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13 SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES FOR A HEALTHY PLANET

Sustainable Harvest International

SHI’S 13 SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES FOR A HEALTHY PLANET Earth Day is a yearly reminder to show gratitude to our environment, raise public awareness, and celebrate the efforts made to preserve and protect our planet. This Earth Day, the Sustainable Harvest International (SHI) headquarters team has compiled thirteen simple yet meaningful tips for practicing sustainability at home.

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EP48 Ranching at Kainai

RR2CS

Cattle ranching on the Blood Reserve can be a very rewarding experience and endeavour, however, it does come with challenges in today’s changing times. In this episode, Blackfoot knowledge keeper and cattle producer Mike Bruised Head shares his early beginnings as a cattle producer and how his understanding of Blackfoot ways of knowing has contributed to his practice.

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McDonald’s franchises planned to pay tens of millions in PPP loan dollars to corporate HQ 

The Counter

The Covid relief loans were designed to keep workers employed, but fast-food franchises allocated money to their landlord, the McDonald’s corporate office. In partnership with The Intercept. At the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, McDonald’s franchisees asked the company for help weathering the coming storm. Specifically, the National Franchisee Leadership Alliance, a group that represents franchise owners, asked for something McDonald’s was well positioned to provide: rent relief.

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De la granja al mercado: Guía rápida para acceder a cinco canales principales de venta

Caff

Este Manual de la Granja al Mercado está diseñado para ayudar a la granja familiar a acceder a los mercados. Ofrece información, consejos de venta y enlaces de Internet a los principales sitios informativos de los cinco canales de comercialización más importantes. Para verlo en línea, haga clic en el símbolo “ampliar” de la barra de herramientas de la parte inferior.

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Special: March is National Nutrition Month!

The Gleaning Project of South Central PA

Happy National Nutrition Month Gleaners! This topic was so special to us and to the heart of the Gleaning Project that we just knew we needed to have a special blog just dedicated to National Nutrition Month and all the things that draws attention to! What is National Nutrition Month? National Nutrition month is an annual campaign created by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics which encourages folks to make informed choices surrounding their foods in order to develop healthful eating habits a

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My 40th Tax Season

Agribusiness Blog

Now that April 18 is almost gone, this marks my 40th official tax season. My first tax season was with a small CPA firm in downtown Seattle while I was attending my last year of school at the University of Washington. I had gotten married the summer before and my wife would drive me downtown after school. I still remember the first partnership tax return that I prepared.

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Mentors aren’t saviors. And industry training programs need to understand that.

The Counter

Programs to advance mentees’ careers often fall prey to faulty assumptions about expertise and the very barriers they profess to want to change. Philadelphia’s public transportation is known to be unreliable: In 2019, the city was ranked 89th of 100 U.S. cities using factors including safety, convenience, and accessibility. Yet many employers don’t take this spotty service into account when considering the punctuality of workers who rely on this particular public service for their daily commute.

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Amazing April!

The Gleaning Project of South Central PA

Welcome back to the blog Gleaners! Hopefully you’re having an incredible start to spring! We’re here to start of April right with more exciting food holidays and information! April is Pecan and Soy Foods Month! Pecans and Soy can be absolutely incredibly delicious! Pecans are a softer tree nut that is extremely versatile for anything between cookies to salads to being cooked up in delicious stir frys!

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Farming With Nature — Redtail Farms, Castor, Alberta

RR2CS

Rotational Grazing, Keyline Design for Maximizing Water, and Food Forests for the Future By Trina Moyles While Ian Griebel grew up on his family’s mixed farm south of Castor, Alberta, he never thought he’d one day become a farmer. Griebel studied carpentry and pursued his journeyman certificate, and envisioned a life away from the farm. But in his late twenties, he and his wife, Dana, realized they wanted “to get back to the land”, and that his family’s farm in Castor presented an opportunity.

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Precision Agriculture: Technology To Boost Crop Farming

EOS

Precision agriculture uses the latest technology to improve crop farming and boost yields.

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The Farm to Market Handbook: Quick Tip Guides For Accessing Five Major Marketing Channels

Caff

This Farm to Market Handbook is designed to help the family farm access markets. It provides information, selling tips and internet links to top informational sites for the five major marketing channels. Use the buttons at the bottom to flip through this online book. ESPAÑOL AQUI CAFF-Resource-Guide-Print-small-EN-compressed The post The Farm to Market Handbook: Quick Tip Guides For Accessing Five Major Marketing Channels appeared first on Community Alliance with Family Farmers.

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Late April Sunshine!

The Gleaning Project of South Central PA

Hello Again Gleaners! We’re so excited to see that the sun is shining and the sprouts are coming up! Let’s celebrate this beautiful time together with some more food holidays ! Make sure you also look out for our two specials this month on Every Kid Healthy Week (April 25th-29th) and Stop Food Waste Day (April 28th)! April 17th is Cheese Ball Day! We know when we say cheese balls you may be thinking about the puffed cheese snack that comes in bags next to the chips in the salty foods isle but we

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Evolving Sustainable Practices on a Fifth Generation Ranch — Valley View Ranch & Flying Heart Meats, Strathmore, Alberta

RR2CS

Rotational grazing, protecting wetlands, ecological weed control, and calving in tune with nature at Valley View Ranch & Flying Heart Meats — Strathmore, Alberta By Trina Moyles Sustainability is a shared family value at Valley View Ranch and Flying Heart Meats , a fifth generation family ranch located east of the town of Strathmore, a short drive from Calgary, Alberta.

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Will You Get Burnt With a Captive

Agribusiness Blog

For many years there has been a provision in the Tax Code that allows a “small” insurance company to earn premiums tax-free. As you can guess any time something can be earned tax-free there may end up being some abuses. These “captive” insurance companies are created to provide insurance to the companies that create them. If these captive insurance companies are well diversified, then the IRS and Congress appears to not have any issues with them.

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The Farm to Market Handbook: Quick Tip Guides For Accessing Five Major Marketing Channels

Caff

This Farm to Market Handbook is designed to help the family farm access markets. It provides information, selling tips and internet links to top informational sites for the five major marketing channels. Use the buttons at the bottom to flip through this online book. ESPAÑOL AQUI CAFF-Resource-Guide-Print-small-EN-compressed The post The Farm to Market Handbook: Quick Tip Guides For Accessing Five Major Marketing Channels appeared first on Community Alliance with Family Farmers.