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On The Ground: Your Dog’s Food Probably Comes From a Factory Farm. Meet Some Folks Who Want to Change That

Modern Farmer

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.

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Q&A: Why Do Small-Scale Farmers Persist in Place?

Daily Yonder

I should mention that our farm was, and still is, a family farm in the strongest sense. A childhood photo from the family farm. We can’t “technology” ourselves out of environmental and social crises. We tended the land, crops, and animals together. My accent resembles theirs. We will have to sacrifice.

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Almonds are Under Threat. The Key to Saving Them Could Be in the Soil

Modern Farmer

Treehouse Almonds sources nuts from roughly 50,000 acres in California’s Central Valley, and Gardiner’s family farm provides about 20,000 of them. The farm has changed a lot since his grandfather ran it and grew tomatoes and potatoes. Photography courtesy of Burroughs Family Farms. Sheep grazing in almond groves.

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‘An Insane Amount of Water’: What Climate Change Means For California’s Biggest Dairy District

Modern Farmer

Despite the resilience of family [farms], the mega-trend is undeniable,” says Raudabaugh. They’re currently the only technology in the entire state that reduces methane,” she adds. These state incentive programs all help to keep family farms in business while advancing innovations. “It

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Technology can help reduce food waste on the farm, but it’s only part of the solution.

Food Environment and Reporting Network

In the race to reduce such food waste, some farmers are turning to technologies to conserve resources and cut losses before produce even leaves the farm. They are using composting systems and anaerobic digesters to turn waste into fertilizer for the next planting. But technology only gets us so far.

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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

Alternative Manure Management Program (AMMP) The RPFSA does not contain a proposal to support AMMP technologies as envisioned in the ARA or the COWS Act. NSAC sees this as a commendable use of RCPP and we fully support the inclusion of this purpose in a final farm bill.

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Producing the Perfect Potato and Soil Health to Handle Environmental Stress—The Perry Farm—Chin, Alberta

RR2CS

My research focus was on healthy soils for healthy crops for healthy populations,” says Harold, who traveled to New Zealand, California, and Mexico to learn about different agricultural systems and technologies. The Perry’s also source manure from neighbouring feedlots to compost and mix into the soil.

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