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20 Organizations Cultivating the Food Movement in Atlanta

Food Tank

Acres of Ancestry Initiative/Black Agrarian Fund The Acres of Ancestry Initiative/Black Agrarian Fund is a multidisciplinary, cooperative nonprofit ecosystem that aims to regenerate custodial land ownership, ecological stewardship, and food and fiber economies in the American South. Become a member today by clicking here.

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Opinion: Canada’s Ag Policies Need to Better Serve Local Farmers and Communities

Modern Farmer

Farmer-researcher Eric Barnhorst, for example, conducted research on regenerating fallow fields with the Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario in 2022. There should be room for the promotion of agro-ecological and organic farming practices.

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Beyond Farm to Table: How Chefs Can Support Climate-Friendly Food Systems

Civil Eats

They’ve forged relationships with Gulf Coast shrimpers and Indigenous tribes in the Amazon to support traditional, ecological food systems. Many of their traditional plants, like manioc, are also highly adapted to the environment and climate, cultivated over thousands of years. We’re in it for the relationships,” said Dana Honn.

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These State Lawmakers Are Collaborating on Policies that Support Regenerative Agriculture

Civil Eats

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. I’ve never tasted vegetables like that.”

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Lunch and Learn: Ethanol, Implications and a Livelihood

Wisconsin Farmers Union

Per Cooper, “the more you’re using, the better benefits” which is part of the reason RFA advocates for higher mix standards. “In the US we are cultivating fewer and fewer acres each and every year. His research focuses on economic decision-making throughout the food supply chain from agricultural production to consumer demand.

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The Future of Seaweed Farming in America

Civil Eats

With an inflationary environment, if you are a consumer-package company and you don’t have a lot of oversight in terms of what’s happening with the supply chain, you’re in trouble when times are challenging,” says Julia Paino of Desert Bloom Foods, a food investing firm. That’s a lot of ocean to potentially cultivate.

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Precision Ag News 9/11

Agwired

From the stage of the Africa Food Systems Forum in Rwanda, the World Food Prize Foundation announced Dr. Dennis Beesigamukama, a Postdoctoral Fellow at the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) in Nairobi, Kenya, as the 2024 Recipient of the Norman E.