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. Laying the Groundwork for a New Market Such a view of nut trees in the South was once much more widespread. There have been successes on each front.

Forage 141

Forage Processing Yield Production 141

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. This marks an increase of more than 30% in the past decade as chicken has been marketed as a more compassionate, healthy and ecological alternative to red meat.

Poultry 52

Poultry Agroecology Pasture Food 52

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 14, 2023

And beyond the diversification associated with cropping fields, adding livestock diversity into a system can reduce challenges like pests and diseases while allowing for nutrient cycling from livestock to soil and back to crop or forage species. Mixed summer forage in the Southeast U.S.

Agriculture 87

Agriculture Agriculture Crop Rotation Pasture 87

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

AUGUST 28, 2024

Turning back to the CIG program, the FFNSA adds “perennial production systems, including agroforestry and perennial forages and grain crops” to the scope of CIG On-Farm Conservation Innovation Trials. farmers and ranchers are unable to fully participate in and benefit from emerging markets for sustainably-produced foods.

Farming 83

Farming Farming Agriculture Agriculture 83

ATTRA

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

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.

Cattle 69

Cattle Pasture Poultry Family Farming 69

The Equation

AUGUST 10, 2023

UCS opposes allowing farmers to use offsets, carbon markets, or other flimsy instruments for climate claims until there are enough data and measurement systems to ensure that new practices actually reduce the sector’s climate impact.

Food 98

Food Farming Farming Agriculture 98

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. Guilbeault ventured to Silicon Valley to examine veganism’s transformation from a social movement to a market-based model, and inside the U.S.

Food 145

Food Farming Farming Forage 145