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Gravel cycling is a fast-growing off-road sport, with new races popping up all over the country. It's a boon for local tourism, but some farmers and ranchers have been upset by cyclists and fans trashing their properties. New from Amanda Loudin: ambrook.com/offrange/cultu…

For six years in a row, grasshoppers have been wreaking havoc on California crops. There's a federal management agency dedicated to this exact problem — why aren't they helping? New from @eglassmanhughes: ambrook.com/offrange/crops…

This art is crazy good x.com/OffrangeAg/sta…

NASA has an entire subagency called NASA Acres, dedicated to using their sophisticated satellite data to help farmers. The biggest issue: No one has heard of them! @donavyncoffey has more: ambrook.com/offrange/techn…

a @KQED exclusive: the Internet Archive is joining a network of federally recognized libraries that archive government records and make them accessible to the public. i wrote about how that affects Archive's legal challenges and what it means to be a library in the digital age

Socorro, Texas, once hosted the Rio Vista Bracero Reception Center, where tens of thousands of Mexican migrant farmworkers entered the U.S. in the mid-20th century. Marianne Dhennin looked into the center's troubled past — and its more hopeful future: ambrook.com/offrange/labor…

During the pandemic, urban farming saw a big resurgence, receiving a bunch of new funding opportunities to fill in gaps in our strained supply chain. Now the USDA has cut virtually all funding for urban ag — can these farms make it? Ben Seal has more: ambrook.com/offrange/legis…

i have received some version of this notification everyday for the last several months. what are we doing

Global coffee production is under threat from disease and climate change. Here in the U.S. we're also likely to see prices spike as tariff fallout continues. But what if we grew our own, in Florida? New from @DKruzman: ambrook.com/offrange/crops…

What would it take to electrify the ag trucking industry? We dug in: ambrook.com/offrange/persp…

what a time to be alive! (derogatory)

Design at Ambrook is so different than any other tech company. Our product designer Calvin Ku covered learnings "Designing for the Field" after joining the team from Stripe. The farmers, ranchers, and owner-operators we work with have unique challenges that demand top-notch…

The screwworm is a flesh-eating terror, straight out of the schlockiest horror flicks, and U.S. cattle ranchers are rightfully worried it's in their future. Lela Nargi unpacks the fears (and finds some cause for hope): ambrook.com/offrange/lives…

Honeybees distribute pollen, so what if we got them to spread organic pesticides and beneficial microbes? New from @KupermanLeah: ambrook.com/offrange/techn…

Another good day not to be the New York Times public editor.

"Using Bees to Spread Pesticides," my latest for @OffrangeAg, looking at a buzz-worthy biological control solution to pests and plant diseases destroying between 20 and 40 percent of the global annual harvest: ambrook.com/offrange/techn…

Livestock chiropractics is a rapidly emerging field, taking care of the aches and pains of cows and horses, goats and sheep. But how do we know if it works? @kristen_schmitt looks into it: ambrook.com/offrange/lives…

sharing this alt graphic that my team came up with because it’s too beautiful not to share

In Hawai'i, farming is often performed in conjunction with moon cycles - local government can't produce enough lunar charts to satisfy demand! But what's the science behind these practices, and what could mainland farmers learn? @meganululani has more: ambrook.com/offrange/cultu…

Saffron is one of the priciest ingredients in the world: 1 pound can fetch 5 figures, easy. But that doesn't mean American farmers will get rich if they grow it. @DanielWWalton looks at the potential — and the pitfalls — of producing saffron domestically: ambrook.com/offrange/crops…