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 Osage Nation’s community orchard. Ranching decisions frequently exclude climate change-related information.

Agriculture 105

Agriculture Agriculture Forage Livestock 105

Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The first holly to invade Stokes’ study area sprouted in 1966, during a residential construction boom north of the park, where ornamental holly still grows today. Plant a holly orchard and let nature do the work for you,” read one brochure. Now, “out of place” included forests, wetlands and wild prairies, as well as farms and ranches.

Ecology 127

Ecology Seeding Acre Processing 127

Food Environment and Reporting Network

MAY 16, 2024

Renamed the Owens Valley by white settlers, the valley was a snow-capped patchwork of pear farms and cattle ranches. By the time the Nüümü returned to their valley, the settlers had turned it into a constellation of cattle ranches and orchards.

Water Rights 143

Water Rights Ranching Cattle Ecology 143

Civil Eats

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Land grabs are rampant” throughout California, says Fanous, noting the latest case in which an investment group snatched up 55,000 acres of ranch and farmland in Solano County, in the northeastern San Francisco Bay Area. And it’s getting worse as we see hedge funds and corporations come in,” she says.

Cultivation 145

Cultivation Acre Farming Farming 145