Civil Eats

MARCH 11, 2024

The accumulation of carbon in the soil effectively slows the carbon cycle, causing carbon to linger in the ground for a longer period of time rather than quickly releasing into the atmosphere, where it takes the form of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas driving climate change. He mostly grows salad greens across 3 acres of farmland.

Farming 144

Farming Farming Crop Agriculture 144

Civil Eats

JANUARY 8, 2024

This helped them buy their first cache of shared equipment: a tiller, a harrow, a manure spreader, a trailer to move equipment between farms, and a log splitter for heating greenhouses with wood. To get [your mulch or compost] spread in a timely manner was really quite impossible,” said Gonzales-Siemens.

Grain 144

Grain Orchard Farming Farming 144

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Patrick Brown, who was named North Carolinas Small Farmer of the Year by North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University this year, grows almost 200 acres of industrial hemp for both oil and fiber, and 11 acres and several greenhouses of vegetablesbeets, kale, radishes, peppers, okra, and bok choy. Theres hardly any of us left.

Plantation 144

Plantation Farming Farming Acre 144

CalCAN

AUGUST 15, 2023

It would cover the cost of installing equipment and infrastructure for dry scraping manure or separating solids to produce compost for bedding, for application to fields as a substitute for chemical fertilizer, or for sale. Transitioning to or increasing pasture-based production would also be eligible. agriculture by the year 2040.

Farming 52

Farming Farming Manure Pasture 52

The Counter

APRIL 27, 2022

They’d take a few hundred acres of both leased and family-owned central-Texas farmland—land that for decades had grown row crops of corn and cotton—and give it “what it wants back,” he said. By one estimate, storing an extra 2 percent of carbon in soil would return atmospheric greenhouse gases to “safe” levels.

Farming 52

Farming Farming Farmland Acre 52

Modern Farmer

JULY 10, 2023

As westward expansion swept across the region in the late 1800s, settlers began draining the 40-foot deep lake for farmland. Dairy and livestock account for more than half of California’s production of the powerful greenhouse gas (GHG), one that traps 84 times more heat than carbon dioxide.

Farming 98

Farming Farming Manure Agriculture 98

Food Tank

DECEMBER 24, 2024

40 Acres & A Mule Project , United States 40 Acres & A Mule seeks to acquire Black-owned farmland to be used to celebrate and preserve the history, food, and stories of Black culture in food and farming. American Farmland Trust (AFT) , United States AFT is dedicated to protecting and preserving farmland and ranchland in the U.S.,

Food 139

Food Agriculture Agriculture Ruralism 139

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 10, 2024

They help farmers and ranchers keep drinking water clean for our urban and rural communities, build soil resilience and limit the impacts of severe drought and flooding, provide healthy habitats for wildlife, mitigate agriculture’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and support farm operations that are productive and sustainable long-term.

Ruralism 110

Ruralism Food Farming Farming 110

Sustainable Food Trust

MAY 1, 2024

The destruction of vital infrastructure and farmland, the mass displacement of people and the blocking of food aid has created acute food insecurity for the entire population of 2.2 Since October, 40% of Gaza’s total farmland has been destroyed by bombs and bulldozers. A third of Gaza’s greenhouses have been destroyed.

Farming 127

Farming Farming Livestock Food 127