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Civil Eats
APRIL 29, 2024
Steve Ela is an organic fruit grower in western Colorado who relies on compost to nourish his heirloom tomato crop each year. Ela knows first-hand how central compost is to his organic farm—and all organic agriculture. But he’s concerned that a new proposal to rewrite U.S.
Civil Eats
DECEMBER 10, 2024
In the months before Patrick Brown was born in November 1982, his father, Arthur, lay down on a road near the familys farm to prevent a caravan of yellow dump trucks from depositing toxic soil in his community. Patrick currently operates Brown Family Farms on the land that Byron worked as a sharecropper once he was freed.
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Organic Farming Research
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Tiffany Stanley runs A Different Chick Farm, a Certified Organic family farm on just under 6 acres in Johnson City, Tennessee. She is participating in OFRF's Farmer Led Trials (FLT) Program to explore options for making on-farm compost to reduce input needs and increase fertility on her farm.
Modern Farmer
AUGUST 23, 2024
Farm Hounds Family farms often struggle to stay profitable as agriculture becomes more concentrated. There were 141,733 fewer farms in the US in 2022 than in 2017, according to the Census of Agriculture. Like the hog tails, hides, organs, and hooves that aren’t always suitable for compost. Farm Hounds jerky.
UnderstandingAg
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
Our family farm in Northeast Iowa with 3% SOM in the top six inches has about 67,000 lbs. It’s the tiny input from fertilizer and seed. We typically add very little carbon to our fields unless we are adding a lot of manure or compost. The box represents the carbon stored in your soil. Did you spot the missing arrow?
Modern Farmer
FEBRUARY 13, 2024
Tucker Gretebeck planting trees on All Season Farm. In addition to organic practices including composting and perennial cover crops, he added a silvopasture for his grass-fed cattle. Elderberry, becoming popular as a hedgerow crop, provides both farm income and ecological benefits.
Daily Yonder
FEBRUARY 16, 2024
Since we had land—and we also had a good relationship with the local Farmer’s Cooperative, which generously donated seeds, plants, and fertilizer—a garden felt like a good way to support the community. I should mention that our farm was, and still is, a family farm in the strongest sense. My accent resembles theirs.
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