Food Tank

OCTOBER 25, 2023

A study published by Groundswell international and Partenariat pour le Developpement Local finds that rural farmers in Haiti who engage in agroecology are more than twice as productive, more ecologically positive, and more food secure. It is true that the country is deforested.

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Sustainable Food Trust

OCTOBER 11, 2023

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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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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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 20, 2024

NSAC hopes that Congress can ultimately see the wisdom of funding state and tribal soil health programs through RCPP, as proposed in the Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act in the Senate. 5102, 5103, 5019, 5110, 5202, 5503, 5402, 112205 ) Title 6 – Rural Development Includes the Food Supply Chain Guaranteed Loan Program.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

When farmers are able to control how, where, and when their animals move between pastures, they can more easily accomplish ecological goals that might include increasing soil carbon, reducing water pollution, or incorporating trees.

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ATTRA

MAY 13, 2024

The USDA Forest Service is partnering with States to conserve nearly 168,000 acres of economically and ecologically significant forestlands across the nation through the Forest Legacy Program. USDA is providing more than $154 million for 26 projects to conserve working forests that support rural economies in 17 states.

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Wisconsin Farmers Union

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Though I grew up on the north side of Appleton, every weekend and during the summers we had this entire rural experience watching the cows come and go as part of my grandfather’s cattle dealing business. She had an emphasis in Ecological Restoration of Wetlands and Prairie.

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Sustainable Food Trust

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The goats, and to some extent the cows, have been replaced by sheep in recent times, a shift that speaks to the widespread social, cultural and ecological degradation that has occurred thanks to more than two centuries of Highland Clearances , followed by agricultural intensification.

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Wisconsin Farmers Union

JANUARY 31, 2024

According to the statute, “It is the policy of this state to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of its waters to protect public health, safeguard fish and aquatic life and scenic and ecological values, and to enhance the domestic, municipal, recreational, industrial, agricultural, and other uses of water.”

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Strengthening local economic markets and smallholders access to them creates a mutually generative cycle of food and ecological resilienceessential to strong local incomes and livelihoods. Climate resilience requires broad participation from the most vulnerable farmers who are rural women dependent on natural resources for their well-being.

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The Equation

MAY 11, 2023

The results range from localized drinking water contamination to ecological and economic damage in water bodies far from the source of the pollution. It’s a recurring ecological disaster that causes hardship for people who make their living from fishing, shrimping, and tourism.

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ATTRA

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Where are we in the ecological succession? Trees exist in a different ecological succession stage than pioneering stage plants, also known as weeds. Ecological succession is the process by which plant communities change over time, eventually yielding a climax community. I did my graduate work in cotton.

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Civil Eats

APRIL 3, 2024

He hadn’t considered including backyard gardens in rural areas in the sample, he said, even though city gardens were. “We We were not necessarily attempting to compare urban and rural food production,” he said. “In It’s almost like comparing apples to oranges,” she said. The community garden is not set up to maximize production.”

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ATTRA

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Whereas at one time she advocated organic approaches and specific practices to deal with singular issues with pests or crop fertility, she now fosters a system based on ecological farm design. ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.

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The Lunatic Farmer

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Many have zero rural experience, connections, or history. We need more people in rural America to make a critical mass that will keep the livestock, equipment, and feed suppliers in business. This new generation of homesteaders is a shot in the arm for rural communities. These newcomers need a why.

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RR2CS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

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Food Tank

OCTOBER 2, 2023

This renewed focus came as hybrid seeds, instrumental in the Green Revolution, had led farmers to overlook the potential ecological damage of intensive fertilizer and agrochemical use. We have a problem of under investment in rural infrastructure,” Swaminathan said. Now we have a plateau in production and productivity.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Elderberry, becoming popular as a hedgerow crop, provides both farm income and ecological benefits. Crombie is optimistic that agroforestry will go a long way in restoring land but also rural communities. It’s an exciting opportunity to revive our rural communities.”

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Food Tank

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Through this film, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) advocates for increased investment in rural communities who are under constant threat from the climate crisis. As Reichl travels the United States, moving from fine dining rooms to rural farmlands, she unveils a series of riveting narratives.

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Caff

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The recovery process was grueling, but Cheetah not only found an innovative way to treat toxic ash on his site using the power of mushrooms, but he also created Butte Remediation , a non-profit that provides that same service to underserved farmers and rural residents in his community!

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 14, 2023

And yet, restrictive subsistence regulations have left many Alaska Natives in rural areas no choice but to engage in so-called “poaching” to meet their food security needs. ANILCA includes a clause that gives rural Alaska residents an opportunity to harvest fish and wildlife—in simple terms, a subsistence harvest preference.

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Sustainable Harvest International

JULY 19, 2022

As the name implies, this is a no-cost system relying on ecological processes to produce the same yields as more expensive conventional systems. In one of the largest to analyze how agro-ecological practices affect productivity in the global south, researchers at the University of Essex in England analyzed 286 projects in 57 countries.

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Sustainable Food Trust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Obsolete machinery in rural Wales Now consider the fact that ChatGPT 4.5 We’ve managed to make food much more affordable by mechanising, but in doing so, it’s become ecologically expensive. After all, they only want what’s best for their children. percentile of the general population.

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ATTRA

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

But it’s generated some pretty negative outcomes, including widespread degradation of land, water, and ecosystems, leaving rural communities gutted and left to the tumbleweeds. Until then, it seems to me a comprehensive, ecological approach is what’s needed. We know that industrial monocultures achieve high yields for global markets.

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National Young Farmers Coalition

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Marbleseed National Bison Association National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition Pesticide Action Network (national, and CA, MN, IA, HI) Simple Mills Soil and Water Conservation Society Union of Concerned Scientists Waterkeeper Alliance Wild Farm Alliance Midwest and South Businesses and Organizations Carolina Farm Stewardship Association (NC, SC) (..)

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MARCH 21, 2024

We are thankful for Senator Brown’s leadership in building resilient food systems,” commented Milo Petruziello, Policy Director for Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association, an NSAC Member. That access is incredibly important for producers trying to scale up and develop more sustainable businesses.

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Modern Farmer

MARCH 20, 2024

The research from the University of Michigan-led study seems to show that fruit and vegetables grown in urban ag have a carbon footprint six times larger than that of “conventionally grown” food (meaning, on rural farmland). I see that shift happening already on farms both urban and rural, big and small.

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Sustainable Harvest International

MARCH 25, 2021

Media Contact: Fritz Schneider fschneider.clarkcommunications@gmail.com 301.728.4811 For Immediate Release March 25, 2021 A Plan to Scale Up Impact in Central America + Beyond to Increase Farm Productivity with Ecological Practices that Benefit People and the Planet. million children, suffering from acute malnutrition, living in rural areas.

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UnderstandingAg

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

In our rural high schools, almost every FFA kid grew up on a farm and was directly involved in production agriculture. There is a better, more regenerative way forward, and we need to invest in educational resources to bring that knowledge of biology and ecology into mainstream agriculture. Much has also changed.

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The Lunatic Farmer

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

What I do is visit farms and look for cutting edge practical ecological solutions. With its abundant sunshine, I assumed lots of rural folks would be investing in solar panels to make up for the rolling blackouts. Couple that with anti-ecology and you have a recipe for dysfunction. Who needs knick-knacks?

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

AUGUST 28, 2024

NSAC hopes that Congress continues to see the wisdom of funding state and tribal soil health programs, either as a new stand-alone program as proposed in the Agriculture Resilience Act (ARA) or as part of RCPP as proposed in the Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act in the Senate.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Indigenous agriculture relies on an approach to land that is grounded in time-tested, abiding ecological principles rather than technical innovation. “We “The only agriculture left in Arizona after about 20 years will be Indian agriculture,” he says, “because they do have the water rights, they do have the land.”

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Caff

JANUARY 30, 2023

This year we heard from over 550 farmers and land stewards, from a wide range of voices across California from urban to rural, small and mid-sized, with a diversity of racial, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds. Many rural farmers are suffering from the drought and have had their well dry up or their surface water completely cut off.

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Daily Yonder

MAY 14, 2024

We see enormous potential to both keep land in agricultural production but also to achieve these kinds of ecological benefits,” Robertson-DuBois said. Emmett Gartner covers accountability and Maine’s rural communities as a Roy W. The technology is there, he said, but there are two main challenges. It’s a whole different world.”

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Caff

JANUARY 27, 2021

Only weeks later they were sharing their hard-learned lessons with fellow farmers on webinars, even meeting with policymakers to guide future wildfire prevention programs for rural areas. For a farm that just wrapped up its third season, we can’t wait to see what’s next.

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Sustainable Food Trust

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Price is often the most obvious one due to the increased time and labour that can be needed within more ecologically sound farming systems (as well as the need to pay workers fairly). There are also questions about what kinds of foods are typically on offer in sustainable food projects.

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ATTRA

OCTOBER 3, 2023

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. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, National Agroforestry Center, under the authority of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978.

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