National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 14, 2023

Who manages land determines which scientific perspectives, crop choices, traditions, and skills shape the landscape, with profound implications for its ecological sustainability. In cropping systems, it may include increasing structural diversity of the crops themselves, as by having cut and uncut strips of alfalfa.

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DTN

JULY 24, 2023

Measuring a farm’s carbon footprint is not as simple as saying, “Cover crops were used, so that grain’s sustainably grown.” Two neighbors, Farmer A and Farmer B: both farm 1,000 acres and use the same crop rotation schedule. Farmer A tills 30% of their fields, uses cover crops on 20%, and applies anhydrous ammonia.

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AGRIVI

JUNE 21, 2023

Monitoring and Validating Practices AGRIVI FMS enables companies to monitor and track various aspects of their agricultural operations like machinery and fuel usage , mineral fertilizers usage , pesticides and crop protection usage, and irrigation and water usage. A 21% decrease in pesticide usage.

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Cropaia

JANUARY 14, 2023

Rather than relying on chemical pesticides, IPM utilizes a combination of techniques to prevent and mitigate pest infestations. For example, rather than applying a broad-spectrum pesticide that may harm beneficial insects , a pest control professional may use a specific type of bait or trap to target the pest species.

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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. Certified organic farms can’t use pesticides or other prohibited substances. Becoming certified organic, however, is not an overnight process for farmers.

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Farmbrite

AUGUST 16, 2023

It's not just about mixing up crops and hoping for the best; instead, it's about creating an ecosystem where plants thrive together. By planting multiple crops together in one space, you can create a self-sustaining ecosystem that supports your plants while also maintaining healthy soil and reducing pests.

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Agritecture Blog

MAY 3, 2023

Regenerative Agriculture and Nature-Based Solutions Coffee crops grow alongside other plants in what is known as an Agroforestry approach to farming. Building markets, and key infrastructure, for cover crops such as oats and peas will also help facilitate their wider adoption.

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Food Tank

MAY 1, 2024

The entire industrial agri-business-based system needs fertilizers and pesticides to function,” Tostado says. Collaborating with farmers, CIEL promotes natural agroecological practices such as crop rotation, legume cultivation, and the use of beneficial insects, fungi, and organic manure instead of chemical additives.

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Farmbrite

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

As a farmer, you know that climate change can greatly affect your crops and their yield. This includes recording weather patterns, soil conditions, irrigation practices, crop yields, and any other relevant metrics. Climate change can directly affect soil health, leading to challenges in crop growth and productivity.

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Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

The farmer] could be spraying with every insecticide, pesticide, fertilizer, and drive a big, stinky diesel truck into my city and sit outside idling for 20 minutes while he unloads all his plastic containers into my restaurant, right?” They source according to the schedule of the crops growing nearby, the waning and waxing seasons.

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Agriculture for Life

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Additionally, EEFs are known for improving crop productivity as well as enhancing plant health. Sustainable Agriculture Practices Need EEFs EEFs are ideal for sustainable agriculture practices such as crop rotations, no-till farming, and management of water resources.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

As the Walton Family Foundation’s executive director recently wrote in a blog post , “The relentless demand for increased production and higher crop yields has come with a high cost—degraded soil health and lower water quality.” Rosmann’s 700-acre organic operation is an anomaly in the region. That is just absolutely unheard of,” he says.

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Organic Garden Farmer

OCTOBER 3, 2020

And organic fertilizers, organic pesticides, organic herbicides, organic fungicides are still harmful to the organisms they attempt to repel. While we can more easily metabolize them I feel that accumulated concentrations of these organic compounds can be still detrimental to our health.

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Organic Garden Farmer

OCTOBER 3, 2020

And organic fertilizers, organic pesticides, organic herbicides, organic fungicides are still harmful to the organisms they attempt to repel. While we can more easily metabolize them I feel that accumulated concentrations of these organic compounds can be still detrimental to our health.

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Sustainable Food Trust

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Farmers need to have annual inspections to demonstrate delivery against those standards, ranging from controlled pesticide usage to crop rotations and natural fertiliser usage. For products to be certified as organic, they must meet a series of standards that are set and audited by certification bodies (CBs).

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Sustainable Food Trust

JUNE 14, 2023

I am only considering them in relation to agricultural crops. Mycorrhizal fungi Mycorrhizae form mutually symbiotic (mycorrhizal) relationships with about 80% of plants overall, but with 90% of agricultural crop plants. He took a broad look at mycorrhizae within the plant kingdom.

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The crop itself is hardly new. These days, the flax grown for linen is an industrial crop. It’s treated, in most cases, with conventional fertilizers and pesticides, and is harvested, processed and made into cloth using huge machinery. It spans hundreds of thousands of acres in Europe and Asia.

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 23, 2024

Power of State Policymaking The Cohort for Rural Opportunity and Prosperity (CROP)—a subset of SiX’s Agriculture and Food Systems program—currently includes elected officials from 43 states who are positioned to advance socially and ecologically responsible rural, agricultural, and food policy.

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