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Agroecological Crop Selection, Part 1

ATTRA

By Justin Duncan, NCAT Sustainable Agriculture Specialist For the past couple years, NCAT has worked with the Southern Risk Management Education Center to provide training to farmers on how to better decide which crops to plant based on agroecological methods. The point of agroecological crop selection is mainly input reduction.

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Agroecological Crop Selection, Part 2

ATTRA

By Justin Duncan, NCAT Sustainable Agriculture Specialist For the past couple years, NCAT has worked with the Southern Risk Management Education Center to provide training to farmers on how to better decide which crops to plant based on agroecological methods. I may not talk to them, but I do listen, or, rather, observe them.

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Will a Food and Ag Focus at COP28 Distract From the Fossil Fuel Economy?

Civil Eats

Estrella “Esther” Penunia, the secretary general of the Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development, called consolidation a “big problem” and talked about transforming the food system to “shift the power to the people.” Is Agroecology Being Coopted by Big Ag? Packaged Food Policy.

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When in Drought, Plan It Out: Rain Harvesting

ATTRA

ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.

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Greens as a Secondary Income from your Cash Crop Plants

ATTRA

ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.

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Release: House Farm Bill Misses Opportunity to Move Agriculture Forward

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

5102, 5103, 5019, 5110, 5202, 5503, 5402, 112205 ) Title 6 – Rural Development Includes the Food Supply Chain Guaranteed Loan Program.

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125 Food and Agriculture Organizations to Watch in 2025

Food Tank

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. World Rural Forum (WRF) , International WRF is a global network dedicated to advancing family farming and sustainable rural development.

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