Nothing can stop the solar energy revolution, greenhouse glass edition.

https://cleantechnica.com/2025/10/07/new-solar-glass-cranks-up-lettuce-crop-yields-by-almost-40/

#solar #solarenergy #solarpower #agrisolar #agrivoltaic #agriculture #farms #farming #sustainable #sustainability #renewableenergy #renewables #innovation #startups #energy #cleanenergy #greenenergy #gogreen

Nothing can stop the solar energy revolution, greenhouse glass edition.

https://cleantechnica.com/2025/10/07/new-solar-glass-cranks-up-lettuce-crop-yields-by-almost-40/

#solar #solarenergy #solarpower #agrisolar #agrivoltaic #agriculture #farms #farming #sustainable #sustainability #renewableenergy #renewables #innovation #startups #energy #cleanenergy #greenenergy #gogreen

Another great explainer from @sarahtaber

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD50nJzDFLA

#farming

Took my son banana picking at Kintarō Farm near Odawara. It was a lot of fun!

They grow Gros Michel bananas, which are generally hard to get, but are better tasting than the usual Cavendish banana you get at the supermarket. The story of how they got their operation up and going was also pretty interesting.

We got to try bananas of varying ripeness, banana juice, and banana ice cream.

https://www.kintarobanana.com/

#fruitpicking #banana #farming #japan #kanagawa

‘It’s Such a Blessing’: The Farmers Embracing Solar Arrays

From summer squash to sheep’s wool, a variety of agricultural products may grow better beneath an awning of solar panels.

https://atmos.earth/climate-solutions/its-such-a-blessing-the-farmers-embracing-solar-arrays/

#solar #farming #SolarPower #agriculture #atmos #ClimateSolutions

‘It’s Such a Blessing’: The Farmers Embracing Solar Arrays

From summer squash to sheep’s wool, a variety of agricultural products may grow better beneath an awning of solar panels.

https://atmos.earth/climate-solutions/its-such-a-blessing-the-farmers-embracing-solar-arrays/

#solar #farming #SolarPower #agriculture #atmos #ClimateSolutions

Being near the farmhouse, the farm cat saw the donkey getting some attention and wanted in on the action.

Jealous Cat has now been all over me, even inside my pick up when I was trying to have a cup of tea. #Cat #Farming

If you would like to see reliable news reports from the ostrich farm, the BC Interior news source Castanet is updating this article.

Apparently the farm has been cleared of people not from the RCMP or CFIA, including some that have been arrested. The cull is expected to take place today or tomorrow though no timelines have been given.

https://www.castanet.net/news/BC/573933/RCMP-confirm-B-C-ostrich-farmers-arrested#573933

#culturewar #AntiVax #antiScience #farm #farming #H5N1 #CanPoli #BCPoli #DrOz

Looks like the ostrich farm people have been arrested and the birds are going to be culled now. Here's the post I did about them a couple weeks ago.

Culling of the herd is simply what you do when you're farming. The nonsense culture war stuff is just that. Nonsense.

#culturewar #AntiVax #antiScience #farm #farming #H5N1 #CanPoli #BCPoli #DrOz
https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/@chris/115204022092473804

The H-2A visa program has failed to protect migrant farmworkers from wage theft, forced labor, violence and death.

Here’s what experts, lawyers and advocates think would make the program safer.
https://www.propublica.org/article/h-2a-farmworker-visa-safety-suggestions-experts?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News#Immigration#Farming#Agriculture#Immigrants#Visa#Labor#Safety

💗 Forest expansion increases agricultural output, new study shows

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-forest-expansion-agricultural-output.html

#india #forests #agriculture #conservation #farming #resources

💗 Forest expansion increases agricultural output, new study shows

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-forest-expansion-agricultural-output.html

#india #forests #agriculture #conservation #farming #resources

The H-2A visa program has failed to protect migrant farmworkers from wage theft, forced labor, violence and death.

Here’s what experts, lawyers and advocates think would make the program safer.
https://www.propublica.org/article/h-2a-farmworker-visa-safety-suggestions-experts?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News#Immigration#Farming#Agriculture#Immigrants#Visa#Labor#Safety

Javier Sanchez Mendoza Jr. helped Sofi secure an H-2A visa, promising a job on a Georgia blueberry farm.

When she arrived, she was not sent out to work in the fields like the others. She was forced to live at his house and sign a marriage license.
https://projects.propublica.org/h2a-visa-farmworkers-operation-blooming-onion/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News#Immigration#Immigrants#Farming#Agriculture#Labor#Visa

Javier Sanchez Mendoza Jr. helped Sofi secure an H-2A visa, promising a job on a Georgia blueberry farm.

When she arrived, she was not sent out to work in the fields like the others. She was forced to live at his house and sign a marriage license.
https://projects.propublica.org/h2a-visa-farmworkers-operation-blooming-onion/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News#Immigration#Immigrants#Farming#Agriculture#Labor#Visa

For Blake Gerard, a fourth-generation farmer working the flood-prone fields of the Mississippi River bottomlands in Alexander County, Ill., there was no sense in fighting nature.

“I could grow something that would grow in water,” he said. Or quit.
https://www.propublica.org/article/illinois-farming-rice-soy-corn-flooding-mississippi-river?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News#Illinois#Farming#Agriculture#Climate#ClimateChange#Flood

Why Some Farmers Are Stuck Raising Crops That No Longer Thrive
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Some farmers keep growing in flood- and drought-prone fields because subsidies soften the losses, while federal programs meant to help them change course have been underfunded and mired in bureaucracy. Under Trump, those programs may weaken further.

https://www.propublica.org/article/illinois-farming-soy-corn-flooding-subsidies-insurance?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News#Illinois#Farming#Agriculture#Flood#Drought#Climate

For Blake Gerard, a fourth-generation farmer working the flood-prone fields of the Mississippi River bottomlands in Alexander County, Ill., there was no sense in fighting nature.

“I could grow something that would grow in water,” he said. Or quit.
https://www.propublica.org/article/illinois-farming-rice-soy-corn-flooding-mississippi-river?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News#Illinois#Farming#Agriculture#Climate#ClimateChange#Flood

Why Some Farmers Are Stuck Raising Crops That No Longer Thrive
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Some farmers keep growing in flood- and drought-prone fields because subsidies soften the losses, while federal programs meant to help them change course have been underfunded and mired in bureaucracy. Under Trump, those programs may weaken further.

https://www.propublica.org/article/illinois-farming-soy-corn-flooding-subsidies-insurance?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News#Illinois#Farming#Agriculture#Flood#Drought#Climate