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Introducing the 2025 Mini-Grant Projects: Solutions for Healthier Soils

This year’s mini-grant recipients are addressing some of New York’s most pressing soil health challenges, including testing mulching materials to reduce erosion, exploring non-chemical methods for controlling invasive weeds, monitoring under-vine cover crops in vineyards, and creating educational tools like a guide to cover cropping for community gardens. Updates on their progress will be shared in the coming months.

Here are the seven projects selected for 2025, and the soil health solutions they aim to achieve:

Organizing On-Farm Soil Health Demonstrations and Field Day for Northern New York

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2.5 Billion Pounds Of Sunflower Are Harvested To Produce Oil This Way | Farming Documentary

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2.5 Billion Pounds Of Sunflower Are Harvested To Produce Oil This Way - Let's Dive In! Join us as we uncover the extraordinary journey behind harvesting a staggering 2.5 billion pounds of sunflowers in the United States, all to produce the golden sunflower oil that graces kitchens worldwide! In this documentary, we take you from vast sunflower fields to cutting-edge oil production facilities, where modern innovation meets agricultural expertise.

What You'll Discover:

•The Sunflower Harvest Process: Dive into the fascinating methods used by farmers to plant, care for, and harvest sunflowers across America's farmlands.

•High-Tech Harvesting Machines: See the impressive machinery in action, from specialized harvesters designed for sunflower seeds to the efficient transport systems that ensure every pound counts.

•From Seed to Oil: Explore the transformation of sunflower seeds into premium cooking oil, including cleaning, pressing, and refining processes in state-of-the-art factories.