Civil Eats

AUGUST 1, 2023

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. An Ancient Grain Made New Again: How Sorghum Could Help U.S.

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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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Agriculture Agriculture Pasture Crop Rotation 89

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. Building markets, and key infrastructure, for cover crops such as oats and peas will also help facilitate their wider adoption. Image sourced from Urban Ag News.

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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’. over that period).[2]

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Manufacturing Production Pasture Food 52

Sustainable Food Trust

MAY 1, 2024

The asparagus has arrived from the Borders, and at our Monday market it flies off the stall. 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. But in the meantime, we are stuck with imports, and they are pricey.

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Farming Farming Food Agroecology 52

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.

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Sustainable Food Trust

JUNE 28, 2023

Globally, nature is being destroyed by intensive farming, often undertaken by farmers who are forced to push their land ever harder by market forces demanding more produce for less reward. Our cattle are outside all year, and we don’t feed any grain. But there is a more fundamental value issue here.

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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 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. They also promote gender equity, youth empowerment, and market access. Fairtrade International , International Co-owned by more than 1.8

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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. Made up of more than 7,700 members, the organization advocates for better policies, promotes climate-smart agriculture, and supports market access for their members.

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

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Modern Farmer

JULY 12, 2024

This is about allowing a technology to be developed and potentially marketed.” Many of these points echo the “Great Reset” conspiracy theories promoted by far-right political and media figures dating back to the pandemic, Nusa Urbancic, CEO of the Changing Markets Foundation, an advocacy group favoring sustainable markets, tells Sentient.

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Cultivation Cattle Science Ranching 67

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.

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