Agricultural Biodiversity

JULY 9, 2023

CROPGRIDS: A global geo-referenced dataset of 173 crops circa 2020. It’s great to finally know where crops are grown. If only they had had this analytical framework when they thought of Bt crops. Crop Diversity Experiment: towards a mechanistic understanding of the benefits of species diversity in annual crop systems.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Initially, farmers and corporations alike wade into the shallow end, implementing relatively simple and inexpensive techniques such as cover cropping and minimal tillage to optimize for soil health and carbon sequestration. In the deep end, outcomes are sought to benefit the farmers and stewards of whole landscapes themselves.

Agriculture 123

Agriculture Agriculture Agroecology Finance 123

ATTRA

MARCH 12, 2024

These products are best marketed directly to consumers, local chefs, or specialty markets, although I hope this will change. 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.

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Cash Crop Crop Harvest Harvester 75

Modern Farmer

AUGUST 29, 2023

On the back 16 acres of Walla Walla Community College, 30 Red Angus cows stand munching on hairy vetch, ryegrass and other cover crops that were planted to help restore the soil. As part of its efforts to foster a new crop of farmers, earlier this y ear, the USDA announced it would be investing $262.5 It’s truly full circle.”

Food 95

Food Farming Farming Agroecology 95

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JANUARY 17, 2024

The primary message regarding agriculture as a whole is that the risks to agricultural production are rising and will continue to rise as a result of climate change. Drought and torrential rain will frequently reduce productivity in all regions. high-efficiency irrigation and genetic modification) rather than systems approaches.

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Agriculture Agriculture Forage Livestock 105

ATTRA

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

A new report from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy provides an analysis of how current and projected climate change risks are affecting production and trade by the major cereal producers, exporters, and importers in international markets.

Production 40

Production Agroecology Grain Food 40

Daily Yonder

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Farmers like Abebe Moliso, whose family land in the Ethiopian highlands became severely degraded from years of monocropping, overgrazing, and slashing the forests in the pursuit of new productive fields, all of which radically changed the local climate. The more he and his neighbors farmed, the less they grew. But they can’t do it alone.

Agriculture 80

Agriculture Agriculture Grain Food 80

Cropaia

DECEMBER 19, 2023

In recent years, there has been a growing interest in regenerative agriculture, a holistic approach to farming that seeks to restore and revitalize the land while improving crop yields and overall farm profitability. This means increased crop yields and reduced inputs like fertilizers and pesticides. What’s in It for Farmers?

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Agriculture Agriculture Farming Farming 97

Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

SCN works with nonprofits and schools in the region to integrate farming and food production into their work and advocates for local policy that supports school gardens, urban farms, and community gardens and helps get fresh produce to food insecure residents. We need a huge paradigm shift in both the philosophy and the practices of farming.

Food 101

Food Agroecology Agriculture Agriculture 101

Sustainable Food Trust

JANUARY 17, 2024

The need for greater access to land, so that younger generations can have a role in equitable and accessible food production – most particularly in agroecological food production – is critical and demands that we find new pathways beyond ownership to invite their participation.

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Agroecology Food Livestock Farming 78

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Since 2017, the cooperative has been piloting new ways to collect, process, and market tree crops, with the goal of catalyzing a local nut-based economy. European settlers also made use of wild tree crops, particularly black walnuts, and Holt says numerous companies processed and sold them through the middle of the 20th century.

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Forage Processing Yield Production 128

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 14, 2023

The question of how to diversify farm production is closely linked with the question of expanding access to land. Who manages land determines which scientific perspectives, crop choices, traditions, and skills shape the landscape, with profound implications for its ecological sustainability. Photo credit: Crop Trust.

Agriculture 98

Agriculture Agriculture Pasture Crop Rotation 98

Civil Eats

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Consumption of crops or animals grown on PFAS-contaminated land puts humans at high risk of illness. By the spring of 2022, more than 50 farms in Tier 1 areas learned they had high levels of forever chemicals in their products, their fields, and their water. The state later discovered, however, that the sludge contained harmful PFAS.

Farming 131

Farming Farming Farmland Crop 131

Modern Farmer

MARCH 20, 2024

Urban ag is any kind of food production space within a city, inclusive of commercial farms that grow and sell directly to consumers, non-profit farms that serve a broader mission, community gardens, school gardens and even vacant lots turned into thriving personal gardens or homesteads. Timothy Bowles, a professor of Agroecology at U.C.

Agroecology 82

Agroecology Yield Food Farming 82

Food Tank

AUGUST 29, 2023

A new report from Friends of the Earth explores the potential implications of this novel use of genetic engineering, something that is fundamentally different from the genetically engineered (GE) crops that have been the center of debate for decades. What could go wrong when we genetically engineer them? Take BASF’s 2.0

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Pesticide Fertilizer Acre Crop 98

Food Tank

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Poor soils can cut crop yields by up to 50 percent—which, if we’re not careful, could result in more soil being tilled to grow more crops, which degrades more soil, which pushes us closer to climate catastrophe. And that has direct impacts on our food supply and climate. We’re seeing the power of storytelling, too.

Food 120

Food Ranching Grain Crop Rotation 120

Food Tank

AUGUST 1, 2023

Environmental stressors to crops—decreased and erratic rainfall, pests, and blights—are worsening with climate change. Generational wisdom dictates that certain crops are better suited for certain regions. Generational wisdom dictates that certain crops are better suited for certain regions. Food and Agriculture Organization.

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Fertilizer Seeding Crop Crop Yield 93

Sustainable Harvest International

AUGUST 4, 2022

Crop failure and low yields, in turn, have exacerbated political instability, poverty, and migration. Partnering with nearly 1,000 farming families in Honduras, SHI has helped restore over 8,000 acres of land by promoting agroecological practices, including the planting of over 2.2 million trees. 45% of these graduates are youth.

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Agroecology Ruralism Acre Farming 52

Sustainable Harvest International

APRIL 9, 2024

Agroforestry and agroecology are practices central to the regenerative agriculture efforts of Initiative 20x20 partner Sustainable Harvest International (SHI). Conventional practices often include deforestation, the overuse of harmful agro-chemicals, and focus on growing a single crop. Shade-grown coffee is a great example of this.

Food 52

Food Agroecology Harvest Harvester 52

Sustainable Harvest International

JULY 19, 2022

The crisis in Ukraine reveals the folly of a global food system where a few staple crops are produced in a select few countries. The crisis in Ukraine reveals that now more than ever, we must embrace a food system grounded in local agroecology. More useful than individual stories of failure or success are broad studies. Among the 12.6

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Agroecology Farming Farming Ecology 52

Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

While this way of growing vanilla is helpful in times of climate change, this year, local producers lost the majority of their production due to the extreme heat in the region. We wanted to stop the fires and decided to introduce crops that would help us do so,” Garcia Martinez remembers. “We Photography by Noel Rojo.

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Plantation Production Crop Food 72

Food Tank

JULY 2, 2024

The book discusses topics such as processed food, genetically modified crops, and the journey to discover and create foods with minimal environmental impact. This guide explains the sustainability of specific food products and demonstrates how a business can successfully communicate their practices to customers.

Food 131

Food Forage Agroecology Processing 131

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. Perennial Crops Boost Biodiversity Both On and Off Farms. The group is working to adapt more food crops to the changing climate. An Ancient Grain Made New Again: How Sorghum Could Help U.S.

Food 94

Food Seeding Crop Farming 94

Modern Farmer

MAY 7, 2024

“She thought that if we’re going to be able to end factory farming, it’s not just about creating a different system that runs parallel, like you might see a lot of organizations doing when they talk about agroecology or regenerative farming [and] things of that nature,” says Whitley. The other hurdle is marketing.

Farming 130

Farming Farming Poultry Contract Farming 130

Sustainable Harvest International

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

annually, but SHI farmers in Santa Martha are reversing this trend with agroforestry practices that integrate trees with agricultural crops. Conventional sugarcane production uses high levels of pesticides and other agrochemicals, which are harmful to local wildlife and local communities.

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Harvesting Harvest Harvester Ecology 64

Civil Eats

JANUARY 8, 2024

As California has lost much of its grain to higher value crops, small flour mills and grain cleaning businesses have disappeared, too. Meanwhile, the cost of farm production expenses are expected to reach a record high in 2023. isn’t working for many small producers. The median farming income in the U.S. I’ve never seen that.

Grain 115

Grain Orchard Farming Farming 115

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 20, 2024

Title 1 – Commodities Dramatically raises subsidies for commodity production, including a 10 to 20 percent increase to Price Loss Coverage program reference prices and a bump to revenue guarantees under the Agriculture Risk Coverage program. percent of farmers. 7503, 7123).

Agriculture 102

Agriculture Agriculture Farming Farming 102

Food Tank

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Their co-created research found that on some farms, the rotational fallow system led to greater agrobiodiversity, greater production, more reliable production, and richer soil. According to the Swedbio report, there are some 207 food crops cultivated in the rotational farming system used by Hin Lad Nai.

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Science Food Farming Farming 77

Sustainable Food Trust

JULY 12, 2023

While many sustainability assessments focus on the impacts that farms have on people and planet beyond the farm gate (for example, the contribution of farm greenhouse gas emissions to global warming), less attention is focused on the need to ensure that future generations can meet their needs for farm products, in particular, food.

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Farming Farming Agroecology Crop 52

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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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. Trees, they say, can protect farm animals from wind and sun, prevent erosion, stabilize streambanks, and yield marketable products like fruit and nuts.

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Marketing Harvest Harvester Harvesting 91

Sustainable Food Trust

JULY 26, 2023

These animals live on a diet of mainly pasture and forage, making use of land that is often unsuitable for growing other crops. Typically, this soya comes from Latin A merica , a crop that contributes to deforestation and pesticide use in biologically important areas, such as the Amazon and Cerrado.

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Poultry Agroecology Pasture Food 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

Food Tank

APRIL 2, 2024

They support 10 farm, community garden and orchard sites in DeKalb and Rockdale Counties, helping communities grow fresh, culturally familiar crops. These efforts encompass small scale farming, agroecology, agroforestry, and reforestation. And they have children’s program that introduces young people to edible playground gardens.

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Cultivation Food Marketing Distribution 87

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. public, across party lines, is concerned about the impacts of climate change on agriculture and food production.

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Farming Farming Agriculture Agriculture 97

Civil Eats

JUNE 27, 2023

The Burgers are among a modest cohort of small-time growers who almost exclusively cultivate cool-weather and storage crops that they sell in the wintertime. Those crops, which are staples of farmers’ markets throughout the summer, are also profitable for farmers. We can be a little calmer about our season,” Burger says.

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Crop Farming Farming Acre 52

Caff

JANUARY 17, 2023

million from the American Rescue Plan to accelerate the integration of technology and skills in the region’s agriculture industry—improving productivity and job quality for existing farm workers while driving a more resilient and sustainable food system.

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