ATTRA

APRIL 16, 2024

By Cody Brown and Darron Gaus , NCAT Agriculture Specialists Carbon Farm Planning is a rewarding process for producers and conservation planners, as we “dig deep” and find all the potential carbon sinks and soil health practices that can be implemented across the landscape. Designed by Colorado State University, in partnership with the U.S.

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The Equation

MAY 14, 2024

A month later, more than 100 advocacy and labor organizations sent a letter to the leaders of both the House and Senate agriculture committees recommending nearly three dozen provisions (called “marker bills”) for the farm bill that would make the US food and agriculture system more sustainable, resilient, and fair. million to Rep.

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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. fertilizer or feed).

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AGRIVI

JUNE 28, 2023

Anticipated to impact over 50,000 companies , the new regulation will particularly affect the food and beverage industry , which heavily relies on agriculture — an industry known to be a major source of GHG emissions. Scope 1, 2, and 3 E missions – Why the Latter Matter to Food and Beverage Industry ?

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Agritecture Blog

MARCH 23, 2023

One way farmers can increase their resilience is controlled environment agriculture (CEA), which can help to optimize their operations, and mitigate the effects of climate change. In this blog post, we'll explore the benefits of CEA and why conventional farmers should consider getting involved in this type of agriculture.

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ATTRA

OCTOBER 17, 2023

With a bigger staff and a new executive director, they also educate the community, create quality natural fertilizers, and take compost to a new level, all while remaining human-powered. Six years later, Soil Cycle has gone from Lewis picking up scraps from a few clients to six bikers transporting upwards of 60,000 pounds of compost per year.

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Agwired

APRIL 8, 2024

Department of Agriculture (USDA) is expected to release a final rule revising the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) food package. has joined its in vitro fertilization (IVF) team as a research scientist. Global animal feed production remained steady in 2023 at 1.29 Etay, Ph.D.,

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Last week’s post highlighted the stories of farmers who have used practices from the Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry practice list to build climate resilience and mitigation solutions. This week’s post adds stories created and gathered by National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) members around the country.

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Civil Eats

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Until a few years ago, Songbird Farm in Unity, Maine, grew wheat, rye, oats, and corn, as well as an array of vegetables in three high tunnel greenhouses, and supported a community-supported agriculture (CSA) program for over 100 customers. While the affected sites are situated across the state, most are concentrated in agricultural areas.

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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. Such practices can also reduce nitrous oxide emissions, in part by reducing the need to apply synthetic fertilizers.

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Civil Eats

JULY 12, 2023

Department of Agriculture (USDA) has funneled billions in tax dollars toward farming that it deems climate-smart. It is important that we embrace the notion of climate-smart agriculture and forestry, but to do that, we’ve got to get the science and the innovation right. But what exactly that means is widely disputed.

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 29, 2023

He used a conventional approach: He diligently mowed his animals’ pastures to control weeds, added lime to make the soil less acidic, and applied fertilizer to boost productivity. million tons of offsets purchased by Microsoft in fiscal year 2021–22, for example, were tied to forestry initiatives. (A Verification is another challenge.

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ATTRA

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Cities have many regulations when it comes to urban agriculture projects, but they also might have resources that they can contribute. Urban soils are often nutrient-poor and depleted, but with proper soil management, they can become fertile ground for planting relatively quickly. Communicate with the city or county often.

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OECD: Environment

MAY 30, 2023

by Sho Yamasaki, OECD Environment Directorate Israel is one of the world’s most arid countries, but its small open economy is fertile ground for tech-driven innovation. Large-scale reuse of wastewater and drip irrigation technologies have promoted sustainable water usage for agriculture.

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Since then, as the blight-resistant tree has wound its way through the deregulatory labyrinth of federal agencies including the Environmental Protection Agency, Food and Drug Administration, and Department of Agriculture, Powell has had to step down, recently sharing his diagnosis of terminal colon cancer publicly.

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 6, 2023

22-caliber shells he’d purchased online from a forestry supply store in Colorado. In January 2011, fresh off harvest season, Bajema traveled north to Olympia, walked past the grand columns of Washington’s neoclassical Capitol, and took a seat before the state House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee. Ornamental holly starts.

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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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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

OCTOBER 5, 2023

USDA distributed seeds to farmers for free, encouraging growers to save and share seed and to experiment with any crop that could become economically important to US agriculture. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions means moving away from the use of high-energy and polluting nitrogenous fertilizers.

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