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Agricultural Biodiversity

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

On the importance of diversity in ecological research. Does long-term harvesting impact genetic diversity and population genetic structure? Towards an agroecological approach to crop health: reducing pest incidence through synergies between plant diversity and soil microbial ecology. And the above comment also applies.

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Bringing ‘agroecological intelligence’ to on-farm technology choices

Sustainable Food Trust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

A Bigger Conversation’s Director, Pat Thomas, shares insights from the ‘Agroecological Intelligence’ project, which spoke with agroecological farmers and growers to establish a criteria for adopting new technologies. But not everyone buys in to this narrative.

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Sustainable Harvest International Joins Love Tropics for a Video Game (Fun)draiser

Sustainable Harvest International

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Love Tropics, an annual Minecraft charity livestream event, has chosen to support Sustainable Harvest International and the partnering community of Santa Martha, Belize, for this year’s event. The ecological farming practices SHI partner farmers use provide even more habitat for wildlife and contribute to national conservation efforts.

Harvest

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Ukraine Crisis Reveals Need for Organic Farming

Sustainable Harvest International

JULY 19, 2022

By: Florence Reed , Founder + Director of Sustainable Harvest International With the war in Ukraine, the global food crisis looms large, given that Ukraine is a major global exporter of both wheat and chemical fertilizers. The crisis in Ukraine reveals that now more than ever, we must embrace a food system grounded in local agroecology.

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Food Systems 101: How Community Colleges Are Helping Students Connect Farm to Fork

Modern Farmer

AUGUST 29, 2023

The cattle, which were artificially inseminated by students in the spring, will eventually be harvested at a USDA plant and incorporated into the fine dining menu at the college’s student-run campus restaurant, Capstone Kitchen. Red Angus cows help students learn about agroecology at Walla Walla Community College.

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From Civil Rights to Food Justice, Jim Embry Reflects on a Life of Creative Resistance

Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

There are many different schools of thought or different methodologies that people embrace as we do our farm work, and I have borrowed from many, but my favorite is agroecology. Agroecology is an integrated approach that combines ecological and social principles for sustainable agriculture and food systems.

Food

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Commentary: With Agriculture Facing a ‘Great Collision,’ More Farmers Seek to Nourish and Heal

Daily Yonder

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

A bit further north, the Sicangu Lakota community is reviving traditional Native American growing practices to reclaim their food sovereignty and also restoring the buffalo herd that once kept the Prairie ecology in balance. In the U.S., Department of Agriculture. on public-sector agricultural research.

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Can Agroforestry Breathe New Life Into Carbon Markets?

Civil Eats

AUGUST 29, 2023

His vision has gotten a jump start through a partnership with Carbon Harvest. As part of a $20 million project led by the Kentucky-based nonprofit Accelerating Appalachia , Carbon Harvest will receive roughly $200,000 over two years to conduct research on the potential for a regional offset market.

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20 Organizations Cultivating the Food Movement in Atlanta

Food Tank

APRIL 2, 2024

Acres of Ancestry Initiative/Black Agrarian Fund The Acres of Ancestry Initiative/Black Agrarian Fund is a multidisciplinary, cooperative nonprofit ecosystem that aims to regenerate custodial land ownership, ecological stewardship, and food and fiber economies in the American South.

Cultivation

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Part 2. Black People Building Food Sovereignty in Philly and Beyond

Share Food Program

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Philly Forests uses revenue from their crop sales to operate their Urban Ecology Program which distributes free trees, shrubs and perennial plants through the Philadelphia zip codes with the lowest amount of tree canopy. In 2022, Philly Forests began a school garden and mini food forest at EW Rhodes K-8 School in North Philadelphia.

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When Not Farming is the Best Use of Land

Modern Farmer

JANUARY 19, 2024

If that same land was producing a harvest of potatoes, a typical crop for the area, farmers could expect, based on 2020 prices , to have received approximately $736.56 (CDN) per metric ton from their harvests. Removing livestock for even 10 years from this land can cause an ecological disaster in grassland communities.”

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The Farmers Leaning On Each Other’s Tools

Civil Eats

JANUARY 8, 2024

Prior to that, they had all either harvested by hand, an intensely laborious process, or hired someone with a combine. Over at Tool Legit, the farmers share similar goals of farming ecologically and productively at a human scale, which lends to knowledge-sharing, too. “It

Grain

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USDA Appoints Vanessa García Polanco to the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics (NAREEE) Advisory Board

National Young Farmers Coalition

JULY 16, 2024

Board members also visited the North Carolina Agriculture and Technology (A&T) University Center for Post Harvest Technologies and the North Carolina Food Innovation Lab. Several policy priorities were discussed, including progress on the Board’s ‘Relevance and Adequacy’ evaluation of USDA’s precision nutrition efforts.

Agriculture

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Our Summer 2024 Food and Farming Book Guide

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. Edition] By Christopher Hart Hedgelands is a delightful paean to a staple of British life and a critical part of the nation’s rural ecology: the hedge.

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