Food Tank

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

times more likely to die by suicide than the general population, according to the National Rural Health Association.Research from South Dakota State University , the University of Nevada, Reno , University of Georgia , and more have found that farmers experience significantly higher stress levels than the general population.

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NASDA

OCTOBER 5, 2023

We always like to remind our consumers, no matter where they live – in an urban area or a rural area – agriculture is very important to them.” A big part of what we do is make certain that they have the most accessible, affordable, safest food supply that you can find anywhere in the world.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The governor of North Carolina had authorized the dumping of the soil, contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, which had been linked to cancer, in the rural county. In the rural Hecks Grove communityless than a mile from where Robert E. As director of farmer inclusion, his job is to distribute $1.7

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NASDA

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Press Release INDIANAPOLIS – The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture hosted AgriSafe CEO Natalie Roy as a featured speaker during the Rural Development and Financial Security Committee meeting at the 2024 NASDA Annual Meeting. territories.

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Daily Yonder

OCTOBER 29, 2024

They called the plants sisters to reflect how they thrived when they were cultivated together. government officials discouraged Native women from cultivating anything larger than small garden plots and pressured Native men to practice Euro-American style monoculture. On reservations, U.S.

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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Kava has endured a long history of adversity, said Lakea Trask, a Hawaiian farmer and local activist who cultivates kava and other Native crops for Kanaka Kava , his familys farm-to-table restaurant in Kailua-Kona, on the Big Island. Michigan, however, greenlit kava in 2023, becoming the first state to grant it GRAS status.

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Daily Yonder

APRIL 3, 2024

Instead of applying industrial chemicals to amend soils or introducing irrigation to regulate crop growth, permaculture gardening is an adaptive, self-regenerative, and diversity-driven approach in food production and pollinator habitat cultivation. Grayson LandCare Members bring in a harvest from the Permaculture Garden.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Read all the stories in this series: A Black-Led Agricultural Community Takes Shape in Maryland An urban farm trailblazer begins building a Black agrarian corridor in rural Maryland, fostering community and climate resilience. Land access was the first step.

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NASDA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

“Agriculture looks different all across the United States, but I look forward to working together to cultivate common ground as we help producers feed, fuel, and clothe the world. territories.

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Food Tank

MARCH 19, 2025

Dodge County, Incorporated: Big Ag and the Undoing of Rural America by Sonja Trom Eayrs Attorney and farmers daughter Eayrs chronicles the long history of havoc wreaked by corporate farms on rural communities. And Hawken reveals what possibilities the element may open up in the future.

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 7, 2025

When Michael Kotutwa Johnson goes out to the acreage behind his stone house to harvest his corn, his fields look vastly different from the endless rows you see in much of rural North America. This story originally appeared on Reasons to Be Chee rful , and is reprinted here with permission. We dont do your typical 14-inch spaced rows, he says.

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 18, 2024

They spend each day at a different farm, ranch, or cultural learning program area throughout rural Kohala with various organizations. full_link READ MORE Mending Hawaii’s food insecurity with breadfruit. Three years ago, the program started with only two students; now there are 12. Students tend to their kalo crop.

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Food Tank

OCTOBER 12, 2023

If only we could provide the opportunity and the access for Indigenous people—and I’m speaking about rural Indigenous communities on reservations. Photo courtesy of Mathijs Deerenberg, Unsplash The post Cultivating Self-Sufficiency and Sustainability: Unlocking Opportunities for Indigenous Communities appeared first on Food Tank.

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ATTRA

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Unlike much of the United States, where farming slows or halts during winter due to cold temperatures and snow, Florida’s mild climate allows for year-round cultivation. In Florida, we call the winter growing season the “second season” of agriculture. ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.

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RR2CS

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

During the growing season of 2023 as summer turned into fall, the Rural Routes to Climate Solutions podcast and Regeneration Canada were on the final leg of the Stories of Regeneration tour. The post EP 73 Diversity is Resiliency – SoR Part Six appeared first on Rural Routes to Climate Solutions.

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

When farms are continually consolidated—when there is one 5,000-acre farm in a community, for example, instead of 50 100-acre farms—fewer people remain in rural areas. Small and midsized farmers are being forced out, with consequences for rural communities. In various settings, we can work to cultivate affection and fidelity.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Yet carrots, cauliflower, sweet onions, honeydew, broccoli, and alfalfa all grow here, incongruous crops that spread across half a million acres of cultivated land. By most measures, the Imperial Valley is not a great place to grow food. Ronald Leimgruber farms 3,500 of those acres.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

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. Organic production of crop seeds and transplants.

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ATTRA

MARCH 26, 2025

Increase Productivity One major reason to adopt tractor farming is that it makes it possible to cultivate larger areas in less time, with less hired help, and less backbreaking work. Mechanizing tasks like bed shaping, planting, and cultivation is game-changing. Proper tilling and cultivation help with pest management.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 4, 2024

But first, the soil will need to be brought back to life, having been worn out by decades of tobacco cultivation followed by commodity corn and soybean crops. Not only does she see a future of collaboration among the farmers in this corner of rural Maryland, she wants to feed the people who live here, too. “A

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Todays Farmer Magazine

AUGUST 1, 2023

million grant from USDA Rural Development, the center offers free services for agricultural producers working to take their value-added businesses to the next level. Supported by a two-year, $1.3

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Modern Farmer

OCTOBER 30, 2023

It also engages with longstanding narratives about rurality, performing them for a fearful audience. Haunted houses and cultivating screams Growing up a theater kid, it wasn’t hard for Betty Aquino to fall in love with farm haunted houses. The popularity of this concept is more than a fun seasonal activity, though.

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RR2CS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Let’s cultivate a future of sustainable farming together! REGISTER The post A Day in the Field – Crops, Cows & Carbon appeared first on Rural Routes to Climate Solutions. The post A Day in the Field – Crops, Cows & Carbon appeared first on Rural Routes to Climate Solutions. Register Now to secure your spot!

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RR2CS

JUNE 6, 2024

Register Now to secure your spot and let’s cultivate a future of sustainable farming together! REGISTER The post Polycultures In Practice – A Day in the Field appeared first on Rural Routes to Climate Solutions. The post Polycultures In Practice – A Day in the Field appeared first on Rural Routes to Climate Solutions.

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ATTRA

APRIL 8, 2024

In this video, Russell Hollander of Care2Grow Farm in Naples, Florida, guides us through the captivating journey of medicinal and gourmet mushroom cultivation, unveiling the intricate process from substrate to harvest. Explore the incredible potential of mushrooms and discover additional streams of income that mushroom production can offer!

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The Equation

APRIL 10, 2023

Puede que sea un romántico, pero realmente creo que podemos volver a imaginar la agricultura, las comunidades rurales desfavorecidas y el medio ambiente de una manera que haga felices a todos. Me he involucrado con cientos de personas y grupos en las zonas rurales de California, muchas veces concordando y unas pocas discordando.

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Food Tank

JUNE 19, 2024

Listeners will hear from the workers themselves along with lawyers and journalists who uncover how sugar is grown, cultivated, and sold—and the exploitation that made it all possible. Recent episode topics include healthy school meals, gender inequality in rural communities, and the cost of malnutrition.

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Modern Farmer

JANUARY 7, 2025

When Michael Kotutwa Johnson goes out to the acreage behind his stone house to harvest his corn, his fields look vastly different from the endless rows of corn you see in much of rural North America. Bundled in groups of five or six, his corn stalks shoot out of the sandy desert in bunches, resembling bushels rather than tightly spaced rows.

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ATTRA

AUGUST 20, 2024

Local fiber systems are being revitalized, supporting rural economies by providing stable employment opportunities. Sustainable fashion is more than a trend; it has real benefits for rural economies, the environment, and our health. They avoid using excessive chemicals, rotate crops, and plant cover crops to keep the soil healthy.

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Food Tank

JUNE 14, 2024

These models support healthy food access while strengthening economic justice for urban and rural farmers alike, critical stakeholders in the city’s foodshed. They are cultivating food sovereignty right here in the city—the right to grow, sell, and eat healthy food that the community wants in their neighborhood.

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ATTRA

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Tine weeders can be an effective cultivation tool, especially for those looking for increased on-farm efficiency. Cultivation over an existing crop is possible as long as the crop is established enough to withstand the impact of the tines. Department of Agriculture.

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Daily Yonder

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Each week, Path Finders features a Q&A with a rural thinker, creator, or doer. Brooks Lamb: I grew up on a small farm in rural Tennessee. I’ve gone on far too long in this response, but I’ll close by saying: I understand the challenges of rural communities and small and midsized farming because I’ve lived them.

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Sustainable Food Trust

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

My idea of heaven is the 100 hectares of cultivated ground that provide a livelihood for the 50 plus families who work the land in Miras and who produce more than enough food to feed the entire community of 600 families. The reallocation of collective farms meant that thousands of families were given land to cultivate themselves.

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Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Corn and soybeans dominate the Hawkeye State’s rural landscapes. You saw people coming back, to buy land and buy houses, and wanting to live in more rural communities and have that quality of life and sense of connection and sense of community,” said Giselle Bruskewitz of Iowa Valley Resource Conservation & Development.

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RR2CS

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Agroforestry is agriculture incorporating the cultivation and conservation of trees. REGISTER The post Agroforestry and Erosion Control January 27th, 2022 appeared first on Rural Routes to Climate Solutions. We hope to see you there and feel free to invite your friends! Register Today.

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DTN

JANUARY 31, 2025

economy continues to demonstrate resilience with solid growth and moderating inflation, the rural economy faces continued volatility and uncertainty. Cultivating connections with farmers, cooperatives, and other suppliers can provide valuable on-the-ground insights and help secure reliable supply chains. While the U.S.

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ATTRA

AUGUST 28, 2024

These science-backed practices empower farmers to cultivate robust, thriving plants while effectively managing pest infestations. This webinar is produced by the National Center for Appropriate Technology through the ATTRA Sustainable Agriculture program under a cooperative agreement with USDA Rural Development.

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