Food Tank

MARCH 19, 2025

Ben Brisbois reveals the less-palatable side of the banana industry, from devastating health impacts of pesticides to imperialism and ecological destruction. Raskin and Dibben lend decades of experience and the latest scientific research to this practical guide to successfully incorporating forestry into your growing space.

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Farmbrite

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Begin by assessing the purpose of your landwhether it's for crop production, livestock grazing, forestry, or a combination of activities. Setting clear, measurable goals helps you develop a strategic plan, prioritize investments, and make informed decisions to maximize your land's potential while preserving its ecological balance.

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Farmland Real Estate Farming Farming 97

Sustainable Food Trust

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

To others, they represent an inefficient use of land and would be much better put under forestry or bioenergy crops to help the nation meet its net zero targets. Grazing livestock can even have a positive influence in native woodlands, reflecting the important role that grazing by large herbivores plays in the ecology of many wooded habitats.

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Livestock Pasture Cattle Arable Land 81

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Forestry : Forests play a significant role in reducing carbon dioxide through carbon sequestration. This priority area will accept proposals for climate smart forestry and agroforestry in one of the following two areas: agroforestry and climate resilience. fertilizer or feed). Forests store carbon in trees, shrubs, and soil.

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Farming Farming Forestry Technology 90

ATTRA

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Urban soils are often nutrient-poor and depleted, but with proper soil management, they can become fertile ground for planting relatively quickly. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, National Agroforestry Center, under the authority of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978. Remediate your soils. ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.

Food 111

Food Distribution Rural Development Forestry 111

Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The beloved and ecologically important species was harvested by Indigenous peoples for millennia and once numbered in the billions, providing food and habitat to countless birds, insects, and mammals of eastern forests, before being wiped out by rampant logging and a deadly fungal blight brought on by European colonization.

biotechnology 125

biotechnology Ecology Technology Food 125

Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 6, 2023

22-caliber shells he’d purchased online from a forestry supply store in Colorado. Later, his focus shifted to urban ecology. In a frequently cited 2009 paper in the journal Frontiers in Ecology , a trio of researchers identified more than 139 shade-tolerant plants that have invaded deeply shaded forests.

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