Farmbrite

DECEMBER 12, 2024

The Small Farm Case Study A small family farm in the western U.S. used farm management software to consolidate their farm data from multiple years of running their cattle, pig, poultry, and sheep farm operation that was disorganized, not able to scale, and the land was suffering from overgrazing.

Farming 63

Farming Farming Technology Yield 63

Agwired

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

San Antonio, Texas, will host CattleCon 2025 , the largest cattle industry event in the country, Feb. The bus will offer fresh, local, healthy food to the public, including many families experiencing food insecurity, at pay-what-you-can prices. Smithfield’s donation brings Ripe for Revival’s fleet up to a total of five buses.

Poultry 45

Poultry Animal Agriculture Processing Food 45

ATTRA

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

A core belief for Michael and Bean Hollow Grassfed Farm is having and encouraging a healthy ecosystem where farm and land management reinforce natural processes because a farm cannot be healthy if the land is sick. Sheep and cattle are their primary livestock, but they also have layers for eggs.

Cattle 52

Cattle Pasture Poultry Family Farming 52

Wisconsin Farmers Union

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Farmers, media, and rural leaders gathered at Crescent Meats in Cadott to learn more about the Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program and the area’s designation as a Rural Partners Network community. Theo Scholze of Scholze Family Farms in Humbird is among those who will benefit from the Crescent Meats expansion.

Processing 52

Processing Supply Chain Ruralism Poultry 52

Civil Eats

JUNE 20, 2024

Brazil’s national requirement that 30 percent of school food ingredients be sourced from local and regional family farms helps empower and fund women agroecological producers. Meanwhile, in the U.S.,

Food 125

Food Farming Farming Forage 125

Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

After a ramp-up period, Fetterman’s legislation would require the USDA to purchase at least 20 percent of its meat and poultry from small and mid-sized processors and to prioritize contracts with regional producers, socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers, and companies that have fair labor agreements in place.

Food 128

Food Supply Chain Greenhouse Poultry 128

Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

’s application for a farm loan in the mid-1980s, he went to a private lender who made him list as collateral all 20 of his cattle and his one bull. “I Johnson, 81, who lives near Lexington, Mississippi, was among thousands deemed to not qualify for settlement money, his family said. It was like history repeating itself.”

Cattle 85

Cattle Family Farming Farming Farming 85

Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

. “Medicaid and the [ACA] Marketplace are important sources of health insurance coverage in farm states for farmers and their families, rural residents, and others.” Farmers there primarily raise poultry and cattle and plant row crops. Despite that, voters there have been represented in Washington, D.C.

Ruralism 111

Ruralism Food Farming Farming 111