Daily Yonder

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

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. But they can’t do it alone. In the U.S., Department of Agriculture. on public-sector agricultural research.

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ATTRA

JANUARY 9, 2024

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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ATTRA

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

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. Soil types are important, but so are the biological communities within the soils.

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Modern Farmer

MARCH 20, 2024

Better yet, why do some researchers, farmers and activists prefer the term “urban agroecology?” From 2017 to 2019, my research team helped to define and elevate “urban agroecology” in the US as a better way of acknowledging the multifunctional benefits of urban green spaces. However, when you divide a large number (i.e.,

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 29, 2023

But where Bergen Community College aims to foster new farmers in a suburban-urban environment through vertical farms and hydroponics, Walla Walla’s program will expand upon an existing agroecology curriculum geared toward its rural students, many of whom may be seeking to bring their education back to family farms or other local agriculture.

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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.

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Cropaia

DECEMBER 19, 2023

In recent years, there has been a growing interest in regenerative agriculture, a holistic approach to farming that seeks to restore and revitalize the land while improving crop yields and overall farm profitability. This means increased crop yields and reduced inputs like fertilizers and pesticides.

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Sustainable Harvest International

JULY 19, 2022

The crisis in Ukraine reveals that now more than ever, we must embrace a food system grounded in local agroecology. These are costs that are very limited or non-existent on small-scale, organic agroecology farms. The recent rise in food prices is buoyed by increased fertilizer, energy, and transport costs. Among the 12.6

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Sustainable Harvest International

AUGUST 4, 2022

Crop failure and low yields, in turn, have exacerbated political instability, poverty, and migration. Partnering with nearly 1,000 farming families in Honduras, SHI has helped restore over 8,000 acres of land by promoting agroecological practices, including the planting of over 2.2 million trees. 45% of these graduates are youth.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Mockernut and shagbark hickories, when pounded and simmered in water, yield a milk Holt describes as “liquid banana-nut bread.” Justin Holt shows off a handful of hickory nuts, which he says yield a milk similar to “liquid banana-nut bread.” Now, there are bowls of acorns all over my house!”

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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. What are the implications if we’re talking about more industrial food production—higher yields and less land? Agriculture at its best can do this.”

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Food Tank

AUGUST 1, 2023

Importing expensive chemical fertilizer, insisting on farming practices unsuited for local conditions, and prioritizing crop yield to maximize profit are some of the blanket agricultural prescriptions that have created unintended and lasting challenges. They also engage with sorghum hybrid seed production.

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Modern Farmer

JANUARY 19, 2024

Research conducted by the Faculty of Land and Food Systems at the University of British Columbia further discovered that when GLSA fields are returned to agricultural use, the increased nitrogen levels lessen the need for fertilizers and the naturally enriched soil often produces increased crop yields compared to before the set-aside.

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RR2CS

JULY 18, 2023

They all seem to be part of the vast landscape of good land stewardship practices, like sustainable agriculture, organic agriculture, agroecology, permaculture, and regenerative agriculture. It’s understandable! Oh, and let’s not forget our personal favorite—agricultural climate solutions. It's understandable!

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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. And that has direct impacts on our food supply and climate.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JANUARY 17, 2024

In response, the chapter centers agroecological solutions like enhanced soil health and diversified landscapes. However, organic production, silvopasture, agroforestry and “other agroecological systems” are also listed among solutions. Fortunately, a focus on agroecological solutions has been gaining some traction.

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Sustainable Food Trust

JANUARY 31, 2024

Stalwarts of the British bean scene Hodmedod’s continue to play a key role in supplying an interesting range of legumes from home soils, but due to the low yields of their more unusual varieties, such as Soldier beans and Ayocote Negro, supplies can sell out quickly.

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Modern Farmer

MAY 7, 2024

Paula Boles says sometimes they’d intentionally bring you a “bad flock,” keeping your yields low and locking you into the bottom rung of the tournament system. “If This essentially pits all the regional farmers against each other. Challenging company representatives, even on small things, resulted in retribution.

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ATTRA

AUGUST 1, 2023

A rain harvester rule of thumb is that 1 inch of rain on 1 square foot yields 0.6 Even after nearly a year, I’m still out there for nearly every rainfall, happily watching the tanks fill and clearing any debris blocking the water flow. gallons of potential water capture.

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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.

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ATTRA

MARCH 12, 2024

Okra Leaves Bush okra or jute mallows are thick, succulent leaves that yield a slimy sauce like okra pods. They are excellent in green smoothies, pestos, or with fish dishes. It’s best to sell them by the bag with some samples for people to try. It is found in many curries and pairs well with meat dishes.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 14, 2023

For example, research demonstrates that genetic diversity within a single-species monoculture may make yields more stable. Carefully planned crop rotations often increase the yield of the primary crop. Diverse above-ground systems and reduced soil disturbance can work together to reduce erosion and even build soil over time.

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Sustainable Food Trust

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

In a sea of conventional (read ‘intensive’) farms, what made these farmers turn their backs on the practices which they know work well to produce high yields? 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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Civil Eats

AUGUST 29, 2023

Trees, they say, can protect farm animals from wind and sun, prevent erosion, stabilize streambanks, and yield marketable products like fruit and nuts. They have spent the past several years evangelizing about the benefits of agroforestry through workshops and presentations across the region.

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Sustainable Food Trust

JULY 12, 2023

And for agroecological farmers and growers, this poses some difficulty. While Tyfu Cymru has been an important developmental body for horticulture, much more is needed to support agroecological fruit and vegetable production in Wales. Finding appropriate machinery for field-scale organic horticulture is hard.”

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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.

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Sustainable Food Trust

JUNE 28, 2023

It has been argued that taking a lot of care of the systems which grow our food is unnecessary – in the UK many areas of East Anglia have been cropped intensively for decades and still maintain their yields.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 20, 2024

This approach is misguided given the ample evidence that scale-neutral, management-intensive practices likely yield even greater environmental benefits.

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Sustainable Food Trust

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

They might farm in an agroecological manner…that would mean that they meet the organic standards, but they cannot afford to undergo the process to have that legally recognised. After that, they still need to pay annually to keep up their certified status and undergo an invasive on-farm audit.

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Sustainable Food Trust

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

xiii] Yields are dropping, with large proportions of the UK’s soils moderately or severely degraded. xvi] Regenerative agriculture is key to flood resilience and prevention of the decimation of crop yields. Because of this lack of confidence, all farming sectors are expecting to decrease production over the next year.

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Agritecture Blog

JANUARY 27, 2023

Using data from Canadian arable farms, Bain’s consultants showed yield loss was typical in the first two seasons of transforming to regenerative agriculture. He argues agroecological systems are “networks of relationships, not collections of practices.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

AUGUST 28, 2024

This approach is misguided given the ample evidence that scale-neutral, management-intensive practices likely yield even greater environmental benefits. Farming Opportunities Training and Outreach (FOTO) program FFNSA reauthorizes FOTO and maintains $50 million in mandatory funding.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Prioritizing ecological integrity and community health over yield, these farmers stay profitable by diversifying their crops, producing value-added products like jams and sauces, and building community support and social capital.

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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. The movement continues to grow, and recently added a new chapter to expand into the Arab and North Africa region.

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The Equation

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Here are some of the key takeaways I gleaned from my review of Chapter 11 of NCA 5 : “Weather whiplash” is already hurting US agriculture Extreme weather events like floods, droughts, and heat waves, along with altered precipitation patterns, have affected agriculture by negatively impacting productivity, and made crop yields much less predictable.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

OCTOBER 5, 2023

While these breeding programs furthered the base of scientific knowledge around plant breeding and led to significant increases in yields, farmers were slowly pushed out of their historical role as the primary stakeholders in seed saving and development. Such changes reduced the overall resilience of the agroecological system.

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National Young Farmers Coalition

JUNE 26, 2024

TITLE VII: Research RED FLAG Prioritizes precision agriculture over critical agroecological research. This approach is misguided, given the ample evidence that scale-neutral, management-intensive practices likely yield even greater environmental benefits. 7125, 7204, 7208, 7305, 7503).

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