Agroecology Marketing Poultry 
Modern Farmer
MAY 7, 2024
When Paula and Dale Boles took over Dale’s father’s farmland in North Carolina, they thought that poultry farming would be a good way to work the land until they were ready to pass it on to their children. The other hurdle is marketing. When you have a contract, you don’t need to market your product, because you only have one buyer.
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
Other posts explore how the next farm bill can tackle issues in regional market development, crop insurance access, and more. In addition to the overall drop in US public agricultural R&D investment, organic research continues to be significantly underfunded compared to its share of the food sales market.
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Civil Eats
OCTOBER 16, 2023
Is Agroecology Being Coopted by Big Ag? Other states and the federal government sometimes follow, and because of the state’s market size, food companies typically choose to change their products and processes for the entire nation. Read More: The IPPC’s Latest Climate Report Is a Final Alarm for Food Systems, Too Did the First U.N.
Sustainable Food Trust
JULY 26, 2023
The Soil Association’s report, Peak Poultry , details that roughly three million tonnes of soya are imported into the UK each year, and most of it is bought by chicken producers to fatten chickens. There are at least 1,000 intensive poultry units throughout the UK.
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
MAY 20, 2024
4302) Provides modest funding increases to popular local food access initiatives such as the Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program and the Community Food Projects Program, but at the expense of individuals nationwide who participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
AUGUST 28, 2024
farmers and ranchers are unable to fully participate in and benefit from emerging markets for sustainably-produced foods. Although FFNSA maintains level funding for OREI , it does not reflect the growth of the organic market since 2018 or the current challenges facing organic farmers.
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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