vegetable farmer News
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From the Executive Director: New Fund Will Aid Farmers, Community as Crises Converge
For the last two months, SFA has been convening a team of 40+ farmers, food advocates, funders, nonprofits, and agency folks, loosely called the Local Producer Resiliency Working Group. Its goal is to identify programs, policies and strategies (local, state, national) to help farmers be successful and resilient in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some view this as the seeds of a more robust ...
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East Central Workshop: Sustainable Vegetable Seed Production for Farmers
SFA East Central Chapter is hosting a workshop featuring Zachary Paige, “Sustainable Vegetable Seed Production for Farmers, from 10 a.m. to noon Sat., March 23, at the community room in Coborn’s, 209 6th Ave NE, Isanti. Paige (right), who leads SFA’s Soil Health for Fruit and Vegetable Producers program, will go over the three legs of sustainability (Ecological, Economic and ...
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New Report Shows Labor Challenges Lead to Loss in GDP, Farm Income as U.S. Farmers Lose Market Share of Imports
The Partnership for a New American Economy and theAgriculture Coalition for Immigration Reform today released a new report showing how American families are eating more imported fresh produce today than ever before, in substantial part because U.S. fresh produce growers lack enough labor to expand their production and compete with foreign importers. “American consumers want fresh U.S ...
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Local food collectives: what role should public authorities take?
Local food systems, such as vegetable box schemes or farmers’ markets, can encourage sustainable consumption. However, authorities must take care before becoming too involved in such citizen-led initiatives, because these collectives may be wary of government intervention, a new study suggests. For a number of reasons, including concern over the way food is produced in modern agriculture, ...
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Compass group broadens its `eat local` program to support family farms
Compass Group North America announces the expansion of its "Eat Local" programs across the United States. As part of their commitment to sustainable agriculture and wellness, Compass Group will be broadening its efforts this summer to source fresh fruits and vegetables from mid-size farmers and educate consumers about the merits of eating local. For Compass Group, "local" is defined as food grown ...
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High Tunnels Extend Alaska`s Growing Season
Stephanie and Jim Gaiser take their cues for living from the Bible and say that when God created man, he put him in a garden. "That was his first line of work," Stephanie Gaiser said. "We believe man is really in his element when he's in the garden. And since it's Alaska, you need a little help." The Gaiser's Eden is a 72-foot seasonal high tunnel, a tall hoop house used to cover crops and ...
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EU and FAO help six countries achieve Millennium Development Goal on hunger
Less than two years before the deadline set to achieve international development goals, the European Union (EU) and FAO step up their efforts to reduce world hunger assisting two million people in six countries with agricultural development activities worth nearly €60 million. The funding comes from a €1 billion EU initiative that aims to foster speedier progress towards the Millennium ...
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Flood-affected Serbian farmers receive EU and FAO aid
European Union assistance to flood-affected Serbian farm households got under way with a first delivery of animal feed here today. Financed by the EU and delivered in partnership with the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the assistance forms part of the EU's overall flood recovery package to Serbia valued at €30m. Farmers in Trstenik are among the first to receive the EU ...
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ABB irrigation control solution saves water and energy in Spain
The ABB solution controls the irrigation system for 10,700 plots of land in a 210 square-kilometer belt of prime agricultural land in the Zujar Canal region of western Spain, where local farmers grow sweet corn, tomatoes, olives, rice and a variety of other fruits and vegetables. Prior to ABB’s involvement, many farmers had to drive up to 40 kilometers to irrigate their land. They had to open ...
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Six months after disaster, Philippine farmers bring in the harvest
Tens of thousands of farmers are bringing in their first rice harvest just six months after one of the worst typhoons to ever hit the Philippines left their fields in tatters and their livelihoods at risk, FAO announced today. After Typhoon Haiyan hit the central Philippines on 8 November, 2013, the situation was dire. More than 6,000 people lost their lives, while some 600,000 hectares of ...
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Smart farming recoups IoT investment
In the United States, California avocado farmer Kurt Bantle experimented with Internet of Things (IoT) connected technology to see if costly water consumption could be reduced in growing his 900 avocado trees. He spent US$8,200 for LoRa stations with soil moisture sensors, valve controllers, LoRa gateway and cellular backhaul. Cellular backhaul refers to a gateway that connects the farm to the ...
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