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Running your own business is taking responsibility for your product and your people. It's why we're passionate supporters of BLD Southeast (thanks for the shout out!). Learn more about their upcoming event and join others who are looking to run their businesses for the better 🤝🌱 #bcorpcertified #conference #bcorps #purposedrivenbusiness

📢 Advancing Agricultural Excellence: A Collaboration of H2020 Projects 🌾 We're excited to share a remarkable milestone achieved through the synergy of three European H2020 projects: AgriDemo-F2F, PLAID, and NEFERTITI. 🤝 Their collective efforts have given rise to the FarmDemo Training Kit, a comprehensive reservoir of resources designed to enhance the caliber of farm demonstration events. This Training Kit represents a culmination of insightful tools, meticulous guidelines, and informative videos, meticulously curated to empower both farmers and organizers in orchestrating impactful farm demos. 📚✅ Moreover, within the framework of the NEFERTITI project, the Kit has undergone further refinement, enriched with contemporary materials, practical guidelines, and essential tools aimed at elevating the art of organizing farm demonstration events. 🌱🎯 The FarmDemo Training Kit stands as a testament to skill refinement and capacity building among farm demo organizers. It serves as a catalyst, translating innovative demonstration concepts into tangible on-farm practices while elevating the importance of farmer-to-farmer exchanges during these events. 🌍🌾 🔗 Dive into the depth of the FarmDemo Training Kit and expand your impact within the agricultural domain. Explore the multitude of resources available here: https://lnkd.in/dPd_iRa 🌐🔍 #AgriculturalExcellence #InnovationInAgriculture #CapacityBuilding

Here's how #artificialturf grass from Gallant Sports is not just a game-changer, but a #sustainable solution for a greener future: - Cut down your Maintenance Costs to #SaveWater - #ChemicalFree product for your playing field - Protected by #AntiUV technology - Comes in 100% #recyclable packaging Be eco-friendly - choose Gallant Sports 🌿⚽

Vibe: https://lnkd.in/gh-sUEj8 Woke up, took care of plant handling matters for the male's chilling in the basement. I'm caretaking for 4 White Rhino dudes until our Minnesota born geneticist makes the move back home from Tahoe. Male cannabis plants (dudes) have a charm to them, but female plants (dudette's) are still my jam. Checked on my Sweet Tooth and Skittlez germinated babes I popped last week. Soaking seeds in a 1 to 5 part mix for 24 hours in peroxide / distilled water produced nominal results.. 8 of 10 are doing their thing as healthy seedlings. Dropped off White Rhino and Northern Lights clones to our legacy cultivator who's currently vetting genetics for commercial use. Salivated over his White Truffle genetics ready for a chop / cure. Convinced our Green Bear Cannabis leadership team we need to take our $500,000 war chest for a microbusiness and ebb / flow the investment into a mezzo. What changed? A partnership with a(nother) service connected disabled veteran and his similarly situated son. For those keeping score, our leadership team is now at 3 Father / son teams and 2 friends in their 50's with ties going back to college. 4 of us are cannabis criminals, while 3 were honorably discharged from the service as United States Veterans. We also have 1 boy scout who is neither a criminal or a veteran. At least he has experience as a licensed cannabis operator out West. Additionally, we have an advisory team of licensed cannabis operators from out West with 40 years of experience spread amongst Minnesota born Master Growers / Solventless Manufacturers / and retail operators. That's how we scale properly. Through experience. "Do it once, do it right," is military rhetoric my veteran father instilled in me as a child. It requires expertise, patience, and forethought. Personally, I prefer chaos, intuition, and assumptions :) But I make it work. My Dad and I are handling the highly regulated, compliance piece. We have 60 years of combined experience managing ops in red tape industries (nuclear / IT / Healthcare / Law / Nonprofits). Our cultivation team consists of a father / son duo have been providing First Avenue Musicians HQ Flower since the 90's. Meanwhile, our operations lead fixes the numbers in a financial model he overpaid for online to adapt to the switch from a 5k canopy / 1 retail micro license to a 15k canopy / 3 retail mezzo. In the micro to mezzo switch, we lose the ability to operate an onsite consumption lounge. The reality is that endorsement is garbage and money better used elsewhere until Minnesota allows for Amsterdam style "coffee shops." Even then, most will lose their ass operating a consumption lounge. Just my opinion, and opinions are like assholes... The only path you take in this industry that matters is your own. Carve it out. Be vigilant. Keep your passion. Fuck the outside noise. Good luck to all in Minnesota's emerging adult use market. Que Sera, Sera.

Replay available | 🚨 One month ago, CDC Biodiversité and the World Benchmarking Alliance organized their Webinar - Integrating nature into business as usual: How far do Food & Agriculture companies understand their relationship with nature - and how can biodiversity footprinting help? 🗣 Jennifer Black, from the World Benchmarking Alliance presented the results of the 2023 Nature Benchmark and the key messages emerging from it in terms of the current action and nature-related disclosure undertaken by Agriculture & Agrifood companies. 👥 Claire Blery and Elisa Magueur from CDC Biodiversité complemented this analysis with CDC Biodiversité’s quantitative benchmark analysis on the #biodiversity impacts and #dependencies of the sector, and explained the role of biodiversity footprinting in helping companies and investors understand where they stand and what are the most pressing challenges and hotspots of impacts. 🎞 Access the replay at this link 👉 https://lnkd.in/ed-KANQN

Cassava is changing the game for our food systems. As a resilient crop that grows in diverse climates, it provides essential sustenance for the masses. Join the conversation at the National Cassava Conference 2023 to learn more about how this crop is transforming the way we eat and grow. https://lnkd.in/dV3ZYyiH #NationalCassavaCon #CassavaIndustry #Kenya #Agriculture #FoodSecurity #EconomicDevelopment

🌱 Delve into the world of cutting-edge turfgrass management! 🏞️ Excited to share that you can subscribe to ATC newsletters for free updates from Dr. Micah Woods at the Asian Turfgrass Center. Stay ahead with the latest in turfgrass science, global research, and upcoming seminars. Sign up here: #TurfgrassManagement #StayInformed

With the highest density of livestock in Europe, the Netherlands has been in the throes of a years-long crisis over nitrogen emissions from manure, which ecologists say are destroying the country’s ecosystems. Mongabay's Ashoka Mukpo breaks this down in a three-part series you can read here: https://lnkd.in/eNTWN7bv When the Dutch government announced plans to buy out farms close to nature reserves and cut the country’s livestock herd by as much as one-third, farmers revolted, staging massive demonstrations and destabilizing politics in the Netherlands. The “nitrogen crisis” has become a flash point in Dutch society, raising difficult questions over how to reform unsustainable food systems and offering a preview of what’s to come for other countries as well. WATCH Ashoka's report: