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In Fire-Stricken Maui, Sustainable Land Management Is Key

Modern Farmer

Surveying the aftermath of the Kula Upcountry Fire—one of three devastating wildfires that raged across Maui last month—Brendan Balthazar noticed a striking pattern emerge across his cattle ranch. It’s all grazed pasture,” he says, spared “because the fuel load was low.” Some areas of grazed pasture on Diamond B Ranch went unburned.

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CHICKENS UNDER COFFEE TREES

The Lunatic Farmer

He adopted my pastured poultry ideas in his citrus grove years ago and it set in motion a cascade of benefits. There is not an orchard, citrus grove, coffee plantation, almond farm, or pecan forest that wouldn’t benefit from poultry especially and other livestock generally. It’s no idle threat. anywhere in the world.

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Butcher profile: Will Simkin, Essington Farm Shop, Wolverhampton

Sustainable Food Trust

Essington Farm is situated amidst beautiful countryside with cattle and sheep grazing or resting under gnarled oak trees and well-maintained hedges along the narrow roads. There were always beef cattle, too, but Simkin liked working with the pigs. From the age of 14, he looked after a small group of pigs.

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A palm oil company, a group of U.S. venture capitalists, and the destruction of Peru’s rainforest

Food Environment and Reporting Network

Share this This Story’s Impact 100 million global monthly unique visitors Business Insider Two of the largest palm oil plantations in Peru are located on the west side of the Ucayali River, which flows from the Andes to the Amazon. ” But the creation of the plantations came at a steep price.