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Ustawi Afrika Is Empowering Rural Women through Sustainable Agriculture

Food Tank

Ustawi Afrika is working to improve gender equity for rural women and expand sustainable agricultural practices in Kenya. Doreen Irungu founded Ustawi Afrika after watching her mother struggle as a woman in agriculture in a semi-arid, rural area. According to UN Women , over 60 percent of people living in rural Kenya are women.

Ruralism 101
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The State of the Air in 2024? Not Great

The Equation

One very important piece of information missing from the State of the Air report is air quality data for farmworker communities and other rural areas in the United States or California. These monitors are very expensive and largely absent from small rural communities. These particles are categorized by size.

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Should We Be Farming in the Desert?

Civil Eats

This level of agriculture was not possible in the Imperial Valley until the construction of the Alamo Canal , also known as the Imperial Canal, in 1901, which diverted water from the Colorado River. One of the issues that precision agriculture gets to is the overuse of inputs,” Orr says.

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Can Virtual Fences Help More Ranchers Adopt Regenerative Grazing Practices?

Civil Eats

Given how few farms are using it, there are still many questions about limitations—like the absence of cell service in some rural areas, farmer acceptance , accuracy, and ongoing costs —but buzz about virtual fencing’s applications continues to grow. He also had to construct pathways to move the goats back to the barn for milking. “He

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Biochar, Compost, and Agroforestry May 4th, 2022

RR2CS

Join Young Agrarians and Rural Routes to Climate Solutions to learn about some exciting developments in Biochar in Alberta. Rob Lavoie, a farm boy initially, founded his company AirTerra in 2009 after learning how biochar can enhance soil fertility while drawing carbon out of the atmosphere. REGISTER Register Today.

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Living Lawn Mowers in a World of Mowing Madness

ATTRA

I found a well-constructed woven wire fence with proper supports can and will hold goats. As these creatures munch through fields, they fertilize the soil and create a harmonious cycle of nutrient replenishment. Goats are notorious for finding a way out of a fence. I once heard someone say: “What’s the best fence for goats?

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SEEN IN SOUTH AFRICA

The Lunatic Farmer

I love alternative construction, energy, and sewage systems. With its abundant sunshine, I assumed lots of rural folks would be investing in solar panels to make up for the rolling blackouts. Like chemical fertilizer instead of compost. Of course, I’m always going to speak so my hosts take care of meals, lodging, tickets, etc.

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