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Pasture Cropping: Planting Summer Cover Crops in Cool-Season Perennial Pastures

ATTRA

The nighttime temperatures have been high enough to wake up the cool-season perennials in the pastures. Annual cover crops add carbon to the soil to improve soil aggregation and conserve water, and graziers can add cover crops, and graze them, to get the same benefits. This might give you a window for planting cover crops.

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In Hawai‘i, Restoring Kava Helps Sustain Native Food Culture

Civil Eats

The resurgence gained further traction in the 1990s with support from the Department of Defenses Rural Economic Transition Assistance-Hawaii grants , which helped farmers shift from sugarcane plantations to diversified agriculture. Now overrun with acres and acres of pasture and eucalyptus, the land faces threats from pests and wildfires.

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These State Lawmakers Are Collaborating on Policies that Support Regenerative Agriculture

Civil Eats

We are rural, urban, and suburban,” she said. 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.

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On the Ground with the Midwest Farmers Going All-In On Agroforestry

Modern Farmer

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. It’s an exciting opportunity to revive our rural communities.” Johnson laughs.

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EP 76 Partners in the Ecosystem – SoR Part Eight

RR2CS

40:13 – Mike talks more about the farm’s crop rotation. This podcast has been partially funded by Agriculture and Agri-food Canada The post EP 76 Partners in the Ecosystem – SoR Part Eight appeared first on Rural Routes to Climate Solutions. Highlights: 8:33 – Rebecca and Mike help us get to know them better.

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Walmart’s ‘Regenerative Foodscape’

Civil Eats

Other recent grantees have included the Center for Rural Affairs, the National Young Farmers Coalition, the Soil Health Institute, and the Regenerative Agriculture Foundation. As research and reporting began to call significant attention to the company’s negative effects on rural economies and the environment , Harold Lee Scott, Jr.,

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5 Critical Agriculture Topics to Incorporate Into Any Climate-Related Event

Agritecture Blog

Importantly, many farmers also argue that profitability can be significantly increased due to lowered reliance on expensive chemical inputs, thanks to techniques such as crop rotation, holistic grazing, and cover cropping that can add nutrients back to the soil.