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Hoop house to expand Giving Garden's ability to feed those in need

PITTSFIELD â By this time next year, the Giving Garden will have given more fresh, or...

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11/16/2020 SOURCE: www.nationalobserver.com

How one farmer in northern B.C. is improving food security in his

Jacob Beaton wouldn’t be a farmer without lettuce. Lots of lettuce.

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City Of Poughkeepsie Farm Now Under Construction

One doesn't often associate the City of Poughkeepsie with farming but a new farm project will offer fresh produce and educational opportunities for local residents when completed.

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Kazakhstan To Tap Into Vast Potential In Developing Organic Agriculture - The Astana Times

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan has ample opportunities to develop the country’s own organic agriculture, said Kazakh Minister of Agriculture Saparkhan Omarov at the Nov. 3 virtual meeting of the 32nd session of the Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO’s) regional conference, the ministry’s press service reported. Kazakhstan will focus efforts on improving product quality, as well as…

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Agriculture on Mars: Can it be done?

Martian colonies of the future will require vast quantities of food, but bringing an endless stream of foodstuffs from Earth would be costly and dangerous. The best answer to this conundrum is to grow food in greenhouse, specially constructed for that purpose. However, such a system would likely require large quantities of topsoil as a […]

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A brief teaser about organic cotton in India.

GOTS Detects Evidence of Organic Cotton Fraud in India

GOTS has obtained clear evidence about systematic fraud abusing the Indian government certification system of organic cotton production.

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Running a for-profit business with a not-for-profit mission

Vertical Harvest is using controlled environment agriculture to give people with disabilities the opportunity to improve their livelihoods along with the sustainability and economies of their commu…

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Nature Matters: Garden Observations

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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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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.