NASDA

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

These vital programs operate in all fifty states and a failure to fund them in a farm bill or farm bill extension in 2024 negatively impacts countless farmers, ranchers, and food system stakeholders. These critical programs support numerous stakeholders across the U.S.

Farming 130

Farming Farming Science Supply Chain 130

Caff

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Title: Ecological Farming Program Specialist I or II Location: California / Hybrid – partially remote option (Davis, CA Region preferred) FTE: 1.0 CAFF is a California-based membership organization that includes family farmers and other community members passionate about local food, farming, and the environment.

Ecology 52

Ecology Farming Farming Integrated Farming 52

Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

At her 6-acre Sakari Farms outside Bend, Oregon, Schreiner employs traditional ecological knowledge to cultivate regional first foods —foods consumed before European colonialization—and passes that expertise down to Native American youth. Spring Alaska Schreiner, owner of Sakari Farms outside Bend, Oregon.

Food 145

Food Agriculture Agriculture Seeding 145

NASDA

JUNE 22, 2023

As Congress comes together to negotiate the next Farm Bill and USDA begins to implement its 2023-2026 Science and Research Strategy to meet ambitious targets, the timing for the America Grows Act could not be better.

Science 130

Science Agriculture Agriculture Food 130

Sustainable Harvest International

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

“ “My philosophy has always been that the health of soil, plants, animals, people, and the environment is one.” ” — Rattan Lal, professor of soil science + 2020 World Food Prize Laureate Conventional, or industrial, agriculture uses chemicals to defend crops from weeds, certain insect species, and diseases.

Compost 59

Compost Fertilizer Crop Food 59

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 5, 2023

But it wasn’t until he became the beverage director at Farm and Fisherman Tavern in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, that he fully combined his passions for ethnobotany and mixology. Later, he tended bar at a restaurant in Santiago where he used fresh ingredients to create seasonal craft cocktails. In “Do I Have to Give Up Chocolate?:

Food 145

Food Farming Farming Seeding 145