National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 20, 2024

It also removes the guiding purpose of ensuring farmland is usable by the next generation. Apparently, savings from the proposed SNAP cuts have been used to increase funding for the Emergency Food Assistance Program and other commodity distribution programs.

Agriculture 98

Agriculture Agriculture Farming Farming 98

RR2CS

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

I lived around farmland and was surrounded by farmers,” says Tim. “I The carbon is being used by the microbes—the ecology of the soil—to do all things: build organic matter, soil structure, increase infiltration, and feed life.” The benefits aren’t just financial, says Tim, but ecological.

Ranching 52

Ranching Cattle Crop Acre 52

National Young Farmers Coalition

APRIL 20, 2023

To date, we have grown over 20,000 pounds of food, which we distributed to the community, including students and neighbors. My job is to manage the distribution of our sacred water resource and the maintenance of our almost four miles of acequia infrastructure.

Farming 52

Farming Farming Acre Processing 52

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 10, 2024

As many portions of the country cannot transition fully to year-round, grass-based livestock systems, we believe it is vital for funding to be dedicated to AMMP technologies to ensure instances where confinement is likely to continue are as ecologically friendly as they can be.

Ruralism 110

Ruralism Food Farming Farming 110

The Lunatic Farmer

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

But instead it shackled us, enslaved us to nefarious scientists bringing us fertilizer and menus from laboratories instead of from God’s ecological womb. Throughout history, agriculture required a highly integrated approach because until cheap energy and mechanization, distribution was laborious. SEGREGATED VERSUS INTEGRATED.

Agriculture 52

Agriculture Agriculture Fertilizer Manure 52

Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Irrigated crops receive higher payouts than dryland crops, while farmers often risk their coverage to engage in some of the most ecologically sound practices. Even though what we’re doing is absolutely [moving in] the right direction, ecologically and long-term economically, it’s not doable if you’re following the rules.”

Crop 145

Crop Yield Farming Farming 145

Food Tank

DECEMBER 24, 2024

40 Acres & A Mule Project , United States 40 Acres & A Mule seeks to acquire Black-owned farmland to be used to celebrate and preserve the history, food, and stories of Black culture in food and farming. American Farmland Trust (AFT) , United States AFT is dedicated to protecting and preserving farmland and ranchland in the U.S.,

Food 139

Food Agriculture Agriculture Ruralism 139

Food Environment and Reporting Network

MAY 16, 2024

By the early 1930s, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) owned nearly all the valley’s farmland and water rights. We tend to underestimate the ingenuity and the ecological knowledge of people before us. We tend to underestimate the ingenuity and the ecological knowledge of people before us,” said Haverstock.

Water Rights 143

Water Rights Ranching Cattle Ecology 143

Food Environment and Reporting Network

JUNE 25, 2024

At one point, the director asked Van Lent to run the numbers on a small ecological project; he’d gotten a call from Governor Bob Graham, he said, who was being pestered by some old lady about doing something to save the Everglades. But he was not convinced that Everglades restoration depended on farmland. Two companies—U.S.

Science 98

Science Construction Real Estate Acre 98

Food Environment and Reporting Network

JANUARY 19, 2024

Dedicating even a fraction of the land now devoted to ethanol to solar panels would produce more energy and ease the ecological burden on our most prolific farming region, the former prairies and wetlands of the Midwest. As a result, we devote about 30 million acres of prime farmland—an area the size of Virginia—to growing fuel for our cars.

Acre 119

Acre Crop Fertilizer Greenhouse 119