The Lunatic Farmer

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

They had attended my address earlier in the day and were brimming with questions about labor, moving animals, and finances. A strong sense of ecological production practices exists and fortunately this country does not have to hit as severe an “undo” button as countries like the U.S. But they are now.

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Manure Mechanics Ecology Tractor 87

Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Gretebeck worked with the Savanna Institute and Bob Micheel of the Natural Resources Conservation Service to help finance the planting of 1,200 trees that included honey locust, black walnut and a poplar hybrid on his property. Elderberry, becoming popular as a hedgerow crop, provides both farm income and ecological benefits.

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Acre Pasture Farming Farming 126

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Practices That Sequester Carbon and Increase Resilience Within EQIP and CSP in particular, the practices that receive funding through the IRA tend to accomplish multiple ecological goals. For example, reducing tillage and maintaining in-field residues can reduce the losses of carbon dioxide and may reduce nitrous oxide emissions.

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Ranching Greenhouse Crop Pasture 72

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. This new program offers guaranteed loans to finance real estate and infrastructure investments and provide working capital for commercial supply chain development.

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Ruralism Food Farming Farming 110

Agritecture Blog

JANUARY 27, 2023

The project involves using alternative feeds, like seaweed, for cows (reducing those methane burps), better manure management and growing more grass and feed crops using regenerative agriculture. Producer premiums for regenerative products have begun to pop up but, as Bande notes, the financing mechanism must be “way broader” than this.

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Agriculture Agriculture Food Acre 52

Food Tank

DECEMBER 24, 2024

The initiative aims to triple the productivity of smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa in 20 years by promoting green manure and cover crops that restore soil health, combat drought, and enhance farm resilience. The food system cant change overnight, but the flow of finance can, says Dharshan Wignarajah, CPIs UK Director.

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Food Agriculture Agriculture Ruralism 139

Food Tank

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The organization introduces beneficial plants called green manure/cover crops which fertilize the soil, control weeds, and respond to periods of drought. Their Food Is Medicine Task Force aims to integrate food is medicine interventions into policy and finance to support nutrition security.

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Food Agriculture Agriculture Seeding 145