Farmbrite

MARCH 10, 2025

To help you start and manage a successful small- or large-scale compost business, or how to best compost on your small farm, we have shared some insights in this article.

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Caff

APRIL 20, 2021

This video explores on-farm composting, including a brief overview of California’s new best management practices mandate for on-farm composting as well as the food safety and organic requirements. Hear from two different farmers, including a on-site video of the Frog Hollow Farm composting operation.

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Sustainable Harvest International

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Sustainable Farming Increases Income Many family farmers struggle to afford inputs such as chemical fertilizers and pesticides that they have been taught to use, even though the money spend on these takes away from their ability to meet basic needs. The surplus food can be sold at local markets, turning farms into reliable sources of income.

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Civil Eats

MAY 14, 2024

The mayor's budget cuts will eliminate a 30-year-old program that achieved much more than reducing food waste.

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Caff

JUNE 3, 2022

Spreadwing Farm, located in the Capay Valley, utilizes compost in their vegetable crops to improve the quality of the soil and provide plant available nutrients. Learn more about the benefits, tradeoffs, and challenges Liz Schroeder of Spreadwing Farm has seen with compost application. Read the case study here.

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Caff

MAY 2, 2024

On April 10th, Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF) hosted a field day at Heartwood Farms in Linden, CA with farmers Franz Eilers and Emma Wade to discuss all things compost and pest management on their biologically-integrated walnut and cherry orchards. Farmers Franz and Emma introduce Heartwood Farms.

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Wisconsin Farmers Union

AUGUST 27, 2024

Interested in improving soil on your farm? Attend this fall field day to learn about the benefits of biochar and compost as soil carbon amendments. He has explored the production and application of biochar and compost through his academic work as well as his own operation, SOIL Farm.

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Agric4profits

JANUARY 3, 2025

Organic beans farming focuses on growing beans without synthetic chemicals, pesticides, or fertilizers. Organic beans farming enhances soil fertility through practices like crop rotation, composting, and green manure. These methods help in… Read More » Complete Practical Guide on Organic Beans Farming

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Civil Eats

JUNE 5, 2024

This is commonly regarded as the first introduction of plastic into agriculture, a move that would transform modern farming—and inadvertently deposit an untold amount of plastic in the soil. In the decades that followed, this cheap, pliant material spread through farms across the U.S.

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Agric4profits

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Organic onion farming focuses on cultivating onions without synthetic chemicals, using natural methods to enhance soil health and plant growth. Organic onion farming prioritizes sustainable practices, such as crop rotation, composting, and the use of natural pest control methods.

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Agric4profits

DECEMBER 28, 2024

Organic cotton farming is an eco-friendly approach to cotton production that focuses on sustainability. It avoids synthetic chemicals and uses natural farming practices. Organic cotton farming promotes soil fertility through crop rotation, organic fertilizers, and composting.

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Agric4profits

JANUARY 3, 2025

Organic curry farming involves cultivating curry plants without the use of synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, or genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The focus is on maintaining soil health, enhancing biodiversity, and following sustainable farming practices.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 7, 2023

After half their farm’s crops were wiped out by a devastating heat wave in 2018, Ellee Igoe and Hernan Cavazos, co-founders of Solidarity Farm, changed their practices with the explicit goal of adding more carbon to the soil, or “carbon farming.” it was more economically viable if we grew that capacity for lots of farms.”

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Agric4profits

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Organic cabbage farming is a sustainable method that avoids synthetic chemicals, focusing on natural practices. Organic cabbage farming relies on eco-friendly techniques like composting and crop rotation. It emphasizes the use of organic inputs, ensuring healthy crop growth while maintaining soil fertility and ecosystem balance.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 16, 2024

Many labels that guarantee humane treatment of farm animals (e.g., It’s unlikely, for example, that when a consumer sees one of these labels on Alexandre milk products in a Whole Foods Market, they imagine a field of dead cows being used as compost, or decaying cow corpses dangling into waterways, likely violating state water quality laws.

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CalCAN

MAY 29, 2024

Earlier this month, CalCAN organized a tour of two organic dairies and a farm in Sonoma County.

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RR2CS

MARCH 29, 2022

Topic: Biochar, Compost, and Agroforestry – Three Keystones of Soil and Climate Resilience for Alberta Date: May 4th at 1:00PM Presenter: Rob Lavoie of AirTerra Cost: FREE Biochar is a charcoal-like substance that is made by burning organic material from agricultural and food wastes. Want to prepare for the webinar?

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Civil Eats

OCTOBER 21, 2024

And of course, it’s not like for every PLNT Burger sold, a factory farm gives up five acres of land, or releases a cow from the slaughter line—actually meaningful solutions to the factory meat problem. Table to Farm: Can Restaurants Serve Climate Education? Some workers are taking matters into their own hands.

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Civil Eats

MARCH 19, 2024

It’s also one with many potential uses ; it can be used as compost, as a means of decontaminating soil, as biofuel, and simply for growing more mushrooms. And while each of those uses could provide revenue potential for mushroom farms, the expanding piles of spent substrate also represent a mounting logistical challenge. “If

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American Farmland

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

HealthySoilsWeek2024 #healthysoils cc: @CDFAnews @GemperleFarms #compost #biochar Learn how a circular economy can build healthy soil, reduce waste and increase climate resilience in California.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 23, 2024

The pet food industry traditionally relies on factory farm byproducts for its ingredients, a practice the industry touts as more sustainable as it produces less waste and cheaper food. Farm Hounds Family farms often struggle to stay profitable as agriculture becomes more concentrated. Farm Hounds jerky.

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Farmbrite

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Implementing the following practices can increase the efficient use of nutrients in your farm or growing system. But before that, you need to learn and understand the specific irrigation and nutrient management practices for better farming outcomes. One way we see farms overspending is through the overuse of fertilizers.

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Agric4profits

JANUARY 7, 2025

Organic lime farming focuses on cultivating lime trees using sustainable, eco-friendly methods. This approach avoids synthetic chemicals, emphasizing natural inputs like compost and organic fertilizers. Organic lime farming enhances soil health and the environment.

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Caff

APRIL 15, 2024

Photo Credit Bonnie Veblen As part of CAFF’s Ecological Farming Program , we collaborate with farmers to implement and better understand ecologically-based farming practices, which include climate smart farming and soil health practices.

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Agric4profits

DECEMBER 28, 2024

Organic cowpea farming is a sustainable agricultural practice focusing on growing cowpeas without synthetic chemicals. Organic cowpea farming relies on natural inputs like compost and organic fertilizers. This method enhances soil health and reduces environmental damage.

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Caff

AUGUST 7, 2023

In this episode we delve into all things on-farm composting, from its production to its use and relevant agricultural policies. We hear from Abel Ruiz at CRECE Farming Collective in Santa Ana about their use of various composting methods at a small scale.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 9, 2024

These activity books, cookbooks, and stories celebrate diverse foodways and farming practices from across the world, uplift the power of community, and celebrate all that pollinators do for global food and farming systems. At the end of the book, readers will also find detailed information about each farming practice.

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Cropaia

DECEMBER 19, 2023

In recent years, there has been a growing interest in regenerative agriculture, a holistic approach to farming that seeks to restore and revitalize the land while improving crop yields and overall farm profitability. Improved soil health : Regenerative practices prioritize soil health, which is the foundation of successful farming.

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Agric4profits

JANUARY 7, 2025

Organic rubber farming focuses on producing natural rubber without the use of synthetic chemicals. Organic rubber farming involves cultivating rubber trees using organic inputs like compost and natural fertilizers. Organic rubber farming involves cultivating rubber trees using organic inputs like compost and natural fertilizers.

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Agric4profits

DECEMBER 28, 2024

Organic cucumber farming focuses on growing cucumbers using natural methods, avoiding synthetic chemicals. Organic cucumber farming promotes biodiversity and soil health. Farmers rely on organic fertilizers, natural pest control, and sustainable practices to ensure a healthy crop while protecting the environment.

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Agric4profits

JANUARY 11, 2025

Organic Mandarin farming is an agricultural approach focused on growing mandarins without synthetic chemicals. Organic Mandarin farming prioritizes soil health and sustainability. By using organic fertilizers and compost, it helps in reducing environmental degradation caused by conventional farming practices.

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Agric4profits

JANUARY 13, 2025

Organic Barley Farming is the practice of cultivating barley without the use of synthetic pesticides, fertilizers, or genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Organic Barley Farming prioritizes the use of organic inputs like compost, manure, and cover crops to nourish the soil.

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Agric4profits

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Organic Orange Farming focuses on cultivating oranges without synthetic chemicals. This farming method emphasizes natural fertilizers and sustainable practices to produce healthy, chemical-free fruits. Organic Orange Farming aims to maintain soil health and biodiversity.

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Agric4profits

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Organic Guinea Corn farming involves cultivating Guinea Corn without synthetic chemicals, relying on natural methods to maintain soil fertility and control pests. Organic Guinea Corn farming promotes biodiversity by encouraging crop rotation, intercropping, and the use of organic compost.

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Agric4profits

JANUARY 12, 2025

Organic beet farming is a sustainable agricultural practice that focuses on growing beets without synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, or genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Organic beet farming uses crop rotation, composting, and natural pest control to maintain soil fertility.

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Agric4profits

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Organic maize farming focuses on growing maize without synthetic chemicals, relying on natural methods for pest control and fertilization. Organic maize farming involves using organic seeds and natural inputs like compost and manure. Organic maize farming involves using organic seeds and natural inputs like compost and manure.

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ATTRA

AUGUST 18, 2023

The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) is launching a Compost Reimbursement Program to encourage on-farm compost use. Producers must first apply to and be approved for the program, ensuring that their business and compost source are eligible.

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