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Can Virtual Fences Help More Ranchers Adopt Regenerative Grazing Practices?

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Some roam through pastures testing bunches of fescue, a cool-season grass, for the sweetness the frost brings. When farmers are able to control how, where, and when their animals move between pastures, they can more easily accomplish ecological goals that might include increasing soil carbon, reducing water pollution, or incorporating trees.

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As California Gets Drier, Solar Panels Could Help Farms Save Water

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He will soon begin a five-year, 10-acre agrivoltaics research project in collaboration with the Sacramento Municipal Utility District , which is currently installing a new 344-megawatt, 1,700-acre solar farm in Placer County. For a small farm—say 10, 20, 30 acres—if you convert your whole farm to solar, you’re quitting farming.

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Vitis and Ovis Farm Tour and Discussion: Adaptation to Climate Extremes in the Capay Valley

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When they purchased the farm over 30 years ago it was an unproductive almond orchard and since then they have pulled the almonds out and utilized the sloped landscape to construct swales, establish a vineyard, and plant a wide variety of fruit trees which provide shelter while their flock of ducks grazes.

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Living Lawn Mowers in a World of Mowing Madness

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It all began with the purchase of a 20-acre lawn that conveniently came with a home. I found a well-constructed woven wire fence with proper supports can and will hold goats. However, managed pastures with legumes, high-quality hay, and minerals can help keep goats healthy. I get it: farming isn’t for everyone.

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This Network of Regenerative Farmers Is Rethinking Chicken

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“Everything that is part of the standard was tried and tested, from breeds to how long you feed them, to the right kind of welfare aspect to consider in the coop construction.” acres of land divided into two fenced in areas, or paddocks. acres of land. ” But the grand vision doesn’t end there.

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Walmart’s ‘Regenerative Foodscape’

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His mom, Christy Walton—widow to Sam’s son John—has a net worth of about $11 billion, which she has used to fund restaurants, large ocean aquaculture projects, and a 40,000-acre ranch that offers a “regenerative experience” to tourists and has acted as a site for research on land and livestock management. It won’t be easy.

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Our 2023 Food and Farming Holiday Book Gift Guide

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Now, White Oak Pastures—a significant player in the regenerative agriculture movement—raises cows on organic pasture, allowing them to carry out their instinctual behaviors in a rotational system. That’s not to say growing food isn’t hard work.

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