NASDA

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

These vital programs operate in all fifty states and a failure to fund them in a farm bill or farm bill extension in 2024 negatively impacts countless farmers, ranchers, and food system stakeholders.

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Farming Farming Science Supply Chain 130

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

OCTOBER 6, 2023

As an example, Cover Crop is a basic Conservation Practice that NRCS compensates producers for in multiple conservation programs. As an example, NRCS considers the use of multi-species cover crops to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter an enhancement on the basic Cover Crop practice.

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Crop Rotation Forage Pasture Crop 105

Civil Eats

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Consumption of crops or animals grown on PFAS-contaminated land puts humans at high risk of illness. A series of special fundraisers and an emergency relief fund helped to keep farms afloat in the aftermath of the discovery, and since then, some have changed what they grow or altered their crops.

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Farming Farming Farmland Crop 134

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry Practice, CSP, FY2021 CSAF Category Practice Name Enhancement Name Code Financial Assistance Total Percentage of Total CSP Financial Assistance Nitrogen Management Nutrient Management 590 $3,369,356 $66,725,833 13.23% Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses E590A $38,293,260 Reduce (..)

Crop Rotation 59

Crop Rotation Pasture Forestry Forage 59

Food Tank

OCTOBER 11, 2023

This threatens native crops and wild species. The certified B-Corp brewery composts all organic waste and is working to reclaim runoff for crop irrigation. completely reuses all bagasse (the residual pulp left after juice is extracted from sugar cane) as biofuel and compost. In 2016, Rhum J.M Rise & Win Brewing Co.,

Beverage 119

Beverage Ecology Compost Cultivation 119

Food Environment and Reporting Network

APRIL 25, 2024

Rumors swirled of a potential shortage; almond growers scrambled to ensure they had enough bees to pollinate their valuable crop, reaching out to beekeepers as far away as Florida, striking deals with mom-and-pop operations that kept no more than a few hundred bees. Herbicides and habitat loss have destroyed the bees’ forage.

Orchard 93

Orchard Acre Pesticide Farming 93

Food Environment and Reporting Network

JULY 5, 2023

Rumors swirled of a potential shortage; almond growers scrambled to ensure they had enough bees to pollinate their valuable crop, reaching out to beekeepers as far away as Florida, striking deals with mom-and-pop operations that kept no more than a few hundred bees. Herbicides and habitat loss have destroyed the bees’ forage.

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Harvest Harvester Harvesting Orchard 81