Hi everyone, we need advice from #farmers. We’re not experienced with growing potatoes. We found many already planted on our land, and now they’re flowering. We added soil around each plant as recommended just recently, but we are not sure what to do next. We really want a healthy first harvest 😊 Any guidance is welcome

#Farming #Potatoes #Agriculture #FoodSecurity #Learning #Uganda #SustainableFarming

Produce News:

"... Fertilizer now too expensive for vast majority of growers
April 14, 2026

An overwhelming majority of America’s farmers who responded to a nationwide survey say they cannot afford to purchase enough fertilizer to get them through the year, according to American Farm Bureau Federation, which conducted the survey and published results today.

More than 5,700 farmers, from all 50 states and Puerto Rico — both Farm Bureau members and non-members — took the survey. Conducted April 3-11, the survey shows 70 percent of respondents say fertilizer is so expensive that they will not be able to buy all the fertilizer they need...."

theproducenews.com/newsletter/…

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here's a small digital collage i made for my in-progress mega-zine on the industrial agricultural system. this collage is for the "oil" spread, which i'm still researching. all i want is a list of all the fossil-fuel-based inputs into industrial ag and i cannot find a list because there are too many things and it's too complicated!!!

anyway, please enjoy this collage about pumping magical, colorful oil directly onto the land.

#wip #art #collage #zines #agriculture #sustainability

🪐🥔 #Astronaut Don Pettit cultivated purple #potatoes using a hydroponic system on the #ISS.

The sprouts grew in multiple directions due to the absence of gravity and created a shape that resembled a purple lifeform with tentacles.

👉 sciencealert.com/purple-lifefo…

#space #nasa #botany #science #microgravity #gardening #hydroponics #biology #agriculture #exploration

Purple Lifeform Photographed Sprouting 'Tentacles' on The ISS : ScienceAlert

A grotesque purple lifeform was photographed sprouting 'tentacles' on the International Space Station (ISS), causing a stir online.

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