National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

AUGUST 28, 2024

Editor’s Note: This is the fourth post in a multi-part blog series analyzing the Farm Food and National Security Act of 2024 (FFNSA), which was reported out of the House Agriculture Committee on Friday, May 24. Overall, FFNSA misses the mark and fails to sufficiently address the most fundamental threat to our food and farm system.

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Daily Yonder

MAY 14, 2024

Paul Sweetland brings a bucket-like object with him to work on a blueberry farm in Rockport — not to collect Maine’s hallmark fruit, but to protect his head. That’s because this farm is a little unusual: Looming over the narrow rows of wild blueberries are 8-foot-tall solar panels.

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Food Tank

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Food Sovereignty Alliance (USFSA) recently awarded the 2023 Food Sovereignty Prize to the Black Dirt Farm Collective and Mouvman Peyizan Papay (MPP). MPP, also known as the Peasant Movement of Papaye, is a social and agricultural movement that advocates for the rights and interests of peasant farmers and rural communities in Haiti.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

At Georges Mill Farm in northern Virginia, Molly and Sam Kroiz’s goats are on the move. The system was created by a Norwegian company called Nofence , and Molly and Sam are among 43 pilot farms testing it ahead of an official United States debut expected in early 2024. Others push into a strip of bushes, munching through brambles.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 7, 2024

For example, livestock production, fertilizer use and deforestation for farm expansion exacerbate greenhouse gas emissions. Tanzania launched its National Ecological Organic Agriculture Strategy in November 2023, Kenya its National Agroecology Strategy in November 2024, and countries like Uganda and Zambia will soon follow suit, noted Fegert.

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Wisconsin Farmers Union

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Her family farm is located in Waupaca County outside of Ogdensburg where she cares for a herd of nine dairy goats, two horses, hay fields, bees, a large kitchen garden, and more. They lived with friends in a number of different farm houses outside of Madison. She had an emphasis in Ecological Restoration of Wetlands and Prairie.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Photo credit: Matt Ryan/Sandra Wayman Editor’s Note: This blog post is a guest post authored by Gordon Merrick, Senior Policy and Programs Manager at the Organic Farming Research Foundation (OFRF) and Mark Schonbeck, Research Associate, also at OFRF, which is an NSAC member.

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The Equation

MAY 11, 2023

The cause of the tragedy, according to Illinois State Police , was “excessive winds blowing dirt from farm fields across the highway leading to zero visibility.” Although most people don’t notice it, erosion and soil degradation caused by industrial agriculture are already a problem in farming regions across the country.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 29, 2023

Those cows are just one part of the closed-loop system the college aims to highlight in its new farm-to-fork program that is rolling out this school year. million grant for its soon-to-come vertical farming, hydroponics and plant-based culinary arts programs. Bergen Community College was one of the grant recipients, receiving a $4.5-million

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ATTRA

DECEMBER 26, 2023

I revisited this idea again when I was talking with Helen Atthowe at the Carolina Farm Stewardship Conference this past November. Helen is a long-time organic farmer who’s farmed in Montana and northern California and, though always an organic grower, has experienced a shift in practices because of her propensity to do on-farm research.

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RR2CS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Planned Talking Circles: Wednesday, November 20, 2024 | 9:00 am - 4:00 pm 1605 17 Ave, Brocket, AB Wednesday, January 8, 2025 | 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Red Crow College – Blood Tribe 148, Stand Off Register Now The post Talking Circle: Niitsitapi Kaakiisin & Agriculture appeared first on Rural Routes to Climate Solutions.

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 8, 2024

He found this disconcerting, not only for himself but the future of small-scale grain farming in California, once known for its golden hills of grain. This specialized, often professionally operated equipment—and all farm equipment , for that matter—can be prohibitively challenging for many farmers to buy and maintain.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Agroforestry—the integration of trees and shrubs into crop and animal farming systems—has been used since ancient times to produce fruits, nuts, coffee, cocoa and medicinal herbs. Wendy Johnson’s ‘natural savannah’ Wendy Johnson and her husband, Johnny Rafkin, own Jóia Food & Fiber Farm, in Charles City, Iowa. Johnson laughs.

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Sustainable Harvest International

JULY 19, 2022

This is simply untrue and ignores the fact that conventional farming degrades land, pollutes water, kills wildlife, and is responsible for about a third of global greenhouse gas emissions. These are costs that are very limited or non-existent on small-scale, organic agroecology farms. Among the 12.6 Among the 12.6

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RR2CS

APRIL 18, 2022

Rotational Grazing, Keyline Design for Maximizing Water, and Food Forests for the Future By Trina Moyles While Ian Griebel grew up on his family’s mixed farm south of Castor, Alberta, he never thought he’d one day become a farmer. Griebel studied carpentry and pursued his journeyman certificate, and envisioned a life away from the farm.

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Caff

JANUARY 27, 2021

Every year, we honor individuals, farms and local businesses making a positive impact on our food and agricultural communities throughout California. Hailing from all corners of the state, each making their own unique contribution, here they are: the 2021 California Food & Farm Champions, shining a hopeful light on what’s possible.

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Sustainable Harvest International

MARCH 25, 2021

Media Contact: Fritz Schneider fschneider.clarkcommunications@gmail.com 301.728.4811 For Immediate Release March 25, 2021 A Plan to Scale Up Impact in Central America + Beyond to Increase Farm Productivity with Ecological Practices that Benefit People and the Planet. This plan gives them those alternatives, to help them and to help us.”

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Sustainable Food Trust

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Farming and food production are central to UK society. This short briefing explores how regenerative farming is core to delivery of Labour’s missions, and how public investment in the farming transformation can deliver for its economic, environmental and social goals. This level of ambition is needed again now.

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National Young Farmers Coalition

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Young farmers are on the frontlines of the climate crisis and need support to continue implementing solutions on their farms. However, they often face barriers to accessing federal conservation programs, because their farms and ranches tend to be small. The Small Farm Conservation Act ( S.2180 2180 , H.R.5354 2180 , H.R.5354

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Sustainable Food Trust

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Here, our Senior Research Manager, Robert Barbour – who comes from a Perthshire hill-farm – writes about the often overlooked environmental and social benefits that well-managed Scottish grasslands can deliver. In recent years, Scotland’s grasslands have developed a bit of an image problem. more nuanced positions.

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ATTRA

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

My little mad farm helps me do that. And since cover cropping is scalable to just about any size farm or garden, it made sense to conduct some field experiments of my own. Until then, it seems to me a comprehensive, ecological approach is what’s needed. If you missed them, you can read them here and here. It keeps me honest.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Strengthening local economic markets and smallholders access to them creates a mutually generative cycle of food and ecological resilienceessential to strong local incomes and livelihoods. Remember that family farms continue to feed 70 percent of the worlds population.

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Food Tank

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Through this film, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) advocates for increased investment in rural communities who are under constant threat from the climate crisis. The film is set in Cornwall, England, where farming livestock is integral to the region’s agriculture. Watch it on YouTube. Watch it on Netflix.

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Modern Farmer

MARCH 20, 2024

Urban ag is any kind of food production space within a city, inclusive of commercial farms that grow and sell directly to consumers, non-profit farms that serve a broader mission, community gardens, school gardens and even vacant lots turned into thriving personal gardens or homesteads. Oxford Tract research farm at UC Berkeley.

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RR2CS

MARCH 8, 2022

When they discovered that the farm is set on a prehistoric lake bed, a natural water reservoir for the community, they felt an additional responsibility to plant native trees and shrubs to steward the water resource. But due to climate change, Jenna and Thomas’s journey into farming has been anything but straight forward.

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UnderstandingAg

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

In our rural high schools, almost every FFA kid grew up on a farm and was directly involved in production agriculture. That has changed dramatically, following the same general decline in farm numbers here in the U.S. Much has also changed. The future of agriculture is one where women will be in charge.

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Food Tank

OCTOBER 25, 2023

And Gwoupman , self-led solidarity groups, are leading activities including farmer experimentation and agroecological farming practices. But for those farmers that adopt some key agro-ecological principles, they are better off than the rest of the population.” It is true that the country is deforested.

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Agritecture Blog

MAY 12, 2023

María Petronila Gutiérrez, whose farm La Miranda was one of the first to join Amazonian Farms. 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.

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Sustainable Food Trust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Since closing our egg business , I’ve had to look for work off the farm. It’s very common for farmers to have an off-site job to support the farm business. Could this sociological depreciation be the reason why farming has become so lonely, with fewer, larger farms and ever-increasing levels of debt?

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MARCH 21, 2024

When states and community partners purchase foods directly, these purchases are often paired with technical assistance that provides benefits beyond increased farm revenue,” Quigley added. The EAT Local Foods Act is endorsed by 184 organizations , farms, and businesses nationwide.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 27, 2023

347.563.6408 Release: NSAC Celebrates Introduction of Whole Farm Revenue Protection Improvement Act Washington, DC, July 27, 2023 – Today, Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) introduced the Whole Farm Revenue Protection (WFRP) Program Improvement Act alongside Senators Booker (D-NJ), Fetterman (D-PA), Smith (D-MN), and Welch (D-VT).

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The Lunatic Farmer

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

In the last couple of years, a steady stream of visitors, many in rented motor homes, have stopped at our farm to walk our fields and dream. Many have zero rural experience, connections, or history. We need more people in rural America to make a critical mass that will keep the livestock, equipment, and feed suppliers in business.

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Caff

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

CAFF’s Wildfire Resilience Program provides specialized recovery and preparedness resources for small farms and communities in California impacted by wildfire and those seeking to prepare against future threats. Episode 3 The finale of Season 3 brings us to First Rain Farm , nestled in the densely forested foothills of Nevada County.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The Supporting Urban & Innovative Farming Act would provide policy reforms and necessary investments to provide tailored technical assistance that responds to the unique needs of producers utilizing innovative growing techniques at a variety of scales in urban settings and beyond.

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Sustainable Food Trust

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

A just transition to sustainable farming means giving everyone the opportunity to be part of a more sustainable food system. Price is often the most obvious one due to the increased time and labour that can be needed within more ecologically sound farming systems (as well as the need to pay workers fairly).

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Food Tank

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Later in life, when he was 82, Swaminathan’s research took a deeper dive into conservation farming and green technology. This renewed focus came as hybrid seeds, instrumental in the Green Revolution, had led farmers to overlook the potential ecological damage of intensive fertilizer and agrochemical use.

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ATTRA

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Voices of farm workers, young people in shorts and muck boots and wide brimmed straw hats drift across the fields. This is good farming,” I say as I scope the field borders where the tall grasses give way to a wooded tree line in the distance. Agricultural educators and consultants tell me farms must be profitable to be sustainable.

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