National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 28, 2023

Award Highlights NSAC congratulates all LCM recipients, including the following NSAC members: California Alliance of Family Farms (CAFF) , World Farmers , Cultivate Kansas City , Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA (RAFI-USA) , Maine Farmland Trust , Agrarian Trust , and Land Stewardship Project (LSP).

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Agwired

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Respect for animals, respect for the land and respect for each other – the foundation of a new campaign from Sysco, the global leader in foodservice distribution, and Certified Angus Beef (CAB), a brand known for its commitment to quality beef. farms, up slightly from December 2022 and down slightly from Sept. As of Dec.

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Modern Farmer

OCTOBER 2, 2024

I’d been trying for years to get footage from inside a chicken factory farm at a time in our country when seeing inside a chicken farm was—and still is—nearly impossible. That day, I’d driven from my home in Atlanta to Craig’s home in rural North Carolina. I’d failed every previous attempt. But it ended up being so much more.

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Sustainable Food Trust

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

How can we best understand and relate to the farmer protests which are going on all over Europe, including down the road from our farm in West Wales? On our own farm, the processing of our milk into cheese has resulted in the creation of five additional full-time equivalent posts.

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RR2CS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

While frozen Saskatoon berries from Solstice Berry Farm are currently sold in Co-op locations in Calgary, the Gelowitz’s are in the process of securing the licensing required to sell their berries at other major grocery stores, including Safeway and Sobeys. We’re hopeful to get our frozen berries into a wider distribution,” says Rick.

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Caff

JANUARY 25, 2023

By partnering with local and state organizations, he’s made his operation a key part of emergency food distribution programs reaching schools, families, and organizations in Tulare County with culturally appropriate food especially for rural regions comprised of farmworkers and other immigrant and under-served communities.

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RR2CS

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The dugouts remained low throughout most of the summer, not only on their family farm, but on the majority of farms in southern and central Alberta. He points out how if the cattle are concentrated in one spot, ranchers can create a more efficient distribution of nutrients across the landscape.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

AUGUST 11, 2023

Outside of the University he owns and operates a cottage-food business, Vulcan Mine Bakery, where he bakes and provides free business consultations for rural redevelopment initiatives. Members huddled under a covered pavilion for live music, farm-fresh food, and local brew from Odd13 Brewing , while the rain poured down.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 3, 2024

In the book, we meet Brandon Kaufman, a Kansas farmer who, after generations of family farming, plans “to get a divorce from wheat” to focus on perennials as a way to nurture the soil and the vital underground network of insects and microorganisms within it. Writer and rural policy expert Brian Reisinger’s memoir is thus a rare find.

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Daily Yonder

MARCH 14, 2024

Being from rural Iowa and witnessing the 1980’s Farm Crisis take hold of my family and neighbors, Barons takes a long overdue stand for the farm community of my youth. It’s a painful loss knowing that today’s industrial food system rises from the ashes of America’s family farms.

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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.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

JUNE 7, 2024

First, there needs to be a cultural shift on the farm — away from treating food distribution as a commodities market that often leads to trimming input costs through much cheaper means than new technologies. My farm routinely has trouble finding workers,” he wrote. But technology only gets us so far.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 10, 2024

On May 1, 2024 – after months of stalled farm bill negotiations on both sides of Capitol Hill – Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) released a detailed section-by-section summary of her farm bill proposal. Conservation and Climate The benefits of on-farm conservation programs are widespread.

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 31, 2024

“Every economic study you’ve ever seen shows that the way to true prosperity in our country is a vibrant rural economy coupled with a strong small-business infrastructure, not a handful of major mega-corporations. None of their money turns over in any of our rural communities.” it’s smaller than the Matador,” he said.

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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. Edition] By Christopher Hart Hedgelands is a delightful paean to a staple of British life and a critical part of the nation’s rural ecology: the hedge.

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Agritecture Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

On December 1, a group of organizations including the National Farmers’ Union, the National Family Farm Coalition, and Farm Action sent a letter urging the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to block the merger. Advocates like Johnson don’t see it that way.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Appalachia , a mountainous region spanning 13 states in the eastern United States, stretches from southern New York to northern Mississippi and is often associated with rural poverty, rugged landscapes, and rich cultural traditions. Access to grocery stores varies significantly between urban and rural areas in Appalachia.

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The Equation

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Even with these targeted programs in place there are still disparities in the distribution of government aid across racial groups and farm sizes. percent of the farms, while the market share of their agricultural products sold is 0.4 According to the USDAs 2022 Census of Agriculture , only 1.2

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Trimble Agriculture

JANUARY 29, 2025

If confirmed, here are some of the initial priorities Rollins has outlined for her first 100 days: Disaster Relief Assistance Rollins pledged to take a bipartisan approach to streamlining federal aid for farmers and ranchers impacted by natural disasters and ensuring funds are distributed equitably to blue and red states.

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The Equation

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Even with these targeted programs in place there are still disparities in the distribution of government aid across racial groups and farm sizes. percent of the farms, while the market share of their agricultural products sold is 0.4 According to the USDAs 2022 Census of Agriculture , only 1.2

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

We talk about the colleges it bankrolled, such as Duke University; how it paid for the educations of farmers’ children; how it fueled so many towns around rural North Carolina; and how the money tobacco generates is still key to the survival of our economy. So, you know, it got to a point where we had to go out.

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 15, 2025

Over the past four years, the Biden administrations priorities have centered on spending billions of dollars on food and farm infrastructure, paying farmers to implement climate-smart practices, finalizing new regulations related to the environment , labor, food safety , and nutrition, and distributing more dollars to food insecure families.

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