Modern Farmer

AUGUST 16, 2024

If this is the case of animal welfare labeling, consumers are right to be concerned that it is likely true of “green” labeling as well, particularly for the dairy industry, which is one of the most environmentally intensive industries on Earth.

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Modern Farmer

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Photography by Transfarmation / Mercy for Animals) In the United States, we still hold close an image of a quaint, independent family farm. But what actually exists is industrial animal agriculture, a system that does more harm than good. full_link read more They Once Worked in Factory Farming.

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Agwired

DECEMBER 26, 2023

This December through July 2024, USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) and Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s (APHIS) National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS) are partnering to conduct a national study focusing on sheep and lamb health and management in the United States.

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Modern Farmer

MAY 7, 2024

Murphy Family Farms (later bought by Smithfield Foods) helped out with the loan needed to get started. The Faaborgs farmed hogs for 30 years. When Tanner Faaborg came back to the farm as an adult, the family began thinking about ways to transition out of hog farming. “We

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Modern Farmer

OCTOBER 9, 2023

(Photography by Lena Beck) Animal Welfare Approved: This certification is not administered by a governmental body but by the nonprofit A Greener World. This certification is only provided to small independent or family farms, and the AGW does not charge a fee to award this certification, making it unique among certification standards.

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Food Tank

JULY 14, 2023

While her family has been farming for at least four generations, there isn’t enough land for all of Alaina’s siblings to return to the family farm. Young folks’ passion for agriculture and work advocating for it brings Alaina hope.

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Food Tank

AUGUST 30, 2023

Now, they plan to actually retire and pass their farm to their son, a 4th-generation farmer and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the number of farms with hogs in the U.S. “When I met Paul, the sense I got was desperation in farming,” Ed Behr says. Army veteran. According to the U.S.

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Food Tank

OCTOBER 6, 2023

“He said, ‘I’ll help you with school, but my one stipulation is that you cannot take any animal science classes. Be a poet, do whatever, just no animal science.’ Despite his father’s advice, Wahl started farming after graduation and now raises about 1,000 sheep with his family in western Oregon.

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Agwired

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

cattle industry against radical animal activist groups that want to end cattle production, including the Beef Checkoff. Preserve family farms and ranches for future generations by advocating for essential tax relief for cattle producers. Defend the U.S.

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Food Tank

JANUARY 5, 2024

Eric Boor took over his great-grandfather’s nine-acre farm in southern Iowa four years ago. When they first started, many in their family and community doubted that they could successfully farm this way. He and his wife Mikala transformed the property and now raise pigs with their two young children.

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Agwired

AUGUST 7, 2023

Poultry & Egg Association is now accepting nominations for the 2024 Family Farm Environmental Excellence Award. The award recognizes exemplary environmental stewardship by family farmers engaged in poultry and egg production.

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Agwired

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Poultry & Egg Association (USPOULTRY), the American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) and the Meat Institute, the annual Animal Agriculture Sustainability Summit brought together more than 125 attendees to hear the latest on how the meat, poultry and egg, animal feed and pork industries are advancing their sustainability programs.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Our editors, staff writers, and freelance contributors have a wide selection of food and agriculture books to recommend, both for gift-giving purposes and for the quiet moments you carve out for yourself. We hope our Holiday Book Guide can help create a calm harbor of sorts during this often-harried end-of-year season.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 10, 2024

On May 1, 2024 – after months of stalled farm bill negotiations on both sides of Capitol Hill – Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) released a detailed section-by-section summary of her farm bill proposal. NSAC will reserve final assessment until the full legislative text becomes available.

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Food Politics

AUGUST 15, 2023

Add to the mix a profoundly divided Congress and big challenges around addressing the climate crisis and hunger facing the country, and it becomes clear why this year’s farm bill process has faced additional stumbling blocks. The National Family Farm Coalition and Rural Advancement Foundation International support this bill.

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 9, 2023

Add to the mix a profoundly divided Congress and big challenges around addressing the climate crisis and hunger facing the country, and it becomes clear why this year’s farm bill process has faced additional stumbling blocks. The National Family Farm Coalition and Rural Advancement Foundation International support this bill.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that have clear implications for farmers and broader agricultural communities—especially in the wake of last week’s election results. Another Kentucky Republican Congressman, Thomas Massie, is in the pool of possible picks for Trump’s Secretary of Agriculture. Kennedy, Jr.

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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The agency recently reported that more than half of the country’s rivers and streams are in poor condition due to nitrogen and phosphorous pollution from agriculture , which later contributes to dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico and elsewhere. Waters Has Hit Crisis Levels Biden Targets Consolidation in the Meat Industry (Again) Farm Bill Slog.

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