Daily Yonder

APRIL 3, 2024

Permaculture means that gardeners work with existing ecological conditions in a specific place. Photo provided by Grayson LandCare) Grayson Landcare also acts as an incubator for rural innovation. So Grayson LandCare was happy to help this member estalish an orchard.”

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Ruralism Textiles Orchard Food 73

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

They offer valuable resources and practical solutions for organic and transitioning producers, as well as conventional producers interested in ecologically and economically sound practices. Positive signs are on the horizon.

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Food Seeding Crop Poultry 105

Civil Eats

JANUARY 8, 2024

Next, they purchased a no-drill seeder together, and it allowed them to plant rows of grain directly into orchards and pastures without tilling, a practice known to benefit the soil. In 2011, they formed an LLC with a rotating president and treasurer, supported by a $27,500 grant from the Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI).

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Grain Orchard Farming Farming 144

Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Johnson added trees to grazing land to create silvopastures, enhanced existing windbreaks and planted a micro-orchard with fruit and nut trees. Elderberry, becoming popular as a hedgerow crop, provides both farm income and ecological benefits. It’s an exciting opportunity to revive our rural communities.”

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Acre Farming Farming Pasture 126

ATTRA

OCTOBER 3, 2023

What are the skillsets, knowledge, experiences, and resources that the community could contribute to a forest garden or community orchard? What about forest gardens gets people excited? Developing relationships and ensuring community buy-in is the most important thing when starting any community project.

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Food Distribution Rural Development Forestry 111

ATTRA

JANUARY 30, 2024

So, it’s ecological or cybernetic or complexly interrelated, but it is not magic. In 1990, after a couple of disastrous crop failures in my orchard and feeling that I had no business advising others about growing fruit, I quit farming and started teaching high school English. I should have 34 years with NCAT, not 24. ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.

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Ecology Farming Farming Rural Development 40

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

AUGUST 11, 2023

As founder of the “Once and Future Green”, Michelle trains and consults Frontline communities, governments, and philanthropy to forward community-driven solutions with transformative anti-oppression and ecological design tools. A disused orchard that had been stewarded by the Sisters of St.

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Water Rights Food Farming Farming 52