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Mail-Order Nursery | Rare, native, & drought-tolerant plants 🌱 | Grown sustainably in the Mohave Desert 🌵 | Nationwide shipping 🌍 + local pickup in Kingman, AZ 📦

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regen: warning this may make you cry with joyful tears. 😍 Neil Spackman posted this 10 year report after co-creating the Al-Baydha project. www.youtube.com/watch?v=T39Q...
The Story of Al Baydha: A Regenerative Agriculture in the Saudi Desert. قصة مشروع البيضاء
YouTube video by Al Baydha
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December 10, 2024 at 10:50 PM
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Desert crops bring both planetary protection and pleasure 🌵🏜️

Agricultural shifts from corn and soy monocultures to desert crops will not only slow climate change, but also be delicious, says Gary Paul Nabhan: foodtank.com/news/2024/12...
December 9, 2024 at 5:06 PM
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Profile of a Young Hopi Farmer Growing Corn in the Desert, No Irrigation Required.
"To me, this is the original harm: the disruption of our traditional foods. By bringing back the food, you also bring back the culture.”
civileats.com/2025/01/07/g...
Growing Corn in the Desert, No Irrigation Required
The ancient technique of dry farming, an Indigenous Hopi tradition, allows squash, melons, and corn to grow without irrigation.
civileats.com
January 11, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Enjoyed chatting about our recent work on leaf cooling during extreme heat! If the clip has you curious, you can find the paper here www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
December 22, 2024 at 6:35 PM
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Major new initiative at Missouri Botanical Garden will revolutionize plant species identification and allow global access to big biodiversity data.

6 million newly digitized specimens = manifold uses and stories for botany, conservation, and history.

www.globenewswire.com/news-release...
December 10, 2024 at 4:38 PM