Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Tony Prendergast’s XK Bar Ranch sits slightly south of Crawford, Colorado, near the Smith Fork of the North Fork of the Gunnison River on the southern edge of the agriculturally rich North Fork Valley. I drove 10 hours round-trip for a three-hour conversation because he is a Western Slope cattle rancher who supports wolf reintroduction. “I

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Ranching Livestock Acre Ecology 88

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 26, 2023

This Oregon Farmer Is Building a New Model for Indigenous Food and Agriculture At Sakari Farms, Spring Alaska Schreiner maintains a seed bank, has launched a community kitchen, and teaches Native American youth traditional ecological knowledge. PFAS Shut Maine Farms Down. Now, Some Are Rebounding. The Farm Bill This Farm Bill Really Matters.

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Farming Farming Ranching Food 124

The Lunatic Farmer

JANUARY 15, 2024

His 10 Layers of Permanence build on the work of Yeomans; you will never see your farm, ranch, or homestead the same way once you’ve encountered his thinking. Kit Pharo, founder of Pharo Cattle Company , is America’s largest grass-based seedstock producer. Much of what I know, I learned from him. He’s a great marketer, too.

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Pasture Ranching Cattle Food 66

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

They offer valuable resources and practical solutions for organic and transitioning producers, as well as conventional producers interested in ecologically and economically sound practices. Yet, knowledge gaps remain that warrant additional research attention. These include: Livestock and poultry breed development for organic systems.

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Food Seeding Poultry Crop 111

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Cattle grazing a warm season cover crop on Vilicus Farms (Photo Credit: Vilicus Farms) On August 16, 2022 when the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was signed into law, it solidified an historic investment in addressing the climate crisis and reflected key priorities lifted up by the farmers and communities that NSAC’s members serve.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 14, 2023

However, as with all social-ecological systems , change in any part of the system necessarily requires or causes change in other parts of the system. Who manages land determines which scientific perspectives, crop choices, traditions, and skills shape the landscape, with profound implications for its ecological sustainability.

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Agriculture Agriculture Pasture Crop Rotation 98

Agritecture Blog

MAY 12, 2023

Local residents have been working to restore and conserve the deforested land through sustainable, ecologically-oriented farming methods. Visitors to the rural area will notice that cattle ranches dominate the landscape, once covered by Amazonian forests. Many people ran out of water, including cattle ranches in the region.

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Farming Farming Seeding Family Farming 52

RR2CS

APRIL 18, 2022

We decided to call the farm ‘Redtail Farms’ as an ode to my father and his love for birds and ecology — and the way he farmed as closely with nature as he could,” says Griebel. They are committed to farming with nature, not against it, and restoring the natural grassland ecology. A few years later, he passed away. “We

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Farming Farming Food Pasture 52

RR2CS

APRIL 18, 2022

Rod and Beth Vergouwen’s agricultural roots in Strathmore stem back to the early 1900s when Beth’s great-grandfather emigrated from Illinois with the vision to farm and ranch in southern Alberta. Today, Rod and family raise Angus cattle and a flock of Katahdin sheep on open native and annual forage pastures.

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Ranching Cattle Pasture Family Farming 52

Civil Eats

JANUARY 31, 2024

As CEO, one of his first actions was to send an employee on a quest: Find the “most regenerative” ranch, he instructed. Do not bring me a small ranch,” he said. How do you do that and create ecological change, economic value, and social benefit? The September Montana ranch tour and presentation. But they have to be big.

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Ranching Cattle Production Food 141

Food Environment and Reporting Network

MAY 16, 2024

Renamed the Owens Valley by white settlers, the valley was a snow-capped patchwork of pear farms and cattle ranches. The occasional fur trapper and mountain man quickly gave way to a steady stream of sheep and cattle ranchers, and by the 1860s, a community of farmers and ranchers had seized tracts of Payahuunadü for themselves.

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Water Rights Ranching Cattle Ecology 132

Civil Eats

JUNE 20, 2024

Nina Elkadi Medicine Wheel for the Planet: A Journey Toward Personal and Ecological Healing By Jennifer Grenz “To use only fragmented pieces of [Indigenous] knowledge is to admire a tree without its roots,” Nlaka’pamux ecologist turned land healer Jennifer Grenz writes in Medicine Wheel for the Planet.

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Food Farming Farming Forage 144

The Lunatic Farmer

JANUARY 8, 2025

In general, environmental groups want to restrict cattle and of course, in general, ranchers want to liberalize water and grazing regulations. I've visited many ranches in those areas. Both are ecological disasters. Sure enough, suddenly an oasis-looking green ranch among the brown came into view. Yes, there it was.

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Ecology Ranching Cattle Acre 87

Food Tank

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Audubon Society, United States Recognizing the link between food systems and wildlife conservation, the Audubon Society launched the Conservation Ranching Initiative. Through this program, they work with cattle ranchers to steward ranchlands, which supports birds’ natural habitats.

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