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Do chickens deserve better?

Sustainable Food Trust

The Soil Association’s report, Peak Poultry , details that roughly three million tonnes of soya are imported into the UK each year, and most of it is bought by chicken producers to fatten chickens. There are at least 1,000 intensive poultry units throughout the UK.

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Release: House Farm Bill Misses Opportunity to Move Agriculture Forward

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

USDA funding should be directed toward building an understanding of the ecological aspects of our food and farm systems and integrating the diverse knowledge and practices of agroecological farmers and farm workers, rather than continuing to explore and promote the narrow constraints of industrial-scale monoculture. (

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Digging into the House Farm Bill: Part 4

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

As many parts of the country cannot transition fully to year-round, grass-based livestock systems, we believe it is vital to dedicate funding to AMMP technologies to ensure that instances where confinement is likely to continue are as ecologically friendly as can be.

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Our 2024 Food and Farming Holiday Book Gift Guide

Civil Eats

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. Swiftly, an era of CAFOs began in poultry production, which still reigns today. And she could.

Food 107
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Soil for Water Video Case Studies

ATTRA

Virginia Tech and Virginia Cooperative Extension’s project team conducted 11 semi-structured interviews and conversations across Virginia to learn and better understand farmers’ and ranchers’ agroecological motivations and overall values related to the protection and conservation of water resources.

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Our Summer 2024 Food and Farming Book Guide

Civil Eats

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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Path to a New Farm Bill: Sustainable and Organic Research 

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

Failure to robustly fund public research that promotes ecologically-based production systems stifles scientific and technical innovation and leaves US farmers and ranchers unable to fully participate in and benefit from emerging markets for sustainably-produced foods. The Senate and House also agree on various funding opportunities for 1890s.

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