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a person who cultivates the land and grows crops on it
a young farmer whose family has been growing wheat for many generations
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The study team did the same thing for 276 species of ants, including 208 species of fungus farmers.
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Kate Golembiewski, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
Ant farmers tend fungus gardens Schultz has been studying fungus-farming ants, including leaf-cutters, for more than 35 years to try to figure out how this unusual behavior evolved.
—Kate Golembiewski, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
Agriculture The adoption of AI across the agriculture sector has been slow due to the high cost of the technology, the fragmented nature of the industry and the lack of technical expertise among farmers.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
In this role, Dufresne will help scale the organization to meet its network’s needs, support farmers and producers worldwide, oversee the implementation of a growth strategy, foster expansion opportunities and bolster existing relationships.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 4 Oct. 2024
Design your menu to celebrate produce sourced directly from local farmers and fishermen.
—Shrikant Dash, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
About 500 people were evacuated for hours after the accident to spare them exposure to the hazardous plume from the chemical used by farmers to add nitrogen fertilizer to the soil and in large buildings as a refrigerant.
—CBS News, 4 Oct. 2024
The ants employ helpful bacteria to keep their fungal crops healthy from disease and appear to have more success than human farmers often do with their crops.
—Kate Golembiewski, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
Further study will likely turn up new evidence of how ecological shifts led some ants to become careful farmers and how some fungus has been able to survive thanks to their cultivation.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 2024
Kate Golembiewski, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
Ant farmers tend fungus gardens Schultz has been studying fungus-farming ants, including leaf-cutters, for more than 35 years to try to figure out how this unusual behavior evolved.
—Kate Golembiewski, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
Agriculture The adoption of AI across the agriculture sector has been slow due to the high cost of the technology, the fragmented nature of the industry and the lack of technical expertise among farmers.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
In this role, Dufresne will help scale the organization to meet its network’s needs, support farmers and producers worldwide, oversee the implementation of a growth strategy, foster expansion opportunities and bolster existing relationships.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 4 Oct. 2024
Design your menu to celebrate produce sourced directly from local farmers and fishermen.
—Shrikant Dash, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
About 500 people were evacuated for hours after the accident to spare them exposure to the hazardous plume from the chemical used by farmers to add nitrogen fertilizer to the soil and in large buildings as a refrigerant.
—CBS News, 4 Oct. 2024
The ants employ helpful bacteria to keep their fungal crops healthy from disease and appear to have more success than human farmers often do with their crops.
—Kate Golembiewski, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
Further study will likely turn up new evidence of how ecological shifts led some ants to become careful farmers and how some fungus has been able to survive thanks to their cultivation.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 2024
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