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#agriculture

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Axiom the Doge

Haven't posted an #OrganicFarm update in a few weeks.

We've been doing a LOT of weeding. Too much weeding.

Radishes and spring greens are finished, turnips and salad mix are producing well, and tomatoes and cucumbers will be ready soon.

Summer squash went into the ground last week, winter squash goes in next week.

Come Monday we will be trellising, and trellising, and trellising

Oh yeah, and we're seeding our fall transplants already.

(Tractor tax)

a vintage john deere tractor pulling a mowing attachment. It is broken down next to the hoop house. We had to call in reinforcements from the neighboring farm to get it working again. They brought several operator's manuals.
#agriculture#farming
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AI6YR Ben

"...When the BBC visited Oxnard on Wednesday, a US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) truck was seen parked outside an organic produce trucking company. A security guard insisted their visit was not related to immigration, saying: "This is not ICE. We would never let ICE in here."

Many tractors and trucks sat idle surrounded by acres of farmland, as an unknown number of workers chose to stay home.
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The impact is having ripple effects on other businesses. Watching from her family's Mexican restaurant, Raquel Pérez saw masked CBP agents attempt to enter Boskovich Farms, a vegetable and herb packing facility across the street."

#ICE#Fascism#VenturaCounty
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Nonilex

“Effective today, please hold on all work site enforcement investigations/operations on #agriculture (including aquaculture & meat packing plants), #restaurants & operating #hotels,” he wrote in the message.

The email explained that investigations involving “human trafficking, money laundering, drug smuggling into these industries are OK.”

#Trump#immigration#law
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ScienceOpen

'The impact of rural infrastructure investment on farmers’ livelihood resilience: Effects and its mechanism' - a #Research article in the Journal of Southern Agriculture on #ScienceOpen:

🔗 scienceopen.com/document?vid=c

ScienceOpenThe impact of rural infrastructure investment on farmers’ livelihood resilience: Effects and its mechanism<p xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" dir="auto" id="d11507622e119"> <b>[Objective]</b> To examine the impact of rural infrastructure investment on farmers’ livelihood resilience and its mechanisms, and to determine whether there was heterogeneity in the effect of rural infrastructure investment on farmers’ livelihood resilience across different regions, which could provide decision-making references for advancing rural revitalization and enhancing farmers’ livelihood resilience. </p><p xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" dir="auto" id="d11507622e124"> <b>[Method]</b> Based on panel data from 30 provinces in China (excluding Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and Xizang) from 2011 to 2021, this study measured farmers’ livelihood resilience from 5 aspects: exposure, sensitivity, buffering capacity, learning capacity and self-organization capacity. Fixed effects model, system GMM model, mediation effect model and threshold effect model were used to test the impact of rural infrastructure investment on farmers’ livelihood resilience and its mechanisms. The study also explored the mediating roles of labor transfer, industrial upgrading, and agricultural scale operations in rural infrastructure investment and farmers’livelihood resilience. </p><p xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" dir="auto" id="d11507622e129"> <b>[Results]</b> (1) Rural infrastructure investment in the eastern, central, and western regions of China extremely significantly enhanced farmers’ livelihood resilience ( <i>P</i><0.01, the same below), with the impact coefficient following the pattern: western region > central region > eastern region, and this effect has strengthened with the implementation of related policies. (2) In terms of the mechanisms, rural infrastructure investment promoted farmers’ livelihood resilience by apgrading labor transfer, agricultural scale operations and industrial structure, with labor transfer being the key pathway. (3) The regional heterogeneity analysis revealed that the effect of rural infrastructure investment on farmers’ livelihood resilience was greater in the western and central regions compared to the eastern region, indicating great regional differences in the impact of rural infrastructure investment on farmers’ livelihood resilience. (4) As labor transfer, agricultural scale operations and industrial structure upgraded, the promotion effect of rural infrastructure investment on farmers’ livelihood resilience exhibited a nonlinear change. Among these, improving labor transfer and agricultural scale operations brought significant benefits as complementary measures. </p><p xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" dir="auto" id="d11507622e137"> <b>[Suggestion]</b> To improve farmers’ livelihood resilience, the following 4 measures should be implemented: (1) increase investment in rural infrastructure and improve supporting policies; (2) implement differentiated investment strategies based on local conditions; (3) strengthen employment security and improve the quality of labor transfer; (4) transform agricultural production methods to promote agricultural scale development and industrial upgrading. </p><p xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" class="first" dir="auto" id="d11507622e143"> <b>摘要: 【目的】</b> 检验农村基础设施投入对农民生计韧性的影响及其作用机制, 明确不同地区农村基础设施投入对 农民生计韧性的影响是否存在异质性, 为推进乡村全面振兴及提升农民生计韧性提供决策参考。 <b>【方法】</b>基于2011— 2021年我国30个省份 (不含港澳台及西藏) 的平衡面板数据, 从暴露性、敏感性、缓冲能力、学习能力和自组织能力5个 方面对农民生计韧性进行测度, 采用固定效应模型、系统GMM模型、中介效应模型和门槛效应模型, 检验农村基础设 施投入对农民生计韧性的影响及其作用机制, 揭示劳动力转移、产业结构升级和农业规模化经营在农村基础设施投 入与农民生计韧性间的中介作用。 <b>【建议】</b> (1) 我国东部、中部和西部地区的农村基础设施投入均能极显著促进农民生 计韧性 ( <i>P</i><0.01, 下同), 影响系数呈西部>中部>东部的格局, 且随相关政策的实施而提升; (2) 从作用机制分析来看, 农村基础设施投入可通过提升劳动力转移、农业规模化经营和产业结构升级, 而促进农民生计韧性, 尤其劳动力转移 是关键路径; (3) 从区域异质性分析来看, 农村基础设施投入对西部地区和中部地区农民生计韧性的作用效应高于东 部地区, 说明农村基础设施投入对我国不同地区农民生计韧性的影响存在明显差异; (4) 随着劳动力转移、农业规模 化经营和产业结构升级, 农村基础设施投入对农民生计韧性的推动作用呈非线性变化。其中, 改善劳动力转移和农 业规模化经营水平是带来显著收益的辅助性手段。 <b>【结果】</b>深入认识农村基础设施投入对农民生计韧性的影响, 并从 以下4个方面着手提升农民生计韧性: (1) 提高农村基础设施投入, 完善配套政策; (2) 因地制宜, 实施差异化投入策 略; (3) 加强就业保障, 提升劳动力转移质量; (4) 转变农业生产方式, 推动农业规模化发展和产业结构升级。 </p>
#Agriculture#SouthernAgriculture#OpenAccess
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bse

Near-record #nitrate levels in Des Moines, #Iowa-area rivers threaten drinking #water... "But the officials declined to explain what they believe has caused the surge in nitrate levels, which has historically been tied to runoff from farmland draining into Des Moines-area rivers." #agriculture #soils

apnews.com/article/des-moines-

A sign is seen on a pipe in the Nitrate Removal Facility at the Des Moines Water Works treatment plant, May 16, 2013, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
AP News · River pollution threatens Des Moines, Iowa's drinking waterLocal officials are warning more than half a million Iowans in the state's capital city and suburbs that near-record level of pollutants in its rivers could make drinking water dangerous if immediate steps are not taken to reduce demand. But the officials are declining to explain what they believe has caused the surge in nitrate levels, which has historically been tied to runoff from farmland draining into Des Moines-area rivers. The water utility is issuing a first-ever ban on lawn watering for the region after seeing the highest levels of nitrates in the river water since 2013. The officials said water is currently safe to drink, but too-high levels of nitrate can be dangerous for pregnant women and infants.
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💧🌏 Greg Cocks

Gap Between National Food Production & Food-Based Dietary Guidance Highlights Lack Of National Self-Sufficiency
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doi.org/10.1038/s43016-025-011 <-- shared paper
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[#NewZealand is NOT on the map – again!!!]
“In light of nationalist trends, disruptions to global food supply chains and efforts to concurrently promote sustainable diets, we assess national capacities to achieve dietary guidelines based on domestic production alone. Over a third of all countries cannot meet self-sufficiency for more than two of the seven essential food groups. Low self-sufficiency and overdependence on a few countries for imports threaten their capability to respond to global shocks, particularly for small states…”
#food #foodsecurity #national #global #sufficiency #production #GIS #spatial #analysis #spatialanalysis #foodsupply #diet #GetNZontheMap #domestic #foodgroups #imports #exports #globalshock #farming #agriculture #trade #tariffs #shipping

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💧🌏 Greg Cocks

Hypereutrophication, Hydrogen Sulfide, And Environmental Injustices - Mechanisms And Knowledge Gaps At The Salton Sea
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doi.org/10.1029/2024GH001327
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[I have long been fascinated by this ‘accidental waterbody’, from its creation all the way through the extreme pollution issues as it evaporates – and the lithium under it – a heck of a history, culturally, demographically, hydrologically, contaminants, public health, agriculturally and so much more…]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #Hypereutrophication #HydrogenSulfide, #EnvironmentalInjustice #SaltonSea #California #publichealth #water #hydrology #sea #waterbody #accident #fertiliser #fertilizer #dust #dustborne #lake #degradation #health #community #rural #Latinx #Hispanic #farmworkers #children #TorresMartinezDesert #Cahuilla #Indian #FirstNation #evaporation #H2S #research #waterquality #waterresources #agriculture #environment #airquality #wind #airborne #spatialanalysis #monitoring #spatiotemporal #sensor #emissions #nutrients #Coachella #ImperialValley #sediment

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Jeri Dansky

Trump may pretend he's only hurting California and our immigrant population with ICE's actions, but he's actually harming much more.

"The Los Angeles Times reports that ICE agents were present at farms and packing house distribution centers in Ventura, Kern, and Tulare counties. More than 50 percent of the country’s produce hails from these California regions."

la.eater.com/restaurant-news/2

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Eater LA · ICE Immigration Raids Shift to Ventura County’s FarmworkersBy Mona Holmes
#uspol#California#ICE
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