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Opinion: Canada’s Ag Policies Need to Better Serve Local Farmers and Communities

Modern Farmer

Instead, it advocates for more capital-intensive automation and mechanization in line with the longstanding “bigger is better” agriculture policy of the past fifty years. Envisioning farming as hyper-specialized, where specializations only converge in a marketable product, misses critical aspects of farming knowledge.

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Regenerative Food Certification: Gold Standard or Greenwashing?

Modern Farmer

Two organizations want to put an end to the wild west of claims and prove, through certification, that food labeled regenerative is genuinely the gold standard of sustainability and not just another marketing buzzword. Land to Market frames its products as coming “from land that is regenerating.” But it’s not quite that simple.

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Meet the Modern Trout Farmer Using Gravity to His Advantange

Modern Farmer

Here, there are no electric pumps, plastic tanks, antibiotics, mechanical agitators, recirculated water, chemical additives or computer monitoring. Meanwhile, more farm-raised trout on the market means less extractionary pressure on local streams. This is an ecological win-win,” says Trushenski. Smoke in Chimneys trout farm.

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Path to a New Farm Bill: Sustainable and Organic Research 

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

Other posts explore how the next farm bill can tackle issues in regional market development, crop insurance access, and more. In addition to the overall drop in US public agricultural R&D investment, organic research continues to be significantly underfunded compared to its share of the food sales market.

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Regenerative Gardening, No-Till Winter Cover Crop Strategies

UnderstandingAg

These strategies can apply to the market gardener or home gardener, and have applications for larger-scale vegetable production. This is generally accomplished by mechanically removing plants by flail mowing, tillage, cultivation equipment, or by manual labor. It is possible to no-till seed into soil without a no-till seeder.

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Lopes Family Farm Field Day: Integrated rice and duck farming

Caff

the Lopes provided a great demonstration of the unique equipment involved in the establishment of the rice (rice flat tray machine) and the transplanter machine (used to mechanically transplant the rice plugs into the field) allowing the attendees a great visual of the process and commitment involved in establishing their rice paddy fields.

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New Podcast Season: Farmer Stories of Wildfire Recovery & Preparedness

Caff

Episode 2 Follow the tour de force that is Sarah Keiser of Wild Oat Hollow , to learn about the innovative ways she is helping fire-affected communities in Sonoma County and beyond, empower each other through collaborative grazing and investments in fire ecology and soil health.

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