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Helmy Abouleish: SEKEM, sustainable water management in Egypt and the Economy of Love

Sustainable Food Trust

A development where political development, economic development, cultural development and ecological development go hand in hand. It also feeds a different management of the supply chain, a different management of the economic system – it has transparency, and everyone gets a fair part of the value.

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A Deep Dive on the Senate’s Farm Bill Proposal: the Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act of 2024

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

As many portions of the country cannot transition fully to year-round, grass-based livestock systems, we believe it is vital for funding to be dedicated to AMMP technologies to ensure instances where confinement is likely to continue are as ecologically friendly as they can be. 12103, 7124).

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20 Organizations Cultivating the Food Movement in Atlanta

Food Tank

Acres of Ancestry Initiative/Black Agrarian Fund The Acres of Ancestry Initiative/Black Agrarian Fund is a multidisciplinary, cooperative nonprofit ecosystem that aims to regenerate custodial land ownership, ecological stewardship, and food and fiber economies in the American South.

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HOMESTEAD TSUNAMI

The Lunatic Farmer

A shaky economy, crime-ridden cities, fragile supply chains, empty supermarket shelves, increasingly invasive government regulations, dysfunctional mental health, kids addicted to social media—all these things make thinking people want to disentangle from the system. We don’t know where we’ll land, but we’re getting out.”

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2022 Farm Champions

Caff

Together, they’re safeguarding affordable access to the farmland by providing a long-term lease to Mountain Bounty so that it continues to produce local, organic food in an ecologically responsible way for generations to come. Self reliance runs deep in this part of California.

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Federal Climate Policy: Agriculture Resilience Act Re-Introduced

CalCAN

The resilience centers would focus on specific areas of ecological improvement ranging from minimizing or abating adverse climate and environmental impacts to reducing dependency on fossil fuels. The Agriculture Resilience Act (ARA) addresses all of those additional areas that the IRA does not. million starting in 2024.

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125 Food and Agriculture Organizations to Watch in 2025

Food Tank

They are behind the Fair Food Program , a partnership that seeks to create a more ethical supply chain that benefits workers, growers, retailers, and eaters. They focus on improving livelihoods through the promotion of ecological land-use management practices and empowering farming communities.

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