Cropaia

DECEMBER 19, 2023

At its core, it’s about working with nature, rather than against it, to achieve sustainable and resilient food production. Regenerative farmers adopt a range of practices, such as cover cropping, crop rotation, reduced tillage, and diverse planting, to regenerate the soil and promote natural systems within their farms.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

OCTOBER 6, 2023

In August 2022, Congress passed the historic Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), a landmark piece of legislation that provided nearly $20 billion dollars to the United States Department of Agriculture for various programs capable of reducing greenhouse gasses across our food and farm system, including CSP.

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Food Tank

MAY 1, 2024

By taking legal action, researching, and building campaigns around the world, CIEL hopes to expose the hold that fossil fuels have on industries, including the food system. The Global Alliance for the Future of Food (GAFF) reports that the food system contributes to 15 percent of the total fossil fuel consumption every year.

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Food Tank

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Sustainable, exceptional ingredients are the cornerstone of great food. I started understanding the crucial impact of regenerative agriculture practices on the food I serve to my customers and the food served to the world once I became a chef and business owner. The world is fed by Nebraskans—that makes me proud.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 5, 2023

As we venture further into the pool, farmers may achieve increased biodiversity and water quality by incorporating more complicated strategies and Indigenous approaches like diversified crop rotations and agroforestry. Climate change is intensifying, leading to more frequent severe weather events, and threatening global food security.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The NSAC staff retreat in West Virginia Theres no such thing as a quiet year when it comes to federal food and farm policy, and 2024 proved to be no exception! As the year comes to a close, we are reflecting on the progress we have made toward building a more resilient and equitable farm and food system.

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Seasonal crops rotate through expansive pastures, cattle graze the rich sea grasses and several colonies of bees hurry about their business. The community was started by a husband-and-wife team, inspired by a passion for tiny homes and good food. the answer may be as simple as reliable access to great food.

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Modern Farmer

OCTOBER 23, 2023

That leaves just one percent of all water on earth for regular human use: eating, drinking and growing food. Estimates out of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization show that, by 2050, we’ll have to increase our global food supply by 60 percent. But we only have the freshwater resources to increase food supply by 10 percent.

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Even on a compact farm like Small Axe, which spans only four acres — the national average is 446 acres — there was much to be done: crop rotations to plan, greenhouse doors to finish, a new shed to build. But, as part of the nonprofit Black Farmers Collective, Small Axe is more than just a place for growing food.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

After years of philanthropic support for fisheries, water, and education, members of his generation (along with some of their elders) are not only accelerating that environmental focus, they’re applying it to food and agriculture in new ways. Then there’s the Walmart Foundation, which last year gave the Nature Conservancy $1.5

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

For a food to become certified organic, the farmland must be proven to have not received any pesticides or unapproved substances for at least three years. They have to use lots of cover crops, and they have to have a more intense crop rotation and they may use some tillage. There [are] some infrastructure issues.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry Practice, CSP, FY2021 CSAF Category Practice Name Enhancement Name Code Financial Assistance Total Percentage of Total CSP Financial Assistance Nitrogen Management Nutrient Management 590 $3,369,356 $66,725,833 13.23% Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses E590A $38,293,260 Reduce (..)

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ATTRA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The resources available include farmer stories; podcast-style audio interviews; a video presentation; and downloadable factsheets on Benefits of Crop-Livestock Integration , Food Safety , Infrastructure , and Crop Rotations. Related ATTRA video: Integrating Livestock with Crops Project: Food-Safety Considerations

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World Agri-Tech

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Total crop losses to weeds worldwide are estimated at $32 billion USD annually. Using new MoAs and different methods of controlling the weeds such as manual weeding or crop rotations are crucial to addressing the challenge of resistant weeds and ensuring the sustainability of crop protection solutions.

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Farmbrite

AUGUST 23, 2023

Rotate your crops. Rotating crops is one of the best ways to improve long-term soil health on your farm. There are several types of crop rotation that farmers can implement to maximize the benefits of this practice. It helps prevent soil depletion, erosion and compaction, pest damage and disease damage.

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ATTRA

APRIL 7, 2024

The four-year study published in Science collected data from 24 research projects on more than 20 different types of diversification practices, including crop rotation, hedgerows, biochar application, mulching, livestock diversification, and water conservation.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Today, new generations of innovative farmers see agroforestry as a solution to not just producing nutrient-dense food and specialty crops but to also mitigate the intensity of climate change-induced weather events. The Joia Food & Fiber Farm farmstead pictured with sheep, sheepdogs, and cattle grazing. Johnson laughs.

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Agwired

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

These food-grade soybeans are now poised to enter the soy milk market as part of the Transforming the Farmer to Consumer Supply Chain project (Transform F2C) leads the effort, funded by a U.S. And this is only the beginning,” Goeser said. These practices reduce greenhouse gas emissions, promote carbon sequestration and improve soil health.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 14, 2023

Including noncrop vegetation alongside crops may further increase genetic diversity in a geographic area, as with prairie strips or field borders and other conservation buffers within or adjacent to crop fields. And diversity may also include the temporal diversity of crop rotations.

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World Agri-Tech

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Total crop losses to weeds worldwide are estimated at $32 billion USD annually. Using new MoAs and different methods of controlling the weeds such as manual weeding or crop rotations are crucial to addressing the challenge of resistant weeds and ensuring the sustainability of crop protection solutions.

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Fork Farms

JULY 17, 2023

They can explore topics such as: food security, food waste reduction, and the importance of maintaining a balanced approach to food production. Students can investigate other integrated solutions such as: composting, crop rotation, and farm co-ops.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

By most measures, the Imperial Valley is not a great place to grow food. Yet carrots, cauliflower, sweet onions, honeydew, broccoli, and alfalfa all grow here, incongruous crops that spread across half a million acres of cultivated land. From June to September, high temperatures here often exceed 100 degrees Fahrenheit.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

AUGUST 28, 2024

Editor’s Note: This is the fourth post in a multi-part blog series analyzing the Farm Food and National Security Act of 2024 (FFNSA), which was reported out of the House Agriculture Committee on Friday, May 24. The second post explores the FFNSA’s impacts on local and regional food systems. 2501, 2502).

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Agwired

MARCH 7, 2024

A recent study at the University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment found that replacing 40 pounds of synthetic nitrogen with Pivot Bio PROVEN® 40 can increase corn yields while reducing reliance on synthetic fertilizer.

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Agwired

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

ADM and Syngenta hope to leverage their existing capabilities to accelerate the research, processing, and commercialization of oilseeds such as Camelina that are typically grown in the fallow period of a crop rotation. The whole food and agriculture system needs to work in partnership with farmers at the center.

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World Agri-Tech

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Increasing crop yields while improving soil and watershed health requires understanding how agriculture management interacts with local environmental conditions. Corn Belt and Great Plains exploring how crop, soil and water management affect the soil microbial communities that drive agroecosystem functions.

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Farmbrite

DECEMBER 12, 2024

This is where data becomes not only invaluable but imperative, helping farmers grow more food while conserving resources; farming smarter, not harder as the saying goes. Data on crop yields, harvest times, and transportation will allow for more efficient logistics and reduced spoilage. What Kind of Data is Being Used?

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Organic Garden Farmer

OCTOBER 3, 2020

An INTERVIEW with Rob Macewen – Healthy food growing enthusiast, sustainable living and urban agriculture supporter and a team member of the Food Excitement Organic Rooftop Garden project at The Big Carrot Common in Toronto, Ontario. Organic Farmer: How did your journey start with caring for and growing healthy organic food?

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Organic Garden Farmer

OCTOBER 3, 2020

An INTERVIEW with Rob Macewen – Healthy food growing enthusiast, sustainable living and urban agriculture supporter and a team member of the Food Excitement Organic Rooftop Garden project at The Big Carrot Common in Toronto, Ontario. Organic Farmer: How did your journey start with caring for and growing healthy organic food?

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JANUARY 26, 2024

These practices involve rotational grazing, implemented by the Phillips on their Arkansas farm, the installation of high tunnels, as accomplished by the Jamersons at Legacy Taste of the Garden, and contouring, as Taylor-Stanley did on her property in New York.

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ATTRA

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Diversity of food crops and flowering annuals. Rotations according to families. And it makes me think… what’s making this little pocket of peace work is not merely cover cropping. Other Resources Cover Crops for Sustainable Crop Rotations. Legume and grass covers. By Andy Clark. SARE Outreach, 2015.

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Agwired

AUGUST 2, 2023

The Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research  (FFAR) awarded a grant to Land Core to apply market-based incentive principles to determine the risk-mitigation benefits and related cost savings associated with specific soil health practices. PrairieFood announced the appointment of Jason Tatge as its new Chief Executive Officer.

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UnderstandingAg

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Its also why our stomachs employ an acid with a pH of 2 to dissolve and break down the food we eat. First, microbes excrete acids after they consume food. Sugary foods fuel microbial activity and result in more acid production, which is why candy does what it does to teeth. *The This occurs for a couple reasons.

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AGRIVI

MAY 22, 2024

Many farmers complain they feel caught between conflicting public demands for cheap food and climate-friendly processes while raising input prices makes significant hits to their bottom line. However, without productive and profitable crop production , sustainable agriculture would be just fiction, not reality.

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Agritecture Blog

MAY 3, 2023

more food secure and our farming practices more environmentally friendly , we expect to see both an increase in and a deepening of these conversations. And finally, many farmers want to see a guaranteed market to sell their crops into - ideally one that carries a premium for regeneratively-grown products.

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Farmbrite

AUGUST 16, 2023

Polyculture has been practiced for centuries by traditional farmers around the world but has only recently gained popularity with modern-day farmers who are looking for an alternative way to grow food. Polyculture farming is a form of agriculture that involves growing multiple crops in the same plot.

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UnderstandingAg

JULY 31, 2023

Types of Winter Cover Crops There are three cover crop categories and seeding periods to consider. 2) Traditional Winter Cover Cropping: Seeded in late summer and fall, provides a living plant and continuous root through the winter. In my next post, I will discuss planning rotations and intercropping.

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