The Equation

AUGUST 27, 2024

Such promises included “ 40 acres and a mule ,” the first unsuccessful systematic attempt at providing reparations. The Southern Homestead Act was enacted to redistribute 46 million acres of land to formerly enslaved people. However, most of the land offered was of poor quality and was not suitable for farming.

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ATTRA

MARCH 26, 2025

Department of Agricultures (USDA) Farm Service Agency , Womens Business Center , or the Small Business Administration , or grants through organizations like USDA Rural Development , National Womens Business Council , RAFI , and American Farmland Trusts Brighter Future Fund. Another barrier is knowledge.

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ATTRA

APRIL 2, 2024

We can’t escape the season of mud, but there are some management strategies that can help minimize the number of impacted acres. Photo: Tammy Barnes, NCAT This blog is produced by the National Center for Appropriate Technology through the ATTRA Sustainable Agriculture program, under a cooperative agreement with USDA Rural Development.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

On July 11, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved their FY2025 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill with unanimous, bipartisan agreement.

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NASDA

JULY 25, 2024

Georgia Wildlife Federation Ginkgo Bioworks Golden Sands Resource Conservation & Development Council , Inc. We write to express our gratitude for your efforts to advance the 2024 farm bill within your jurisdictions and to seek your continued support for passing this critical legislation before the end of the year.

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ATTRA

MARCH 26, 2024

It all began with the purchase of a 20-acre lawn that conveniently came with a home. A Closer Look at Hair Sheep This blog is produced by the National Center for Appropriate Technology through the ATTRA Sustainable Agriculture program, under a cooperative agreement with USDA Rural Development. I knew it wasn’t for me in 2015.

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Agwired

JULY 28, 2023

Celebrate marketing excellence by submitting your nominations for the NAMA Professional Development Awards by August 1. For more than 40 years, American Farmland Trust (AFT) has been helping preserve millions of farmland acres in the United States. Victoria Spartz (R-IN) that attacks commodity checkoff programs.

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ATTRA

APRIL 30, 2024

The farm is a beautiful certified organic working farm situated on 90 acres in the south-central part of the state where they grow vegetables and raise beef, lamb, and layers. In addition, the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) is a grant program administered through USDA’s Rural Development office.

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The Equation

AUGUST 27, 2024

Such promises included 40 acres and a mule , the first unsuccessful systematic attempt at providing reparations. The Southern Homestead Act was enacted to redistribute 46 million acres of land to formerly enslaved people. However, most of the land offered was of poor quality and was not suitable for farming.

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ATTRA

AUGUST 15, 2023

The quarter acre I steward in Northeastern Pennsylvania is, I hope, an incarnation of this contradiction. Inspired by Wendell’s Manifesto, I wanted to instill the place with the contradiction embodied in his poem. To “every day do something that won’t compute… say that the leaves are harvested when they have rotted into the mold.”

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ATTRA

JANUARY 2, 2024

Secondly, we know that for each percent of organic matter above 2%, a nitrogen credit of about 20 pounds per acre can be considered before applying nitrogen fertilizer for a crop. This is probably because most cool-season greens have a lower nitrogen requirement and there is enough left in the soil from what was supplied to summer crops.

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Sustainable Food Trust

MARCH 27, 2024

Acres of abandoned olive groves, a global supply crisis and the apocalyptic threat of an invasive bacteria might not sound like a promising formula for small-scale olive growers in Puglia, Italy’s largest production region. But for some producers and local activists, that might just be the case.

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The Equation

MAY 8, 2023

Every five years when the Food and Farm Bill is renegotiated and reauthorized there is an opportunity to fight for justice and climate resilience in rural communities by securing adequate investments in rural development. One such community is Okieville in Tulare County.

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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.

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Sustainable Harvest International

OCTOBER 8, 2024

During the event, Reed presented progress on their newly launched Honduras TREE program , a CGI 2023 Commitment to Action for Climate Resilience , which aims to empower 1,250 small-scale farmers to regenerate over 12,800 acres of degraded land. The conference garnered media attention and fostered cross-sector partnerships.

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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. agricultural policy.

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Agwired

MARCH 1, 2024

The Senate has confirmed the appointment of Dr. Basil Gooden as USDA Under Secretary for Rural Development. cotton acres. The Agribusiness Association of Iowa (AAI) Foundation announced that its building will be named after Bill Northey and simply called “The Northey Building”.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Asian Farmers Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) , Asia AFA works to empower and strengthen the capacities of leaders and technical staff to increase resilience and combat hunger. To help feed the world sustainably, their goal is to conserve 10 billion acres of ocean, 1.6

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

OCTOBER 5, 2023

per planted acre of seed in 1990 paid $93.48 In addition to increasing farm productivity, public agricultural R&D investment also supports improvements in natural resources and forestry management, helps advance rural development, and enhances food safety and quality.

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National Young Farmers Coalition

DECEMBER 20, 2024

TITLE VI: Rural Development Green Flags: Invests in quality of life in rural communities. Support rural broadband and health care access and prioritizes telemedicine projects addressing mental and behavioral health needs as well as support for substance use disorder treatment and recovery.

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ProAg

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

has lost more than 400,000 farmers since the 1980s and more than 141 million acres of farmland. billion to help farmers install more conservation practices and $5 billion in rural development funds. Meanwhile, Former President Donald Trump was quoted last week in a Des Moines television interview, saying the rural vote is his.

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Agwired

JANUARY 24, 2025

bushels per acre, 2.0 million acres in 2024, is down 4 percent from 2023. bushels per acre, 0.1 bushels per acre, 0.1 Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development is excited to announce the launch of a new Clean Energy website , a proactive approach to promote clean energy projects in rural America.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Table 1: Top CSP Activities Funded By Acres – Pre IRA Table 2: Top EQIP Activities Funded by Acres – Pre-IRA These conservation contracts operate almost entirely on a reimbursement and cost-share model.

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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.

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