LatinaLista — In California’s Central Valley, farming has deep roots. A third of all the produce — more than 230 different crops — grown in the United States are planted, nurtured and harvested in this region that receives nearly…
By Joseph M. de Leon Hispanic News Online (Editor’s Note: Due to the steady interest in urban farming, Treviño TodaMedia (TTM) is resurrecting the popular column Urban Farmist. We are not only keeping the column in the TTM family…
By Brenn Dowdy El Nuevo Tennessean His smile was inviting, and the red apples José Vázquez’s daughter placed on the table were starting to turn the color of his warm, brown complexion. Vázquez, 77, laughed as he tried…
By Aaron de Leon LatinaLista For Leah Penniman and Jonah Vitale-Wolff, Soul Fire Farm is more than just another farming project trying to change the world one leafy kale plant at a time. It’s a project rooted directly from…
LatinaLista — Campaign: Indigenous Innovation — Revolutionizing Cacao in Belize Maya Mountain Cacao is planting an organic agro-forestry cocoa farm with the indigenous Maya. Maya Mountain Cacao connects 330 small-producer cacao farmers in southern Belize to the fine chocolate…
By Aaron de Leon LatinaLista Welcome to The Urban Farmist! Here you will find a collection of all things Urban Gardening, Sustainability, Innovative Products, How-To’s, Community Gardens, Chicken Cooping, Bee Hiving, Worm Farming, Aquaponics and the like. Most importantly…
LatinaLista — Campaign: Creating a Wikipedia for plant growing advice OpenFarm is a free and open database for farming and gardening knowledge. Similar to Wikipedia, the data is free for everyone to access and anyone can contribute content. Because…
