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In Bad Naturalist, an Author Settles on a Mountain Top and Tries to Farm

Modern Farmer

What she found was 200 acres of old farmland atop a Virginia mountain. Two hundred years ago, many of these hillsides were timbered for orchards. Around forty years ago, most of the orchards were replaced with cattle pasture. In the past decade, farmers stopped grazing cattle on the mountain.

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On the Ground with the Midwest Farmers Going All-In On Agroforestry

Modern Farmer

They farm on 130 acres of the land on which her father and grandfather had raised hogs. The Joia Food & Fiber Farm farmstead pictured with sheep, sheepdogs, and cattle grazing. Johnson added trees to grazing land to create silvopastures, enhanced existing windbreaks and planted a micro-orchard with fruit and nut trees.

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Farmer Conservation Stories: Why Inflation Reduction Act Funding Must Remain Focused on Climate Change

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

For example, at Eckert’s Farm in Belleville, MO, Chris Eckert has seen extreme freezes killing off parts of his peach orchard. Not only does his cattle system capture carbon, but he also improves water infiltration and water holding capacity in his soils. Further, they have added nearly five acres of prairie strips.

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Regenerative Beef Gets a Boost from California Universities

Civil Eats

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. Grazing cattle on pasture for the entirety of their lives, on the other hand, is far less productive. Cumulatively, the U.C.

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Almonds are Under Threat. The Key to Saving Them Could Be in the Soil

Modern Farmer

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. My orchard has a lot of trees,” says Paddock. “I’m

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Moving into the Agrihood

Modern Farmer

Outside of Charleston, South Carolina, in the picturesque marshes of the Kiawah River, sits more than 100 acres of working farmland. Seasonal crops rotate through expansive pastures, cattle graze the rich sea grasses and several colonies of bees hurry about their business. Tiny Timbers is a small agrihood in St.

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Perceptions Vary as Colorado Prepares for Wolf Reintroduction

Modern Farmer

The 260-acre ranch butts up against the West Elk Mountains, four miles east of the West Elk Wilderness, almost smack-dab in the middle of where gray wolves could be released this winter. I drove 10 hours round-trip for a three-hour conversation because he is a Western Slope cattle rancher who supports wolf reintroduction. “I

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