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Lopes Family Farm Field Day: Integrated rice and duck farming

Caff

On June 29th, Lopes Family Farms hosted a field day with Community Alliance with Family Farms (CAFF) in Princeton, CA focused on rice and duck farming, a Biologically Integrated Farming System (BIFS). Additionally, being such a novel method of farming in the U.S., hosting school trips).

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Regenerative Food Certification: Gold Standard or Greenwashing?

Modern Farmer

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.

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BIOS Field Day at Locke Ranch

Caff

Photo by Nolan Kirby) The Community Alliance with Family Farms (CAFF) held a Biologically Integrated Orchard System (BIOS) field day at Locke Ranch on May 23rd. Chris and Christy Locke share the history of Locke Ranch and their participation in the original BIOS project. Christy uses the pressure bomb to measure water stress.

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2023 Small Farm Innovation Challenge Winners

Caff

A versatile system, the Amiga allows for m ultiple adaptations and additions, from towing to mechanical weeding and planting to harvesting and mounting cameras for data capture. The post 2023 Small Farm Innovation Challenge Winners appeared first on Community Alliance with Family Farmers.

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Digging into the House Farm Bill: Part 4

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

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

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Path to a New Farm Bill: Sustainable and Organic Research 

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

Failure to robustly fund public research that promotes ecologically-based production systems stifles scientific and technical innovation and leaves US farmers and ranchers unable to fully participate in and benefit from emerging markets for sustainably-produced foods. The effects of climate change on farmers are becoming ever more apparent.

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