Civil Eats

APRIL 22, 2024

Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Research Service. Wild cotton grows in the parched grasslands of the Sonoran Desert, surviving without irrigation, pesticides, or other human inputs that domesticated cotton depends on. Up to 40 percent of farmland has been fallowed in some parts of Arizona,” he wrote in an email.

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Sustainable Food Trust

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

The so-called land sparers, including by the look of it, the Government, have concluded that the best way to reconcile these tensions is to produce as much food as possible on the best agricultural land, leaving more space for nature, renewable energy generation and recreation. Let me give an example.

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SILT

MAY 4, 2023

At Sustainable Iowa Land Trust (SILT), we believe that protecting Iowa’s farmland is essential to promoting sustainable and just food systems. In addition, local farms often use sustainable farming practices that reduce soil erosion, water pollution, and the use of pesticides and herbicides.

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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. As farmland becomes less functional as a result of increasing stresses from drought, floods, pests, and heatwaves, its regulation by diverse organisms becomes ever more important.

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Agritecture Blog

JULY 27, 2023

Over the past decade, vertical farming has been touted as just such a disruptor in agriculture. More crops, longer shelf life, no pesticides, fewer bacteria, less land, 99% less water, climate independent. So how did indoor farms widely become considered agriculture's superman in the past decade? to 01.01.22.

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Trimble Agriculture

JULY 24, 2024

Do the benefits of agricultural technology outweigh the cost? This exponential growth presents a formidable challenge for the agricultural sector. A new metric added to the 2022 Census of Agriculture was the number of farms that currently use precision agriculture technology.

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The Equation

MAY 11, 2023

In normal years and in dry years, California agriculture, industry, and households draw more groundwater than we should. Agriculture is the main water user in California by far, accounting for 80% of the water use in the state. There is not enough water in California to sustain our current practices and everybody knows it.

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UnderstandingAg

JANUARY 28, 2024

Poor water quality has been a persistent challenge in agriculture, particularly due to sediment and nutrient loss from farmland. We already do this for pesticide and manure applicators. To start with, everyone in agriculture must understand soil function and ecosystem processes.

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NASDA

JANUARY 25, 2024

The strength and predictability of the program is only more critical given the uncertainty that characterizes the production agriculture sector. Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Sen. John Boozman, Ranking Member, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Rep.

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Food Tank

AUGUST 29, 2023

On a summer day in downtown Salinas, California, a group of farmers, biotechnology start-ups and pesticide corporations gathered to talk about the benefits of biology. While the realm of pesticides and fertilizers has been dominated by chemistry for the past eight decades, it seems like biology may soon have its day. Take BASF’s 2.0

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Patrick Brown, who was named North Carolinas Small Farmer of the Year by North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University this year, grows almost 200 acres of industrial hemp for both oil and fiber, and 11 acres and several greenhouses of vegetablesbeets, kale, radishes, peppers, okra, and bok choy.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Even though organic farming makes up less than one percent of US farmland , it’s still a multi-billion-dollar industry. For a food to become certified organic, the farmland must be proven to have not received any pesticides or unapproved substances for at least three years. Adopting approved organic practices is only part of it.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

After years of philanthropic support for fisheries, water, and education, members of his generation (along with some of their elders) are not only accelerating that environmental focus, they’re applying it to food and agriculture in new ways. He also passed on a significant stake in Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, with $611.3

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Introduced to the islands decades ago as livestock forage, invasive vegetation such as Guinea grass and buffelgrass proliferate in the islands, largely on unmanaged agricultural land. And that makes agriculture all the more important as a land management strategy.

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Civil Eats

MARCH 18, 2024

Compared to staple crops like corn and rice, wine grapes barely occupy a speck of the world’s farmland, at about 18 million acres. But Villat and others see the fields as unique spaces where innovation can happen, spurring the ability to improve regenerative practices and increase adoption across agriculture.

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Modern Farmer

MARCH 20, 2024

As a researcher of urban agriculture, I was shocked to see a recent news article bearing the headline “ Food from urban agriculture has a carbon footprint six times larger than conventional produce, study shows.” Back up a step: What is urban agriculture? Oxford Tract research farm at UC Berkeley.

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Caff

MARCH 23, 2021

Agricultural Solutions to the Climate Crisis ($1.135 billion) — Sustainable agricultural solutions to slow the impacts of climate change and reduce pollution; strategies that reduce wildfire risk and invest in farmland conservation to keep our farms viable and resilient; compost infrastructure to build healthy soils; groundwater sustainability. "AB

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ATTRA

DECEMBER 10, 2024

By Eddy Labus , NCAT Sustainable Agriculture Specialist I am sure most of you have seen the pictures and heard about the damage Hurricane Helene caused in the Southern Appalachians. I live outside of Boone, North Carolina, and have driven past many farms and witnessed firsthand the destruction of farmland and forests.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 1, 2024

It’s no secret that the agricultural industry is facing multiple converging challenges including an urgently looming generational shift. According to the 2022 USDA Census of Agriculture , the average age of a farmer is 58, with organic farmers coming in slightly younger at 52. Only 8 percent of the United States’ 3.3

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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

And its early success has conservationists and lawmakers hoping it can become a model for local, state, and federal farm conservation programs, and in the process serve as a way of disrupting the corn-bean-feedlot machine that dominates Midwestern agriculture. farmland is regularly cover cropped. Since 2016, the U.S.

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Cropaia

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Agriculture is inherently risky, with farmers and agribusinesses constantly facing uncertainties related to weather. How ICT Supports Risk Management in Agriculture ICT includes a wide range of digital technologies, such as mobile applications, remote sensing, artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, and big data analytics.

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Over the years, this has caused pH levels to drop to 5 and below, according to Dr. Francisco Calderon, director of the Columbia Basin Agricultural Research Center. Michigan, the state shaped like a mitten, has acidic soils up towards its fingertips and alkaline soils down in its palm, where agricultural consultant Jesse Vollmar lives.

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The Counter

APRIL 27, 2022

02 02 Regenerative agriculture needs a reckoning 03 03 When a Big Ag conglomerate buys an iconic niche meat company, who has to change? 04 04 Regenerative agriculture could save soil, water, and the climate. Farmers are giving up much-needed cropland to solar companies, but can the two work in tandem? Here’s how the U.S.

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Farmbrite

JUNE 1, 2023

Young farmers face even more challenges to getting started in agriculture than their predecessors did: tighter budgets, higher costs of living, stricter lending standards and less land availability to buy. The first two of these are most relevant to agriculture. Tips for renting or buying farmland for new farmers 1.

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Sustainable Food Trust

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Regen10 is a coalition of organisations working together to accelerate the transition to regenerative agriculture. Mostly, I’m looking for clues about the footprint of agriculture in a place – what can it tell us about its past and present. Perfectly square patches of farmland cover the entire southeast of the state.

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National Young Farmers Coalition

OCTOBER 11, 2023

National Businesses and Organizations American Sustainable Business Network Amphibian and Reptile Conservancy California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF) Carbon180 Defenders of Wildlife Earthjustice Environmental Policy Innovation Center Environmental Working Group Farm Aid HEAL Food Alliance Healthy Food Strategies Latino Farmers & Ranchers International, (..)

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Agritecture Blog

MARCH 31, 2023

After the land-back policy was adopted in 2012, the tribe gradually began bidding for and winning small leases on farmland. “It in 2015, LaPointe graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with an agricultural degree and was hired on full time in 2016. Organic farming is done with no synthetic fertilizers or pesticides. “We

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RR2CS

JANUARY 3, 2024

By Trina Moyles Glen and Kelly Hall have been managing Timber Ridge Ranch, a 480-acre farmland situated an hour south of Calgary near Stavely, Alberta, for over 40 years. What does regenerative agriculture mean to you at Timber Ridge? The regenerative agriculture focus for us is capturing every single drop of rain.

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Daily Yonder

APRIL 11, 2023

Leadership from the USDA and agriculture schools, like the one at Iowa State University, influence farm methods; but even recommendations to reduce farm chemicals have unintended outcomes. One way to reduce agricultural chemicals is planting cover crops in the Fall after the cash crop is harvested. But the crop duster did.

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Caff

JULY 28, 2024

They did so by burning agricultural waste and then smothering it. The repeated application of biochar over many years turned these nutrient-poor soils into fertile agricultural land. These kilns can be tailored to produce biochar with specific properties suited to different soil types and agricultural needs.

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RR2CS

JULY 12, 2022

She began to spend long hours in the garden, noticing the beneficial insects, like ladybugs and bumblebees, and she knew immediately that she didn’t want to apply pesticides — for the health of her husband and the land. “My My husband’s diagnosis with diabetes was the main reason why I wanted to garden again,” explains Wolfchild. “I

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Hartwood Farm

MARCH 24, 2022

Likewise, the majority of farmland in the US relies on artificial fertilizers. We literally are managing fields this year for weed reduction in 2024. Putting aside any judgment about farming systems, the majority of ag in the United States manages weeds through herbicides.

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Food Tank

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

We need to keep repeating this: Food and agriculture systems have to be central to any meaningful discussions of solving the climate crisis. 25 For our morning Summit, conversations presented by Food Tank and American Farmland Trust will center around the theme “ Climate Resilience through Agriculture.”

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RR2CS

MARCH 8, 2022

In 2006, they began to look for farmland around Edmonton, but the exorbitant cost of land — in some areas, upward of a million dollars — was insurmountable on teacher’s salaries. Often, in conventional agriculture, muskeg areas and sloughs are drained and ploughed. We’re growing peas and oats to bring nitrogen back into the soil.

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Modern Farmer

JUNE 6, 2024

Kincaid’s Lupin (Photo courtesy of Washington Natural Heritage Program) All across North America, endangered plant species and wildlife are struggling to survive on agricultural land. As more land is converted for agricultural use, the bobolink’s traditional nesting areas have become endangered.

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Food Politics

MARCH 19, 2024

This editorial is talking about industrial agricultural producers—Big Ag—not small organic farmers using regenerative principles. The editorial points out (my translation) that the EU spends about a third of its annual budget on subsidizing industrial agriculture. Well, yes. If this sounds familiar, consider the US farm bill.

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Food Tank

JUNE 28, 2024

In the United States, consolidation throughout the agricultural sector makes it difficult for smaller, independent farms to survive. According to the 2022 Census of Agriculture , large farms comprise only 4 percent of the total number of farms in the U.S. but control two-thirds of agricultural land.

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