National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

They offer valuable resources and practical solutions for organic and transitioning producers, as well as conventional producers interested in ecologically and economically sound practices. Maintaining yields and managing production costs. Accessing crop cultivars suited to organic systems (especially OREI).

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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.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Funding] should focus more on paying farmers to switch to more drought-tolerant crops, to incorporate conservation crop rotations and to adopt other conservation practices that make their operations more resilient to climate change.” We respect the land, and we respect the impact that we can have on the ecosystem,” he says. “It’s

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ATTRA

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

I’ve seen the synthesis of diversity, in plants and practice, stimulate ecosystem processes to yield the benefits that have accrued to this feral garden. Plant a cover crop and, bingo, you’re a regenerative farmer. We know that industrial monocultures achieve high yields for global markets. Reference Kim, N., Riggins, M.

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Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Rubba visits all the farms that supply the restaurant, asking about their crop rotations , soil health practices, and how the farmworkers are treated. “I They’ve forged relationships with Gulf Coast shrimpers and Indigenous tribes in the Amazon to support traditional, ecological food systems.

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UnderstandingAg

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Farming and ranching involve the fields of biology, ecology, chemistry, botany, physics, geology, meteorology, politics, economics, psychology and mechanics, just to name a few. This is yet another reason to prioritize diversity of species in cash crop rotations, cover crop mixes and pasture composition.

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Farmbrite

AUGUST 16, 2023

Polyculture differs from monoculture, which involves growing one crop at a time over an entire field. While both permaculture and polyculture farming prioritize sustainability and ecological balance, permaculture takes a broader systems-thinking approach, while polyculture farming focuses on planting strategies within a specific area.

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