Real Agriculture

OCTOBER 18, 2024

As a young boy, Dr. Charles Vincent loved heading to the family farm just outside of Montreal, Quebec. His fascination with farming led him to start a degree in agronomy, where he instead fell in love with the study of insects, eventually leading to a 40-year career studying agriculture pests for Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.

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Sustainable Food Trust

APRIL 1, 2025

Our food & farming reviews of 2025 are here what’s been cropping up this past year and worth watching? One Last Farm Director: Nikki Dodd Where to watch: Details of upcoming screenings will be available here. One Last Farm is the story of Yew Tree Farm the last working farm in Bristol, England.

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Food Politics

AUGUST 9, 2024

For example, a large dairy processor and distributor might become a monopsonist in buying raw milk from farmers and a monopolist in selling dairy products to consumers. The persistence of family farming is among the most surprising facts about the economics of food. They also have lots of ifnteresting points to make. In the U.S.

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Civil Eats

APRIL 10, 2025

April 10, 2025 Despite a prevailing sense on Capitol Hill that passing a farm bill this year is highly unlikely, lawmakers in both chambers introduced a flurry of marker bills over the past 10 days. Plus, the farm bill process could begin at any time. Its a priority of the National Family Farm Coalition.

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Farmbrite

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Whether you have a tractor, farm truck, or combine, you know that efficiently maintaining your farm equipment is crucial for maximizing productivity, prolonging machinery life, and ensuring a safe working environment. Guide to Farm Equipment Care and Maintenance: 1. See more on this below.)

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Caff

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Earlier this year, CAFF kicked off a massive project in the San Joaquin Valley to help support family farms there and strengthen the local food economy, in partnership with UC Agriculture & Natural Resources (UC ANR) and the Central Valley Community Foundation (CVCF), among others. Why take on such a big project?

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Western FarmPress

JULY 12, 2024

Kansas Tourism: New facility will educate visitors and provide a new level of transparency to milk production.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 11, 2024

And yet, what we have learned from our African colleagues is that without simultaneously investing in healthy local markets, these investments in sustainable production are likely to fall short. Remember that family farms continue to feed 70 percent of the worlds population. Local markets are climate resilient.

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Food Tank

JANUARY 10, 2025

always knew he wanted to raise his own family on a farm. He has farmed in the Chesapeake Bay watershed since the early 2000s and now works full-time with his son, Matt, growing corn, soybeans, and wheat whilehumanely raising pigs. But this is not typical for a family farmer in the United States. Only 4 percent of U.S.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Joshua Cave, Cave Family Farm in Pilot Mountain, North Carolina. These findings highlight the economic impact of programs like those within the Local Agriculture Market Program (LAMP) that support the development of markets for local, regional, and value-added products, and direct to consumer sales.

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Caff

MARCH 11, 2025

Harvestly, a proud Farms Together partner, is bringing the freshest veggies straight to the SLO Food Bank to nourish the community. March started off as a rollercoaster ride when news broke that Farms Together our program delivering food sourced from local farmers to food insecure communities across Californiahad been paused indefinitely.

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Real Agriculture

OCTOBER 18, 2024

As a young boy, Dr. Charles Vincent loved heading to the family farm just outside of Montreal, Quebec. His fascination with farming led him to start a degree in agronomy, where he instead fell in love with the study of insects, eventually leading to a 40-year career studying agriculture pests for Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada….

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UnderstandingAg

APRIL 3, 2025

Farming and ranching involve the fields of biology, ecology, chemistry, botany, physics, geology, meteorology, politics, economics, psychology and mechanics, just to name a few. This is exactly what Jay Fuhrer and the team at the Menoken Farm did starting in 2013. Its much more complex than that. Were managing solutions.

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NASDA

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Given the enormous challenges facing production agriculture – including a farm economy that has taken a downward spiral – it is imperative Congress act before year’s end to strengthen farm policy for America’s farmers. Farmers are struggling, and the decline in the farm economy is real.

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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Kava has endured a long history of adversity, said Lakea Trask, a Hawaiian farmer and local activist who cultivates kava and other Native crops for Kanaka Kava , his familys farm-to-table restaurant in Kailua-Kona, on the Big Island. And in the U.S., As kavas allure grows, so, too, have local restrictions.

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Food Tank

JULY 19, 2024

When his agriculture professors taught about conventional hog production, he would ask questions like, “What about letting these animals get outside a little bit?” Today, 22-year-old Roberts is enlisted with the Nebraska Army National Guard while working as a fifth-generation farmer with his parents at Roberts Family Farm in Southwest Iowa.

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Caff

JULY 19, 2023

On June 29th, Lopes Family Farms hosted a field day with Community Alliance with Family Farms (CAFF) in Princeton, CA focused on rice and duck farming, a Biologically Integrated Farming System (BIFS). Additionally, being such a novel method of farming in the U.S.,

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Caff

MARCH 11, 2025

March started off as a rollercoaster ride when news broke that Farms Togetherour program delivering food sourced from local farmers to food insecure communities across Californiahad been paused indefinitely. Farms Together really gave us hope for the future of our farm. the program was restored.

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Food Tank

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Kody McCleary wants more consumers to understand the work that goes into sustainable and humane pig farming. Pig farmers, they’re there 365 days a year taking care of those animals,” says McCleary, a fourth-generation farmer at McCleary Farms in West-Central Illinois. Today, the majority (75 percent) of U.S.

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Modern Farmer

MAY 7, 2024

Murphy Family Farms (later bought by Smithfield Foods) helped out with the loan needed to get started. The Faaborgs farmed hogs for 30 years. When Tanner Faaborg came back to the farm as an adult, the family began thinking about ways to transition out of hog farming. “We

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NASDA

JULY 25, 2024

We write to express our gratitude for your efforts to advance the 2024 farm bill within your jurisdictions and to seek your continued support for passing this critical legislation before the end of the year. We look forward to working with you to bring a bipartisan 2024 farm bill to fruition. Thank you for considering our request.

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Food Tank

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

By his senior year, Williams was trying to figure out how to return home and take over the family farm. Williams, his wife Hannah, and their toddler Lyle now live on Williams Family Farms, sustainably and humanely raising pigs and farming about 400 acres of cropland. Luckily, his father was just about to retire. “To

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Trimble Agriculture

APRIL 23, 2024

While only 16 percent of food waste occurs on the farm level, farmers are perpetual innovators and strive to close this gap even further. They understand the value of every crop, not just for feeding families but also for sustaining our planet. Why does food waste happen on the farm?

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Modern Farmer

MAY 7, 2024

In part one and part two of our series on transitioning out of factory farming, we heard from both farmers who have made or are making the transition, as well as the organizations that support producers through this process. Have an open mind and do a little bit of research to see what’s out there because people are farming differently.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

As director of demonstration and on-farm education for the Savanna Institute (SI) , she knows that agroforestry can be a game-changer in fighting climate change and creating healthier food systems. On the demonstration sites, farmers can see examples of successful integration of trees on farms. The NRCS will invest $1.4

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Trimble Agriculture

OCTOBER 30, 2024

agriculture is a hot one, but it’s primarily discussed at the farm and processing level. Both are critical topics, as monopolies in the meatpacking industry or the disappearing American family farm have significant impacts on the present and future of our food system. The topic of consolidation in U.S. ag finance sector.

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Sustainable Food Trust

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Worst of all, it will perpetuate and accelerate the loss of one of our most precious cultural assets, the small family-run dairy farm. This community used to form the backbone of UK rural culture, however, during my lifetime of dairy farming, it has been decimated. Holden Farm Dairy is one such unit.

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Food Tank

JANUARY 5, 2024

Eric Boor took over his great-grandfather’s nine-acre farm in southern Iowa four years ago. When they first started, many in their family and community doubted that they could successfully farm this way. When they first started, many in their family and community doubted that they could successfully farm this way. “My

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Trimble Agriculture

MAY 29, 2024

With the 2024 election on the horizon, farm policy is finding itself once again at the center of the discussion. Not only is 2024 an election year, but after a farm bill extension was passed in 2023, it also became a big year for farm policy as well. In May 2024, House Republicans released a $1.5 Seifers said.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 23, 2024

The pet food industry traditionally relies on factory farm byproducts for its ingredients, a practice the industry touts as more sustainable as it produces less waste and cheaper food. Farm Hounds Family farms often struggle to stay profitable as agriculture becomes more concentrated. Farm Hounds jerky.

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Food Tank

JULY 14, 2023

Steven and Alaina Imhoff knew they wanted to expand their hog farming at Triple Creek Farms in southeast Iowa. Niman farmers adhere to high standards of sustainable and humane farming practices. Niman Ranch offers a guaranteed market for its farmers’ and ranchers’ products in exchange for a high standard of practices.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Editor’s Note: This post is the fifth post in a multi-part series exploring some of the key sustainable agriculture and food systems challenges that the farm bill can address. Other posts explore how the next farm bill can tackle issues in regional market development, crop insurance access, and more. Since 1988, more than $26.6

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Caff

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Every year, our community recognizes amazing farms, individuals and local businesses making a difference in our food system. Join us for the awards ceremony on Feb 28 as part of this year’s California Small Farm Conference. Janet ran the farm for 24 years until her recent retirement. Learn more here.

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Civil Eats

JULY 2, 2024

” While revitalizing the community, Jersey Scoops adds a high-value outlet for a perishable product, strengthening the industry overall. The ice cream shop is an extension of the Nicholson family’s sixth-generation, 120-acre farm in nearby Ferndale. With family dairies drying up in droves—the U.S.

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Food Tank

APRIL 18, 2025

Todd Banes and his son Trent farm together on Banes Family Farm in Tama County, Iowa. Trent dreams of farming without the need for an off-farm jobthe fourth generation in the family to farm that land. Large-scale confinement pig farms make up the majority of pork production in Iowa.

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Sustainable Food Trust

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

But what does this mean for food and farming? Despite calls to the contrary, the agriculture budget has not increased and other changes have left many family farms uncertain about the future. Last week the Labour Government delivered their first annual budget in 14 years. Our CEO, Patrick Holden, shares his thoughts.

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 13, 2023

But unlike neighboring farms that focus on production for faraway markets or keep a single family afloat, the farm at Kiawah River is supporting 185 families who live in the surrounding homes. Kiawah River is an “agrihood”—a planned community with a working farm at its center.

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