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You don’t need a farm or big investment to grow mushrooms. From choosing the right type to harvesting your first crop, here’s ...
The popularity of farming agave is taking off in California, with climate change motivating growers to consider planting drought-tolerant crops. With all that buzz, UC Organic Agriculture Institute ...
Farmers in Virginia face some serious challenges. The climate is changing – bringing more floods and drought. World trade has ...
Worm farming can be done anywhere: Worm farms are very convenient since they’re clean, odor-free, and space-efficient. They ...
One of the optional tour sites is the Agromin compost facility on Arnold Road. Owned by USA Petroleum, this site was a mushroom farm until 2002, when two recently graduated UC Santa Barbara ...
Although the internet makes worm farming sound like a breeze (and Wirecutter includes a discussion of the practice in a roundup of indoor composting methods), this anxious New Yorker soon found ...
He plans to wind down his compost farm over the next 30 days and move his operation to Coolidge in six months. Gallegos hopes someone can help her find some fresh air – at her home.
Farm LoLa has been growing honeyberries since 2016, and to date has about 8,000 bushes with 13 varieties of the fruit for ...
Urbavore Urban Farm co-owner Daniel Heryer talks about the operation’s compost management system. Courtesy of Daniel Heryer Urbavore’s long journey through Kansas City government finally ended ...
NYC has officially mandated composting. We consulted a master composter and farm director who shared a how-to guide on composting, including the best compost bins to shop for in 2025.
Mushroom-based composting using spent mushroom substrate (SMS) in a livestock-crop-mushroom system enhances lignocellulose degradation, suppresses pathogens, and reduces antibiotic resistance ...
The farm, near the ocean on the outskirts of Ventura, is a major national producer of celery. Unsurprisingly, the farm uses a lot of compost, ...