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Op-Ed | A Missing Investment Strategy: Climate Resilience Hides in Local Food Markets

Food Tank

Remember that family farms continue to feed 70 percent of the worlds population. There is a strong market demand for local products from agroecological farms and producers, including green leafy vegetables, fruits, grains, small livestock, and native seeds. Finance can be inclusive and accessible.

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AgAmerican Spotlight: Erin Smith 

Trimble Agriculture

Erin Smith didn’t always want to work in finance. Before joining AgAmerica, her main financial experience involved what she had learned through her family’s relationship with their long-time agricultural lender. AgAmerica largely values family farms and strives to set up each client for lasting success.

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Nurturing a Path to Success for Small, Sustainable Sheepherders

Food Tank

It had been such a bad run of finances that he said to just get out,” says Wahl. Instead, Wahl took any agriculture-related class he could—soil science, crop growing, feed—and tapped into his family’s network of farmers to learn everything he needed to know about animal health. Be a poet, do whatever, just no animal science.’

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Opinion: European Farmers Are Standing Up to Free Trade—Will US Farmers?

Modern Farmer

French farmers, for instance, managed to persuade their nation’s leaders to ban food imports treated with the insecticide thiacloprid, dedicate €150 million (US$163 million) annually to support livestock producers and provide European-wide definitions for what constitutes lab-grown meat. Do such proposals challenge free trade? Yes, they do.

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Agroforestry Deepens Roots with New Demonstration Farm Network

Modern Farmer

Those include multi-generation family farms or beginning farmers that are adopting agroforestry or farmers transitioning from annual production to perennial production. Agroforestry is a sustainable land management approach that can be integrated into existing traditional crop and livestock systems.

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Share farming: A way forward for new entrant farmers

Sustainable Food Trust

Each arrangement is different, based on the land, the infrastructure, the livestock and the labour input from each party, so it’s a flexible model that can be adapted to a multitude of situations. One new entrant who has been able to find a share farming arrangement through Farming Connect is Dafydd Owen.

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Transforming Farm and Ranch Accounting for Profitability with Farmbrite

Farmbrite

Making Informed Decisions with Farmbrite Farmbrite doesn't just help you manage your finances; it empowers you with insights into your farm's production and productivity. By analyzing key data, you can make informed decisions about your crops, livestock, and other aspects of your business.