Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Patrick Brown, who was named North Carolinas Small Farmer of the Year by North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University this year, grows almost 200 acres of industrial hemp for both oil and fiber, and 11 acres and several greenhouses of vegetablesbeets, kale, radishes, peppers, okra, and bok choy.

Plantation 144

Plantation Farming Farming Acre 144

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

OCTOBER 22, 2024

A targeted outreach effort at the state level could ensure more equitable resource distribution. In the 2022 Agricultural Census, new and beginning farmers managed 22% of US farmland. In the 2022 Agricultural Census, socially disadvantaged producers managed 11% of US farmland.

Farmland 52

Farmland Acre Farming Farming 52

Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 21, 2023

A range of issues plague the current system, including corporate consolidation , farmland concentration in the hands of non-farmers and foreign buyers , pollution and animal welfare issues , as well as soil erosion and the poor treatment of migrant workers.

Farmland 120

Farmland Production Farming Farming 120

Agwired

MARCH 15, 2024

Organic recycler Denali is taking action to get hay sent to a Texas A&M livestock supply point where it will be distributed to cattle producers in need. The largest wildfire in state history destroyed more than 1 million acres of land and property, leaving surviving livestock without adequate forage.

Forage 85

Forage Livestock Farmland Distribution 85

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 28, 2023

In addition, over the last decade, farmland prices have doubled nationwide and risen far higher in areas with pressure due to real estate development or commodity prices. This round of awards is the first-time funds have been distributed through the LCM program. Today, just 1% of farmers in the United States identify as Black.

Marketing 80

Marketing Farmland Distribution Real Estate 80

The Equation

APRIL 27, 2023

15, and the Alien Land Laws of the early 1900s, among others, Congress has been responsible for the dispossession of hundreds of millions of acres from Indigenous people and other people of color, while facilitating land ownership and access for white Americans.

Agriculture 113

Agriculture Agriculture Farming Farming 113

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 14, 2023

April Prusia’s 78-acre heritage hog operation in the Driftless region of Wisconsin has benefited from two forms of financial support from the U.S. With this money, she bought an additional 28 acres on which to grow hay for bedding and feed for the pigs. “It Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Farming 143

Farming Farming Pasture Acre 143

Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

million acres of corn and 10 million acres of soybeans, according to the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service Information. And in the Midwest, 127 million acres of land overall are dedicated to ag, said the USDA. Of the Midwest’s overall acres, 75 percent are covered by corn and soybeans.

Food 124

Food Acre Greenhouse Farming 124

Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

acre organic urban farm in the impoverished Englewood community on Chicago’s South Side, was destined for marketplaces within the city’s more affluent communities. Despite the new distribution strategy, St. Raised concrete beds laid with 2 feet of compost successfully transformed the vacant lot into farmland.

Food 125

Food Farming Farming Distribution 125

Food Tank

APRIL 2, 2024

Acres of Ancestry Initiative/Black Agrarian Fund The Acres of Ancestry Initiative/Black Agrarian Fund is a multidisciplinary, cooperative nonprofit ecosystem that aims to regenerate custodial land ownership, ecological stewardship, and food and fiber economies in the American South.

Cultivation 105

Cultivation Food Marketing Distribution 105

Modern Farmer

MARCH 20, 2024

The research from the University of Michigan-led study seems to show that fruit and vegetables grown in urban ag have a carbon footprint six times larger than that of “conventionally grown” food (meaning, on rural farmland). However, when you divide a large number (i.e.,

Agroecology 98

Agroecology Yield Food Acre 98

Agritecture Blog

MARCH 24, 2023

As the self-sufficient urban farming movement grows, tools such as FarmLink are emerging to aid young farmers of color through the complex system of accessing and maintaining farmland. In the United States, increasing urban sprawl and rapid commercial development continue to consume farmland: From 2020 to 2021, the country lost 1.3

Farmland 52

Farmland Acre Marketing Farming 52

Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

” Former professional football player turned farmer Jason Brown also tried basalt powder last spring on First Fruits Farm, his 1,000-acre farmstead in Louisburg, North Carolina. Jason Brown is testing basalt powder on his 1,000-acre farmstead in Louisburg, North Carolina. ” A map of acidic soil levels across the US.

Fertilizer 140

Fertilizer Acre Farming Farming 140

Food Tank

AUGUST 29, 2023

An application of GE bacteria could release 3 trillion genetically modified organisms every half an acre that’s about how many GE corn plants there are in the entire U.S. Proven® is already being used on over three million acres of U.S. And BASF sells a 2.0

Pesticide 98

Pesticide Fertilizer Acre Crop 98

Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

At her 6-acre Sakari Farms outside Bend, Oregon, Schreiner employs traditional ecological knowledge to cultivate regional first foods —foods consumed before European colonialization—and passes that expertise down to Native American youth. She aims to do more of that in the coming years, with a focus on policy work and storytelling.

Food 145

Food Agriculture Agriculture Seeding 145

Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

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.

Supply Chain 145

Supply Chain Food Agriculture Agriculture 145

Modern Farmer

JULY 16, 2024

Because she doesn’t have at least five acres, her application to join the federal Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program – which would have enabled her to accept food vouchers from low-income seniors – was denied four times. Porter’s farm faces another common challenge: he doesn’t own his farmland. in June 2024.

Food 121

Food Farming Farming Agriculture 121

National Young Farmers Coalition

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

LAND ACCESS The Census reports 880 million acres of privately held farmland in the U.S., This is a loss of 20 million acres or nearly 2.2% of total farmland. This represents the largest loss of farmland, both percentage and acreage-wise, that we have seen between Census reports in the past twenty-five years.

Agriculture 40

Agriculture Agriculture Acre Farmland 40

Modern Farmer

JULY 14, 2023

As Brian Paddock walks through his 12-and-a-half acres of almond trees, he’s taking in everything. He’s tinkered with different irrigation systems, moving from a sub-surface drip setup to his current above-ground micro-sprayer, which he says has the best distribution of water with the least waste.

Orchard 95

Orchard Crop Family Farming Farming 95

Agwired

AUGUST 9, 2023

American Farmland Trust and Sierra View Solutions released Agricultural Carbon Programs: From Chaos to Systems Change at a recent meeting of the Soil and Water Conservation Society annual conference in Des Moines, IA. million acres, which is only about 6% of U.S. Today, cover crops are used on 15.4

Technology 52

Technology Supply Chain Acre Agriculture 52

Modern Farmer

JULY 21, 2023

Across the country, farmers build community through work days, food distribution, farm-to-table events and more. At 27, I was living with my co-parent and one-year-old child on 10 acres of land in rural Oregon. For a couple of years, my mom was married to a man named Tim who lived on 40 acres of farmland.

Food 98

Food Farming Farming Acre 98

Food Environment and Reporting Network

MARCH 27, 2024

Farmers learned to live with the health impacts of the toxic version, and today it remains the primary pasture grass across 37 million acres of farmland. Darrel Franson, a Missouri rancher who remembers the endophyte-free fescue debacle, nevertheless decided to take the risk, converting his 126 acres to friendly fescue.

Ranching 111

Ranching Pasture Forage Cattle 111

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JUNE 5, 2024

Unfortunately, while some of our recommendations were voiced in the Pathways to Farming Senate Subcommittee hearing, the focus on base acres and reference prices as the best solution to support the next generation of farmers missed the mark ,” said Michelle Hughes, Co-Executive Director of Young Farmers. “

Acre 58

Acre Farming Farming Agriculture 58

Agribusiness Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Distributions from the trust to the spouse can then be shared with donor spouse. Therefore, the best assets to place into the SLAT would be assets that may not need much of a step-up such as farmland that will remain in the family for many generations. That may not make much sense from an administration standpoint.

Distribution 52

Distribution Farmland Acre Farming 52

Civil Eats

AUGUST 16, 2023

acres of land divided into two fenced in areas, or paddocks. acres of land. If they opt to sell them under the Tree-Range label, storage, distribution, and marketing are all taken care of, as the birds make their way to consumers in the Minneapolis-St. acres, mature hazelnut trees will produce around 800 to 1,200 pounds of nuts.

Poultry 98

Poultry Processing Acre Farming 98

Modern Farmer

MARCH 1, 2024

Both durable and efficient, with no need for farmland or vast amounts of water, it threatened to leave natural fibers like cotton in the dust. percent of the world’s farmland but uses 4.7 Instead, they face “huge deficits” in aggregation, distribution and manufacturing. Enter next-gen synthetics.

Textiles 116

Textiles Manufacturing Production Processing 116

Sustainable Food Trust

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Until 1990, the system of collective farms in a country that had been able to utilise its abundant water to irrigate most farmland, meant Albania was self-sufficient in food. hectares (less than 2 acres), and just over 40% of the population of around 3 million, work in agriculture – Albania’s primary economic sector.

Seeding 124

Seeding Food Maize Cultivation 124

Daily Yonder

JUNE 8, 2023

They completely destroyed the whole area,” he said as he showed photos of a machine grading the 12-acre property next to Conne’s house. The Totten Lake and Montezuma Solar projects are only for distribution through Empire Electric Association, which means they need to be located near Empire Electric-owned distribution lines.

Farming 52

Farming Farming Distribution Construction 52

Civil Eats

MARCH 11, 2024

This relationship becomes especially interesting when business is booming—when the plants are delivering a lot of carbon into the soil that is used to build larger and larger fungal networks while distributing carbon across the soil profile. He mostly grows salad greens across 3 acres of farmland.

Farming 144

Farming Farming Crop Agriculture 144

The Equation

MARCH 4, 2024

Over the next 15 years, California will have to repurpose about 1 million acres of cropland, most of it out of the 5.5 million irrigated acres in the San Joaquin Valley. In the case of Allensworth, the town is surrounded by hundreds of acres of pistachios that belong to a trillion-dollar insurance company.

Agriculture 118

Agriculture Agriculture Pesticide Ruralism 118

National Young Farmers Coalition

JUNE 5, 2024

Unfortunately, while some of our recommendations were voiced in the Pathways to Farming Senate Subcommittee hearing, the focus on base acres and reference prices as the best solution to support the next generation of farmers missed the mark ,” said Michelle Hughes, Co-Executive Director of Young Farmers. “

Farming 40

Farming Farming Acre Agriculture 40

The Lunatic Farmer

JANUARY 18, 2024

This will result in a far more distributed, localized food-production system that is more stable and resilient than the one it replaces. We will move from a centralized system dependent on scarce resources to a distributed system based on abundant resources. Farmland values will collapse by 40-80 percent.

Science 86

Science Production Food Cattle 86

RR2CS

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

I lived around farmland and was surrounded by farmers,” says Tim. “I Today, Tim and Joanne manage WR Grazing in collaboration with Doug and other family members on 3000 acres of land. In 2019, they ran a series of crop trials on 20 acre paddocks to experiment with different crop mixes.

Ranching 52

Ranching Cattle Crop Acre 52

Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Westlands Water District was formed to distribute that water to 600,000 acres of land. If the most recent decade is a guide to the future, he says, the district can only expect to receive enough water to grow crops on about 300,000 acres in an average year. President Kennedy himself showed up for the groundbreaking.

Farming 52

Farming Farming Distribution Acre 52

The Equation

MAY 9, 2024

Tracing Big Ag control from seed to supermarket We can trace corporate power through every stage of food production and distribution, identifying some of the largest and most problematic corporate actors—think of them as the Monsantos of today—along the way.

Farmland 142

Farmland Food Seeding Fertilizer 142

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

AUGUST 22, 2024

It partners with organizations distributing fresh local produce and frozen meat to individuals and communities with limited food accessibility in the region. Located in Falcon Heights, within the Twin Cities metropolitan area, The Good Acre serves as a food hub committed to farmer equity, food quality, and the environment.

Acre 59

Acre Food Farming Farming 59

Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Just over a decade ago, he began converting his 11,000-acre farm to perennial native grassland to rebuild the health of his soil. Yet this funding is unevenly distributed to mainly benefit the largest 10 percent of farms. I just seed the minimal level of 10 pounds [of flax] an acre with my peas.

Crop 145

Crop Yield Farming Farming 145