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.

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Daily Yonder

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

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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Modern Farmer

JULY 14, 2023

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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Modern Farmer

JULY 10, 2023

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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Food Environment and Reporting Network

JUNE 7, 2024

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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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 10, 2024

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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Food Tank

DECEMBER 24, 2024

By rescuing surplus food from the hospitality sector, such as hotels, restaurants, and bakeries, the organization redistributes edible food to those in need while diverting expired food to farms for animal feed and composting. The organization also plays a key role in global initiatives, such as the U.N.

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