Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Some roam through pastures testing bunches of fescue, a cool-season grass, for the sweetness the frost brings. When farmers are able to control how, where, and when their animals move between pastures, they can more easily accomplish ecological goals that might include increasing soil carbon, reducing water pollution, or incorporating trees.

Pasture 143

Pasture Cattle Technology Ruralism 143

The Lunatic Farmer

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Oh, the manure will be dehydrated, packaged, and sold as organic fertilizer. I wonder if they measured the lithium mining and energy that went into constructing the solar panels. It’s absurd, of course, but how many consumers will look at this cleverspeak as an oracle of progress? Or that statistics can prove anything.

Manure 52

Manure Construction Pasture Food 52

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

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. Some solutions offered include grass banks for pasture areas experiencing drought as well as temporary leasing of water.

Agriculture 105

Agriculture Agriculture Forage Livestock 105

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

Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 5, 2023

In some pastures, Griggs must rely upon wells, some as deep as 800 feet, to water the livestock. Other pastures on the 200,000-acre ranch—an area larger than New York City’s five boroughs—are traversed by the Susie and Maggie creeks that, thankfully, provide a year-round source of water. Wilde was forced to pipe water in.

Ranching 125

Ranching Cattle Acre Pasture 125