Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

The resurgence gained further traction in the 1990s with support from the Department of Defenses Rural Economic Transition Assistance-Hawaii grants , which helped farmers shift from sugarcane plantations to diversified agriculture. Now overrun with acres and acres of pasture and eucalyptus, the land faces threats from pests and wildfires.

Food 130

Food Plantation Acre Production 130

ATTRA

MARCH 26, 2024

It all began with the purchase of a 20-acre lawn that conveniently came with a home. However, managed pastures with legumes, high-quality hay, and minerals can help keep goats healthy. But I’ve always wondered, isn’t there anything better you could do with that space? I get it: farming isn’t for everyone. ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.

Livestock 74

Livestock Rural Development Construction Pasture 74

ATTRA

APRIL 2, 2024

Our pastures are devastated by livestock feeding areas, hooves, gate ruts, excessive rain, snow melt, and lack of vegetative cover during the non-growing season. We are too aware of the cost of pasture forage restoration, truck fenders, and loss of man hours, but there is also a cost to the health and welfare of our livestock.

Soil Compaction 98

Soil Compaction Pasture Forage Livestock 98

Food Tank

AUGUST 16, 2024

But family farmers are also vulnerable to challenges including the climate crisis, lack of support and financing, and limited access to land resources and market opportunities, says Esther Penunia, the Secretary General of the Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development.

Family Farming 124

Family Farming Ranching Food Ruralism 124

ATTRA

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Pasture fences have been destroyed or damaged by so many trees falling across them that repairs will be time-consuming and costly. acres of corn and 10 acres of hay to feed them. I live outside of Boone, North Carolina, and have driven past many farms and witnessed firsthand the destruction of farmland and forests.

Farming 97

Farming Farming Acre Rural Development 97

The Equation

AUGUST 10, 2023

Last fall, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) and more than 150 other organizations, including nutrition, sustainable farming, rural development, racial equity, labor, and environmental groups, sent a joint letter to President Biden, urging him to prod Congress to pass a new farm bill this year that transforms the US food system.

Food 98

Food Farming Farming Agriculture 98