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            It's not just about the sheep and the ships.            ]]></title>
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            http://www.onfarm.co/blog/byron-okeefe/its-not-just-about-the-sheep-and-the-ships-1a093            </link>
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            When we discuss the exporting of live sheep by large ships from Australia to countries in the Middle East, the majority of people immediately think of questions such as; do they have access to water and feed, are they crammed into these spaces with out room to move and on top of each other and what ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2024-05-30 21:10:26</pubDate>
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            Time to stand up            ]]></title>
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            Throughout the history of mankind, the non-psychopathic people with the capability of violence have kept the psychopaths in line.  For all their bluster and bluff the psychopaths are weak of mind. Unlike sadists, psychopaths do not harm the harmless simply because they get pleasure from it (though ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2024-05-24 03:40:42</pubDate>
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            Banning Live Export is wrong.            ]]></title>
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            This weeks Federal Government announcement to cease sheep live exports by 2028 is not just the thin edge of the wedge, it is a blunt force trauma to the entire livestock industry.   It should not have been a huge surprise for our disunited and disorganized agricultural industries.  Governments ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2024-05-15 23:01:13</pubDate>
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            Choose a side            ]]></title>
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            As food producers we rely on the use of a large portion of the planet to make our living feeding civilization.  Farmers have much to lose economically from mindless bureaucratic restrictions as Governments grapple to fix a problem which quite simply does not exist.  The demographic with most to ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2024-04-11 21:49:40</pubDate>
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            None of us are as good as all of us.            ]]></title>
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            It is time to call out some of the madness that is infecting western civilization.  The despots who are peddling this psychotic agenda have set their sights on the west under the guise of saving the planet. The foundation stone of western civilization is democracy, with democracy comes government ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2024-03-25 04:47:10</pubDate>
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            An ill wind (turbine) blows no good.            ]]></title>
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            http://www.onfarm.co/blog/george-king/an-ill-wind-turbine-blows-no-good-9f15c            </link>
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            I wonder how much more farmers must be on the receiving end of vegan activists, ideological and unworkable government regulations, industrial wind turbines and industrial solar instillations in rural communities, not having a voice politically and being disconnected from our consumers who would ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2024-02-20 00:34:42</pubDate>
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            Carbon Dioxide is what's greening the planet            ]]></title>
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            http://www.onfarm.co/blog/george-king/carbon-dioxide-is-whats-greening-the-planet-2e001            </link>
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            The Climate Change charlatans have been telling us global warming is going to make the planet less habitable, the climate more erratic and displace millions of 'climate change refugees.'  The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have documented the planet's green area has increased ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2024-02-13 22:54:29</pubDate>
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            Woolworths and Coles Dominate Red Meat Market Control, Centralize Operations, and Face Criticism for Alleged Price Gouging            ]]></title>
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            http://www.onfarm.co/blog/onfarm-support/woolworths-and-coles-dominate-red-meat-market-control-centralize-operations-and-face-criticism-for-alleged-price-gouging-a8dd2            </link>
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            Woolworths and Coles Dominate Red Meat Market Control, Centralize Operations, and Face Criticism for Alleged Price Gouging
Editor: Andrew Dunlop, Australian Beef Association (ABA).
Key Points:

Woolworths and Coles have established dominance in the red meat market as smaller retailers and local ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2024-01-18 11:18:11</pubDate>
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            Restoring Soil Fertility on Degraded Lands to Meet Food, Fuel, and Climate Security Needs via Perennialization            ]]></title>
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            http://www.onfarm.co/blog/regenerative-agriculture-collective/restoring-soil-fertility-on-degraded-lands-to-meet-food-fuel-and-climate-security-needs-via-perennialization-8eeb8            </link>
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Restoring Soil Fertility on Degraded Lands to Meet Food, Fuel, and Climate Security Needs via Perennialization
Samantha Mosier1,2,3* S. Carolina Córdova1,2,3 G. Philip Robertson1,2,3

1Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
2W. K. ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2023-07-25 06:35:24</pubDate>
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            The Real Deal in Livestock Export Education            ]]></title>
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            ONFARM, 5th April 2023.
If anyone was 'remotely' interested in educating themselves about the process and the role that Australia plays in supplying livestock to countries around the world for the sustenance of millions of people every day, it's the team behind The Livestock Collective who have ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2023-04-05 04:00:46</pubDate>
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            Carbon Trading – Is it a scheme that could turn your farm into the next fiat currency?            ]]></title>
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            http://www.onfarm.co/blog/onfarm-support/carbon-trading-is-it-a-scheme-that-could-turn-your-farm-into-the-next-fiat-currency-8643f            </link>
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            ONFARM, 22/3/2023
In 1933 the United States went away from a gold standard for its currency, since then the monetary system has not been back by gold.  With a fiat currency backed by sentiment alone, the credit culture was set loose.  In 1944, forty-four countries met and agreed on the Brenton ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2023-03-22 02:27:15</pubDate>
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            A REVOLUTIONARY WAY TO RICHER HARVESTS – 100% INCREASE IN YIELD – 90% DECREASE IN SEED.            ]]></title>
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            http://www.onfarm.co/blog/onfarm-support/a-revolutionary-way-to-richer-harvests-100-increase-in-yield-90-decrease-in-seed-7e82c            </link>
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            ONFARM 1/3/2023
Problem: Rice is eaten regularly by over half the world's population, accounting for 20% of the total caloric intake.  It uses 11% of global cropland, and accounts for the same amount of global greenhouse gas emissions as the entire aviation industry. Ref: International Rice ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2023-03-01 03:45:16</pubDate>
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            The Carbonism Cult            ]]></title>
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            ONFARM, 15/12/2023
When you take a high-level look at the environmental/consumer/farmer matrix it looks as if there is a small minority of so-called environmentalists who are exceptionally well resourced and organised on one side, and on the other side we have the busy siloed farmer producing food ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2023-02-14 23:53:33</pubDate>
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            WILL A PLANT BASED DIET DESTROY THE WORLD?            ]]></title>
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            Since the 1950s, agricultural projects have grown exponentially. Chemical fertilizers, pesticides and irrigation are now commonplace in industrial farming; enormous tracts of land from a few hundred to hundreds of thousands acres can be seen blanketed with one type crop after another. It is clear ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2023-02-03 06:56:57</pubDate>
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            A Triune Climate Solution found in our Cattle, Grass & Soil            ]]></title>
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            http://www.onfarm.co/blog/the-soil-carbon-think-tank/a-triune-climate-solution-found-in-our-cattle-grass-soil-b4a0e            </link>
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            CATTLE
While the rest of the world is busy in blaming cattle for its role in contributing to the rise in greenhouse gas emissions, it appears the cattle industry has largely been silent on the following facts;

The world cattle population recorded by the USDA first reached 1 billion in 1975.  ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2022-11-21 05:02:44</pubDate>
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            Toolbox for Farm Transfer Planning            ]]></title>
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            Welcome to a toolbox for farmers and farm families who are planning for — or thinking about — farm succession and transfer. If you are in the beginning stages of thinking about retirement, looking for a successor, have an identified successor or are a part of a farm family in transition, this ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2022-08-17 02:46:07</pubDate>
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            Your Complete Guide to Farm Succession Planning            ]]></title>
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            August 31, 2020

Succession planning for farmers and ranchers is important, but it's also complicated. Land, equipment, equity, your own retirement — how do you even begin to think about handing your business over to the next generation? First, you need a trusted team of professionals, ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2022-08-17 02:39:17</pubDate>
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            Farm succession planning            ]]></title>
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            May 17, 2021
It's important to have a well thought out and detailed succession plan in place to help prepare your farming business for future needs. 
Start planning early so that your family knows what to expect when you retire, if you need to scale down your involvement or are forced off the ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2022-08-17 02:34:35</pubDate>
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            Succession and the family farm - A plan for permanence             ]]></title>
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Agribusiness Bulletin
No one goes through the work, risk and sacrifice of running a family business without hoping that it will last. Building value that endures for many farms is as much about continuing the family traditions and as it is about heritage. And yet, when the time comes to pass ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2022-08-17 02:32:20</pubDate>
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            Family Succession Planning Helping our farmers stay strong for generations - Rabobank            ]]></title>
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            http://www.onfarm.co/blog/onfarm-support/family-succession-planning-helping-our-farmers-stay-strong-for-generations-rabobank-5d4e1            </link>
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We've achieved a lot in the last four years. To be able to be collectively working together and to be working with my sons as peers in business is an amazing place to be."  Murray Douglas


How we're helping our clients












Podcast: Fairness, Equality, and ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2022-08-17 02:27:13</pubDate>
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            SUCCESSION PLANNING - Rural Resources Online            ]]></title>
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RURAL SUCCESSION PLANNING: TAKE ACTION BUT MIND THE 'F' WORD

by Brigid Price | Brigid's Insights, Farmers' Voice, Succession Planning |     


Wayne Dwyer said "if you change the way you at things, the things you look at change"....
READ MORE





FARMING FAMILIES: ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2022-08-17 02:22:54</pubDate>
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            FARMING FAMILIES: THREE THINGS TO THRASH OUT WITH YOUR IN-LAWS            ]]></title>
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            by Brigid Price | May 24, 2017 | Farmers' Voice, Succession Planning 
Marrying anyone is life changing. Marry a farmer, you enter a whole new world where your in-laws are often your boss, and you're sleeping with your business partner…many awkward conversations often result.
There is a ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2022-08-17 02:17:43</pubDate>
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            Create your own succession plan            ]]></title>
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            http://www.onfarm.co/blog/farming-together/create-your-own-succession-plan-8eeb8            </link>
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Create your own succession plan
In collaboration with the brilliant Clare Fountain from Sorted, Farming Together is pleased to present, The 3-Step Succession Planning Tool. This tool provides a step-by-step approach to mapping your future wants and needs and assist you in planning for you ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2022-08-17 02:05:30</pubDate>
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            Protecting your legacy: new models for farm succession            ]]></title>
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            http://www.onfarm.co/blog/onfarm-support/protecting-your-legacy-new-models-for-farm-succession-8eeb8            </link>
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17 Sep 2021
New ways of looking at family farm succession are paying dividends. Here's how to put them into practice – and why the time to start is now.

By Agribusiness View


Attitudes towards rural succession are changing as families look to preserve harmony and protect their ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2022-08-17 01:59:30</pubDate>
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            PGA Urges Federal Govt to Provide Exemption            ]]></title>
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            http://www.onfarm.co/blog/pastoralists-and-graziers-association-of-western-australia-pga/pga-urges-federal-govt-to-provide-exemption-45292            </link>
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            28/05/2020
Western Australian livestock producers are calling on the Federal Government to support a minor exemption to the June to September moratorium on live exports, to allow for the loading of 56,000 sheep stranded at a Baldivis feedlot following six crew members on the Al Kuwait testing ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2022-08-03 02:39:51</pubDate>
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            LUMPY SKIN DISEASE UPDATE            ]]></title>
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            http://www.onfarm.co/blog/northern-territory-cattlemens-association/lumpy-skin-disease-update-8eeb8            </link>
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            12 MAY 2022
Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) is a clear and present risk to the northern pastoral sector, and to the domestic beef industry nationally. Members of the NTCA can be assured that this is my and the Executive Committee of the NTCA's highest priority and that we are all strongly engaged with ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2022-08-03 01:48:12</pubDate>
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            AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENT WELCOMED IN THE NT: NTCA            ]]></title>
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            31 MAY 2022
A recent wave of investment in sustainable agriculture across the Northern Territory is welcomed by the Northern Territory Cattlemen's Association (NTCA).
"During the COVID era, a number of pastoral stations came and went from the property market," NTCA CEO Will Evans said. "When the ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2022-08-03 01:46:40</pubDate>
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            Allington Family Farm CSA            ]]></title>
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            3/6/2020


 





Welcoming Travis, Zoe and their family at Allington Family Farm CSA to our CSA Australia & New Zealand community.​Located in the Harvey Hills, Allington Family Farm produces ethical and sustainable lamb their farm consists of several leased properties spread over ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2022-08-02 04:50:52</pubDate>
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            CSA Network Australia and New Zealand News Blog : July 2018            ]]></title>
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            http://www.onfarm.co/blog/community-supported-agriculture--australian--new-zealand/csa-network-australia-and-new-zealand-news-blog-july-2018-8eeb8            </link>
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            Greetings,
and welcome to the first CSA Network Australia and New Zealand News Blog : July 2018
Food is the great connector. Communities that have the resources to feed themselves are more resilient, healthier, and foster better relationships to each other and to the land. Food is one of our ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2022-08-02 04:46:24</pubDate>
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            Day/Night temperature spread fails to confirm IPCC prediction            ]]></title>
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            http://www.onfarm.co/blog/bomwatch/daynight-temperature-spread-fails-to-confirm-ipcc-prediction-8eeb8            </link>
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            21/01/2022
By David Mason-Jones, 
Research by Dr. Lindsay Moore
The work of citizen scientist, Dr. Lindsay Moore, has failed to confirm an important IPCC prediction about what will happen to the spread between maximum and minimum temperatures due to the Enhanced Greenhouse Effect. The IPCC's ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2022-08-02 04:12:02</pubDate>
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            Trends in sea level at Cooktown, Great Barrier Reef            ]]></title>
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            http://www.onfarm.co/blog/bomwatch/trends-in-sea-level-at-cooktown-great-barrier-reef-8eeb8            </link>
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            26/10/2021
Mean sea level change at Cooktown, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland
Dr Bill Johnston
(scientist@bomwatch.com.au)
Main points

There is no evidence that melting glaciers, increasing levels of atmospheric CO2­­ or expansion of the oceans due to rising temperatures has caused sea ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2022-08-02 04:09:05</pubDate>
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            Trends in sea surface temperature at Townsville, Great Barrier Reef            ]]></title>
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            http://www.onfarm.co/blog/bomwatch/trends-in-sea-surface-temperature-at-townsville-great-barrier-reef-14932            </link>
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            17/10/2021
Sea level at Townsville, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland
Dr. Bill Johnston[1]
http://www.bomwatch.com.au/
(scientist@bomwatch.com.au)
Main points
#1. Heat exchanges with the landscape bias trends in sea surface temperature (SST) measured close to shore such as at Cape Ferguson near ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2022-08-02 04:01:43</pubDate>
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            Case Study - Diverse cover crop brings pollinators, prevents erosion, in latest subtropical horticultural research            ]]></title>
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            http://www.onfarm.co/blog/farming-together/case-study-diverse-cover-crop-brings-pollinators-prevents-erosion-in-latest-subtropical-horticultural-research-8eeb8            </link>
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            The Regenerative Agriculture Alliance and the Centre for Organics Research at Southern Cross University is currently undertaking a three-year research study investigating multispecies cover crops in subtropical horticultural plantations. The research is focused on soil health and insect ecology. ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2022-07-28 04:11:16</pubDate>
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            Case Study - Solum Farm            ]]></title>
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Mike and Cheryl Smith are the founders of Solum Farm. With over 25 years in farming, they currently live and work on their farm on Yaegl Country in the Clarence Valley. Of their 25-acre property, they have dedicated 15 acres to forest regeneration ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2022-07-28 04:07:41</pubDate>
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            Networking tool helps young farmers connect for drought resilient            ]]></title>
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            http://www.onfarm.co/blog/farming-together/networking-tool-helps-young-farmers-connect-for-drought-resilient-8eeb8            </link>
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4 April 2022





Pictured is Southern Cross University's Amanda Scott (right) delivering a recent workshop at Wudinna to support young Eyre Peninsula farmers. The project is funded by the Networks to Build Drought Resilience Program, part of the Australian Government's Future Drought ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2022-07-28 04:02:45</pubDate>
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            Regenerative Agriculture Mentorship Pilot Program launched in Byron and Bellingen            ]]></title>
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            http://www.onfarm.co/blog/farming-together/regenerative-agriculture-mentorship-pilot-program-launched-in-byron-and-bellingen-42c24            </link>
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3 April 2022





The team at Farming Together and the Regenerative Agriculture Alliance at Southern Cross University is excited to share that the Regenerative Agriculture Mentoring Program (RAMP) Pilot launched at the start of February. The RAMP Pilot is a 3-month program working ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2022-07-28 04:00:14</pubDate>
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            About Rangelands Living Skin            ]]></title>
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            http://www.onfarm.co/blog/rangelands-living-skin/about-rangelands-living-skin-29e83            </link>
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Bringing together producers, researchers and organisations supporting the red meat industry, the Rangelands Living Skin project focuses on regenerating the NSW rangelands to support production now and into the future.
The project aims to identify practical, cost-effective practices that deliver ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2022-07-25 09:15:07</pubDate>
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            Scholarship Opportunities            ]]></title>
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            PhD Scholarships


The Soil CRC will be offering over 40 PhD scholarship opportunities.
PhD scholars through the Soil CRC will have opportunities to develop their industry knowledge and relevance, through additional training and networking opportunities associated with the Soil CRC, and will be ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2022-07-25 08:38:15</pubDate>
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            Soil CRC Programs            ]]></title>
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            http://www.onfarm.co/blog/soil-crc/soil-crc-programs-8eeb8            </link>
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            Four programs deliver the outcomes of the Soil CRC
Program 1 – Investing in high performance soils


Professor Catherine Allan – Charles Sturt University


Program 2 – Soil performance metrics


Associate Professor Richard Doyle – University of Tasmania


Program 3 – New ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2022-07-25 08:28:52</pubDate>
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            About Soil CRC            ]]></title>
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            http://www.onfarm.co/blog/soil-crc/about-soil-crc-8eeb8            </link>
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It all starts with the soil. Watch the Soil CRC video to find out more.



The Soil CRC (CRC for High Performance Soils) was established in 2017 to give farmers the knowledge and tools they need to make decisions on extremely complex soil management issues.
It bridges ...            ]]></description>
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The National Farmers' Federation is helping shape agriculture's role in a low-emissions future.
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            Sam and Emma live on a picturesq black soil property near Warialda, Northern NSW. Sam and his brother look after the farming operation, they run a large herd of Aussie White Sheep as well as a broad acre cropping enterprise. Sam plants annual crops of lucerne and high protein crops for their sheep ...            ]]></description>
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            Snowy is a local legend in the Northern Rivers area. He is 90 years old, farmed his whole life and loves nothing more than poking about with his black Angus cattle.
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The Exclusive Eaters Club is Australia's best meat delivery subscription service, delivering grass fed and organic meat straight from our Aussie farmers to your door. You can easily edit your order with fresh meat cuts, choose your delivery day and ...            ]]></description>
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The National Farmers' Federation welcomes todays decision by Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Andrew Metcalfe AO, in his capacity as The Director of Biosecurity to establish Biosecurity Response Zones at international airports.
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            Into the new financial year and beyond, the MSA research and development (R&D) team continues to collaborate with research partners to conduct eating quality research, with the ultimate goal of ensuring all cattle and sheepmeat pathways are eligible for MSA grading.
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Following over a decade of research, the first sheepmeat cut-by-cook model was successfully developed in 2021. Once commercialised, this model will allow processors and brand owners to differentiate by eating quality and capture value across the carcase which can be distributed along ...            ]]></description>
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Foot & Mouth Disease (FMD) is a highly contagious animal viral disease that affects cloven-hoofed animals such as cattle, sheep, goats and pigs. It has significant animal health and welfare implications and much of Australia's market access relies on ...            ]]></description>
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            Know the signs for Foot-and-mouth Disease and Lumpy Skin Disease.  
Report anything unusual to the Emergency Animal Disease Watch Hotline on 1800 675 888 (free call within Australia).
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            Publication date: 10 February 2022
Quality Australian olive products are among the best in the world, and this program makes it official. This investment encourages producers to sign up to OliveCareTM, which fosters a culture of compliance, fair trading, food safety, quality, and ...            ]]></description>
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            Publication date: 10 February 2022
This investment is helping cherry growers implement an effective on-farm biosecurity plan, complete with a regularly updated biosecurity manual. These are vital to ensure export success and market expansion.
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Identify the cherry industry's highest ...            ]]></description>
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Thanks to all the honey enthusiasts who jumped over to Instagram to take part in our Home Sweet Home honey giveaway competition.
Congratulations to @overnightculture (Nural) who was randomly selected as the lucky winner of the competition
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Amendments have been made to the 'do not move' order that is in place for all beekeepers in NSW under the general emergency zone (blue zone).
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If you are thinking about setting up a bee hive, it is an exciting time, but important you have all the information you need. We've pulled together some top tips in the videos below to help you get started.
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A film by John Feldman











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Regenerating Life is a feature-length documentary that takes an ecological approach to unraveling the social and environmental crises that confront us. It challenges the prevailing climate change ...            ]]></description>
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We have created heat domes over our cities (concrete, bitumen and heat-absorbing, re-radiating surfaces). By providing more 'solar panels' (plants) in our cityscape, we can convert some of this heat into productive biomass and productive food ...            ]]></description>
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Grass fed-herbivores are unfairly and inaccurately blamed for increased levels of methane in the atmosphere. There are other processes in Nature that account for increased methane. Cows used to be called Daisies. Why are they being called and ...            ]]></description>
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The practical drawdown of 20 billion tonnes of carbon back into soils annually, to rehydrate bio-systems and safely cool climates


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            "Our mission is rooted in the ambitious and idealistic hope that we can learn through engagement, observation, and our dedicated lifetimes to become active participants in the stewardship and regeneration of native ecosystems, watersheds, and human life ways."

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            In the foothills of Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles, one might expect to see couples walking down Griffin Avenue and enjoying lunch from the local taco stand, or teens skating down Broadway, so Ali Greer and Eric Tomassini tending to a hillside filled with edible greenery can be an unexpected ...            ]]></description>
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            Oatman Flats Ranch, an anchor of the Hansen family for four generations, has a rich cultural and natural history. Ray Judd Hansen raised quarter horses and grew cotton for 50 years. But, like so many other family farms today, the Hansens were on the verge of losing their family ranch. Ray Judd's ...            ]]></description>
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By Emily Marquis
Even the most pragmatic of regenerative grazing plans are no match for California's severe water drought. Neil Anderson knows this struggle for balance too well – alongside his partner and father, he manages ...            ]]></description>
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Duvarita Vineyard, owned by Brook Williams, is located in Lompoc, CA, about ten miles from the Pacific Ocean. The coastal, foggy climate is perfect for pinot noir, chardonnay, syrah, and grenache ...            ]]></description>
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            by NANCY MATSUMOTO


Picture - Cows graze on a grass field at a farm in Schaghticoke, N.Y. The grass-fed movement is based on the idea of regenerative agriculture. John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Images


For the environmentally minded carnivore, meat poses a culinary conundrum. Producing ...            ]]></description>
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'Milgadara'
A REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE CASE STUDY


 







 










A thriving mixed-farming enterprise on the outskirts of Young, NSW, Milgadara is currently home to three generations of the Daly family as well as prime lamb, cattle and a host of soil ...            ]]></description>
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            'WILMOT' - A REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE CASE STUDY            ]]></title>
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Alasdair Macleod's Macdoch Ag Group purchased Wilmot, in the New England region of NSW, with the dream of finding a better way to graze. With an early career in the financial sector and a family background in farming, he saw ...            ]]></description>
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AN 8 FAMILIES GROUP FOCUS PRODUCER CASE STUDY









After leaving the family farm to pursue a career in engineering, Nick returned to the land only to witness the devastating effects of the Millennium drought and the 'treadmill of busyness' that consumed everyday ...            ]]></description>
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AN 8 FAMILIES GROUP FOCUS PRODUCER CASE STUDY









After attempting high input/output cattle grazing during the Millennium drought, Sam and Prue Pincott were 'carrying a hefty bill' and negatively impacting their landscape and animal welfare. In an effort to turn things ...            ]]></description>
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            Regenerative farming and a focus on soil health are propelling Tassie farmer Sam Trethewey's beef towards a carbon positive label            ]]></title>
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            Regenerative farming and a focus on soil health are propelling Tassie farmer Sam Trethewey's beef towards a carbon positive label

A raft of regenerative tools have helped Tassie farmer Sam Trethewey on his journey towards carbon positive beef.
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            The Prison Garden Empowering Women to Pursue Growth            ]]></title>
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							Behind a women’s prison facility in Atlanta, there’s a garden about a quarter of an acre in size. Despite its small area, it produces plenty of blackberries, tomatoes, peppers and more—enough to feed the women growing the food, as well as a nearby community. Situated between two ...            ]]></description>
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            Yes, the Government Really Does Stash Billions of Pounds of Cheese in Missouri Caves            ]]></title>
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							If you had millions of pounds of cheese—along with butter and dry-milk powders—where would you keep it? If you’re the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the answer is obvious: in a series of caves outside underneath Springfield, Missouri. 
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            How More Than a Century of Antarctic Agriculture Is Helping Scientists Grow Food in Space            ]]></title>
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							This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.
Figuring out how to feed people in space is a major part of a larger effort to demonstrate the viability of long-term human habitation of extraterrestrial environments. On May ...            ]]></description>
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            These Farmers and Ranchers Turn Trash Into Treasure            ]]></title>
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							A ranch in Montana is an odd place to find a big, old street sweeper brush, but the bison appear to love it. Yes, we’re talking about those brushes that street sweeper trucks use to push trash around while requiring city dwellers to move their cars. Apparently, after the Department of ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2022-05-23 19:46:11</pubDate>
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            How Saving Seeds Is Helping This Modern Farmer Reconnect With Her Roots            ]]></title>
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							When Tiffany Traverse thinks about growing and eating the same food that her ancestors ate, she gets excited. “I want others to feel that way, too! We should all be able to feel that connection to place and food,” says the Indigenous farmer.
Traverse and her husband own and operate ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2022-05-21 19:37:08</pubDate>
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            How High-Pressure Processing Is Helping Remote Farmers Bring Fresher Foods to Market            ]]></title>
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							Humans have invented myriad ways to make the most out of an abundant harvest. Pickling, drying and canning are effective in killing microbes and stretching expiration dates, although each has its limits to capturing the goodness of ripe, just-picked produce.
But, recently, a cool ...            ]]></description>
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            They’ve Come a Long Way, But Gene Banks Still Lack Protections for Certain Crops            ]]></title>
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							Gene banks, conservatory preserves where crop seeds are collected and archived for future uses, have been integral to keeping crop diversity alive for centuries. The crop varieties stored within them are important to crop breeders and farmers because each one has a unique set of traits, ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2022-05-17 19:15:42</pubDate>
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            Can Biodigesters Save America’s Small Dairy Farms?            ]]></title>
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							Small dairy farms in Vermont teeter chronically on the brink of insolvency. Nearly half of Vermont’s dairies have gone out of business in the past 10 years, primarily small farms. Things got even worse during the pandemic, with volatile prices and supply chain shifts. The pattern is ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2022-05-16 19:09:03</pubDate>
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HOPGUARD 3 AS A SUMMER TREATMENT
Beekeeper-Funded Research
Randy Oliver, with collaboration by Aris Roberts
First published in ABJ February 2022
 
In the summer of 2020, I tested using Hopguard 3 to control varroa. Unfortunately, the label was not clear, and I didn’t realize that for summer ...            ]]></description>
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An Online Model for Varroa Management
Randy Oliver and Trish Harness
First published in ABJ February 2022
 
Beekeepers worldwide have been using Randy’s Varroa Model with great success since its release in 2017.  But there has been a demand for an online version that did not require Excel, ...            ]]></description>
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            2022 Extended-Release Oxalic Update: Part 1            ]]></title>
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2022 Extended-Release Oxalic Update
Part 1
Randy OliverScientificBeekeeping.com
First published in ABJ March 2022
 
As more and more beekeepers try to wean themselves off amitraz, there is great interest in oxalic acid.  Unfortunately, a dose of OA by any of the currently-approved ...            ]]></description>
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12 days of homemade Christmas presentsDay 12???? Christmas Pudding
Talk about saving the best for last! This recipe comes to us from deep in the Local is Lovely blog archives and before that, from Anna Derham aka @derhaminteriors’ late Grandma Booth.
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							Seaweed, an already notoriously nutritious food, can become even more nutrient-dense when grown with wastewater from other parts of the food industry, according to new research. 
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							Reaching for meats labeled as “raised without antibiotics” is a move that many consumers make in the grocery aisle. But are those shoppers actually getting antibiotic-free beef?
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							Like most Jewish families, mine has spent years, decades even, crafting our Passover seders. Each time we meet, a new tradition gets folded into the script, and we rejoice in revisiting it for years to come. We’ve included inside jokes, favorite foods, even misheard song lyrics into our ...            ]]></description>
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							Most Americans think of peanuts in terms of peanut butter or as a snack at baseball games. The history of peanuts in America, of course, is more complicated than that, and it is often tied to the enslavement of African Americans. However, the history of peanuts in West Africa is perhaps ...            ]]></description>
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							The birds and the bees both do it. That is, they team up to protect and pollinate coffee bean plants.
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							This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.
As lockdowns went into effect in the spring of 2020 to slow the spread of the coronavirus, reports emerged of a global gardening boom, with plants, flowers, vegetables and ...            ]]></description>
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							Seaweeds are among the fastest‑growing organisms on the planet and are very regenerative if they are harvested properly. The number one rule for harvesting sustainably is: do not rip the seaweed from the rock. Always leave some of the seaweed attached and harvest by pruning. Here are some ...            ]]></description>
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							There’s a particular feeling—a mixture of astonishment and smug satisfaction—that pops up the first time you successfully grow something. Whether it’s plucking a perfectly red tomato from your very own vine or seeing that first hint of a spring crocus breaking through the lifeless ...            ]]></description>
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							It all started with a classic box of holiday chocolates. You know the kind: a molded plastic tray filled with chocolates of different shapes and designs. What’s the first thing you do when the box makes its way around the room to you? You grab the legend to look at all the flavors, so you ...            ]]></description>
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							The idea of a spring tonic is one that spans many cultures throughout time. This phenomenon was partially born out of necessity, since, historically, people needed something nutritious—be it food, drink or medicine—to replenish their strength after surviving off preserves and storage ...            ]]></description>
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							When Mehmet Öztan moved to the US in 2006, he never imagined he’d one day become a seed farmer in West Virginia or that he would become the caretaker of one of the largest collections of Turkish seeds in the country.
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							Twenty-two years ago, when the US Department of Agriculture finalized the standards for its National Organic Program, produce breeders went back to the drawing board. There was little organically grown seed available for farmers to purchase or for breeders like Oregon State University’s ...            ]]></description>
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							Spring has sprung and that’s good news for gardeners who’ve been eager to dig into the soil once again. If you’re one of the few who’s added fruit trees to your crop list, there’s one practice you may want to think about integrating this season: grafting. 
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							Shannon Donnell remembers a time, just five years ago, when she didn’t see a wildfire break out until late November—well after wine grapes in Sonoma County, California had been fully harvested. Now, Donnell says that wildfires start up right at the beginning of harvest season, typically ...            ]]></description>
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							When it comes to growing crops, fertilizer is a vital component. And when it comes to making fertilizer, phosphorus—a mineral crucial to living organisms—is often a key ingredient. 
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							In the Green Mountains of northern Vermont, a plot of nearly 1,300 acres is home to an abundance of flora and fauna, a flock of ducks and two farmers: Melissa Hoffman and Shawn Smith. The ducks at Sho Farm and Sanctuary are not being raised to be slaughtered for food. Rather, they are ...            ]]></description>
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							First, you have to contain your birds. Keep them inside the coop or a run, although they won’t like that. Then, focus on yourself and what you’re wearing. Have a boot wash station, a change of gloves, maybe a set of coveralls just for the hen house. Keep a close eye out for symptoms and ...            ]]></description>
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							Last week, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack officially reopened the first People’s Garden on the National Mall in Washington, DC. Situated centrally, the garden benefits from foot traffic from people heading to the Smithsonian, and it draws a lot of attention. There are signs up ...            ]]></description>
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            The Lasting Legacy of the First Farmland Preservation Program            ]]></title>
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							Drive through New York’s western Long Island on any given afternoon—particularly as rush hour approaches—and you’ll be moved not by the idyllic rolling hills of verdant farmland but, rather, by the throb of traffic on the LIE (local parlance for the ever-crowded highway known as the ...            ]]></description>
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							There are three categories for produce: marketable; edible but not marketable; and inedible. The first category is great, and it’s what every grower strives for. That’s the perfect apple or great-looking squash that comes out of harvest, meeting the highest grading standards. That’s ...            ]]></description>
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Self-herding is a behavior-based livestock management approach that provides livestock managers with strategies and tools to positively influence grazing distribution, and help livestock adapt to new surroundings. Self-Herding is based on natural behavior patterns of animals and is effective ...            ]]></description>
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            https://www.farmingsecrets.com/small-farm-weeds-identifications/



Weed, a general term for any plant growing where it is not wanted, is commonly seen growing on small farms in various locations, including among crops or grazing lands, and these weeds may hinder the growth of the other crops. ...            ]]></description>
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Everything You Need To Know with Dr. Mary Cole












 












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Have you ever sat back and thought about the dirt beneath your feet? 
Ever wondered what goes on deep in the ground, below the surface? 
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            Growing community support towards the need for live exports            ]]></title>
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            AgForce has welcomed new findings which reveal greater community support for live exports.
According to research commissioned by LiveCorp and Meat & Livestock, Australians continue to recognise the importance of live exports to the domestic economy and farming communities, and the general ...            ]]></description>
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            10 ways to manage giant rat's tail grasses            ]]></title>
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            Giant rat's tail grasses (GRT) are invasive grasses that can reduce pasture productivity, out-compete desirable pasture grasses and cause significant degradation of natural areas. They are often referred to as weedy Sporobolus grasses. GRT has low palatability when mature, difficult to control and ...            ]]></description>
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            How did we do? Our key achievements for 2020/21            ]]></title>
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            With you, for you - AgForce delivered in 2020/21:
 

More than 152 Letters to Stakeholders
7 Submissions to Parliament
More than 37 Ministerial Meetings
5 Parliamentary Hearings (reduced by COVID and the state election

We helped keep ag powering forward under COVID
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            Hello, I’m Sophie Hansen, a food writer and farmer. On our farm four hours west of Sydney, we raise deer according to holistic practices. This blog is a collection of recipes and resources for people who love supporting their farmers by sourcing, sharing and celebrating good seasonal and local ...            ]]></description>
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            Solar-Driven System Could Produce Electricity and Water in Desert Regions            ]]></title>
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							Scientists in Saudi Arabia have developed and piloted what could be a useful tool to help curb food insecurity in regions facing water accessibility issues.  
The technology, called WEC2P, is a green energy system that uses solar panels to suck up moisture from the air and convert it into ...            ]]></description>
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            Regional Barley is Fueling a Single Malt Whiskey Renaissance            ]]></title>
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							American whiskey has long been about corn. After all, it’s the star ingredient in bourbon, the country’s beloved spirit. Yet the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), which is responsible for regulating and collecting taxes on alcohol, is set to officially recognize a new ...            ]]></description>
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12 days of homemade Christmas presentsDay 12???? Christmas Pudding
Talk about saving the best for last! This recipe comes to us from deep in the Local is Lovely blog archives and before that, from Anna Derham aka @derhaminteriors’ late Grandma Booth.
Thank you so much Anna for sharing this with ...            ]]></description>
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            12 days of homemade Christmas presents Day 6, Rocky Road with Sweet Dukkah????            ]]></title>
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            Hello, I’m Sophie Hansen, a food writer and farmer. On our farm four hours west of Sydney, we raise deer according to holistic practices. This blog is a collection of recipes and resources for people who love supporting their farmers by sourcing, sharing and celebrating good seasonal and local ...            ]]></description>
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            12 days of homemade Christmas presents Day 10 Stonefruit and Currant Chutney????            ]]></title>
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12 days of homemade Christmas presentsDay 8, Stonefruit and red currant chutney???? 
Prep time 20 minsCook time 30-35 minsMakes about 3 jars (depending on their size!)
This is absolutely delicious served with warm ham and crusty bread, dolloped on a quiche or zucchini slice, served with terrine, ...            ]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[
            Hello, I’m Sophie Hansen, a food writer and farmer. On our farm four hours west of Sydney, we raise deer according to holistic practices. This blog is a collection of recipes and resources for people who love supporting their farmers by sourcing, sharing and celebrating good seasonal and local ...            ]]></description>
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            12 days of homemade Christmas presents, Day 12 Christmas Pudding            ]]></title>
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12 days of homemade Christmas presentsDay 12???? Christmas Pudding
Talk about saving the best for last! This recipe comes to us from deep in the Local is Lovely blog archives and before that, from Anna Derham aka @derhaminteriors’ late Grandma Booth.
Thank you so much Anna for sharing this with ...            ]]></description>
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            Fungi Come First in this Line of Mushroom-Infused Vodkas            ]]></title>
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							Originally, Joe and Wendy Rizzo, co-owners of Mushroom Spirits Distillery, an offshoot of Ithaca, New York mushroom farm Blue Oyster Cultivation, had planned to make vodka—but not mushroom vodka. 
“Then it hit me,” Joe recalls. “We’re a mushroom farm. We should be doing mushroom ...            ]]></description>
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To represent the interests of all Australian cattle producers. Cattle Australia is the democratic Peak Industry Council tasked with:
   Uniting levy payers
Join the Cattle Australia community in ONFARM where all levy payers can connect and stand together strong on ...            ]]></description>
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12 days of homemade Christmas presentsDay 8, Stonefruit and red currant chutney???? 
Prep time 20 minsCook time 30-35 minsMakes about 3 jars (depending on their size!)
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            Hello, I’m Sophie Hansen, a food writer and farmer. On our farm four hours west of Sydney, we raise deer according to holistic practices. This blog is a collection of recipes and resources for people who love supporting their farmers by sourcing, sharing and celebrating good seasonal and local ...            ]]></description>
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12 days of homemade Christmas presentsDay 12???? Christmas Pudding
Talk about saving the best for last! This recipe comes to us from deep in the Local is Lovely blog archives and before that, from Anna Derham aka @derhaminteriors’ late Grandma Booth.
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            Hello, I’m Sophie Hansen, a food writer and farmer. On our farm four hours west of Sydney, we raise deer according to holistic practices. This blog is a collection of recipes and resources for people who love supporting their farmers by sourcing, sharing and celebrating good seasonal and local ...            ]]></description>
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12 days of homemade Christmas presentsDay 8, Stonefruit and red currant chutney???? 
Prep time 20 minsCook time 30-35 minsMakes about 3 jars (depending on their size!)
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            Hello, I’m Sophie Hansen, a food writer and farmer. On our farm four hours west of Sydney, we raise deer according to holistic practices. This blog is a collection of recipes and resources for people who love supporting their farmers by sourcing, sharing and celebrating good seasonal and local ...            ]]></description>
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12 days of homemade Christmas presentsDay 12???? Christmas Pudding
Talk about saving the best for last! This recipe comes to us from deep in the Local is Lovely blog archives and before that, from Anna Derham aka @derhaminteriors’ late Grandma Booth.
Thank you so much Anna for sharing this with ...            ]]></description>
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							The mushroom world is booming. Over the last several years, a growing network of homebound mycological enthusiasts, whether suffering from lockdown boredom, interested in the health benefits of fungi or eager to become more self-sufficient, has continued to spread.
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            Hello, I’m Sophie Hansen, a food writer and farmer. On our farm four hours west of Sydney, we raise deer according to holistic practices. This blog is a collection of recipes and resources for people who love supporting their farmers by sourcing, sharing and celebrating good seasonal and local ...            ]]></description>
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12 days of homemade Christmas presentsDay 8, Stonefruit and red currant chutney???? 
Prep time 20 minsCook time 30-35 minsMakes about 3 jars (depending on their size!)
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							A study conducted by the University of California Davis found that keeping natural habitats surrounding farmland intact can reduce the spread of pathogens and damage from wild birds to crops.
The experiment, published last month in the Journal of Applied Ecology, surveyed 21 ...            ]]></description>
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							For a potato farmer, there are few moments as discouraging as a run-in with the potato cyst nematode, which causes yellowing leaves and stunted spuds to be covered in legions. The pest has been identified in 58 countries, where it has seeped into the soil and caused infection, diminishing ...            ]]></description>
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Observations on Pollen Subs:  Part 4
Nectar, Water, and Humidity 
First published in ABJ January 2022
Randy OliverScientificBeekeeping.com

 
Last month I pointed out that there is something about even a light natural pollen flow that seems to increase a colony’s response to fed pollen ...            ]]></description>
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Foundation - Year 2





In Foundation – Year 2 students are asked to:
Work in small groups to find out more about how pigs are raised and grown to produce food.
The task is to: research, record and collect information about pigs and what pigs need to grow on a farm. Students are to ...            ]]></description>
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							This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.
Planting season for corn and soybeans across the US will begin as soon as March in Southern states and then move north. As farmers plant, they will deploy vast quantities of ...            ]]></description>
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            Mitch Hooke's one word answer to explain effective advocacy



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FORMER mining sector leader Mitch Hooke offered a simple one-word answer in response to a question at an Australian Farm Institute forum yesterday about what was the most effective ...            ]]></description>
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Around The Kitchen Table is an invitation to pause our busy lives – even for half an hour – and cook, create or make something good every day. Written by me, food writer Sophie Hansen and my mum, art teacher Annie Herron, it celebrates the joy and sense of satisfaction that comes with ...            ]]></description>
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							It began with a peep. Below me, warming under the tangerine glow of a metal heat lamp, were five wobbling chicks: Sasha, Comet, McLovin’, Chubbs and John Cena. Their high-pitched peeps sounded like audial confetti; their coats, yellow and fuzzy, like a child’s drawing of the sun. The ...            ]]></description>
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FacebookTwitterLinkedInEmail App




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Managing Director of Achill Station Charles Coventry


Sixth generation wool farmer and Managing Director of Achill Station, Charles Coventry operates a sheep and cattle property on the eastern side of ...            ]]></description>
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            Principles and approaches for choosing soil and pasture treatments



A review of the MLA Producer Demonstration Site projects designed to investigate the effects of alternative soil treatments on soil chemistry and biology and pasture and livestock production. 
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            Data-backed fertiliser plan



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Andrew Whitlock knows that productive soils are a key part of the farm management puzzle.  Through his own on-farm experiences and his work with soil mapping company Precision Agriculture Pty ...            ]]></description>
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							Bright. Buttery. Mossy. Sweet potato-ish. These are all tasting notes that Eliza Nelson has heard when people taste her West Coast maple syrup for the first time. “Most people have never tasted it or even heard of it. Even in the northwest, it’s a really new experience,” Nelson says. ...            ]]></description>
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							Every slice of bread has a link to Ukraine—and not just because the country is a major wheat exporter. What we eat has biological ties to both Russia and Ukraine, because our breadbaskets are woven from the same wheat. I’ve been steeped in this kinship as threats recently turned to war, ...            ]]></description>
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            Antibiotic Commonly Used in Orchards Slows Cognition of Bumblebees            ]]></title>
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							A new study found that streptomycin, a popular antibiotic sprayed on food crops, negatively impacts the behavior of bumblebees.
The study, funded by a USDA grant and conducted by scientists at Emory University and the University of Washington, showed that streptomycin “slows the cognition ...            ]]></description>
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							After recent years of record-high temperatures and raging wildfires, Oregon farmworkers will now be entitled to overtime pay under a bill passed by the state legislature last week. 
The legislation states that farmworkers will eventually be entitled to overtime pay after 40 hours of work. ...            ]]></description>
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            A Comparative Trial of the Pollen Subs 2020: Part 2            ]]></title>
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A COMPARATIVE TRIAL OF THE POLLEN SUBS 2020
Part 2
First published in ABJ August 2021
Vincent Riciglianoa and Randy OliverbaUSDA-ARS, bScientificBeekeeping.com
 
Last month I described how we set up our comparative trial of several pollen subs. Now it’s time to bring in my collaborator, Dr. ...            ]]></description>
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            A Comparative Trial of the Pollen Subs 2020: Part 3            ]]></title>
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A COMPARATIVE TRIAL OF THE POLLEN SUBS 2020
Part 3
Beekeeper-Funded Research
First published in ABJ September 2021
Randy OliverScientificBeekeeping.com
 
Some research institutions avoid the testing of name-brand products for obvious reasons, and some trade magazines won’t publish articles ...            ]]></description>
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            Observations on Pollen Subs: Part 2 — Why Didn’t My Test Hives Grow?            ]]></title>
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Observations on Pollen Subs
Part 2
Why Didn’t My Test Hives Grow?
First published in ABJ September 2021
Randy OliverScientificBeekeeping.com
 
After the first of July we find it difficult to get nucs to grow, despite continual feeding. Is the lack of response to feeding due to the heat, the ...            ]]></description>
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This is a very contentious subject, but how much of the media alarm over glyphosate is based upon actual risk assessment?
Having run my garden and orchard organically for many years, I was faced with invasive Vinca major and Himalaya blackberries that were taking an  excessive amount of my ...            ]]></description>
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Observations on Pollen Subs:
Part 3
Placement of the Pollen Patty
First published in ABJ October 2021
Randy OliverScientificBeekeeping.com

There doesn’t appear to be a benefit from feeding pollen sub when there’s already a substantial natural pollen flow going on. On the other hand, ...            ]]></description>
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            A Comparative Trial of the Pollen Subs: Part 4–Why did some Subs Outperform Others            ]]></title>
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A COMPARATIVE TRIAL OF THE POLLEN SUBS 
Part 4:
Why did some Subs Outperform Others?
Beekeeper-Funded Research
Randy OliverScientificBeekeeping.com
 
Contents
Back to my 2020 california trial
Have we been focusing on the wrong suspects?
Protein in Animal feed formulations
Mixing of protein ...            ]]></description>
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 Contents
Diving into de groot
Understanding what De Groot did
The problem with normalizing to tryptophan
Re-interpreting de groot’s findings
Protein conversion — Patty into bees
Justus von Liebig’s Law of the Minimum and essential amino acids
My diet calculator
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A COMPARATIVE TRIAL OF THE POLLEN SUBS 
Part 6: DO WE NEED TO REVISE DE GROOT?
Beekeeper-Funded Research
First Published in ABJ December 2021
Randy OliverScientificBeekeeping.com
Bee nutritionists have long cited the essential amino acid ratios suggested by de Groot in 1953. But he himself ...            ]]></description>
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Have food and wine. Will travel.
Late last year my friend Emily and I packed a car full of picnic food, Printhie wine, our teenage daughters and hit the road for Tumbarumba’s Laurel Hill flower farm.
After a year of cancelled plans, lockdowns and limited opportunities to collaborate, celebrate ...            ]]></description>
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							There’s a waterfall in Decorah, Iowa that Katie Vaske just loves. She’s always felt at ease near water, and she takes any opportunity to spend time on the shore, basking in the waves. But waterfalls hold a special place in Katie’s heart; there’s magic there. 
After dating her ...            ]]></description>
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							Over the weekend, the US government suspended all imports of Mexican avocados “until further notice.” The news came late Saturday, on the eve of the Super Bowl, one of the biggest sale opportunities of the year for Mexican avocado growers (perhaps you caught the Avocados from Mexico ...            ]]></description>
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							For centuries, maple taffy has reigned supreme as a winter delicacy—and for good reason.
Maple taffy, or tire sur la neige, is simply (as the French name suggests) maple syrup on snow. Originally an Indigenous tradition, the recipe was adopted by French settlers in eastern Canada, ...            ]]></description>
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							Honey. Peanut butter. Coffee. All pretty straightforward pantry staples for many of us and all elegantly simple. What is peanut butter, really? It’s just blended peanuts. Maybe with a touch of salt or a sweetener if you like. But as we look to the future of our food system, perhaps the ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2022-03-09 14:07:35</pubDate>
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            Meet the New Generation of Microbial Farmers            ]]></title>
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            http://www.onfarm.co/blog/onfarm-support/meet-the-new-generation-of-microbial-farmers-73f8d            </link>
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							Last October, I entered the lab of Kingdom Supercultures in Brooklyn, New York, where unlabeled jugs of almond milk were strewn across the breakroom table. Owners Ravi Sheth and Kendall Dabaghi were taste-testing milk adaptations using microbe cultures originally found in fermented foods ...            ]]></description>
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							Chef Whitney Matthews knows her seafood. The award-winning chef, previously featured on the Cooking Channel, grew up fishing with her family in the Chesapeake Bay. Fish common in her childhood, such as summer flounder, are increasingly rare. “My father was always in search of the ...            ]]></description>
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            Steak’s Next Frontier: Customized and Lab-Grown to Order            ]]></title>
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							How would you like your pork chop to look? If you could choose the perfect size and thickness, without enlisting your butcher—or even a knife—what would you design? What ratio of protein to fat? These are all factors that can be manipulated with custom-designed cell-grown meats. Even ...            ]]></description>
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            How Mexico’s Lucrative Avocado Industry Became a Source of Political Tension            ]]></title>
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							This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.
To the relief of avocado lovers from coast to coast, the recent drama between the United States and Mexico was fleeting.
The US Department of Agriculture banned imports of the ...            ]]></description>
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            New Science Is Backing Your Windowsill Microgreen Endeavors            ]]></title>
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							New, old and aspiring indoor gardeners have another reason to expand or start up a microgreen operation from home. A recent study has validated the benefits of these plants, finding that greens grown on a windowsill stack up to those produced in a commercial facility.
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            How the Hunt for Wild Ginseng Changed America            ]]></title>
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							There was a time, not too long ago, when ginseng studded the forest floor. From Alabama up to the foothills of New York and further west, pointed leaves with jagged edges and small, bead-like red berries popped out of the rugged hillsides. Native Americans used the root as a stimulant and ...            ]]></description>
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            Farmers Struggle to Keep Up With the Rising Costs of Fertilizer            ]]></title>
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							Arkansas farmer Matt Miles knows his way around pastures—and he has the records to prove it. In 2013, he harvested a 107.63-bushel soybean field, smashing the state yield record. Six years later, in 2019, he surpassed his own record, producing a whopping 120.53 bushels per acre. And ...            ]]></description>
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            The Accidental Farmers            ]]></title>
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							When Sandra Baer and Lynn Cassells met in 2012 while working as rangers for the UK’s National Trust, they felt an instant connection, as if there were larger forces at work pushing the two women together, and they simply had to surrender to the journey. Before long, the two were more than ...            ]]></description>
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            New Equity Commission Sets Out to Strengthen the USDA’s Equitable Practices            ]]></title>
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							The USDA has a long history of discrimination against minority farmers. 
The department’s discriminatory practices factored into 90 percent of Black farmers losing the 14 million acres of land they once owned in the 20th century. The USDA was even found to be distorting data to create ...            ]]></description>
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            Proposed Hemp Bill Would Open Field Up to More Growers            ]]></title>
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							The country’s first national hemp survey was released last week, applying data to trends many have already observed. Although hemp was sold to farmers as the next big agricultural advancement, it has largely failed to live up to the hype, with fewer growers in the industry and lower ...            ]]></description>
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            What the War in Ukraine Means for US Agriculture            ]]></title>
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							This article is republished from The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting. Read the original article.
As Ukraine continues to fight against Russian forces, experts warned of potential fallout for the US agriculture industry.
On Feb. 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a ...            ]]></description>
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            Stretching California’s Rice Belt            ]]></title>
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As California entered a second year of drought last spring, the slash in water allocation didn’t catch Rachel Krach and Greg Massa, owners of Massa Organics, by surprise. The real shocker came when they went to plant their Sacramento Valley rice fields: an unprecedented, three-week delay ...            ]]></description>
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            Food Grown On Regenerative Farms Could Actually Be Healthier For You            ]]></title>
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							There might be more to regenerative agriculture than its ability to enhance farm ecosystems, capture carbon or boost soil biodiversity. Recent research has pointed to perks going beyond the farm and all the way to your fork—suggesting food grown on regeneratively managed farms is more ...            ]]></description>
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            What We Learned From the Nation’s First Hemp Survey            ]]></title>
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							Just a few years ago, hemp was sold as the next big cash crop, with the 2018 Farm Bill pushing production along. The bill formally distinguished between hemp and cannabis and opened up the market for producers to flood in. Thousands of people began farming hemp, but up until now, there ...            ]]></description>
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            In Georgia, 19 Families Are Building a Farm to Feed Their Black Community            ]]></title>
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							Ashley Scott got a glimpse of what it means to be self-sufficient far before the era of pandemic gardening. It was 2014, and Scott, fresh out of college, decided to grow a patch of cucumbers in her backyard as a small pet project. 
Weeks later, however, her tiny garden manifested into ...            ]]></description>
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            Meet the Modern Farmer Working to Increase Food Self-Reliance in Hawaii            ]]></title>
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            http://www.onfarm.co/blog/onfarm-support/meet-the-modern-farmer-working-to-increase-food-selfreliance-in-hawaii-145b6            </link>
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							In 2012, after the Great Recession, legislation was introduced in Hawaii that acknowledged and attempted to solve the archipelago’s dangerous dependence on imported food. 
At the time, 92 percent of Hawaii’s food was coming from somewhere else.
However, before the legislation was ...            ]]></description>
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            The Plan to Save Australia’s Wild Macadamia Trees            ]]></title>
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							Ian McConachie has spent much of the past 50 years tramping through the rainforest on the hunt for wild macadamia trees. “Finding a wild macadamia is akin to the thrill of finding gold,” he says.
Yet it’s not the sweet buttery nuts that command up to $25 per pound for which he’s ...            ]]></description>
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            A Produce Garden Flourishes Beneath the Ligurian Sea            ]]></title>
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            http://www.onfarm.co/blog/onfarm-support/a-produce-garden-flourishes-beneath-the-ligurian-sea-9dc27            </link>
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							On the terraced hillsides of Liguria in Northern Italy, the fragrant scent of basil fills the air, much of it destined to be crushed in a mortar with olive oil, garlic, pine nuts, salt, parmesan and pecorino cheese to make traditional pesto Genovese. It’s little surprise that this leafy ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2022-03-02 10:14:17</pubDate>
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            The Future of Farming in Space            ]]></title>
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            http://www.onfarm.co/blog/onfarm-support/the-future-of-farming-in-space-363de            </link>
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							As the global amount of arable land steadily decreases, some scientists and entrepreneurs are looking to the stars as the next great agrarian frontier. A concept as old as the first science fiction story, humanity’s escape to a life in space hinges on the ability to produce edible and ...            ]]></description>
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            Studying How Cotton Seedlings Grow in Zero Gravity            ]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[
            
							In hopes of discovering ways to reinvent how cotton grows, botanists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have sent the plant to space. 
On Earth, gravity is the primary factor in a plant’s root systems digging into the ground. This experiment, dubbed Targeting Improved Cotton Through ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2022-03-02 10:14:16</pubDate>
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            Opinion: Cow’s Milk Without the Cow? How Cellular Agriculture Could Change the Dairy Industry            ]]></title>
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							This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.
A new wave of cow-less dairy is hitting the market. In the United States, Perfect Day is using genetically modified fungi to produce milk protein for ice cream at a commercial ...            ]]></description>
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            Highlights from the USDA’s 2022 Commodity Outlook Reports            ]]></title>
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							The USDA anticipates a year of moderate to strong growth across many commodity sectors, with generally strong prices and high levels of exports, even as global conditions remain uncertain. 
The 2022 Commodity Outlook reports, released last week, focused on sugar, dairy, grain and oilseeds, ...            ]]></description>
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            What Spending Five Months on Bed Rest in an Old Farmhouse Taught Me            ]]></title>
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							“Forget it. Just throw them in the garbage,” I said to my husband Chris who was standing in front of me with a huge plastic bin meant for Christmas ornaments; only there was no holiday cheer inside this bin. Instead, it was filled with almost a hundred bills in various states of ...            ]]></description>
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            The Chocolate Companies Working to Uproot Unfair Labor Practices            ]]></title>
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							In most countries, cacao pods ripen year round, meaning that harvesting them does, too. The production cycle for chocolate never truly slows down and certainly never stops. Why would it? The global chocolate market is valued at more than $135 billion and continues to grow. That’s good ...            ]]></description>
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            Meet the Modern Farmer Helping Colombian Coffee Growers            ]]></title>
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							Nearly a decade ago, Maria Palacio left the lush green fields of her family’s coffee farm in Colombia in search of new opportunities in New York City. She hoped to pursue the fashion career of her dreams. But amid the hustle and bustle of working for high-end designers such as Marc Jacobs ...            ]]></description>
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            How to Get Rid of Spotted Lanternflies            ]]></title>
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							Native to China, the spotted lanternfly is a visually beautiful insect with spotted outer wings and brightly colored red and white inner wings. But don’t be fooled. Although they may be pretty to look at, the pests should be destroyed immediately.
While the spotted lanternfly is not a ...            ]]></description>
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            There’s a Pumpkin Fungus Among Us            ]]></title>
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							If you’ve had trouble finding a pumpkin to plant on your doorstep just in time for spooky season, chances are you’re not alone.
Chatter around pumpkin shortages has been circulating in recent weeks. The main culprit of such a crisis? Unfavorable weather conditions, shipping issues and a ...            ]]></description>
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            How One Organization is Restoring a Community of Black Farmers            ]]></title>
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							Over the last 100 years, the number of Black farmers has dropped precipitously. Most estimates report that Black farmers have lost more than 12 million acres of land in the last century, or 90 percent of their previous holdings. One study calculated the lost profits that would have gone to ...            ]]></description>
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            Organic Soybean Prices Spike Despite Huge US Soybean Production            ]]></title>
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							Organic soybeans are a crucial crop for the production of organic soy products, such as soy milk and tofu. In the US, organic soybeans are also a major component of feed for organic-certified livestock. As Reuters reports, the prices of organic soybeans have soared higher than they’ve ...            ]]></description>
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            A Comparative Trial of the Pollen Subs 2020: Part 1            ]]></title>
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A COMPARATIVE TRIAL OF THE POLLEN SUBS 2020
Part 1
Beekeeper-Funded Research
First published in ABJ July 2021
Randy OliverScientificBeekeeping.com

California has been in a “mega-drought” for a decade. In many areas, there is not enough natural forage in late summer for building colonies ...            ]]></description>
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            A Test of Thermal Treatment for Varroa: Part 2            ]]></title>
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Beekeeper-funded Research
A Test of Thermal Treatment for Varroa
Part 2
First published in ABJ April 2021
Randy OliverScientificBeekeeping.com
Last month I covered the theory of using thermal treatment (hyperthermia) to control varroa, and some of the designs of devices on the market.  I’d ...            ]]></description>
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            A Comparative Trial of the Pollen Subs 2020: Part 1            ]]></title>
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A COMPARATIVE TRIAL OF THE POLLEN SUBS 2020
Part 1
Beekeeper-Funded Research
First published in ABJ July 2021
Randy OliverScientificBeekeeping.com

California has been in a “mega-drought” for a decade. In many areas, there is not enough natural forage in late summer for building colonies ...            ]]></description>
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            A winters’ feast for friends            ]]></title>
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This is  a lunch I made for a workshop some time ago, and is basically everything I believe about cooking in four dishes; good, simple, tasty and seasonal food shared generously without fuss and in good company. 
It was a tasty spread of baked ricotta, chickpeas with spinach, aioli, fennel ...            ]]></description>
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            Simple sourdough! A video and step by step guide            ]]></title>
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I’ve been baking simple sourdough for a few years now and absolutely love the baking and eating of this beautiful style of bread. And because a few of you lovely people have asked recently if I could share my process, I thought I’d make a little video showing every step of the way. You can ...            ]]></description>
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            Camp oven lamb shanks, by Amanda Thomas            ]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[
            
Amanda Thomas is one of those women who just gets stuff done. She’s a farmer, business owner, agronomist, mum and WICKED camp oven cook. She’s also a really kind, thoughtful and clever lady – let it be known that I am a big fan.
I recently travelled to her home town of Warren, in western ...            ]]></description>
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            Skye McAlpine is a London/Venice-based food writer and a constant source of inspiration and joy for me. I have, and cook often from her two cookbooks (A Table in Venice and A Table for Friends) and was so excited to chat with her for this, my FIRST episode of 5 Things and click play here to hear ...            ]]></description>
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With my new book In Good Company launching very soon (April 1, 2021), I have been working away on a series of events and workshop to celebrate it’s release into the world!
Here’s what we have so far, the calendar will be updated as more events are confirmed. Any questions at all, and if ...            ]]></description>
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            Iris and Wool and a weekend in Adelaide            ]]></title>
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Last week I got to get on a plane and fly to Adelaide for the launch of Iris &amp; Wool’s Autumn/Winter campaign (which includes two jumpers created in collaboration with me and the beautiful Emily of I&amp;W). I’m wearing one of ‘our’ jumpers in the picture above, the raglan) and ...            ]]></description>
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            Hannah’s Chicken Soup            ]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[
            
Well it’s certainly soup weather! 
And do I have a soup for you….it’s this simple, nutritious chicken one and Louella, the little cutie pie eating it here (those eyes! That grip on those crayons!) will join me in testifying to its deliciousness.
A couple of months ago I spent a day with ...            ]]></description>
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            In Good Company            ]]></title>
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            http://www.onfarm.co/blog/onfarm-support/in-good-company-f968a            </link>
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            My new book In Good Company is now out in the world! And I am feeling equal parts nerves and excitement about its launch. Here is the introduction I wrote for the opening pages, I hope it sets the scene for what this book is all about. And here too is a little video which should do the same! From ...            ]]></description>
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            Blood orange wreath            ]]></title>
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            http://www.onfarm.co/blog/onfarm-support/blood-orange-wreath-6c53e            </link>
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This blood orange wreath is all I ever want or need from a baking project – it’s not hard but hugely satisfying. The process of kneading the dough then rolling and pleating the wreath is a bit of a project,  but a fun one and the dough is beautiful and soft to work with.
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							Amidst climbing temperatures and record-breaking heat waves, farmers worldwide have seen the health and production of their livestock come under threat in recent years. The ways in which a specific animal responds to heat stress vary, but cattle, sheep, goats, poultry and pigs are all ...            ]]></description>
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            When we think of climate change solutions, what typically comes to mind is the transportation we use, the lights in our home, the buildings we power and the food we eat. Rarely do we think about the ground beneath our feet.
Kate Scow thinks a lot about the ground, or, more precisely, the soil. ...            ]]></description>
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							Fires are a fact of life in California, but the severity and volume of the fires lately are causing major problems for one of the state’s most important agricultural crops: grapes.
Winegrape growing is a fundamental and significant part of the agricultural output of the most ...            ]]></description>
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            Why Defining Agricultural Terms is Critical            ]]></title>
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							Some agricultural terms—such as “organic”— seem pretty straightforward. There is a certification process, in which farmers need to show each step of the production cycle, and there can be regular audits to ensure a level of quality control.
But other terms are fuzzier. What does ...            ]]></description>
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            The Unique Struggle of Running a Sheep Dairy in America            ]]></title>
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							The challenges of small-scale farming are well documented, especially in a world grappling with issues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Supply chains have been disrupted and consumers now shop for food differently. Climate change continues to take a toll.
“With fire and droughts, the cost ...            ]]></description>
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            Why Seasonality Matters for Cheese            ]]></title>
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							We easily accept that summer is the time for sweet corn and tomatoes, and fall is the season for hearty squashes and orchard fruits—at least where I live in the northern hemisphere. But rarely do we give the same thought to cheese.
Why not? Cheese is an agricultural product, too, made ...            ]]></description>
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							I love always having a jar full of fresh flowers in my space, from fluffy hydrangeas to delicate peonies to fiery birds of paradise—especially when they’re snipped from my family’s garden. Alas, these bouquets are fleeting, but it is possible to extend flowers’ beauty by drying ...            ]]></description>
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            America's Oldest Continuously Operating Victory Garden            ]]></title>
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"Don't it always seem to goThat you don't know what you got 'til it's goneThey paved paradise and put up a parking lot."—Joni Mitchell
Throughout my life, I have found that maintaining a positive outlook has helped me achieve many good things. At the risk of sounding like a self-help book ...            ]]></description>
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            Tar Spot Disease Is Plaguing Corn Fields Across the Midwest            ]]></title>
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							Pesky infestations of tar spot disease are expected to put another dent in farmers’ yields across the Midwest, according to a team of scientists that specializes in crop pathology.
Tar spot is recognized by its raised black spots that sprout on healthy or dead tissue of corn leaves, ...            ]]></description>
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							We’ve reached that point in late summer when my pepper plants are producing more than I can keep up with. There are only so many stuffed peppers, fajitas and stir fries one can eat. If your garden is also pumping out a bountiful amount of peppers right now, here are six different ways to ...            ]]></description>
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            The Most Luxurious Spa is in Your Garden            ]]></title>
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							Does this Friday afternoon sound familiar? It’s been a long week in a year (two years?) of long weeks. You’re a little achy, you have a bit of a headache and there aren’t any big plans for the weekend because, ya know. 
We’ve all been there. But instead of sinking into a Netflix ...            ]]></description>
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            What Does the Future of Ethical Meat Look Like?            ]]></title>
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							In the wake of the mislabelling scandal that fan-favorite meat producer Belcampo weathered just a few months ago, small, independent ranchers are finding their footing in a changing industry. 
Many ranchers and farmers pride themselves on producing ethically raised meat, sometimes referred ...            ]]></description>
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            5 Wild Grains You Can Cook With            ]]></title>
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							If you’re looking to expand your pantry—and to move away from some of the kitchen’s more expected carbohydrates—wild grains may be for you. As a category, wild grains are defined as uncultivated grains that grow naturally and have been used for centuries as a source of sustenance. ...            ]]></description>
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							Fruit flies are the worst. One day, you have a perfectly lovely banana sitting on your counter, and the next, you’re hosting a bed and breakfast for a colony of vermin, and they are overstaying their welcome.
Fruit flies can pop up at any time of year, but they are especially common in ...            ]]></description>
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            What Does ‘Antibiotic Free’ Mean When it Comes to Food?            ]]></title>
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							Do you know what’s in your food?
That’s the question posed to me by Kevin Lo, CEO of FoodID, a company that tests food to ensure accountability on food labels. It’s a direct question and one that I feel confident answering. What’s in my food? Food, I reply. Nothing but ...            ]]></description>
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            5 Rare Plants That Are Surprisingly Easy to Care For            ]]></title>
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							Houseplants are a little like rabbits. They have a tendency to multiply really quickly. You might bring home a little spider plant cutting to pop in some soil, and before you know it, you have a full-on windowsill garden.
No judgment. We’ve all been there.
But then you hit a snag. Your ...            ]]></description>
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            Monstera Mania: Why the Rare Houseplant Craze Isn’t Going Away            ]]></title>
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							As sourdough starters turn to sludge in the back of the fridge and spin bikes gather dust in the corner, one pandemic trend is still going strong. Sales of houseplants surged last year and still continue to rise. One survey found that two-thirds of nurseries in the U.S. increased their sale ...            ]]></description>
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            The Rise of At-Home Hydroponic Gardens            ]]></title>
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							April Rolle had a leafy green problem. The busy doctor loved salads, but she hadn’t had any luck growing lettuce or other salad components in her outdoor container garden, and because of her schedule, she never ended up using all of the greens she bought before they went bad. Then she ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2021-09-22 07:55:13</pubDate>
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            How to Design a Moon Garden            ]]></title>
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							The journey that exists in the garden is one that is gratifying, taxing and even full of comfort. So, after many months of nurturing tiny seeds and watching them grow into an abundance of fruit, vegetables or ornamental blooms, it’s only natural to want to share the final product with ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2021-09-22 07:55:12</pubDate>
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            The Companies Specializing in Farm-to-Door Delivery Service            ]]></title>
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							When the pandemic hit in March 2020, temporarily closing farmers’ markets and restaurants, farmer Katie Madden knew she had to quickly shift gears in order to sell what her farm had already grown. So the co-owner of Missoula Grain and Vegetable Co. in southwest Montana signed up for an ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2021-09-22 07:51:06</pubDate>
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            Ladybug Odor Could Be a Great New Pesticide            ]]></title>
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							Commercial farmers and home gardeners alike know the deep annoyance and damage that aphids can cause.
One highly effective, environmentally safe and adorable method for fighting aphids is to release ladybugs into an affected area, as ladybugs will prey on aphids. The aphids, though, know ...            ]]></description>
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            Protecting the Timber Industry From the Emerald Ash Borer            ]]></title>
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							This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.
The emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) is a deceptively attractive metallic-green adult beetle with a red abdomen. But few people ever actually see the insect itself—just ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2021-09-22 07:51:06</pubDate>
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            Wild Relatives of Important Food Crops Are Facing Extinction            ]]></title>
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							Wild relatives of some of the world’s most important agricultural crops such as corn, beans and potatoes are important to future food security. But many of them are facing extinction, a new study finds.
Most of the staple foods we eat today come from domesticated plants. Crop wild ...            ]]></description>
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            How Has Hurricane Ida Affected Agriculture and Food?            ]]></title>
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							Hurricane Ida, one of the most destructive storms to hit the Gulf and East coast of the United States in recent memory, took its toll on American agriculture, in ways both obvious and subtle. Now, just over a week since the hurricane hit, we’re starting to get a sense of what was ...            ]]></description>
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            Farmers Across the Midwest Struggle to Hire Domestic Employees            ]]></title>
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							This article is republished from The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting. Read the original article.
Linnea Kooistra’s roots in farming go back 10 generations. She and her husband, Joel, were both raised on dairy farms, and they operated their own in Woodstock, Illinois, for over ...            ]]></description>
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            Cultivating Resilience: Growing Olives in Palestine            ]]></title>
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							Next month, Abbas Milhem will join thousands of other Palestinian farmers in the annual olive harvest. As the sun beats down over the desert of the West Bank, farmers and their families will spend long hours reaching up into the branches of the gnarled olive trees, shaking the fruit loose ...            ]]></description>
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            One Way to Grow Despite Drought? It’s in the Roots            ]]></title>
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							As parts of the world become more arid, researchers have been looking for drought-resistant plants, ways to get the most out of what little water there is. But researchers at the University of Bonn say not enough attention is paid to the roots, which may end up being the root of the ...            ]]></description>
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            How Can Farmers Coexist With Wolves?            ]]></title>
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							Wolves, and their predation of livestock, are a major issue for farmers, whether that’s a perception or a reality. And large carnivores are coming back to places where they had previously been eliminated, thanks to improved conservation efforts and, as in the case of the Eastern Coyote, ...            ]]></description>
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            Is Virginia’s Beekeeping Lottery a Good Idea?            ]]></title>
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							Virginia’s honeybees are dying.
Unfortunately, it’s not a unique problem; there’s hardly a region of the country that isn’t dealing with the mass death of vast numbers of honeybees or other pollinators. The Bee Informed Partnership estimates that U.S. beekeepers lost around 45.5 ...            ]]></description>
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            Sleeping with the Enemy            ]]></title>
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Warren Davies - The Unbreakable Farmer 
 January 11, 2019








With the recently, much publicised, high profile mental health battles and suicides in the news, sadly it reminds us that we still understand so very little about the individual battle that someone experiencing ...            ]]></description>
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Warren Davies - The Unbreakable Farmer
 July 19, 2019







Grounding techniques are a group of strategies that helps keep someone in the present.
They help someone to regain their mental focus from an often intensely emotional state. Grounding skills can be helpful in managing ...            ]]></description>
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Warren Davies - The Unbreakable Farmer
 May 9, 2020







Feelings of loss and grief can be experienced after we lose someone or something we care about like; the death of a loved one; loss of a relationship; loss of a pet; loss of a job; a change to your way of life; or loss of ...            ]]></description>
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            Farmer's Guide to Milk Supply Agreements and the Dairy Industry Code of Conduct
Negotiating or renegotiating a milk supply agreement? We have the resources to help dairy farmers to put an arrangement in place that best suits their business.
The resources are aligned with the Dairy Code of Conduct ...            ]]></description>
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            Five things I learned on a tour of a meat chicken farm            ]]></title>
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            By Guest Blogger Annabel Selby-Jones, ACMF Communications Manager
The Australian meat chicken farming industry is one that has been tainted by some long-standing myths and misperceptions, so when the chance came to see things for myself, I jumped at it. Being new to the industry, I had my own ...            ]]></description>
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How sustainable is chicken farming?

 








With all agricultural industries across Australia looking at how they can operate more sustainably and considering whether, and when, a carbon neutral future may be possible, it is timely to reflect on what the chicken industry's ...            ]]></description>
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Aussie Chicken and Plant Based Alternatives: Don't Believe The Hype

 








By Guest Blogger Dr Stephen Wiedemann, Managing Director and Principal Scientist at Integrity Ag and Environment Pty Ltd
Veggie burgers aren't new, but it's only relatively recently that marketing of ...            ]]></description>
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            The right stocking rate starts with a soil test
22 February 2021
 

Sam and Kirsty White operate Bald Blair Pastoral Co, an Angus cattle seedstock herd backed by their own commercial Angus cattle herd. Consisting of four properties in the Northern Tablelands of NSW, Sam is a seasoned soil ...            ]]></description>
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