Caff

OCTOBER 22, 2024

When they purchased the farm over 30 years ago it was an unproductive almond orchard and since then they have pulled the almonds out and utilized the sloped landscape to construct swales, establish a vineyard, and plant a wide variety of fruit trees which provide shelter while their flock of ducks grazes.

Orchard 52

Orchard Farming Farming Construction 52

Sustainable Harvest International

MAY 4, 2022

As highly motivated partners with SHI-Panama since 2019, María and her family have eagerly dedicated themselves to raising animals and farming in a sustainable way, meeting their family’s food needs while lessening their dependence on external inputs like chemical fertilizers and insecticides.

Fertilizer 52

Fertilizer Seeding Logistics Construction 52

Civil Eats

AUGUST 16, 2023

“Everything that is part of the standard was tried and tested, from breeds to how long you feed them, to the right kind of welfare aspect to consider in the coop construction.” ” But the grand vision doesn’t end there. Photo courtesy of Wil Crombe/Organic Compound.)

Poultry 98

Poultry Processing Acre Farming 98

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JANUARY 17, 2024

Focus on Solutions Although there are clear, negative impacts for agriculture, the agriculture chapter effectively lays out the ways in which agriculture can respond constructively to increasing challenges. The Chickasaw Nation is teaming up with area land managers to remove invasive species, reduce fertilizer use, and restore habitat.

Agriculture 105

Agriculture Agriculture Forage Livestock 105

Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Many farms and feedlots have runoff, whether this is excess manure, pesticides and herbicides or fertilizers such as phosphorus and nitrogen, both implicated in climate change. Not only do beaver wetlands capture stormwater, they also function as a “sewage treatment plant.” This created ponds deep enough for beavers in which to hide.

Ranching 124

Ranching Cattle Acre Pasture 124

Food Environment and Reporting Network

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Burdette, a riverkeeper with the environmental group Cape Fear River Watch, was worried that some of the local pig farmers might try to drain their manure lagoons before the rains hit, to prevent them from overflowing. Most of the state’s 9 million pigs live indoors, their waste flushed through slats into open pits called lagoons.

Farming 133

Farming Farming Ruralism Livestock 133

Food Environment and Reporting Network

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Burdette, a riverkeeper with the environmental group Cape Fear River Watch, was worried that some of the local pig farmers might try to drain their manure lagoons before the rains hit, to prevent them from overflowing. Most of the state’s 9 million pigs live indoors, their waste flushed through slats into open pits called lagoons.

Farming 78

Farming Farming Ruralism Livestock 78