Civil Eats

AUGUST 29, 2023

He used a conventional approach: He diligently mowed his animals’ pastures to control weeds, added lime to make the soil less acidic, and applied fertilizer to boost productivity. He’s still in the livestock business—cows, chickens, and goats all graze across Good Wheel’s 42 acres. agriculture. it doesn’t work.”

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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. Further, they have added nearly five acres of prairie strips. Rotationally grazed cattle behind an electric fence.

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Farming Secrets

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The same applies for CO2 in the atmosphere adds to the greenhouse gas effect, however carbon sequestered in the soil from the atmosphere via photosynthesis has many co-benefits to build soil fertility and soil structure so that the soil can retain more water. So, if it can’t be measured it does not exist!

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The Equation

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

While development, forestry, and climate change all contribute to wetland loss, draining for agriculture has been the single biggest cause since the 1800s. STACY WOODS: The US has lost half of its wetlands since its founding. STACY WOODS: Yes. We estimated that the 30.4

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

DECEMBER 8, 2023

That means that when there is a heavy rainstorm, the soil will keep absorbing it even while less fertile soils let the rain (and associated nutrients) wash off into nearby bodies of water. Such practices can also reduce nitrous oxide emissions, in part by reducing the need to apply synthetic fertilizers.

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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. 22-caliber shells he’d purchased online from a forestry supply store in Colorado. By the end of the decade, an estimated 300 acres of western Washington were dedicated to holly.

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

In 2022, the state and the federal government agreed to return more than 1,000 acres to the Onondaga Nation. White paper bags festooned the taller trees, their flowers covered to manage fertilization. For its part, the state of New York has been working recently to improve its relations with Indigenous nations.

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Sustainable Food Trust

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Farming reflections from 1985 Steele Addison was a prominent farmer, arboriculturist and local politician who, alongside his wife, Margaret, farmed 600 acres at Greystone House and Keld Farm in Cumbria, England. Tractors are expected to cut four acres an hour. Dramatic changes started to occur at the outbreak of the Second World War.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The organization introduces beneficial plants called green manure/cover crops which fertilize the soil, control weeds, and respond to periods of drought. They work with companies along the agricultural, food, and forestry supply chains, helping them implement practices that are better for workers and the planet.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 10, 2024

As with all programs, NSAC will continue to analyze the RPFSA’s CSP provisions, including a proposed one-time CSP subprogram focused on enrollment of up to 500,000 acres of native or improved pasture land used for livestock grazing in the Lower Mississippi River Valley to address water quality issues leading to hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions means moving away from the use of high-energy and polluting nitrogenous fertilizers. In contrast, today’s dominant players genetically engineer and mass produce seed alongside complementary inputs including fertilizers and pesticides. per planted acre of seed in 1990 paid $93.48

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Civil Eats

JULY 12, 2023

It is important that we embrace the notion of climate-smart agriculture and forestry, but to do that, we’ve got to get the science and the innovation right. resembling commodity agriculture systems based on chemical fertilizers and pesticides. We have to have accurate, reliable measurements of the impact.

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National Young Farmers Coalition

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI). The environmental impact of precision agriculture is not yet understood, but it can potentially increase energy use and the use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers. This marks the latest step in the ongoing process of shaping the next Farm Bill.

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The Lunatic Farmer

JANUARY 8, 2025

Forest Service lands are "exhibit A" for terrible forestry management. And they have tons of birds, amphibians, wildlife flourishing even while they have more cattle per acre than the mainstream. Nothing about government owning land versus private ownership makes it handled better. What a travesty. Here in the east.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 31, 2024

To make way for those industrial fields of palm trees, some 30,000 acres of rainforest were cut down, a swath of destruction that one Indigenous leader called an act of “eco-genocide.” He marveled at the efficiency of the African oil palm, which can produce five times as much edible oil per acre as corn or soy.

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