Modern Farmer

APRIL 3, 2024

It also improves soil’s fertility, its structure for conveying nutrients and capacity to retain water. Photo credit: Jess Giacobbe) A nybody who is interested—urban, suburban or rural gardeners and farmers or any land stewards—can participate in Carbon Sponge. Which I think is an interesting question unto itself,” says Singer.

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ATTRA

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Instead of throwing garden refuse away or composting it, one could instead chop it up and drop it as mulch back into the garden. Both “cut and carry” and “chop and drop” allow for nutrient cycling, especially if the goat manure can be collected and used to fertilize the trees they are eating, closing that loop. ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.

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RR2CS

DECEMBER 1, 2022

13:34 – Why should you co-compost biochar with other organics? Organic coating on biochar explains its nutrient retention and stimulation of soil fertility Want to learn more? The post EP54 Biochar appeared first on Rural Routes to Climate Solutions. 6:21 – What is biochar and how does it benefit the soil?

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Daily Yonder

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Each week, Path Finders features a Q&A with a rural thinker, creator, or doer. Brooks Lamb: I grew up on a small farm in rural Tennessee. I’ve gone on far too long in this response, but I’ll close by saying: I understand the challenges of rural communities and small and midsized farming because I’ve lived them.

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The Lunatic Farmer

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

We’ll offer havens of protection and nourishment to lead our culture into stable families, fertile soil, nourishing food, working faith, and overall health. Many have zero rural experience, connections, or history. This new generation of homesteaders is a shot in the arm for rural communities. These newcomers need a why.

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 7, 2023

Although the larger agency has historically focused on serving large-scale farmers in rural areas, it has granted more than $50 million since 2020 to build school and community gardens in Hawaii, expand residential composting in Fort Worth, Texas, and add hydroponic production to an urban farm in Dubuque, Iowa, among dozens of other projects.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

In addition to organic practices including composting and perennial cover crops, he added a silvopasture for his grass-fed cattle. Photos courtesy of Wil Crombie) Manure from the fowl helps fertilize the silvopastures and fields, and the chickens help with pest control by eating insects and grubs.

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RR2CS

MARCH 11, 2024

They now grow over 10 types of grass and clover, use less fertilizer, and produce some of the healthiest, most nutritious beef you can find. This podcast has been partially funded by Agriculture and Agri-food Canada The post EP 77 – Healthy Food, Healthy Environment – SoR Part 9 appeared first on Rural Routes to Climate Solutions.

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Civil Eats

MARCH 5, 2024

Mountain ranges trap emissions from highway traffic, locomotives, municipal composting facilities, tractors, and burning. Ammonium nitrate forms when nitrogen oxides, a by-product of combustion from sources such as trucks and tractors, combines with atmospheric ammonia from fertilizers, which are abundant in the valley.

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ATTRA

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Darker soils, better water infiltration, less fertilizer. But it’s generated some pretty negative outcomes, including widespread degradation of land, water, and ecosystems, leaving rural communities gutted and left to the tumbleweeds. To practice what I suggest others do — plant, observe, and adapt. Legume and grass covers.

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ATTRA

AUGUST 15, 2023

On the Mad Farm, this is enacted through compost and especially the cover crops that occupy space on the gardens each season. I rely on these crops, idealistically to bolster hope, and practically to provide most if not all the fertility my garden crops need to live fully and produce quality fruits. ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.

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Modern Farmer

MARCH 20, 2024

The research from the University of Michigan-led study seems to show that fruit and vegetables grown in urban ag have a carbon footprint six times larger than that of “conventionally grown” food (meaning, on rural farmland). I see that shift happening already on farms both urban and rural, big and small.

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Modern Farmer

JANUARY 15, 2024

Basements and garages have long been fertile ground for innovation, with a host of well-known companies including Apple, Amazon and Harley-Davidson tracing back to humble residential roots. Recently, these unassuming spaces are cultivating a new trend in home-grown businesses.

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The Lunatic Farmer

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

With its abundant sunshine, I assumed lots of rural folks would be investing in solar panels to make up for the rolling blackouts. This satisfied all my criteria for acceptable water-based sewage systems: leveraging the fertility, keeping it out of the ground water, and a portable distribution system.

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ATTRA

MARCH 26, 2024

This video was produced by the National Center for Appropriate Technology through the ATTRA Sustainable Agriculture program, under a cooperative agreement with USDA Rural Development. Croix, US Virgin Islands, delves into the innovative market diversification strategies that have propelled him to his farming success.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

DECEMBER 15, 2023

She also employs cover crops, composting, and reduced tillage. His fields are managed with multi-species grazing for four or five years to help them rebuild their fertility between other crops. The eponymous brothers of My Brothers’ Farm in Oregon also see habitat provision as part of their role as farmers.

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CalCAN

APRIL 6, 2023

In addition, it included increased funds for the Rural Energy for America Program. It now expands the list of practices to include compost and biochar applications, agroforestry and other perennial production systems, and ecologically based nutrient and pest management strategies like organic fertility approaches.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

After looking in vain for an affordable local wheat source, Ellis decided to experiment with dry-farming the grain himself on a small piece of land 45 miles north of San Diego, in rural Valley Center. K” Kolodge, who manages soils and compost for the dairy, said it would be tough to ensure predictable yield on rainwater alone.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Start composting: via NRDC : Food waste in the U.S. Composting helps to fight this waste while also restoring soil health and reducing reliance on synthetic fertilizers. Climate-resilient rural communities. emits greenhouse gas equal to that of 50 million gas-powered cars. Read more HERE.

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 16, 2023

They’re also working on adding a composting processing site, neighbor approval pending. “We But the farms have an overall smaller footprint, because the added chicken manure boosts the productivity of the hazelnuts and other companion crops, without synthetic fertilizer. The Regenerative Ag Alliance processing team.

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RR2CS

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The Perry’s also source manure from neighbouring feedlots to compost and mix into the soil. They produce over 18,000 tonnes of pathogen free organic fertilizer. “We We can fertilize between two to three fields with 10,000 gallons of the byproduct, which is rich in nutrients,” explains Harry.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

JUNE 7, 2024

They are using composting systems and anaerobic digesters to turn waste into fertilizer for the next planting. 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.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 5, 2023

It reads as a love letter to his land, his herd, and his rural community and a manifesto on how and why to farm in a way that protects them all. Then one day in 1995, while packing his cattle into a double-decker semi-truck bound for a slaughterhouse several states away, he recalls that something suddenly felt wrong.

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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

We encourage this committee to seek clarity from the administration and make sure that farmers in rural communities aren’t left behind. So far, theyve spent about $120,000 on direct payments to farmers to plant cover crops, incorporate composting, implement prescribed grazing plans, and even use biochar.

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