ATTRA

MARCH 12, 2024

As farmers who work in unpredictable climates, we know the importance of growing a diverse range of foods and harvesting various parts to make up for times when cash crops are scarce. These products are best marketed directly to consumers, local chefs, or specialty markets, although I hope this will change.

Cash Crop 75

Cash Crop Crop Harvester Harvesting 75

Cropaia

DECEMBER 19, 2023

At its core, it’s about working with nature, rather than against it, to achieve sustainable and resilient food production. Regenerative farmers adopt a range of practices, such as cover cropping, crop rotation, reduced tillage, and diverse planting, to regenerate the soil and promote natural systems within their farms.

Agriculture 97

Agriculture Agriculture Farming Farming 97

Food Tank

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

But Hin Lad Nai has proved through scientific research that rotational farming is not causing climate change, but the opposite,” says Karen researcher Dr. Prasert Trakansuphakon to Food Tank. According to the Swedbio report, there are some 207 food crops cultivated in the rotational farming system used by Hin Lad Nai.

Science 75

Science Food Farming Farming 75

The Equation

MARCH 4, 2024

They create little employment in the local area because they grow cash crops that don’t need many farmworkers. If those large extractive corporations make a profit with their cash crops, it is because they do not pay the real cost of their operations. She established food distributions and mobile health clinic visits.

Agriculture 104

Agriculture Agriculture Pesticide Ruralism 104

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 14, 2023

Prairie strips or other noncrop strips along fields also offer refugia for beneficial species or, depending on species used, can act as trap crops that lure pests away from a cash crop. Rotating crops also significantly reduces pests and diseases.

Agriculture 98

Agriculture Agriculture Pasture Crop Rotation 98