National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JANUARY 17, 2024

In response, the chapter centers agroecological solutions like enhanced soil health and diversified landscapes. The authors also note ongoing and increasing “disruptions to the ability of subsistence-based peoples to access food through hunting, fishing, and foraging.” the Osage Nation’s community orchard.

Agriculture 104

Agriculture Agriculture Livestock Forage 104

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. In Into the Weeds , however, Tama Matsuoka Wong introduces readers to the anthropological concept of the “ middle ground ” between foraging and farming.

Food 103

Food Farming Farming Forage 103

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 14, 2023

Prairie strips are one means of increasing biodiversity and perennial presence in fields Diversification in practice Diversification may mean a variety of changes in a farm or ranch system. Mixed summer forage in the Southeast U.S. The mix of species includes sorghum sudan-grass, sunn hemp, cow peas, and millet.

Agriculture 81

Agriculture Agriculture Crop Rotation Pasture 81

The Equation

AUGUST 10, 2023

To reverse the US farm and ranch system’s climate-warming impact, the way we produce field crops and livestock must change dramatically. A UCS analysis found that the government has invested less than 25 cents out of every thousand dollars in federal research funding in this critical area.

Food 98

Food Farming Farming Agriculture 98