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Young Farmers and over 70 organizations call on Congress to include the Small Farm Conservation Act in the 2023 Farm Bill

National Young Farmers Coalition

National Businesses and Organizations American Sustainable Business Network Amphibian and Reptile Conservancy California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF) Carbon180 Defenders of Wildlife Earthjustice Environmental Policy Innovation Center Environmental Working Group Farm Aid HEAL Food Alliance Healthy Food Strategies Latino Farmers & Ranchers International, (..)

Farming 40
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Opinion: To Make a Real Impact on Climate Change, We Must Move Beyond the Carbon Footprint

Modern Farmer

The research from the University of Michigan-led study seems to show that fruit and vegetables grown in urban ag have a carbon footprint six times larger than that of “conventionally grown” food (meaning, on rural farmland). However, when you divide a large number (i.e., from U.C.

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Seeds from Wild Crop Relatives Could Help Agriculture Weather Climate Change

Civil Eats

The isolation of this ecologically rich archipelago of peaks, located in a “sea” of desert that stretches from northern Mexico into southern Arizona, means that plants grow here that don’t grow anywhere else. Up to 40 percent of farmland has been fallowed in some parts of Arizona,” he wrote in an email. An Arizona Walnut tree.

Seeding 130
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Agricultural Diversification: Practice and Policy

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

As farmland becomes less functional as a result of increasing stresses from drought, floods, pests, and heatwaves, its regulation by diverse organisms becomes ever more important. However, as with all social-ecological systems , change in any part of the system necessarily requires or causes change in other parts of the system.

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Winnebago Tribe Turns to Organic Farming, Looks to Build Future of Food Sovereignty

Agritecture Blog

After the land-back policy was adopted in 2012, the tribe gradually began bidding for and winning small leases on farmland. “It Organic farming is done with no synthetic fertilizers or pesticides. “We We see the ecological benefits and values of producing organically,” LaPointe said. “It Progress was gradual, LaPointe said.

Food 52
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Pile Burning for Biochar Production

Caff

In March, I got to participate in a two-day workshop with the Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation teaching private landowners pile burning for ecological health. Pile burning is a very controlled fuels management practice that can be implemented during wetter, colder months when broadcast burning would be ineffective and produce too much smoke.

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Exploring Direct to Consumer Markets at Tenderly Rooted Farm Field Day

Caff

Organic farming offers synergistic economic, environmental, and social benefits as it creates opportunities for farmers to sell at premium price, reduces negative impacts on soil and water quality, and produces nutritious food for the community that is not treated with synthetic pesticides.