Sustainable Harvest International

OCTOBER 15, 2021

In fact, women represent a mere 20% of landholders worldwide and rural women are paid up to 40% less than their male counterparts. But if given the same opportunities and recognition as men, rural women could radically improve their communities and our world.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

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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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Other recent grantees have included the Center for Rural Affairs, the National Young Farmers Coalition, the Soil Health Institute, and the Regenerative Agriculture Foundation. As research and reporting began to call significant attention to the company’s negative effects on rural economies and the environment , Harold Lee Scott, Jr.,

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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.) The Regenerative Ag Alliance processing team.

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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.

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DTN

MAY 17, 2024

The ag newsroom has refocused its coverage on high interest, high value topics in agriculture, food production and rural issues. The Neal Awards recognize the best work within B2B media, which serves the legal, medical, health, construction, and technology industries.

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Agwired

MARCH 14, 2024

economy and rural communities. AgroLiquid announces the upcoming construction of a new 48,355-square-foot production facility in Lake City, Florida. Biobased products offer opportunities for more revenue streams for small and mid-sized farmers while giving consumers more in-demand, clean options for everyday items.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Such deals exploded in popularity over the last decade as agricultural producers sought to stave off big-box stores, self-storage complexes, and residential construction, all of which already consume millions of acres of fertile open space. But applying the same approach to water is tricky.

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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

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The 29-year-old grower has carved a successful niche at local farmers markets selling unconventional crops such as Caribbean red, striped, and fish peppers, stinging nettles, and flowers, all grown using a home-brewed, brown sugar-based fertilizer. He uses a home-brewed, brown sugar-based fertilizer instead of commercial fertilizer.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Fertilizer, fuel, and labor costs increase every year, while prices hardly change. We talk about the colleges it bankrolled, such as Duke University; how it paid for the educations of farmers’ children; how it fueled so many towns around rural North Carolina; and how the money tobacco generates is still key to the survival of our economy.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Share Tweet This Story’s Impact 152 MILLION UNIQUE BROWSERS WORLDWIDE High Country News This article is part of FERN’s series Livestock and Rural Communities /.slide-intro By Chris Collins , February 13, 2020 Here are the rural residents who sued the world’s largest hog producer over waste and odors – and won.

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Farming Farming Ruralism Livestock 133

Food Environment and Reporting Network

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Share Tweet This Story’s Impact 152 MILLION UNIQUE BROWSERS WORLDWIDE High Country News This article is part of FERN’s series Livestock and Rural Communities /.slide-intro By Chris Collins , February 13, 2020 Here are the rural residents who sued the world’s largest hog producer over waste and odors – and won.

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