ATTRA

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

In addition, the report says rice production is particularly vulnerable to climate change, and in the long run, wheat will also experience declines, forcing the relocation of production to higher elevation or the farming of alternative crops.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 14, 2023

Who manages land determines which scientific perspectives, crop choices, traditions, and skills shape the landscape, with profound implications for its ecological sustainability. In cropping systems, it may include increasing structural diversity of the crops themselves, as by having cut and uncut strips of alfalfa.

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Agriculture Agriculture Crop Rotation Pasture 87

Sustainable Food Trust

MAY 1, 2024

Our winter crops are finished – no greens or winter salads, purple sprouting broccoli and calabrese are over, and truly everyone is fed-up with celeriac, swede and kale. There are a few new crops coming along: spring onions, radishes, spring greens and I’d like to say strawberries, but they are very slow this year.

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Agritecture Blog

MAY 3, 2023

Regenerative Agriculture and Nature-Based Solutions Coffee crops grow alongside other plants in what is known as an Agroforestry approach to farming. More than just an explicit set of production practices, this way of farming is known as “agroecology”, and refers to working with, rather than against, nature.

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Agriculture Agriculture Food Pesticide 52

Sustainable Food Trust

JULY 26, 2023

His first book A Small Farm Future argues for the importance of locally self-reliant, agrarian communities and agroecological food production. In concentrated feeding operations they’re wasteful consumers of precious arable crops, which could instead feed people directly with much greater efficiency.

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Manufacturing Production Pasture Food 52

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

AUGUST 28, 2024

From losing seed crops as wildfires rage for weeks, losing entire crops due to erratic freezes, to losing farms as drought dries up available water, farmers’ risks are rising. Currently, CSP only offers SAPs for Resource Conserving Crop Rotations , Improved Resource Conserving Crop Rotations , and Advanced Grazing Management.

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Farming Farming Agriculture Agriculture 83

Sustainable Food Trust

JUNE 28, 2023

At the same time, productive land as well as field margins and natural areas can be of great value to nature – a traditionally managed hay meadow or unsprayed crop can harbour and support a range of biodiversity and facilitate the movement of species through the landscape. Our cattle are outside all year, and we don’t feed any grain.

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Modern Farmer

JULY 12, 2024

In reaction to the European Union’s Green New Deal, which proposed reducing pesticides, restoring nature and planting more climate-resilient crops, Dutch farm groups have pushed back. Beef is considered the least efficient type of meat. “In He adds that alternative proteins would help farmers. “An

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Daily Yonder

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

They also embraced crop diversity by adopting traditional crops, including hardier, more nutritious varieties that had been orphaned by modern agriculture demands. His farming operation benefited too, with a diverse array of vegetables, fruits, and grains now flourishing in his fields. But they can’t do it alone. In the U.S.,

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Agriculture Agriculture Grain Food 81

Food Tank

JANUARY 27, 2025

Decolonizing African Agriculture: Food Security, Agroecology and the Need for Radical Transformation by William G. But he believes that there is a new way forward, advocating for a transformation that supports agroecology, rural communities, and networks of smaller cities. Moseley In Decolonizing African Agriculture , William G.

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Food Agriculture Agriculture Agroecology 133

Sustainable Food Trust

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Dead straight farm tracks separate the farms and link up to railways where farmers drop off their grain to be transported to large processing units. We met with four inspiring farmers who are going against the grain (pun intended – Nebraska’s main crop is corn) and adopting regenerative agriculture practices.

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Grain Farming Farming Agriculture 52

The Equation

AUGUST 10, 2023

Although it is generically called the “farm” bill, it is really a food and farm bill that funds programs covering crop insurance, financial credit, and export subsidies for farmers, as well as nutrition-assistance support for low-income households. The most recent farm bill , enacted into law in December 2018, expires at the end of September.

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Food Farming Farming Agriculture 98

Civil Eats

AUGUST 1, 2023

These severe conditions have a tremendous impact on our food system, affecting everything from crop yields to working conditions on farms. An Ancient Grain Made New Again: How Sorghum Could Help U.S. Perennial Crops Boost Biodiversity Both On and Off Farms. The group is working to adapt more food crops to the changing climate.

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Food Seeding Crop Farming 98

Food Tank

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) , Africa AFSA is a coalition of civil society organizations advocating for food sovereignty and agroecology across the continent. Crop Trust , International Crop Trust is dedicated to preserving plant genetic diversity to secure agricultural, food, and nutrition sustainability.

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Food Agriculture Agriculture Ruralism 139

Sustainable Food Trust

JANUARY 31, 2024

In our farming systems, they play a key role in regenerative crop rotations: breaking pest and weed cycles, fixing nitrogen in the soil and creating fertile ground for the crops that follow them. Additionally, grains are greatly favoured over pulses in the UK in terms of the land and research dedicated to their growth.

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Food Cultivation Crop Rotation Agroecology 98

Food Tank

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) , Africa AFSA is an alliance uniting civil societies dedicated to promoting agroecology and food sovereignty across Africa. The organization introduces beneficial plants called green manure/cover crops which fertilize the soil, control weeds, and respond to periods of drought.

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Food Agriculture Agriculture Seeding 145

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Prioritizing ecological integrity and community health over yield, these farmers stay profitable by diversifying their crops, producing value-added products like jams and sauces, and building community support and social capital. If you want to suggest a book we missed, please let us know in the comments.

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Food Farming Farming Agriculture 137

Civil Eats

JUNE 20, 2024

Brazil’s national requirement that 30 percent of school food ingredients be sourced from local and regional family farms helps empower and fund women agroecological producers. In On Gold Hill , Moyer weaves together her attempt to grow the grain with the story she unearths of her family through the generations. Meanwhile, in the U.S.,

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