Agricultural Biodiversity

MAY 12, 2024

Domestication and the evolution of crops: variable syndromes, complex genetic architectures, and ecological entanglements. If you want to turbo-charge breeding, you need to understand (among other things) the ecological context of domestication. Ok, but ecological knowledge would like a word.

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Caff

APRIL 15, 2024

Photo Credit Bonnie Veblen As part of CAFF’s Ecological Farming Program , we collaborate with farmers to implement and better understand ecologically-based farming practices, which include climate smart farming and soil health practices.

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American Farmland

JANUARY 9, 2024

AFT is engaged in conducting outreach and education and administering financial and technical assistance for producers in Nueces County, TX, to encourage the adoption of agricultural conservation practices to enhance water quality and restore the beloved Gulf of Mexico.

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Caff

AUGUST 16, 2024

Emma Centeno and Johnny Wilson at The Ecology Center. In this episode we travel to Southern California to meet with Samuel Guitron of Gospel Swamp Farm in Santa Ana and Johnny Wilson from The Ecology Center in San Juan Capistrano to talk all about Integrated Pest Management, or IPM, in urban farms. Samuel Guitron of Gospel Swamp Farm.

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Caff

APRIL 5, 2024

We believe farmers of color, and other historically oppressed people, should have the opportunity to create and participate in a food and agriculture system that aligns with their needs, values, identities, knowledge systems, and communities. To learn more about CAFF, our history, and our core values, visit [link].

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Food Politics

APRIL 25, 2024

Read more However, a new study co-authored by Dr Daniel Natusch and Dr Patrick Aust, among others, has suggested that the commercial farming of snakes could help improve agricultural food security and offer a more sustainable alternative to meats such as beef and pork. To meet wide demand, python farming in the U.S.

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Food Tank

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

A recent report from McKinsey finds that agriculture has the single largest impact on the environment of any economic sector. The report lays out 47 concrete actions that agriculture businesses can take to restore Earth’s ecological balance— while maintaining a positive return-on-investment.

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USDA Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

During Native American Heritage Month, USDA Science recognizes the invaluable contributions that Native American employees have made in advancing agricultural science and innovation that benefits us all.

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AgriLife Today

APRIL 10, 2024

Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology student Skyler Nix shares passion for nature Skyler Nix, a sophomore in the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology, is a passionate advocate for conservation and biodiversity.

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Organic Farming Research

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

The post Protected: Respecting the Roots: Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Organic Agriculture appeared first on Organic Farming Research Foundation. There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

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Caff

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Title: Ecological Farming Program Specialist I or II Location: California / Hybrid – partially remote option (Davis, CA Region preferred) FTE: 1.0 Currently our programming is focused in four areas: Farm to Market, Policy & Advocacy, Farmer Services, and Ecological Farming.

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ATTRA

JANUARY 31, 2024

This episode of Voices from the Field is an inspiring conversation with a trailblazer in ecological agriculture. In it, Gabriella Soto-Velez, an NCAT in the Gulf States Region, sits down with Christopher Saco, who needs no introduction for those familiar with sustainable agriculture practices.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

For those reasons, the ranch is one of 14 operations participating in a three-year study from the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and the Intertribal Agriculture Council (IAC) that is examining the benefits and barriers of regenerative agriculture among Indigenous ranchers and farmers in North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Montana.

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Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

When she moved to Oregon in 2006, she noticed a contrasting lack in access to culturally relevant foods, which has been a driving force behind her decades-long work championing Indigenous food sovereignty through agriculture, advocacy, and activism. Spring Alaska Schreiner, owner of Sakari Farms outside Bend, Oregon.

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Agric4profits

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Organic farming is an agricultural method that prioritizes sustainability and ecological balance, avoiding synthetic chemicals and genetically modified organisms.

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The Equation

MAY 11, 2023

This disaster should serve as a sobering reminder that policymakers and the agriculture industry need to do more to adapt to our changing climate. Although most people don’t notice it, erosion and soil degradation caused by industrial agriculture are already a problem in farming regions across the country. A new Dust Bowl?

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USDA Blog

APRIL 4, 2024

Samuel Discua is a postdoctoral researcher at University of Arizona Yuma in the Department of Entomology, where he studies the ecology and management of insect pests associated with leafy greens and melons in Arizona cropping systems. Yuma and the rest of the state lead national lettuce crop production.

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Science Ecology Crop Production 127

Caff

APRIL 6, 2023

We believe farmers of color, and other historically oppressed people, should have the opportunity to create and participate in a food and agriculture system that aligns with their needs, values, identities, knowledge systems, and communities.

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USDA Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

During Native American Heritage Month, USDA Science recognizes the invaluable contributions that Native American employees have made in advancing agricultural science and innovation that benefits us all.

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Agricultural Biodiversity

MARCH 25, 2024

Out of the Shadows: Reestablishing the Eastern Fertile Crescent as a Center of Agricultural Origins: Part 1. Jackals pee on wild melon relatives and disperse their seeds, not necessarily in that order. Go East, young archaeobotanists! Extinction risk predictions for the world’s flowering plants to support their conservation.

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Civil Eats

APRIL 22, 2024

The isolation of this ecologically rich archipelago of peaks, located in a “sea” of desert that stretches from northern Mexico into southern Arizona, means that plants grow here that don’t grow anywhere else. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Research Service.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

In early 2024, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) released the results of the 2022 Census of Agriculture. Conducted every five years, the Census of Agriculture is sent to every known agricultural producer in the country to ask important questions about their farms and how they manage them.

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Daily Yonder

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Farmers in many parts of the world, particularly smallholder, Indigenous, and family farmers, are increasingly seeing their agriculture practices turn against them. They also embraced crop diversity by adopting traditional crops, including hardier, more nutritious varieties that had been orphaned by modern agriculture demands.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 14, 2023

agriculture currently faces some steep challenges. Climate change and biodiversity loss represent existential threats to the agricultural status quo. However, as with all social-ecological systems , change in any part of the system necessarily requires or causes change in other parts of the system.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 20, 2024

For Immediate Release Contact: Laura Zaks National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition press@sustainableagriculture.net Tel. Department of Agriculture (USDA) from using the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) to address emerging agricultural issues, instead requiring USDA to receive Congressional approval for any use of the CCC.

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Modern Farmer

MAY 28, 2024

Regenerative agriculture in practice looks different depending on the unique situation of the farm, and so does the funding for it. But the farm developed a partnership with Mad Agriculture , which helps farmers get access to the resources and knowledge they need to implement regenerative practices. One of four branches of the MAD!

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 23, 2023

The catastrophic fire that just ravaged more than 2,000 acres and at least 2,000 homes on Maui, and claimed 114 lives and counting is inextricably linked to the island’s agricultural history. Unfortunately, it’s hardly on the radar, because there are so many larger struggles just to operate in agriculture in Hawaii today.

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Agricultural Biodiversity

JUNE 2, 2024

Geospatial evaluation of the agricultural suitability and land use compatibility in Europe’s temperate continental climate region. Beyond yield and toward sustainability: Using applied ecology to support biodiversity conservation and food production. I wonder how many of these boxes the studied analysed above ticked.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Farm Bill Reauthorization As of posting, we anticipate that Congress will finish 2024 with yet another extension of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 Farm Bill). Agriculture Appropriations We engaged throughout the annual appropriations funding process for critical existing food, agriculture, and nutrition programs.

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Cropin Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Creating a Global Dynamic Map of Cultivable Land: Harnessing LULC Applications in Agriculture Arable land, vital for agriculture, feeds us all. While creating a mere 2.5

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NASDA

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

agricultural community and they require stable and predictable funding to continue their vital work. As you know, orphan programs often address niche or emerging areas within agriculture which may not receive the same level of attention or resources as other larger programs.

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Agric4profits

AUGUST 23, 2024

Snakes are fascinating creatures that have captured human interest for centuries. They are part of the reptile family and are known for their long, legless bodi

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Food Tank

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Walter (Wally) Falcon, a global leader on food security and the economics of agriculture recently passed away in Marion, Iowa at the age of 86. but Wally, no matter the difference of opinion, pushed me to support my thinking with research from the field, long-term data sets, and as much ecological science as we could bring to it.

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Sustainable Food Trust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

In our case, we’ve decided to step back entirely from commercial agriculture, for now, in order to regenerate ourselves after what has been an intense seven-year period of work on the farm. Life before mechanised agriculture was not easy, but the countryside was much more populated, rich with culture and a sense of community.

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Food Politics

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

There are 36 authors across the special issue, but to highlight just a handful: Peer Ederer, guest editor and co-author of the introduction article, has his affiliation listed as ‘GOALScience at Global Food And Agriculture Network’ in Switzerland. Thompson et al ( link ) lists among its authors Jason Rowntree.

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Food Politics

MARCH 7, 2024

Over the past eight years, the American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture (AFBFA) has produced industry-backed lesson plans, learning resources, in-person events, and webinars as part of a program to boost the cattle industry’s reputation. What is the AFBFA?

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Agricultural Biodiversity

OCTOBER 20, 2024

NUS so fast: the social and ecological implications of a rapidly developing indigenous food economy in the Cape Town area. . …yes indeed there are, especially if they are grown in diverse landscapes. Nurturing gastronomic landscapes for biosphere stewardship. The hallowed craft of cooking can help realize those advantages.

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