Agroecology Grain Yield 
Daily Yonder
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
His farming operation benefited too, with a diverse array of vegetables, fruits, and grains now flourishing in his fields. These farmers are pushing forward the practices of agroforestry, agroecology, and regenerative agriculture, accelerating the movement to farm with nature instead of seeking to bend it to their will. In the U.S.,
Sustainable Food Trust
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Dead straight farm tracks separate the farms and link up to railways where farmers drop off their grain to be transported to large processing units. We met with four inspiring farmers who are going against the grain (pun intended – Nebraska’s main crop is corn) and adopting regenerative agriculture practices.
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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. So they’re working to highlight how perennial grains can help rebuild soils. And they’re pushing innovation.
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.
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.”
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.
Civil Eats
AUGUST 1, 2023
These severe conditions have a tremendous impact on our food system, affecting everything from crop yields to working conditions on farms. An Ancient Grain Made New Again: How Sorghum Could Help U.S.
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