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Straw is an abundant agricultural waste product, and requires little energy to bale and transport for construction. For these reasons, straw bale construction is gaining popularity as part of passive solar and other renewable energy projects. [3] Wheat straw can be used as a fibrous filler combined with polymers to produce composite lumber. [4]
Grimmway Farms is the largest grower, producer, and shipper of carrots in the world. [1] It is headquartered in Bakersfield, California, and was family owned and operated for more than 40 years until it was sold to a private equity firm in 2020 for an undisclosed price. [2]
The "baby-cut carrot" is extremely popular in the United States; it is not a separate breed but a way of processing regular full-sized carrots to increase utilization and decrease waste. Mike Yurosek invented this in 1986, [ 1 ] and he and his son David promoted the baby-cut carrot in the early 1980s in Bakersfield, California through their ...
The carrots are weighed and bagged by an automated scale and packager, then placed in cold storage until they are shipped. [1] [3] The white blush sometimes visible on the surface of baby-cut carrots is caused by dehydration of the cut surface. Baby-cut carrots are more prone to develop this because their entire surface area is a cut surface.
No-till farming (also known as zero tillage or direct drilling) is an agricultural technique for growing crops or pasture without disturbing the soil through tillage. No-till farming decreases the amount of soil erosion tillage causes in certain soils, especially in sandy and dry soils on sloping terrain.
Straw-bale construction is a building method that uses bales of straw (usually wheat [2] straw) as structural elements, building insulation, or both. This construction method is commonly used in natural building or "brown" construction projects.
No-dig gardening is a non-cultivation method used by some organic gardeners.. This technique recognizes that micro- and macro-biotic organisms constitute a "food web" community in the soil, necessary for the healthy cycling of nutrients and prevention of problematic organisms and diseases. [1]