National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Last week’s post highlighted the stories of farmers who have used practices from the Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry practice list to build climate resilience and mitigation solutions. This week’s post adds stories created and gathered by National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) members around the country.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

APRIL 25, 2024

By Rowan Jacobsen , July 24, 2019 An unhealthy alliance between almonds and honeybees By Paige Embry , June 20, 2019 In January, with the almond bloom in California’s orchards a month away, beekeepers across the country were fretting over their hives. Department of Agriculture. million acres of the Central Valley.

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Orchard Acre Pesticide Farming 93

Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

They farm on 130 acres of the land on which her father and grandfather had raised hogs. She and Rafkin had a goal of adding diversity and value to her family’s farm through organic agriculture, but they found few organic farmers in the area at the time and none that were implementing agroforestry.

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Caff

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF) hosted our second Biologically Integrated Orchard Systems (BIOS) field day at River Garden Farms on November 30th, 2021 titled “Cover Cropping, Sanitation and Mating Disruption in Walnuts.” They now cover crop every orchard, resulting in about 500 acres of open ground cover cropped.

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Modern Farmer

JULY 14, 2023

As Brian Paddock walks through his 12-and-a-half acres of almond trees, he’s taking in everything. It’a not just because it’s cheaper and not just because Capay Hills Orchard , his farm just north of Sacramento, is in an area of California that is increasingly drought-prone. It’s one of the building blocks of agriculture.

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Orchard Crop Family Farming Farming 75

Food Environment and Reporting Network

JULY 5, 2023

By Rowan Jacobsen , July 24, 2019 An unhealthy alliance between almonds and honeybees By Paige Embry , June 20, 2019 In January, with the almond bloom in California’s orchards a month away, beekeepers across the country were fretting over their hives. Department of Agriculture. million acres of the Central Valley.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 24, 2023

Since the resurgence of regenerative agriculture, farming has never been sexier. But what does regenerative agriculture mean? It’s official: Regenerative agriculture has been hijacked. This distinction,” says Newton, “raises interesting implications about how you define regenerative agriculture.” There are currently 8.3

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Food Ranching Ecology Fertilizer 94

Trimble Agriculture

JUNE 5, 2024

Land Purchase Read how this fruit orchard operator used a $60MM custom loan package to expand their operation, plant 50 acres of new trees, and increase profitability. READ MORE “AgAmerica has an experienced team that truly understands agricultural financing. ” Mike D., ” Mike D.,

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Finance Farming Farming Ruralism 52

Modern Farmer

JANUARY 15, 2024

Yet with California’s agricultural hub dominated by large-scale farms and commodity crops, he’s found a comfortable niche at his local farmers market. Given the sliver of land—about a 16th of an acre—the duo initially had doubts about the business’ profitability. acre lot has ample space for the growing business.

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Cultivation Crop Real Estate Food 98

Civil Eats

JANUARY 8, 2024

We’ve got 150 acres of grain.” Next, they purchased a no-drill seeder together, and it allowed them to plant rows of grain directly into orchards and pastures without tilling, a practice known to benefit the soil. It has allowed us to do much more creative things in orchard systems,” said Gonzales-Siemens. What is that?

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Grain Farming Farming Orchard 110

Modern Farmer

JULY 11, 2023

Plumblee oversees about 7,000 acres in the central San Joaquin Valley, growing navel oranges, valencias, mandarins and even some lemons and grapefruits. There’s no sign of HLB in the Booth orchards yet, and Plumlee aims to keep it that way. California is home to roughly 300,000 acres of citrus production across the state.

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Civil Eats

MARCH 11, 2024

agriculture. “It’s a criticism of how agriculture is currently conducted, and it’s a methodology of introducing the microorganisms that are absent from the soil.” It’s a criticism of how agriculture is currently conducted,” says Robb. He mostly grows salad greens across 3 acres of farmland.

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Farming Farming Crop Agriculture 130

CalCAN

AUGUST 10, 2023

Christine Gemperle, almond farmer and CalCAN advisor recently drove to Sacramento from her orchard in Ceres to testify in support of equipment sharing and sustainable agriculture investments alongside CalCAN staff. Christine operates 135 acres of almonds with her brother in Stanislaus and Merced counties.

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Orchard Farming Farming Agriculture 52

Food Environment and Reporting Network

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

By Rowan Jacobsen , July 24, 2019 An unhealthy alliance between almonds and honeybees By Paige Embry , June 20, 2019 In January, with the almond bloom in California’s orchards a month away, beekeepers across the country were fretting over their hives. Department of Agriculture. million acres of the Central Valley.

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Farming Farming Orchard Acre 52

Modern Farmer

JULY 10, 2023

After a winter of record snow in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, a sudden warm spell melted the lower reaches, unleashing nearly 40,000 acre-feet of water —a volume equal to more than a tenth of Las Vegas’ annual supply—in 48 hours. His 580-acre farm grows enough forage to supply the herd, so “I’m good with where I’m at,” he adds.

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Farming Farming Manure Agriculture 82

Food Environment and Reporting Network

JANUARY 11, 2023

By Rowan Jacobsen , July 24, 2019 An unhealthy alliance between almonds and honeybees By Paige Embry , June 20, 2019 In January, with the almond bloom in California’s orchards a month away, beekeepers across the country were fretting over their hives. Department of Agriculture. million acres of the Central Valley.

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Orchard Acre Pesticide Farming 52

Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

He’s spent much of his career as a bee specialist with the US Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service and he’s an authority on the agricultural benefits of many of the 3,600 diverse species of wild, native bees, including squash bees. I’ve seen this in my own fruit orchard.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 21, 2022

By Rowan Jacobsen , July 24, 2019 An unhealthy alliance between almonds and honeybees By Paige Embry , June 20, 2019 In January, with the almond bloom in California’s orchards a month away, beekeepers across the country were fretting over their hives. Department of Agriculture. million acres of the Central Valley.

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Orchard Acre Pesticide Farming 52

Civil Eats

MARCH 5, 2024

The San Joaquin Valley is the largest agricultural producing area in the nation; it produced crops, livestock, and agricultural commodities worth $36.5 Since 1992, the air district has employed 670 rules to reduce air emissions in the valley, yet only a handful pertain to agriculture. “Ag billion in 2022. in the air.

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Farming Farming Tractor Agriculture 86

Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Outside of Charleston, South Carolina, in the picturesque marshes of the Kiawah River, sits more than 100 acres of working farmland. The agrihood there is for residents 55 and over, and 10-acre Woodside Farms provides a gathering space, volunteer and working opportunities and a CSA. Tiny Timbers is a small agrihood in St.

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Farmland Food Farming Farming 126

Farmbrite

APRIL 25, 2023

It's often used in greenhouses and nurseries, but it can also be used in vegetable gardens, flower gardens , orchards and even trees. Center pivots are also used on larger areas than other types of systems - approximately 20 acres (8 hectares) per machine and up to 1,000 acres (405 hectares) with multiple machines running at once.

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Crop Acre Crop Yield Distribution 52

Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Tony Prendergast’s XK Bar Ranch sits slightly south of Crawford, Colorado, near the Smith Fork of the North Fork of the Gunnison River on the southern edge of the agriculturally rich North Fork Valley. One partner rejuvenated the old apple orchard, planted another 120 heritage-variety trees and started a cider business. “A

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Ranching Livestock Acre Ecology 88

ATTRA

AUGUST 20, 2024

He wasn’t alone, as the material made from plant waste occupies an obscure niche in agricultural communities and isn’t widely used in the U.S. Far from a new concept, biochar is as old as agriculture itself. Vineyards, orchards, row crops–farmers are trialing this stuff and finding out it has huge advantages.”

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Caff

DECEMBER 15, 2023

That’s part of what Project Terra is about; it’s highlighting all of these ideas and initiatives that are going to take us further on that sustainability spectrum. ” -Kendra Altnow Project Terra is their collection of initiatives that demonstrate and communicate the positive impact of regenerative agriculture using systems approach principles.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The front bucket was half full as he drove the tractor forward on a gentle slope of his 10-acre produce and poultry farm in Greensboro, Georgia. Most of the rollovers in Washington occurred on crop farms, including the state’s signature apple orchards. Gerhardt, now 66, farms organic hay on his own 10-acre field in Mohawk, NY.

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Tractor Farming Farming Acre 88

Civil Eats

MARCH 4, 2024

It’s no wonder that hospital food gets a bad rap, says Santana Diaz, executive chef at the University of California Davis Medical Center, a sprawling, 142-acre campus located in Sacramento, California. Last month, the CDFA began work on officially defining regenerative ranching and agriculture. Santana Diaz, Executive Chef, U.C.

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Pasture Ranching Supply Chain Cattle 115

Civil Eats

JULY 17, 2023

Date palm plantations and orchards cover the eastern Coachella Valley to the north. Agricultural runoff from both valleys is the primary input into the Salton Sea, and with that runoff comes pesticides and nutrients such as phosphorous and nitrogen. emissions come from agricultural lands, pasturelands, and unpaved roads.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

AUGUST 11, 2023

NSAC members had the opportunity to participate in plenary, breakout, and panel sessions around key campaign priorities including Climate and Agriculture, the Farm Safety Net, and Resilient Local and Regional Food Systems, engage in racial equity caucusing, and solidify commitments for grassroots action.

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Water Rights Food Farming Farming 52

UnderstandingAg

OCTOBER 29, 2023

When I began studying ornamental horticulture and landscape design over 25 years ago, regenerative agriculture was just a twinkle in Gabe Brown’s eye and a glimpse of the future in the eyes of Allen Williams’, Ph.D. The principles of soil health bind all together.

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Hartwood Farm

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

We are the sort of farm that it’s essentially impossible to insure in a system aimed at commodity agriculture because we just grow so many crops, all in small amounts compared to five thousand acres of wheat or a thousand acre apple orchard. How do you indemnify a situation with as much fundamental uncertainty as farming?

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 6, 2023

We were in the parking lot of Island Center Forest, a 440-acre wooded park home to miles of hiking trails and one large pond where birdwatchers flock. Student lab assistants traversed a 20-acre section of the 300-acre park, treading in straight lines regardless of topography, up and down steep inclines, over and under downed branches.

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Caff

MARCH 23, 2022

Do you need any equipment from the grower when you come to our orchards? Kevin: The Mobile Irrigation Lab is pretty self contained; I have the tools I need and my truck is small enough to typically fit down the orchard rows or I can walk. Would the loan of an ATV help?

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Manufacturing Orchard Ecology Acre 52

RR2CS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Marsha enrolled in the Horticulture Certificate program through Olds College, and they got started in 2003, planting 5 acres of Saskatoon bushes. The following year, they planted another 5 acres, and so on. The airflow is important for the orchard.”

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Modern Farmer

JULY 3, 2023

s Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries. They monitored orchards for symptoms and cut down infected trees. Andres’ orchard was among the first in BC to trial the new varieties in 2011. In 2021, BC produced more than 70,000 pounds of hazelnuts on around 350 acres. Still, it was an emotional experience for Andres.

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Orchard Acre Production Processing 91

Agritecture Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Editor’s Note: Agrivoltaics is an exciting form of agriculture that has been gaining a lot of traction in the United States. This form of agriculture is primarily seen as a partnership between farmers and utility providers. The co-location of solar fields and agriculture is the most common type of setup we’re seeing.

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RR2CS

MARCH 8, 2022

Instead, they set their sights northwest of the city and came to fall in love with 160-acres of “rough northern bush” in Barrhead County. Of the 160-acres, Jenna and Thomas steward 25-acres to grow organic vegetables, herbs, and flowers and raise honeybees. I think that keeps us very humble in recognizing how much we don’t know.

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Farming Farming Forage Seeding 52

Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 12, 2022

14, a historic email landed in the inboxes of hundreds of California farmers whose land lies within the Westlands Water District , the largest agricultural irrigation agency in the country — and one of the most controversial. Westlands Water District was formed to distribute that water to 600,000 acres of land.

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