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Farm Bill Coalition Letter

NASDA

As committed stakeholders and beneficiaries of the farm bill, we cannot continue to wait for updated policies, provisions, initiatives and critical funding that support our collective interests.

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Walmart’s ‘Regenerative Foodscape’

Civil Eats

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.” If Walmart does that, it goes against every grain of their corporate culture.”

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As Saltwater Encroaches on Farms, Solutions Emerge from the Marshes

Civil Eats

Unlike most crops, the grasses don’t mind being submerged and can hold salt in their roots and excrete it through glands in the blades. What exactly that will look like is still developing and it will likely include growing new crops in new places.

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