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Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative

ATTRA

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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Rewilding: Threat or promise for hill farming?

Sustainable Food Trust

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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More Money Out the Door! Farm Bill and IRA Funding Available Through Conservation Innovation Grants

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

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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The Bourbon Industry Relies on White Oaks, Which Are in Decline. Now, They’re All In on Saving Them

Modern Farmer

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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The American Chestnut Tree is Coming Back. Who is It For?

Modern Farmer

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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Using Grazing Animals to Reduce the Risk of Wildfires

CalCAN

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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How to Start Community Agroforestry Projects: Advice from 11 Forest Gardens

ATTRA

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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