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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ATTRA

APRIL 30, 2024

Climate-smart agriculture and forestry practices and principles. Utilize Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge, where applicable. Projects must address one or more of the following priorities: Local natural resource concerns.

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Forestry Ecology Livestock Agriculture 40

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. Further details on each and subcategory descriptions are below.

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Modern Farmer

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Ironically, our relatively recent “hands off” approach to forestry is creating exactly the wrong kinds of conditions for oaks to thrive. “We It’s a money-maker for the forestry industry. But it’s also incredibly important ecologically. But as logging ramped up and controlled burning fell, oaks began to suffer.

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Ranching Acre Forestry Processing 140

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

OCTOBER 6, 2023

CSP pays producers to improve, maintain, and actively manage conservation activities already in place at the time of application and to adopt new conservation activities during the life of the five-year contract. E340C), and bundles start with a B (ex. B000CPL24).

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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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ATTRA

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, National Agroforestry Center, under the authority of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978. This publication was also made possible in part by a cooperative agreement with the United States Botanic Garden, and by a grant from the U.S. ATTRA.NCAT.ORG. ATTRA.NCAT.ORG

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Food Distribution Rural Development Forestry 111

Civil Eats

AUGUST 29, 2023

million tons of offsets purchased by Microsoft in fiscal year 2021–22, for example, were tied to forestry initiatives. (A And agroforestry has broad ecological positives that aren’t necessarily reflected in the raw accounting of carbon offsets. Agroforestry currently represents less than 1 percent of U.S. agriculture.

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CalCAN

MARCH 27, 2023

Prescribed grazing is a versatile and ecologically-based wildfire mitigation strategy with well-documented co-benefits including carbon sequestration, native plant and habitat restoration, and the production of local food and fiber.

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Livestock Ecology Cattle Food 52

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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Agritecture Blog

MAY 12, 2023

Local residents have been working to restore and conserve the deforested land through sustainable, ecologically-oriented farming methods. Gutiérrez said farms like hers work because they understand that they need the soil, water and forest in excellent condition so their properties can also guarantee their food sovereignty.

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Farming Farming Seeding Family Farming 52

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.

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biotechnology Ecology Technology Food 125

Food Tank

DECEMBER 24, 2024

International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology ( icipe ) , Africa Based in Nairobi, Kenya, icipe uses insect science to tackle food security, health, and environmental challenges in Africa. They focus on improving livelihoods through the promotion of ecological land-use management practices and empowering farming communities.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 10, 2024

As many portions of the country cannot transition fully to year-round, grass-based livestock systems, we believe it is vital for funding to be dedicated to AMMP technologies to ensure instances where confinement is likely to continue are as ecologically friendly as they can be. 7110, 7113, 7213).

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Ruralism Food Farming Farming 111

Modern Farmer

JULY 13, 2023

principal forestry program manager for the Napa County Resource Conservation District , which provides technical and financial support to the community and educates people about being better stewards of the land. “It Fred Seavey, part of the family-owned Seavey Vineyards, has a similar philosophy about ecological stewardship.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 27, 2023

International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) , Kenya ICIPE conducts research on insects and other arthropods to develop and communicate affordable, accessible solutions to tackle crop pests and disease.

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Food Agriculture Agriculture Seeding 145

The Lunatic Farmer

JANUARY 8, 2025

Both are ecological disasters. Forest Service lands are "exhibit A" for terrible forestry management. With that said, however, I've been on some privately-operated ranches that are stellar examples of ecological management. This forever fight is a drain on emotions, energy, and ecology. What a travesty. Here in the east.

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Ecology Ranching Cattle Acre 84

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Failure to robustly fund public research that promotes ecologically-based production systems stifles scientific and technical innovation and leaves US farmers and ranchers unable to fully participate in and benefit from emerging markets for sustainably-produced foods.

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