Ecology Family Farming Manure 
Modern Farmer
AUGUST 24, 2023
Nut farmer Benina Montes of Burroughs Family Farms in California says she chose to certify her almonds with ROC because of the environmental and economic benefits of ROC’s practices and brand. “By Her family farm has been organic certified since 2006, but it only adopted the ROC standards in June 2022.
Modern Farmer
FEBRUARY 13, 2024
Elderberry, becoming popular as a hedgerow crop, provides both farm income and ecological benefits. Photos courtesy of Wil Crombie) Manure from the fowl helps fertilize the silvopastures and fields, and the chickens help with pest control by eating insects and grubs. It’s an exciting opportunity to revive our rural communities.”
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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
AUGUST 28, 2024
Alternative Manure Management Practices (AMMP) The FFNSA does not contain a proposal to support AMMP technologies as envisioned in the ARA or the COWS Act. NSAC calls on the House and Senate to include the bipartisan COWS Act provisions in a final farm bill.
Civil Eats
JANUARY 31, 2024
How do you do that and create ecological change, economic value, and social benefit? 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 Behind them, green pastures stretched into the distance toward looming, sand-colored peaks.
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 Tank
DECEMBER 24, 2024
The initiative aims to triple the productivity of smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa in 20 years by promoting green manure and cover crops that restore soil health, combat drought, and enhance farm resilience. ReFED , United States ReFED is a U.S.
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. We hope the House and Senate will continue to consider the bipartisan COWS Act provisions.
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