Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

He writes: “Our societies must turn to low-energy, low-capital, low-carbon agroecological approaches geared to meeting local needs primarily from local land, air and water. “We’re overproducing cheap arable grains because it’s so easy to make them extend into landscapes where we probably shouldn’t be farming.”

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Food Tank

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Because most grains need to be replanted every season, it’s hard for even regenerative farmers to minimize the disturbance to their land and build biodiversity, says Tim Crews, Chief Scientist & Director of the International Initiative at The Land Institute. So they’re working to highlight how perennial grains can help rebuild soils.

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ATTRA

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

The study also indicates that food policy should support dietary diversity, to counteract over-reliance on just three cereal grains. The report recommends reducing food waste, improving production, adopting agroecological production systems, and country- and crop-specific studies to inform policy.

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Food Tank

AUGUST 1, 2023

Banners are hung, grain samples are on display, and a voice over a megaphone invites the crowd’s attention. Pearl millet is a small, round grain that feeds vast swaths of sub-Saharan Africa. The seedball caravan has arrived. They’re speaking to thousands of people about this unassuming little item.

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Civil Eats

OCTOBER 2, 2023

For this reason, McBrady adds, some farms are being encouraged to switch to grains, which are less likely to absorb PFAS. “We We can fund a farm to switch from hay to grain cultivation, which requires new equipment, new storage, and new drying facilities,” she added. “In

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Sustainable Food Trust

JANUARY 31, 2024

Additionally, grains are greatly favoured over pulses in the UK in terms of the land and research dedicated to their growth. But with malnutrition on the rise and recognition of the importance of agroecological farming systems growing ever greater, shining a light on the benefits of beans in both our diets and fields can be no bad thing.

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 1, 2023

An Ancient Grain Made New Again: How Sorghum Could Help U.S. Comic: Adapting Corn for Tortillas—and New Markets—in the Pacific Northwest In this illustrated report, we explore how the Organic Seed Alliance is working with local farmers, scientists, and chefs to adapt crops to new environments—and the changing climate.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 14, 2023

Greater increases in structural, variety, and species diversity may be created with agroforestry systems, mixing trees and shrubs into annual and perennial grain, legume, and vegetable crops. That includes agroforestry systems, perennial pasture systems, and perennial grain crops.

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Sustainable Food Trust

JULY 26, 2023

His first book A Small Farm Future argues for the importance of locally self-reliant, agrarian communities and agroecological food production. Chris Smaje is a social scientist and small-scale farmer and grower who writes widely about what he calls ‘low-energy localism’.

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Sustainable Food Trust

MAY 1, 2024

Arable and horticulture crops across the UK have been seriously affected and it is anticipated that the UK will be reliant on grain imports for at least the coming year. Climate change is visible everywhere on the earth now, in its varied presentations, and UK farmers, unquestionably, now know it up close and personally.

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Agritecture Blog

MAY 3, 2023

More than just an explicit set of production practices, this way of farming is known as “agroecology”, and refers to working with, rather than against, nature. Controlled Environment Agriculture A CEA farm growing tomatoes. Image sourced from Urban Ag News.

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Sustainable Food Trust

JUNE 28, 2023

We believe in the importance of an agroecological food system because of its potential to meet the nation’s food needs, whilst providing healthier diets, sequestering carbon and making room for much more wildlife. Our cattle are outside all year, and we don’t feed any grain.

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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. Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) NSAC is pleased to see some inclusion of the ARA in FFNSA’s proposal for AFRI.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Through captivating case studies, Thurow’s hopeful book showcases farmers who have boldly gone against the grain of modern agriculture orthodoxy and are instead embracing regenerative practices—like agroecology and permaculture—that restore soil health, enhance biodiversity, and promote resilience against climate change.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) , Africa AFSA is a coalition of civil society organizations advocating for food sovereignty and agroecology across the continent. The movement continues to grow, and recently added a new chapter to expand into the Arab and North Africa region.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) , Africa AFSA is an alliance uniting civil societies dedicated to promoting agroecology and food sovereignty across Africa. The Alliance is rooted in values for fair and inclusive development, harmonious coexistence with nature, and the empowerment of local communities.

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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 On Gold Hill , Moyer weaves together her attempt to grow the grain with the story she unearths of her family through the generations. Meanwhile, in the U.S.,

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Modern Farmer

JULY 12, 2024

It also uses about a third of global grain production at a lower output; 25 calories of cattle feed, for example, produces just one calorie of beef, according to Yale’s Center for Business and the Environment. Beef is considered the least efficient type of meat. “In He adds that alternative proteins would help farmers. “An

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The Equation

AUGUST 10, 2023

For example, ranchers fatten cattle on grain during the final months of their lives in large-scale feedlots, which—along with massive hog and poultry feeding operations—are major sources of methane and nitrous oxide emissions, primarily due to the way cattle digest fiber and the mismanagement of open-air manure lagoons.

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