Pecan Farming Articles
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Healthy eating tips for your holiday feast
The holidays are a time for friends and family to come together to share gratitude and enjoy some of their favorite foods. From mashed potatoes and gravy to latkes, brisket, candied yams, or pumpkin pie—there's no shortage of meals to appreciate. But if you're striving to eat healthier, you may find it challenging to maintain healthy eating habits through the holidays. So how can ...
By Evidation
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Biomass Cooking Fuel - Case Study
The two case studies below demonstrate the production of cooking charcoal using Pyrocal CCT in two very different economic and country settings. Carbon Roots International The mission of Carbon Roots International (CRI) is to enable the adoption of sustainable green charcoal in Haiti and the broader developing world. CRI’s endeavours are supported by various aide ...
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Can bats reduce nut farmers’ pesticide use?
Ecologist Katherine Ingram is on a quest to quantify the economic value of insect-eating bats in walnut groves. For the past three years, Katherine Ingram has had a most unusual summer job: catching bats and studying their droppings to see what they eat. A doctoral student in ecology at the University of California, Davis, Ingram is exploring the role bats can play as winged soldiers in the ...
By Ensia
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Nitrogen mineralization in a pecan ( Carya illinoensis K. Koch)–cotton ( Gossypium hirsutum L.) alley cropping system in the southern United States
Information on temporal and spatial patterns of N mineralization is critical in designing tree-crop mixed systems that could maximize N uptake while minimizing N loss. We quantified N mineralization rates in a pecan (Carya illinoensis K. Koch)–cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) alley cropping system in northwestern Florida with (non-barrier) and without tree-crop belowground interactions (barrier ...
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