National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Wild Weather Threatens Farm Viability Although the IRA funds are directed at greenhouse gas mitigation, many forms of agricultural climate mitigation also increase farm resilience. At the same time, they decrease greenhouse gas emissions. Some selections can increase yields and profits per acre.

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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. While farmers like Fischer are avid proponents of the need to address greenhouse gas emissions, others may be less certain about that need.

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World Agri-Tech

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The pilot program will pay producers $100 per acre or animal unit for voluntary adoption of climate-smart practices that deliver more than that amount in public environmental benefits. The initiative will help agriculture and forestry — the largest private sector industries in Virginia — continue to thrive.

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Agritecture Blog

MAY 12, 2023

According to official figures from the Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies, the region lost 94,847 acres of forest in 2021 — almost 15,000 acres more than in 2020, the largest increase in the country. The stream had dried up because it had been deforested. There was a lot of burning in this area.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 27, 2023

They currently have 13 urban agricultural facilities, school gardens, hydroponic greenhouses, and soil-based farms. Through their One Million Acres for the Future Campaign , they are calling on Congress to make a historic investment in the equitable access of 1 million acres of land for the next generation of farmers.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 24, 2024

40 Acres & A Mule Project , United States 40 Acres & A Mule seeks to acquire Black-owned farmland to be used to celebrate and preserve the history, food, and stories of Black culture in food and farming. As we enter a new quarter century, here are 125 organizations to follow and support in 2025.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 10, 2024

They help farmers and ranchers keep drinking water clean for our urban and rural communities, build soil resilience and limit the impacts of severe drought and flooding, provide healthy habitats for wildlife, mitigate agriculture’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and support farm operations that are productive and sustainable long-term.

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Civil Eats

JULY 12, 2023

Yesterday, the agency took a big step toward refining its definition of that term by announcing a major initiative intended to improve the data it uses to guide efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and make farms more resilient to climate change.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Moreover, they have more potential to contribute to greenhouse gas mitigation via carbon sequestration. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions means moving away from the use of high-energy and polluting nitrogenous fertilizers. per planted acre of seed in 1990 paid $93.48 Diverse plants and manure must take their place.

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Agwired

OCTOBER 18, 2023

billion this year to agricultural producers and landowners through its Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), a critical piece of the Department’s efforts to support climate-smart agriculture and forestry on working lands. factory will begin early next year on a 400-acre site in San Antonio, Texas. The construction of the 720,000 sq.

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National Young Farmers Coalition

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI). 2501); requires at least 80% of the funds to be used for easements that will most reduce, capture, avoid, or sequester greenhouse gas emissions associated with land eligible for the program as laid out in the IRA (Sec.

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Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Outreach to Black landowners, others who are underserved The Johnson family is raising cattle on about 15 of the 200 acres they own near Lexington, Mississippi. There’s another $300 million to quantify greenhouse gas sequestration. During long spells without rain, the grass dries up and the Johnsons have to buy hay.

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