#alfalfa — Public Fediverse posts
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When is the best time to harvest alfalfa to save on expensive concentrated feed in diary farming? A new ZALF study shows: Early cutting reduces feed costs by 56% and increases farm profits. 🌱🐄
https://www.zalf.de/en/aktuelles/Pages/PB3/Luzerne-.aspx#Agriculture #Sustainability #DairyFarming #FeedCosts #Alfalfa #Brandenburg #AgResearch #ZALF #ClimateAction #Biodiversity
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From yesterday. Applied the hydrated alfalfa pellets, cold mulching natural fertilizer, to several transplanted starters & seedlings. I have only used 1/4 of bucket -> it fed 30 transplanted starters & 60 seedlings.
Today, I'm feeding our fruit trees/shrubs/more food/flower plants & putting some where I had recently broadcast sowed more alternative cover crop seeds.
#HomemadeFertilizer #NaturalFertilizer #Alfalfa #Mulch #gardening #FrugalFertilizers #FrugalGardening #SolarPunk #fertilizer #GrowFoodNotLawns #FoodGardening #FoodPlants #FoodSecurity #PlantsCare #GrowingFood #GardeningPhotos #Saanich
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This is the consistency texture that you want, when hydrating #alfalfa feed pellets to create natural mulching fertilizer for your gardens/orchards.
#HomemadeFertilizer #NaturalFertilizer #AlfalfaMulch #gardening #FrugalFertilizers #FrugalGardening #SolarPunk
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🇦🇪 *La familia real de Emiratos se hace fuerte en el campo de Lleida.* a través de distintas sociedades, acumula más de 71 millones en ayudas europeas en Rumanía, Italia y España. Hemos ido sobre el terreno para saber cómo funcionan estas empresas. Por ejemplo, ha ido haciéndose casi con todo el sector de la #alfalfa en una zona despoblada y envejecida. "Llegaron con dinero y lo compraron todo"
Pol Pareja
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HT @ai6yr
#California farms applied millions of pounds of #PFAS to key crops, study finds‘#ForeverChemicals’ sprayed on #almonds, #grapes, #tomatoes and other crops as activists warn of ‘obvious problem’
by Tom Perkins
Tue 18 Nov 2025 07.00 ESTExcerpt: "California farms applied an average of 2.5m lbs of PFAS “forever chemicals” per year on cropland from 2018 to 2023, or a total of about 15m lbs, a new review of state records shows.
The chemicals are added to pesticides that are sprayed on crops such as almonds, pistachios, #wine grapes, #alfalfa and tomatoes, the review of California Department of Pesticide Regulation data found. The Environmental Working Group nonprofit put together the report.
The risk for uptake of PFAS is likely higher in water-rich fruits and vegetables, because water attracts the chemicals, and research has shown PFAS may concentrate at dangerous levels in some produce. The chemicals also pollute water supplies and present a higher risk to the often low income and Latino #farmworkers."
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/18/california-pfas-forever-chemicals#ForeverChemicals #DowChemicalKnew
#3MKnew #BigAg #RoundupReady #Glyphosate #Bees #Extinction #Hubris #WaterIsLife #PFASContamination #EnvironmentalDamage #EPACuts #Pollution #PFOS #PFASPollution #PFASContamnation #ManMadeDisasters #3M #3MLied #GenXChemicals
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A new study in collaboration with ZALF shows: When farmers combine #alfalfa with #ribwort plantain, the forage yield can be doubled compared to conventional mixtures & less #nitrate enters the #groundwater.
https://nachrichten.idw-online.de/2025/10/21/new-plant-mixture-convinces-in-practical-test-ribwort-plantain-increases-forage-yield-and-protects-groundwater -
#stargate is backed by #softbank which is backed by #saudiarabia who are also destroying #saltlake in #utah to grow #alfalfa to feed #beef for themselves.
#siliconvalley is in cahoots with the same Saudi #killers of #journalist and the largest #oil producers and #oppressors of #women #underminers of #democracy
#justice #humanrights #water #drought #climatechange #development
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Norbert Leo Butz, Toby Huss, Virginia Kull, Marcus Scribner, Barkhad Abdi And James Le Gros To Star In Jack Fessenden’s Eco-Noir ‘Alfalfa’
#Casting #Alfalfa #BarkhadAbdi #JackFessenden #JamesLeGros #MarcusScribner #NorbertLeoButz #TobyHuss #VirginiaKull -
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From 2014: #Diné #FoodSovereignty : A Report on the #NavajoNation Food System and the Case to Rebuild a Self Sufficient Food System for the Diné People
by the Diné Policy Institute, April 2014
#GMO / #GE on the Navajo Nation
"GMO/GE seeds are currently being used on the Navajo Nation by the #NavajoAgricultureProductsIndustry (#NAPI), located near the chapters of #Hogback, #UpperFruitland, and #Shiprock including #GMOCorn purchased from #Monsanto. As the region remains a major agricultural hub for many Diné farmers, the risk of #GMOContamination of Diné crops, particularly corn, is high. Furthermore, NAPI’s production of #alfalfa also utilizes GMO seed, which many Diné livestock owners purchase under the '#NavajoPride' brand, so GMO/GE feed is entering the Navajo Nation food system through NAPI products.
"In terms of Diné cultural perspectives, Diné knowledge holders, elders, and farmers have criticized the practice of GMO/GE by #biotech industries throughout Diné Policy Institute’s research and Food Sovereignty Initiative, stating that these practices are in direct violation of our teachings; of the Diné Fundamental Laws and our relationship and duty with plants and animals, particularly with our relationship with corn, our most sacred plant, and have stated that GMO/GE threatens the Diné way of life. As GMOs/GE pose such a large threat to Diné famers, Diné seeds, and Diné lifeways, and go against our most basic teachings, it is vital that the Navajo Nation and Diné people address both the presence of GMO/GE food and seeds on the Navajo Nation as well the potential future risks of GMO/GE to Diné Agriculture.
Ban on GMO/GE Seeds and #Pesticides on the Navajo Nation
The technologies and legalities of #GeneticModification and #GeneticEngineering are in direct contradiction to Diné Food Sovereignty. The #corporate ownership and control of seeds threaten the future of Diné agriculture; Diné people must control their seeds and agricultural practices in order to rebuild a self-sufficient food system that provides healthy foods for Diné people and also ensures the continuation of Diné agriculture and lifeways. Therefore, it is strongly recommended that Diné people, Farm Boards and Committees, Chapters, and the Navajo Nation move to ban GMO/GE seeds on the Navajo Nation. As GMO/GE seeds are already being used on the Navajo Nation by the Navajo Agricultural Products Industry (NAPI), this will require NAPI to change agricultural practices and policies, and end the purchase and production of GMO/GE crops. Recent State legislations have outlawed the banning of GMO/GE seeds in many counties; counties and states in the United States where people have the authority to ban GMO/GE seeds are becoming increasing rare. Therefore, the Navajo Nation and the Diné people have a unique opportunity to enact what many cannot through an assertion of Diné Sovereignty.
Native Seed Protections
"In addition to banning GMO/GE seeds, the Navajo Nation and Diné people should also consider enacting legal protections for our Diné seeds, to hold biotech corporations accountable for contamination of Diné seeds if this does occur. This is particularly urgent as legislation and court decisions at the state and federal level are making it increasingly difficult to hold biotech companies responsible for the contamination of heritage, heirloom, and non-GMO/GE seeds. One example of this is the '#MonsantoProtectionAct,' a piece of federal legislation.
"Diné people can begin to protect Diné seeds and provide access to heritage, non GMO/GE seeds through the creation of community Seed Banks and Seed Libraries. Seed banks store seeds, while seed libraries allow people to take seeds to grow, provided that they give some seeds back from what they grow after harvest. Diné seed banks and libraries would also provide access to seeds for growers, addressing a concern of famers in the Community Food Assessment – that they didn’t have access to Native seeds. Seed Banks can include state of the art technology, such as that used by #NativeSeedSearch in Tucson, AZ. However, this is not necessary; Diné and other Native people historically stored seeds in clay jars, recent excavations of such seed preservation methods in the Midwest have produced seeds that were able to grow after 800 years. The seed bank in Tesuque Pueblo in New Mexico stores seeds in jars in a dark and cool in-ground cellar.
Education
"GMO/GE ingredients are in the majority of foods that Diné people are eating and GMO/GE seeds are on the Navajo Nation, however, most Diné people are unaware of the existence of these practices. Therefore public education and outreach on genetic modification and genetic engineering for both Diné people and Navajo Nation leadership is needed."
pages 78-79
https://www.dinecollege.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/dpi-food-sovereignty-report.pdf
#CorporateColonialism #GMOs #BigAg
#EndCapitalism #Colonialism #FoodSecurity #Decolonize #TraditionalFoods
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The Great Salt Lake is shrinking as 62% of river #water bound for it is diverted for human use; 71% of the water is used for #agriculture, 80% of which for irrigating #alfalfa & hay to feed #cattle. Reducing #irrigation of #livestock feed is key to save the lake: https://news.oregonstate.edu/news/reducing-irrigation-livestock-feed-crops-needed-save-great-salt-lake-study-argues
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💛 Artist: #ALFALFA + #LaPupila #TheDreamers in City: #Toronto /6, Peel Ave / Kanada 🇨🇦 10/2024 - Title: "Breaking the borders" (No one in the world is illegal) - #Art #Streetart #Artist #Immigrants #Borders #Mural
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(4/x) Vast areas of good US cropland are used to grow animal feed (#corn #alfalfa #hay #sorghum), not crops to directly nourish humans. Also globally a lot of prime #farmland no longer produces human food directly, raising #foodsecurity concerns: https://drawdown.org/insights/greenwashing-and-denial-wont-solve-beefs-enormous-climate-problems #landuse
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#Alfalfa is not the enemy. It’s actually a beneficial legume. The article says “Cattle-feed #crops, like alfalfa, consume 90% of all water used by Upper Basin agriculture.” So it’s not just alfalfa but includes other crops used for livestock feed.
In arid and semi-arid areas of the US, there are always trade-offs and pressures as to whom benefits from the limited #water supplies. In the end, some irrigated crops may come up short.
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New Water Accounting Reveals Why The Colorado River No Longer Reaches The Sea
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01291-0 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #ColoradoRiver #ColoradoRiverBasin #CRB #USA #waterresources #USWest #irrigation #crops #feed #grass #hay #alfalfa #SaudiArabia #watersecurity #wateruse #water #hydrology #waterrights #overuse #magicwater #extraction #rationing #cropland #watercrisis #accounting #volumetric #model #river #watersupply #modeling #riparian #wetland #ET #evapotranspiration #waterbudget #regional #municipal #agriculture #commercial #industrial #cattle #cattlefeed #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal -
#OpenAccess application of #RhizoVision Crown for studying effects of a biotic factor, #Phymatotrichopsis omnivora (causal agent of Phymatotrichopsis #root #rot) #disease on #alfalfa:
https://doi.org/10.1094/PBIOMES-12-18-0062-R
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America's shift in #diets toward more #chicken & #cheese adds to #health concerns and takes a big toll on water supplies as #farmers drain groundwater to irrigate crops (#alfalfa, #soybeans) that are only used for animal feed or biofuel: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/12/24/climate/groundwater-crisis-chicken-cheese.html #irrigation #dairy
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🚨 Advance publication by Camila Franco, Felipe Avila, and Armando Bernui, in #MNRAS on probing isotropy in the Local Universe, using the Arecibo ALFALFA survey data: study finds a signature of the Dipole Repeller we discovered back in 2017. That's just great!
https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad3616#dipolerepeller #cosmology #cosmography #cosmicflows #isotropy #universe #localuniverse #astrophysics #astronomy #astrodon #arecibo #arecibotelescope #alfalfa #survey #space #science #research #knowledge
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(2/2) #Alfalfa grown in the California #Desert with water from the #Colorado River is shipped domestically & overseas, exporting #water that’s desperately needed. Convincing #consumers to eat less #meat might be the best way to save the river: https://projects.propublica.org/california-farmers-colorado-river/
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80% of #water from the Colorado goes to #irrigation, most for #grass to feed #cattle as far as Middle East; growing #alfalfa in one desert to feed #dairy cows in another. Utah uses 68% of its water for alfalfa, but #livestock make only 0.2% of its income: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/historic-draught-colorado-river-california-nevada-arizona-water-crisis-1234816087/
