National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 14, 2023

The question of how to diversify farm production is closely linked with the question of expanding access to land. The mix fixes nitrogen and livestock can graze the mix directly in the field, returning nutrients to the soil via manure. Healthy, biologically rich soils are the foundation of effective crop and livestock production.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 12, 2024

These factory farms not only force animals to live in overcrowded, dirty conditions, they also produce copious amounts of manure, which can cause water pollution and other health hazards. Livestock, poultry and animal products brought in approximately $140 million. The average U.S. farm is 464 acres.)

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Sustainable Food Trust

JULY 12, 2023

While many sustainability assessments focus on the impacts that farms have on people and planet beyond the farm gate (for example, the contribution of farm greenhouse gas emissions to global warming), less attention is focused on the need to ensure that future generations can meet their needs for farm products, in particular, food.

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Agritecture Blog

JANUARY 27, 2023

For food companies, the emissions from production are huge and devilishly hard to tackle – which is why an increasing number of businesses are pinning their net-zero hopes on regenerative agriculture. There is also talk of healthier soils, fewer chemicals, more biodiversity – and even more nutritious products.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

AUGUST 28, 2024

public, across party lines, is concerned about the impacts of climate change on agriculture and food production. 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.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Food production and consumption that ensures everyone has access to healthy, affordable, culturally relevant, and delicious food. Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) , Africa AFSA is an alliance uniting civil societies dedicated to promoting agroecology and food sovereignty across Africa.

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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. They also foster unity among farmers and collaborate with partners to enhance production and marketing opportunities.

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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. Learning how food is produced is a significant step, but it’s not easy: “Opacity insulates consumers from the worst practices of food production,” the authors write.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Such changes reduced the overall resilience of the agroecological system. Diverse plants and manure must take their place. This public research and development (R&D) investment is the primary driver of long-term productivity growth in US agriculture.

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Modern Farmer

JULY 12, 2024

Meanwhile, in the Netherlands, the same farmers struggling with the effects of climate change, like drought, are revolting against stricter regulations on pollution from livestock manure. One of the things that these folks want to do, is they want to eliminate meat production in the United States,” DeSantis said at his press briefing.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Failure to robustly fund public research that promotes ecologically-based production systems stifles scientific and technical innovation and leaves US farmers and ranchers unable to fully participate in and benefit from emerging markets for sustainably-produced foods.

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The Equation

AUGUST 10, 2023

A product of President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal, the first farm bills were enacted in the 1930s in response to the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl drought, which ruined farmland across the Great Plains. The most recent farm bill , enacted into law in December 2018, expires at the end of September.

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