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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. For example, reducing tillage and maintaining in-field residues can reduce the losses of carbon dioxide and may reduce nitrous oxide emissions.
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
SEPTEMBER 15, 2023
This year’s announcement for Classic CIG included three priority areas: climate-smart agriculture with two subcategories; Combating Invasive Species; Conservation in Urban Agriculture Systems. Forestry : Forests play a significant role in reducing carbon dioxide through carbon sequestration. They use energy directly (e.g.,
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Modern Farmer
OCTOBER 16, 2023
The corn field at Frey Ranch Distillery. Photography courtesy of Frey Ranch. Ironically, our relatively recent “hands off” approach to forestry is creating exactly the wrong kinds of conditions for oaks to thrive. “We It’s a money-maker for the forestry industry. But it’s also incredibly important ecologically.
Civil Eats
AUGUST 29, 2023
million tons of offsets purchased by Microsoft in fiscal year 2021–22, for example, were tied to forestry initiatives. (A The Carbon Harvest team isn’t aware of a local agricultural carbon credit market being developed anywhere else in the country. agriculture. Verification is another challenge.
Agritecture Blog
MAY 12, 2023
Local residents have been working to restore and conserve the deforested land through sustainable, ecologically-oriented farming methods. Visitors to the rural area will notice that cattle ranches dominate the landscape, once covered by Amazonian forests. Many people ran out of water, including cattle ranches in the region.
Modern Farmer
DECEMBER 6, 2023
22-caliber shells he’d purchased online from a forestry supply store in Colorado. Later, his focus shifted to urban ecology. In a frequently cited 2009 paper in the journal Frontiers in Ecology , a trio of researchers identified more than 139 shade-tolerant plants that have invaded deeply shaded forests.
Food Tank
DECEMBER 27, 2023
Contributing authors: Liza Greene , Elena Seeley , and Alessandra Uriarte The food and agriculture movement made incredible strides over the last year—but our work isn’t done yet! These groups are continuing to push for food and agriculture systems that are economically, socially, and environmentally just and equitable.
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