National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

OCTOBER 6, 2023

CSP pays producers to improve, maintain, and actively manage conservation activities already in place at the time of application and to adopt new conservation activities during the life of the five-year contract.

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Crop Rotation Forage Pasture Crop 105

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 14, 2023

However, as with all social-ecological systems , change in any part of the system necessarily requires or causes change in other parts of the system. Who manages land determines which scientific perspectives, crop choices, traditions, and skills shape the landscape, with profound implications for its ecological sustainability.

Agriculture 98

Agriculture Agriculture Pasture Crop Rotation 98

Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

A small sheep herd that was on the property from when her parents farmed the land was integrated into organic crop rotation. His mother’s family were dairy farmers, and the land had consisted of pasture and row crop fields. Elderberry, becoming popular as a hedgerow crop, provides both farm income and ecological benefits.

Acre 106

Acre Farming Farming Pasture 106

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JANUARY 26, 2024

Farmers are some of the best-placed people to help protect the ecosystem services found in healthy ecologies,” said Jared Phillips of Branch Mountain Farm who spoke on the panel alongside his wife Lindi Phillips. They used EQIP to expand livestock watering and fencing infrastructure to enable rotational grazing.

Farming 111

Farming Farming Agriculture Agriculture 111

Sustainable Food Trust

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

xxxix] [xl] [xli] Including temporary leys in crop rotations across the UK’s arable area could sequester c.2.2 xliii] Improved pastures managed using agroecological practices contain up to 41% more plant species than conventionally managed pastures, a level of species richness comparable with some semi-natural grasslands.

Food 64

Food Farming Farming Agriculture 64

Sustainable Food Trust

JANUARY 14, 2025

Holly Purdys Exmoor farm exemplifies the concept of better meat, with her pasture-fed beef and sheep, and more plants, through the introduction of a market garden and silvopasture incorporating fruit trees.

Livestock 52

Livestock Food Agroecology Pasture 52

Civil Eats

JANUARY 23, 2024

Against the backdrop of a carefully managed perennial pasture, the gathering focused on legislative approaches to promoting regenerative farming and ranching practices, which the group believes can galvanize support across partisan and rural-urban divides.

Agriculture 97

Agriculture Agriculture Ranching Food 97