Civil Eats

JULY 2, 2024

Half an hour outside Portland, the 50-acre family farm is known for its ice cream and freshly churned cheddar, made from the milk of 20 pastured-grazed cows and sold a stone’s throw away at the farm stand and in a few local restaurants. Proper rotational grazing relies on pasture as the primary forage, cutting feed costs.

Pasture 142

Pasture Production Marketing Supply Chain 142

Daily Yonder

JUNE 28, 2024

By focusing my attention off the farm, to the spaces of distribution and marketing that bring food into urban consumers’ consciousness, I have hoped to make rural and agricultural history relevant to people who might otherwise not think much about it.

Crop 79

Crop Ruralism Agriculture Agriculture 79

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 10, 2024

Alternative Manure Management Program (AMMP) The RPFSA does not contain a proposal to support AMMP technologies as envisioned in the ARA or the COWS Act. Commodities and Crop Insurance Farming is a uniquely risky business.

Ruralism 110

Ruralism Food Farming Farming 110

Food Tank

DECEMBER 24, 2024

It connects expertise across disciplines to enhance food security, improve distribution, and position Canada as a leader in agricultural innovation. By combining interdisciplinary research, policy innovation, and collaboration, GFI aims to reimagine how food is grown, distributed, and consumed for a healthier planet and better lives.

Food 139

Food Agriculture Agriculture Ruralism 139

Civil Eats

JANUARY 31, 2024

In the 15 years he spent at Niman Ranch , he increased the network of small family farms raising animals on pasture from 160 to over 850. “We Mannix thinks one reason other companies have failed at expanding grass-fed beef production is that they’ve tried to replicate the commodity approach to distribution and marketing.

Ranching 143

Ranching Cattle Production Food 143

Modern Farmer

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Photography by Transfarmation / Mercy for Animals) In the United States, we still hold close an image of a quaint, independent family farm. According to Civil Eats, animal confinement workers are subject to long-term lung and acute respiratory injuries from their work environments and are exposed to asphyxiating gases from manure.

Farming 79

Farming Farming Animal Agriculture Ruralism 79

Civil Eats

JUNE 20, 2024

Brazil’s national requirement that 30 percent of school food ingredients be sourced from local and regional family farms helps empower and fund women agroecological producers. Meanwhile, in the U.S., Additionally, they say, children must have a voice in policymaking.

Food 145

Food Farming Farming Forage 145