Civil Eats

JANUARY 8, 2024

Next, they purchased a no-drill seeder together, and it allowed them to plant rows of grain directly into orchards and pastures without tilling, a practice known to benefit the soil. To get [your mulch or compost] spread in a timely manner was really quite impossible,” said Gonzales-Siemens.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 26, 2023

“Getting the AMMP award sped up our plans to modernize our manure management system by about 10 years.

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Cropaia

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Application of molybdenum-containing fertilizers or organic amendments such as compost can help alleviate deficiencies. Soybeans) Yellowing of leaf margins: The older leaves often show a characteristic yellowing at the margins, progressing towards the center.

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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.

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CalCAN

MAY 17, 2023

FY 2022-23: $70 million ($40 million reduction (36%) from the from the original $110 million allocated) FY 2023-24: $0 allocated Alternative Manure Management Program (AMMP): Funds livestock operations to transition from manure lagoons to dry handling and storage, manure composting, and increased time on pastures to reduce potent methane emissions. (..)

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RR2CS

MARCH 11, 2024

If you want to learn more, we recommend you check out the following: EP 47 – The Regen Mindset EP 67 – Total Grazing – SoR Part 1 EP 69 – Loyal to the Soil – SoR Part 2 EP 70 – Maximizing Soil Function – SoR Part 3 EP 71 – Sharing the Land – SoR Part 4 EP 72 – Connecting People to Place – (..)

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 10, 2024

As with all programs, NSAC will continue to analyze the RPFSA’s CSP provisions, including a proposed one-time CSP subprogram focused on enrollment of up to 500,000 acres of native or improved pasture land used for livestock grazing in the Lower Mississippi River Valley to address water quality issues leading to hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Agritecture Blog

APRIL 14, 2023

CONTENT SOURCED FROM BUILDER Written by: Symone Strong April 14, 2023 Meristem Communities' Clayton Garrett explains the idea behind Indigo, a community built around a human-scale working farm and pasture. Garrett: Indigo will create a complete community by promoting sustainable living in many forms, including a working farm and pasture.

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RR2CS

MARCH 19, 2024

If you want to learn more, we recommend you check out the following: EP 47 – The Regen Mindset EP 67 – Total Grazing – SoR Part 1 EP 69 – Loyal to the Soil – SoR Part 2 EP 70 – Maximizing Soil Function – SoR Part 3 EP 71 – Sharing the Land – SoR Part 4 EP 72 – Connecting People to Place – (..)

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CalCAN

APRIL 6, 2023

Transforming the food and farming system through the above domains as well as through crop insurance, agroforestry, organic farming, farmland protection, pasture-based systems, conservation set-asides, manure management, and agrivoltaic systems, the bill creates a clear focus on farm and food system resilience.

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The Lunatic Farmer

JULY 14, 2023

That year he hosted his first national conference and asked me to do a speech about pastured poultry. Suddenly we were getting calls from around the country: “How do you do this pastured poultry thing?” In 1991 I typed out a simple “Pastured Poultry Manual” and offered it for $15. Seuss) or an incredible idea (pastured poultry).

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Farmbrite

AUGUST 23, 2023

Avoid overgrazing your pasture lands. Grazing is an important part of pasture management , but you must be careful not to overgraze your land. Once they're established, cover crops will grow throughout winter — or until you decide to turn them under for planting another crop in springtime.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

K” Kolodge, who manages soils and compost for the dairy, said it would be tough to ensure predictable yield on rainwater alone. acres in a former horse pasture. They just cut it, bale it, and feed it to the cows. And they don’t worry about consistent quality, like Ellis and Velazquez would need for baking. Craig “Dr.

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Modern Farmer

JULY 10, 2023

California’s small, pasture-based, organic dairies—many of which are clustered on the state’s North Coast—have a lighter environmental footprint, and they contribute just a sliver of the industry’s overall methane emissions. standards,” he writes in an email. But, he adds, the scale helps keep the Golden State’s dairy prices in check.

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Caff

JANUARY 25, 2023

From producing their own compost to managing a CSA to selling direct at farmers markets all over Southern California, J.R. From cover crops to maintaining wild habitat for biodiversity to ensuring a pasture-based approach, they pay close attention to the health of their land and animals.

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 16, 2023

They’re also working on adding a composting processing site, neighbor approval pending. “We Haslett-Marroquin’s approach combines what he learned growing up in Guatemala—where chickens thrive in multi-story jungles—with a deep understanding of the Midwest’s native ecosystems.

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UnderstandingAg

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

I confess to being a recovering engineer, but this is a useful way to conceptualize an invisible process that’s happening in crop fields and in pastures. We typically add very little carbon to our fields unless we are adding a lot of manure or compost. This is a classic ‘stocks and flows’ diagram that engineers like to create.

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Food Politics

AUGUST 15, 2023

The COWS Act would fund upgrades to manure management systems on dairies and other livestock operations, such as implementing composting instead of liquid lagoons and increasing the time cows spend on pasture, to prevent water pollution and reduce methane emissions.

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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. Mulberry ( Morus sp.) is also highly useful for this system of “cut and carry” but does not fix nitrogen like its leguminous counterparts. Mulberry, however, grows like a weed and is highly nutritious.

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Caff

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Hans Herren showing attendees an on-farm device as he discussed their experience in making compost tea. They’ve also experimented in fertigating with microbial brews and compost tea. Hans began the tour by pointing out the solar panels on top of the large shed where guests gathered. “We

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 9, 2023

The COWS Act would fund upgrades to manure management systems on dairies and other livestock operations, such as implementing composting instead of liquid lagoons and increasing the time cows spend on pasture, to prevent water pollution and reduce methane emissions.

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The Lunatic Farmer

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Our farm participated in a pastured egg nutrient study several years ago. Pastured livestock offer much higher percentages of conjugated linoleic acid; indeed, only two weeks of grain feeding chases it out of the body on beef cattle. Compare that to our pastured poultry model which requires 10 ft. Isn’t that beautiful?

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Now, White Oak Pastures—a significant player in the regenerative agriculture movement—raises cows on organic pasture, allowing them to carry out their instinctual behaviors in a rotational system. Hartman maximizes many practices from the past while implementing today’s tech “on a human scale” to reap the greatest reward.

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Sustainable Food Trust

MAY 1, 2024

One villager, Awdah Hathaleen, said on social media , “The shepherds now have been completely cut off from their pastures and fields. A crowd funder has been set up with donations providing each family with vegetable seedlings, local seeds, soil, compost, planters and training.

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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Some of the farmers decided to plant more cover crops or adopt prescribed grazing plans for healthier pastures. 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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