Caff

JANUARY 26, 2022

Introducing… the 2022 Farm Champion awardees! To make it as a small farm and to affect real, lasting change in our food system, it requires unwavering determination, hard work, ingenuity, and a deeply rooted sense of purpose with a view extending a thousand growing seasons.

Farming 52

Farming Farming Orchard Food 52

Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Today, new generations of innovative farmers see agroforestry as a solution to not just producing nutrient-dense food and specialty crops but to also mitigate the intensity of climate change-induced weather events. They farm on 130 acres of the land on which her father and grandfather had raised hogs. They were a rough crew of sheep!”

Acre 112

Acre Farming Farming Pasture 112

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

In the months before Patrick Brown was born in November 1982, his father, Arthur, lay down on a road near the familys farm to prevent a caravan of yellow dump trucks from depositing toxic soil in his community. Patrick currently operates Brown Family Farms on the land that Byron worked as a sharecropper once he was freed.

Plantation 144

Plantation Farming Farming Acre 144

Modern Farmer

JULY 10, 2023

Today, the four counties sitting in the lake bed account for more than $25 billion in food and crop production, with Tulare County ranking number one in the nation for milk and oranges. Dairy farmer Joseph Goni’s grandfather witnessed the 1955 deluge that flooded their farm.

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Farming Farming Manure Agriculture 87

CalCAN

AUGUST 10, 2023

Christine Gemperle, almond farmer and CalCAN advisor recently drove to Sacramento from her orchard in Ceres to testify in support of equipment sharing and sustainable agriculture investments alongside CalCAN staff. Don’t sell the family farm because you will never get it back. There is nothing worse than the feeling of regret.

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Orchard Farming Farming Agriculture 52

Caff

APRIL 6, 2023

As a farmer-serving organization, we recognize the historic and lasting inequities in the California food and farming system. The field technician will also support the Developing Sustainable Pest Management Project.

Ecology 52

Ecology Food Orchard Farming 52

Caff

JULY 19, 2021

As a farming serving organization, we recognize the historic and lasting inequities in the California food and farming system. Currently our programming is focused in 4 areas: Farm to Market, Policy & Advocacy, Farmer Services, and Ecological Farming. webinars, field days, etc.) webinars, field days, etc.)

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Ecology Farming Farming Orchard 40

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

AUGUST 11, 2023

At more than 5,000 feet above sea level and with its endless opportunities for outdoor adventure and good food, Boulder was the perfect backdrop to get down to coalition business. She discussed some of the challenges in her district and elsewhere as it becomes increasingly difficult to produce good food. As a pediatrician, Rep.

Water Rights 52

Water Rights Food Farming Farming 52

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 11, 2023

It was on Janssen’s family farm in the state’s Ozark Mountains where her uncle rolled his tractor—which had no ROPS—into a ravine in the 1980s. Most of the rollovers in Washington occurred on crop farms, including the state’s signature apple orchards. Missouri has the highest number of fatal tractor incidents nationwide.

Tractor 138

Tractor Farming Farming Acre 138

Caff

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Kendra Altnow shares the history of the LangeTwins Family Winery & Vineyards. On December 5th, the Community Alliance with Family Farms (CAFF) held a field day at the LangeTwins Family Winery & Vineyard in Acampo, CA. You may have to network with some other farmers and figure it out.

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Livestock Crop Farming Farming 52

Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 20, 2024

full_link LEARN MORE How farmers are adapting to Phoenix’s rising temperatures to keep growing food. But it is no longer simply a proposal: This shift is already underway among many of the communities that catch, grow, and harvest the worlds food supply, from Brazil to India to the United States. It’s complicated.

Agriculture 59

Agriculture Agriculture Food Harvester 59

RR2CS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Today, the idea has taken root: they’ve expanded their business into Solstice Berry Farm, a 40-acre orchard, managing 10 acres for a U-Pick operation and 30 acres for commercial production. The airflow is important for the orchard.” The Saskatoons grown in commercial orchards are the same as their wild counterparts.

Orchard 52

Orchard Farming Farming Harvest 52

Modern Farmer

JUNE 6, 2024

The United Nations Environment Programme has pegged the global food system and its encroachment on wildlife habitats, along with its use of fertilizers, pesticides and other chemicals, as directly threatening 86 percent of species at risk of extinction worldwide. They worry about the inconveniences it might cause to production.

Agriculture 96

Agriculture Agriculture Crop Farming 96

Agwired

JANUARY 26, 2024

A core leadership team of college students will participate in the DC events, along with representatives of national farm and commodity organizations, representatives of the food, fuel, and fiber communities. The award was presented at the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 105th Convention. “My Classroom Implementation Guide.

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Grain Marketing Agriculture Agriculture 45

Civil Eats

APRIL 10, 2024

“Funding for food banks to buy local?” As 2022 unfolded, 82 states, territories, and tribes signed on, ultimately receiving millions in LFPA funding to strengthen farm-to-family programs in their communities. million in LFPA Plus funding to continue the farm-to-food-bank-to-families program.

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Food Orchard Distribution Farming 112