Food Tank

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

They grow a variety of crops including corn, soybeans, rye, wheat, sorghum, and peas; pasture-raise pigs for specialty meat company Niman Ranch; and care for chickens, sheep, ducks, geese, alpacas, and numerous cats—in addition to raising two young children and running a farm stay experience. Trisha has traveled to Washington, D.C.,

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Agwired

JANUARY 29, 2025

The National Cattlemens Beef Association (NCBA) and Public Lands Council (PLC) hailed the House passage of two significant land management bills that are strongly supported by Americas livestock producers: the ACRES Act and the Fix Our Forests Act.

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Modern Farmer

APRIL 10, 2024

There’s no doubt that industrial animal agriculture carries a laundry list of sins; greenhouse gas emissions, biodiversity loss, deforestation, water pollution and labor rights abuses are just a few examples. Some argue that intensive factory farms produce fewer greenhouse gas emissions, in general, than extensive, pasture-fed systems.

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Food Politics

AUGUST 15, 2023

Senator Brown’s Whole Farm Revenue Protection (WFRP) Program Improvement Act , backed by the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, attempts to fix that by streamlining the application process, making changes that reward diversification, and providing incentives and training to crop insurance agents.

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Food Tank

JANUARY 5, 2024

They enjoy that their children can safely run around the farm, interact with the pigs that are raised on pasture, and even help with their parents’ work. For Eric and Mikala, it’s important to preserve the land for the next generation. Our son says all the time that he wants to farm with his dad when he gets bigger,” says Mikala.

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Caff

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

I enjoy poring over pasture data to plan my grazing rotation, or planning the projects we have undertaken to sequester carbon in the soil and improve our pasture productivity. But there is another very vocal segment that equates all animal agriculture with environmental degradation.

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Agwired

AUGUST 22, 2024

Halter technology is a powerful system that helps users precisely manage pasture to lift the performance of the animals grazing it,” says Craig Piggott, Halter Founder and CEO. By enabling more precise pasture management, virtual fencing can play a significant role in regenerative land management. cattle ranchers.”

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