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Investing in organic research provides farmers, both certified organic and non-certified, with innovative solutions and practical tools that enhance profitability, mitigate financial and ecological risks, and foster economic growth and social well-being in rural communities. Overcoming barriers to organic transition (especially ORG).
Croprotation enhances soil fertility, minimizes erosion, disrupts pest and disease cycles, and reduces the need for synthetic fertilizers. It is beneficial to rotate between a nitrogen-fixing legume crop (like beans or peas) and a heavy nitrogen-feeding crop (like leafy greens or tomatoes). ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.
Funding] should focus more on paying farmers to switch to more drought-tolerant crops, to incorporate conservation croprotations and to adopt other conservation practices that make their operations more resilient to climate change.”
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. Michigan, however, greenlit kava in 2023, becoming the first state to grant it GRAS status.
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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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However, if diversity is low and you have bare spots, weeds, and low productivity (especially during late summer when cool- season pastures slow down), summer cover crops could be just the thing to jump start the soil biology and improve production. ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.
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So organic for me would be biodynamic, without chemicals, organic nor synthetic without pesticides, organic nor synthetic, employing croprotation, utilizing companion planting, certain plants will deter unwanted creatures naturally, ensuring that we are planting those with plants that attract these creatures.
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