Caff

JANUARY 20, 2022

This year’s DIY award went to McGruder Ranch for their “No-dig Removable End Post”, a handheld mechanical post-driver making the always arduous task of fence-building easier.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

AUGUST 28, 2024

Precision Agriculture The FFNSA dramatically increases support for precision agriculture technologies in conservation programs (Sec. The FFNSA also proposes creating Supplemental Activity Payments (SAP) for adopting and acquiring precision agriculture technologies through CSP. 2202, 2204, 2302).

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Food Tank

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

And that afternoon, we’ll discuss “ The Role of Technology at The Nexus of Affordability, Nutrition, and Food Waste ” at a summit co-hosted by Food Tank, Flashfood, Divert, ReFED and Apeel. Friday Morning Summit: REGISTER HERE!

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Caff

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Currently, our programming is focused in four areas: Farm to Market, Policy & Advocacy, Farmer Services, and Ecological Farming. We commit to advancing racial, gender, and environmental justice in our larger systems, as well as in our own workplace. To learn more about CAFF, our history, and our core values, visit [link].

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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. Visitors to the rural area will notice that cattle ranches dominate the landscape, once covered by Amazonian forests. Many people ran out of water, including cattle ranches in the region.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Prioritizing ecological integrity and community health over yield, these farmers stay profitable by diversifying their crops, producing value-added products like jams and sauces, and building community support and social capital. The young couple started a 180-acre dairy farm for livelihood to raise their 14 children.

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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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Food Tank

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Audubon Society, United States Recognizing the link between food systems and wildlife conservation, the Audubon Society launched the Conservation Ranching Initiative. Their work focuses on enhancing capacity, scaling technologies, facilitating access to technology, and supporting knowledge sharing to design solutions for producers.

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National Young Farmers Coalition

JULY 16, 2024

Board members also visited the North Carolina Agriculture and Technology (A&T) University Center for Post Harvest Technologies and the North Carolina Food Innovation Lab. Yet 97% of young farmers identified using sustainable practices on their farm or ranch, and 86% of respondents use regenerative practice. “We

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Civil Eats

JUNE 20, 2024

Nina Elkadi Medicine Wheel for the Planet: A Journey Toward Personal and Ecological Healing By Jennifer Grenz “To use only fragmented pieces of [Indigenous] knowledge is to admire a tree without its roots,” Nlaka’pamux ecologist turned land healer Jennifer Grenz writes in Medicine Wheel for the Planet.

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Modern Farmer

JULY 13, 2023

But as the inevitability of future wildfires becomes all too real for the state’s massive wine industry, winemakers are looking to solutions to mitigate the worst fallout in the future, from new research to technology to better land management—including embracing fire itself. Last winter, he estimates he burned 225 of them across the ranch.

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National Young Farmers Coalition

APRIL 20, 2023

Because thousands of acres of forest and surrounding lands were burned, destroying numerous farms and ranches, the resulting runoff and flooding have wreaked havoc. Investing in conservation and traditional ecological knowledge/research can help protect our natural resources and ensure the long-term success and resilience of our farms.

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 28, 2025

The biggest farms can secure the best interest rates on credit, buy inputs at lower bulk rates, and trim labor costs through technology like robotic milking systems and calf feeders. The majority of the countrys 9.3 million milk cows are raised in herds of 1,000 or more, primarily or entirely confined indoors.

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