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BACKYARD CHICKENS

The Lunatic Farmer

One dog generates more manure than 11 chickens, and dog manure is nasty. Visceral connection to our ecological umbilical is foundational to immune vibrancy. The science is clear. Chickens (without roosters) are far quieter than dogs. Chickens don’t chase or bite. In many ways, they’re better pets.

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The Sustainable Soil-ution Beneath Your Feet

Sustainable Harvest International

“ “My philosophy has always been that the health of soil, plants, animals, people, and the environment is one.” ” — Rattan Lal, professor of soil science + 2020 World Food Prize Laureate Conventional, or industrial, agriculture uses chemicals to defend crops from weeds, certain insect species, and diseases. In Panama alone, 2.1

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Federal Climate Policy: Agriculture Resilience Act Re-Introduced

CalCAN

Transforming the food and farming system through the above domains as well as through crop insurance, agroforestry, organic farming, farmland protection, pasture-based systems, conservation set-asides, manure management, and agrivoltaic systems, the bill creates a clear focus on farm and food system resilience.

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Digging into the House Farm Bill: Part 4

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

Alternative Manure Management Practices (AMMP) The FFNSA does not contain a proposal to support AMMP technologies as envisioned in the ARA or the COWS Act. Without robust funding for public research that promotes ecologically-based production systems, scientific and technical innovation is stifled, and U.S.

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As the Salton Sea Shrinks, Agriculture’s Legacy Turns to Dust

Civil Eats

And new science about the connection between water pollution and air quality suggests more investment is needed. Partida uses an inhaler and believes the air quality in the region has worsened over time—not just from dust storms and pesticides, but also due to particle emissions from farm animals and manure.

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Why we’re in a critical period in the development of regenerative agriculture

Agritecture Blog

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. The current science suggests changes to diets will also be needed, with plant-based products to the fore. By the end of last year, 19.7%

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PARALLEL ECONOMIES - AGRICULTURE

The Lunatic Farmer

But instead it shackled us, enslaved us to nefarious scientists bringing us fertilizer and menus from laboratories instead of from God’s ecological womb. You couldn’t pack more animals in a house than you could bring in feedstocks and haul out manure by draft power. Travelers drug manure into hotels. Poop covered the streets.