National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The world is increasingly recognizing the value of sustainable food systems, and organic agriculture plays a vital role in this movement. This translates to healthier food and a healthier environment and reduces reliance on synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. For the FY25 budget, NIFA is suggested a $3.5

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Daily Yonder

APRIL 3, 2024

Located in Grayson County, Virginia, one of the earliest projects for the organization was the Independence Farmers Market, providing an outlet for local foods and crafts. “It’s Permaculture means that gardeners work with existing ecological conditions in a specific place.

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Food Tank

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Almost half of all Haitians are going hungry, according to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, or IPC report, for the country. Almost 5 million Haitians are food insecure and require immediate assistance. The IPC report shows that Haiti has one of the highest levels of food insecurity in the world.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MARCH 21, 2024

347.563.6408 Release: NSAC Praises Expanding Access to Local Foods Act of 2024 Introduced in the Senate Washington, DC, March 21, 2024, Tuesday, Senators Jack Reed (D-RI), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Laphonza R. (D-ME), The LFPA program in Rhode Island has been a truly transformative initiative.

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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.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 29, 2023

Walla Walla’s hands-on coursework is bringing together agriculture and culinary students as part of a nascent movement among community colleges that are increasingly bringing food production into curricula in new and innovative ways. Walla Walla Community College hopes to offer surplus agricultural products at its food pantry, too.

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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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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 20, 2024

347.563.6408 Release: House Farm Bill Misses Opportunity to Move Agriculture Forward Washington, DC, May 20, 2024 – On Friday, May 17, the House Agriculture Committee released the long-awaited Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024 (FFNSA ). The Farm, Food, and National Security Act fundamentally fails to meet the moment.

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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 Food Trust

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Farming and food production are central to UK society. The importance of a sustainable and regenerative future for food and farming is integral to three of these missions: economic stability and growth, health and renewing the NHS, and greening the economy to reach net zero commitments. [i] This level of ambition is needed again now.

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Civil Eats

APRIL 3, 2024

Now, two months later, national advocates for the multi-faceted benefits of growing food and green spaces in cities are working to counter what they see as harmful narratives created by a study they say had design flaws to begin with and was then poorly communicated to the public. “We

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Sustainable Food Trust

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The environmental and financial problems of the hill farming sector have been written about exhaustively, so I won’t expand on them here – other than to say that while hill farming has a central role to play in socially and ecologically vibrant landscapes, a major shift towards agroecological practices is needed to realise this.

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Share Food Program

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

For this year’s Black History Month, we’re highlighting organizations led by Black people that are doing transformative food justice and food sovereignty work in Philly and nationally. In 2022, Philly Forests began a school garden and mini food forest at EW Rhodes K-8 School in North Philadelphia. Sankofa spans 3.5

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ATTRA

OCTOBER 3, 2023

As more people in urban areas seek ways to reconnect with nature, nurture biodiversity, and promote sustainable food production, community forest gardens have emerged as an ancient solution to a modern problem. The Tamox Talom Food Forest, a newly planted food forest in San Antonio, Texas. Lack of local food?

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The Equation

MAY 11, 2023

The results range from localized drinking water contamination to ecological and economic damage in water bodies far from the source of the pollution. It’s a recurring ecological disaster that causes hardship for people who make their living from fishing, shrimping, and tourism. Enter the Agriculture Resilience Act, or ARA.

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Modern Farmer

MARCH 20, 2024

As a researcher of urban agriculture, I was shocked to see a recent news article bearing the headline “ Food from urban agriculture has a carbon footprint six times larger than conventional produce, study shows.” with the Berkeley Food Institute, and this conclusion seemed to fly in the face of all that I’d read.

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Food Tank

OCTOBER 2, 2023

For his remarkable contributions to agriculture, Swaminathan received numerous awards, including the prestigious first World Food Prize in 1987 and India’s second-highest civilian honor, the Padma Vibhushan, in 1989. We have a problem of under investment in rural infrastructure,” Swaminathan said. The post Remembering M.S.

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Sustainable Food Trust

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The goats, and to some extent the cows, have been replaced by sheep in recent times, a shift that speaks to the widespread social, cultural and ecological degradation that has occurred thanks to more than two centuries of Highland Clearances , followed by agricultural intensification.

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Agritecture Blog

MARCH 30, 2023

Image sourced from the National Young Farmers Coalition Written By: Christian Kanlian , Food Systems Consultant at Agritecture Many Americans never doubted the continual abundance of modern day grocery stores, until they couldn’t find toilet paper during the start of the pandemic.

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Wisconsin Farmers Union

OCTOBER 9, 2024

“As a kid, my brother and I spent every Sunday in Hilbert at my Grandparent’s farm where my grandmother imbued us with an appreciation for eating healthy farm-raised food,” Kari said. She had an emphasis in Ecological Restoration of Wetlands and Prairie. Kari sees a need for more support for small farmers and those who rely on them.

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Sustainable Food Trust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Food back then was not the cheap and abundant commodity that it is today. Food production is arguably the most important and meaningful work that someone could do, and yet the agriculture sector has one of the highest suicide rates. Obsolete machinery in rural Wales Now consider the fact that ChatGPT 4.5

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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. The second post explores the FFNSA’s impacts on local and regional food systems. 2501, 2502).

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Today, new generations of innovative farmers see agroforestry as a solution to not just producing nutrient-dense food and specialty crops but to also mitigate the intensity of climate change-induced weather events. The Joia Food & Fiber Farm farmstead pictured with sheep, sheepdogs, and cattle grazing. Johnson laughs.

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 14, 2023

Fish and Wildlife Service and Alaska Department of Fish and Game—what he says is often referred to as “wildlife micromanagement”—have contributed to the recent historic fisheries collapses and the pervasive Alaska Native food insecurity we’re seeing today. “What Natives do is not a choice. Why is this civil disobedience necessary?

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Sustainable Harvest International

JULY 19, 2022

By: Florence Reed , Founder + Director of Sustainable Harvest International With the war in Ukraine, the global food crisis looms large, given that Ukraine is a major global exporter of both wheat and chemical fertilizers. The crisis in Ukraine reveals that now more than ever, we must embrace a food system grounded in local agroecology.

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The Lunatic Farmer

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

We’ll offer havens of protection and nourishment to lead our culture into stable families, fertile soil, nourishing food, working faith, and overall health. Many have zero rural experience, connections, or history. Industrial agriculture is killing authentic farming and land stewardship as much as food processors and bureaucrats.

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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. While industry seems to have an idea where things are headed, we wondered if either the exhibitors or the attendees understood the concept and power of a truly regenerative food system. Much has also changed.

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The Lunatic Farmer

JUNE 2, 2021

What's the right size for a food and beverage company? Cybersecurity company Recorded Future analyst Allan Liska says since May 2020 at least 40 food and beverage companies around the world have suffered ransomware attacks. Resiliency is not just about ecology; it's about access. More rural. Being invisible is wonderful.

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National Young Farmers Coalition

OCTOBER 11, 2023

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, (..)

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ATTRA

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Where are we in the ecological succession? Trees exist in a different ecological succession stage than pioneering stage plants, also known as weeds. Ecological succession is the process by which plant communities change over time, eventually yielding a climax community. I did my graduate work in cotton.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

By most measures, the Imperial Valley is not a great place to grow food. Indigenous agriculture relies on an approach to land that is grounded in time-tested, abiding ecological principles rather than technical innovation. “We From June to September, high temperatures here often exceed 100 degrees Fahrenheit.

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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. million children, suffering from acute malnutrition, living in rural areas.

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Caff

JANUARY 30, 2023

This year we heard from over 550 farmers and land stewards, from a wide range of voices across California from urban to rural, small and mid-sized, with a diversity of racial, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds. Many rural farmers are suffering from the drought and have had their well dry up or their surface water completely cut off.

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Daily Yonder

MAY 14, 2024

The ongoing development of such projects comes as Maine is chasing both ambitious renewable energy goals and seeking to preserve agricultural lands for local food production. The state hopes to rely on in-state producers for 30 percent of food consumption by 2030, up from 10 percent in 2020. It’s a whole different world.”

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Caff

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The recovery process was grueling, but Cheetah not only found an innovative way to treat toxic ash on his site using the power of mushrooms, but he also created Butte Remediation , a non-profit that provides that same service to underserved farmers and rural residents in his community!

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ATTRA

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Diversity of food crops and flowering annuals. But it’s generated some pretty negative outcomes, including widespread degradation of land, water, and ecosystems, leaving rural communities gutted and left to the tumbleweeds. Until then, it seems to me a comprehensive, ecological approach is what’s needed. Legume and grass covers.

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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. Local food, or grass fed beef was not really heard of at that time,” explains Griebel.

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