toxins is poisoning our fields. Its effect on humans? Nobody can tell us | George Monbiot #environment #agriculture #farming #food #FoodProduction https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/18/cocktail-toxins-poisoning-fields-humans-sewage-sludge-fighting-dirty
Ulu season! I'm hoping to barter away whatever I can't fit in my freezer after processing.
#gardening #foodforest #growsome #FarmToFace #farming #homesteading #cooking #breadfruit
Just finished my new watercolor painting of a cute colorful cow. Enjoy!
https://karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/colorful-cow-karen-kaspar.html
#cow #farming #wip #wipwednesday #workinprogress #ArtistAtWork #MastoArt #art #ArtMatters #AYearForArt #painting #FediArt #FediGiftShop #artist #arte #humanartist #watercolor #watercolour #creativeToots #contemporaryArt #TraditionalArt #kunst #BuyIntoArt #ArtistsOnMastodon #artists #aquarell #aquarelle #animals #colorful #portrait #kuh #tiere
What Is The Ogallala Aquifer And Why Is It Running Out Of Water?
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https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article281504238.html <-- shared media article
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"Millions of years ago, sediment from the Rocky Mountains was deposited in the High Plains. Over thousands of years, water dripped below the surface creating an underground water deposit called the Ogallala Aquifer. The water — which spans from South Dakota to Texas and was once the size of Lake Huron — at one point accounted for 30% of the crop and animal production in the U.S…
Although the water source stretches across several states it moves very very slowly. As a result, no interstate compact exists to manage the water in the Ogallala. Instead, neighbors have to band together if they want to restrict pumping…”
#GIS #spatial #mapping #hydrogeology #waterresources #watermanagement #modeling #ogallala #OgallalaAquifer #water #hydrology #watersecurity #pumping #mining #irrigation #farming #agriculture #midwest #aquifer #overpumping
With 8 billion people to feed every day, demand for protein — especially meat, which takes by far the biggest toll on the environment — soars as the population grows.
AP reported from five continents to explore the future of sustainable foods in a new series: https://flip.it/smXm09
#Food #Agriculture #Farming #Meat #ClimateChange #Climate #Sustainability
What I see today in #Canada is the exact system of plantation labour that has ravaged the #Caribbean.
« Chris Ramsaroop says when we go to a grocery store or farmers’ market and celebrate eating local, we perpetuate the ‘big lie’ about our #farming industry. »
https://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/black-life/migrant-advocate-column-1.7032226
What’s your view of the headlock supermarkets have on food producers? Have a look at Riverford’s
https://youtu.be/NEjxwAJDEzY?feature=shared
who are campaigning for fair trading with growers — buy what you agreed at the price you promised. Growers can only produce food if they’re paid enough to at least cover the cost, otherwise we have no food. And if we want them to produce with minimal impact on the planet, it costs more.
Sign the petition? https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/643216
#Food #Farming #SustainableAgriculture #Wildlife
Finally tasted a local tea and it is EXCEPTIONAL!! Let me recommend https://redsunasheville.com/ - they are currently sold out but check again in spring 2024. #asheville #northcarolina #farming #tea
“Scientists have spent decades trying to untangle puzzling questions over falling sperm concentrations. A new analysis of 25 studies of pesticides shows a clear connection, researchers say.“
Reefer, briefs, darkness, soybeans ... oh wait it’s actually #pesticides that hurt #fertility #farming
#KingCharles is apparently moving Highland cattle and rare Highland ponies from #Balmoral to #England
#Scotland
#monarchy
#farming
#LandUse
https://www.thenational.scot/news/23930694.fury-king-moves-highland-cattle-pony-herds-england/
After the cotton harvest: a recently picked stalk is featured with its husk left behind, while two rolls of cotton wait in the background, ready for transport. Shot this misty, foggy morning along rural roads north of Memphis, TN. I can't decide if I like the black-and-white version or the color version better. What do you think?
More of my work here: https://jon-woodhams.pixels.com/
#photography #BlackAndWhite #rural #farming #autumn #AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt #TheGiftOfArt #FallForArt
A celebrated startup promised Kentuckians green jobs. It gave them a "grueling hell on earth."
@grist reports: "The inside story of how AppHarvest's indoor farming scheme imploded — and took its blue-collar workforce down with it."
I enjoyed this Fast Company article on "Why Regenerative Farming is Taking Hold in Red America."
Especially the part saying that climate-smart agricultural incentives are "the most popular piece of climate policy across constituents of both political parties, with 82% of respondents expressing support for funding of cover crops and other soil carbon-boosting practices."
Bipartisan support for soil health is a good thing to see! 🌱 ✊
https://www.fastcompany.com/90977953/why-regenerative-farming-is-taking-hold-in-red-america
After much patient waiting and watching, our first rack of red Cuban bananas is ripe! They start out purple, turn green, then back to purple again. Then they show a whole rainbow of red, yellow, and green, and finally go dark reddish orange.
Peels are thin, fruit is golden when backlit. They are huge (at least twice as heavy as your basic mainland grocery-store kind) and very, very flavorful.
Child labor is in the news again. In small town Florida there was no debate. They just sent us kids out into the tobacco fields. All sand and snakes. Paid a few bucks in cash we'd spend on toys. Something that will always be true... the less a job pays? The harder you'll work. #writing #FlashMemoir #poetry #florida #farming
#OSHA Investigates Small Dairy #Farms So Rarely That Many #Worker Advocates Don’t Bother to Report Deaths and Injuries
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Worker advocates say the federal agency’s patchwork of enforcement across the country is fundamentally unfair.
Many don’t contact OSHA over #safety incidents because they’ve heard so frequently that small #farms can’t be investigated.
#Farming #Immigrants #MigrantWorkers #Workers #WorkplaceSafety #News #Dairy
We survived the weekend. Beds prepped and dibbled, 2200 garlic cloves separated, sanitized, marinated in fertilizer and probiotics, and planted.
There's still one bed that needs mulch, but it can wait until later in the week.
who else is attending the Veganic Summit? http://veganicsummit.com
it’s been fascinating (horrifying) learning about the history of modern agriculture as a result of the Green Revolution: a movement fuelled by war and violent colonialism under the guise of humanitarianism. conventional pesticide and fertilizer essentially have their roots in nazi germany and before WWI, all food grown was organic.
the Green Revolution is ongoing and promotes the overexploitation and domination of the natural work and its resources, human workers and their communities, and non-human animals. it believes that soil, plants, and animals are merely non-living machines that require massive external inputs (e.g. fertilizer, pesticide, herbicide, and manure). it has dreadful effects on the environment and creates food insecurity in the Global South to line the pockets of billionaires in the global north (like bill gates whose seemingly innocent mission to end world hunger is a corporate and colonial mission first and foremost). seeds are proprietary, farmers have no control of what they’re growing or what they’ve grown, and farms are large-scale to compete on the global market (vs. nurturing local communities who need food). it’s shocking: the largest portion of those who are food insecure are the farmers growing the food. the system is beyond broken.
there is a solution to this horror: agroecology and food sovereignty. they promote small-scale community farms that work with the natural world, not against it. they directly oppose over-extraction and exploitation, instead prioritizing growing with few or no external inputs and growing only what is needed to nurture their communities. they promote seed sharing and strive to cut out the middleman when selling food, instead opting for farmer’s markets and CSAs. while agroecology isn’t inherently vegan, veganic farming fits beautifully within its framework and there is a growing veganic agroecology movement which has the potential to not only help local communities across the globe thrive, but save the world.
animal and conventional agriculture is killing us all through mass environmental destruction, pollution, natural resource depletion, nutrient-scarce, contaminated and disease-causing food, a profit over live itself ideology, and zoonotic disease affecting not only us but greater animal biodiversity (see avian flu). in general, food today has far less nutrients than food grown a hundred years ago.
a better world is possible, with less hunger at far less expense to living beings and the planet we call home. it starts on our plates but requires our advocacy at the grassroots and government level.
resources:
https://veganicsummit.com
https://goveganic.net
https://lanternpm.org/book/the-veganic-growers-handbook
https://rethinkyourfood.org
#vegan #veganic #organic #agroecology #gardening #foodsovereignty #farming #homestead
It's just occurred to me that in medicine, we have clinical trials that consider the effect of a drug on the whole system - a whole human body. If you get a brain tumour from a kidney treatment, they'll notice.
But for food/farming, that's not the case. We never do trials on the whole system - the natural environment. It's only ever local - effects on yield in one field. And maybe that's why modern food systems cause problems, for the climate, human health etc.
Are violet and white your colors? I thought so! check out this backpack with belties here: https://www.redbubble.com/i/backpack/Violet-Belted-Galloway-Cow-Drawing-by-MikeJory/154283631.K1KHE?asc=u #beltedGalloway #belties #cows #farming #animalart #buyintoArt #aYearforArt #mastoart
He might be the black sheep of the family but he knows enough to stop and smell the flowers. This is my latest attempt to create artwork with a quilted effect...not a real quilt!
Prints & products at https://peggy-collins.pixels.com/featured/black-sheep-of-the-family-peggy-collins.html
#animal #animals #sheep #black #flowers #landscape #farm #farming #mountains #whimsical #art #arte #artist #gifts #wallart #wallartforsale #interiordecor #homedecor #fedigiftshop #mastoart #mastodonart #fediart #buyintoart #ayearforart #Defaidodon #SheepOfMastodon
Cracking a few macadamia nuts. Our tree is either the sole survivor or one of the children of Jay and Eula Kuhns' 1939 farm, which was one of the first places mac nuts were planted on Kaua'i. (The PDF linked below says the orchard was a total loss after Hurricane Dot, but satellite photos from the 60s suggest otherwise.)
@Sheril Some #hashtags to carry your message further. #farming #soil #erosion #minerals #NutrientDensity #SoilBiodiversity #NutrientCycling #carbon #CarbonSink #CO2 #CoverCrop #mulch #food #garden
#Gaza grape farmers suffer amid Israeli blockade, pandemic
"Besides the #climateCrisis, beekeepers in #Gaza also face other challenges. #Honey production is fast declining as a result of Israeli attacks on the enclave, which are killing off native vegetation."
"Making Traditional Olive Oil Soap in Nablus, Palestine | UNESCO Ramallah"
Why do fewer younger people want to go into #agriculture?
To start, there are real barriers to entry for young people (it takes generational wealth or a lot of money to have land for a farm).
https://theconversation.com/americas-farmers-are-getting-older-and-young-people-arent-rushing-to-join-them-211330
#farming #food
More coffee-production nerdery for everyone! Here's the full process of roasting 60g of green beans in a popcorn popper. (Sorry for crummy sound; next time I will attach headphones and try to speak more clearly.) #coffee #roasting #farming #kauai https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAxMLoHoXPY
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https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03193-1 <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-41668-x <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #hydrology #water #waterresources #watersecurity #engineering #waterengineering #India #geoengineering #hydrology #climate #climatechange #precipitation #rainfall #humanimpacts #drought #irrigation #farming #agriculture #monsoon
Llama poop helps restore ecosystems teetering on disintegration as glaciers retreat.
'“[Looking through feces] doesn’t sound like fun, but when you see vegetation sprouting out of that, and you recognize that the whole ecosystem goes back to this latrine,” [Geography professor Tim] Beach said. “Because the llamas go to graze there too … you see that these are little islands of fertility, that then lead to the stabilization of this ecosystem.”
...The work was done in collaboration with Llama 2000 Asociación, an organization of local Peruvian farmers whose land and communities had been negatively impacted by the receding glaciers."
#Climate #ClimateChange #resilience #Peru #llamas #farming #ecosystems #GlacierRetreat