Agroecology Farmland Yield 
Modern Farmer
MARCH 20, 2024
Better yet, why do some researchers, farmers and activists prefer the term “urban agroecology?” From 2017 to 2019, my research team helped to define and elevate “urban agroecology” in the US as a better way of acknowledging the multifunctional benefits of urban green spaces. They’re not exactly “yield-maximizing” practices on display.
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. Benton’s assertion of the need to include some ‘high-yield’ (i.e.
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Food Tank
AUGUST 1, 2023
Importing expensive chemical fertilizer, insisting on farming practices unsuited for local conditions, and prioritizing crop yield to maximize profit are some of the blanket agricultural prescriptions that have created unintended and lasting challenges. Among their efforts is the formation of the seedball caravan.
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. farmland toward regenerative practices by the end of the decade. And that has direct impacts on our food supply and climate.
Modern Farmer
MAY 7, 2024
When Paula and Dale Boles took over Dale’s father’s farmland in North Carolina, they thought that poultry farming would be a good way to work the land until they were ready to pass it on to their children. This essentially pits all the regional farmers against each other. The Boles’ situation with Tyson was far from unique. “She
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
JULY 14, 2023
As farmland becomes less functional as a result of increasing stresses from drought, floods, pests, and heatwaves, its regulation by diverse organisms becomes ever more important. For example, research demonstrates that genetic diversity within a single-species monoculture may make yields more stable.
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
MAY 20, 2024
It also removes the guiding purpose of ensuring farmland is usable by the next generation. This approach is misguided given the ample evidence that scale-neutral, management-intensive practices likely yield even greater environmental benefits. 2101) Dramatically increases support for precision agriculture technologies.
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