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. Crombie is optimistic that agroforestry will go a long way in restoring land but also rural communities. It’s an exciting opportunity to revive our rural communities.” Johnson laughs.

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RR2CS

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Welcome to Stories of Regeneration, a podcast series brought to you by Rural Routes to Climate Solutions and Regeneration Canada. 41:55 – Blake talks about his crop rotation. The post EP 70 Maximizing Soil Function – SoR Part Three appeared first on Rural Routes to Climate Solutions. Soil is very much alive.

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ATTRA

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

But it’s generated some pretty negative outcomes, including widespread degradation of land, water, and ecosystems, leaving rural communities gutted and left to the tumbleweeds. Other Resources Cover Crops for Sustainable Crop Rotations. We know that industrial monocultures achieve high yields for global markets.

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RR2CS

MARCH 4, 2024

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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RR2CS

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Welcome to Stories of Regeneration, a podcast series brought to you by Rural Routes to Climate Solutions and Regeneration Canada. This podcast has been partially funded by Agriculture and Agri-food Canada The post EP 71 Sharing the Land – SoR Part Four appeared first on Rural Routes to Climate Solutions.

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World Agri-Tech

OCTOBER 13, 2023

According to Thompson, the credit for the pilot concept belongs to RIPE (Rural Investment to Protect our Environment). agriculture both domestically and internationally, build wealth that stays in rural communities, and support a diverse range of producers and operation types.” billion in funding for 70 climate-smart projects.

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Daily Yonder

AUGUST 13, 2024

The answers will help shape best practices for future projects, while addressing some concerns raised in ongoing debates over siting large solar projects in rural farm areas. Moser plans to work with other crops, too. They were already used as a cover crop before alfalfa and hay were planted. Soybeans are one example.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

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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RR2CS

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Welcome to Stories of Regeneration, a podcast series brought to you by Rural Routes to Climate Solutions and Regeneration Canada. The post EP 67 Total Grazing – SoR Part One appeared first on Rural Routes to Climate Solutions. And to top it off, some of these farmers were even enjoying the process.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 27, 2023

The WFRP Improvement Act includes provisions to address common barriers and to otherwise strengthen the program by streamlining paperwork, expanding the Micro Farm pilot, raising the limit to annual revenue expansion, strengthening the diversification discount, and compensating crop insurance agents who sell WFRP appropriately. “

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

AUGUST 28, 2024

NSAC hopes that Congress continues to see the wisdom of funding state and tribal soil health programs, either as a new stand-alone program as proposed in the Agriculture Resilience Act (ARA) or as part of RCPP as proposed in the Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act in the Senate.

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ATTRA

APRIL 23, 2024

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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ATTRA

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

These practices include managed or adaptive grazing, silvopastures, forest farming, field borders and buffers, hedgerows, riparian area development or expansion, cover crops, and crop rotation. ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.

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ATTRA

AUGUST 15, 2023

Even the pollinator crops are covers providing multiple benefits. Eliot Coleman once said green manure and cover crops and crop rotations are public commons, so corporations can’t make money off them. A handful of bloodmeal may do no more than give me the warm-and-fuzzies, but I still do it). ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.

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Agritecture Blog

MAY 3, 2023

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.

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Organic Garden Farmer

OCTOBER 3, 2020

So organic for me would be biodynamic, without chemicals, organic nor synthetic without pesticides, organic nor synthetic, employing crop rotation, 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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Organic Garden Farmer

OCTOBER 3, 2020

So organic for me would be biodynamic, without chemicals, organic nor synthetic without pesticides, organic nor synthetic, employing crop rotation, 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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Sustainable Food Trust

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

xix] Regenerative agriculture also has potential to support resilient rural communities and jobs. The Local Government Association notes that there are “significant opportunities for rural and coastal communities in nature restoration, food, agriculture, land management and renewable energy infrastructure. pdf [xxxi] [link].

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Farmbrite

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Cooperatives contribute to the development of rural communities. The farm coop represents the collective voice of local farmers and can drive meaningful change and ensure that the needs of rural communities are considered in the decision-making processes at local, national, and international levels.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JUNE 14, 2023

Photo credit: USDA Editor’s Note: This guest post by Michael Happ, Program Associate for Climate and Rural Communities at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, (IATP), discusses how popular conservation programs should focus on small-scale and sustainable farms, not industrial-scale farms. water resources. NRCS Protracts.

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 29, 2025

The loss of these small farms hurts rural communities, paves the way for environmentally harmful monocropping, and prevents farmers from building economic power through agriculture. Farms are consolidating as small producers struggle with rising costs, changing weather conditions, and other challenges. Land access was the first step.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Not only can those plants provide delicious flour, she says; they can also be used as cover crops that develop healthy soils. “By By building a market for these small grains, we’re building in economic incentives to have more diversified and sustainable crop rotations,” says Smith.

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