Food Tank

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Trisha and Nolan Zachman farm in a small town two hours west of Minneapolis, Minnesota. This was soon after the Zachmans founded Feathered Acres Learning Farm & Inn with substantial startup expenses. They began adding cover crops on their fields to build soil health, helping reduce their need for added fertilizers.

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Food Tank

JANUARY 10, 2025

Niman Ranchs core principles of environmental stewardship aligned well with Huttons existing farming practices. Hutton grew up working to build soil health through methods like no-till and cover crops, because Chesapeake Bay Watershed soils are typically low in organic matter.

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Food Tank

JULY 19, 2024

“Animal science is what’s taught in college now…It used to be animal husbandry, [meaning] the real relationship it takes to steward and take care of these animals, not just produce pork.” The family’s farm serves as a model for how smaller-scale, humane hog farming can be both environmentally and economically sustainable.

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Modern Farmer

MAY 7, 2024

Murphy Family Farms (later bought by Smithfield Foods) helped out with the loan needed to get started. The Faaborgs farmed hogs for 30 years. When Tanner Faaborg came back to the farm as an adult, the family began thinking about ways to transition out of hog farming. “We

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Food Tank

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Be a poet, do whatever, just no animal science.’ Instead, Wahl took any agriculture-related class he could—soil science, crop growing, feed—and tapped into his family’s network of farmers to learn everything he needed to know about animal health. It does seem like a brighter future.”

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NASDA

JUNE 22, 2023

Sincerely, 2 Blades Agricultural & Applied Economics Association Alliance to End Hunger American Association of Mycobacterial Diseases American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges American Dairy Science Association American Feed Industry Association American Institute of Biological Sciences American Malting Barley Association American Phytopathological (..)

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Modern Farmer

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Photography by Transfarmation / Mercy for Animals) In the United States, we still hold close an image of a quaint, independent family farm. But what actually exists is industrial animal agriculture, a system that does more harm than good. full_link read more They Once Worked in Factory Farming.

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