Caff

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

This E-commerce solution simplifies the complicated processes inherent to multi-channel direct-to-consumer sales, all within a model of cooperative ownership to ensure affordable, equitable, and fair access to these technologies. The post 2023 Small Farm Innovation Challenge Winners appeared first on Community Alliance with Family Farmers.

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Caff

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Currently, our programming is focused in four areas: Farm to Market, Policy & Advocacy, Farmer Services, and Ecological Farming. Position Summary The Farm to Market Team at CAFF supports farmers and buyers across the state to facilitate sales relationships and increase capacity to access and serve markets.

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Caff

APRIL 25, 2023

Currently our programming is focused in four areas: Farm to Market, Policy & Advocacy, Farmer Services, and Ecological Farming. We commit to advancing racial, gender, and environmental justice in our larger systems, as well as in our own workplace.

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RR2CS

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

We realized that the plant is actually farming the soil, pumping carbon into the soil through its root exudates,” says Tim. 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.”

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Agritecture Blog

MAY 12, 2023

Local residents have been working to restore and conserve the deforested land through sustainable, ecologically-oriented farming methods. A typical farm in the foothills of the Amazon in southern Caquetá. As one gets closer to the Quimbayo Gutiérrez family farm, the landscape begins to change. Image by Antonio Paz.

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Caff

JULY 28, 2021

CAFF is a membership organization guided by a board of directors composed of family farmers and others passionate about food, farming and the environment. Familiarity with at least most of the following technologies: WordPress or other website builders Google Suite: docs, sheets, forms, etc.

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 20, 2024

This [farm] has been in my family for over 125 years, she said. So its all on me, and its my family farm. Keeping her farm well-managed is a responsibility she doesnt take lightly. And she would like to see more precision technology and autonomous agriculture tools readily applied and accessible for farmers.

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Caff

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

CAFF’s mission is to build sustainable food and farming systems through policy advocacy and on-the-ground programs that create more resilient family farms, communities and ecosystems. Currently our programming is focused in four areas: Farm to Market, Policy & Advocacy, Farmer Services, and Ecological Farming.

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Caff

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

CAFF’s mission is to build sustainable food and farming systems through policy advocacy and on-the-ground programs that create more resilient family farms, communities and ecosystems. Currently our programming is focused in four areas: Farm to Market, Policy & Advocacy, Farmer Services, and Ecological Farming.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Prioritizing ecological integrity and community health over yield, these farmers stay profitable by diversifying their crops, producing value-added products like jams and sauces, and building community support and social capital. The young couple started a 180-acre dairy farm for livelihood to raise their 14 children.

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ATTRA

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

The purpose of this systems research project led by National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT) was to identify and promote practical ways of using regenerative grazing practices to improve soil health and catch and hold more rainwater in soil. Jacob, his wife Jennifer, and their children operate the farm in Orange, Virginia.

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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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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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Food Tank

DECEMBER 24, 2024

International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology ( icipe ) , Africa Based in Nairobi, Kenya, icipe uses insect science to tackle food security, health, and environmental challenges in Africa. They focus on improving livelihoods through the promotion of ecological land-use management practices and empowering farming communities.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

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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National Young Farmers Coalition

JUNE 26, 2024

As the National Family Farm Coalition points out, “Focusing only on foreign ownership distracts from an overarching trend of rising corporate investment in farmland, largely driven by U.S-based based multinational corporations, private equity firms, and pension funds. 6422, 6314, 6410, 6411). 7125, 7204, 7208, 7305, 7503).

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