Vegetables
TOPIC(S): Vegetables, Coronavirus/COVID,

11/02/2020 SOURCE: modernfarmer.com

How Growing Giant Vegetables Became a Pandemic Pastime

In recent months, Sam Polly’s front yard in Humboldt County, California has been a food source for his family. It’s also been somewhere locals have come to gaze at vegetables—very big ones.  Flooded with 27-inch long carrots, 20-pound turnips, radishes and banana squash, Polly says his 3,000-square-foot yard has become something of an unofficial giant food museum. He started transforming his yard into a vegetable garden in March. Since then, he’s often peered out of his window and seen new faces gawking at the monstrous produce he and his children have grown.   “People freak out…,” he says. “I had this

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Topics: Organic, Vegetables, Fruit, Gardening, Urban Farming,

Nature Matters: Garden Observations

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Topics: Organic, Vegetables, Education U.S. West, Fruit, Sustainability, Research, Ag Innovation, Regenerative Agriculture,

Stopping the rot: the fight to save fresh food

An American firm has developed an organic coating that extends the shelf-life of fruit and vegetables. Might it save the world?

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Topics: Wheat, Soybeans, Agriculture US, Vegetables, Beekeeping, Sustainability, Grapes, Pollinators,

Texas honey production tops 7.4 million pounds | AgriLife Today

Texas remained sixth in the nation for honey production in 2019, and is home to thousands of overwintering honey bee hives.

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Topics: Organic, Vegetables, Fruit, Sustainability, Urban Farming, Government / Policies, Coronavirus/COVID,

City farming on the rise as COVID-19 prompts people to rethink how they source their food

The coronavirus pandemic sees a surge in the number of people wanting to grow or source food closer to home, either on urban farms or even in public spaces.

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Topics: Organic, Vegetables, Fruit, Food/Nutrition, GMO's, Antibiotics, Fertilizer,

Fuel it: The pros and cons of organic food

Organic food is food produced or farmed in ways that avoid the use of chemical fertilisers, antibiotics, hormones and GMO

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Topics: Cover Crops, Vegetables, Hobby Farming, Gardening, Sustainability, Urban Farming,

Cover Crops and Garlic: Blog 24 in a Gardening Series

Cover crops, also called green manure crops, are those planted for their effect on the soil and enhancement of subsequent crops rather than for direct use. There are a variety of types and species. Now is the time to sow many cover crops.

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Topics: Vegetables, Sustainability, Trade (Commodities), Coronavirus/COVID, Ag Middle East,

Israel to export agricultural produce to UAE

Minister of Agriculture Alon Schuster said that "the agreement will move us forward toward a future of cooperation in agriculture, not only in knowledge and technology, but also in the direct trade of agricultural produce".

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TOPIC(S): Vegetables, Crop Consultant, Economics, Sustainability, Vertical Farming, Regenerative Agriculture, Coronavirus/COVID, Ag Middle East,

10/29/2020 SOURCE: www.jpost.com

Israeli start-up makes vertical farms to grow crops in city parking lots

Vertical farms subvert the space limitations of cities by allowing for portable, shipping container-esque produce farms that can operate in any urban environment.

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